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Barriers to Innovation in SMEs: Can the Internationalization of R&D Mitigate their Effects?
Tiwari, Rajnish; Buse, Stephan - 2007
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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First Solution: a safety-first plan backfires
Ballard, Roger - 2007
facilities to transfer money back to their family in Bangladesh. In June 2007, the company went into liquidation owing nearly 2 … million pounds to the public, the majority of whom were from the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. …
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Response : Board Composition and Firm Performance : Evidence from Bangladesh – A Sceptical View
Chowdhury, Khorshed - 2010
independent directors has no perceptible influence on a firm’s economic performance in Bangladesh. The conclusion was derived from … a sample of 274 firm-years. The implication of this finding is also very significant for regulators in Bangladesh and … (p22) ‘corporate governance disclosure in Bangladesh is significantly influenced by local ownership, the SEC notification …
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Upgrading the System of Innovation in Late-Industrialising Countries -The Role of Transnational Corporations in Thailand's Manufacturing Sector
Martin Berger - 2005
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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Philo : PharmaInnovationsLotse ; ihr Weg zum erfolgreichen Open Innovation Management
Adelhelm, Silvia; Braun, Andreas; Müller, Elisabeth; … - 2011
Innovationsmanager in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) der Pharmaindustrie bei der Einführung des Open Innovation Managements zu … Berücksichtigung der Anforderungen von Pharma-KMU zu analysieren und (2) daraus abgeleitet ein Konzept zur Implementierung von Open … Innovation bei Pharma-KMU zu entwickeln.Der Ausgangspunkt des Projektes war die Erkenntnis, dass die Life Sciences-Branche im …
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Wirkung föderaler Strukturen in der staatlichen Innovationsförderung ; Effects of federal structures on public innovation support
Becker, Lasse - 2015
Ländern erreicht dabei KMU als Unternehmen mit Problemen bei der Innovationstätigkeit signifikant besser als andere Ebenen …
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Taiwan's textile and clothing SME response to globalization
Chen, J.; Parker, D. - 2007
A mixed-method research approach underpinned exploration of antecedents of strategies adopted by Taiwanese small mediumsized enterprises in the clothing and textiles industry to counter the negative economic effect of globalisation and the increasing competitive threat of lower-cost Chinese...
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Indien: Ein Gewinner der Globalisierung
Wolff, Joerg - 2006
, 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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Social Dumping: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects
Dimitrova, Teodora - 2006
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471741
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The political economy of child labor
Maffei, Alessandro - 2005
The phenomenon of child labor is widespread in developing countries and emotionally discussed in the media and public. At present there is a well-developed and fast growing economic literature on child labor which covers the various aspects of child labor. In the first part of the thesis we give...
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