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- Publications
- Influence
Migrant Networks and Foreign Direct Investment
- Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, C. Ozden, Mariana Spatareanu, C. Constantinescu
- Economics
- 1 November 2006
While there exists sizeable literature documenting the importance of ethnic networks for international trade, little attention has been devoted to studying the effects of networks on foreign direct… Expand
Corruption and the Composition of Foreign Direct Investment: Firm-Level Evidence
- Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, S. Wei
- Business
- 1 November 1999
The authors study the impact of corruption in a host country on foreign investors' preference for a joint venture, or a wholly owned subsidiary. Their simple model highlights a basic tradeoff in… Expand
Corruption and Cross-Border Investment: Firm Level Evidence
- Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, S. Wei
- Economics
- 16 August 2002
This paper studies the impact of corruption on inward foreign direct investment using a unique firm-level data set. It examines two effects of corruption simultaneously: a reduction in the volume of… Expand
Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers
- W. Keller, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, J. Tybout
- Economics, Business
- 1 August 2006
This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents, and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic… Expand
Liquidity Constraints and Linkages with Multinationals
- Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Mariana Spatareanu
- Business
- 1 November 2008
Using a unique data set from the Czech Republic for 1994-2003, this study examines the relationship between a firm's liquidity constraints and its supply linkages with multinational corporations… Expand
Financial Constraints and Propagation of Shocks in Production Networks
- Banu Demir Pakel, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, T. Michalski, E. Ors
- Economics
- 2020
This study finds that even small unexpected supply shocks propagate downstream through production networks and are amplified by firms with short-term financial constraints. The unexpected 2011… Expand
Corruption and Composition of Foreign Direct Investment: Firm-Level Evidence
- Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, S. Wei
- 1 April 2000
This paper studies the impact of corruption in a host country on foreign investor's preference for a joint venture versus a wholly-owned subsidiary. A simple model highlights a basic trade-off in… Expand
Foreign Direct Investment and Integration into Global Production and Distribution Networks: The Case of Poland
- B. Kaminski, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik
- Business
- 17 July 2001
Not until the end of the twentieth century, the"second globalization,"has the ratio of trade to Gross Domestic Product been comparable to that during the first globalization, which took place at the… Expand
Book Reviews
- H. Egger, Somesh K. Mathur, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik
- 1 May 2004
Books reviewed in this article: Leonard K. Cheng and Henryk Kierzkowski (eds.), Global Production and Trade in East Asia Jayashree Watal, Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO and Developing… Expand
Tough Love: Do Czech Suppliers Learn from Their Relationships with Multinationals?
- Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Mariana Spatareanu
- Business
- 2009
Countries strive to attract foreign direct investment hoping that knowledge brought by multinationals will spill over to domestic producers. While the literature has cast doubt on the existence of… Expand