scholarly journals The Role of Managerial Competencies in Foreign Direct Investments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Para
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Managerial Competencies

scholarly journals Chinese and Indian FDI in Hungary and the role of Eastern Opening policy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katalin Völgyi ◽  
Eszter Lukács
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Location Choice ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Automotive Sector ◽  
Supportive Services ◽  
High Ranking ◽  
Strategic Cooperation

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to assess the main features of Chinese and Indian investments in Hungary and the role of the Hungarian Government’s Eastern Opening policy in the attraction of investments from these two Asian giants. This paper covers the sectoral distribution, modes of market entry, and motivations of Chinese and Indian foreign direct investments. The automotive sector is the most attractive sector for investors from both countries. ICT manufacturing (electronics) and services, and the renewable energy sector are also very attractive for Chinese companies. The same is true for IT/BPO services and the chemical sector in the case of Indian companies. Chinese and Indian companies enter the Hungarian economy mainly through green-field investments or acquisitions. Market-seeking and strategic asset-seeking motives are dominant in the case of investors from both countries. This paper also puts a special emphasis on studying the impacts of Hungary’s Eastern Opening policy (launched in 2012) on Chinese and Indian investments. The findings show that the Eastern Opening policy has had a significant impact on the investment decision (location choice) of new Chinese and Indian investors and further expansion of investments by Chinese and Indian companies located in Hungary due to four factors, namely high-ranking political meetings, strategic cooperation agreements, cash grants from the Hungarian Government and supportive services of HIPA.

The Entrepreneurial University: Evidence of the Changing Role of Universities in Modern Russia

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Williams ◽  
Alexey Kluev
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
New Type ◽  
Changing Role

This paper examines the evolution of the entrepreneurial function of Russia's leading universities: the study is based on a conceptualization of a university's entrepreneurial development pathway developed by the OECD in 2009. The data on entrepreneurship development were collected in 2012 through a survey of technology transfer and innovation development managers of 18 National Research Universities. The primary data were complemented by desktop analysis of the strategy development documents of the universities surveyed. The results suggest that in the period studied, 2008–2012, a new type of university, the entrepreneurial university, has emerged in Russia. However, these entrepreneurial universities are facing serious challenges in the implementation of an entrepreneurial, innovation-oriented mission due to the lack of managerial competencies and inadequate infrastructure development. The paper has significant theoretical and practical implications in shedding light on the development of the entrepreneurial university in Russia, where the process is still in its infancy. The authors depict a trajectory of entrepreneurial transformation in and barriers to this process that, it is argued, university executives and policy makers should take into consideration.

Key middle manager trustworthy behaviours that enhance operator participation in continuous improvement systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-245
Author(s):  
Alvaro Lleo ◽  
Elisabeth Viles ◽  
Daniel Jurburg ◽  
Javier Santos
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Middle Manager ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
Industrial Management ◽  
Points Of View

Purpose This paper aims to identify key middle manager trustworthy behaviours that encourage employees’ participation in continuous improvement activities in industrial contexts. Design/methodology/approach The list of behaviours has been developed in two different phases. First, the authors conducted two concept mappings with operators and middle managers and, subsequently, the authors combined and integrated both points of view. Second, the authors developed an expert panel with researchers, consultants and experienced practitioners of industrial management for debugging and reducing the results, presenting the final list of behaviours. Findings This work presents 55 different middle manager trustworthy behaviours divided into four different categories: human qualities; training and development; technical and managerial competencies; and team building. Research limitations/implications This paper contributes to existing literature about sustainable continuous improvement systems highlighting the role of middle managers and proposes a set of specific middle manager trustworthy behaviours for increasing supervisors’ influence on operator participation. Originality/value After extracting the knowledge of different stakeholders, the list of behaviours identified can serve as a useful tool for recruiting, training, evaluating and developing a supervisors’ managerial style that enhances operator participation in continuous improvement activities.

