Increased outward foreign direct investment from post-socialist countries indicated the emergence of indigenous multinational companies. Nevertheless, we do not have a clear picture about the real extent of outward FDI realised by indigenous firms, as balance of payments contain data on outward...

Purpose: This paper aims to trace the performance consequences of within-lead firm reconfigurations of global value chains with respect to business performance and upgrading. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on two detailed company case studies which are analysed in an...

Chapter 1: Introduction: The nature and structure of the inventory problem -- Chapter 2: Review of the literature -- Chapter 3: Methodology -- Chapter 4: Analysis of inventory behaviour of OECD countries -- Chapter 5: Stability of macroeconomic variables -- Chapter 6: Inventory developments in...