This paper explores growth and competitive advantage in CEE software firms; it looks at therole of strategic partnerships and industry (spillover) effects. The empirical analysis is basedon survey data from 224 software firms from six CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech R, Estonia,Serbia, Slovenia,...

Vorliegende Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit der Betriebsform des Shopping-Centers, welches als räumliche Konzentration von Betrieben des Einzelhandels gesehen werden kann. Betrachtet werden dabei ausgewählte Center in Sao Paulo.

The international transactions accounts provide information on trade in goods and services (including the balance of payments and the balance of trade), investment income, and government and private financial flows. In addition, the accounts measure the value of U.S. international assets and...

Multinational corporations (MNC) search increasingly for lead market knowledge andtechnological expertise around the globe. We investigate whether their subsidiaries gainaccess to these valuable sources of host country knowledge to the same degree as domesticrivals. We develop a theoretical...

Wenn von Globalisierung die Rede ist, dann wird noch immer oft von einem Turbokapitalismus gesprochen. Heimatlose Unternehmen vagabundierenüber den Globus auf der Suche nach den kostengünstigsten Standorten, zwingen die Nationalstaaten zu einer Abwärtsspirale bei sozialen Standards,...

We apply insights from Edith Penrose`s work to extant theory of the multinationalenterprise (MNE) as enveloped by John Dunning`s Ownership, Location,Internalization (OLI) Paradigm...

Financial constraints have been found to play an important role on various aspects of firmbehavior. Yet, their effects on firm survival have been largely neglected. We use a panel of9420 newly established UK firms over the period 1997-2002 to study the effects offinancial variables on firms´...

This paper investigates replacing separate taxation by consolidation and formularyapportionment in a Bottom-up Federation, when a multijurisdictional firm is mobile invarious respects. The reform is decided cooperatively by all the jurisdictions or by some ofthem, while tax rates remain within...