Decomposing Value Chains within Swedish Multinationals

Skill Upgrading and Production Transfer within Swedish Multinationals

This paper studies the link between production transfer within Swedish-headquartered multinational enterprises (MNEs) and skill upgrading in Swedish manufacturing MNE parents in the 1990s. The analysis distinguishes between horizontal and vertical foreign direct investment (FDI). The increased employment share in the affiliates in non-OECD countries (vertical FDI) has a non-trivial, significant...

Outward Investment, Employment and Wages in Swedish Multinationals

Swedish Multinationals and Competition from High- and Low-Wage Locations

This study uses data on Swedish multinationals to estimate cross elasticities of labour demand in di¤erent locations. With a vertical decomposition of the ...rm’s activities, whether there is substitution or complementarity between employment in di¤erent parts of the ...rm will depend on whether wage changes lead to a relocation of activities or simply to changes in marginal costs and/or demand...

Swedish Multinationals and Competition from Low-Wage Countries

This study uses data on Swedish multinationals to estimate cross elasticities of labour demand in different locations. With a vertical decomposition of the firm’s activities, whether there is substitution or complementarity between employment in different parts of the firm will depend on whether wage changes lead to a relocation of activities or simply to changes in marginal costs and demand fo...

pher Palmberg – Mika Pajarinen E GLOBAL DISPERSION INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES – OF FINNISH MULTINATIONALS

The internationalisation of R&D of multinational firms is an important ingredient in the ongoing trend towards globalisation. Previous research on Finnish multinationals has mainly relied on R&D expenditure data. In this paper we provide new insights into how the internationalisation of R&D of these Finnish multinationals is also reflected in their innovative output as measured by patenting. Th...