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Attractiveness of Western Balkan Countries for FDI
Rejec, Matija; Penev, Slavica - In: Serbia and the European Union: Economic Lessons from …
Western Balkan countries (WB5), as FDI location. WB5 as a region lags behind EU27 and EU10 average in almost all relevant … indicators of locational competitiveness. The identified competitive advantages of WB5 as a location for FDI are the following … with EU, CEFTA and other bilateral trade agreements. The most prominent weaknesses inhibiting more FDI inflows in WB5 are …
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From emerging economies toward the Emerging Triad
Dehnen, Hermann Sebastian; Dinther, Jan H. van; Koubek, … - Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library - 2013
In this article an entirely new structural approach called the ‘Emerging Triad’ is identified, which is dealing with the increasing regional, intra- and interregional integration of the emerging regions Latin America, Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In this context the increasing...
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Innovation and Additionalty for Development Finance: Looking at Asia
Sobhan, Rehman - Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) - 2013
. The paper indicates that in most countries in Asia domestic savings, foreign direct investment (FDI) and migrant …
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Indigenous R%D effectiveness, technology transfer and productivity growth: evidence from the hi-tech industry of China
Qazi, Ahmar Qasim; Yulin, Zhao - In: International Journal of Computational Economics and … 3 (2013) 1/2, pp. 64-82
through foreign direct investment (FDI) and technology import have significantly positive effect on the productivity progress. …
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Value chain dynamics, local embeddedness, and upgrading in the clothing sectors of Lesotho and Swaziland
Morris, Mike; Staritz, Cornelia; Barnes, Justin - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 4 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 96-119
This paper assesses the implications for upgrading of integration into two distinct clothing value chains in Lesotho and Swaziland – the value chain characterised by Taiwanese investment and feeding into the US market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the value chain...
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China and India leading a global insurgency within the software industry
Crookes, Paul C. Irwin; McManus, John - In: Global Business and Economics Review 15 (2013) 4, pp. 417-431
US companies more openly admit the growth of offshore outsourcing to countries like India and China now that presidential elections are over. The rise of India and China as potentially high technology software competitors and important participant in the world's software industry has seemingly...
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THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS ON THE DYNAMIC OF INTERNATIONAL FDI
Carp, Lenuta - In: CES Working Papers 4(1) (2012) March, pp. 35-43
FDI flows are internationally recognized for the benefits they generate (technological transfer, know – how, industrial … accelerated the interdependencies between economies up to 2007, but, in the current crisis, the dynamic of FDI flows was affected … analyze the evolution of FDI flows in the period 2007 – 2010, emphasizing the strong impact that economic crisis exerts. The …
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REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN ROMANIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CHINDRIS-VASIOIU, OANA - Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice, Universitatea … - 2013
Regional development is a concept that aims to boost economic activity and diversification. However, regional development aims to stimulate private sector investment and contribution to reducing unemployment. As regards Romania, growth followed a westeast direction. Proximity to western markets...
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Foreign investment and economic growth interactions in Eurasia: 1960 to 2011
Pradhan, Rudra P.; Arvin, Mak B.; Norman, Neville R. - In: International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy 2 (2014) 1/2, pp. 139-164
This paper examines dynamic interactions between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth using panel … not hitherto been performed. We find that that FDI and economic growth have both short-term and long-term causal linkages … FDI tend to use FDI as an instrument of financial diplomacy. When the recipient countries experience enhanced economic …
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Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific: Its role in Trade-Driven Growth: Report from the Co-Chairs of the Regional Technical Group on aid for Trade for Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
The formation of a Regional Technical Group (RTG) on Aid for Trade for Asia and thePacific was a key recommendation that emerged from the Aid for Trade Regional Review Meeting at the ADB headquarters in Manila in 2007 and the Global Aid for Trade Review Meetings at the World Trade Organization...
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