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Globalisierung der Automobilindustrie : neue Standorte auf dem Vormarsch, traditionelle Anbieter unter Druck?
Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2000
The relocation of automobile production and international investment patterns of major car producers are analyzed in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011491137
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Globalisierung der Automobilindustrie : neue Standorte auf dem Vormarsch, traditionelle Anbieter unter Druck?
Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013261104
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Domestic repercussions of different types of FDI : firm-level evidence for Taiwanese manufacturing
Liu, Wan-hsin; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2009
It is widely feared that outward FDI gradually hollows out domestic manufacturing and displaces local workers. We address this concern by drawing on exceptionally informative firm-specific data on Taiwanese multinationals in manufacturing. In particular, we assess whether repercussions at home...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003877577
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Outsourcing motives, location choice and labour market implications : an empirical analysis for European countries
Neureiter, Marcus; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2009
We use data on motives of international outsourcing and location choices from a recent survey of European companies to assess the labour market repercussions at home. Employing Tobit models we differentiate between job losses as well as job creation for high and low skilled employees at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872028
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Modes of international sourcing and the competitiveness of firms : an analysis of European survey data
Neureiter, Marcus; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2009
We draw on a recent survey of European companies to differentiate between alternative modes of international outsourcing as possible determinants of market, cost and knowledge-related aspects of the competitiveness of firms. We find that internalized modes are often superior to outside options,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003882140
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Firm heterogeneity, industry characteristics and types of FDI : the case of German FDI in the Czech Republic
Görg, Holger; Mühlen, Henning; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2009
In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872043
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International production, investments and borrowing with exchange rate risk and futures markets
Broll, Udo; Zilcha, Itzhak - 1991
In this paper we consider a multinational firm under exchange rate risk in a multiperiod model. We analyze the impact of exchange rate uncertainty and the use of currency futures on the risk-averse firm's decisions about home and foreign production. Without any markets for hedging an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009708611
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German foreign direct investment and wages
Lochner, Stefan (contributor); Broll, Udo (contributor) - 2007
investment (FDI). While there are many reasons for firms to go multinational and probably just as many for Germany's high … unemployment, this paper aims to investigate the relationship between domestic labour costs and foreign direct investment. We apply … labour is abundant. Thus, although Germany's high labour costs are not the sole driver of foreign direct investment, they may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003525926
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International production, investments and borrowing with exchange rate risk and futures markets
Broll, Udo; Zilcha, Itzhak - 1991
In this paper we consider a multinational firm under exchange rate risk in a multiperiod model. We analyze the impact of exchange rate uncertainty and the use of currency futures on the risk-averse firm's decisions about home and foreign production. Without any markets for hedging an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398141
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FDI in Mexico: An empirical assessment of employment effects
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Bremont, José Eduardo Alatorre - 2007
We raise the question whether foreign direct investment (FDI) has contributed to employment generation in Mexico and … FDI has a significantly positive, though quantitatively modest impact on manufacturing employment in Mexico. Moreover, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272947