competitiveness due to ongoing globalization it seems advisable to promote at a national level those policies which might help to … enhance both integration into the regional and world markets. Prominent candidates for such policies are the build-up of … estimates by the World Bank (1994) about 60 billion US$ would have to be invested in infrastructure up to the year 2000 to …

This article describes the development of international trade blocs world wide from the 1950s till 2010. We updated the … influenced by geographical and political factors; after all, proximity matters. To explain how mechanism of globalization changed …

hours in Europe. These aspects of globalization have offsetting implications that make it unclear whether it spurs, reduces … different “faces” of globalization affect weekly hours. Establishments in sectors facing more trade and investment tend to have … effects of globalization, particularly trade: establishments without collective-bargaining agreements increase their standard …

the increasing interconnectedness of the economies of the world (due to the impact of globalization) and specifically as a … economy is. To determine the value and global reach of the merchandise trade of the Blue economy, data from the world's most … associations); where ever in the world the economies or groups of economies may be …

in the period of systemic transformation, Poland’s membership in the European Union, and globalization of the world …

The structure of the world economy has been changing quickly during the last decade. The emerging global economy is … especially to the euro area, with a focus on the still-unresolved crisis and its position vis-à-vis the rest of the world …