MNE and where to find them: An intertemporal perspective on the global ownership network

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This paper introduces a simple procedure to construct ownership maps in Stata, uses a new method to map the development of the global network of multinational business groups over time and investigates the development of core components of the network. Based on Bureau van Dijk's ORBIS database, a full panel of ownership structures from 2000-2018 is reconstructed. The data is subjected to a descriptive analysis and subsequently used to identify key locations within the network. Ownership structures are used to identify outliers in the network even in the absence of financial data on the firm level. The identified locations largely overlap with results in the literature, but also point towards previously overlooked destinations. The aggregate ownership network at the country level is used to provide an intertemporal perspective on countries' development paths within the global network of multinational companies and sheds new light on MNE's expansion paths.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-3-86788-958-2
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 825

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT) ; Multinational Firms; International Business ; Corporate Finance and Governance: General
• Thema: MNE ; ORBIS ; ownership ; control ; business groups ; conduit countries ; visualization ; network analysis ; corporate strategy ; firm-level data ; country index ; complexity

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Grosskurth, Philipp
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
• (wo): Essen
• (wann): 2019

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.4419/86788958
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/205154
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