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Ari Kokko

Ari koko
Professor , PhD
Ari Kokko

Department of International Economics and Management

Porcelænshaven 24, 2nd floor
2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark

Tel.: +45 38152533
Fax:+45 38152500
E-mail: ako.int@cbs.dk



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Affiliated with Center for International Business and Emerging Markets

While trade, investment, and economic development in emerging markets have been and remain my main research areas, I am also interested in Nordic and European economic development. Understanding our own history and current economy gives a firm basis for comparative analysis of other economies. It also makes discussions about economic policy simpler: it is easier to win support for a good argument if it can be supported by successful experiences from the past and not only theoretical results from a textbook (although theories are often necessary parts of the argument).

Primary research areas

  • Foreign Direct Investment
  • International Trade
  • Development
  • Transition
  • Technology and Innovation

Administrative functions

Center Director for Center for International Business and Emerging Markets


Selected publications

  • ”Multinational Corporations and Spillovers”, Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol.12, No 3, July 1998, pp. 247-277 (with M. Blomström).
  • Foreign Direct Investment: Firm and Host Country Strategies, Macmillan, Basingstoke and London, 2000 (with M. Blomström and M. Zejan).
  • “The Globalization of Vietnamese SMEs”, Asian Economic Papers, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2005, pp. 152-177 (with F. Sjöholm).
  • “Excess Capacity in Swedish Industrial Development”, International Journal of Learning and Change, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005, pp 122-140.
  • “Regional Integration and Trade Diversion in Europe”, Integration & Trade, No. 26, January-June 2007, pp. 205-246 (with T. Mathae and P. Tingvall).
  • “Innovative Capability in MNC Subsidiaries: Evidence from Four European Transition Economies”, Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2008, pp. 57-75 (with V. Kravtsova).
  • Vietnam: 20 Years of Doi Moi, Thê Gioi Publishers and Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, 2008.


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