4. FIW Workshop: Foreign Direct Investment-Determinants and Home Market Effects

Programm

7. März 2008

Ort: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (BMWA)

Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien

Gobelinsaal (1. Stock)

Zeit: 8:30-14:30

8:30-8:45 Registrierung

8:45-9:00 Begrüßung (Fritz Breuss, Projektleitung FIW, WIFO) und Einleitung (Yvonne Wolfmayr,FIW,WIFO)

Session I

9:00-9:35 Peter Egger (Universität München, CES-IFO), Harald Badinger (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien): "Horizontal versus Vertical Interdependence in Multinational Activity"

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9:35-10:10 Heinz Hollenstein (KOF-ETHZ): "Foreign R&D Strategies of Swiss Firms: Characteristics and Policy Implications."

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10:10-10:25 Kaffeepause

Session II

10:25-11:00 Harald Oberhofer, Michael Pfaffermayr (Universität Innsbruck): "Firm Growth in Multinational Corporate Groups."

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11:00-11:35 Wilfried Altzinger (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien): "On the Profitability of Austrian Foreign Direct Investment - Reinvestment or Repatriation?"

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11:35-11:50 Kaffeepause

Session III

11:50-12:25 Christian Bellak, Markus Leibrecht (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) und Robert Stehrer (wiiw): "Policies to attract foreign direct investment: an industry level approach."

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12:25-13:00 Martin Falk (WIFO): "Effects of foreign ownership on innovation and productivity."

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13:00-13:30 Mittagsbuffet

Policy Panel (13:30-14:30):

"Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investments: What are the issues and what can policy do to meet the challenges?"

Moderation: Fritz Breuss

Ralf Kronberger (WKO)

Gaspar Frontini (EU Kommission, DG Trade)

Matilde Madrid (Ministerium für Industrie, Tourismus und Handel, Spanien)