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Foreign and domestic multinational presence in the UK

Applied Economics, 1992
The determinants of multinational presence in Uk manufacturing industry in 1979 are analysed. It is argued that maultinational presence may result from strategic interaction as well as other firm and industry characteristics. The determinants of both foreign and Uk multinational presence are estimated using a dataset that enables both types of ...
Kirsty Hughes, Christine Oughton
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The foreign presence in China

1983
The foreign establishment in early republican China had many facets: territory, people, rights established by treaty or unilaterally asserted, armed force, diplomacy, religion, commerce, journalism, freebooting adventure, racial attitudes. This chapter describes briefly the dimensions of each of the principal guises in which the foreigner impinged upon
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Foreign bank presence and business regulations

Journal of Financial Stability, 2016
We examine the impact of foreign bank presence on a host countries’ business regulatory environment. We employ a panel dataset of 87 developing economies for the 1995–2013 period and measure the efficiency of business regulations using the indices from the Heritage and the Fraser datasets.
Georgios P. Kouretas, Chris Tsoumas
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Tariffs and quotas in the presence of foreign monopoly

The International Trade Journal, 1987
The paper contrasts the effects of tariffs and quantitative restrictions in the presence of a foreign monopolistic exporter. It is shown that a tariff may induce a Lerner-type effect in the tariff-imposing country whereas a quota will necesarily have such an effect. More generally, a quota will worsen the terms of trade more than the equivalent tariff,
F. R. Casas, E. Gelbard
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Effects of foreign investment in the presence of unemployment

Journal of International Economics, 1981
Abstract In this paper we present a simple model of unemployment in the presence of foreign investment in the traded sector. More foreign investment increases employment in the nontraded sector but may or may not increase employment in the traded sector. The effect on total employment is also ambiguous.
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Franchising in Brazil: foreign entrants build a presence

Journal of Business Strategy, 2020
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the franchising sector in Brazil and highlight the opportunities and offer strategies for practitioners. It also points out some challenges and gives suggestions to overcome them and thrive in the Brazilian market through the franchising system.
Vanessa Pilla Galetti Bretas, Ilan Alon
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Financial Crises and the Presence of Foreign Banks [PDF]

, 2005
INTRODUCTION Foreign banks have entered many transition and emerging economies in recent years, sometimes before economic and banking crises have developed, and often after. Today, in a number of countries foreign banks own as much as 90 percent or more of the banking systems' assets.
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Adhesion of red cells to foreign surfaces in the presence of flow

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 1974
AbstractA controlled surface shear stress produced by laminar flow in a rotating disk or parallel plate flow system has been used to study red cell adhesion to glass, siliconized glass, polythylene and Teflon. The results indicate that the shear stress at the surface must exceed a minimum critical value before cells will detach, and that this minimum ...
N, Mohandas, R M, Hochmuth, E E, Spaeth
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International migration versus foreign investment in the presence of unemployment

Journal of International Economics, 1987
"This paper extends the standard (two-factor, one-good) model of international factor movements, to include unemployment due to a minimum-income guarantee within the capital-abundant country. From this country's perspective, we establish important departures from previous (full-employment) results.
R A, Brecher, E U, Choudhri
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Determinants of Privatization in China: The Role of the Presence of Foreign Firms

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
Abstract This study investigates how the presence of foreign firms in a sector influences the privatization policy of domestic firms in that sector in China. We consider several variables to proxy for such a presence, from the perspective of the relative production scale, R&D and marketing, and labor productivity.
Yi Liu, Xue Li, Sajal Lahiri
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