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...

Dieses Handbuch zeigt auf, wie Unternehmenswachstum nachhaltig gelingen und gestärkt werden kann. Dabei liegt der Fokus auf der ostdeutschen Wirtschaft, da die Region auch 25 Jahre nach der deutschen Einheit in den wesentlichen Kennzahlen 20-30% hinter den westdeutschen Werten liegt, was im...

L. Leisering: Introduction -- M. G. Schmidt: Social Policy in the German Democratic Republic: Introduction.- "Socialist Social Policy" -- The Institutions of Social Policy in the GDR -- The Politics of Social Policy Under the Socialist Regime -- The Welfare State as Political Process: From...

1. Einleitung -- 1.1 Problemstellung und Zielsetzung -- 1.2 Gliederung der Arbeit -- 2. Grundlagen der Untersuchung -- 2.1 Definition und Abgrenzung des Migrationsbegriffs -- 2.2 Internationale und intranationale Migration -- 2.3 Intraregionale Migration -- 2.4 Interregionale Migration -- 2.5...

Die deutsch-deutsche Markenlandschaft -- DIE AUSGANGSSITUATION -- MARKENSOZIOLOGISCHE GRUNDSÄTZE -- PSYCHOSOZIALE FUNKTION DER OSTMARKEN -- MARKE UND KONSUM IN DER DDR – EINE WERBE- UND MARKENFREIE ZONE? -- ERFOLGSSTRATEGIEN DER OSTMARKEN -- Erfolgreiche Ostmarken von Anker bis Zetti -- ANKER...

This work exploits the natural experiment provided by the unexpected disintegration of socialist East Germany to study the impact of the mass immigration of East Germans on housing rents in West German metropolitan areas. Using a spatial correlation approach, annual district-level migration data...

Using cases on individual countries, Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa offers diverse theoretical and empirical evidence on a variety of issues facing policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders in the region

This book provides a thorough perspective on the realities of doing business in Ghana, outlining the economic, social, technological, and cultural dimensions of the society. It offers insight for entrepreneurs into the region’s markets based on GDP growth, political and governmental systems,...

This book purports to investigate and compare the economic development experiences in both Taiwan and South Korea in last two decades. Taiwan and South Korea’s economic development after WWII is a well-known story. However, their development after the successful post-war industrialization has...

This report is a partial result of the China’s Quarterly Macroeconomic Model (CQMM), a project developed and maintained by the Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) at Xiamen University. The CMR, one of the Key Research Institutes of Humanities and Social Sciences sponsored by the Ministry...