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Trade and Production Fragmentation : Central European Economies in European Union Networks of Production and Marketing

Kamiński, Bartłomiej; Ng, Francis - 2001

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A Coasian Model of International Production Chains

Fally, Thibault; Hillberry, Russell - 2015

International supply chains require the coordination of numerous activities across multiple countries and firms. This paper develops a theoretical model of supply chains in which the measure of tasks completed within a firm is determined by parameters that define transaction costs and the cost...

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China and Central and Eastern European Countries : Regional Networks, Global Supply Chain, or International Competitors?

Fung, Kwok-chiu; Korhonen, Iikka; Li, Ke - 2012

China has emerged as one of the top recipients of foreign direct investment in the world. Meanwhile, the successful transition experience of many Central and Eastern European countries has also allowed them to attract an increasing share of global foreign direct investment. In this paper, the...

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Does Vertical Specialization Increase Productivity?

Constantinescu, Cristina; Mattoo, Aaditya; Ruta, Michele - 2017

This paper investigates the impact of global value chain participation on productivity, using data on trade in value … 15 years suggest that participation in global value chains is a significant driver of labor productivity. Backward …. An increase by 10 percent in the level of global value chain participation increased average productivity by close to 1 …

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Innovation Shortfalls

Maloney, William F.; Rodr??guez-Clare, Andr??s - 2012

There is a common perception that low productivity or low growth is due to what can be called an "innovation shortfall …

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Does Gender Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Terrell, Katherine D. - 2012

in terms of total factor productivity, although the difference is small. However, women entrepreneurs generate the same …

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Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Iimi, Atsushi - 2012

Economic development is affected by infrastructure services in both volume and quality terms. However, the quality of infrastructure is relatively difficult to measure and assess. The current paper, using firm-level data collected by a business environment assessment survey in 26 countries in...

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Productivity and the Investment Climate : What Matters Most?

Bastos, Fabiano Rodrigues; Nasir, John - 2013

The authors explore the links between the investment climate and firm-level productivity and attempt to identify which … dimensions of the investment climate matter most for productivity. Their analysis is based on data collected in a recent … identify those most important in determining productivity. Their results indicate that competitive pressure is the most …

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Geopolitical Fragmentation and Friendshoring

Grover, Arti; Vézina, Pierre-Louis - 2025

This paper examines the relationship between geopolitical fragmentation and friendshoring of foreign investments over time, countries, and sectors. The analysis uses comprehensive data on foreign direct investments covering greenfield projects, mergers and acquisitions, and stocks of affiliates,...

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Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics

Saslavsky, Daniel; Shepherd, Ben - 2013

This paper shows that networked trade in parts and components is more sensitive to the importing country's logistics performance than is trade in final goods. In the baseline specification, the difference between the two trade semi-elasticities is around 45 percent, which suggests that the...

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