state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Specialization is the result of both market demands and the initiative of artisans. The artisans do … capital they can mobilize. (Craft commercialization, specialization, woodcarving, Mexico) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of …

Abstract: It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development … how inward FDI impacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) we find … development, and upgrading the quality of FDI. Excerpt: In this paper we build on internalization theory and use data from the …

Compared to other Western European countries, Germany was less successful in attracting FDI in the 1990s. The falling … behind in inward-FDI should be no problem if foreign-owned firms (FoFs) were only substitutes for indigenous firms. However …

Using a fixed-effects panel data approach, FDI flows of 22 OECD countries are explained by gravity equations over the … important factors that lead both FDI and exports in the same direction. However, relative market size is only significant in the … FDI equation when variation between the EU25 area and other investment is taken into account, thus indicating a …