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Die Entwicklung von Arbeits- und Beschäftigungsbedingungen in der Automobilzulieferbranche wird in erheblichem Maße vom Standortwettbewerb zwischen Hochlohn- und Niedriglohnstand-orten geprägt. Die deutschen Standorte stehen dabei insbesondere im Wettbewerbe mit Werken in Mittelosteuropa. Auf...
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The paper addresses the position occupied by China in the new international division of labour now developing as value chains become increasingly frag-mented and work is relocated in the context of globalisation. China is currently experiencing an extremely dynamic industrialisation process, and...
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This report summarizes 39 detailed ETLA case studies of global value chains (GVCs). The findings suggest that the value added in global value chains is less tied to their tangible aspects than what conventional wisdom suggests. Intangible aspects of GVCs tend to be more important, but their poor...
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Many contemporary development solutions and policy prescriptions place emphasis on the potential for closer integration of poor people or areas with global markets. But the prospects for the reduct-ion of chronic poverty depend in great measure on the nature of the broader economic processes...
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Internationale Direktinvestitionen sind zum wichtigsten Motor der Globalisierung geworden. Während sich die westdeutschen Exporte seit 1980 etwa verdoppelten, stiegen die ausländischen Direktinvestitionsbestände deutscher Unternehmen im gleichen Zeitraum auf das Vierfache an. Die Zahl der...
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Globalised markets and production patterns offer favourable opportunities to raise world income. Yet globalisation also … prepared to meet the challenge of fiercer competition on world goods and factor markets. In industrialised countries, low … countries could have raised their share in world welfare gains if they had committed themselves more strongly to binding trade …
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Durch den weltweiten Austausch von Waren, Informationen und Kapital entsteht eine neue Qualität von Wechselbeziehungen in Politik, Wirtschaft, Ökologie und Kultur. Die Textil- und Bekleidungsbranche ist besonders gekennzeichnet durch internationale Arbeitsteilung und stellt damit einen Motor...
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The word fragmentation refers to a splitting up of a verticallyintegrated production process such that the separatefragments can be traded on markets. This paper is concerned withinternational fragmentation, generally allowing gainsfrom a finer division of labor based on comparative advantage...
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In this paper we demonstrate that intra-industry trade (or FDI)between identical countries could produce theobserved deterioration in the relative wages of unskilled workers.This involves a model of North-Northintegration through either increased trade flows or increased MNE-based production....
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