Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Frage der industriepolitischen Beeinflussung in asiatischen Ländern und ob es im Rahmen einer globalisierten Ökonomie, in der sich die Wissensbeständeim Abstand von 5 Jahren jeweils verdoppeln, auch weiterhin ein Erfolgsmodell sein wird.

Komplexe Produkte besitzen eine Komposition, die aufgrund der Globalisierung jede Art von nationaler Exklusivität verschwinden läßt, wenn es sie denn jemals gegeben hat.

This paper studies how dierent unionisation structures aect rm productivity, rmperformance, and consumer welfare in a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneousrms and free entry. While centralised bargaining induces tougher selection among hetero-geneous producers and thus increases...

The EU protects EU growers of 15 kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables against internationalcompetition not only by the means of ad valorem tariffs of up to 20%, but also by the EUentry-price system (EPS), which is designed to restrict imports below the product-specific,politically designated...

The main argument in this paper is that new information and communication technologies (ICT) in the financial industry will increase specialisation and competition within the European financial centre system and thereby lead to a ‘re-bundling’ of functions of the various financial centres....

In the early 1990s, a consensus emerged among the leading experts in the field of small and micro business finance. It is based on three elements: The focus of projects should be on improving the entire financial sector of a given developing country; a commercial approach should be adopted,...