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Economic growth : new directions in theory and policy
Arestis, Philip (contributor);  … - 2007
Is growth theory a real subject? /Franklin M. Fisher --What is endogenous growth theory? /Mark Roberts and Mark Setterfield --Is the natural rate of growth exogenous? /Miguel Leon-Ledesma and A.P. Thirlwall --The representative firm and increasing returns : then and now /Stephanie Blankenberg...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420046
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Foreign direct investment in Europe : a changing landscape
Liebscher, Klaus (contributor) - 2007
This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the effects of FDI on home and host countries. It highlights global trends and patterns, and explores related policy challenges all with a special focus on the countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419984
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Terrorism and the international business environment : the security-business nexus
Suder, Gabriele G. S. (contributor) - 2004
operation studies -- pt. 4. Implications of crisis in a synergetic world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850897
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Knowledge, technological catch-up and economic growth
Rogers, Mark - 2003
Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm capabilities - the central argument of the book is that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473801
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Multinational enterprises and host economies
Meyer, Klaus E. (contributor) - 2008
Spiral and the US Model Business Principles - Why MNEs Should Take Responsibility for the Improvement of World-Wide Social … Multinationals', World Development, 29 (1), January, 189-208 -- Edmund R. Thompson (2002), 'Clustering of Foreign Direct Investment … and Enhanced Technology Transfer: Evidence from Hong Kong Garment Firms in China', World Development, 30(5), 873 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852248
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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 difficult. This book attempts to provide a deeper understanding of the interaction between investment, knowledge spillovers and entrepreneurship; a crucial factor in reducing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474016
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Economics of research and development
Hall, Bronwyn H. (contributor) - 2016
Recommended readings (Machine generated): Kenneth J. Arrow (1962), 'Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Invention', in Richard R. Nelson (ed.), The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity: Economic and Social Factors, Chapter 23, Princeton, New Jersey, USA: Princeton University...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419896
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Knowledge spillovers and knowledge management
Karlsson, Charlie (ed.); Flensburg, Per (ed.);  … - 2004
This book reveals the key importance, in terms of international competitiveness, of firms' capability to adapt to, and develop, new technologies. At the same time, the authors argue that the sheer complexity of emerging technologies is such that the knowledge involved in their creation is likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474039
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Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies
Hamada, Kōichi (contributor); Katō, Hiromi (contributor) - 2007
1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor supply of the elderly and females -- 3. Labor force ageing and economic growth in Japan -- 4. Ageing and elderly care in an open economy -- 5. Immigration vs. foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420040
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China's economy in the post-WTO environment : stock markets, FDI and challenges of sustainability
Xu, Lilai (contributor) - 2011
The book explores the implications of both the extension of the market into key parts of the Chinese economy and the integration of China into the global economy. The main focus of the book is on the role and nature of China's financial system and its ability to transform enterprise and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850612