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Foreign direct investment and trade in agro-food global value chains
Punthakey, Jibran J. - 2020
interdependencies between FDI, trade, and the various other channels that multinational enterprises (MNEs) use to engage with GVCs. The … results from a survey of agro-food MNEs suggest that FDI decisions are underpinned by a diverse range of strategic motivations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249041
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Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Investment; The Case of Developing Countries
Al-sadiq, Ali J - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Over the past two decades, the growth rate of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition economies has increased significantly. Given the role of physical capital accumulation in determining the economic growth rate, it is important to assess how domestic investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242197
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Efficiency Spillovers from FDI in the Indian Machinery Industry: A Firm Level Study Using Panel Data Models
Keshari, Pradeep Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2011
firms (DFs) to know if there are spillovers from MNEs to their affiliates. Secondly, it identifies the differences in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323720
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The Quest for Non-Resource-Based FDI: Do Taxes Matter?
Kinda, Tidiane - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Using manufacturing and services firm-level data for 30 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this paper shows that taxation is not a significant driver for the location of foreign firms in SSA, while other investment climate factors, such as infrastructure, human capital, and insitutions, are....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790352
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Do we need different frameworks to explain infant MNEs from developing countries?
Narula, Rajneesh - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
Applying extant IB theory, I argue that initial firm internationalisation is shaped by the interdependence and dynamic … operandi of developing country (DC) infant MNEs with those from advanced economies, highlighting the similarities and … differences. The O assets of DC MNEs are largely determined by home country influences. Advanced economy MNEs have a larger set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856340
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MNEs and Export Spillovers: An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing Industries
Franco, Chiara; Subash, Sasidharan - 2009
The attraction of foreign MNEs have been seen mainly from the point of view of the effects related directly to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476048
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Trade and Innovation Project: A Synthesis Paper
Onodera, Osamu - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008
This paper, together with five case studies, is a part of a larger project looking at the various effects that trade and investment can have on innovation. The study looks at the role of trade and investment in technology transfer, the competition effects of trade and investment on innovation as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962804
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CSR and Trade: Informing Consumers about Social and Environmental Conditions of Globalised Production: Part I
Fliess, Barbara; Lee, Hyung-Jong; Dubreuil, Olivia L.; … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2007
Focusing on consumer demands in OECD markets and voluntary initiatives taken in the private sector, this study investigates how consumers are informed about the social and environmental conditions under which products have been produced. Consumers of OECD increasingly attach importance to how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962898
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FDI Spillovers, Financial Markets and Economic Development
Sayek, Selin; Alfaro, Laura; Chanda, Areendam; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper examines the role financial markets play in the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic development. We model an economy with a continuum of agents indexed by their level of ability. Agents can either work for the foreign company or undertake entrepreneurial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768918
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Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth; Firm-Level Evidence From the United States
Yeaple, Stephen R.; Keller, Wolfgang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
We estimate international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment (FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263684