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Selection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production (with Maggie Chen)
By: Laura Alfaro
Quantifying the gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research. Positive productivity gains are often attributed to knowledge spillover from multinational to domestic firms. An alternative, less stressed explanation is firm selection... View Details
- March 2014
- Article
Information Environment and the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations
By: Nemit O. Shroff, Rodrigo S. Verdi and Gwen Yu
This paper examines how the external information environment in which foreign subsidiaries operate affects the investment decisions of multinational corporations (MNCs). We hypothesize and find that the investment decisions of foreign subsidiaries in country-industries...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Multinational Firms;
Cross-border Frictions;
Agency Frictions;
Transparency;
Financial Reporting Quality;
Information Quality;
Information;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Investment
Shroff, Nemit O., Rodrigo S. Verdi, and Gwen Yu. "Information Environment and the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations." Accounting Review 89, no. 2 (March 2014): 759–790.
- January 2003 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Multinationals as Engines of Growth?
Reviews the issues surrounding estimating the impact over time of multinationals on host economies. Uses a series of short historical case studies, including the role of United Fruit in the "banana" republics of Central America, oil and banking in Iran before the...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Trade;
Growth and Development;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Iran;
United States;
Malaysia;
Japan
Jones, Geoffrey G. "Multinationals as Engines of Growth?" Harvard Business School Case 803-108, January 2003. (Revised June 2005.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen
The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Market Entry and Exit;
Industry Clusters
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen. "The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-043, December 2009. (Revised April 2014. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15576, December 2009)
- 1983
- Book
Third World Multinationals
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. Third World Multinationals. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1983. (Also available in Chinese, 1986.)
- November 2014
- Article
The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen
The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of...
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Keywords:
Agglomeration;
Agglomeration Economies;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Manufacturing Industry
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen. "The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms." Journal of International Economics 94, no. 2 (November 2014): 263–276. (Revised April 2014. Also NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15576. See Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-043 for longer version.)
- 23 Dec 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
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by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen
- 2006
- Chapter
Latin American Multinationals
By: Laura Alfaro and Eliza Hammel
Alfaro, Laura, and Eliza Hammel. "Latin American Multinationals." In The Latin American Competitiveness Report. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Issued by WEF/CID.)
- Research Summary
The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
By: Laura Alfaro
The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of...
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- September 2012
- Article
The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence
By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold
Based on a six-country survey of nearly 250 multinationals (MNCs), this paper is the first empirical analysis to describe the size and composition of MNC headquarters and to account for differences among them. Findings are as follows: MNC corporate headquarters are...
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Keywords:
Headquarters;
Subsidiaries;
Multinational Corporations;
Organization Design;
Administrative Heritage;
International Strategy;
Business Subsidiaries;
Organizational Design;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Size;
Business Headquarters;
Global Strategy
Collis, David J., David Young, and Michael Goold. "The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence." Journal of International Management 18, no. 3 (September 2012): 260–275.
- 2022
- Book
Les multinationales suisses dans l'arène politique (1942–1993) [Swiss Multinationals in the Political Arena (1942–1993)]
By: Sabine Pitteloud
En décembre 2020, les Suisses votaient sur l’initiative populaire « pour des multinationales responsables ». Cet épisode récent a rappelé que la régulation de l’activité des sociétés multinationales fait l’objet de luttes politiques, auxquelles participent les...
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Keywords:
Multinational Enterprise;
Multinational Companies;
Multinational Corporations;
Lobbying;
Business & Government Relations;
Labor Relations;
Relocation;
Offshoring And Outsourcing;
Corporate Regulation;
Transnational Regulation;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business and Government Relations;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
International Relations;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. Les multinationales suisses dans l'arène politique (1942–1993) [Swiss Multinationals in the Political Arena (1942–1993)]. Genève, Suisse: Librairie Droz, 2022, French ed.
- January 8, 2010
- Other Article
Multinational Firms, Agglomeration, and Global Networks
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen
Agglomeration effects are important but difficult to measure. This column uses a new database with precise geographical information to investigate the locational interdependence of multinational firms. Knowledge spillovers and capital- and labour-market externalities...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Business Subsidiaries;
Industry Clusters;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Network Effects
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen. "Multinational Firms, Agglomeration, and Global Networks." Vox, CEPR Policy Portal (January 8, 2010).
- January 1, 1980
- Article
Strategies of Multinational Firms: New Third World Multinationals
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
- December 2020
- Article
Multinational Firms and the Politics of International Trade in Multidisciplinary Perspective
By: Grace A. Ballor and Aydin B. Yildirim
From the technical analyses of wide ranges of scholars to the public discourse backlashes against globalization, there is a huge volume of work historicizing, quantifying, and problematizing the complex role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in international trade....
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Keywords:
Multinational Corporations;
International Trade;
Big Business;
Economic Governance;
Global Value Chains;
Trade Policy;
Corporate Regulation;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Trade;
Policy;
Governance;
Globalization
Ballor, Grace A., and Aydin B. Yildirim. "Multinational Firms and the Politics of International Trade in Multidisciplinary Perspective." Special Issue on Multinational Corporations and the Politics of International Trade. Business and Politics 22, no. 4 (December 2020): 573–586.
- 1980
- Article
Third World Multinationals
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Keywords:
Global Range
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Third World Multinationals." Multinational Business 1 (1980).
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Screening: Multinational Companies
How do I screen for companies headquartered in one country or region with revenue or offices in another country or region? Capital IQ Hover over the Screening tab menu and select Companies. Under Company Details, click Industry...
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- 02 Dec 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance
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by C. Fritz Foley & Kalina Manova
- spring 2004
- Article
Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation
By: Laura Alfaro and Andres Rodriguez-Clare
Several recent papers have used plant-level data and panel econometric techniques to carefully explore the existence FDI externalities. One conclusion that emerges from this literature is that it is difficult to find evidence of positive externalities from...
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Keywords:
Foreign Direct Investment;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Relationships;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Brazil;
Chile;
Venezuela;
Mexico
Alfaro, Laura, and Andres Rodriguez-Clare. "Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation." Economía (spring 2004).
- 2003
- Chapter
Managing the Multinational Enterprise
By: L. T. Wells Jr. and John M. Stopford
Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management
Wells, L. T., Jr., and John M. Stopford. "Managing the Multinational Enterprise." In International Business, edited by Peter Buckley.The History of Management Thought. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2003. (Originally published as chapter 2 of John M. Stopford and L.T. Wells, Managing the Multinational Enterprise. New York: Basic Books, 1972.)