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Li, Yin; Lazonick, William - 2022

capabilities and physical infrastructure provided foundational support for the emergence of Chinese enterprises capable of …

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The Global Wood Furniture Value Chain : What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries

Kaplinsky, Raphael; Memedovic, Olga; Morris, Mike; … - 2008

Because of its resource and labour intensity, the wood furniture sector presents an opportunity for developing countries and their firms to participate effectively in the global economy. This paper begins with a brief description of the global wood furniture industry and highlights the...

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Climate Change Mitigation and Internationalization : The Competitiveness of Multinational Corporations

Chakrabarty, Subrata; Wang, Liang (Lucas) - 2013

MNC's internationalization is high. Hence, mitigation efforts positively impact at least two dimensions of competitiveness … — sales effectiveness and product leadership, particularly when internationalization is high …

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The Long-Term Sustenance of Sustainability Practices in MNCs : A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective of the Role of R&D and Internationalization

Chakrabarty, Subrata; Wang, Liang (Lucas) - 2013

simultaneously pursue both higher R&D intensity and higher internationalization are more capable of developing and maintaining … a combination of both high R&D intensity and high internationalization are (i) likely to develop more sustainability … of both low R&D and low internationalization usually (i) end up developing little or no sustainability practices and (ii …

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Do Multinationals Influence Labor Standards? A Close Look at US Outward FDI

Wacker, Konstantin M.; 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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Intellectual Property Rights and South-North Formation of Global Innovation Networks

Comune, Maria; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2014

This paper explores the role of IPR protection in the emergence of R&D linkages from newly emerging economies. Using data from a new survey on Chinese and Indian firms in the ICT sector, we find IPR protection to be key in the engagement of Southern firms in global innovation networks. A...

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The Geography of International Strategy : A Multi-Level Framework

van den Berghe, Douglas - 2004

This article introduces a multi-level framework to structure and analyse FDI patterns. It is argued that three internationalisation strategies currently simultaneously shape the globalisation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): classical internationalisation, emerging internationalisation and...

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Tourism And Security In An Interconnected World : Globalisation's Consequences on Tourism And Security

Simina, Ovidiu Laurian; Silasi, Grigore; Marinescu, Bogdan - 2020

The paper addresses the tourism security nexus in a time of crisis, putting under debate the concept of the virtuous/vicious circle in the context of economy disruption caused by a pandemic, having travel and tourism sector as case study. Using two different crisis as main examples, such as the...

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Chapter 18. Migration, International Trade, and Capital Formation : Cause or Effect?

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Grossmann, Volker; Kohler, Wilhelm - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 913-1025). 2015

In this chapter, we provide an overview of the relationship between international migration and international trade as well as capital movements. We start out by identifying key issues through a brief comparison between modern migration and the mass migration of the nineteenth century, followed...

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Should Global Rules Have Legal Teeth? Policing (Who Framework Convention on Tobacco Control) vs. Good Citizenship (Un Global Compact)

Sagafi-Nejad, Tagi - 2005

This study examines two multilateral initiatives, the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the United Nations Secretary-General's Global Compact. These are two efforts to engage transnational corporations in the development process and in the...

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