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A substantial literature has grown up around the issue of how inward direct investment affects host countries. On almost every aspect of this question, there seems to be a wide range of empirical results in academic literature, and little sign of convergence. It is our purpose here to try to...
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year before takeover and two years after takeover, relative to plants remaining in domestic ownership. Blue- collar wage … their industries a year before takeover. Two years after takeover both were more than 50 per cent above average. Wages in … of the whole panel found that both foreign ownership throughout the period and foreign takeover resulted in higher wages …
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be expected to have some impact on the kinds of spillovers different kinds of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects …
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The paper discusses technological capabilities in Vietnamese industry considering mainly the role of foreign companies. The support of technological change is limited by specific disadvantages of Vietnamese environment, mainly insufficient organizational and legal shortcomings. Thus the...
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knowledge, and political decision-making in the home country. The main conclusion is that outward FDI is beneficial to the … effects (particularly on the balance-of-payments) has at times motivated restrictions on FDI. The final part of the paper … which may, at least in theory, provide an alternative to inward FDI as a source of technology for the more advanced …
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This working paper offers insights on science and technology in China with supporting official and interview data. The paper, as evidenced from the title, is indicating the future role of Chongqing and its evolution primarily focusing on the period of rapid development of the Municipality after...
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Multinational firms pay relatively high wages. Less is known about the wage structure within multinational and non-multinational firms. We examine the impact of acquisitions on wage dispersion in Sweden using a large matched employer-employee data set. Foreign acquisitions of Swedish firms...
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The ambiguity reported in previous research as regards the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic …
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FDI inflows have expanded rapidly during the past decade. This paper analyses if such inflows do introduce new … brought into the host region (country) when FDI inflows occur? Second, what are the consequences for the innovation intensity …, technology transfer and economic performance of firms in a regional (national) economy that experiences FDI inflows? These issues …
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in terms of foreign direct investments (FDI), trade and collaboration on innovation, or if proximity between innovators … importance of both inward and outward FDI. We only find some weak find association between proximity to local partners and …
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