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...

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...

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...

Vortrag und Ansprachen anl?sslich der Verleihung der Ehrendoktorw?rde durch die Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakult?t der Universit?t Augsburgam 12. Januar 1994. - Gru?wort: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Blum, Rektor ; Begr??ung: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleischmann, Dekan ; Laudatio: Prof. Dr. Adolf...

Die vorliegende Arbeit entwickelt ein konzeptionelles Modell, welche Faktoren und Dimensionen beim Aufbau von technologischen Kompetenzen in Tochtergesellschaften westlicher Unternehmen relevant sind. Es wird dabei untersucht, wie ein Engagement in Emerging Markets auf den technologischen...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Leadership and Organization Development Journal, published by and copyright MCB Up Ltd.

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the viability and sustainability ofpreferential procurement in the metals and engineering sector. Preferentialprocurement is one of the seven elements of Broad–Based–Black EconomicEmpowerment (BBBEE) and seeks to encourage companies to procure...

This paper analyzes the effects of economic crises on firms' use of management control mechanisms and on their management of stakeholder relations. Moreover, the association between stakeholder management and management control system use is analyzed. In the wake of the economic crisis of...