This paper utilizes cointegration theory, error correcting model and Granger causality testing theory to make an empirical research on the relation between urbanization and GDP in China, and also implements a comparative analysis to the relation between three industries and degree of...

Systemic economic transition is a process of determined radical institutional change, aprocess of building new institutions required by a market economy. Nowadays, the experienceof transition countries with the implementation of new institutions could be reviewedas a method of economic...

"Starting about the late 1960s there have been increasing fears that economic growth would soon lead to the exhaustion of raw materials and, food supplies, or environmental damage of one kind or another. These fears have been accompanied by widespread appeal to the concept of sustainable...

This research seeks to identify the factors that account for the variation in development levels across nations by focusing on the institutional components of development, especially the effects of financial market development on economic and political development. I argue that financial market...

The use of the EFQM model and other business excellence models (BEM?s) has been recognised as a way of improving business processes among organisations. The information gathered through self-assessments using these models show the performance of organisations against several model criteria....

Japán és a Távol-Kelet évtizedeken keresztül a világ egyéb térségeinek csodá-latát vívta ki elsősorban az átlagot meghaladó, gyors gazdasági növekedésével. Az 1990-es években a korábbi „keleti motor”-ként tekintett Japán gazdasága kü-lönleges helyzetbe került: a...

The post-crisis European economy is characterised by slow rates of growth. The consequences of the Great Recession which followed the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, determined that, on the 15th of September 2008, all the actors of the global economic scene assess the symptoms,...

Seventy two questionnaires returned by members of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, provided evidence for a negative relationship between the strategic intelligence function’s (SIF) success and a gap between the firm’s environmental turbulence level and its strategic...

The basic machines of macroeconomics. Ramsey, Solow, Samuelson-Diamond, RBCs, ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Fischer-Taylor. How they work, what shortcuts they take, and how they can be used. Half-term subject. From the course home page: Course Description This half semester class presents an...