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...

Biographical note: WilkenfeldHarold C.: Mr. Wilkenfeld is Chief of the Review Section, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice. He is a consultant on tax administration to the Division of Public Finance and Financial Institutions of the United Nations and to the Fiscal Affairs...

We study how immigrants' retirement expectations and behavior are affected by formal retirement institutions in their country of origin. The analysis combines newly collected world-wide gender-specific data on retirement age regulations with individual-level panel data from across Europe....

Welche Rolle spielen nichtstaatliche Akteure, sogenannte »Proxys«, in staatlichen Cyberkonflikten? Und wie unterscheidet sich regimetypenspezifisch das (De-)Eskalationsmanagement? Kerstin Zettl-Schabath vergleicht mithilfe eines umfassenden Datensatzes für die Jahre 2000-2019 die staatlichen...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Prelude -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The theatrics of the 'state': An introduction -- From a 'missing' state to the 'theatrical' state -- Theorizing the theater -- Ethnography of the 'theater of...