The arrival of globalization has brought about a lot of challenges for nations to meet. This paper takes a look at the … capability of the Philippine state to cope with the demands of globalization. It documents the rules, laws, regulations … state's readiness for globalization. The study will cover three aspects of state capacity that contribute to the promotion …

globalization crises - the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the 2008-09 great recession, financial crisis and collapse of global …

are less positive. This development is compared with Estonia and Slovenia, two other small and very open economies …

In this study, we analyse Estonia’s position in global value chains using World Input-Output Data and firm-level data …. We find that 69% of Estonia’s total exports are intermediate goods and services, exceeding the EU average (65%). Two …-thirds of Estonian imports are intermediates. Our findings suggest that Estonia is heavily involved in vertically and …

This paper presents one of the first studies of firm demographics in Estonia, particularly, on the processes of firm … Estonia during the observed period from 1995 to 2001, resulting from low institutional entry barriers and emergence of the SME …

on the unconditional, down-flow grant system in Estonia. In particular the procedure of determining the total sum of …

This article documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Estonia over the years 1995-2001, using a … database containing the population of officially registered firms in Estonia (all in all 52,000). Our results show that job … creation and job destruction rates have been rather high in Estonia and are comparable to the levels documented for the US. We …