In times of increasing oil prices and a weak dollar, European companies that focus their business on the US market may find themselves in a weak position. While many businesses can hedge this kind of risk by relocating production to the US, or employing financial remedies, these strategies may...

Die Internationalisierung der Aktivitäten von Verlagshäusern bildet einen strategischen Schwerpunkt unternehmerischer Tätigkeit. Der Beitrag analysiert, ob und wie strategische Aspekte der internationalen Marktbearbeitung im Zeitschriftenmarkt identifiziert und anschließend in die...

Globalization opens new opportunities also for small and medium sized enterprises (SME). However, empirical information on SMEs' international activities is still fragmented. The paper adds another piece of evidence in analyzing how Berlin SMEs are co-operating with partners in transition...

Over the last two decades, Southeast and East Asian developing countries have evolved into an economic growth pole of increasingly global importance. The pronounced trade orientation of the eight major countries - i.e. the ASEAN countries, Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan - has...

This paper uses a large plant level panel data set from Germany and a matching approach to look for causal effects of starting to export on plant performance. We find positive effects on growth of employment, labor productivity, and wages.

Vor dem Hintergrund stark unterschiedlicher Markstellungen von Betriebsformen im europäischen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel begründet diese Untersuchung die nationalen Marktdivergenzen durch unterschiedliche Kundenpräferenzen. Basierend auf dem Präferenzkonzept zeigen die Ergebnisse einer...

The information and communications revolution has hastened the process of globalization in today's world of business. Consequently, businesses, even small and mid-sized companies, are confronted with cultural diversity when these companies become internationally active. Yet only few businesses...