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Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Note on Employment Protection, Domestic Anchorage, and FDI
Dewit, Gerda; Görg, Holger; Montagna, Catia - 2021
This paper examines how employment protection legislation affects location decisions of multinationals. Based on a simple theoretical framework, we estimate an empirical model, using OECD-data on bilateral FDI-flows and employment protection indices. We find that, while an "unfavourable"...
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The Threshold Effects of Global Economic Uncertainty on Foreign Direct Investment
Lagos, Konstantinos; Wang, Yuan - 2022
This paper investigates the role of global economic uncertainty in Dunning’s investment development path (IDP … countries’ net outward investment (NOI) follows a non-linear pattern even after incorporating global economic uncertainty into … the analysis. At the same time, global economic uncertainty has non-linear effects on NOI subject to the level of economic …
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Anti-migration as a threat to internationalization? : a review of the migration-internationalization literature
Hatzigeorgiou, Andreas; Lodefalk, Magnus - 2018
Does anti-migration sentiment threaten internationalization? One major pro-Brexit argument was that it would enable more control over immigration. The most recent US presidential election also focused on immigration. Anti-migration sentiment could be a threat to internationalization, given that...
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Employment protection and firm relocation : theory and evidence
Dewit, Gerda; Görg, Holger; Temouri, Yama - 2018
We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that particular firm-specific features play a crucial role for the link between employment protection and relocation. Stricter employment protection laws over time in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853748
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Employment protection and firm relocation : theory and evidence
Dewit, Gerda; Görg, Holger; Temouri, Yama - 2018
We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that particular firm-specific features play a crucial role for the link between employment protection and relocation. Stricter employment protection laws in the current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820933
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Employment protection and firm relocation : theory and evidence
Dewit, Gerda; Görg, Holger; Temouri, Yama - 2018
We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that particular firm-specific features play a crucial role for the link between employment protection and relocation. Stricter employment protection laws in the current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011803022
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Guided Through the 'Red Tape'? Information Sharing and Foreign Direct Investment
Balsvik, Ragnhild - 2013
What drives the observed tendency of new FDI, other things equal, to be attracted to locations where many other foreign investors are located? One explanation in the literature on FDI location is that expected benefits from agglomeration externalities make firms want to locate in agglomerated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086594
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Learning Through International Acquisitions : The Process of Knowledge Acquisition in China
Zou, Huan - 2016
● Research on the process of knowledge learning and absorption in acquisition context has emerged recently. Yet relatively less attention has been paid to the process of knowledge transfer and learning and its impact on successful acquisitions.● This paper adopts a process perspective' to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982344
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Rate of return on foreign investment income and employment labour protection : a panel analysis of thirty OECD countries
Polat, Burçak - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-8
Scholars argue that multinational corporations tend to locate their investments in countries with lower employment protections to avoid potential future exit costs if an unfavourable event occurs. Yet, empirical results are highly inconsistent. The main objective of this study is to examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011877347
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Does the Impact of Employment Protection Legislation on FDI Differ by Skill-Intensity of Sectors? An Empirical Investigation
Bellak, Christian - 2009
In line with previous literature this paper finds that strict employment protection legislation has a negative impact on the volume of inward Foreign Direct Investment. Rigid labor markets result in high adjustment and exit costs which deter foreign investments. We also find that the deterrent...
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