The initial entry of FDI in India can be loosely considered from the time of establishment of East India Company of Britain during the colonial era in the 17th century due to the British merchants approaching the Mughal Emperor with the proposal of establishing a factory in Surat city of India....

India has witnessed a tremendous economic growth, as measured by GDP, over the past 10 years. Many experts have pointed out that FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) has been one of the major factors taking India to this growth level. Foreign investment in India has increased continuously since...

A strong innovation performance based on R&D, product development and the implementation of advanced production technologies is key for the long-term competitiveness of European economies. This study investigates the effects of production offshoring on R&D and innovation activities of the firm...

The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of a firm's foreign entry mode choice and the relationship between mode selection and firm performance for the specific case of R&D-a topic not yet investigated in entry mode research. Separate estimates of a Heckman selection model for...

This paper uses a rich panel data set of Indian manufacturing firms to analyze the effects of domestic and international acquisitions on various outcomes at target firm and product level. We apply recent methodological advances in the estimation of production functions together with information...

We investigate the effects of production offshoring on the innovation activities of manufacturing firms in the home country. The analysis is based on a dataset of more than 3000 manufacturing firms from seven European countries. We find that offshoring firms on average employ a higher share of...

Durante la crisis económica actual en el conjunto de países desarrollados se ha visto un alejamiento de flujos de la inversión extranjera directa (IED), mientras que en el conjunto de países en desarrollo y en transición, se ha registrado un aumento. En este escenario y a lo largo de los...

The paper studies the impact of foreign ownership on a firm's economic performance. We use a unique panel dataset to test the foreign ownership premium by comparing our sample of firms based in Italy and owned by a foreign subject with a sample of purely domestic firms that, in order to have a...

We distinguish the heterogeneous productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) at the firm level. Based on a multi-sector production model, we construct a firm-level distance statistic that measures a domestic firm's access to intermediate inputs that are produced by upstream...