In this study, we combined the advantages of bitmaps and remote sensing data to reconstruct three-dimensional (3D) harbor models and establish a new simulation navigation system. The models employ triangular elements to reconstruct the topology relationships between the seabed and the harbor...

Human hazards can represent a significant risk to the population and cause huge economic damage in many urbanized regions. In order to be able to identify risk hot spots and implement targeted risk reduction measures, decision makers need to have a clear picture of the risk situation in their...

This study investigates the impact of geographic distance between the home country of a Multinational Enterprise (MNE) and host countries where subsidiaries are located on the MNE’s decision to carry out overseas research and development (R&D) activities in the host market. The analysis is...

Using a new dataset with detailed geographic information about licensing activities of the Max Planck Society, Germany's largest non-university public research organization, we analyze how the probability and magnitude of commercial success are affected by geographic distance between licensors...

This paper examines the role which the long term orientation (LTO) dimension of host country culture plays in transforming multinational corporations’ (MNCs’) focus from transaction cost to transaction value in the context of MNC subsidiary ownership and survival. We used a sample of 10,236...

Distance has long been recognized as a major impediment in MNEs' international expansion. However, it still remains unclear: (1) If different psychic distance stimuli (PDS) constitute different sources of complexity and (2) how PDS affect MNE performance during international expansion. That is,...

This paper examines the determinants of intra-industry trade (IIT) in the Romanian automobile parts and accessories sector. The trade in this sector between Romania and 12 countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and...

Using a new dataset with detailed geographic information about licensing activities of the German Max Planck Society, we analyze how the probability and magnitude of commercial success are affected by geographic distance between licensors and licensees. Our evidence suggests that proximity does...

Eckart Bomsdorf und Jörg Winkelhausen, Universität zu Köln, verwenden in ihrer Studie die Ergebnisse des Zensus 2011 als Basis der Vorausberechnung der Bevölkerung in Deutschland bis 2060. Ihre Berechnungen zeigen, dass der zukünftige Bevölkerungsrückgang in Deutschland kaum abwendbar...