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Multinational production and "soft" industrial policies
Carballo, Jerónimo; Marra de Artiñano, Ignacio; Volpe … - 2020 - This version: January 2020
Multinational production has become increasingly important in recent decades. Countries resort to different industrial policies to influence the geography of this production. In this paper, we focus on a ubiquitous “soft” industrial policy that aims at reducing information barriers -...
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Foreign Manufacturing Multinationals and the Transformation of the Chinese Economy : New Measurements, New Perspectives
Moran, Theodore - 2011
designing industrial policies, joint venture requirements, and technology transfer pressures to use FDI to create indigenous … national champions in a handful of prominent sectors: high speed rail transport, information technology, auto assembly, and an … building plants that incorporate capital, technology, and managerial expertise controlled by the foreigner. As the skill …
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The past and future of manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe : ready for industry 4.0?
Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019
In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We outline the nature of manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct...
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Industrial policies in Europe in historical perspective
Grabas, Christian; Nützenadel, Alexander - 2013
environment favourable to competition, innovation and technology transfer. For Western Europe, it was increasing trade and …
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Competitiveness and clusters : implications for a new European growth strategy
Ketels, Christian H. - 2015
This paper develops policy recommendations on the use of cluster-based economic policies and the adoption of a new concept of competitiveness in the context of the new growth path that WWWforEurope aims to outline. A first section discusses summarizes key findings from the previous research...
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The "resurrection" of industrial policy in the European Union and its impact on industrial policy in the new member countries
Török, Ádám; Csuka, Gyöngyi; Kovács, Bernadett; … - 2013
The aim of this study is to consider the main factors affecting the industrial policy in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation, manufacturing, green growth and environment. The...
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Foreign Direct Investment in the Storm of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Example of Visegrad Countries
Kalotay, Kalman - 2021
The immediate effects of COVID-19 on the global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) were devastating, resulting in a large drop. Flows to the Visegrad countries were also affected but less than the world average. The fall in FDI was the result of underlying trends that started before the...
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Foreign ownership as a neglected factor in regions' smart specialisation exports
Nazarczuk, Jarosław Michał; Umiński, Stanisław; … - In: Journal of business economics and management 21 (2020) 3, pp. 826-850
A region can internationalise in various ways. The question is what type of internationalisation at regional level can be regarded as "smart" and what role should be played in it by foreign owned entities (FOEs)? The paper aims at identifying the role played by FOEs in NUTS-2 smart...
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Scoping paper on Kenyan manufacturing
Chege, Jacob; Muchai, Dianah Ngui; Kimuyu, Peter Kiko - 2014
Three major policy regimes, namely import substitution, market liberalization and export promotion have greatly influenced Kenyan industrialization since independence in 1963. Overall, import substitution strategy was successful in establishing some primary industries but led to reduced domestic...
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A new strategy for the European periphery
Aiginger, Karl - 2013
The southern European periphery suffered a severe setback in its catching-up process versus Western Europe after the financial crisis with GDP dropping by 10% between 2008 and 2012 and unemployment increasing to 20% for Greece, Portugal and Spain. We analyze first the reason for this setback,...
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