Transnational feminism is one of the most striking examples of current transformations of the global public sphere. In fact, globalized gender activism serves as a prism for looking at new forms of transnational interaction between states, supra-state actors and civil societies. Among the...

Across the globe, the 'Girl Effect' is a growing but understudied initiative that assumes that girls are catalysts capable of bringing social and economic change to their families, communities and countries. In an attempt to build on the 'promise' of women as agents of development, there has...

"The Transnational Kurdish Women's Movement Against Honor Killings" explores how the Kurdish women's movement, both in Iraq and in the Kurdish diaspora, has helped shape the current battle against honor-related violence

This timely and detailed examination of the intersections of feminism, labor politics, and global studies reveals how women across the world are transforming labor unions. Situating specific case studies within broad feminist topics, Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow concentrate on union...

Am Beispiel der deutschen chemischen Industrie, einer mittelständisch, aber international orientierten Branche untersuchen wir, in welchem Umfang bei der Abwicklung internationaler Aktivitäten auf Auslandsentsendungen zurückgegriffen wird. Wir zeigen, dass dies deutlich seltener geschieht,...

This study provides the first comparative evidence of foreign and domestic acquisitions in Germany. A propensity score matching approach combined with a difference-in-difference estimator were performed separately for foreign and domestic acquisitions to account for a general takeover effect....

This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most important FDI inflow destinations worldwide. Using a new database from German official statistics, unconditional comparisons as well as binary response model estimations of takeover...