acquisitions to account for a general takeover effect. The study is based on new high-quality panel data for manufacturing …

The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German … manufacturing firms in 1986, 1990 and 1996. The paper draws a stylised picture of the regional structure of West German FDI … involvement in the manufacturing sector. The present participation in glocalisation benefits and the mid term development …

the manufacturing and service sectors. Specifically, employing a bivariate probit model based on survey data of …/or relocate production or other operations abroad. Generally, I find that SMEs from the manufacturing sector do more exporting …, manufacturing firms in the high-tech sector are far more likely to be engaged in internationalization activity than are service …