In the present study we have used data from 276 family-owned Taiwanese manufacturing firms that invest in China in order to examine the effect of firm resources in Taiwanese firms on FDI performance in China. Hypotheses were developed and it was found that firm-specific advantages like firm size, R&D intensity, international experience, and managerial capabilities had a positive influence on bo...

Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries are in an economic transition process which involves convergence of economic performance with the European Union. One of the principle engines for the necessary transformation towards EU average economic performance is inward-FDI. Quantitatively examining the causes of FDI in the CEE region is thus an important research area. Traditional linear regre...

The activity in the primary motor cortex (M1) reflects the direction of movements, but little is known about physiological changes in the M1 during generation of bilateral isometric forces in different directions. Here, we used transcranial magnetic stimulation to examine motor evoked potentials (MEPs), short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI), and interhemispheric inhibition (IHI) in the...

Fault detection and identification methods (FDI) are an important aspect for ensuring consistent behavior of technical systems. In robotics FDI promises to improve the autonomy and robustness. Existing FDI research in robotics mostly focused on faults in specific areas, like sensor faults. While there is FDI research also on the overarching software system, common data sets to benchmark such so...

This paper presents a novel fault detection and isolation (FDI) architecture applied to the lateral-directional axis of an F-14 aircraft during powered approach to landing under sensor failures. The fault-tolerant architecture employed is based on the so-called “Robust Multiple-Model Adaptive Control” (RMMAC) and hence is referred to as “RMMAC/FDI”. The results demonstrate successful stability ...

Purpose: In today's world; where technology, capital and workforce are in a rapid flow across borders; quantitative indicators, that provide insight into the economic innovative performance of countries, key importance for decision makers. One these indicators is Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); which not only mechanism drives competition development, but also an international flow. This paper ...

The expansion and integration of global financial capital markets has led to the changes in the composition of capital flows of the developing economies. FDI has gained wide recognition as a striking measure of economic growth and development in both developed and developing countries. This study intends to evaluate the trends and patterns of FDI inflows into India. The relationship between FDI...

Empirical studies quantifying the benefits of increased foreign direct investment (FDI) have been unable to provide conclusive evidence of a positive impact on host country’s economic performance. I show that the lack of robust evidence is not inconsistent with theory, even if the eventual gains to FDI are large, if restrictions on FDI are lifted only gradually and part of FDI is intangible inv...

This paper analyzes the location of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, making special use of GIS to analyze the multi-scalar spatial-temporal distribution of FDI. The paper uses spatial statistics including Moran’s I index, Getis and Ord’s G statistics, and retrospective analysis, to detect spatial and temporal clusters. The paper also employs Geographically Weighted Regressions (GWR) to...