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The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Economy
Oskar Kowalewski, Marzenna Anna Weresa (Herausgeber)
Verlag Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2008
ISBN 9783866183070 , 217 Seiten
Format PDF, OL
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Contents
6
Chapter I
10
References
15
Chapter II
16
Introduction
16
2. Literature Review
19
2.1. Transmission channels between FSFDI and economic growth
19
2.2 Signals of Foreign Bank Entry
22
3. Analysis of Bulgaria and Croatia
28
3.1. Facts about the financial sector and FDI
28
3.2. Statistical Analyses
33
4. Conclusion
40
5. Agenda for further research
42
References
43
APPENDIX
49
Chapter III
56
Introduction
56
2. The role of institutional quality for international integration and competitiveness
57
3 Econometric Methodology
59
3.1 The specification
59
3.2 Data
61
4 Results
63
4.1 Gravity regressions
63
4.2 Robustness
66
5 Conclusions
68
References
68
Chapter IV
70
Introduction
70
1.1 The Economic Shifts Worldwide
70
1.2 Major Economic Data Revealing the Shift from the West to the East
72
1.3 Other Factors
74
2.1 Eurasian Railways and Economic Significance
77
Concluding Remarks
82
References
82
Chapter V
84
Introduction
84
2. Literature Review
85
3. Data and Descriptive Statistics
88
3.1 Data Sources and Variable Definitions
88
3.2. Descriptive Statistics
90
4. Methodology and Results
93
4.1. FGLS estimation
93
5. Conclusion
95
References
97
Appendix: Transition Countries in the sample
99
Chapter VI
100
Introduction
100
2. Foreign direct investment inflows to CEE countries
103
3. FDI productivity spillovers in local firms
106
4. Data description and analysis of foreign presence in the manufacturing sector
110
5. Estimation strategy
114
6. Estimation results
117
7. Conclusions
121
References
122
Chapter VII
134
Introduction
134
2. FDI, technology transfer and innovation: an interface
135
3. Knowledge creation by foreign-owned firms in Poland
137
4. Inflow of knowledge from abroad: assessment based on patent statistics
144
5. The impact of FDI on innovation in Poland: a regression analysis
145
6. Conclusions
148
References
148
Chapter VIII
151
Introduction
151
2. FDI evolution in Romania
154
3. The role of FDI in the manufacturing sector
155
4. Case study: FDI impact on human resources in the manufacturing sector
159
4.1 Result analyses and interpretation
160
5. Investment priorities and factors that influence FDI
170
5.1. Phase 2 - Interviews
171
6. Conclusions and recommendations
174
7. Future research
176
References
176
Chapter IX
179
Introduction
179
2. Structural characteristics of globalization
179
2.1 Foreign direct investment
180
3. International division of labor
180
3.1. International context
181
3.2. The structure and competitiveness of foreign trade
182
3.3. Quality of trade structure
183
4. Internationalization of research and development
188
4.1. International context
188
4.2. Fragmentation of multinational value chain
189
4.3 Foreign investment in knowledge-intensive activities
190
4.4 Knowledge-intensive activities of foreign companies
192
5. Conclusions
196
References
197
Chapter X
199
Introduction
199
2. Overview of FDI theories concerning technology transfer and diffusion35
200
2.1 Monopolistic advantages theory (S.H. Hymer)
200
2.2 International product life cycle theory (R. Vernon)
201
2.3 FDI internationalization theory
202
2.4 Localisation factors theory
202
2.5 “Eclectic” theory of international production (Eclectic foreign investment the-ory) (J.H. Dunning)
202
2.6 Comparative advantages theory (K. Kojima)
203
3. FDI – a channel of technology transfer
204
3.1 Classification of spillover effects
205
4. Measuring spillovers from FDI – methodology review and the results of the chosen empirical research
207
5. Research conducted for Poland – chosen examples
213
6. Conclusions for further research
215
References
216
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