This paper investigates the reasons behind what has been termed the ‘Oulu Phenomenon‘ in Northern Finland. Over the past two to three decades the city of Oulu has transformed its economy from dependency on timber, paper and pulp industries into one based on High Technology, notably,...

The thesis examines advertising behaviour and quality-setting behaviour at the firm level. In both cases economic theory is used to discover theoretically optimal behaviour patterns which may then be compared with the behaviour patterns exhibited by firms operating in the real world. The...

How China will contribute to global governance has become a critical question in international relations, amplified by the linkages between the Covid-19 pandemic, escalating geopolitical contest and multilateralism in crisis. China has been doubling down on its authoritarian model of domestic...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure connectivity and other projects are presented in much of the discourse as a grand strategy to trap developing nations in debt, to exert asymmetric power and construct a new world economic order. The asymmetric relationship between China and...

1. There are fields in which complex interdependence will likely continue, while there are also fields in which a highly normative, geopolitical contest is underway that potentially undermines interdependence. 2. In international finance, a shared risk approach was demonstrated by the emergence...

Míg az Európai Unió az Egyesült Államokhoz szorosan illeszkedő, ambiciózus regionális integrációs és kölcsönös függési kísérletet képvisel, továbbra sem világos, hogy Oroszország viszonylagos hanyatlásával és Kína felemelkedésével milyen regionalizációs trendek...

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a multilateral development bank established in 2016 with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia, by investing in sustainable infrastructure and other productive sectors. By bostering finance for development, the bank promises...