This paper investigates FDI-related spillovers in Brazil for the period 1996-2005. In contrast to most previous recent studies, which have failed to identify any significant effects in emerging economies, we found that horizontal spillovers did arise in Brazil. However, they did not arise simply as a consequence of general FDI-mediated technology transfer from MNC headquarters, as the standard ...

This paper deals with the problem of fault detection and isolation. Existence conditions of a solution to this problem are recalled before the proposal of another solution. The proof carrying out the effectiveness of the proposed solution and illustrative examples are the main results.Copyright c © 2005 IFAC

The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of the Chinese and Hong Kong stock markets on the levels of foreign direct investment into China’s regions, utilising dynamic panel estimation techniques. Using a Tobin’s Q measure, the results indicate that the effect is significant for both the Chinese and Hong Kong stock markets, but negatively signed, suggesting that FDI into China acts as a s...

Ridvan BERBER and Levent AKCAY Process monitoring, early fault detection and diagnosis are important in chemical and manufacturing processes for safety, controlling product quality and minimizing waste. Large multivariable processes are difficult to monitor by traditional methods. The multivariate statistical methods, which systematically reduce the number of related variables and transform the...

The recent proliferation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes and standards has been matched only by the boom in writings on the subject. This paper will focus mainly on the interaction between these codes and formal legal requirements, at national and international levels. It starts from the perspective that the recent spate of voluntary corporate codes for TNCs must be understood in...

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This paper describes a method for designing sliding mode observers for detection and reconstruction of faults, that is robust against system uncertainty. The method uses H∞ concepts to design the observer, minimising the effect of the uncertainty on the reconstruction of the faults. A VTOL aircraft example taken from the fault detection literature is used to demonstrate the method and its effec...

By reviewing the existing literature and empirical investigation, we build a socalled Photosynthesis model which argues that a recipient developing country only achieves benefits from FDI once they have sufficient absorptive capacity related to human capital resource, absorptive capacity of domestic firm, financial systems, physical infrastructure, technological, and institutional development. ...

This paper presents a method for diagnosis of eccentricity fault in a switched-reluctance motor (SRM) during offline and standstill modes. In this method, the fault signature is differential induced voltage (DIV) achieved by injecting diagnostic pulses to the motor windings. It will be demonstrated by means of results that there is a correlation between differential induced voltage and eccentri...