Vietnam has integrated into global value chains through the establishment of special economic zones (SEZs). This paper examines the local labour-market impacts of this programme, building on a unique dataset of SEZs in combination with labour force survey (LFS) data. Using historical satellite...

More and more companies are using RFID radio chip technology to boost their competitiveness. Yet RFID not only enhances the efficiency of the company deploying it. It also promotes innovativeness in the economy as a whole. Nevertheless, not every RFID project driven by a technological vision...

This paper tries to analyse some important and present aspects of the European Union situation in the innovation activity, relatively to its main competitors on the global market: USA, Japan and China. The study shows that, although EU has been for many years behind USA and Japan and before...

The paper analyzes the experience of the Central and East European candidate countries with respect to major macro-level changes in the structure of their economy relevant for their catching up. More precisely, the production and utilization sides of the GDP, as well as the structure of...

[Vorwort] Heute verengt internationales Investitionsrecht ein ursprünglich weites Feld ausschließlich auf Schutz ausländischer Eigentumspositionen in einem investitionsaufnehmenden Gaststaat. Diese einseitige Lesart vernachlässigt solchem Schutz entgegenstehende öffentliche Interessen und...

The study provides new evidence on the effect of financial openness on FDI inflows in Nigeria using data that span the period from 1981 to 2016. The FMOLS estimator is employed. The study finds that financial openness is negatively and significantly related to FDI inflows, but its interaction...

How does an authoritarian donor's domestic political economy shape its aid practices? We probe into the case of China, the largest authoritarian donor in the world, and contend that the regime survival imperative drives China's aid policies to prioritize commercial interests and sustain the...

The last decade’s Reforms in post-communist countries demonstrated, the aid proved to be most efficient in the countries where due to a timely schedule and consistency in reform implementation, governments can easily do without it. In case of Russia both the reformists and officials of...

Attempts to develop Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks came late to Russia and the outcomes have differed greatly from the expectations of standard models. This paper examines the impact of institutional and cultural peculiarities in the Russian context on the development of these...