The present paper investigates the effect of linguistic distance on location decisions of Moroccan outward foreign …

and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the … share of foreign firms are falling behind more than domestic firms in industries with a smaller foreign presence. However … domestic firms to fall further behind. On the other hand, we find in both countries that foreign firms experience positive …

countries. The results suggest that technology diffusion from US foreign affiliates has a positive and significant impact on … why previous studies show mixed support for the hypothesis that foreign affiliates have a positive effect on productivity … development enhances the capacity of countries to reap the benefits of foreign direct investments …

Foreign direct investment is at the forefront of economic policy decisions in Central Europe, as it is expected to … study of the effects of FDI in 11 different manufacturing sectors within three Central European economies: Hungary, Poland … predominantly due to the intangible assets introduced by foreign firms, rather than simply the fixed capital investment associated …

During the 1990s Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have experienced rapid increases in wage inequality between …