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Does Russia need foreign direct investment? (Comparative analysis of joint-stock companies with and without foreign direct investment)

Available online: 11 July 2014

Subject Heading: INVESTING

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Pages: 19-26

The paper analyzes the efficiency of enterprises with foreign direct investment and without foreign direct investment by the following indicators: average profitability and productivity, company size, industry and ownership. The empirical base for the five-year period amounts to 156 580 companies: 57 250 of them have foreign direct investment and 99 330 have not. The paper reveals that, on average, enterprises with foreign direct investment are more effective than the ones without foreign direct investment; however performance may vary by industry.

Keywords: foreign direct investment, business efficiency, industry specific

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