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Chinese Companies in Switzerland
Kessler, Esther; Prandini, Markus; Wu, Juan - In: Central European Business Review 2014 (2014) 3, pp. 23-30
In recent years, some of China’s leading firms have made headlines with their European expansion, by either opening new … existing literature by examining Chinese enterprises expanding into Switzerland. The study also allows some conclusions for … Chinese companies entering Central and Eastern Europe. We analyze via interviews the motivations of Chinese companies to …
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Traditional Chinese Medicine Could Make “Health for One†True
Jia, Qian - eSocialSciences - 2007
The present paper analyzes the possibilities of Traditional Chinese Medicine to become a perfect medicine. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487678
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Central America; Global Integration and Regional Cooperation
Rodlauer, Markus; Schipke, Alfred - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Central America has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. This paper examines—among other things—the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA-DR), noting that the...
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Do foreign-owned firms pay more?
Harrison, Ann E.; Scorse, Jason - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper uses Indonesian data to analyze the impact of foreign ownership on wages. After controlling for worker and firm characteristics, we find that foreign firms pay a wage premium, which is larger for skilled relative to unskilled workers.
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Can small and medium multinational enterprises offer an alternative to multinational corporations in African countries? Evidence from Nigeria
Wamboye, Evelyn; Adekola, Abel - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 6 (2013) 3, pp. 279-295
Promotion of private investment is a necessity for capital formation in African countries. Foreign private investment in particular, is considered to be a source of the scarce capital resources, valuable technological know-how and corporate norms and practices. However, given the political...
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Chile; Institutions and Policies Underpinning Stability and Growth
Kalter, Eliot; Phillips, Steven; Singh, Manmohan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...
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Multinational Corporations and Spillovers
Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper examines spillover effects of the activities of multinational firms (MNCs). Such effects are most likely to be found in host countries, where the operations of foreign multinationals may influence local firms in the MNC’s own industry as well as firms in other industries. There is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497921
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Multinational Corporations and Spillovers
Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1996
This paper examines spillover effects of the activities of multinational firms. Such effects are most likely to be found in host countries, where the operations of foreign multinationals may influence local firms in the MNCs own industry as well as firms in other industries. However, there is no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649428
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Vietnam; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper assesses the impact of Vietnam’s World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. It describes the main terms of Vietnam’s accession as regards trade in goods and services, and uses a partial equilibrium simulation model to estimate the likely impact of WTO...
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The determinants of the outward foreign direct investment of China and India: Whither the home country?
Tolentino, Paz Estrella - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
of the outward FDI of China and India using multiple time-series data from 1982 to 2006 and from 1980 to 2006 … empirical research proves that Chinese national characteristics associated with income per capita, openness of the economy to … Granger cause the level of outward FDI of China. By contrast, the national technological capability of India Granger causes …
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