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Globalization and labor market institutions: International empirical evidence

Potrafke, Niklas - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 3, pp. 829-842

A widespread concern is that labor market institutions erode in the course of globalization, which, in turn, decreases … employment and wages. By using panel data and cross-sectional data, I investigate the influence of globalization on labor market … regulation. I use the indicators of labor market institutions by Gwartney et al. (2012) and the KOF indices of globalization. To …

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Have the returns to education really increased in Vietnam? Wage versus employment effect

Oostendorp, Remco H.; Doan, Quang Hong - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 3, pp. 923-938

, effectively ignoring the fact that during globalization not only wages but also employment patterns are affected. In this paper we …

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EFFECTS AND EVOLUTION OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS ON THE EMERGENT ECONOMIES

TANASCOVICI, Marinela; HAGIU, Alina - In: CrossCultural Management Journal (2013) 27, pp. 212-220

FDIs have also entailed a series of political implications in addition to the economic effects, especially in the context of the accession of Central and Eastern European countries to the European Union.According to the specialists, for a given country, intense growth periods are characterized...

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EDUCATION AND COMPETITIVENESS IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA

Ioan, Popa; Gabriela, Belu Mihaela; Mihai, Paraschiv Dorel - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2013) 1, pp. 167-174

The educational system is one of the important factors in creating and developing the competitive forces of a country. The higher education provides the socio-economic environment with two basic services: teaching and research. The duality marks an entire history for higher education, but...

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GLOBAL COMPETITION AND ROMANIA'S NATIONAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Alexandru, Pop Nicolae; Florin, Draghescu; Vlad, Rosca - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2013) 1, pp. 1807-1814

capital becoming more international and increasingly less and less national. We are witnessing the globalization of markets …

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THE ECONOMY IN BIHOR COUNTY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS

Florica, Stefanescu; Delia, Bekesi - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2013) 1, pp. 551-560

Abstract: This paper proposes an approach of the relationship local-global in terms of the response of local economy to the challenges of the present economic and financial crisis. We reviewed some ideas from the specialty literature on the topic of the paper and we developed a case study on...

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The Economic Crisis ¡ªA Constant Pressure on Tourism

Mazilu, Mirela - In: Review of Economics & Finance 1 (2011) November, pp. 43-56

It is a well-known fact that tourism involves commercial exchanges, commitments, development and cultural sustainability, towards the tranquillity and the satisfaction of the people's aspirations. The world crisis means a moment of incertitude, but opens, also, immense possibilities. It is true...

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The Glocalization of English

Shi, Xiuhua - In: Journal of Developing Societies 29 (2013) 2, pp. 89-122

The spread of English around the world provides an ideal focus for the study of glocalization. Focusing on the glocalization of English as it has spread in the context of Mainland China, this article examines the nature and impact of the social transformations that have taken place as a result...

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Global Ambition and Human Resource Reorientation of Indian and Malaysian Managers: Some Indicative Empirical Evidence

Chatterjee, Samir Ranjan; Pearson, Cecil A.L.; Liu, Yi - In: Vision 17 (2013) 2, pp. 105-117

pressures of globalization. …

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Why did Greece block the Euro-Atlantic integration of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia? An Analysis of Greek Foreign Policy Behaviour Shifts

Kechagiaras, Yannis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This essay analyses shifts in Greek foreign policy behaviour with regard to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from the early 1990s to the late 2000s, with a particular emphasis on the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit. In this paper, I attempt to provide an understanding of foreign policy...

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