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New Dimensions in International Trade
-Outsourcing, Merger, Technology Transfer,
and Culture- |
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RIEB, Kobe University
December 11-12, 2004
Conference Room of Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies
[Program] [ Site (Transportation map Japnese/
English] [Building LocationJapanese/ English)] [Hotel Information][Days] |
| PROGRAM |
| Technology Transfer |
| Ronald Jones (University of Rochester) |
| "International Technology Transfer: Who gains and Who Loses?" |
| Kamal Saggi (Southern Methodist University) and Ping Lin (Lingnan University) |
| "Multinational Firms, Exclusivity, and the Degree of Backward Linkages" |
Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University), Yoichi Sugita (Columbia University) and Laixun Zhao (Kobe University)
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| "Corporate Control, Foreign Ownership Regulation and Technology Transfer" |
| Outsourcing |
| Zhihao Yu (Carleton University) |
| "Economies of Scope and Patterns of Global Outsourcing" |
| Eiichi Tomiura (Kobe University) |
| "Foreign Outsourcing, Exporting, and FDI: A Productivity Comparison at the Firm Level" |
| Ian Wooton (University of Strathclyde) |
| "The Effects of Regional Tax and Subsidy Coordination on Foreign Direct Investment" |
| Cross-Border Merger |
| Rod Falvey (University of Nottingham) |
| "Quotas and Endogenous Mergers among Heterogeneous Firms" |
| Larry Qiu (Hong-Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| "International Mergers: Incentives and Welfare" |
| Hassan Benchekroun (McGill University) |
| "Trade liberalisation and horizontal mergers" |
| Stephen Yeaple (University of Pennsylvania) |
| "An Assignment Theory of Foreign Direct Investment" |
| Culture, Trust and Disharmony |
| Constantinos Syropoulos (Florida International University) |
| "Trade Openness and International Conflict" |
| Sajal Lahiri (Southern Illinois University) |
| "Bilateral War in a Multilateral World : Carrots and Sticks for Conflict Resolution" |
| Ngo Van Long (McGill University) |
| "Culture as a Source of Comparative Advantage" |
| Program Committee |
| Seiichi Katayama (Kobe University) |
| Sajal Lahiri (Southern Illinois University) |
| Ngo Van Long (McGill University) |
| Larry Qiu (Hong-Kong Science and Technology) |
| Eiichi Tomiura (Kobe University) |
| Laixun Zhao (Kobe University) |
| Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration - Kobe
University |
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