KCG Working Paper No. 13: The Role of FDI in Structural Change: Evidence from Mexico

11th October 2018

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Authors: Octavio Escobar and Henning Mühlen

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Mexico are substantial and play an important role in the Mexican economy since the mid‐1990s. These investments reflect the activities of
multinational firms that shape to some extent the[…]

Offshoring: Causes and Consequences at the Firm and Worker Level

11th September 2018

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This volume brings together research papers dealing with the causes and consequences of offshoring. The first part considers causes and motives of offshoring. Using firm level data for countries such as Ireland, France, and the UK, this book looks at issues such as the increasing availability of business services or the internet, and improvements in intellectual property rights protection as stimulants of offshoring. The second part then looks at the implications of offshoring for the firms involved. Based on firm level data for Ireland, Sweden, the UK and a number of Emerging Market Economies, the book also focuses on productivity effects of offshoring as well as the implications for innovation activities of firms, and for profitability[…]

Anreize und Boni für ethisches Handeln in Unternehmen

11th September 2018

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Authors: Ludger Heidbrink and Alexander Lorch (Audit Committee Quarterly, II/2018, 78-80)

Ethisches Handeln in Unternehmen muss angemessen in den Unternehmensstrukturen verankert werden. Bonus - und Anreizsysteme können ein effektives Instrument sein, ethisches Handeln zu fördern.

International Trade and Retail Market Performance and Structure: Theory and Empirical Evidence

30th August 2018

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Authors: Philipp Meinen and Horst Raff (Journal of International Economics,2018, Vol. 115, 99-114)

Based on a theoretical model featuring heterogeneous retailers that may source globally and operate as chains, we derive a number of hypotheses that link trade integration to retail firm performance and to the structure of retail markets. We empirically test these predictions using Danish microdata for the period 1999 to 2008. We find that importing retailers are larger, more profitable, and have a higher propensity to have multiple shops than domestically sourcing[…]