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Trade, Hierarchy, and Cooperation in the Age of Globalization
Kappel, Robert; Brach, Juliane - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2009
In the course of globalization, the intensity of global interactions between nations, firms, and civil society actors has increased significantly and has led to the creation of transnational norm-building networks. These have an essential, but little-known influence on all aspects of life...
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New Faces of Globalization: Market Integration, Production Disintegration, Genesis of New Global Organizational Structures for Production and Trade
Pencea, Sarmiza - In: Revista de Economie Mondiala / The Journal of Global … 2 (2010) 3
Due to trade liberalisation and ITC revolution, companies could imagine new and better ways of creating and delivering … organisational structures for investment, production and trade. A number of developing countries with adequate comparative advantages …
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Emerging Non-OECD Countries: Global Shifts in Power and Geopolitical Regionalization
Moroff, Anika - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010
Since 1990 the banning of ethnic and other identity-based parties has become the norm in sub-Saharan Africa. This article focuses on Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as three East African countries that have opted for different ways of dealing with such parties. Using case studies, it traces the...
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When Do Autocracies Start to Liberalize Foreign Trade? Evidence from Four Cases in the Arab World
Richter, Thomas - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010
This paper argues that trade and capital account reforms within autocracies underlie the primacy of foreign currency … economic openings (infitah) and isolated capital account liberalizations. However, IMF-friendly reforms (orthodox trade … external windfall gains. These findings complement recent debates about the rush to free trade in at least two regards. First …
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Emerging Non-OECD Countries: Global Shifts in Power and Geopolitical Regionalization
Scholvin, Sören - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010
Various concepts ascribe key roles to emerging non-OECD countries in regional and global politics. This paper highlights how these concepts hint not only at a shift of global power but also at geopolitical regionalization: according to the theory of hegemonic stability, regional powers (a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008475957
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In Search of Legitimacy in Post-revolutionary China: Bringing Ideology and Governance Back In
Holbig, Heike; Gilley, Bruce - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010
The contemporary politics of China reflect an ongoing effort by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to claim the right to rule in light of the consequences of economic development, international pressures, and historical change. China stands out within the Asian region for the success the...
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Fuel for Conflict or Balm for Peace? Assessing the Effects of Hydrocarbons on Peace Efforts in Algeria
Shabafrouz, Miriam - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010
This paper explores the use of hydrocarbon revenues in post-conflict Algeria. While the bloody years of the 1990s now seem to be over, recurring terror attacks and the ongoing state of emergency leave room for doubt that a situation of stable peace has been achieved yet. It is therefore...
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Technology Use and Firms with Female Principal Owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - In: Journal of African Development 15 (2013) 2
rely on technology in the face of obstacles, those with female owners experience net effects that are statistically … differences in technology use indicates that up to 18 percent of the total gap is unexplained by differences in measurable … characteristics, suggesting that female-owned firms use technology to a greater extent than is warranted by the level of observed …
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Obstacles to Business, Technology Use, and Firms with Female Principal Owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - Department of Economics, International Business School, … - 2010
technology ownership, whereas obstacles related to infrastructure in particular, reduces the probability that firms own … technology. Results indicate that while all firms rely on technology in the face of regulatory and other obstacles, those with …. A gender-of-owner disaggregated Oaxaca-Blinder type decomposition of differences in technology ownership indicates that …
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Special Economic Zones: What Have We Learned?
Farole, Thomas - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 64, pp. 1-5
It has been more than 50 years since the establishment of the first modern special economic zones. During this time, SEZs have been credited with underpinning the dramatic export-oriented growth of China and other East Asian countries. While they remain a controversial instrument, policy makers...
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