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Die deutschen Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrien stehen stärker als viele andere Branchen unter strukturellem Anpassungsdruck. Hierbei spielt der zunehmende Konkurrenzdruck so genannter Niedriglohnländer vor allem in den arbeitsintensiven Segmenten dieser Branchen eine wesentliche Rolle. Die...
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Weltweit ist ein gewaltiger Investitionsboom zu beobachten. Das globale Investitionsvolumen hat sich in nominaler Rechnung seit dem Tiefpunkt im Jahr 2001 auf nunmehr 14.000 Milliarden US-Dollar mehr als verdoppelt. Dabei hat sich die Investitionstätigkeit zunehmend zu den Schwellen- und...
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Using several data sources, we assess the impact of Italy's outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on local employment growth between 1996 and 2001 for 12 manufacturing industries and 103 administrative provinces. Our main result is that, controlling for the local industrial structure and area...
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The central aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between international integration and domestic inequality in the developed market economy countries in the mid-1980s and early 1990s. The analysis examines two major modes of integration trade and direct foreign investment...
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Acquisition of corporation has always been an important activity in th U.S. and other countries. The motives for mergers have changed over time. Acquisition has become an important and quick means to gain access to technology and technological know-how. Acquisition of foreign firms has been an...
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Die vorliegende Studie untersucht erstmalig für die Ukraine und Polen, wie der Wechsel der vertretenen Regierungspartei in der Region und die Absorptionsfähigkeit von FDI das regionale Wirtschaftswachstum beeinflussen. Die empirische Analyse erfolgt auf regionaler Ebene für den Zeitraum...
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Die vorliegende Studie untersucht erstmalig für die Ukraine und Polen, wie stark sich das Wirtschaftswachstum der räumlich benachbarten Regionen auf die Wachstumsrate einer Region auswirkt. Die empirische Analyse erfolgt für den Zeitraum 2004-2012 anhand des Instrumentalvariablenschätzers....
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Today the assets of foreign investors are protected by three distinct yet overlapping pillars: diplomatic pressure applied by the home state; political risk insurance purchased by the investor; and investor-host state legal arbitration. These pillars represent mutually reinforcing approaches to...
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This paper examines South Africa's policy decision to review and exit its Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). Drawing on interviews with government officials and business representatives, public documents and secondary literature, it scrutinises the process that South Africa went through in...
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We have defined the Baltic Sea Region as consisting of the following countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and Russia. We investigate foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from 1995 to 2010 to these countries econometrically. We use two basic models:...
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