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Outward FDI, performance and group affiliation: evidence from French matched firms
Gazaniol, Alexandre; Peltrault, Frédéric - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
in outward FDI and its effects on home performance. Using a sample of French manufacturers, we combine propensity … their home performance ex-post. One explanation for this result might be that foreign-owned firms do not invest abroad in … order to increase their own performance, but the performance of their own group. …
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Outward FDI, performance and group affiliation: evidence from French matched firms
Gazaniol, Alexandre; Peltrault, Frédéric - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 2, pp. 891-904
in outward FDI and its effects on home performance. Using a sample of French manufacturers, we combine propensity … their home performance ex-post. One explanation for this result might be that foreign-owned firms do not invest abroad in … order to increase their own performance, but the performance of their own group. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633883
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From the Theory of the Firm to FDI and Internalisation: A Survey
Gattai, Valeria - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005
This paper surveys recent contributions on the Internalisation issue, based on different theories of the firm, to show how the make-or-buy decision, at an international level, has been assessed through the opening up of the “black box” - traditionally explored by the theorists of the firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230886
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Far From Home: Do Foreign Investors Import Higher Standards of Governance in Transition Economies?
Hellman, Joel S.; Jones, Geraint; Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2003
Based on the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) of firms in transition countries, which … and performance of firms, we find that: i) corruption reduces FDI inflows and attracts lower quality investment in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407674
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Transforming Economies, Technology Transfer and Multinational Corporations Strategies
Richet, Xavier - In: Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business 7 (2004) 1, pp. 1-21
Foreign direct investment inflows in European transition economies, although limited in volume, plays a strategic role in restructuring and developing new businesses, in integrating these economies to the world economy, in bringing in technology, know-how and management skill. Entry on these new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005673475
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How innovation can offset deindustrialisation in an open trade context. Causal analysis for four countries: Chile, Mexico, Germany, France
Bourdariat, Jean - In: Journal of Innovation Economics n°9 (2012) 1, pp. 199-221
The development of international trade has enabled industrialised countries to obtain supplies of high-quality, high-tech products very cheaply from developing countries. But the ever-falling prices of these imported goods have eroded the interest of industrialised countries in producing them...
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REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS (RIS) IN CHINA
Sigurdson, Jon - The European Institute of Japanese Studies, … - 2004
Three major economic regions exist in China Pearl River Delta (PRD), Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Bo Hai Rim (BHR) and have number of important and striking similarities. The success of regional innovation systems in China has its roots in the following three factors. First, the central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644814
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LOCATION DETERMINANTS OF FDI: A LITERATURE REVIEW
Assunção, Susana; Forte, Rosa; Teixeira, Aurora A. C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011
The development of economic activity and the rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) in recent decades has prompted a great deal of research into the phenomenon of multinational companies. A vast amount of empirical literature on FDI catalogues a long list of determinants that try to explain...
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The Interplay between Innovation and Production Systems at Various Levels: The case of the Hungarian automotive industry
Havas, Attila - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The paper first discusses alternative theoretical frameworks to analyse the impacts of FDI on host economies. Second, it provides an overview of major developments in the Hungarian automotive industry since the early 1990s, discussing both firm strategies and the macro level factors influencing...
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Industrial Agglomeration, Production Networks and FDI Promotion The Case Study of China
Jianglin, Zhao; Xiaobing, Zhou; Minghui, Shen - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Chinas Industrial clustering is a distinguished economic phenomenon over the last 20 years. It began to enter into its fast track in the mid-1990s and developed rapidly in recent years. Both market-driven force and government-driven force contribute to Chinese industrial clusters. The opening...
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