This paper explores the extent to which the scale and location of foreign direct investment by German manufacturing corporations is affected by indigenous technological developments and different forms of regional integration agreements. The authors use an annual panel data set covering...

We survey different strategies in the transition process, and investigate their role in growth prospects. Openness, exchange rate regimes and approaches to trade and capital market liberalisation are examined. Their role in facilitating the diffusion of new products and processes to transition...

The globalisation of the world economy has raised many fears for employment and growth in the advanced economies. Foreign investment has been one of the major factors driving globalisation. The papers in this volume address the role of German foreign investment in the European growth process....