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How can a flexible labour market influence the amount of foreign direct investment attracted by a host nation? The case of the UK
Floyd, David - In: European Business Review 15 (2003) 5, pp. 334-339
direct investment (FDI) has been dependent on the flexibility of the labour market. However it is important to understand …
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The Composition of Government Expenditure and Investment in Saudi Arabia: Is it Attractive or Repulsive Relationship?
Aljarrah, Mohammed A. - In: Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences 25 (2009) 2, pp. 1-18
expenditure and investment in Saudi Arabia for the period 1970‐2007. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag bounds test yields … evidence of cointegration between investment and the six government expenditure components. The study also finds that spending … formation. In addition, the results indicate a negative impact of social services spending on investment, which is consistent …
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The Dynamic Relationship between the Investment in Public and Private Sectors Using an SVAR Model: Case of Saudi Arabia
Belkacem Ghassan, Hassan; Rafdan AlHajhoj, Hassan - In: Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences 26 (2010) 1, pp. 1-26
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between investment in public sector institutions and private … investment in the Saudi economy by using Structural VAR model for testing the dynamic crowding‐out effect during the last four … decades. Three fundamental variables are mobilized: the GDP, public investment and private investment. The linear relationship …
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Small, high cost countries′ strategy for attracting MNCs’ global investments
Wallin Andreassen, Tor - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 8 (1995) 3, pp. 24-38
The strategy literature focuses on the firm or industry as the unit of analysis. In the game of “jockeying for positions” through “a process of creative destruction”, companies create imperfections (dominating suppliers and customers create entrance barriers) to achieve results above...
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Investing to Improve Product Quality
Primrose, P.L.; Leonard, R. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 5 (1988) 4, pp. 38-45
Quality problems have traditionally been measured in term of cost penalties, and therefore efforts to improve quality have been aimed at a reduction in such factors as scrap or rework. When quality is viewed as a potential company asset however, a fundamental change in attitude is needed,...
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The financial and economic challenges of housing provision for an ageing society
Ruddock, Les; Ruddock, Steven - In: Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction 21 (2016) 2, pp. 85-98
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to assess the critical financial and economic issues associated with the provision of adequate housing in the UK in the face of current and future demographic change. Design/methodology/approach The review is based on an investigation of the current state of...
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Decision making in small property companies
Gallimore, Paul; Hansz, J. Andrew; Gray, Adelaide - In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance 18 (2000) 6, pp. 602-612
The literature on investor decision‐making behaviour in property investment is sparse, loosely integrated and focused … lenders. This paper addresses this neglected area of property investment decision‐making. Semi‐structured interviews were … conducted with a sample of property investment directors of smaller property companies. The interviews investigate the decision …
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New Initiatives in the Hungarian Wine Industry: Foreign Innovation and Investment
Lee Williams, Jeremy - In: International Journal of Wine Marketing 5 (1993) 2/3, pp. 39-47
A new modern style of wine has emerged in Hungary which draws heavily on the wine making and wine marketing success of the so‐ called New World. Examining two very different wine companies, one foreign‐owned, the other indigeneous, this article highlights the success of these initiatives,...
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The economic emergence of Turkey
Etkin, Lawrence P.; Helms, Marilyn M.; Turkkan, Umit; … - In: European Business Review 12 (2000) 2, pp. 64-75
For centuries, Turkey has been the nexus of trade and enterprise in Southeastern Europe. Located between the continents of Europe and Asia, Turkey remains the historical portal of the Eastern and Western worlds. Although rooted in an entrepreneurial spirit, the antiquated trade laws in Turkey...
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Doing business in China – the modern German experience
Parnell, Martin Francis - In: European Business Review 14 (2002) 5, pp. 351-363
This paper examines German trade and investment structures in relation to China, establishing for the 1990s: a severe … substantial increases in contracted investment, a general pattern of steep decline in realized German investment. These findings …
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