4. Warm Springs and Hot Topics at the Tax Alliance Retreat: Doing Gender and Doing Business

This study investigates the impact of Ease of Doing Business on Inward FDI over the period from 2011 to 2015 across the globe. This study measures ease of doing business using starting a business, getting credit, registering property, paying taxes and enforcing contracts. The research used a sample of 177 countries from 190 countries listed in World Bank. Least square regression model via E-views software used to examine causal relationship. The study found that ease of doing business indicators ‘Enforcing Contracts’ was found to have a positive significant impact on Inward FDI. Nevertheless, ‘Getting Credit’ and ‘Registering Property’ were found to have a negative significant impact on Inward FDI. However, ‘Starting a Business’ and ‘Paying Taxes’ have no significant impact on Inward FDI in the studied timeframe of this research. The findings of the study suggested the ease of doing business enables inward FDI through better contract enforcements, getting credit and registering property. The findings of the research will assist international managers and companies to know the importance of ease of doing business when investing in foreign countries through FDI.

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On the Origins of Administrative Rent: Doing Business in a Russian Region N

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2010-5-58-80 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 58-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Oleinik

Keyword(s):

Rent Seeking ◽

Individual Decision ◽

Resource Rent ◽

Competitive Edge ◽

Doing Business ◽

Russian Region ◽

Positive Gain ◽

Access To The Field ◽

Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

In the article two types of rent are differentiated: resource rent and administrative rent. The latter is linked to restrictions on the access to the field of interactions. The contribution of the theory of public choice and the theory of rent-seeking and directly-unproductive activities is further developed by shifting the emphasis from individual decision-making to interactions between three actors: C, who controls access to the field, A, who gets a competitive edge as a result, and B, who assumes a subjacent position with regard to both A and C, yet still receives a positive gain from transacting. Domination by virtue of a constellation of As, Bs, and Cs interests is illustrated with the help of an in-depth case study of a Russian region. This study combines quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as their triangulation.

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What Kind of Firms Has Investment Programs in the Crisis Times and What Kind of Barriers Do They Face?

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2009-12-100-110 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 100-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Yakovlev

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Point Of View ◽

Current Crisis ◽

Doing Business

The paper considers the behavior of Russian enterprises during the current crisis using the data of the latest survey of 1000 manufacturing firms. Special attention is paid to features of firms planning big investment for the next 12 months. The links between current investment plans, previous investment in 2005-2008 and other factors are shown. Finally we analyze the most important barriers for doing business from the point of view of investors.

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Navigating the Gendered Math Path

International Review of Qualitative Research ◽

10.1525/irqr.2012.5.2.153 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 153-174

Author(s):

Christina D. Weber ◽

Angie Hodge

Keyword(s):

Gender Norms ◽

Academic Disciplines ◽

Doing Gender ◽

Women In Stem ◽

Stem Fields ◽

Self Perception ◽

Good Science ◽

Men And Women ◽

Male Dominated ◽

Mathematics Coursework

Using dialogues with our informants, as well as with each other, we explore how the men and women in our research make it through their mathematics coursework and, in turn, pursue their intended majors. Our research focuses on how students navigate what we call the gendered math path and how that path conforms to and diverges from traditional gender norms. Common themes of women's lower than men's self-perception of their ability to do mathematics, along with the divergent processes of doing gender that emerged in men's and women's discussions of their application of mathematics, reminded us of the continued struggles that women have to succeed in male-dominated academic disciplines. Although self-perception helps us understand why there are fewer women in STEM fields, it is important to understand how different forms of application of ideas might add to the diversity of what it means to do good science.

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