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No place like home? . location choice and firm survival after forced relocation in the German machine tool industry
Buenstorf, Guido; Guenther, Christina - 2007
East German firms after World War II. Our analysis of location choices supports earlier findings that industry …
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FDI and the relevance of spatial linkages: do third country effects matter for Dutch FDI?
Garretsen, Harry; Peeters, Jolanda - 2008
The aim of this paper is to test for the relevance of spatial linkages for Dutch (outbound) FDI. To do so, and based on … recent FDI theories, we estimate a spatial lag model to assess the importance of spatial linkages for Dutch FDI to 18 host … Dutch case is also interesting because Dutch firms account for a large part of global FDI and related research has so far …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264284
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Green havens and pollution havens
Poelhekke, Steven; van der Ploeg, Rick - 2012
comprehensive and exhaustive dataset for outward FDI from the Netherlands, one of the most environmentally stringent countries and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287196
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Location choice and employment decisions: a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - 2005
Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295676
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Outsourcing motives, location choice and labour market implications: an empirical analysis for European countries
Neureiter, Marcus; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2009
We use data on motives of international outsourcing and location choices from a recent survey of European companies to assess the labour market repercussions at home. Employing Tobit models we differentiate between job losses as well as job creation for high and low skilled employees at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265249
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The spatial organization of multinational firms
Defever, Fabrice - 2010
Using six years of firm-level data covering 224 regions of the enlarged European Union, we evaluate the importance to a firm of locating its activities (production, headquarters, R&D, logistics and sales) close together. We find that, after controlling for regional characteristics, being closely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274739
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Location choice and employment decisions : a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals
Becker, Sascha; Ekholm, Karolina; Jaeckle, Robert; … - 2005
Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275858
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Effective labor taxation and the international location of headquarters
Egger, Peter; Radulescu, Doina Maria; Strecker, Nora - 2012
Profit taxes are widely acknowledged to influence the location of firms' headquarters. This paper sheds light on the role of aspects of labor taxation for the international location of headquarters. While profit taxes can be avoided in various ways, it is much harder for firms to manipulate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282058
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Die globale Unternehmensstrategie der BASF und ihre Einflußfaktoren: Eine Untersuchung im Auftrag der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
Koubek, Norbert; Kunze, Christian - 2000
allgemeine Unternehmenskennzahlen, Geschäftsbereiche, Aktionsschwerpunkte, Welt-, Regionalstrategien, F & E-Strategie sowie …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011315174
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The effects of taxation on the location decision of multinational firms: M&A vs. Greenfield investments
Hebous, Shafik; Ruf, Martin; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2010
In this study, we estimate the impacts of differences in international tax rates on the probability of choosing a location for an affiliate of a multinational firm. In particular, we distinguish between the tax sensitivity of Greenfield and M&A investments. Based on a novel firm-level dataset on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277219