Sökning: "Foreign affiliates"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Foreign affiliates.

  1. 1. Does foreign ownership matter? : Multinational firms, productivity and spillovers

    Författare :Patrik Karpaty; Lars Lundberg; Erik Mellander; Holger Görg; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; FDI; Multinational firms; productivity; export; spillovers; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four essays dealing with the role of foreign owned firms for the development of productivity and exports in Swedish manufacturing. The essays share a common theme, i.e. that multinational firms (MNF) possess some intangible assets that could be transferred to their affiliates. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Foreign direct investment, host country characteristics and spillovers

    Författare :Ari Kokko; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : It has been argued that technology and productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment are the most important channels for the diffusion of modern technology to locally-owned firms in the MNCs’ host countries. Yet, existing empirical studies differ in their appraisals of the size and significance of spillovers. LÄS MER

  4. 3. International Competition, Productivity and Regional Spillovers

    Författare :Helena Johansson; Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet AgriFood Economics Centre; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internationell ekonomi; the European Union; International commerce; regional integration; export processing zones; Productivity; spillovers;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses empirically the interplay among international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic market conditions, and its impact on competition, growth, exports and technology diffusion. Chapter two considers the potential relation between regional integration and productivity growth for the case of the European Union (EU). LÄS MER