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Outward FDI and the Investment Development Path of a Late-Industrialising Economy - Evidence from Ireland [PDF]

The Investment Development Path (IDP) hypothesis holds that a country’s net outward direct investment position is systematically related to its level of economic development.
Holger Görg, Andrew McDowell, Frank Barry   +2 more
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Partnering for Health Workforce Development: A Case Study of Australian Volunteers International and the Solomon Islands Medical Internship Training Programme

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the Solomon Islands Graduate Intern Supervision and Support Project (SIGISSP) and its successor, the Solomon Islands Medical Partnership for Learning, Education and Research (SIMPLER), a decade‐long partnership between the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services, the National Referral Hospital and Australian
Sharon McLennan
wiley   +1 more source

Frayed Rope and Resilient Threads: Fijian Healthcare and the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In April 2021, Fiji faced international scrutiny due to ‘horrific’ hospital conditions, including staff and patients lacking food, non‐operational operating theatres, and critical shortages of beds, medicine, and equipment. After successfully avoiding a major outbreak in 2020, a sudden surge in COVID‐19 cases in 2021 overwhelmed the public ...
Sharon McLennan, Johanna Thomas‐Maude, Apisalome Movono, Akisi Ravono   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A balance between stability and flexibility: Adaptive patterns of self‐regulated learning processes shape game‐based learning

British Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract To ensure learning efficiency in game‐based learning (GBL), learners must regulate cognitive, affective, metacognitive and motivational (CAMM) processes, collectively known as self‐regulated learning (SRL). SRL is dynamic and non‐linear, characterized by regulatory patterns and CAMM interactions that lead to macro‐level SRL behaviours. In this
Elizabeth B. Cloude, Stefan E. Huber, Jingwei Wei, Bianca Esmanhoto, Muhterem Dindar, Manuel Ninaus, Kristian Kiili   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the impact of foreign direct investment on exports in a sample of middle-income developing countries for the period (1990-2020)

Tikrit Journal of Administrative and Economic Sciences
Foreign direct investment is considered one of the most important sources of capital flows. It is also considered one of the basic pillars that enable the investment of the country’s human and natural resources.
Alaa Shaker Mahmood Al-Douri, Saad Mahmood Khaleel Al-Kawaz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Long-Run Relationship between Outward FDI and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence for Developing Countries [PDF]

This paper examines the long-run relationship between outward foreign direct investment (FDI) and total factor productivity for a sample of 33 developing countries over the period 1980-2005. Using panel cointegration techniques, we find that: (i) outward
Herzer, Dierk
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Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Is ASEAN A New Destination? [PDF]

, 2016
The paper re-investigates the determinants of China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) employing panel data analysis collecting between 2003 and 2014. The results highlight that the market-seeking variables as GDP, GDP Per Capita, and openness to
Doan, Quang Hung, Nguyen, Thi Tuong Anh
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Market expansion and litigation deterrence effects of patents: Evidence from Chinese exporters

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract China's overseas patents grew rapidly in the past two decades at the same time as China became the world's largest exporter of merchandise goods. This paper investigates the effects of overseas patents on the volume and prices of Chinese firms' exports. We consider two channels.
Xinghua Deng, Ran Jing, John Ries
wiley   +1 more source

Outward investment of Portuguese small and medium enterprises in the Central and Eastern European countries: motivations and challenges [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]

F1000Research
Background This paper identifies the determinant factors of Portuguese investment in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. We assume that investment abroad is motivated by business opportunities, and the quality-price ratio of the workforce.
Eleonora Santos, Jacinta Moreira
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The Empirics of China's Outward Direct Investment [PDF]

We investigate the empirical determinants of China’s outward direct investment (ODI). It is found that China’s investments in developed and developing countries are driven by different sets of factors.
Yin-Wong Cheung, Xingwang Qian
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