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Foreign direct investment and corporate networking : a framework for spatial analysis of investment conditions

Morsink, Robert L. A. - 1998

This innovative book analyses the geographical patterns in foreign direct investment flows by combining elements from the theory of international production and the theory of economic geography. It develops a model for explaining why foreign direct investment is attracted to certain locations....

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Entrepreneurial competition and industrial location : investigating the structural patterns and intangible sources of competitive performance

Peneder, Michael - 2001

implications are tested in a comparative study of competitive performance in the EU, Japan and the USA. Typical mechanisms of …

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Entrepreneurship, investment, and spatial dynamics : lessons and implications for the enlarged EU

Nijkamp, Peter (ed.); Moomaw, Ronald L. (ed.); … - 2006

Enlargement of the EU increases economic diversity and inequality between countries and regions, making cohesion … entrepreneurship; a crucial factor in reducing the economic disparity caused by the geographic expansion of the EU. The book offers new … individual and cross-country analyses. FDI in accession countries is examined, as is the effect of EU integration on own …

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Evaluation and performance measurement of research and development : techniques and perspectives for multi-level analysis

Chiesa, Vittorio - 2009

This book develops and illustrates a comprehensive, multi-level framework for the evaluation of industrial R&D activities and the measurement of their performances. The framework encompasses a set of hierarchical, interrelated levels at which R&D evaluation and performance measurement could be...

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Corporate technological competence and the evolution of technological diversification

Fai, Felicia M. - 2003

Drawing upon evolutionary economics and resource-based approaches, the author utilises US patent data from 1930-1990 to examine the persistence of corporate technological competencies and their gradual erosion through diversifying incremental change. The book explores the changing nature of this...

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The learning region : foundations, state of the art, future

Rutten, Roel (contributor); Boekema, Frans (contributor) - 2007

The aim of this book is to present a much-needed conceptualization of 'the learning region'. The editors scrutinize key concepts and issues surrounding this phenomenon, which are then discussed in the context of recent literature. This unique conceptualization of the learning region presents a...

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Utility regulation in competitive markets : problems and progress

Robinson, Colin (contributor) - 2007

British system of utility regulation, the spectrum allocation question, liberalisation of EU energy markets, security of …

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Climate and trade policy : bottom-up approaches towards global agreement

Carraro, Carlo (ed.); Egenhofer, Christian (ed.) - 2007

Bottom-up approaches towards a global climate agreement : an overview -- Carlo Carraro, Christian Egenhofer and Noriko Fujiwara -- Regional and subglobal climate blocs : a cost-benefit analysis of bottom-up climate regimes / Barbara Buchner and Carlo Carraro -- Do regional integration approaches...

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Industrial relations in the new Europe : enlargement, integration and reform

Leisink, Peter (contributor); … - 2007

This book presents an evidence-based assessment of the impact of EU enlargement on industrial relations and social … standards in old and new EU Member States. It combines chapters which give an overview of the process of enlargement …/integration and comparative socio-economic data at EU and national level, with chapters that present an in-depth analysis of the …

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Mergers and merger remedies in the EU : assessing the consequences for competition

Davies, Stephen - 2007

Mergers and remedies in the EU : an overview -- The literature on merger remedies -- Classification of merger remedies …

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