THE ANDEAN MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE REGIME: EMERGENCE, DECAY, AND REFORM
This article addresses the question regarding the ability of the Andean Multinational Enterprises for fostering intraregional inward investment within the pale of the Andean Community of Nations. The deficiencies in the philosophy behind the regime, inspired by the Regional Industrialisation Programme Model (RIPM), the insufficiency of the benefits, and the rigor of the requirements have conduced to an impairment of the regional scheme. This paper explores these problems studying the main characteristics of the transnational Andean corporations, assessing the role of the RIPM in the decay of the regime, and proposing a reform that moulds a new policy of business facilitation for regional investors. Fecha de recepcion: 15 de abril de 2005
This paper is about location decisions of Creative Industries and the role played by existent spatial distribution and agglomeration economies of these kinds of activities in order to analyse their location determinants. Our main statistical source is the REIC (Catalan Manufacturing Establishments Register), which has plant-level microdata on location of new plants. Using Count Data Models, our main results show that location determinants are quite similar between both industries and also both non-creative and creative firms are positively influenced by the specialisation level in Creative Industries of municipalities. Moreover, our results provide evidence that the unobserved â€˜creative milieuâ€™ has a limited impact on attracting firms. Keywords: creative industries, creative milieu, count data models, industrial location, agglomeration economies