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Is hiring foreign worth it? : spillover from foreign firms' human capital and local firms' productivity
Pyun, Ju Hyun; Sun, Jong-in - 2022
This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms' productivity via human capital transfer from MNEs to local firms. Using the firm-level data for 2010-2015 from the Republic of Korea, we identify human capital spillovers using local firms' hired permanent foreign...
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Is Hiring Foreign Worth It? Spillover from Foreign Firms’ Human Capital and Local Firms’ Productivity
Pyun, Ju Hyun; Sun, Jong-in - 2022
We examine the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms’ productivity via human capital transfer from multinational enterprises (MNEs) to local firms. Using the firm-level data for 2010–2015 from the Republic of Korea, we identify human capital spillovers using local firms’...
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The Impact of Intellectual Property Protection on MNEs’ Decisions to Invest in Developing Countries : Empirical Evidence from New Swiss Firm-Level FDI Panel Data
Hold, Arno - 2015
This article reviews the impact of intellectual property (IP) protection on foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developing countries. Applying different panel data techniques to a newly-created comprehensive FDI/IP dataset of 31 Swiss MNEs investing into 53...
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Outward FDI and Knowledge Flows : A Study of the Indian Automotive Sector
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash; Singh, Neelam - 2009
In recent years developing countries have emerged as significant participants in the OFDI (outward foreign direct investment) activities having the strategic asset seeking motive. Such OFDI which is assets exploiting cum augmenting involves potential two way cross border knowledge flows. This...
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Indian Multinationals in the Automotive and the Pharmaceutical Sectors : Competitive Advantages and Strategies
Balcet, Giovanni; Bruschieri, Silvia - 2009
Multinational companies (MNCs) from emerging markets (EMs) are new and very dynamic actors on the global scene. Starting from the late 1970s a strand of literature flourished on Third World multinationals (Lall, 1983a). More recently, the increasing expansion abroad by multinationals based in...
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New Europe's Promise for Life Sciences
Filippov, Sergey; Kalotay, Kalman - 2013
The life sciences sector (and biotechnology in particular) has emerged as a prospective area, and attracted a lot of attention recently. Multinational companies in the life sciences seek to explore new markets, and, on the other side, governments strive to develop the life sciences sector...
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Foreign Collaborations and Export Performance : A Case of MNC's Affiliates and Local Enterprises in Indian Automobile Ancillary Industry
Chugan, Pawan K. - 2012
technology works in favour of the technology recipients. To test the same, an extensive field survey was undertaken leading to …, revealed that the export generating effects of foreign technology, as mentioned above, have not been felt in the spirit of … furthering the export performances. In spite of access to foreign technology and its advantages, the export performance of FCA …
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Do universities matter for the location of foreign R&D?
Añón Higon, María Dolores; Diez-Minguela, Alfonso - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 27 (2024) 2, pp. 104-120
between research capacity training, scientific research, and technology transfer. We find that the probability of a foreign R …
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"A nation of poets and thinkers" : less so with Eastern enlargement? ; Austria and Germany
Marin, Dalia - 2004
Many people in the European Union fear that Eastern Enlargement will lead to major job losses. More recently, these fears about job losses have extended to high skill labor and IT jobs. The paper examines with new firm level data whether these fears are justified for the two neighboring...
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The Migration FDI Puzzle : Complements or Substitutes?
D'Agosto, Elena; Solferino, Nazaria; Tria, Giovanni - 2006
This paper analyses the link between FDI inflows and migration waves from developing countries. In addition, it investigates mechanisms through which this link works. Empirical results indicate that FDI can be seen as substitutes of migration through direct and indirect labour demand. However,...
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