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Foreign Direct Investment and the Survival of Domestic Private Firms in Viet Nam
Kokko, Ari; Thang, Tran Toan - In: Asian Development Review 31 (2014) 1, pp. 53-91
Foreign direct investment (FDI) may benefit local firms in the host country through various kinds of spillovers, but it … 2001–2008, this paper examines the aggregate effect of FDI on the survival of domestic private firms in Viet Nam. We … estimate the impact of both horizontal and vertical FDI and explore how the presence of state-owned enterprises (SOEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011009745
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South-South FDI and Development in East Asia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the … differences between South-South FDI and North-South FDI. Among the comparisons of the two types of FDI we try to summarize are be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321785
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South-South FDI and Development in East Asia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2011
This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the … differences between South-South FDI and North-South FDI. Among the comparisons of the two types of FDI we try to summarize are be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325847
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Multinational firms, acquisitions and job tasks
Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - In: European Economic Review 66 (2014) C, pp. 248-265
We revisit the question how inward FDI and multinational ownership affect relative labor demand. Motivated by the … and outward FDI have a task upgrading impact on local firms. The effect is primarily driven by wage effects leading to … relative labor demand. Hence, our results suggest a new aspect of the labor market consequences of FDI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048629
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Cross-Border Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Elasticities
Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2007
The growing number of cross-border acquisitions has in many countries raised concerns about labor demand consequences. In this study, we use detailed firm level data to examine how increased internationalization and multinational activity affect the volatility of employment, or rather, the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320149
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Multinational Firms and Job Tasks
Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - 2008
We use Swedish matched employer-employee data to analyze the impact of multinational activity and foreign acquisitions on the relative demand for different job tasks. We contribute to the literature by using a conceptualization from the recent literature in international economics and define the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320259
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South-South FDI and Development in East Asia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2011
This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the … differences between South-South FDI and North-South FDI. Among the comparisons of the two types of FDI we try to summarize are be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320352
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South-South FDI and Development in East Asia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2011
This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the … differences between South-South FDI and North-South FDI. Among the comparisons of the two types of FDI we try to summarize are be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208590
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Industrial policy and Foreign Direct Investment
Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2021
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can benefit host countries by facilitating access to sophisticated technologies, good … consequence, countries trying to attract inflows of FDI need to consider what types of industrial policies will increase the … country's attractiveness to foreign firms. Moreover, different types of FDI are of different value for the host country and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012703452
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Multinational firms and job tasks
Hakkala, Katariina Nilsson; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2009
We analyze the impact of multinational and foreign ownership on the demand for job tasks and educational skills. By using Swedish matched employer-employee data, we find that both foreign and domestic multinational firms have high shares of non-routine tasks and tasks requiring personal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009969