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The Human Capital Dimension to Foreign Direct Investment : Training, Adverse Selection and Firm Location.

Eicher, T-S; Kalaitzidakis, P - Department of Economics, University of Washington - 1997

specific technology, recent empirical evidence emphasizes primarily the local human capital necessary to absorb FDI technology …

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The level of human capital in innovative firms located in China. Is foreign capital relevant?

Shu, Li; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2010

Studies on the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the Chinese economy have essentially focused on the relationship between FDI, productivity and economic growth, revealing a tendency toward sectoral and macroeconomic empirical studies. This work aims to complement these approaches and...

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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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International Deal Experience and Cross-Border Acquisitions

Stroup, Caleb - 2019

I show that corporate directors' human capital facilitates international investments. Directors' prior cross-border investment experience causally increases current firms' propensities to internationalize business operations through cross-border acquisitions of foreign companies....

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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa – Does Human Capital Development Matter?

Makoni, Patricia - 2021

The primary objective of this study was to examine the effect of human capital development on foreign direct investment, using a panel of nine African countries, during the period 2009 -2016. We analysed our data using the panel data method. Building on from eclectic theory, the results from the...

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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’...

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Do Human Capital and Institutional Environment Constrain the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Economic Growth in Africa?

Anetor, Friday Osemenshan; Vincent, Olusegun - 2022

This paper investigates the role of human capital and institutional quality in the nexus of foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in 46 African countries between 2002 and 2018. Based on panel data modelling, the empirical findings suggest that FDI in itself does not promote...

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Human Capital Development and FDI in Developing Countries

Majeed, Muhammad Tariq; Ahmad, Eatzaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper evaluates the proposition that development of human capital can be instrumental in attracting FDI in developing countries by using fixed effects models on the panel data of 23 selected developing countries and 35 years (1970-2004). For the purpose, we employ two indicators of human...

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Improving School-to-work Transitions in New Zealand

Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

. Néanmoins, les débouchés professionnels sont largement déterminés par la formation initiale, autre domaine dans lequel la …’ont pas de bons résultats scolaires. Ces handicaps rencontrés au stade de la formation initiale se manifestent par des taux …

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Poland's Education and Training: Boosting and Adapting Human Capital

O'Brien, Paul; Paczynski, Wojciech - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006

.oecd.org/eco/surveys/poland).<P>Éducation et formation de la Pologne : Dynamiser et adapter le capital humain<BR>Les raisons pour lesquelles il est important d …'avoir un système d'enseignement et de formation efficace sont d'ordre à la fois social et économique. Pour l'économie polonaise … sur le juste équilibre entre financements publics et privés. Du côté de la formation des adules, les taux de participation …

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