This paper investigates two sourcing strategies of firms, outsourcing and importing, and links these to innovation activities. We investigate this empirically using firm-level data for 28 emerging market economies. We find robust evidence that...

We investigate whether firms’ "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. We use new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of...

Before and after its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has undergone a far-reaching investment liberalisation. As part of this, existing restrictions on foreign ownership structure and mandatory export and technology transfer requirements imposed...

In this paper we analyse the relationship between distance and f.o.b. export unit values using firm-product-destination data from Hungarian manufacturing. By using 10-digit harmonized system data, we show that a doubling of distance is associated...

We compare the performance of Northern and Southern multinationals in Sub-Saharan Africa, and contrast it with local firms in the host country. Employing unique firm level data for 19 Sub-Saharan African countries, we show that firms receiving FDI...

Using a large panel of UK manufacturing firms over the period 2000—2009, we consider how firms responded during the most recent financial crisis, estimating models for export market participation decisions and firm growth and survival. The results...

This paper introduces the “German Management and Organizational Practices” (GMOP) Survey, which provides a larger-scale database on management practices at the establishment-level in Germany. Specifically, the dataset contains establishment-level...

This paper analyses the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the development of local firms. We focus on two likely effects of FDI: a competition effect which deters entry of domestic firms and positive market externalities which foster the...

This paper considers the link between the local availability of services and a firm’s decision to become a multinational. This is a highly topical issue, given that many industrialised countries are increasingly becoming services economies and firms...

We implement a method to estimate the direct effects of foreign-ownership on foreign firms' productivity and the indirect effects (or spillovers) from the presence of foreign-owned firms on other foreign and domestic firms' productivity in a unifying...