This paper analyses the effect of foreign acquisition on survival probability and employment growth of target plant … horizontal or vertical. We also find robust positive employment growth effects only for exporters, and only if the takeover is … vertical, not horizontal. -- Acquisitions ; plant survival ; employment growth ; multinational enterprises …

This paper examines the link between multinational enterprises and employment growth at the plant-level. We investigate … employment growth in manufacturing plants has been drastically reduced during the economic crisis. More importantly, we do not … developing countries. -- Multinationals ; employment growth ; plant survival ; economic crisis …

The dissertation centers on the following key issues. First, what are the impacts of trade liberalization on employment … technology and institutions? Third, what are the constraints of the investment climate on Vietnamese manufacturing technical … of employment and wage responses and firm productive performance. …

investors’ nationalities in driving different spillovers to domestic firms. The fourth chapter examines wage and employment …