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...

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...

1 Einleitung -- 1.1 Wachstum durch Internationalisierung -- 1.2 Problemstellung und Zielsetzung der Arbeit -- 1.3 Aufbau der Arbeit -- 2 Rationalitätssicherung als Kern des Controlling -- 2.1 Der Rationalitätssicherungsansatz des Controlling -- 2.2 Rationalitätskriterien -- 2.3...

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 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...

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 --...