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An FDI is an FDI is an FDI? The growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countries
Harms, Philipp; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2011
We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between … contribute to expanding the host country's capital stock. The model suggests that greenfield FDI has a stronger impact on growth … than M&A sales. This hypothesis is supported by our empirical results, which show that greenfield FDI enhances growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430093
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An FDI is an FDI is an FDI? : the growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countries
Harms, Philipp; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2011 - This version: November 15, 2011
We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between … contribute to expanding the host country's capital stock. The model suggests that greenfield FDI has a stronger impact on growth … than M&A sales. This hypothesis is supported by our empirical results, which show that greenfield FDI enhances growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376718
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Measuring tax complexity across countries : a survey study on MNCs
Hoppe, Thomas; Schanz, Deborah; Sturm, Susann; Sureth, Caren - 2019
Despite prior literature emphasizing the increasing role of tax complexity, there is still no comprehensive tax complexity measure. This paper fills this gap and introduces the Tax Complexity Index (TCI), which consists of a tax code subindex and a tax framework subindex. The indices are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109842
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What are the drivers of tax complexity for multinational corporations? : evidence from 108 Countries
Hoppe, Thomas; Schanz, Deborah; Sturm, Susann; Sureth, Caren - 2017
All over the world, firms and governments are increasingly concerned about the rise in tax complexity. To manage it and develop effective simplification measures, detailed information on the current drivers of complexity is required. However, research on this topic is scarce. This is surprising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011747445
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What are the drivers of tax complexity for multinational corporations? : evidence from 108 countries
Hoppe, Thomas; Schanz, Deborah; Sturm, Susann; Sureth, Caren - 2017
All over the world, firms and governments are increasingly concerned about the rise in tax complexity. To manage it and develop effective simplification measures, detailed information on the current drivers of complexity is required. However, research on this topic is scarce. This is surprising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011740804
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Global FDI Convergence Patterns? Evidence from International Comparisons
Thomakos, Dimitrios D.; Kottaridi, Constantina - 2006
In this paper we examine, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, the issue of convergence in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for a sample of countries representative of the world economy. We distinguish between groups of countries so that we can better understand differences attributed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014062533
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Deutschland nach den USA zweitgrößter Forschungsstandort für multinationale Unternehmen
Belitz, Heike - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 18, pp. 226-232
In der zweiten Hälfte der 90er Jahre sind die Aufwendungen deutscher multinationaler Unternehmen für Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) im Ausland stärker gestiegen als im Inland. In gleichem Maße steigerten ausländische Unternehmen ihre FuE-Aufwendungen in Deutschland, so dass die Bilanz...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601811
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Comparative studies of national business cultures in the countries of central and Eastern Europe : the basics for improving international entrepreneurship in Poland and Ukraine
Glinkowska-Krauze, Beata; Chebotarov, Iegor; … - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 1, pp. 7-18
Based on the work of Hofstede, Trompenaars, Lewis, and Rapaille, the founders of the theory of national business cultures and comparative economic studies, the characteristics of corresponding scientific areas are identified: cross-cultural management, cross-cultural communications, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012417178
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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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Growth Spillovers : Separating the Impact of Cultural Distance from Geographic Distance
Chaudhry, Azam - 2010
bilateral genetic distance used by Spolaore and Wacziarg (2009). We find that greater growth spillovers occur between countries … growth spillovers between countries that have greater bilateral trust, even when one controls for the bilateral geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135203