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Surviving the crisis: Foreign multinationals vs domestic firms

Godart, Olivier; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2011

Starting from the observation that all firms in Ireland (foreign and domestic in manufacturing and services industries) were hit by the crisis, the paper asks whether there is a difference in the behaviour of foreign and domestic firms. One hypothesis is that foreign multinationals are less...

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Multinationals as stabilizers? Economic crisis and plant employment growth

Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto; Görg, Holger - 2007

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Multinationals as stabilizers? Economic crisis and plant employment growth

Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto; Görg, Holger - 2007

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Multinationals as stabilizers? Economic crisis and plant employment growth

Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto; Görg, Holger - 2007

This paper examines the link between multinational enterprises and employment growth at the plant-level. We investigate in detail the comparative response of multinationals and domestic firms to an economic crisis, using the empirical setting of a well defined case of economic slowdown in Chile...

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Back to normal? The future of global production networks after the crisis

Godart, Olivier N.; Görg, Holger; Görlich, Dennis - 2009

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Back to normal? The future of global production networks

Godart, Olivier N.; Görg, Holger; Görlich, Dennis - In: The crisis and beyond, (pp. 119-126). 2009

It is neither likely nor desirable for central banks to exit from unconventional monetary policies in the near future. However, it is important that central banks develop an exit strategy, evaluate the merits of new and old monetary policy tools and communicate with the public so as to maintain...

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Multinationales as stabilizers? Economic crisis, access to finance, and employment growth

Álvarez, Roberto; Görg, Holger - 2011

This paper examines the comparative response of multinationals and domestic firms to an economic crisis, using the empirical setting of a well defined case of economic slowdown in Chile. We find that employment in manufacturing plants has been drastically reduced during the economic crisis. Our...

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Services outsourcing and innovation: An empirical investigation

Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2008

outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as predicted … by theory, while this is not true for domestic sourcing. The results are robust to various specifications and an …

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Services outsourcing and innovation: an empirical investigation

Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2009

outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as … predicted by theory, while this is not true for domestic sourcing. The results are robust to various specifications and an …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277453

Trade protection during the crisis: Does it deter foreign direct investment?

Görg, Holger; Labonte, Philipp - 2011

This paper looks empirically at the implications that protectionist measures implemented during the current crisis may have had for a country's ability to attract foreign direct investment. The research utilizes data on such measures that is available from Global Trade Alert, combined with...

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