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Types of FDI and determinants of affiliate size : the classification makes the difference
Hecht, Veronika; Moritz, Michael; Noska, Patricia; … - 2019
This paper focuses on the role of classifying types of foreign direct investment (FDI) for analyzing the determinants of cross-border investment relationships. We base our investigation on a newly established firm-level data set of German multinational firms and their affiliates in the Czech...
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How deep is your love? : innovation, upgrading and the depth of internationalization
Meyer, Birgit - 2020 - Preliminary Draft, October 2019
Global Value Chains (GVCs) provide an important opportunity to become member of the global economy. Gaining access to GVCs and the possibility of developing linkages with major suppliers and customers enables the prospect to upgrade products and production processes via knowledge and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431517
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Foreign direct investment and trade in agro-food global value chains
Punthakey, Jibran J. - 2020
the agriculture and food sectors, using a novel database of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) covering the period 1997 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249041
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The contribution of multinational enterprises to labor productivity : the case of Israel
Slobodnitsky, Tatiana; Drucker, Lev; Geva, Assaf - 2018
We examine the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on labor productivity in two ways: 1) creating high-paying jobs; and 2) improving employees’ human capital. Our analysis is based on a unique database that matches workers to companies, for the 450 largest companies in Israel, during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853632
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The effect of local corruption on ownership strategy in cross border mergers and acquisitions
Di Guardo, Maria Chiara; Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele - 2015
- wholly owned subsidiary or equity participation - exercised by firms involved in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M … to have a strong influence on management decisions during acquisitions, it has been overlooked in the academic literature …, and research on this topic is in its infancy. As a matter of fact, the increasing trend toward international acquisitions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484494
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Does FDI benefit incumbent SMEs? : FDI spillovers and competition effects at the local level
Lembcke, Alexander C.; Wildnerova, Lenka - 2019
That global networks provide positive externalities to participating firms is a well‑documented fact. Less is known about how the performance of non-participating firms, especially those that are small or medium-sized, changes with exposure to an increase in the presence of globally integrated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230626
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872043
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The relationship between start-ups, market mobility and employment growth : an empirical analysis for Dutch region
Koster, Sierdjan; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2010
We investigate the impact of start-up rates on regional economic development. We argue that in line with Schumpeter's view this effect is mediated by a process of creative destruc-tion: Start-ups spark a process of creative destruction which in turn leads to regional eco-nomic development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012170064
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Local labor market effects of FDI regulation in Indonesia
Genthner, Robert; Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2020
Using yearly Indonesian labor market data for 2000 to 2015, we investigate the impact of a protectionist foreign direct investment (FDI) policy reform on employment and wages. The so-called negative investment list regulates FDI at the highly granular product level and has been repeatedly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425338
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Agglomeration economies in Italy : impact on heterogeneous firms' survival : paper to be presented at the 54th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International,...
Ferragina, Anna Maria; Mazzotta, Fernanda - 2014 - Preliminary draft
The focus of our contribution is to shed light on the importance of firm agglomerations and FDI as drivers of firm survival in Italy. We focus upon different types of agglomeration economies related to the geographical context checking how these economies impact differently on heterogeneous...
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