This paper deals with the role of skill formation and new skill needs for building technological capabilities for developing countries to compete effectively in manufactured exports. It places the analysis in the context of rapid technical progress and globalisation, with large shifts in the location of productive and innovative activity, patterns of comparative advantage, and systems of indust...

It is a widely held belief that foreign direct investment (FDI) has a positive effect on economic growth. We test this hypothesis by performing convergence regressions derived from a model of endogenous technological change. We estimate the rate of growth in per-capita income, relative to the per-capita income of the United States, in terms of US FDI, human development, financial development, a...

Fault detection and identification methods (FDI) are an important aspect for ensuring consistent behavior of technical systems. In robotics FDI promises to improve the autonomy and robustness. Existing FDI research in robotics mostly focused on faults in specific areas, like sensor faults. While there is FDI research also on the overarching software system, common data sets to benchmark such so...

In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken into account when analyzing the determinants of outward FDI. We combine two firm-specific datasets on German firms with subsidiaries and joint ventures in the Czech Republic, compared to a control group of German firms without FDI in this host country. The impact of firm and in...

Attracting foreign investment is a viable means of ensuring the economic growth any country. The relevance study substantiated by creation favorable climate in country, which will allow establishment guarantees protection investments and stability legal basis for entrepreneurship performance. article aims to analyze forecast inflow direct (FDI) into Ukraine. In order achieve stated purpose, eco...

OBJECTIVE To describe inequalities in the infant mortality rate (IMR) according to socioeconomic indicators among geographic areas and municipalities in Brazil. METHODS This was an exploratory ecological study of space aggregates that described IMR in 2006-2008 according to municipalities, states, and the Family Development Index (FDI), a socioeconomic indicator that ranges from 0 to 1. All t...

This paper offers hypotheses and tests empirically the relationship between the objectives of foreign direct investment (FDI) policy and it results (i.e. the various types of impact of FDI and investment incentives) within a strategic fit concept. In the process, this paper demonstrates a strong correlation between specific objectives and particular incentives. Specifically, it points to a stro...