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Cross-Border Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Elasticities

Hakkala, Katariina - 2011

The growing number of cross-border acquisitions has in many countries raised concerns about labor demand consequences. In this study, we use detailed firm level data to examine how increased internationalization and multinational activity affect the volatility of employment, or rather, the wage...

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Location choice and employment decisions : a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals

Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - 2005

Sweden and CEE is associated with 140 fewer jobs at Swedish parents and 260 more jobs at affiliates in CEE. -- Multinational …

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Location Choice and Employment Decisions : A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals

Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2021

affiliates located in CEE. A one percent larger wage gap between Sweden and CEE is estimated to be associated with 140 fewer jobs …

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Foreign Direct Investment and Politics : The Swedish Model

Blomstrom, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - 1998

have facilitated investment abroad by Swedish firms, while impeding foreign direct investment in Sweden. A particularly … opposed foreign investment in Sweden. The paper outlines the development of Swedish foreign investment policies, describes the …Sweden is home to remarkably many large, prosperous multinationals. We argue that this is partly the result of …

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The effects of production offshoring on R&D and innovation in the home country

Dachs, Bernhard; Ebersberger, Bernd - 2013

A strong innovation performance based on R&D, product development and the implementation of advanced production technologies is key for the long-term competitiveness of European economies. This study investigates the effects of production offshoring on R&D and innovation activities of the firm...

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Multinational versus national firms on capital adjustment costs : a structural approach

Lapatinas, Athanasios - 2015

ownership and capital demand adjustment in host countries. The author estimates a dynamic structural model of investment on a …

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The effects of production offshoring on R&D and innovation in the home country

Dachs, Bernhard; Ebersberger, Bernd; Kinkel, Steffen; … - 2014

We investigate the effects of production offshoring on the innovation activities of manufacturing firms in the home country. The analysis is based on a dataset of more than 3000 manufacturing firms from seven European countries. We find that offshoring firms on average employ a higher share of...

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Repatriation taxes and internal agency conflicts and subsidiary-level investment efficiency

Amberger, Harald; Markle, Kevin S.; Samuel, David M. P. - 2019

taxes impair subsidiary-level investment efficiency. Consistent with internal agency conflicts between the central …-level investment efficiency while reducing the level of investment. Our paper provides timely empirical evidence to inform expectations …

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The Role of Multinational Companies Investing in Oil Exploration and Extraction in Sudan

Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2012

The purpose of this paper is to present the role of multinational companies in general then its role in Sudan with particular emphasis on oil exploration and extraction. Chinese companies of multi-nationalities currently control the newly born oil industry in the country. Needless to say that...

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Evolution of globalised business R&D : features, drivers, impacts

Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro; Voigt, Peter; … - 2011

The globalisation of R&D activities has continued to grow as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has brought researchers and analysts to...

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