• Essays on foreign direct investment, regional development and location choice 

      Silva, Eduardo Polloni (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção - PPGEP, Câmpus São Carlos, 22/11/2023)
      Brazil is a large emerging economy that attracts numerous foreign investments, although there is no consensus on the effects of these investments or the factors influencing their location choice process. Accordingly, this ...
    • The impact of foreign direct investment on regional economy: a Brazilian investigation 

      Gandra de Carvalho, Ana Catarina (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção - PPGEP, Câmpus São Carlos, 15/02/2023)
      Regional Economic research shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) directly impacts the host region's economy. This debate is even more critical in emerging economies, where FDI has significant potential to increase and ...
    • Estabilidade e mudanças institucionais na indústria calçadista de Jaú/SP no período 1996-2016: auge e decadência econômica 

      Favoni, Celio (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção - PPGEP, Câmpus São Carlos, 12/03/2019)
      The women's footwear industry in Jaú / SP has become a success story for many local development jobs in Brazil, provided by a set of institutions and organizations built specifically for and for this industry. With the ...
    • Blocos de construção da capacidade de absorção de países 

      Silveira, Naijela Janaina Costa (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção - PPGEP, Câmpus São Carlos, 12/12/2019)
      In organizations, knowledge is already assumed as a strategic asset, as well as an explanatory variable for their performance and growth. Thus, it is considered that the diffusion and acquisition of knowledge determine the ...
    • Foreign direct investment, home country institutions, and local human development in Brazil 

      Silva, Eduardo Polloni (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção - PPGEP, Câmpus São Carlos, 14/02/2020)
      Multinational companies (MNCs) are influenced by their home country institutions. But how does the interaction between home country and host region institutions affect human development in countries with significant regional ...