The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with...

The virtual organization is temporarily founded network of the organizations, based on the information technology. The purpose of virtual organization is rapidly and effective exploit the business chance. The key marks of virtual organization are flexibility, high quality, opportunism,...

The paper tracks the fate of content as it passes across three grids of understanding: across the grid of ‘culture’, of ‘services’, and of ‘knowledge’. These grids also serve as historical and/or possible rationales for state intervention in the creative ndustries, as well as...

While the recent commodity price crisis brings questions regarding the general developement path of the CAP since 1992, this paper envisages returning to Rooseveltian recipes, after modernization.

In 2000 the UK adopted a tonnage tax strategy on ships and related businesses as the main strategy for revitalising its declining shipping industry. In line with EU policy on shipping, UK registered shipping companies were offered fiscal incentives based on reduced corporation taxes while labour...

In 2000 the UK adopted a tonnage tax strategy on ships and related businesses as the main strategy for revitalising its declining shipping industry. In line with EU policy on shipping, UK registered shipping companies were offered fiscal incentives based on reduced corporation taxes while labour...

Ausgangspunkt dieser Arbeit ist die These, dass der unternehmerische Mittelstand durch Veränderungen des Wettbewerbsumfelds und durch steigende Wettbewerbsintensität in deutlich stärkerem Maße zu strategischen und in der Folge strukturellen Anpassungen gezwungen sein wird. Die Betrachtung...

This paper analyses the role of transnational corporations in a country's economy within the global economy. Over the last two decades of the twentieth century, in the world economy, there has been a rapid increase in the number of corporations. The increasing number of corporations has come as...

Das Wachstum multinationaler Unternehmen (MNU) wird zunehmend durch Investitionen von Dienstleistungsunternehmen vorangetrieben. Die Produktion von Dienstleistungen unterscheidet sich allerdings in mehreren Aspekten von der Herstellung klassischer Industriegüter. Eine zentrale Eigenschaft ist...

Der Autor der vorliegenden Dissertation kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass in der bestehenden Literatur der unmittelbare Zusammenhang zwischen Wohlfahrt und staatlicher Beeinflussung der Belieferungswahl eines Unternehmers durch Subventionen nicht ausreichend analysiert worden ist. Deswegen wird ein...