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German companies engaging in China: Decision-making processes at home and management practices in Chinese subsidiaries
Piotti, Geny - 2009
This paper attempts to explain why internationalization processes to China are growing despite the significant … difficulties that foreign direct investments into China encounter. The answer to this question can be found in the processes of … decisions concerning investment in China are mainly the product of structural and legitimation pressure. Structural pressure can …
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The CFO’s Information Challenge in Managing Macroeconomic Risk
Oxelheim, Lars; Wihlborg, Clas; Thorsheim, Marcus - 2010
In this chapter we examine the role of the CFO in setting risk management strategy with respect to macroeconomic risk, in particular, and we consider the information requirements for setting a strategy that is consistent with corporate objectives. We argue that macroeconomic risk management...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320231
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Locating foreign affiliates in Germany: The case of Swedish MNEs
Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 2001
This paper uses a dataset on the foreign activities by Swedish manufacturing firms to examine the performance of German affiliates compared with affiliates in other locations. It is found that German affiliates, on average, have higher labour productivity, R&D expenditure per employee and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295592
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Why foreign-owned firms are different: A conceptual framework and empirical evidence for Austria
Pfaffermayr, Michael; Bellak, Christian - 2000
This study examines performance gaps among foreign-owned and domestically- owned Austrian firms. In line with earlier findings our results suggest that the positive effects of participating in a foreign multinational's network can mainly be found in productivity and profitability. A further...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295597
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Determinants of German FDI: New Evidence from Micro-Data
Toubal, Farid; Kleinert, Jörn; Buch, Claudia M. - 2003
This paper provides new evidence on the foreign direct investment stocks of German firms. We use firm-level data for the years 1990-2000 to describe the regional and sectoral patterns of German FDI through gravity-type equations. We provide evidence on the patterns of FDI by sector, by size of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295757
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Foreign-owned Firms in the German Labour Market
Keller, Dietmar; Jungnickel, Rolf - 2003
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, to the extent they differ significantly in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296830
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Innovation Activities Abroad and the Effects of Liability of Foreignness: Where it Hurts
Sofka, Wolfgang - 2006
The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations. The success of these engagements depends heavily on tapping host country pools of localized expertise. To achieve this foreign subsidiaries have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297537
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Host Country Contingencies on Knowledge Protection Strategies of Multinational Firms: Bring a Knife to a Gunfight?
Sofka, Wolfgang; Shehu, Edlira - 2009
International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of the academic and management discussion. However, most studies treat MNC subsidiaries as relatively passive actors without clear knowledge protection strategies. The goal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298720
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Who is afraid of political risk? Multinational firms and their choice of capital structure
Kesternich, Iris; Schnitzer, Monika - 2009
This paper investigates how multinational firms choose the capital structure of their foreign affiliates in response to political risk. We focus on two choice variables, the leverage and the ownership structure of the foreign affiliate, and we distinguish different types of political risk, such...
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Knowledge sourcing: legitimacy deficits for MNC subsidiaries?
Schmidt, Tobias; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2009
Multinational corporations (MNC) search increasingly for lead market knowledge and technological expertise around the globe. We investigate whether their subsidiaries gain access to these valuable sources of host country knowledge to the same degree as domestic rivals. We develop a theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298756