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dc.contributor.authorHardy, Jane
dc.contributor.authorSass, Magdolna
dc.contributor.authorFifekova, Martina Pollakova
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-14T11:01:04Z
dc.date.available2011-11-14T11:01:04Z
dc.date.issued2011-10
dc.identifier.citationHardy , J , Sass , M & Fifekova , M P 2011 , ' Impacts of horizontal and vertical foreign investment in business services : The experience of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic ' , European Urban and Regional Studies , vol. 18 , no. 4 , pp. 427-443 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776411422618
dc.identifier.issn0969-7764
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 449697
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 94bbcb3b-62f8-4479-b64b-20a286bcb69f
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000295803100006
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 80053994069
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/6985
dc.description“The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, European Urban and Regional Studies 18 (4) 2011, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011: on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/”
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the impact of foreign direct investment in business services on the economies of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia and their place in the European division of labour. A distinction is drawn between horizontal market-seeking foreign investment in business services and efficiency-seeking vertical investments, which have increased since 2000. We posit a conceptual framework that differentiates between the static, dynamic and institutional properties of global production networks and their impacts on localities and regions. The research is based on interviews with senior managers in 25 companies in the three case-study countries, as well as inward investment agencies. We conclude that the most salient static impacts of these investments are on the labour market, where horizontal investments provide fewer, but more skilled jobs than vertical investments. Dynamic effects were contradictory in that, although learning and spillover effects were modest, vertical investments demonstrated a propensity to move up the value chain. Strategic coupling with local actors involved institution bending, enhancement or harnessing in changing the spaces of production.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Urban and Regional Studies
dc.subjectbusiness services
dc.subjectforeign direct investment
dc.subjectnew member states
dc.subjectoffshore outsourcing
dc.subjectoffshoring
dc.titleImpacts of horizontal and vertical foreign investment in business services : The experience of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republicen
dc.contributor.institutionSocial Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Accounting, Finance and Economics
dc.contributor.institutionGlobal Economy and Business Research Unit
dc.contributor.institutionHertfordshire Business School
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research on Management, Economy and Society
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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