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The Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on Internet Interconnection
Zhuo, Ran - 2019
The Internet comprises thousands of independently operated networks, interconnected using bilaterally negotiated data exchange agreements. The European Union (EU)'s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes strict restrictions on handling of personal data of European Economic Area (EEA)...
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Changes in Corporate Governance and Top Executive Turnover : The Evidence from Japan
Miyajima, Hideaki - 2017
investors have begun to play an important governance role in Japan. However, the main bank does not abandon its governance role …
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An Economic Analysis of Works Councils
Freeman, Richard B.; Lazear, Edward P. - 2021
Works councils, found in most Western European economies, are elected bodies of employees with rights to information, consultation, and in some cases co-determination of employment conditions at local workplaces, mandated by law. Many European employers and unions believe that councils improve...
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The Impact of Headquarter and Subsidiary Locations on Multinationals' Effective Tax Rates
Markle, Kevin - 2013
, despite extensive investments in international tax avoidance, multinationals headquartered in Japan, the U.S., and some high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073195
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Outward FDI and Parent Exports and Employment : Japan, the United States, and Sweden
Lipsey, Robert E. - 2007
Within Japanese multinational firms, parent exports from Japan to a foreign region are positively related to production … in that region by affiliates of that parent, given the parent's home production in Japan and the region's size and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778835
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Cross-Border Acquisitions and Target Firms' Performance : Evidence from Japanese Firm-Level Data
Fukao, Kyoji - 2010
Using Japanese firm-level data for the period from 1994-2002, this paper examines whether a firm is chosen as an acquisition target based on its productivity level, profitability and other characteristics and whether the performance of Japanese firms that were acquired by foreign firms improves...
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In Search of Substitution between Foreign Production and Exports
Blonigen, Bruce A. - 2021
Are foreign production and exports substitutes or complements? The continuing globalization of production makes the question of the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment ever more important. Standard theory of the multinational corporation (MNC) assumes substitution, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218918
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Application of Nationality-Adjusted Net Sales and Value Added Framework : The Case of Japan
Kimura, Fukunari; Baldwin, Robert E. - 2021
) to Japan. Despite possibly large estimation errors due to statistical deficiencies, the framework is very useful for … analyzing the relationship of the Japanese economy to the world economy. We find that Japan is special in the following four … affiliates, rather than depending on cross-border exports by parent firms located in Japan. Second, the much smaller activities …
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Affiliates of U.S. And Japanese Multinationals in East Asian Production and Trade
Lipsey, Robert E. - 2021
Since 1977, and in some cases starting before that, most East Asian countries' export patterns in manufacturing have been transformed from industry distributions typical of developing countries to distributions more like those of advanced countries. The process of change in most cases started...
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Internationalized Production in World Output
Lipsey, Robert E.; Blomstrom, Magnus; Ramstetter, Eric D. - 2021
Internationalized production, that is, production by multinational firms outside their home countries has increased over the last two decades, but it was still, in 1990, only about 7 percent of world output. The share was higher, at 15 percent in 'industry,' including manufacturing, trade,...
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