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Cultural Diversity and Plant‐Level Productivity

Trax, Michaela S. - 2012

Using comprehensive data for German establishments (1999-2008), we estimate plant-level production functions to analyze if “cultural diversity” affects total factor productivity. We distinguish diversity in the establishment's workforce and in the aggregate regional labor force where the...

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Globalised Labour Markets? International Rent Sharing Across 47 Countries

Martins, Pedro S. - 2010

We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world. Our results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000 multinationals and more than 5,000 of their affiliates, covering 47 home and host countries. We find considerable...

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Learning from Latin America's Experience : Europe's Failure in the 'Lisbon Process'

Tausch, Arno - 2010

The current paper investigates the cross-national relevance of Latin American "dependencia theory" for five dimensions of development (democracy and human rights, environment, human development and basic human needs satisfaction, gender justice, redistribution, growth and employment) on a global...

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Drivers and Impacts in the Globalization of Corporate R&D : An Introduction Based on the European Experience

Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro - 2014

The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture …-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalization of corporate R&D and the … related driving factors and impacts. This introduction to the Special Section: "Globalization and Corporate R&D" forthcoming …

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Home Market Effect Versus Multinationals

Toulemonde, Eric - 2007

We develop a model with two asymmetric countries. Firms choose the number and the location of plants that they operate. The production of each firm increases when trade costs fall. The fall also induces multinationals to repatriate their production into a single country, which is likely to be...

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Firms' Global Engagement and Management Practices

Görg, Holger - 2017

We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. Using new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of management practices in Germany, we calculate...

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Preferential Market Access into the Chinese Market : How Good is it for Africa?

Co, Catherine Yap - 2014

In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential market access program for the least developed sub-Saharan...

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Help in a Foreign Land : Internationalized Banks and Firms' Export

Brancati, Emanuele - 2022

The lack of information is a relevant obstacle to the export activity of small and medium enterprises. This paper analyzes whether banks can support firms’ export by reducing informational asymmetries about foreign markets. We exploit a large sample of Italian firms for which we merge custom...

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Mode of Entry into Hybrid Entrepreneurship : New Venture Start-Up Versus Business Takeover

Xi, Guoqian - 2017

Many entrepreneurs start their ventures while retaining jobs in wage employment; this phenomenon is called hybrid entrepreneurship. Little is known about the entry modes (new venture start-up vs. business takeover) of hybrid entrepreneurs. Our study aims to close this gap by investigating the...

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Bringing Underprivileged Middle-School Students to the Opera : Cultural Mobility or Cultural Compliance?

Coulangeon, Philippe; Fougère, Denis - 2022

This article assesses the impact of a two-year long project-based learning program conducted by the National Opera of Paris in a large number of junior high-schools located in underprivileged areas, aiming at preventing school dropout and tackling educational inequalities by providing...

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