As the Chinese economy has rapidly grown in recent years, more expatriates are also attracted back to China. When one returns, he is called a “Haigui” (i.e., “Sea Turtle” or a returnee from overseas), denoting a person with valuable advanced knowledge and skills from overseas. However,...

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data show that the nation’s rate of yearly output growth between 1995 and 1999 was more than 50% higher than for the period 1987 to 1994. Using state-level data, this study examines foreign capital’s contribution to this upturn in growth. Pooling...

This study focuses government sourcing decisions in Nebraska, including the benefits and costs of government performance (insourcing) versus contracting with the private sector (outsourcing). The study generally concludes that government insourcing is likely to increase taxpayer costs and...