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Refugees and foreign direct investment : quasi-experimental evidence from U.S. resettlements
Mayda, Anna Maria; Parsons, Christopher R.; Han Pham; … - 2019
We exploit the designs of two separate U.S. refugee dispersal policies to provide causal evidence that refugees foster … first leverage the quasi-random distribution of refugees "without U.S. ties" after the enactment of the 1980 Refugee Act, to … show that outward FDI to refugees' countries of origin grew more from those U.S. commuting zones that hosted greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149171
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From Blind Spots to Hotspots : How Knowledge Services Clusters Develop and Attract Foreign Investment
Manning, Stephan - 2011
This paper explores local and global dynamics underlying the development of knowledge services clusters, which we define as new geographic concentrations of technical talent and service providers offering upstream technical and knowledge-intensive business services to regional and global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133184
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Экспорт прямых инвестиций из России : очерки теории и практики (Direct Investment Outflow from Russia: Essays of the Theory and Practice)...
Pakhomov, Alexander - 2012
Со второй половины прошедшего десятилетия в экономике России возникло относительно новое явление – массированный вывоз прямых инвестиций (сопоставимый с...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098443
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Экспорт Прямых Инвестиций Из России : Очерки Теории и Практики (Direct Investment Outflow from Russia: Essays of the Theory and Practice)...
Pakhomov, Alexander - 2013
Со второй половины прошедшего десятилетия в экономике России воз-никло относительно новое явление – массированный вывоз прямых инвестиций (сопоставимый с...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086173
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Does State Ownership Really Matter? The Dynamic Alignment of China’s Resource Environment and Firm Internationalization Strategies
Ren, Monica - 2019
Recent research suggests that unequal access to home country institutional resources affects firm internationalization strategies. We add to this debate, based on an analysis of state-owned (SOEs) and non-state-owned (NSOEs) Chinese mining firms, by developing a more dynamic and multi-layered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893617
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Risky Business : Institutions vs. Social Networks in FDI
Pandya, Sonal S. - 2017
Political economy accounts of economic integration strongly emphasize the importance of legal contract enforcement. We challenge extant research by showing that relational contracting, relationship-based contract enforcement, is more efficient for high-risk, human capital-intensive activities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975804
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Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Enterprises in the Gulf Countries
Mishrif, Ashraf - 2018
This study examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on privately owned domestic firms in the Gulf oil producing countries. It provides its analysis through an examination of the role of FDI in sustainable economic development and the extent to which the interaction between FDI and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932092
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The Impact of Repetitive Xenophobic Attacks on Future Foreign Direct Investment : A Case of South Africa
Bonga, Wellington Garikai - 2021
The debate of the link between xenophobia and importance of foreign direct investment is of interest. A phrase says it all, “One cannot want foreign money and hate foreign businesses at the same time.” Does South Africa, as a country, love foreign investment, and by extension, foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210760
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Strengthening the Integration of Japan in the World Economy to Benefit more Fully from Globalisation
Jones, Randall - 2006
Globalisation through international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and international movements of labour is a key force driving economic growth. However, Japan is an outlier among OECD countries, with the lowest levels of import penetration, stock of inward FDI relative to GDP and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445794
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Familiar Strangers : Lineage Connection and Diaspora Direct Investments in China
Chen, Fanghao; Xiong, Ruichi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2022
This paper studies the importance of international lineage network in facilitating the entry of foreign firms in developing countries where immature market environment deters foreign investments. We build a unique dataset on the universe of diaspora foreign firms in China that are controlled by...
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