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The foreign direct investment behaviour of Chinese firms : does the 'new institutional theory' approach offer explanatory power? [PDF]
, 2007 The People's Republic of China has become a major source country for foreign direct investment. The objectives of this research are to identify the determinants of this phenomenon, to identify the international investment strategies pursued by Chinese ...
Voss, Hinrich
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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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The political consequences of Africa's mobile revolution
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract What are the political consequences of rising domestic connectivity? I study this question in Sub‐Saharan Africa, asking how mobile technology shapes public opinion in geographically isolated communities. For remote rural populations, mobile devices increase contact with physically distant social networks, through regular phone calls with ...
Alex Yeandle
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Unionisation structure and strategic foreign direct investment [PDF]
It is often argued that if the substitutability between workers is sufficiently high, labour is better off under a centralised labour union than under decentralised unions.
Arijit Mukherjee, Kullapat Suetrong
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Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge
Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
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Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Economic Activity [PDF]
How does rising foreign investment influence domestic economic activity? Firms whose foreign operations grow rapidly exhibit coincident rapid growth of domestic operations, but this pattern alone is inconclusive, as foreign and domestic business ...
Mihir A. Desai +2 more
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Scale Versus Technology—M&A Effects by Firm Size and Ex‐Post M&A Time Horizon in Korea
Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on technical change (TC) and the scale component (SC)—the two primary constituents of total factor productivity (TFP)—by firm size and ex‐post M&A time horizon (i.e., short‐term vs. long‐term effects).
Sinwoo Lee +4 more
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Czech Journal of International Relations, 2020 The phenomenal story of China’s ‘unprecedented disposition to engage the international legal order’ has been primarily told and examined by political scientists and economists.
Svoboda, Ondřej
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U.S. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES: A DYNAMIC APPROACH [PDF]
In this report, we apply a dynamic cost minimization model of U.S. foreign direct investment in food processing industries to nine Latin American countries.
Koo, Won W., Skripnitchenko, Anatoliy
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Estimating the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policies on FDI Inflows Into Australia
Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To what extent FDI policy settings and changes influence FDI inflows is an empirical question for which global answers are scarce. Australia is a pertinent locale to test this question, having a long history of attracting FDI and a policy approach distinct from most developed countries.
Stewart Nixon
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