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Emerging multinationals, international knowledge flows and economic geography: A research agenda

Dohse, Dirk; Hassink, Robert; Klaerding, Claudia - 2012

One of the most significant changes in the global economy today is the strong increase in outgoing foreign direct investment (OFDI) from emerging economies to industrialised countries. Whereas investment in less developed countries is often motivated by the sourcing of natural resources and...

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Does FDI spur innovation, productivity and knowledge sourcing byincumbent firms? Evidence from manufacturing industry in Estonia

Vahter, Priit - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2010

Does FDI affect productivity growth, innovation, and knowledge sourcing activities ofdomestic firms? This study employs … detailed firm-level panel-data from Estonia’smanufacturing sector to investigate different channels through which FDI can … affectdomestic firms. I use instrumental variables approach to identify the effects. I find noevidence of an effect of FDI entry on …

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Revised U.S. Deep Seabed Mining Policy Reflects UNCLOS and Other International Environmental Law Obligations

Kogan, Lawrence A. - 2013

This article questions the extent to which U.S. continental shelf seabed mining policy, as reflected in the U.S. administration's recently issued five-year OCS development plan and accompanying agency regulations, is influenced by international environmental law, especially the deep seabed...

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Innovation Drivers, Value Chains and the Geography of Multinational Firms in European Regions

Crescenzi, Riccardo - 2014

This paper investigates the geography of multinational corporations' investments in the EU regions. The ‘traditional' sources of location advantages (i.e. agglomeration economies, market access and labour market conditions) are considered together with innovation and socio-institutional...

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International Reverse Spillover Effects on Parent Firms : Evidences from Emerging-Market MNEs in Developed Markets

Chen, Victor Zitian - 2014

This study examines whether and to what extent emerging-market multinational enterprises (EM MNEs) can use outward FDI … to this as a “reverse spillover” effect on parent firms, and develop it based on the knowledge-seeking motive for FDI by … evidence for its validity, our study focuses on the effects of such FDI on technological capabilities of EM MNEs at home. Using …

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International Co-Operative Agreements in Hungary in the Mid-1990s : Evolution, Organisational Forms and Industry Characteristics

Havas, Attila - 2015

As the legislation on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Hungary has been probably the most liberal in Central and … Eastern Europe since the mid-1980s, FDI is the primary form chosen by Western firms to enter the Hungarian market. The major … channels of FDI include the privatisation of former state-owned enterprises and green-field investment projects. Portfolio …

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Knowledge Transfer from Foreign Companies to Producers of Blackberries of the Region Valle De Los Reyes, Michoacán, Mexico

Ortega Gómez, Priscila - 2020

English Abstract: Foreign companies, as vehicles of foreign direct investment (FDI), are a channel that can contribute …

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Location Strategies of Multinationals from Emerging Countries in the EU Regions

Crescenzi, Riccardo - 2015

This paper contributes to the current debate in both Economic Geography and International Business on the nature and strategies of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) from emerging countries (EMNEs). The paper fills a relevant gap in the existing literature by shedding new light on the location...

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International Market Entry by U.S. Internet Firms : An Empirical Analysis of Country Risk, National Culture, and Market Size

Rothaermel, Frank T. - 2015

We study international market entry in the context of the Internet, and ask: On what basis do U.S. Internet firms choose the markets that they enter? Our baseline hypothesis is that international market entry decisions are based on balancing perceived risks and returns inherent in a foreign...

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Did Western CEO Incentives Contribute to China’s Technological Rise?

Bian, Bo; Meier, Jean-Marie - 2021

We study the role of Western CEO incentives in fostering the technological rise of China. Due to China's quid pro quo policy, foreign multinationals face a trade-off between the short-term benefits of accessing China's vast market and the long-term costs of transferring technology to China....

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