Human Capital Intensity in Technology-Based Firms Located in Portugal: Do Foreign Multinationals Make a Difference?
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Keywords
Foreign direct investment (FDI); multinational enterprises (MNEs); human capital; education; technology-based firms (TBFs).;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2005-09-11 (Education)
- NEP-INO-2005-09-11 (Innovation)
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