Economic globalisation and technological change are the two issues that concerned people in the past, concern them today and will concern them in the future - all over the world, poor or rich. Traditionally, questions about allocative effects are asked: What are the labour market implications?...

Modellierung der Internationalisierung von Unternehmen als coevolutionärer Entwicklungsprozess -- Wechselseitige Interdependenzen innerhalb und zwischen multinationalen Unternehmen -- Folgen pfadabhängiger Entwicklungen für multinationale Unternehmen und ausländische Gastländer --...

Caroline S. Wang untersucht die Einflüsse wichtiger standort- und firmenspezifischer Faktoren auf die Entwicklung der Direktinvestitionstätigkeiten sowie auf die zukünftigen Direktinvestitionsplanungen von Firmen. Die Autorin trägt dazu bei, das Direktinvestitionsverhalten deutscher Firmen...

This is the first book to explain the expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) into a transition economy from a technology accumulation perspective. The author provides a theoretical alternative to accepted wisdom regarding technology transfer, and discusses the policy implications of this...

This book analyzes the current economic situations in African countries at the local, regional, and national level. It examines the growing interest from developed and developing countries to invest in Africa and their different reasons for doing so, which aren’t always aligned with the...

Mainland China businesses are going global, transforming the country from a manufacturing export platform into an overseas investment powerhouse. China Goes Global is the most thorough and up-to-date empirical analysis of the accelerating effort of Chinese companies to go global by investing...

Jakob Schwab analyzes central mechanisms in the systematic economic interaction between rich and poor countries. He focuses on the drivers and effects of investment in developing countries and shows that predictions of standard economic analysis may turn around when accounting for peculiarities...

This book presents an in-depth understanding of the transformation of modern economy in the twenty-first century by examining the interface and interplay of three key forces of contemporary global economy-Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), and Global Value Chains...

This book is one of the very few published investigations of international business in a Japanese context, based on an up-to-date overview of the Japanese mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market in particular. The author explicates recent developments in Japanese business and shows how Japanese...