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Catching-up to foreign technology? Evidence on the “Veblen–Gerschenkron” effect of foreign investments

2006

Abstract The presence of foreign multinational enterprises may benefit local economies. In particular, highly productive foreign-owned firms may promote the technological catch-up of local firms. This channel of spillovers is defined as the “Veblen–Gerschenkron” effect of foreign direct investment and is analyzed in this article. Rather than the overall concentration of foreign-owned plants in a region or sector, it is their productivity advantage that determines the positive effect on domestic firms in geographical and technological proximity. We test this hypothesis using new firm-level data for German and Italian manufacturing firms during the 1990s. These two countries are particularly …

Multinationality, foreignness and institutional distance in the relation between R&D and productivity

2012

Abstract This paper empirically examines to what extent being foreign and part of a multinational affects the endogenous relation between R&D and productivity. Our findings indicate that multinationals obtain in general higher R&D returns. Also, there is a negative foreignness effect in that domestic-owned multinationals outperform foreign subsidiaries. However, these effects are somehow moderated by the institutional distance between the home and host countries. These results, obtained for a panel of UK firms, are largely consistent with a set of hypotheses derived from the institutional and international business theories.

Golden Power, emergenza Covid-19 e spirito del tempo

2020

L’articolo ha ad oggetto l’ampliamento dei poteri speciali del Governo in materia di aziende strategiche (c.d. Golden Power), previsto dalle disposizioni introdotte dal d.l. 8 aprile 2020 n. 23, nell’ambito della produzione normativa legata all’emergenza Covid-19. Nel procedere ad una un’analisi del testo, il lavoro si interroga sul rapporto fra la nuova disciplina e le esigenze poste dalla pandemia, e con il più generale “spirito del tempo” in tema di protezione dei sistemi economici nazionali. The article refers to the enlargement of governmental special powers regarding strategic business entities (so called Golden Power), according to the new rules issued by decree 8 April 2020 n. 23, w…

Orgnisational communication in a multinational corporation : a case study of communication between a Finnish headquarters and its Swedish subsidiary

2000

Il Paradigma della Città Fluida

2013

Nella recente crisi globale i poderosi flussi di capitali finanziari, sociali e relazionali che hanno alimentato la riqualificazione urbana nel corso degli ultimi quindici anni non sono più disponibili ad essere intercettati in maniera indiscriminata così come è stato possibile fino a qualche anno fa. Nell'era della crisi strutturale le città più dinamiche non sono più quelle in grado di attrarre progetti urbani iconici ed investitori spinti dal mercato immobiliare o dalla redditività delle attività ricreative, ma quelle città che, a partire dalle loro profonde e diversificate risorse culturali, saranno capaci di attuare una vera e propria “metamorfosi” per usarle come base per la creazione…

Korporācijas Zinta kantu grāmata

1995

Talavija līdzās Latvijai

2020

Virtuālā izstāde “Talavija līdzās Latvijai” ir strukturēta tematiskā formā ar hronoloģisku ievirzi, izceļot spilgtākos notikumus un personības Latvijas vēsturē no 1918. gada līdz mūsdienām, kur īpaša loma bijusi atvēlēta 1900. gada 14. decembrī pie Rīgas Politehniskā institūta dibinātajai latviešu studentu korporācijai Talavija. Notikumi un personības atspoguļotas ar fotoliecībām no Talavija arhīva un Latvijas Universitātes Muzeja krājuma.

Dzintra 45 gados:1924-1969

1969

Mobilities in Finland's Information Society Strategies from 1995 to 2010

2012

Abstract The article explores Finland’s national information society strategies and uses the Finnish case as an example to identify the limitation of the so-called ‘methodological nationalism’ and to explicate the advantages of the mobility paradigm. The research material consists of the Finnish national strategies published between 1995 and 2010. The article identifies two trends from the studied strategies; a further intermingling of physical movement of objects and virtual mobility, and a tendency to reduce corporeal mobility. The study also shows that most mobility-related challenges require international cooperation and multinational solutions, although state-centred thinking was preva…

Intermediate units and competence creation in the multinational firm: a network approach

2019

Multinational Corporations (MNCs) as economic and social actors have an enormous impact on the global economy. They have been acknowledged as the forefront of the technological and organizational developments (Lundan, 2018) while also presented as resource spoilers in other contexts (Narula, 2018). Currently, the economic environment MNCs face is determined by the fragmentation of the global production. Mainly, this is due to technological advances, the rise of emerging economies and liberalization policies (Narula, 2014) which have facilitated cross-border coordination of transactions (Kano, 2017). As a consequence, the MNC is assisting to the subsequent dispersion of its activities which …