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Is hiring foreign worth it? : spillover from foreign firms' human capital and local firms' productivity
Pyun, Ju Hyun; Sun, Jong-in - 2022
This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms' productivity via human capital transfer from MNEs to local firms. Using the firm-level data for 2010-2015 from the Republic of Korea, we identify human capital spillovers using local firms' hired permanent foreign...
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Foreign investment and gender equality in India : competitive pressures or technology transfer?
Poole, Jennifer P.; Sharma, Shruti - 2024
reducing an employer's ability to practice taste-based discrimination. Other studies examine how FDI-induced technology … also allows for technology adoption. These ideas are particularly important in service-oriented sectors, where the highest … with foreign investment to reduce gender inequality in occupations that suffer most from discrimination, while technology …
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International Deal Experience and Cross-Border Acquisitions
Stroup, Caleb - 2019
I show that corporate directors' human capital facilitates international investments. Directors' prior cross-border investment experience causally increases current firms' propensities to internationalize business operations through cross-border acquisitions of foreign companies....
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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa – Does Human Capital Development Matter?
Makoni, Patricia - 2021
The primary objective of this study was to examine the effect of human capital development on foreign direct investment, using a panel of nine African countries, during the period 2009 -2016. We analysed our data using the panel data method. Building on from eclectic theory, the results from the...
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Is Hiring Foreign Worth It? Spillover from Foreign Firms’ Human Capital and Local Firms’ Productivity
Pyun, Ju Hyun; Sun, Jong-in - 2022
We examine the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms’ productivity via human capital transfer from multinational enterprises (MNEs) to local firms. Using the firm-level data for 2010–2015 from the Republic of Korea, we identify human capital spillovers using local firms’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013492204
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Do Human Capital and Institutional Environment Constrain the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Economic Growth in Africa?
Anetor, Friday Osemenshan; Vincent, Olusegun - 2022
This paper investigates the role of human capital and institutional quality in the nexus of foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in 46 African countries between 2002 and 2018. Based on panel data modelling, the empirical findings suggest that FDI in itself does not promote...
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FDI, trade, and product innovation : theory and evidence
Lin, Hui-lin; Lin, Eric S. - In: Southern economic journal 77 (2010) 2, pp. 434-464
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From bricks to brains : increasing the contribution of knowledge-based capital to growth in Ireland
Haugh, David - 2013
With sound framework conditions, fine universities, good infrastructure and policies friendly towards foreign direct investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in...
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Bargaining Power and Strategy in the Foreign Investment Process : A Current Andean Code Analysis
Abbott, Frederick M. - 2012
of foreign capital entering or within ANCOM, and related agreements on the transfer of technology, patents, licenses, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113114
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Foreign Direct Investment and Intra-Industry Trade : The Case of the Automotive Industry in Central Europe
Havas, Attila - 2012
Automotive investment projects across borders have significantly intensified in recent years, as companies have attempted to cut costs via relocation of production, and to get closer to final customers in emerging markets. This chapter analyses the impacts of this global re-structuring process...
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