A recent phenomenon of globalisation has come to be known as "Knowledge Process Outsourcing" (KPO), whereby knowledge-intensive R&D work is outsourced to an outside firm or an offshore-subsidiary. Primary motives of KPO are thought to be availability of highly-skilled labour, locations of...

What is the impact of joining the European Union on a small, less developed economy? This is the generalquestion driving this research paper. In particular, the role of factor movements in explaining real wagebehavior in Portugal after its entry in the European Union (EU) is quantitatively...

We consider the welfare effects of skilled worker emigration in a context where skilled labor plays a role in product design. We show such emigration can benefit the residents left behind, even when consumers tastes exhibit a form of home bias...

It is argued that migration from Mexico to the US and its corresponding return migration aredetermined by international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model ofjob search, savings and migration to show that job turnover is a crucial determinant of themigration process...

Vorliegendes Arbeitspapier untersucht die internationalen Entwicklung von Arbeitseinstellungen auf der Basis einer groß angelegten Untersuchung.

In the late 80s and 90s economic science failed to forecast major systemic crises and collapses. The same may happen with the case of China. The paper develops an analytical frame of reference by applying the conceptual tools of the French regulation school ...

Das Einleitungskapitel (zugleich ein Beitrag zur Festschrift Armin Bohnet zum 60. Geburtstag) des oben genannten Buches (siehe No. 29) setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, inwieweit die chinesische Tradition ein Medium rascher wirtschaftlicher Modernisierung im Sinne der Erlangung...

Die vorliegende Untersuchung ist nicht nur informativ, sondern auch ein "Dienst an der eigenen Sache": Der Autor entwickelt nämlich die These, daß viele Schwierigkeiten im China-Geschäft daher rühren, daß bei den deutschen Unternehmen zu wenig Wissen über Strukturen und Prozesse in...

This paper suggests that current research on international business should provide for a more prominent role of Politics in its analysis. International research examines transactions that reach across national borders, yet nations and their borders have so far not been sufficiently...