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For many years, offshore wind was the expensive cousin of onshore wind with generation costs in the range of USD 150 to USD 200 per megawatt hour (MWh). This changed dramatically between 2016 and 2017 when a series of competitive tenders in Europe witnessed strike prices fall below USD 100/MWh,...
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examines the influence exerted by skilled diasporas in fostering cross-country co-inventorship as well as R and D offshoring …
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This paper provides insights to inform government efforts to attract and retain foreign direct investment, by analyzing the results of a survey of more than 2,400 affiliates of multinational enterprises across 10 middle-income countries. The paper explores corporate perspectives and...
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For decades, manufacturers around the world have outsourced production to countries with lower labor costs. However …
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This paper discusses the results of a survey of multinational corporations with affiliates in developing countries. The paper explores corporate perspectives and decision making across the stages of the investment cycle: attraction, entry and establishment, operations and expansion, linkages...
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The paper offers an overview of some key conceptual aspects associated with the rise of global value chains (GVCs). It outlines a series of alternative interpretations and definitions of what the rise of GVCs entails, and it traces the implications of these alternative conceptualizations for the...
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As globalization has intensified, multinational enterprises' investments have become a sophisticated set of financial …
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underdeveloped. Globalization and technological change are important trends that make it even more challenging to provide effective … oversight of banks. The Global Financial Development Report 2019/2020 is the fifth in a World Bank series. The report also … around the world (http://www.worldbank.org/en/research/brief/BRSS)"-- …
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