Foreword -- Introduction -- The emergence and success factors of fast internationalizers: cases from Estonia / Tiia Vissak -- First mover advantages in Central and Eastern Europe: a comparative analysis of performance measures / Kristian Jakobsen -- Internationalization of the biggest Finnish...

Examines the effects which the institutional environment – particularly property and land‐use planning matters – may have on the process of retail internationalisation. Three North American retail and leisure providers currently expanding into western Europe are discussed – Wal‐Mart...

The major limiting factor on any retailer attempting to enter the German market is likely to be the lack of available property. As a consequence, it is very unlikely that in the event of a company entering the German market on its own, any significant market presence for at least several years...

Analyses and clarifies the concept of federalism outside such limited paradigmatic boundaries and includes the relevant social and economic variables. Applies a holistic and interdisciplinary methodology in the framework of the processes of general culture evolution to interrelate the social,...

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Series Foreword -- 1 Introduction: Still More Questions Than Answers -- 2 A Picture of European Unemployment: Success and Failure -- 3 The Continent's High Unemployment: Possible Institutional Causes and Some Evidence -- 4 From Excess to Shortage-Recent...