The report analyses the impacts of globalization on competitiveness of national economies, industries and firms. The focus is in mechanical and electrical engineering and machinery. Global division of labor has significantly changed over the past few decades when the large emerging economies -...

The paper examines the results of a cross section regression analysis against four hypotheses. The primary hypothesis concerned the effect of economic prosperity and growth on “willingness to assist”. The positive prosperity effect was unsurprisingly confirmed. In connection to the second...

This paper is an analysis of the foreign Aid Policies of two OECD Development Assistance Committee member countries – Finland and Ireland. The analysis reveals that both Finland and Ireland share high principles on their relations with the developing world, although their current policy...