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• National Labour Markets, International Factor Mobility And Macroeconomic Instability

  BNET - 2006-12-18

  We analyze how global economic integration of factor markets affects the stability of the macro economy, with respect to expectations-driven fluctuations, when countries differ in their labour market institutions. It is shown that, due to the occurrence of equilibrium indeterminacy, liberalization of capital movements is likely to be accompanied by...

  Tags: Fluctuation, University Of Nottingham, Mobility, Unemployment, Free Trade, Benefits, Finance, Human Resources

• Firm Heterogeneity, Exporting And Foreign Direct Investment: A Survey

  BNET - 2006-03-06

  A new and rapidly expanding literature on firm heterogeneity and firm level globalisation strategies has developed over the last decade. New insights on why some firms export and others do not, why some firms fail to survive in export markets, whilst others do and why some choose to produce overseas...

  Tags: Heterogeneity, University Of Nottingham, Survey, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing

• Productivity Distributions In International Oligopolies: Spillovers, Technology Transfer, And Heterogeneous FDI

  BNET - 2006-02-20

  Foreign-owned firms exhibit widely-documented productivity advantages over domestic firms. To interpret this stylized fact, we model the relationships between FDI flows and national productivity distributions across firms in an international oligopoly. Industrial structure is determined endogenously, and both greenfield- and acquisition-FDI are allowed for. The technology gap between firms interacts...

  Tags: University Of Nottingham, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance

• Explaining Mispricing Of Initial Public Offerings

  BNET - 2005-10-09

  This paper examines the relative importance of underpricing as a signal of firm value, underwriter certification, subscription levels of shares on offer, and uncertainty surrounding firm value on mispricing of initial public offerings. A sample of 100 Singaporean Initial Public Offerings IPOs during the period 1998-2000 indicates that subscription levels...

  Tags: University Of Nottingham, Underwriter Reputation, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance

• Industrial Linkages And Export Spillovers From FDI

  BNET - 2005-09-02

  This paper investigates the hypothesis of export spillovers from foreign multinationals to domestic firms using a data set of UK manufacturing firms from 1992 to 1999. Unlike previous studies the authors allow not only for the possibility of horizontal (i.e. intra-industry) and regional externalities, but also for vertical ones (i.e....

  Tags: University Of Nottingham, Spillover, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Manufacturing, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance

• Precast concrete research at the University of Nottingham

  - 2005-08-01

  The Structural Engineering Group in the School of Civil Engineering has a long tradition of carrying out large-scale testing in support of postgraduate research and commercial development. During the past 15 years the School has been the national leader in the field of precast and prestressed concrete structures, notably by...

  Tags: concrete, continuity, FINANCE, Investment, mortar, University of Nottingham

• Acquisition FDI And The Export Intensity Of Multinational Firms

  BNET - 2005-01-28

  This paper investigates the impact of acquisition FDI Foreign Direct Investment on exporting intensity in U.K manufacturing. A quasi-likelihood estimation method is used, and the empirical estimates point to the following conclusions: UK firms with higher exporting intensity are more likely to be foreign takeover targets; US acquired firms increase...

  Tags: Acquisition, Intensity, University Of Nottingham, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations

• Export Oriented FDI

  BNET - 2004-11-25

  It is well known that the performance of foreign firms compared to domestic companies is superior with respect to employment, wages, and productivity. In this paper we detail the export behaviour of foreign affiliates in the United Kingdom relative to indigenous firms. Our findings show that foreign firms are more...

  Tags: University Of Nottingham, U.K., Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Manufacturing, Benefits, Performance Management, Payroll Solutions, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Foreign Direct Investment Under R&D Competition

  BNET - 2004-10-15

  We consider the preferences of a foreign firm and a welfare maximizing host country government for foreign direct investment through direct entry and acquisition in presence of innovation by the firms. We find that relatively superior technology is always used under acquisition. Though profits are higher under acquisition, consumers are...

  Tags: Acquisition, R&D, University Of Nottingham, Foreign Direct Investment, Host Country Welfare, Country Welfare, Research & Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Corporate Law, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Business Operations, Investment, Finance

• The University of Nottingham purchased RoboDesign International's Minstrel I protein crystal imaging and analysis platform

  - 2004-09-30

  The University of Nottingham purchased RoboDesign International's Minstrel I protein crystal imaging and analysis platform, which is marketed by Rigaku/MSC.

  Tags: analysis, FINANCE, imaging, SOFTWARE, University of Nottingham