In the debate on globalization it is often argued that multinational corporations (MNCs) have gained increasing power due to their growth and due to new global or transnational structures and strategies.(...)

Das Papier gibt einen Überblick über Entwicklungstendenzen im deutschenEinzelhandel. Es beschreibt den Strukturwandel der Handelsunternehmen: denFormatwandel der Betriebe, die vertikale Integration von Groß- und Einzelhandelsowie den horizontalen Konzentrationsprozess. Am Beispiel der...

This paper discusses various ways of measuring corporate internationalisation. The concepts considered here became of crucial importance in the recent debate on globalisation, since many scholars link globalisation to a quantitative increase in the international activities of firms.(...)