and the volatility of the main capital flows - foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and foreign bank …

firm characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of … ownership shares in new affiliates. -- Multinational enterprises ; firm characteristics ; Indian locations ; German FDI …

undertaking new greenfield FDI. -- International sourcing ; FDI ; competitiveness of firms ; market access ; cost reduction ; core …

compensated partly by new job creation, particularly for high skilled workers. -- Outsourcing ; outward FDI ; motives ; location …

In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken … into account when analyzing the determinants of outward FDI. We combine two firm-specific datasets on German firms with … subsidiaries and joint ventures in the Czech Republic, compared to a control group of German firms without FDI in this host country …

importance of firm-level productivity and distance-related transaction costs as driving forces of FDI. Yet the timing of FDI has … received little attention in the empirical literature on FDI determinants. To help close this gap we analyze FDI decisions by … German firms with and without affiliates in the Czech Republic at different stages of transition. We find that FDI entry …

It is widely feared that outward FDI gradually hollows out domestic manufacturing and displaces local workers. We …. In particular, we assess whether repercussions at home depend on the size, location and type of outward FDI. We control … FDI. The effects of locating in China differ from those of locating in advanced countries not only in size but also in …

firm will export or import. Foreign ownership has a large positive impact on the likelihood to engage in direct trade but a … negative effect on the likelihood to trade through intermediaries; the effects vary across upper and lower middle income …