This paper examines the role of international technical assistance in building the institutions critical to the success of market reform in the Transition Economies. While there have been many successful grass roots projects aimed at helping individual firms or associations compete in the...

The first public share issue in the PRC took place in 1994. By the early 21st century, in the space of less than two decades, the Chinese stock market has become the largest one in Asia, with the exception of Japan. Along with this rapid enlargement of the market, the Chinese stock trading...

The aim of this master thesis was the provision of a theoretical foundation for a GermanCentre. The crucial question was how to approach a subject of such recent nature. Thetheory of the multinational enterprise with special emphasis on the role of the govern-mentopened up a possible solution....

Wegen wachsender Globalisierung engagierten sich zunächst vor allem international operierende Konzerne mit Direktinvestitionen in ausländischen Standorten. Unter Direktinvestitionen versteht man im Allgemeinen Kapitalanlagen im Ausland, die aus der Gründung eines Unternehmens, der Beteiligung...

Diese Arbeit analysiert den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Spezialisierungsgrad einer Ökonomie und dem Level des Pro-Kopf-Einkommens, und prüft insbesondere die Hypothese eines U-förmigen Zusammenhanges zwischen diesen Größen. In der betreffenden Literatur werden theoretische Argumente und...

This thesis uses the Data Envelopment Analysis to analyze topics in economic history. All parts are concerned with productivity and efficiency. For the United States in the nineteenth century, it is shown that factories were more efficient than artisanal shops, and the hypothesis that regional...