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Essays on offshoring, wage inequality and innovation
Benz, Sebastian - 2014
chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …-level, whereas the second framework relies on differences in relative factor endowments of the two countries involved in offshoring …
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Real convergence in the European Union : bridging the gap between the new and old member states
Holobiuc, Ana-Maria - In: European financial and accounting journal : EFAJ 16 (2021) 2, pp. 29-50
One of the fundamental pillars of the European Union aims at the convergence of economic performances among its Member States. This objective has become increasingly challenging with the advancement of the integration process from the customs union to the economic and monetary union, from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807565
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Incomplete specialization and offshoring across Europe
Frensch, Richard; Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen - 2012
Recent empirical studies have been searching for evidence on and driving forces for offshoring. Frequently, this has … competing with the role of multilateral trade resistance. Our results support evidence for offshoring activities across Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374348
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Features of tertiarisation in the developed economies and worldwide offshoring : paper to be presented at the 53rd European Congress of the European Regional Science Association, P...
Chiaruttini, Maria Stella - 2013
offshoring of services towards India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011570837
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Regional trade integration in Central and Eastern Europe : state of play after 15 years of EU membership
Kulbacki, Michał; Michalczuk, Adrian - In: Journal of economics & management 43 (2021) 1, pp. 225-250
Aim/purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze regional trade integration of 10 Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEE-10) during the 2004-2018 period, identify regional- and country-level integration patterns and attribute them to potential causes indicated by the literature....
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Beyond "dependent development" in a high-tech industry? The interplay between domestic institutions and transnational sectoral governance in the trajectories of emerging Polish IT...
Lechowski, Grzegorz - 2019 - Revised November 2019
The present study adds to the ongoing discussions on the economic and industrial change in postcommunist Central Europe by investigating in-depth the case of a relatively successful development of two large domestic IT firms from Poland. The case is theoretically interesting because it calls...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123615
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A theoretical framework to evaluate ICT disparities and digital divides : challenges and implications for e-government development
Lněnička, Martin; Máchová, Renáta - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 22 (2022) 1, pp. 25-51
Understanding and using ICT is critical for increasing effectiveness of the public sector, improving access to public services, enhancing transparency and engage- ment of various stakeholders in public decision-making processes. At the same time, utilization of new emerging technologies such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013460795
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Romania and Integration into the European Model of E-Inclusion : From Access to the Use of Advanced Communication Services – The Social Dimension of Internet Diffusion in Romania:...
Turlea, Geomina; Ciupagea, Constantin; Olle Sanz, Esteve - 2012
The paper looks at a representative sample of Romanian Internet users, intending to differentiate between factors that are influencing the frequency of use. It describes the statistical setting of occasional users versus the group of regular Internet users that currently represent the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014184395
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Romanian SME Facing the Challenge of European Accession
Grama, Ana; Fotache, Doina - 2006
Small and medium-sized enterprises, besides science and technology, may be a decisive factor in transforming a national economy. SME are not only a new social pattern, but they won a well-defined position, especially due to their adaptation possibilities, the large number of jobs provided, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014054274
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Facets of the Digital Divide in Europe : Determinantion and Extent of Internet Use
Demoussis, Michael; Giannakopoulos, Nicholas - 2009
The primary objective of this article is to identify, given Internet accessibility, the factors that shape the decisions of individuals for personal Internet usage and its extent. Cross-sectional data from the European Social Survey database were utilized and an ordered probit model with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057014