The article draws on the concepts of cultural and political embeddedness to analyse the local embeddedness of a global transnational engineering firm in transforming economies. It compares the process of the negotiations for and the acquisitions of assets undertaken by ABB in Wroclaw, Poland and...

We analyze and compare the patterns of economic growth and development in China, Korea, and Japan in the post-war period. The geographical proximity and cultural affinity between the three countries, as well as the key role of the development state in the economies, suggest that an analytical...

After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan`s output fell less than in any other former Soviet Republic, and growth turned positive in 1996/97. Given the country`s hesitant and idiosyncratic approach to reforms, this record has suprised many observers. This paper first shows that a...

What explains Uzbekistan`s unusually mild quot;transformational recessionquot; and its moderate recovery during 1996-97? We examine potential biases in output measurement, the role of quot;special factorsquot; including initial production structure, natural resources, and public investment...

We analyze and compare the patterns of economic growth and development in the Japan, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea in the postwar period. The geographical proximity and cultural affinity between the three countries, as well as the key role of the development state in...

The desirability of WTO membership for China depends on whether its economic successes have been the result of its discovery of new institutional forms (e.g. dual track pricing, SOE contracts, and fiscal contracts) that are optimal for China's particular economic circumstances, or have been the...

We analyze and compare the patterns of economic growth and development in the Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea in the postwar period. The geographical proximity and cultural affinity between the three countries, as well as the key role of the development state...

Korean Abstract: 이 연구는 1995년 1분기부터 2019년 3분기까지의 북·중무역 자료를 사용하여 북한의 가장 중요한 외화획득 원천이었던 광물 수출과 품목별 수입 간의 관계를 공적분, 벡터자기회귀모형, 그리고 충격반응함수를...

Korean Abstract: 2016년 기준 북한의 무역규모는 1990년대 중반에 비해 약 3배 정도 증가하였다. 이러한 변화를 두고 과거 폐쇄적이고 자립적인 경제구조를 지향했던 북한이 사실상 개방경제로 변화했다는 평가도 있으나...

In this paper we examine the empirical relationship between economic openness and nationalism. We replicate and extend the cross-country analysis of Lan and Li (2015) using additional measures of nationalism and additional years of data from the World Values Survey. We fail to find the negative...