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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...
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, mit der Teilhabe Indiens an der Globalisierung. Dabei stellt er fest, dass die Reformpolitik der letzten zehn Jahre trägt … Indian participation in the globalization. He assesses that the reforms in India lead to economic and social process of …
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analyzing the nexus labour standards - labour market outcomes - globalization. The first part, Chapter 2, is a theoretical … analysis of the effects of globalization on the equilibrium labour market policy, employment and wages. The policy instrument … considered is a minimum wage set by the government and influenced by two lobby groups. Globalization is modelled as an increase …
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labor in open economies is that even if international child labor standards do improve world welfare, trade policies will …
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The merger wave that took place during the first phase of globalization, which lasted from 1895 to 1914, changed the … successful during this period. Noteworthy, studies that evaluate the success of mergers during the first phase of globalization … superior economic development in the pre-World-War I period. After reviewing new statistical material, however, the picture has …
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Wird über Nachhaltigkeit gesprochen, so stellt sich der Eindruck ein, es gehe um einen Begriff, den bestimmte Akteure benutzen, um mit ihm interessengeleitete Praktiken zu legitimieren. Der ironische Gehalt dieser rhetorischen Figur liegt in der Überschätzung des Begriffs der Nachhaltigkeit...
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The concept of trade openness is broadly applied as a potential predictor in numerous empirical studies, despite the fact that no commonly accepted approach of measuring openness has been developed. The most widely applied (‘traditional’) openness indices are not able to accurately calculate...
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essential tool to stimulate growth and enable firms to master the competition brought about by the forces of globalization. In … countries.At the same time, innovations in today’s “globalized” world are hardly feasible in isolation. World-wide economic … specific needs of targeted markets. All these developments are leading to the “globalization of innovation”. Based on recent …
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competition spurred by the globalization of the world economies. Even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are no more immune … to the challenges that the globalization brings about. It is a remarkable, and in certain instances worrisome, situation … employment.However, opportunities presented by the globalization and the entwined, simultaneous pressure to innovate opens for …
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Indian firms lead the pack of emerging market investors in Germany, with about 188 subsidiaries providing employment to close to 23,500 people. This article provides an update on trends in Indian investment in Germany and examines the performance of Indian subsidiaries.
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