Existing research on entry mode determinants is firmly grounded in the transaction cost and resource-based literature while location-and institution-specific characteristics lack attention. The primary goal of this article is to address the determinants of entry mode by Japanese manufacturing...

This paper examines levels of educational attainment in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam for the period 1970-2030 through the reconstruction and projection of levels of educational attainment. While the study of the past shows that the determination to invest in...

This paper reviews the developments, challenges and issues in e-commerce in Southeast Asian countries. Given its implications for public policy, it focuses on e-commerce using the Internet. The review covers the developments in transaction values, the state of infrastructure (communication...

Foreign direct investment has been important in the economic growth and global economic integration of developing countries over the last decades. Both Northeast and Southeast Asia, especially the latter, have been part of this development with increasing inflows of FDI and greater foreign...

Determining whether well-being has improved is an important multidisciplinary task. It is important therefore to develop a multidimensional measure of well-being that reflects a wide spectrum of human needs. A new approach is presented in this paper based on multidimensional hierarchical human...

The main aim of this article is to identify key external and internal factors that are capable of impacting and thus influencing directly or indirectly state performance in Southeast Asia with special emphasis on Myanmar, Vietnam and Singapore. The theoretical aim is to develop a framework for...

Ferdinand (genannt "Bongbong") Marcos junior gewann am 9. Mai mit einem Erdrutschsieg die Präsidentschaftswahlen der Philippinen und wurde am 30. Juni offiziell vereidigt. Während des Wahlkampfs war der Sohn des 1986 gestürzten philippinischen Diktators Ferdinand Marcos senior in außen- und...

Im Dezember 2023 stimmte der US-Kongress dem Verkauf von drei atomgetriebenen Jagd-U-Booten an Australien zu. Die Pläne zum Bau von acht Booten eines neuen Modells als Teil des Australia-United Kingdom-United States-Pakts (AUKUS) werden in Canberra aber weiterhin kontrovers diskutiert....

China setzt seine Versuche fort, die Gewässer des Südchinesischen Meeres innerhalb der sogenannten Nine-Dash Line zu territorialisieren und damit der eigenen Kontrolle zu unterwerfen. So entwickelt sich die Lage mit zunehmender Dynamik. Das im Second Thomas Shoal der Spratly-Inselgruppe von...

Whereas many institutions are in place to govern urban and rural land, maritime areas are less well covered. This situation of a "governance void" has led to uncertainty and conflicts. Thus the South China Sea has become a contested maritime space. In this paper the cultural theory of Oswald...