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Why is competition between institutions usually viewed in a negative light, when competition is considered positive in most other economic contexts? The contributors to this volume introduce new perspectives on this issue, analytically and empirically exploring reasons for this perception
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Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively debate surrounding this question, going back to David Hume and Immanuel Kant. This book is a new attempt to test its veracity. The existing literature tends to assume that the...
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-based society / Isabel Salavisa -- 8. Knowledge, the knowledge economy and welfare theory / Wilfred Dolfsma -- 9. Beyond the …
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This book focuses on arrangements for redistributing consumption opportunities over the life cycle and for providing compensation for income losses or large expenditures due to reasons such as illness and unemployment. After extensive coverage of the nature of inequalities in income and wealth...
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emerging global economy : the multinational solution -- 4. Globalization, economic restructuring and development -- 5. Regions …, globalization and the knowledge-based economy : the issues stated -- 6. Location and the multinational enterprise : a neglected … factor? -- 7. Globalization, technological change and the spatial organization of economic activity -- 8. Evaluating the …
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--with trade theory? -- 12. Towards a general paradigm of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment -- 13. Globalization and … the theory of MNE activity -- 14. The eclectic paradigm as an envelope for economic and business theories of MNE activity … -- 15. The challenge of electronic markets for international business theory -- 16. Relational assets, networks and …
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There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon which it is organised. In particular, there is widespread talk of a 'globalised' economy, facilitated by and associated with 'new' technologies and practices. There is a further...
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globalization of the international economy …pt. 1. Global growth, inequality, saving, investment and indebtedness -- pt. 2. Regionalization and globalization of …
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Services in Economic Theory and Economic Practice: Some Conceptual Issues 4. A Comparative Approach. to the …
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This volume provides a comprehensive overview of current research and theory about why and how corporations should play … theory building -- pt. 6. Critical perspectives -- pt. 7. The future of corporate citizenship …
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