作者:Hejazi, W; Safarian, AE
作者单位:University of Toronto; University Toronto Scarborough; University of Toronto
摘要:Attempts to measure the spillover effects of multinational enterprises on host countries have generally been cross-sectional and limited to labour productivity in manufacturing for a single country. Recent work in growth theory has measured the extent to which growth in total factor productivity in a country depends not only on domestic R&D capital stocks but also on foreign R&D capital stocks. This paper extends such work by adding foreign direct investment stocks to foreign trade as a channe...
作者:Shaffer, MA; Harrison, DA; Gilley, KM
作者单位:Hong Kong Polytechnic University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Arlington; Oklahoma State University System; Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
摘要:We comprehensively test the Black, Mendenhall, and Oddou (1991) model of the dimensions and determinants of adjustment to international assignments. We also expand the model to examine two individual factors (i.e., previous assignments and language fluency) and three positional factors (i.e., hierarchical level, functional area, and assignment vector) as moderators of adjustment determinants. Surveys were completed by 452 expatriates from 29 different countries assigned to 45 host countries by...