This report presents the results of a review of the economic literature on selected developmental aspects of international trade trends and trade policies in less developed countries between 2000 and 2011. The views expressed are those which were considered by the authors of this report as...

Wegen wachsender Globalisierung engagierten sich zunächst vor allem international operierende Konzerne mit Direktinvestitionen in ausländischen Standorten. Unter Direktinvestitionen versteht man im Allgemeinen Kapitalanlagen im Ausland, die aus der Gründung eines Unternehmens, der Beteiligung...

Diese Arbeit analysiert den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Spezialisierungsgrad einer Ökonomie und dem Level des Pro-Kopf-Einkommens, und prüft insbesondere die Hypothese eines U-förmigen Zusammenhanges zwischen diesen Größen. In der betreffenden Literatur werden theoretische Argumente und...

The Petroleum Marketing Monthly (PMM) provides information and statistical data on a variety of crude oils and refined petroleum products. The publication presents statistics on crude oil costs and refined petroleum products sales for use by industry, government, private sector analysts,...

The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with the ability of firms in a given location to respond to changes in external markets, production techniques and material supplies often determined by the local provision of...

It is becoming increasingly clear, at least on a theoretical level, that modelers of the potential impacts of climate change must impose that change upon the world as it will be configured sometime in the future rather than confine their attention to considerations of what would happen to the...

Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a Mexican business that a US company can hold, joint ventures are more attractive now than they had been in the past. This study provides preliminary information for US renewable...

Demand-side management or DSM refers to active efforts by electric and gas utilities to modify customers` energy use patterns. The experience in the US shows that utilities, when provided with appropriate incentives, can provide a powerful stimulus to energy efficiency in the private sector....