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Firm heterogeneity, industry characteristics and types of FDI : the case of German FDI in the Czech Republic

Görg, Holger; Mühlen, Henning; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2009

In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken into account when analyzing the determinants of outward FDI. We combine two firm-specific datasets on German firms with subsidiaries and joint ventures in the Czech Republic,...

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Trade policy implications of global value chains : case studies

Miroudot, Sébastien; Rouzet, Dorothée; Spinelli, Francesca - 2013

Taking global value chains (GVCs) into account has important implications for trade policy. When production is vertically fragmented and trade in intermediate inputs is prevalent, one has to look differently at a certain number of issues. Through case studies, this paper provides new evidence on...

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Knowledge based firms from Central and East European countries : a comparative overview of case studies

Woodward, Richard; Yörük, Deniz Eylem; Radošević, Slavo - 2011

This paper focuses on knowledge-based entrepreneurship, or new firm creation in industries which are considered to be … studies of thirteen knowledge-based firms in six ECE countries, we suggest that KBE firms in these countries may differ in … some important ways from the conventional picture of new technology based firms. In general, we see the ECE knowledge …