The 1990s brought surprising industrial development in emerging economies around the globe: firms in countries not previously known for their high-technology industries moved to the forefront in new Information Technologies (IT) by using different business models and carving out unique positions...

Die räumliche Entwicklung wird zunehmend als Teil der europäischen Integration verstanden. Um dieser Bedeutungszunahme Rechnung zu tragen, startete im Jahr 2002 das ESPON Programm 2006 (European Spatial Planning Observation Network). Wichtigstes Ziel des ESPON Programms ist es,...

Objectives, background, context -- Population trends in China and India: -- Demographic dividend or demographic drag? -- China-India: a macroeconomic assessment -- Science and technology -- Chinese & Indian defense and defense procurement spending to 2025 -- Conclusions and implications --...