China is still a poor developing country. Since 1978, when the economy started to move in a more market-oriented direction, China has grown to become an influential player in the global economy. China has actively aimed to take part in the international division of labour. For example, in 2002...

China is still a poor developing country. Since 1978, when the economy started to move in a more market-oriented direction, China has grown to become an influential player in the global economy. China has actively aimed to take part in the international division of labour. For example, in 2002...

The study shows that the exceptional drop in volume of Finland's GDP in 2009 - as much as 8 per cent -was to a large extent due to huge decline in exports and production of one industry, ICT. The contribution of ICT (or electronics and electro-technical industry) to GDP decline was close to two...

The report analyses the impacts of globalization on competitiveness of national economies, industries and firms. The focus is in mechanical and electrical engineering and machinery. Global division of labor has significantly changed over the past few decades when the large emerging economies -...

The euro crisis has rekindled questions about the advantages and disadvantages of membership in the European Monetary Union. In the Northern periphery of the EU, the different monetary regime choices of Finland and Sweden have created a particularly interesting testing ground for the benefits of...