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Transition in the MENA Region: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects
Gligorov, Vladimir; Havlik, Peter; Richter, Sandor; … - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2012
This paper discusses the transition agenda and provides the key economic characteristics of selected Middle East and North Africa countries (MENA) in comparison with selected Central, East and Southeast European countries (CESEE). We intend to identify some regularities in transition processes...
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Economic Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe: Any Lessons for the Arab Spring?
HAVLIK, Peter - Russian Research Center, Institute of Economic Research - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555249
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The internationalization process of firms : From exports to FDI ?
Conconi, Paola; Sapir, André; Zanardi, Maurizio - Nationale Bank van België/Banque national de Belqique (BNB) - 2010
We describe a simple model in which domestic firms decide whether to serve a foreign market through exports or horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). This choice involves a trade-off between the higher variable trade costs associated with exports and the higher fixed set-up costs associated...
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EFFECTS OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS ON EXPORTS IN THE CEEC: FOCUS ON THE WESTERN BALKANS
Bjeliæ, Predrag; Jaæimoviæ, Danijela; Tašiæ, Ivan - In: Economic Annals 58 (2013) 1, pp. 71-98
The world economic crisis that paralyzed the world economy in 2008 and 2009 had a profound impact on all countries in … the world. Due to the interconnectedness of national economies the crisis spread rapidly from its centre in the United … States to the world. There were two main transmission channels for the spread of the crisis between countries –international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010667718
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The Internationalization Process of Firms: from Exports to FDI
Conconi, Paola; Sapir, André; Zanardi, Maurizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper shows that uncertainty can lead firms to follow a gradual internationalization process. We describe a model in which firms are uncertain about their ability to earn profits in a foreign market and must decide whether or not to serve it, and whether to do so through exports or foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083883
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EFFECTS OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS ON EXPORTS IN THE CEEC: FOCUS ON THE WESTERN BALKANS
Bjelić, Predrag; Jaćimović, Danijela; Tašić, Ivan - In: Economic Annals 58 (2013) 196, pp. 71-98
The world economic crisis that paralyzed the world economy in 2008 and 2009 had a profound impact on all countries in … the world. Due to the interconnectedness of national economies the crisis spread rapidly from its centre in the United … States to the world. There were two main transmission channels for the spread of the crisis between countries –international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011039146
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The Internationalization Process of Firms: from Exports to FDI
Conconi, Paola; Sapir, Andre; Zanardi, Maurizio - European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and … - 2013
This paper shows that uncertainty can lead firms to follow a gradual internationalizationprocess. We describe a model in which firms are uncertain abouttheir ability to earn profits in a foreign market and must decide whether or notto serve it, and whether to do so through exports or foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010826364
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Productivity Spillovers and the Entry of Foreign-Owned Firms: The Case of Japanese Manufacturing Firms
Murakami, Yukako; Fukao, Kyoji - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2006
This paper shows that in the short run an increase in foreign firms' industry share lowers the TFP growth of Japanese firms as a result of the decrease in market power. However, in the long run, the entry of foreign-owned firms has a positive effect on the productivity of local firms as a result...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005675506
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The Contradictions of Free Market System and The Impacts of FDI and Foreign Trade on Economy
Alpagu, Hasan - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2014), pp. 7-15
FDI and Import-Export are most significant economic activities, which have substantial effects on the quantity as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114958
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Multilateral Agricultural Trade Liberalization: The Contrasting Fortunes of Developing Countries in the Doha Round
Bouët, Antoine; Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Decreux, Yvan; … - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005607324