Labour market competitiveness and foreign direct investment: The case of Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines

Ismail, Rahmah; Yussof, Ishak

doi:10.1007/s10110-003-0170-2

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“…So, MNEs have to switch their strategy from asset-exploitation to assetexploration. To advance their capabilities, MNEs carry out worldwide intelligence and source complementary technologies from various countries through FDI; and consequently, the R&D capability of host countries receives more attention (Ismail & Yussof, 2003;Serapio & Dalton, 1999). An example is the high-end technologies that MNEs access through the establishment of globally integrated R&D networks (Song & Shin, 2008).…”

Section: Major Location Antecedents In Later Stages Of Fdi For Tlfs Imentioning

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Re-examining location antecedents and pace of foreign direct investment: Evidence from Taiwanese investments in China

Chen

Yeh

2012

Journal of Business Research

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Section: Major Location Antecedents In Later Stages Of Fdi For Tlfs Imentioning

confidence: 98%

Re-examining location antecedents and pace of foreign direct investment: Evidence from Taiwanese investments in China

Chen

Yeh

2012

Journal of Business Research

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“…These studies are important in a way that they help countries to develop policies and enhance facilities that can attract multinational enterprises (MNEs). The findings tend to suggest that the factors that determine FDI of different countries are quite depending on the types of FDI (Fedderke & Romm, 2006) and the country of study (Ismail & Yussof, 2003;Asiedu, 2002). Below are empirical discussions on the variables that are tested in this study.…”

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Trade Liberalization and Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia

Nordin¹,

Ghani²

2015

IMBR

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A decision to establish foreign direct investment (FDI) involves a lot of critical thinking, especially in deciding a place to locate the investment. Evaluation and consideration comprise of costs and benefits of launching the FDI. This study focuses on time series data for the sample period of 1970 to 2009. The main objective of this study is to identify the major determinant of the inward flows of FDI for Malaysia by employing the bounds testing (ARDL) approach to cointegration. Of all the variables being tested, trade openness is found to be the most influential variable in attracting the inflows of FDI as it shows consistent results in the short run as well as in the long run in all models being tested. Since the trade openness which represents the liberalization of the Malaysian economy could induce the inflows of FDI, some policy actions can be taken up to enhance the trade openness.

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“…In 2000, Carkovic and Levine reach the same conclusion, but Balasubramanyam, Salisu and Sapsford (1996) note that the degree of trade liberalization is decisive for the positive effects of FDI. Also, Ismail and Yussof (2003) pointed out that in an increasingly competitive economic environment, as a result of globalization, a high yield is not sufficient to ensure a growing FDI flow. In this respect, an important role in attracting FDI is assigned to the labor force.…”

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Impact of Labor, FDI and R D on Business Sustainability

Niţescu¹,

Murgu²,

Caprita³

2019

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The research addresses the problem of identifying the impact of the labor force, of the investments and the research and development on the direction of the long-term growth strategy, in order to achieve the business sustainability of some countries of the European Union. The paper addresses the main challenges and macroeconomic developments at European level, as well as, relevant aspects reflected in some research, representative studies for the analysed issues. It also includes the empirical study conducted for 24 European countries, over a 22-year period, in which, based on the use of the multiple regression model, we analysed the correlations between the Export and Import indicatorsendogenous variables, considered to be the promoters of business sustainability, and the macroeconomic indicators Labour force, FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) and R&D-exogenous variables. In the short term, the research reflects the fact that the two indicators R&D expenditures and the number of researchers have a statistically significant positive impact on the exports of the states. In addition, the participation of the Labor force and FDI helps to increase the share of exports in GDP, too. According to the results of the research, the advanced economies register a benefit in the export activity, supported also by the large number of researchers, involved in the research and development activity. In the long term, R&D expenses and Labor force participation have a bigger impact on exports compared to other factors taken into account, given that the level of unemployment in an economy does not have a significant impact on foreign trade. Our work adds value to existing research by addressing the issue of evaluating the impact of innovation (through the variables: research and development expenses, researchers involved in research and development, patent applications-nonresidents and patent applications-residents), of labor force (through the variables: labor and unemployment-% of total labor force) and of investments (through the variable: foreign direct investment) on foreign trade of some countries of the European Union.

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Labour market competitiveness and foreign direct investment: The case of Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines

Cited by 32 publications

References 8 publications

Re-examining location antecedents and pace of foreign direct investment: Evidence from Taiwanese investments in China

Re-examining location antecedents and pace of foreign direct investment: Evidence from Taiwanese investments in China

Trade Liberalization and Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia

Impact of Labor, FDI and R D on Business Sustainability

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