China´s entry into the global economy is universally accepted as a defining feature of this new century. Much debate has focused on the impact its economy is having on world market prices, both as producer and consumer. This ´China Price´ effect puts tremendous pressure on Western...

This paper show that work on international market regulation has paid insufficient attention to the critical role played by domestic political and regulatory institutions. Existing literature emphasizes the role of market power, determined by market size, in analyzing international regulatory...

While most work on corporate political activity focuses on the domestic arena, globalization has raised the business salience of international policymaking such that firms increasingly engage in international political processes as well. Political dynamics in the two arenas follow different...

Internet telephony (VOIP) has the potential to transform the world of voice communications more profoundly than anything since the invention of the telephone itself. As telecommunications incumbents and a range of new entrants begin rolling out commercial VOIP services, policymakers around the...

The COVID crisis has forced policymakers to design new and comprehensive rescue programmes under huge time pressure. This task has required innovative policy thinking and the pursuit of new kinds of collaboration. The handling of the pandemic, however, also provides valuable lessons on how to...