Inter-country FDI distribution patterns in the EU

The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of economic integration on intra EU FDI. More specifically, a model is employed regressing country relative intensities of inward FDI originated from within the EU against a set of variables expected to affect the FDI inter-country distribution. Trade appears to be a significant and positive factor mobilizing intra regional inward FDI in almost all cases. The next important determinants of intra EU FDI are supply cost variables. Capital productivity and development level considerations seem to have played a minor role in determining patterns of intra-EU FDI.peer-reviewe

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Σχεδιασμός και Προοπτικές Αξιοποίησης Βάσης Δεδομένων Καταγραφής Jazz Mapping

Στο πλαίσιο της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας έγινε σχετική έρευνα για τον σχεδιασμό της Βάσης Δεδομένων και των μοντέλων αυτής για την συστηματοποίηση της πληροφορίας που έχει ήδη καταγραφεί μέσω της ανάλυσης των Semantics και Segmentation των Jazz Mapping Annotation. Στο στάδιο σχεδιασμού της βάσης δεδομένων, επανεξεστάστηκαν κάποια ειδικά χαρακτηριστικά των αναλύσεων, προστέθηκαν επιπλέον στοιχεία και παράμετροι και έγινε σχετική διεύρυνση ως προς τον τομέας τους σε ένα μεγαλύτερο σε εύρος αντικείμενο περιεχομένου. Σε δεύτερη φάση εξετάστηκαν οι τρόποι επεξεργασίας και μετασχηματισμού των δεδομένων βάσει των προτύπων της πληροφορικής για την εισαγωγή τους στη Βάση Δεδομένων (ΒΔ) μαζί με τα όποια νέα μεταδεδομένα (metadata) τους κρίθηκαν αναγκαία και απαραίτητα. Εν συνεχεία παρουσιάστηκαν κάποιες βασικές προοπτικές αξιοποίησης των δεδομένων σε άλλες μορφές απεικόνισης όπως γραφήματα, για την περαιτέρω επεξεργασία και διαχείρισή τους από τρίτα συστήματα και αλγορίθμους. Στο δεύτερο μέρος της διπλωματικής έγινε ανάλυση και παρουσίαση δύο μουσικών έργων του συνθέτη Aaron Parks και αναλύθηκαν οι λόγοι επιλογής των έργων αυτών, ως εναλλακτικών ενορχηστρώσεων διαφορετικής κατεύθυνσης από αυτές των πρωτότυπων συνθέσεων του ίδιου του συνθέτη.In the context of this dissertation, relevant research was conducted on the design of the Database and its models for its systematization of information that has already been recorded through Semantics analysis and Segmentation of Jazz Mapping Annotation. At the design stage of the database some special features of the analyzes were re-tested, additional data and parameters were added and a relevant extension was made to their field in a larger content object. The ways of data processing and data transformation were examined based on IT standards for importing them into the Database (DB) together with any new metadata they deemed significant and necessary. After that, some key aspect points where examined and oresented, for representing or integrating of data in other forms of display such as graphs, for further processing and management by third-party systems and algorithms. In the second part of the dissertation, two works of the composer Aaron Parks were analyzed and presented, as also the reasons for choosing these works were analyzed. These led to two alternative orchestrations, one for each original composer's work, in a different direction from the original composition's musical form and orchestration

Inter-country FDI Distribution Patterns in the EU

The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of economic integration on intra EU FDI. More specifically, a model is employed regressing country relative intensities of inward FDI originated from within the EU against a set of variables expected to affect the FDI inter-country distribution. Trade appears to be a significant and positive factor mobilizing intra regional inward FDI in almost all cases. The next important determinants of intra EU FDI are supply cost variables. Capital productivity and development level considerations seem to have played a minor role in determining patterns of intra-EU FDI.regional integration, economic convergence, FDI

A cross country analysis of outward foreign direct investment patterns

Purpose – To evaluate the relevance of the source country idiosyncratic factors in determining the firm's foreign direct investment (FDI) propensity and consequently the country's outward FDI position. Design/methodology/approach – A sample containing all countries with positive outward FDI flows for the whole period between 1976 and 1999 is selected. The sample consists of 25 countries and is divided in three groups, namely advanced countries, middle-income countries and developing countries. An econometric model is estimated for each country group aiming to determine the variables affecting outward FDI position. Findings – Market structure differentiation and openness are the only variables affecting outward FDI in all country groups. Marginal efficiency of capital is the significant variable in advanced and middle-income countries. All other variables, namely technology, human capital and exchange rate affect outward FDI position of advanced countries. Research limitations/implications – The list of FDI explanatory variables is not an exhaustive one. Changes of country income indicating changes of economic development may be explicitly introduced among others as an explanatory variable in a model, with outward FDI changes as the dependent variable in order to identify any relation between the two. Practical implications – A very useful source of information for policy makers. Originality/value – The validity of the model is tested over each country income group aiming at capturing variations in the statistical significance of the FDI explanatory variables between countries that have passed certain economic development thresholds.Countries, Direct investment, Economic policy