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The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Globalization: An Empirical Overview

Kleinert, Jörn - 2001

The activities of multinational enterprises drive the economic globalization process to a very large degree. This paper … lists some facts about their dominant role in all channels of globalization. Therefore, the importance of multinational …' activities in the analysis of the globalization process. …

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Globalization of the World Economy: What Happened in 1985?

Kleinert, Jörn - 2000

This paper brings forward a three-country model to analyze the internationalization process in the age of globalization …

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On the Coexistence of National Companies and Multinational Enterprises

Kleinert, Jörn - 2003

National and multinational companies coexist in many sectors of all developed countries. However, economic models fail to reproduce this fact because of the assumption of symmetry between companies. To show that the symmetry assumption is the reason for this failure, a two-country general...

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Globalisierung der Automobilindustrie: neue Standorte auf dem Vormarsch, traditionelle Anbieter unter Druck?

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2000

Der Beitrag analysiert die internationalen Produktionsverlagerungen und Investitionsverflechtungen in der Automobilindustrie, um die These zu überprüfen, dass es selbst bei der Herstellung relativ wissensund technologieintensiver Güter zu einem nachdrängenden Wettbewerb aus Ländern mit...

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Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in international business: A survey of recent literature

Schmidt, Klaus-Dieter - 1996

It is often argued that the process of globalization has mainly favoured large-scale multinational companies which are … able to organize their business efficiently within internal hierarchies. However, globalization has not only pushed cross …

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German direct investment in Latin America: striking peculiarities, unfounded fears, and neglected issues

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 1998

Foreign direct investment (FDI) of Germany in Latin America reveals various peculiarities that may shape future … investment relations. However, two major concerns are largely unfounded: - In contrast to widespread fears in Germany, FDI … globalization. Much depends on whether Latin American host countries succeed in improving international competitiveness in …

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Growing Trade in Intermediate Goods: Outsourcing, Global Sourcing or Increasing Importance of MNE Networks?

Kleinert, Jörn - 2000

Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the increasing importance of MNE networks. These hypotheses are...

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Structures and Trends in German Banking

Koetter, Michael; Nestmann, Thorsten; Stolz, Stéphanie; … - 2004

institutions and have the highest deposit insurance in the world. And last but not least, German banks are numerous, perform poorly …

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Why Do Banks Go Abroad? - Evidence from German Data

Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign activities of German banks. We use regionally disaggregated panel data for the years 1981?98 and distinguish foreign direct investment from total foreign assets of domestic banks, of their foreign branches and their...

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Foreign Competition and Disintermediation: No Threat to the German Banking System?

Golder, Stefan M.; Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

fact that universal banking in Germany creates implicit barriers to entry. Yet, regulatory and informational differences …

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