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Innovation and the International Firm Structure: Theory and Evidence from German Firm-Level Data
Hansen, Thorsten - 2010
This paper studies the impact of innovation on the organizational structure. The theoretical framework predicts that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427568
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Innovation and the International Firm Structure: Theory and Evidence from German Firm-Level Data
Hansen, Thorsten - 2010
This paper studies the impact of innovation on the organizational structure. The theoretical framework predicts that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334032
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The impact of cultural diversity on innovation: Evidence from Dutch firm-level data
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011
migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level … administrative data obtained from Statistics Netherlands. Excluding firms in the hospitality industry and other industries that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280683
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Links between multinational firms and domestic firms: A comparison of the software industry in India, Ireland and Israel
Giarratana, Marco; Pagano, Alessandro; Torrisi, Salvatore - 2003
This paper aims to analyze the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the development of the software industry in these countries. The study is centred on software production and IT-related services - software development, chip design and electronic devices design, computer and Internet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328460
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The Organization of European Multinationals
Marin, Dalia; Rousová, Linda - 2011
Recent literature on international trade has established that the most productive firms become multinationals. But our data reveal a startling variation in productivity levels of foreign affliates across the countries in Eastern Europe of the same European multinational parent firms suggesting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333762
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The Foreign Operations of Swedish Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from a Survey of Swedish Multinationals 1998
Ekholm, Karolina; Hesselman, Marie - 2000
This paper presents the results of a survey of Swedish multinationals conducted in 1999. The survey was carried out in order to update an existing database on Swedish manufacturing firms with producing foreign affiliates collected by the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI). The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335024
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A reexamination and extension of international strategy-structure theory
Wolf, Joachim; Egelhoff, William G. - 2001
Using a sample of 95 German firms, the study finds general support for the traditional fits of international strategy-structure theory. Employing an information-processing perspective, the study conceptually and empirically extends existing theory (1) to address strategy-structure fit for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558767
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Der Intrafirmenhandel deutscher US-Tochterunternehmen
Matthes, Jürgen - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 33 (2006) 4, pp. 17-31
Der Intrafirmenhandel deutscher US-Tochterunternehmen macht rund die Hälfte der gesamten US-Importe aus Deutschland aus. Dabei besteht das Gros des US-Intrafirmenimports aus Straßenfahrzeugen und entsprechenden Teilen. Der Handel der deutschen US-Töchter mit Deutschland war im Jahr 2002 wie...
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Tax haven investors and corporate profitability: Evidence of profit shifting by German-based affiliates of multinational firms
Godar, Sarah - 2018
This paper uses confidential firm-level panel data to provide new estimates on the extent of corporate profit shifting by German-based affiliates of multinational corporations. The estimated semi-elasticity of reported profits with regard to statutory foreign tax rates is 3.6, or 4.8 when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063481
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An FDI is an FDI is an FDI? The growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countries
Harms, Philipp; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2011
We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") and "greenfield" investment. A simple model captures the key difference between the two types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430093