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Technological Asymmetries and Strategic Plant Location : The Case of Export-Platform Foreign Direct Investment

Guariglia, Alessandra - 2006

We consider the plant location decision of a multinational corporation (MNC), which has the option to invest in a more or in a less technologically lagging country, and which aims to use its foreign plant as an export-platform. We show that the plant location decision of the MNC depends on...

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Pollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment : Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?

Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska; Wei, Shang-Jin - 2021

The 'pollution haven' hypothesis refers to the possibility that multinational firms, particularly those engaged in highly polluting activities, relocate to countries with weaker environmental standards. Despite the plausibility and popularity of this hypothesis, the existing literature has found...

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Pollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment : Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?

Smarzynska, Beata K. - 2001

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Pollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment : Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?

Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska; Wei, Shang-Jin - 2014

The "pollution haven" hypothesis states that multinational firms, particularly those in highly polluting industries, relocate to countries with weak environmental standards. Despite the plausibility and popularity of this hypothesis, Smarzynska and Wei find only weak evidence in its favor. The...

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The geography of multinational firms

Braunerhjelm, Pontus (ed.); Ekholm, Karolina (contributor) - 1998

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Pollution havens and foreign direct investment : dirty secret or popular myth?

Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2001

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Geography of production and economic integration

Jovanović, Miroslav N. - 2001

Globalization has been hailed as removing the need for company location as an issue. However, there remains a strong tendency for some industries to form geographical clusters. This book examines the reasons for this trend

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Extending the eclectic paradigm in international business : essays in honor of John Dunning

Gray, Henry Peter (contributor); … - 2003

multinationality matters : exploring the 'L' in the OLI paradigm -- 4. The eclectic theory in Latin America -- 5. A theory of systemic … -- 9. The multiple dimensions of international involvement : an empirical test -- 10. towards a theory of Hegemon-led macro …

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Knowledge creation and technology diffusion : a framework to understand economic growth

Gomes, Orlando - In: Revista de análisis económico 20 (2005) 2, pp. 41-61

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Jánossy elmélete az új növekedéselmélet tükrében

Tarján, Tamás - 2010

If Janossy's theory should concisely be drafted, one might say that he had been researching the "real carrier of … economic development" in a very original way and having formulated his theory in a specific language. He managed to identify … growth theory that have appeared in the nineties. The "real carrier of economic development" matches to the "human capital …

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