Dieser Forschungsbericht beinhaltet die Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung von 200 Familienbetrieben im Osten Georgiens im Distrikt Sighnagi in der Kakheti-Region Ende 2001/Anfang 2002. Sie dienten dem Ziel, Erkenntnisse über die wirtschaftliche Situation georgischer Familienbetriebe sowie zum Teil...

Within the Stolper-Samuelson (SS) framework, a vast empirical literature has developed around the issue of determining the shift in the labour market fundamentals. These studies suffer a host of shortcomings. In an attempt to transcend those shortcomings, this paper analyses the short and long...

The complex nature of ‘international outsourcing’ makes it difficult to quantify its employment and broader impacts on national economies. Indeed, available evidence on the extent of ‘offshoring’ by US firms is scant, rendering analyses of its economic impacts as...

Within the Stolper-Samuelson (SS) framework, a vast empirical literature has developed around the issue of determining the shift in the labour market fundamentals. These studies suffer a host of shortcomings. In an attempt to transcend those shortcomings, this paper analyses the short and long...