Revealed competition for greenfield investments between European regions

Burger, Martijn; Knaap, Bert van der; Wall, Ronald

doi:10.1093/jeg/lbs024

“…The availability of relatively cheap and fertile land should play a key role and farmland acquisitions could be understood as demonstrating the competitive advantage of land-rich countries in the competition to receive FDI (Burger et al, 2013). Acquisitions of agricultural land can be viewed as indicating a new trend in FDItargeted at the agricultural sectors in developing countries.…”

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Determinants of foreign land acquisitions in low- and middle-income countries

Lay

¹

,

Nolte

²

2017

Journal of Economic Geography

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This article analyses the determinants of growing demand for agricultural land in developing countries. We propose some determinants that are specific to foreign acquisitions of agricultural land as a subset of agricultural foreign direct investment (FDI) and empirically examine the corresponding locational choice. Using a gravity model and a data set on land acquisitions worldwide, we find that the determinants partly overlap with those for other forms of FDI but are specific in certain regards. Rich investors target (poorer) economies with abundant land and water resources, and the effects of the quality of institutions are ambiguous.

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“…See Burger et al . () for a more elaborate description of the European database on greenfield investments.…”

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Functional and Sectoral Division of Labour within Central and Eastern European Countries: Evidence from Greenfield FDI

Dogaru

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Burger

²

,

Karreman

³

et al. 2014

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractIn this paper, we analyse the sectoral and functional division of labour in Central and Eastern European (CEE) regions within the convergence debate. By analysing the investment decisions of multinational corporations in 49 NUTS-2 regions across 6 European CEE countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria), we show that capital city regions not only receive more greenfield FDI but also attract a larger variety of investments in terms of sectors and functions. Capital cities are more likely to host higher-end sectors and functions, which provides an explanation for the existing regional disparities within CEE countries. These results highlight the importance of functional and sectoral divisions of labour in the view of regional profiling and contribute to the recent EU Cohesion Policy debate.

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“…Although market-seeking motives and agglomeration externalities are driving FDI investments across Europe, not all foreign investors' sectors and functions seamlessly fit into every agglomerated regional economy with large market potential (Burger et al, 2013). However, for the particular case of Chinese communities, we know that creating favorable circumstances in line with the preferences of Chinese firms may promote not only even more Chinese investment but also indigenous host-country economic development: FDI is circularly facilitated by overseas communities and diasporas whereas local information-and knowledge-intensive business activities co-evolve with MNE developments (see Jacobs et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Similar to the distinction between services and manufacturing industries, business functions differ in their degree of information and knowledge intensity and in their corresponding need for skilled labor (Burger et al, 2013). In contrast to production-related functions, upstream functions such as headquarters and R&D require well-educated, highly skilled labor, whereas downstream functions such as sales, marketing, and support primarily rely on locally embedded personnel with explicit knowledge of the local language, business environment, and consumer preferences.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Location Choices of Chinese Multinationals in Europe: The Role of Overseas Communities

Karreman

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Burger

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Oort

³

2016

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Revealed competition for greenfield investments between European regions

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Determinants of foreign land acquisitions in low- and middle-income countries

Determinants of foreign land acquisitions in low- and middle-income countries

Functional and Sectoral Division of Labour within Central and Eastern European Countries: Evidence from Greenfield FDI

Location Choices of Chinese Multinationals in Europe: The Role of Overseas Communities

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