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-term sustainable growth as set out in the National Structural Reform Programme, but the government is determined to tackle the issues …, and is committed to increase the role of the private sector. Market mechanisms such as business entry and exit, and growth … technology and knowledge that would help lift productivity. The way state-owned companies are operating across a several sectors …
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This paper studies the direct effect of foreign investment on target firm operating performance and growth. Foreign … group firms resulting in little effect on productivity or growth but leading to growth in stand-alone firms. Foreign …-invested firms in industries dependent on external financing experience superior growth, suggesting that foreign investment relaxes …
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. -- growth ; institutions ; geography ; comparative development ; colonialism …
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While the direct impact of geographic endowments on prosperity is present in all countries, in former colonies, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a control group, I re-examine the theories put forward by La...
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While the direct impact of geographic endowments on prosperity is present in all countries, in former colonies, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a control group, I re-examine the theories put forward by La...
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This article investigates how the legacy of colonization shapes the impact of inward FDI on employment in the Chinese labor market. The analysis utilizes provincial panel on overall employment and employment in the service sector during 2006-15. We find that inward FDI significantly promotes...
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growth (IGG) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Second, we investigate whether economic freedom interacts with FDI to promote IGG …
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growth (IGG) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Second, we investigate whether economic freedom interacts with FDI to promote IGG …
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countries, the financial openness policy in the Non-GCC countries have reduced the benefits of FDI on growth, this finding is …
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Firm growth is an essential feature of market economies, shaping together macroeconomic performance and the evolution … growth is also a central concern to both the practice and theory of business strategy. Despite both its theoretical and … practical importance, though, growth remains a poorly understood property of firms. While previous studies have documented the …
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