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This paper presents an empirical study of the international operations of Brazilian MNCs in Cement Industry with a dynamic approach using knowledge-based strategies (KBV) through the analysis of the development of three families of intangible assets (individual competence, internal structure,...
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This study analyzes the structure of regional and global alliance networks of multinationals. It examines the network structure of 172 Triad (U.S., Western European, and Japanese) multinationals during 2001-2003 and how it affects subsequent corporate performance during 2004-2006. We study a...
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Which firms find it optimal to integrate their input suppliers into the firm boundaries of control (vertical integration)? Which firms choose to expand their sourcing activities across the national border (offshoring)? This letter provides novel evidence on these questions based on a Spanish...
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"-Werk für den Bereich der KMU zusammen. -- Im ersten Themenkreis werden die Rahmenbedingungen für KMU((3x kursiv)) skizziert …. Andere Betrachtungen wiederum gelten der KMU-Förderung, der Umwelt- und Bildungspolitik, den Kulturunterschieden in … empirische Studie in KMU und Grossunternehmen nachgeht). Daran schliessen Ausführungen zu Themenbereichen wie Wissenskapital …
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This paper studies the mechanism of the division of the gains in high-tech global supply chains. Motivated by the empirical observation which is widely discussed in international business literature so called “smile curve”, this paper demonstrates in a theoretical model that whether or not...
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&D expenditures and technology licensing behavior in Brazil, explicitly considering corner solutions using the Kuhn-Tucker conditions …
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In this paper, we explore the role of trade in differentiated final goods as well offshoring of tasks for inequality both within and between countries. We emphasize the distinction between managerial and production labor. Production labor is assumed to be a variable input composed of tradable...
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Explanations for differences in the performance and behavior of domestic and foreign-owned banks are grounded in assumptions about the ability of parent banks to provide subsidiaries with capital and knowledge and the ability to manage asymmetric information and agency problems in the...
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