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We explore the link between globalization of the retail sector and the export activity of firms from their origin country. In a previous paper (Cheptea et al., 2015), we showed that exporting firms from countries with internationalized retail companies benefit more from this process than firms...
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productivity and wage growth are higher for newly founded MNEs than for national rms. Employment growth is superior before …
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In an integrated global economy, multinational enterprises (MNEs) have more opportunities than ever to reap the benefits of broader markets and more possibilities for an extensive division of labour between different locations. In spite of this, the evidence on the spread of the activities of...
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In this paper, we analyze the joint effect of persistency in innovation and export on firms' total factor productivity … productivity results than persistently exporting (innovating) firms with no persistent innovation (export). Combining both …
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This paper provides evidence on the links between productivity and internationalisation choices for a large sample of … literature on firm heterogeneity we estimate different measures of Total Factor Productivity and we provide empirical support to … the theoretical predictions that there is a productivity ranking among domestic firms, exporters, and FDI performers. By …
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are characterized by higher productivity levels than exporters on average, the productivity ranking predicted by Helpman …
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In this empirical study we examine the correlation between the internationalization processes and financial performance of firms by focusing on the emerging market firms (EMNCs) that originate from the BRIC countries. We test the shape of the internationalization - performance curve and explore...
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Recent research suggests that unequal access to home country institutional resources affects firm internationalization strategies. We add to this debate, based on an analysis of state-owned (SOEs) and non-state-owned (NSOEs) Chinese mining firms, by developing a more dynamic and multi-layered...
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productivity growth in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) in the period 1995-2007. Using industry-level data and …-run productivity growth. Industries of higher-end technology intensity have experienced substantially higher productivity growth and so …
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We present a simple model to illustrate how birthplace diversity may affect team performance. The model assumes that birthplace diversity increases the stock of available knowledge due to skill complementarities and decreases effciency due to communication barriers. The consequence of these two...
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