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MNC-borne FDI, absorptive capacity and economic growth: an empirical investigation
Nhamo, Senia - 2011
the effects of foreign directinvestment (FDI) on productivity and economic growth.The first part of the study uses cross … whether thereare any significant productivity spillovers from foreign to domestic firms or not. SIn thesecond part, focus is … study. The firm level data revealed the importanceof multinational corporations in improving domestic firm productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447527
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Global and Domestic Supply Chains: Does the Governance Matter for Local Suppliers' Performance?
Pietrobelli, Carlo; Saliola, Federica - 2006
dissemination and R&D is generally associated with higher suppliers’ productivity. However, the governance of the value chain … appears to affect the productivity of domestic value chains’ suppliers to a greater extent than for firms supplying MNCs or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476132
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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development:Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?
Sabirianova, Klara Z.; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2005
Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent alternative models of implementing development policies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476852
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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers
Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2004
We establish that domestically owned firms in two alternative models of emerging market economies, the Czech Republic and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the distance of domestic firms to the frontier grew (in all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476861
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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?
Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2005
Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic andRussia, economies that represent alternative models of implementing development policies, often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476944
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Direct Foreign Investments And Productivity Growth In Hungarian Firms, 1992-1999
Sgard, Jérôme - 2001
The impact of FDI on total factor productivity in Hungary during the 1990s' is assessed with a large enterprise panel …. Foreign equity is associated with higher productivity levels and has a substantial, positive spillover effect on aggregate TFP …. Finally, State ownership implies lower levels of productivity, but does not hinder the capacity to respond to market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477504
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Exploring the characteristics of the market-driven firms and antecedents to sustained competitive advantage
Weerawardena, Jay; OCass, Aron - 2004
During the last few decades, identifying and examining the characteristics of market-driven firms have been a dominant theme in strategic marketing research. It has been argued that market-driven firms are superior in their market sensing and customer linking capabilities, enabling market-driven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448561
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A resource-based view of small export firms' social capital in a Southeast Asian country
Roxas, Hernan Banjo; Chadee, Doren - 2011
This study empirically examines the social capital that facilitates the flow of export knowledge, thereby supporting the entrepreneurial stance of small export firms. By applying the VRIO (value, rarity, inimitability and organisation of firm resources) framework to the resource-based view (RBV)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484006
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Effect of E-Marketing Adoption Strategy on Export Performance of SMEs
Erum, Humaira; Rafique, Hamid; Ali, Asghar - 2017
Purpose - The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of e-marketing adoption strategy on export performance of SMEs in Pakistan. The mediating effect of marketing activities on the relationship between e-marketing adoption and export performance is also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724061
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Corporate Investment Policy
Hoang, Daniel - 2010
This thesis explores the economics of corporate investment and investigates how problems of asymmetric information and strategic interaction influence the efficiency of investment behavior. I present theoretical work and empirical results from a survey of European chief financial executives.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434411