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Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer. The Case of the European Transition Countries and the Automotive Industry in the Czech Republic

Torlak geb. Cokoja, Elvisa - 2010

Technology transfer and the so-called productivity spillover-effects are important aspects of foreign direct investments regarding their contribution to the long-term development potential of the host countries.The effects of the foreign direct investments on the foreign and domestic companies...

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Inflation targeting and monetary integration in European emerging market economies

Felix Hammermann - 2008

This study addresses the potential trade-off between inflation and exchange rate targeting in former transition countries, which now may be labeled emerging market economies and which prepare for entry into the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Among this group of countries, some implemented...

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The use of cash and other means of payment: how is the way we pay changing?

Ferrando, Laura; Posada, Diana

Rationale Digitalisation has made significant headway in recent years, particularly following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this background, it is important to analyse how consumers’ payment habits are changing at the physical point of sale, online and person-to-person....

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Kapital - Kompetenz - Konflikte

Schwithal, Tim Torsten - 2008

Der 5. Band der Schriftenreihe "Wirtschaft, Recht, Bildung" versucht mit dem Dreiklang "Kapital - Kompetenz - Konflikte" den drei Disziplinen des Oldenburger Forschungsnetzwerks an der Carl von Ossietzky Universität mit einem zentralen Schlagwort zu begegnen. Er hat es den wissenschaftlichen...

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Oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria

Oyefusi, Aderoju - 2007

This paper examines oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria focusing on the economic dynamics of resource …-induced conflicts. It identifies two dimensions to oil-related civil conflict in the country. The first is the violent rent … concludes with a discussion of some measures that may be used to break the "conflict trap" and overcome the corrupting influence …

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The cost of failing states and the limits to sovereignty

Chauvet, Lisa; Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - 2007

In this paper, we estimate the costs of state failure, both for the failing state itself and for its neighbours. In our analysis, the cost of failure arises from two distinct sources: organized violence due to the incapacity of the state to ensure its own citizens’ security and low quality of...

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Exploiting Common Resources with Capital-Intensive Technologies: The Role of External Forces

Engel, Stefanie; Lopez, Ramon - 2004

"Many natural resources can be effectively exploited mainly by using capital-intensive technologies. We develop a bargaining model with endogenous inside and outside options to analyze the interactions between local communities having at least some degree of informal claims over natural...

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The Dynamics of Continuing Conflict

Reuveny, Rafael; Maxwell, John W. - 2000

dynamic setting, and illustrate it by modeling continuous conflict over renewable natural resources between two rival groups …) lead to conflict, and predict more conflict in the future. However, instances of conflict over resources in LDCs, absent … resource scarcity, also exist. Thus, it appears that the role of renewable resources in conflict may be greater than simply a …

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Reciprocity as a key stabilizing norm of interpersonal marketing relationships: scale development and validation

Pervan, Simon J; Bove, Liliana L; Johnson, Lester W - 2009

, commitment, satisfaction, self-esteem and reduced conflict. …

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Globalization, Extractive FDI and the Effects of Multinational Corporations on Conflict Situations in Developing Countries

Onwudiwe, Ruby - 2011

likelihood on internal conflict within the Niger delta – and some othercountries?The hypotheses are as follows:- Nigeria has not … explorationand production and the persistent conflict situation in Nigeria which is owing tothe contentious nature of oil.This study … indicator, conflict patterns andthe resultant lack of economic development in Nigeria. It also offers the opportunity toassess …

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