This volume undertakes the important task of envisioning a regional history of Asia based on its unique internal characteristics, going beyond the usual West/non-West dichotomy. The “regional trade zone of modern Asia” was debated in the 1980s. Since then, Japanese historians of the...

1. International Trade and Inherent Risks -- 2. Services Offered by Commercial Banks -- 3. Methods of Trade -- 4. Foreign Exchange Rates -- 5. Bills of Exchange, Collections, Purchasing and Discounting -- 6. Documentary Letters of Credit -- 7. Letters of Credit: Types -- 8. Methods of Payment...

Mangelnde Digitalisierung in der Finanzbranche -- Digitalisierungstreiber und -bremse der Finanzinstitute -- Digitaler Wandel des Auslandszahlungsverkehres -- 5-Forces des Auslandszahlungsverkehrsgeschäfts -- Blockchain-Technologie – die Revolution im Auslandszahlungsverkehr -- Aussichten...

Markus Bramberger untersucht die europaweite Umsetzung der Payment Services Directive II (PSD II) im Bankensektor, die sich in allen EU-Ländern durch eine regional divergierende Auslegung der Gesetzestexte unterscheidet. Der Autor gibt Antworten auf die Frage, ob Banken - wie wir sie noch heute...

Existing work on China's economic influence in Africa refers to Africa in broad terms, thereby generalizing the results to an extent that is unhelpful for policy-makers in a specific country. Moreover, the emphasis is on oil exporters. This paper remedies this by focusing on a single,...

This paper discusses the results of a survey of multinational corporations with affiliates in developing countries. The paper explores corporate perspectives and decision making across the stages of the investment cycle: attraction, entry and establishment, operations and expansion, linkages...

PART I: Family firm-specific views and internationalization -- Chapter 1: Internationalization Decisions in Family Firms: The Impact of Bifurcation Bias; Kano, L., Verbeke, A., & Johnston, A -- Chapter 2: Internationalisation and Family Involvement: A Stewardship Approach in the Hotel Industry;...

Introduction: International Entrepreneurship from Methodological Perspectives -- Part I: Qualitative Research Streams: Conceptualisation -- Immigrants and International Entrepreneurship: Transnational Dynamic Capability and Dual Social Network Embeddedness -- Internationalisation of SMEs and...