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Migration, Trade and Investment
Dolman, Ben - 2008
By lowering the cost of trade between the country of residence and the country of birth, migrants appear to reduce trade with other countries, so that the overall effect on aggregate trade is small.The effects of migrants on foreign direct investment appear to be different. Bilateral investment...
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Remittances and household investment decisions : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Hossain, Shahadat Md.; Sunmoni, Adesola - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-50
The impact of remittances on households left behind by migration is ambiguous a priori due to competing income and substitution effects. We offer new evidence on the effect of remittances on household investment decisions. We enrich our analysis using microdata from five sub-Saharan African...
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Non-pecuniary factors influencing diaspora homeland investment
Mohamed, Mohamed-Abdullahi; Asmat Nizam Abdul Talib - In: Transcending cultural frontiers : practices, …, (pp. 125-139). 2020
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The Role of Multinational Companies Investing in Oil Exploration and Extraction in Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to present the role of multinational companies in general then its role in Sudan with particular emphasis on oil exploration and extraction. Chinese companies of multi-nationalities currently control the newly born oil industry in the country. Needless to say that...
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The Internationalization of Italian Production and Industrial Districts : An Analysis of Investment
Federico, Stefano - 2006
to the literature on industrial districts, the results help understanding why Italy's FDI on GDP ratio is lower than in … direct investment (FDI) outflows by sector and local area of origin. It tries to identify which local industrial structures … of variables, we do not find any evidence that the presence of districts has a positive impact on FDI, contrary to what …
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Investment absorption capacity and current macroeconomic conditions of Bangladesh
Sultana, Sadia; Asma Akter; Rahaman, Ataur; Hasin, Zahira - 2019
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Social capital and cross-border venture capital investments in China
Tan, Yi; Wang, Xiaoli; Lee, Jason Z.-H.; Shi, Kun - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 12 (2024) 2, pp. 1-14
In the context of the Chinese market, foreign cross-border venture capitalists have devised specific strategies to mitigate the challenges associated with the liabilities of foreignness, such as risks and information asymmetry. They have strategically leveraged social capital to not only...
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Investoinnit Suomessa: Kehitys ja kansainvälinen vertailu
Kaitila, Ville; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - 2012
The report looks at investment activity in Finland by industries and types of investment, and makes international comparisons. Investment rate (fixed investment in relation to GDP) fell in Finland in the early 1990s from an internationally high level to the average West European rate. Among key...
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Domestic and Foreign Investment by Swedish Multinationals
Svensson, Roger - 1993
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Cross-Border Acquisitions and Greenfield Entry
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2002
We investigate the interaction between cross-border acquisitions and greenfield entry in a multi-firm setting. It is shown that the net profits of the acquirer may decrease when the acquisition gives the acquirer a strong position in the product market, relative to greenfield entrants. The...
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