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The Wage Premium of Globalisation: Evidence from European Mergers and Acquisitions

Oberhofer, Harald; Stöckl, Matthias; Winner, Hannes - 2012

, we find systematic wage premiums in Western European countries, but not so in Eastern Europe. …

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European integration: a threat to foreign investment in developing countries?

Agarwal, Jamuna Prasad; Hiemenz, Ulrich; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 1995

. This has caused concerns in developing countries that foreign direct investment there may be diverted to Europe. In … in Europe and North America but also in Asian developing countries. Investors are apparently aware that they cannot … afford to lock themselves into Fortress Europe, thus foregoing the cost advantages of international sourcing and marketing …

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The Wage Premium of Foreign Ownership: Evidence from European Mergers and Acquisitions

Oberhofer, Harald; Stöckl, Matthias; Winner, Hannes - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-21, pp. 1-27

The authors provide evidence on the impact of foreign ownership on labor market outcomes analyzing pay differences between foreign-acquired and domestically owned firms. For this purpose, they use firm-level data from 16 European countries over the time period 19992006. Combing propensity score...

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Germany's role in the foreign direct investment configuration of Korean multinational enterprises in Europe

Strüber, Chan-Mi - 2009

) within Europe. However, along with the internationalization of Korean firms, the motives and patterns for direct investments … MNEs within Europe are analyzed. The main findings indicate that Germany is considered more important to automobile …

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Siemens: a multinational's strategy to investment in the Central-East European transformation countries

Sander, Birgit - 1995

and within Central East Europe and how they fit into its overall corporate strategy. They display strategic asset features …

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The Role of the Intellectual Property Rights Regime for Foreign Investors in Post-Socialist Economies

Schnellbächer, Benedikt; Stephan, Johannes - 2009

property rights (IPR) to explain characteristics and behaviour of foreign investment subsidiaries in Central East Europe, a … technological catchup development in Central East Europe via technology and knowledge transfer. By use of a unique dataset generated …

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Access to finance and exporting behavior in transition countries

Bernard, Alex; Stabilito, Augusto; Donghoon Yoo, Julian - 2010

Eastern Europe and Central Asia. We find that more productive, foreign owned and older firms are more likely to start …

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On the Determinants of Cross Border Co-operation of Austrian Firms with Central and Eastern European Partners

Huber, Peter - 2003

We analyse cross-border co-operation of Austrian firms with CEEC partners. Firm size, previous experience with co-operation and depth of integration with the most important partner are more important determinants of co-operation than distance to the closest potential partner. Firms with...

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A note on the appropriate measure of tax burden on Foreign Direct Investment to the CEECs

Bellak, Christian; Leibrecht, Markus; Römisch, Roman - 2005

In this note we show that tax-rate elasticities of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Central and East European Countries (CEECs) derived from statutory corporate income tax rates (STRs) are likely to be flawed. From a conceptual point of view STRs are problematic as they neither capture tax...

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Drivers for international innovation activities in developed and emerging countries

Schmiele, Anja - 2009

regions (China, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and North America) as well as in groups of countries with similar levels of …

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