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There is a long-standing recognition that innovating firms often have higher employment growth. More recently, there is … debate by showing that the innovation-employment link for a firm is dependent on its multinational status. While we find that … innovation for multinationals. While we do find evidence suggesting that such firms benefit from innovation done by other …
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This paper examines the effects of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the female employment rate in the economy … and the share of female employment across sectors. The empirical analysis is implemented through the Generalized Method of …. The main results show that the overall effects of inward FDI on the national female employment rate are not statistically …
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Economic growth is deemed to be a conducive factor in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) as it often confers location advantage to host countries and fosters business confidence. This paper examines the short-run and the long-run effects of economic growth on FDI inflows. The empirical...
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The prevailing consensus is that foreign direct investment (FDI) effects are conditional. At the macro level, they depend upon minimum levels of human capital or financial development, while at the micro level, they depend on type of linkage (forwards, backwards, or horizontal). This paper...
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For firms acting in technological niches the expansion into foreign markets can be a way to increase sales and to thus to recover initial sunk costs over a shorter time frame. Our research, based on survey data for nearly 600 British and German high-tech start-ups, examines whether...
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Economic globalisation and technological change are the two issues that concerned people in the past, concern them today and will concern them in the future - all over the world, poor or rich. Traditionally, questions about allocative effects are asked: What are the labour market implications?...
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