Zusammenfassung Zunehmender Standortwettbewerb und höhere Mobilität der Faktoren als Folgen der Globalisierung stellen die bisherigen Wohlfahrtssysteme in Frage, ein Prozeß, von dem vor allem die entwickelten Wohlfahrtsstaaten Westeuropas betroffen sind. Technologisehe sowie politische...

The Northeast Asian security environment is closely linked to Korea's growth perspectives for the future. The spectacular rise of the South Korean economy in the past half century, also known as 'Miracle on the Han River,' has been duly highlighted as one of the most successful cases of economic...

When in November 2001, the leaders of the Southeast Asian and Northeast Asian states met for the “ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) plus three (China, Japan and Korea),” President Kim Dae-Jung of South Korea proposed the exploration for an East Asian Free Trade Area (EAFTA) and...

While the German manufacturing industry is internationally renowned and often seen as the backbone of German economic development, it has encountered some obstacles in the past few years. These obstacles are related with the emergence of new competitors, the shifts of economic activity in Europe...