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An FDI is an FDI is an FDI? The growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countries

Harms, Philipp; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2011

We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") and "greenfield" investment. A simple model captures the key difference between the two types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly...

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Japan's Foreign Direct Investment Experiences in India: Lessons Learnt from Firm Level Surveys

Choudhury, Srabani Roy - 2009

Ever since India decided to globalize, concentrated effort was made to attract Japanese participation through foreign direct investment. However, response from Japan has been rather subdued. This paper attempts to gain some insight into this reluctance of Japanese investors by studying the...

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Does FDI spur innovation, productivity and knowledge sourcing byincumbent firms? Evidence from manufacturing industry in Estonia

Vahter, Priit - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2010

Does FDI affect productivity growth, innovation, and knowledge sourcing activities ofdomestic firms? This study employs … local incumbents’ TFP and labour productivitygrowth in the short term. The effect on productivity does not depend on the … local firms’distance to the productivity frontier. However, there are positive spillovers on processinnovation. The results …

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Direct and Indirect Effects of FDI inEmerging European Markets:A Survey and Meta-analysis

Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen; Maurel, Mathilde - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2010

We review a large body of literature dealing with the effects of Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) on economies during their transformation from a command economic systemtoward a market system. We report the results of a meta-analysis based on the literatureon externalities from FDI. The studies on...

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Regional Economic Integration and FDI in South Asia : Prospects and Problems

Aggarwal, Aradhna - 2008

The slow progress and modest achievements of regional integration in South Asia have generated a huge amount of skepticism about its role as an effective strategy of growth. The present study, however, argues that there is need to forge deeper integration within the region. It examines the...

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China and India: A Tale of Two Trade Integration Approaches

Kowalski, Przemyslaw - 2008

The comparison of the key features of trade integration processes and the economic outcomes in China and India reveals that while much has already been achieved in both these economies, the Chinese reforms, especially with respect to manufacturing trade, have gone further and that this is likely...

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South-South FDI vs North-South FDI: A Comparative Analysis in the Context of India

Bera, Subhasis; Gupta, Shikha - 2009

Over the years FDI activities from developing countries have grown very rapidly and most of these investments end up in other developing countries. Such FDI flows are formally known as South-South FDI. This paper attempts to compare the characteristics of South-South FDI versus North-South FDI...

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The Veblen-Gerschenkron Effect of FDI in Mezzogiorno and East Germany

Urban, Dieter M.; Peri, Giovanni - 2002

or sector, it is their productivity advantage on the local firm to determine the positive effect on domestic productivity … significant and robust Veblen-Gerschenkrion effect. The initial total factor productivity advantage of MNEs on local firm acts as … a stimulus for productivity growth of local firms in the same region. …

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How Important is Employment Protection Legislation for Foreign Direct Investment Flows in Central and Eastern European Countries?

Leibrecht, Markus; Scharler, Johann - 2007

The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the importance of labor market conditions and in particular of employment protection legislation as a determinant of bilateral Foreign Direct Investment flows to seven Central and Eastern European countries. Although our results indicate...

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Time zones matter: The impact of distance and time zones on services trade

Christen, Elisabeth - 2012

Using distance and time zone differences as a measure for coordination costs between service suppliers and consumers, we employ a Hausman- Taylor model for services trade by foreign affiliates. Given the need for proximity in the provision of services, factors like distance place a higher cost...

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