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Swedish Multinational Corporations: Recent Trends in Foreign Activities

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Ekholm, Karolina; Grundberg, Lennart - 1996

This paper presents recent trends in the foreign activities of Swedish multinationals. The focus is on the distribution of production and R&D between the MNCs' domestic and foreign units, and the pattern of trade within the firms. Issues concerning entry modes and the importance of information...

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Does FDI Work as a Channel for R&D Spillovers? Evidence Based on Swedish Data

Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina; Midelfart Knarvik, … - 2001

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are important in transmitting technology across national borders. Not only do they allow for transfer of technology within the firm, but it is also believed that they are important channels for international R&D spillovers as well. This paper analyzes empirically...

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[Rezension von: Andersson, Thomas ..., Multi-national restructuring, internationalization and small economies]

Ekholm, Karolina - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 100 (1998) 3, pp. 667-669

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

Muendler, Marc-Andreas; Jäckle, Robert; Ekholm, Karolina; … - 2004

Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...

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Offshoring and the onshore composition of tasks and skills

Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2009

We analyze the relationship between offshoring and the onshore workforce composition in German multinational enterprises (MNEs), using plant data that allow us to discern tasks, occupations, and workforce skills. Offshoring is associated with a statistically significant shift towards more...

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Locating foreign affiliates in Germany: The case of Swedish MNEs

Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 2001

This paper uses a dataset on the foreign activities by Swedish manufacturing firms to examine the performance of German affiliates compared with affiliates in other locations. It is found that German affiliates, on average, have higher labour productivity, R&D expenditure per employee and...

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

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

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

Becker, Sascha; Ekholm, Karolina; Jaeckle, Robert; … - 2005

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Swedish Multinationals and Competition from High- and Low-Wage Locations

Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 1999

This study uses data on Swedish multinationals to estimate cross elasticities of labour demand in different locations. With a vertical decomposition of the firm's activities, whether there is substitution or complementarity between employment in different parts of the firm will depend on whether...

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The Foreign Operations of Swedish Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from a Survey of Swedish Multinationals 1998

Ekholm, Karolina; Hesselman, Marie - 2000

This paper presents the results of a survey of Swedish multinationals conducted in 1999. The survey was carried out in … foreign affiliates of manufacturing firms with at least 50 employees. The first survey was conducted in the early 1970's and …, 1994 and 1998. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it serves as a documentation of the survey covering 1998 …

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