For researchers studying the economic development of nations, the availability of human capital data is crucial. Economists making efforts to examine the impact of human resources on economic development before the end of World War II often face massive problems. Methods of collecting data,...

The topic of this thesis is the impact of scale effects onto labor productivity and its implications. Chapter one gives an overview of the economic literature on scale effects. It starts with reviewing early economic writings; summarizes the literature of the new trade theory, the new economic...

This dissertation explores different perspectives on the growth trajectory of companies spun off from publicly funded research. It is composed of four papers, of which the first one provides an overview of the environment for spin-offs in Canada, and the three remaining papers present...

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...