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...

Immaterielle Verm?genswerte wie z. B. Marken und Patente wandeln sich laut Theorie und Praxis zunehmend zum entscheidenden Erfolgsfaktor und Werttreiber f?r Unternehmen. Dabei ist festzuhalten, dass nur nutzenstiftende, einzigartige und schwer zu imitierende bzw. zu substituierende...

Die Arbeit widmet sich zunächst der geschichtlichen Entwicklung des Humankapitals aus einer Makro- und Mikroperspektive. Insbesondere der gesellschaftliche und ökonomische Wandel, die internen und externen Anreize für Unternehmen sowie die Bedürfnisse diverser Stakeholdergruppen stehen dabei...

The importance of international trading and multi-national corporate groups means that tax regimes will commonly contain provisions allowing for the adjustment of transfer prices on cross-border transactions. An examination of the taxation Acts of Australia and New Zealand reveals vast...

Many studies have shown that the activities of multinational corporations are quite sensitive to differences in income tax rates across countries. In this paper I explore the interaction between multinational taxation and abatement activities under an international emissions permit trading...

This paper analyzes the potential of one-step transfer prices based on either variable or full costs for coordinating decentralized production and quality-improving investment decisions. Transfer prices based on variable costs fail to induce investments on the upstream stage. In contrast,...

71 leaves. Advisor: David S. Habr