contributes to the literature on MNCs and location choices by introducing an analysis of a set of foreign direct investment (FDI …

The focus of our contribution is to shed light on the importance of firm agglomerations and FDI as drivers of firm … behavior with respect to external economies (correcting for the endogeneity of the FDI variables and for sample selection … these agglomeration economies differ substantially between Italian firms and firm which invest in active or passive FDI. We …

This paper adds to the scarce cross-country evidence on FDI location decisions between the EU-15 Member States and the … determinants of FDI location decisions across these EU-25 countries. The study uses the European Investment Monitor database, which … institutional variables are included to control for other country-level factors that affect FDI location. Overall, allowing for …

In this paper, I present novel empirical evidence in support of the idea that FDI firms can act as an important driver … analysis, I use unique firm level data that I obtained from applying several purpose built surveys among FDI and domestic … nature of technology transfers between FDI firms and local suppliers and I identify statistically factors that influence the …

out by some entrepreneurs and their young businesses. In this study, we analyze the extent to which differences in FDI and … GEM data and other secondary sources for the period 2005-2009, we found that the exposure to higher flows of inward FDI at … higher flows of outward FDI or higher levels of accumulated knowledge at regional level has no impact. The results also show …

. There is a huge literature suggesting that FDI is sensitive to transparent and open systems that may ensure a good access to …

This paper explores the role of FDI-spillover prevention costs in the strategic choice for a MNE of a developed country … such as Japan about whether it perform FDI to an emerging economy such as Russia and China and about a degree of FDI …, and also shows how endogenizing spillovers affect the home firm fs decision on plant location. In the m-FDI …