Firms in the international economy : firm heterogeneity meets international business /

Firms in the international economy : firm heterogeneity meets international business / edited by Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Steven Brakman, Hans van Ees, and Harry Garretsen. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (vi, 432 pages) : illustrations. - CESifo seminar series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : firm heterogeneity, international economics, and international business -- International business theory for international economists / Managerial characteristics and the export decision of firms / Foreign firms and local communities -- Institutional quality and FDI to the South / Heterogeneous export spillovers to Chinese domestic firms / Intrafirm and arm's-length trade / Make or buy : on the organizational structure of firms with asymmetrical suppliers / Global value chains during the Great Trade Collapse / Multinationals' technology transfers and firms' performance / Innovation offshoring and inventor substitution / Heterogeneous firms, trade, and economic policy / Alan M. Rugman and Quyen T.K. Nguyen -- Filomena Pietrovito, Alberto Fracon Pozzolo, and Luca Salvatici -- David Sala and Erdal Yalcin -- Julia Darby, Rodolphe Desbordes, and Ian Wooton -- Florian Mayneris and Sandra Poncet -- Pamel Bombarda -- Verena Nowak, Christian Schwartz, and Jene Suedekum -- Carlo Altomonte [and 4 others] -- María García-Vega and Elena Huergo -- Roger Smeets and Laura Abramovsky -- Michael Pflüger and Stephan Russek.



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International business enterprises.
International trade.
International economic relations.


Electronic Books.

HD2755 / .F576 2014