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The impact of institutional quality on Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., Omar, M., Xu, A., & Pandey, S. (2019). The impact of institutional quality on Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa. Local Economy, 34(6), 572-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094219882329

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impacts of the host country institutional environment on Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa. As one of the few papers to explicitly address the role of institutions on China–Africa foreign direct i... Read More about The impact of institutional quality on Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa.

Governance infrastructure and FDI flows in developing countries (2019)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G. (2019). Governance infrastructure and FDI flows in developing countries. Transnational Corporations Review, 11(2), 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/19186444.2019.1640572

With the existence and management of certain national and global-level institutions being called into question by their electorates and members, the aim of this paper based on a sample of 122 countries over the period 2002–2017 was to investigate the... Read More about Governance infrastructure and FDI flows in developing countries.

Entrepreneurship and the spatial context: A panel data study into regional determinants of small growing firms in Scotland (2015)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., Adams, J., & Crossan, K. (2015). Entrepreneurship and the spatial context: A panel data study into regional determinants of small growing firms in Scotland. Local Economy, 30(6), 672-688. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094215600135

Entrepreneurship is widely recognised as a key determinant of economic growth, regional prosperity and sustainable development. Using a panel model with data from the value added tax register, this paper estimates spatial variation in small growing f... Read More about Entrepreneurship and the spatial context: A panel data study into regional determinants of small growing firms in Scotland.

An empirical analysis of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G. (2015). An empirical analysis of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Africa. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 8(1), 4-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCEFTS-12-2014-0025

foreign direct investment (OFDI) into a number of African countries for the period 2003-2012. Design/methodology/approach – A series of panel data models are used to estimate the determinants of Chinese OFDI into eight African countries: Nigeria, S... Read More about An empirical analysis of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Africa.

Entrepreneurship and the Spatial Context: Evidence on the Location of Continuing Entrepreneurial Activity in Scotland (2013)
Thesis
Ross, A. G. Entrepreneurship and the Spatial Context: Evidence on the Location of Continuing Entrepreneurial Activity in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6607

Small growing firms are widely recognised to be a key determinant of economic growth, regional prosperity and sustainable development. This thesis investigates the role of continuing entrepreneurial activity, defined by the annual rate of new VAT reg... Read More about Entrepreneurship and the Spatial Context: Evidence on the Location of Continuing Entrepreneurial Activity in Scotland.

A review of the influence of corporate governance on the banking crises in the United Kingdom and Germany (2012)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., & Crossan, K. (2012). A review of the influence of corporate governance on the banking crises in the United Kingdom and Germany. Corporate governance : the international journal of business in society, 12(2), 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1108/14720701211214098

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of corporate governance structures in the UK and Germany addressing the extent to which corporate governance structures may have been a contributory factor to the recent banking crisis. Fo... Read More about A review of the influence of corporate governance on the banking crises in the United Kingdom and Germany.

How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions (2012)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., Crossan, K., & Juleff, L. (2012). How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions. Local Economy, 27(3), 279-296. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094211434476

Comparing VAT registration data with Scottish Clearing Bank Statistics on new start-up activity we assess the extent to which VATregistration data reflect the general level of start-up activity in the Scottish economy for the period 2002–2009. Find... Read More about How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions.