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Limits to free trade : non-tariff barriers in the European Union, Japan and United States
Hanson, David - 2010
This book explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the … -- 7. Background to trade policy in Japan -- 8. Issues concerning Japanese trade practices -- 9. A comparative perspective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851990
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Foreign direct investment and corporate networking : a framework for spatial analysis of investment conditions
Morsink, Robert L. A. - 1998
the European Union. Then, he goes into investments originating from the United States, Japan, Germany and the Netherlands …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473753
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National competitiveness and economic growth : the changing determinants of economic performance in the world economy
Hämäläinen, Timo J. - 2003
The current paradigm shift in the world economy is challenging the traditional competitiveness and growth theories with their few explanatory variables. This book offers a more holistic framework to synthesise the key findings of the various branches of competitiveness and growth research. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851907
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Organizational innovations and economic growth : organosis and growth of firms, sectors, and countries
Sanidas, Elias - 2005
Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … the USA and Japan -- 7. Empirical evidence on the links between industrial sectoral growth and the Lean Production System …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851066
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Long-run growth and short-run stabilization : essays in memory of Albert Ando
Ando, Albert (contributor);  … - 2006
system and private savings in Italy -- Do the elderly dissave in Japan? -- On robust monetary policy -- The euro and the … account -- Land prices and business fixed investment in Japan -- Rationality, behavior and switching idiosyncracies in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851839
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Globalizing Europe : deepening integration, alliance capitalism, and structural statecraft
Brewer, Thomas L. (ed.); Brenton, Paul (ed.);  … - 2002
stability in the world economy. Because of the magnitude of the economic bonds developing between the EU and the USA, special …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473773
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Europe competing in the global economy : reports of the Competitiveness Advisory Group
Jacquemin, Alex (ed.); Pench, Lucio R. (ed.);  … - European Commission / Competitiveness Advisory Group - 1997
This authoritative book, bringing together the reports of the Competitiveness Advisory Group, identifies actions to improve European competitiveness politically, economically and socially. The objective is to raise living standards and maintain social cohesion. The Competitiveness Advisory Group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473960
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Innovation in public sector services : entrepreneurship, creativity and management
Windrum, Paul (contributor); Koch, Per M. (contributor) - 2008
This groundbreaking book provides new key insights and opens up an important research agenda. The book develops a new taxonomy of the different types of innovation found in public sector services, and investigates the key features and drivers of public sector entrepreneurship. The book contains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852048
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420021
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473757