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The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size … Lesotho; and has slightly declined in Ghana. The underlying factors with regard to the apparent increase hinge on the … Cameroon; and child mortality in North Sudan and Senegal. Overall mortality levels are high in Western and Central Africa and …
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management is expected to make in the next 12 months (Wery, 2004). “Outsourcing in China can help many companies save money …, but it can be very frustrating if not done right†(Ting, 2004). The perceived benefits of outsourcing production to China … outsource their production to China. The information regarding outsourcing overseas was collected from 22 American firms and 24 …
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Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life cycle of individuals; for society at large it represents the creation of a new unit of production, consumption, distribution and exchange of goods and services. In most...
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This paper examines the preferences of a foreign firm and awelfare-maximizing host country government over two modes of foreigndirect investment (FDI): de novo entry by the foreign firm andacquisition of the domestic incumbent. Two crucial features of the modelare the presence of network...
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Many countries aim to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) by offering ever more generous incentive packages and justifying their actions with the expected knowledge externalities to be generated by foreign affiliates. Despite being hugely important to public policy, there is little...
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contributions of each of these avenues, as well as their interactions, to productivity and knowledge production within Chinese … industry. Based on a large data set for China’s large and medium-size enterprises, the estimation results show that technology …
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This paper uses a uniquely rich project-level dataset to analyze determinants and trends of FDI flows to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. We control for the source of the investment, the sector in which the investment is undertaken, and the investment type in addition to...
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examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …
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extent US firms continue to invest into China and India. I first correlate the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors … in the United States with those of China and India. I find that there is a positive relationship between the correlation …
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This paper investigates the primacy of foreign direct investment inflows in liberalizing China’s economy and whether … disparities. By examining the history of FDI inflows in China, it becomes evident that FDI inflows were an instrumental part in … institutional and technological development in China. I extend the argument to take into account how these developed infrastructures …
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