Der Maschinenbau galt in der Vergangenheit als die Vorzeigebranche der deutschen Industrie. Zu Beginn der 90er Jahre erscheint seine Position gefährdet. Die Gefahr bezieht sich vor allem auf den Erfolg der japanischen Konkurrenten. Es zeigt sich, daß der japanische Maschinenbau schon seit den...

This book contains the revised and updated versions of twelve papers which were presented at the 17th joint seminar of the faculties of economics of the Universities of Nagoya and Freiburg. The seminar took place in 1997 in Nagoya and marked the 25th anniversary of the cooperation between both...

This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative...