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Behaviour of Belgian firms in the context of globalisation : lessons from the conference on “International Trade : Threats and Opportunities in a Globalised World”
Dhyne, E.; Dresse, L.; Fuss, C.; Piette, Ch. - In: Economic Review (2011) I, pp. 73-88
offshoring are comparable. Finally, while multinationals manage their workforce more flexibly than domestic firms, they have …
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The Multinational Firm
Yeaple, Stephen Ross - In: Annual Review of Economics 5 (2013) 1, pp. 193-217
This article documents the recent advances in the international trade literature toward understanding the role of multinational firms in the conduct of international commerce. Over the past 10 years, we have developed a better understanding of the incentives firms face in their choice of...
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Outsourcing Versus Foreign Direct Investment--A Welfare Analysis
Grover, Arti - Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics - 2005
country may avail options like – Joint venture, technology licensing, franchising, outsourcing etc. A host country’s choice of … outsourcing in the host country using Grossman-Helpman quality ladders framework. If the host absorptive capacity is above a … threshold level, outsourcing is more welfare enhancing vis-à-vis FDI; while even with lower than threshold absorptive capacity …
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Vertical FDI versus Outsourcing: A Welfare Comparison from the Perspective of the Host Country
Grover, Arti - Institut for Miljø og Erhvervsøkonomi, Syddansk … - 2008
(VFDI) relationship or transacted externally through outsourcing contracts, affects the welfare of the host country in a … host country's absorptive capacity is above a threshold level, outsourcing is more welfare enhancing vis-à-vis VFDI; while … even with an absorptive capacity lower than this threshold, outsourcing being welfare improving over VFDI cannot be ruled …
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Foreign ownership and the export and import propensities of developing-country firms
Boddin, Dominik; Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2015
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership affects the likelihood of manufacturers in developing countries to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor...
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Foreign ownership and the export and import propensities of developing-country firms
Boddin, Dominik; Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2015
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership affects the likelihood of manufacturers in developing countries to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496200
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Foreign Ownership and the Export and Import Propensities of Developing-Country Firms
Boddin, Dominik; Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership affects the likelihood of manufacturers in developing countries to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor...
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Offshoring sector in Poland
Budzyńska, Katarzyna - In: Oeconomia Copernicana 7 (2016) 4, pp. 635-651
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Offshoring sector in Poland
Katarzyna, Budzyńska - 2014
Companies across industries gain the competitive advantage by outsourcing and offshoring. Developing countries are … becoming the attractive locations for the BPO/SSC enterprises. The article reviews the definition of outsourcing and offshoring … literature on outsourcing and offshoring. The article presents a preliminary analysis of offshoring sector in Poland. The …
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FDI and onshore employment dynamics
Koerner, Konstantin; Moritz, Michael; Schäffler, Johannes - 2021
In this paper, we revisit questions about the onshore employment effects of firms that conduct foreign direct investment (FDI) in countries with substantially lower average wages. Our results derive from the use of rich administrative records on the universe of employees in German multinational...
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