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Simulating heterogeneous multinational firms
Arita, Shawn; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - 2011
of FDI barriers than was conditioned upon in our estimation sample. Overall, we demonstrate the richness of the … simulation framework as a quantitative tool for FDI policy analysis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154031
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Heterogeneous multinational firms and productivity gains from falling FDI barriers
Arita, Shawn; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
During the past decade of declining FDI barriers, small domestic firms disproportionately contracted while large … impact of FDI globalization on intra-industry reallocations and aggregate productivity. We calibrate the firm … multinationals. Counterfactual simulations show that declining FDI barriers lead to a disproportionate expansion of foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650719
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Firm-Specific Characteristics and the Timing of Foreign Direct Investment Projects
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael John - 2021
This paper uses a proportional hazard model to study foreign direct investment by Japanese manufacturers in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317273
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Measuring Multinationals' R&D Activities in China on the Basis of a Patent Database : Comparing European, Japanese and US Firms
Motohashi, Kazuyuki - 2015
Using an internationally linked patent database, this paper compares the types of R&D activities undertaken by multinationals in China by home country and industry. In China, multinationals recently began investing in R&D, mainly in the areas of product and manufacturing process development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014131491
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The 2014 PREDICT report: An Analysis of ICT R&D in the EU and beyond
Mas, Matilde; Radoselovics, Juan Fernández de Guevara - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The 2014 PREDICT report covers the period 2006-2011 analysing the consequences of the deep recession that began in early 2008 which impacts the first most severe downturn in 2009 for the European Union (EU) ICT sector and its R&D performance. The report found that the EU ICT sector continued...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123809
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The Great Recession: a comparison of recession magnitudes in Europe, USA and Japan
Mazurek, Jiří - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this article recession magnitudes in Europe, the USA and Japan during the Great Recession are compared. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258149
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The Challenges of the European Automotive Industry at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Summary of the main findings of the CoCKEAS project
LUNG, Yannick - Groupement de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (GRES) - 2004
The paper presents the main conclusions of the CoCKEAS European project (Coordinating Competencies and Knowledge in the European Automobile System). It analyses the main changes in the organisation of the European automotive system, not only in the relationships between carmakers and their first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230152
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Global Engagement and Returns Volatility
Girma, Sourafel; Lancheros, Sandra; Riaño, Alejandro - 2015
This paper uses high-frequency data for publicly-listed Japanese manufacturing firms over the period 2000 to 2010 to show that a greater reliance on foreign market sales increases the conditional volatility of firms’ stock returns. The two margins of global engagement we consider, namely,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431195
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Dissipation of Knowledge and the Boundaries of the Multinational Enterprise
Gattai, Valeria - 2005
Investment (FDI), within a Dissipation of Intangible Assets framework. In a two-period model, we discuss how the threat of … knowledge spillover shapes the boundaries of a Multinational Enterprise. Similarly to the theoretical findings on the FDI …-level dataset, show that Japanese manufacturing operations in Europe are in line with these predictions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312620
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Whole versus shared ownership of foreign affiliates
Raff, Horst (contributor); Ryan, Michael (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper studies why multinational firms often share ownership of a foreign affiliate with a local partner even in the absence of government restrictions on ownership. We show that shared ownership may arise, if (i) the partner owns assets that are potentially important for the investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726051