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Firms' global engagement and management practices

Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2017

We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. We use new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of management practices in Germany. We calculate...

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Global engagement and the occupational structure of firms

Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven J.; … - 2014

Engagement in foreign markets can have an impact on firm organization and on the type of occupations that a firm needs. We examine the effect of globalization on the occupational mix using detailed Swedish data that cover all firms and a representative sample of the labor force for 1997-2005. We...

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The correlation between the internationalization processes and performance of firms : the case of emerging market firms of the BRIC countries

Ficici, Aysun; Wang, Lingling; Aybar, C. Bulent; Fan, Bo - 2014

In this empirical study we examine the correlation between the internationalization processes and financial performance … the internationalization - performance curve and explore the differences on effectiveness of the sectors. Our sample data …, 58 of them from China, 156 from India, and 12 from Russia. The internationalization activities take place during the …

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Migration, international trade and capital formation : cause or effect?

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Grossmann, Volker; Kohler, Wilhelm - 2012

In this paper, we provide an overview of the relationship between international migration and international trade as well as capital movements. After taking a brief historical perspective, we first investigate migration flows between two countries in a static, neoclassical context. We allow for...

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Do multinationals influence labor standards? : a close look at US outward FDI

Wacker, Konstantin; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - 2011

This paper investigates the effects of multinational corporations on labor standards. We argue that the previous literature has failed to distinguish the different motives that encourage firms to become multinational. Therefore, we build a stylized model of segmented labor markets with...

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The Swedish external position and the Krona

Lane, Philip R. (contributor) - 2006

This paper addresses the dynamics of the Swedish external position, with a particular focus on its inter-relation with the external value of the krona. We argue that financial globalisation means that a broader conceptual framework is required, whereby exchange rate fluctuations operate through...

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Sports Diplomacy and Global Affairs

Raman, Nagalaxmi; Tandon, Vakul - 2023

Sports diplomacy which falls under the category of public diplomacy signifies engagement with the foreign public within the context of realizing policy objectives. This paper seeks to analyze important questions regarding how international sporting events can act as bargaining chips to bolster...

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Toward Globalization of the Forest Products Industry : Some Trends

Bael, David - 2015

This paper examines the hypothesis that changes have been brought about in the forest industry that allow it to participate fully in globalization. The forest industry has undergone profound changes in recent years in large part by new technologies. Whereas traditionally it was primarily an...

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Globalization and Poverty in Senegal : A Worst Case Scenario?

Maertens, Miet - 2014

There is no consensus about how globalization - trade and foreign investments - affects poverty reduction. Using household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the household-level implications of increased foreign investments...

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Global Implications of a US-Led Currency War

Triggs, Adam - 2020

In 2019, President Trump called on the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to depreciate the U.S. dollar, which, according to the IMF, is overvalued by between 6 and 12 percent. This paper uses an intertemporal general equilibrium model to explore what would likely happen if the...

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