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A touch of sophistication : FDI and unit values of exports
Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2009
many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …
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Institutional advantage
Martin, Xavier - In: Global strategy journal : GSJ 4 (2014) 1, pp. 55-69
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Former foreign affiliates : cast out and outperformed?
Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; Poelhekke, Steven - 2014
The literature has documented a positive effect of foreign ownership on firm performance. But is this effect due to a one-time knowledge transfer or does it rely on continuous injections of knowledge? To shed light on this question we focus on divestments, that is, foreign affiliates that are...
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Former foreign affiliates : cast out and outperformed?
Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; Poelhekke, Steven - 2014
The literature has documented a positive effect of foreign ownership on firm performance. But is this effect due to a one-time knowledge transfer or does it rely on continuous injections of knowledge? To shed light on this question we focus on divestments, that is, foreign affiliates that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010384393
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Competitive advantage and the existence of the multinational corporation : earlier research and the role of frictions
Asmussen, Christian Geisler; Foss, Nicolai J. - In: Global strategy journal : GSJ 4 (2014) 1, pp. 49-54
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FDI from emerging to advanced countries: some insights on the acquisition strategies and on the performance of target firms
Buckley, Peter J.; Elia, Stefano; Kafouros, Mario - In: ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE 2011/1 (2011) 1, pp. 181-197
The paper deals with acquisitions from emerging to advanced countries and the performances of the target firms. We have used descriptive statistics to investigate the strategies and the impact of the entry of emerging multinational companies (EMNCs) from Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) on...
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Trust in International Joint Venture Relationships
Boersma, Margreet - 2016
A great deal of attention has been paid to the performance of international joint ventures (IJVs) and trust has been recognised as a key factor influencing it. This paper examines the emergence of trust as a process and develops a process model of trust building in IJVs, which is used to analyse...
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The Role of Local Actors in the Implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative : the Example of the Italian Port System
Luise, Cristian; Buckley, Peter J.; Voss, Hinrich; … - 2021
Infrastructural assets are vital for a country’s economic and social development. Governments typically provide the regulation and administration of these assets, while multinational enterprises (MNEs) develop, construct, finance, and operate them. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promises...
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An Entrepreneurial Internalisation Theory of the Multinational Enterprise
Pitelis, Christos N.; Buckley, Peter J. - 2022
The internalisation theory of the Multinational Enterprise (MNE) explains MNE decisions to make/buy and/or ally, based on market and intra-organisational (firm/hierarchy) transactions costs. The theory focused on a limited set of categories, actors and sources of transaction costs and has...
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Acquisitions by emerging market multinationals: Implications for firm performance
Buckley, Peter J.; Elia, Stefano; Kafouros, Mario - In: Journal of World Business 49 (2014) 4, pp. 611-632
This study develops and tests a framework about the resource- and context-specificity of prior experience in acquisitions. Although extant research has explained why multinational companies from emerging countries (EMNCs) acquire companies in developed countries, we have an incomplete and...
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