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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’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013492204
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The future of work : how G20 countries can leverage digital-industrial innovations into stronger high-quality jobs growth
Annunziata, Marco; Bourgeois, Hendrik - 2018
A new wave of innovation is beginning to disrupt industry on a global scale. It constitutes a tremendous opportunity for faster productivity growth, but also a potential disruption to a number of economic sectors and to job markets. Academic research and the public debate have focused mostly on...
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The future of work : how G20 countries can leverage digital-industrial innovations into stronger high-quality jobs growth
Annunziata, Marco; Bourgeois, Hendrik - 2018
The wave of digital-industrial innovation which begins to disrupt vast sectors of the global economy has fueled fear of a potential adverse impact on jobs and wages. This paper argues that digitalindustrial innovations make human capital more important than ever and the focus needs to shift to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869165
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FDI and long-term economic growth in Russia
Taganov, Boris - 2014
In this paper we consider relationship between foreign direct investment (as one of the mechanisms of technological development) and long-term economic growth. In the beginning we discuss the role of FDI in the increase of total factor productivity from the viewpoint of endogenous growth theory....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399014
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ICT-Linked Firm Reorganisation and Productivity Gains
Falk, Martin - 2004
significantly positively correlated to either sectoral skill intensity or information technology intensity. The results from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435149
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ICT-linked firm reorganisation and productivity gains
Falk, Martin - 2004
significantly positively correlated to either sectoral skill intensity or information technology intensity. The results from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494528
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What are the channels for technology sourcing? : panel data evidence from German companies
Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth; Van Reenen, John - 2012
Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … types of international technology sourcing activities using survey information on German companies complemented with … German firms to better tap into US R&D, but cooperation with customers and competitors does not appear to aid technology …
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Innovation, productivity, and training
Dostie, Benoît - 2014
The firm's stock of human capital is an important determinant of its ability to innovate. As such, any increase in this stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms' human capital investments and innovation performance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409776
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Mobility, Productivity and Patent Value for Asian Prolific Inventors : China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, 1975-2010
Latham, William R. - 2012
We provide new insights into the role of individual inventors in innovation. We focus our analysis on prolific inventors in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. We analyse patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to thousands of inventors from those countries between 1975 and 2010 to...
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