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empirically using firm-level data for R&D active manufacturing firms in the Republic of Ireland. Our results provide evidence that …
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This paper presents an empirical study of the effect of foreign multinational companies on the development of indigenous firms in the host country, using data for the Irish manufacturing sector. Our starting point is a recent paper by Markusen and Venables (1999) that shows formally that...
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This paper analyses the impact of foreign multinationals on the development of start-up size of new entrants in Irish manufacturing industries over the period 1973 to 1996. We provide a theoretical rationale as to why we would expect an effect of multinationals on entrants’ start-up size. In...
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This paper examines whether multinational companies are more footloose than their domestic counterparts in the host country, using data for the Irish manufacturing sector. First, we investigate whether survival rates differ between multinationals and indigenous plants. Second, we analyse whether...
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We study the regional location of multinationals in Ireland since the 1970s by focusing on the role played by … agglomeration economies and public incentives intent on dispersing industrial activity to the more disadvantaged areas of Ireland … was on attracting high-tech firms into Ireland in general. Our results also show that hi-tech firms spread more evenly …
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