The Role Of Institutions In Attracting Foreign Direct Investments

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 374
Author(s):  
Kristina Maric ◽  
Miroljub Shukarov
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Information Costs ◽  
Corporate Strategies ◽  
Development Face ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Rules Of The Game

<p class="AbstractText">The aim of this paper is to identify the role of institutions in creating a prosperous business environment for attraction of the Foreign Direct Investments. This research is based on the statement that efficient markets depend on supporting institutions that can provide the formal and informal rules of the game of a market economy, allowing a lower transaction and information costs and reducing uncertainty. Moreover, it has to be stated that the legal and governmental arrangements as well as informal institutions underpinning an economy influence corporate strategies, thus profoundly influence the operation and performance of businesses. The methodology in this paper consists of comparing statistical data for the Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, FYROM and Slovenia). The general conclusion drawn in this paper is that Western businesses entering countries with lower degree of institutional development face higher transaction costs such as bribery than in countries with higher degree of institutional development. Hence, the institutions play significant role in the process of one country’s attempt to attract Foreign Direct Investment.</p>

The long-run determinants of British capital exports, 1870–1913

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Rota ◽  
Francesco Schettino
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Rates Of Return ◽  
Correction Model ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Model Environment

Unlike recent contributions in the field, which discuss the geography of British overseas investments, this article focuses on the growth of capital exports from Great Britain during the period 1870–1913. Using a broader concept of foreign investments, which includes foreign direct investments (FDIs), and refocusing on the push and pull factors emphasised in earlier literature, we propose a framework able to capture the long-run determinants of British capital exports. Moreover, the framework includes elements suggested by early and recent works such as the institutional setup of the international economy and the evolution of world trade. The most relevant result, in an error correction model environment, is that the timing of British overseas investments in the long run seems to be related to the evolution of world trade, domestic growth and to the role of India as a colony. On the other hand, the attraction elements of the borrowing countries, captured by the risk-adjusted realised rates of return abroad, have been proven to matter in the short run.

scholarly journals Review HR Perspective toward the Role of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in Thailand

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Sineenat Suasungnern ◽  
Nico Irawan ◽  
Atchara Salee ◽  
Ada Marie Gallego Mascarinas
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Labor Laws ◽  
Instrumental Study ◽  
Quality Program

The study is using a qualitative strategy to describe the HR perspective towards the Role of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in Thailand by using the pervious instrumental study review. Then, the data was classified into three parts: Part I: MNCs in developing countries; Part II: Overview the context of Thailand; Part III: Review the Role of MNCs in Thailand from the HR Perspective. As Thailand is a developing country which takes into account of globalization activities, hence, MNCs play an important role to enhance the level of economic growth. The developing countries must improve their infrastructure and skilled workers to be reach the competitive advantage among region and attractive to foreign direct investments. The result of the study showed the characteristics in social context in Thailand, how the beliefs of Thai society impact ethical behavior, attitude in business and implications of HR practices. Thai political context is identified the situation of replacement employees. The study describe that the qualification require has go to foreigners rather than Thai workers. Thai labor laws has identified the inequality of Social Security Circumstances between private sector, agricultural workers, and public employees. and the role of MNCs in Thailand from the HR perspective. It shows that HRD systems must be able to enhance and build a quality program to put people to work. 

scholarly journals Współczesna globalizacja: przebieg, czynniki i oznaki metamorfozy procesu

2017 ◽  
pp. 49-96
Author(s):  
Anna Zorska
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Demographic Situation ◽  
Global Flows ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The World ◽  
Development And Evolution

The article aims at an analysis of changes in development of globalization which took place during the 2007-2008 crisis and the following years of the economic slowdown. The analysis is conducted against the background of the situation in the world economy and includes investigation of changes (dynamics and structures) in global flows of merchandise, exports of services and foreign direct investments. The structural transformation of global flows indicates the increasing share and role of China in the world economy. The significance of transnational corporations in the globalization process calls for portraying the evolution of their activity and relations with nation states and other groups of economic actors. Attention is drawn to changes in the set and forces of key globalization factors, including technological progress (in the age of information revolution), economic, social and demographic as well as political factors. The increasing impacts of evolving States' policies and socio-demographic situation on trends in the global economy are acknowledged. The transformation of globalization factors considerably affects the development and evolution (or metamorphosis) of the investigated process. Six signs of the initiated metamorphosis of globalization, which indicate possible intensification and direction of changes in the futurę development of the process, are discussed

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