This paper analyses the emergence of central Europe as a new location for the productionof electronics. The main factors that drive integration in the region into global productionnetworks are also analysed, as well as prospects for upgrading the industry by using networkalignment...

Videoton is the main contracting manufacturing company in the electronics industry in central Europe. The business model that has been developed through Videoton has greater relevance for understanding the growth of enterprises and the modes of integration of the Central and Eastern Europe into...

We analyze the role of intermediaries in electronic markets using detailed data of more than 14,000 originated loans on an electronic P2P (peer-to-peer) lending platform. In such an electronic credit market, lenders bid to supply a private loan. Screening of potential borrowers and the...

The automotive and electronics industries within the UK have seen dramatic changes over thepast two decades, reflected by culture changes for the organisations within them. This paperexamines the issues surrounding two case study firms in the South Wales electronics andautomotive components...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht, inwieweit sich die Optimierung der Kapitalrückführungbei grenzüberschreitenden Realinvestitionen in einer österreichischen Tochterkapitalgesellschaftlohnt, wenn die Anteile in einer deutschen Einzelunternehmung gehaltenwerden. Dazu werden im Rahmen eines...

Mit der österreichischen Steuerreform 2005 wurde die Möglichkeit der grenzüberschreitendenVerlustverrechnung im Rahmen der Gruppenbesteuerung eröffnet. Dievorliegende Arbeit untersucht den simultanen Einfluss von Gruppenbesteuerung undVerlustverrechnungsbeschränkungen auf das...

This paper investigates the role of corporate taxation with respect to a multinational'sinvestment decision, in which the multinational can pursue either a direct or an indirectinvestment strategy. The latter involves at least three corporate entities and opens upenhanced opportunities for...

The fact that China is an increasingly attractive market and a magnet for foreigndirect investment is not news. The unprecedented rise of foreign direct investmentinto China – now running at over $60 billion a year – has created the largest array ofinternational mergers and acquisitions,...

China and India are the two leading countries in terms of attracting foreign direct investment. These two countries differ in a number of characteristics, which are important for FDI. Therefore the questions arise which general investment conditions are of importance for companies that are...

Der Artikel behandelt die Konsequenzen der Globalisierung für die Entwicklungsperspektiven derrussischen Ökonomie. Basierend auf einer ökonomischen Definition von Globalisierung wird dieIntegration Russlands in die weltweite Wirtschaft analysiert. Dabei werden insbesondere die...