This book provides an empirical and theoretical examination of the short- and medium run impacts of technological advances on the employment and wages of workers which differ in their earned educational degree. Furthermore, by introducing labor market frictions and wage setting institutions the...

Services from information technology to research to finance are now as subject to international trade as goods have been for decades. What are the labor market consequences of the recent surge in services offshoring? While offshoring has traditionally been found to affect only less-skilled...

The implementation of business-to-business services in international markets requires careful design and planning. The book introduces a tailorable method for the internationalization of services. Each component of the method addresses a typical challenge of the international implementation of...

Grundlagen -- Fabrikplanung -- One-Stop Service -- Strategische Planung -- Bestimmung relevanter Zielmärkte -- Service Engineering -- Marketing -- Grundlagen -- Strategisches Marketing eines OSS-Netzwerkes -- Operatives Marketing eines OSS-Netzwerkes -- Erbringung/Durchführung --...

Recent economic transformations in the world economy are progressing in two divergent directions – international production fragmentation and industrial agglomeration. Based on extensive data analysis and using models of interdependencies between key economies, this book analyses innovation...

This book brings together the work of international economist, labour economists and sociologists in a far-reaching study of global production networks and the challenges they pose for developing country workers. A number of both empirical and theoretical questions are addressed and answers are...

Investigates the dynamic welfare effects of exposure to trade in a new trade model. This book uses a new trade model to explore which country-specific conditions give rise to horizontal or vertical multinational activity. It analyzes the role of goods trade and horizontal multinational firms in...