A state-led industrialization push inspired by the East Asian 'developmental state'model is at
the centre of Ethiopia's recent economic success. This model has historically proved potent …

The quality of local labor is an important factor in a multinational corporation's (MNC)
decision to set up production operations in a developing country. It is often observed that …

The authors examine the impact of labour law deregulations in the Indian state of Rajasthan
on plant employment and performance. In 2014, after a long time, Rajasthan was the first …

Skill differences between parent and host countries are considered a key variable for
distinguishing horizontal and vertical motivations within aggregate foreign direct investment …

Since India began to liberalise its economy in 1991, the country has become increasingly
attractive as a location for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, FDI is distributed very …

Several large multinationals and a few local assemblers dominate the Indian automobile
industry. The largest multinational, Maruti Suzuki, entered the Indian automobile industry …

We investigate the different impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) on employment
elasticity with C hina's firm level data from 1998 to 2007. Our analysis shows that the …

This paper aims to examine the relationship between the location choices of multinational
enterprises and their productivity considering the N orth–S outh differences in regard to …

Using firm-level data for five countries in Latin America we find a negative and statistically
significant link between social conflict in rural areas and ownership of mines. This result …

This study examines the effect of government health care and education programs on the
poor in Chile from 2000 to 2006. Results are obtained from a country‐wide provincial‐level …