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Dilemmas of development and the environment in a globalizing world: theory, policy and praxis

Simon, David - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 1, pp. 5-41

globalization. Many prevailing conventional wisdoms are inadequate, and we need more nuanced and contextual approaches in addressing …

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NGOs and poverty reduction in a globalizing world: perspectives from Ghana

Porter, Gina - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 2, pp. 131-145

This paper is concerned with the factors that influence and constrain NGO contributions to poverty reduction in a globalizing world, focusing on their role as transmitters of grounded knowledge about poverty in very poor countries. Interviews with staff in 33 NGOs in Ghana, a country where the...

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Development challenges for a resurgent African diaspora

Davies, Rebecca - In: Progress in Development Studies 10 (2010) 2, pp. 131-144

This article seeks to explore the politics of an increasingly prominent African diaspora. It does so by locating the growing debate on diasporas and development in a broader political economy context to provide a historical understanding of how the African diaspora, and its contribution to...

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Globalization: understanding complexity

Cole, Ken - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 4, pp. 323-338

there has been interest in the study of a complex, emerging order within the process of globalization. This paper reviews …

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The Factorial Mirror (FAM) Concept of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and the Firm Impact Sphere (FIP)

Abouzeedan, Adli - In: Global Business Review 11 (2010) 1, pp. 35-64

E-globalization is a terminology of high significance when focusing on smaller firm mechanisms of survival and growth …

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economics of online recruitment, the

Thomas, Catherine - Palgrave Macmillan

Online recruitment describes hiring workers who were initially selected via the Internet. The practice is now widespread, with a majority of US jobseekers undertaking some online job search activity. The online intermediaries that allow employers and employees to connect with each other, leading...

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Regionalization vs. Globalization

Hirata, Hideaki; Kose, M. Ayhan; Otrok, Christopher - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

declined over the same period. In short, the recent era of globalization has witnessed the emergence of regional business …

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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Banking Globalization

Claessens, Stijn; Horen, Neeltje van - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

Although cross-border bank lending has fallen sharply since the crisis, extending our bank ownership database from 1995-2009 up to 2013 shows only limited retrenchment in foreign bank presence. While banks from OECD countries reduced their foreign presence (but still represent 89% of foreign...

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Innovation and entrepreneurship in the global economy

Karlsson, Charlie; Gråsjö, Urban; Wixe, Sofia - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2014

Much of the discussion about globalization has been held at a rather superficial macro-economic level. Discussions … about globalization dealing with the meso- and micro-economic level, i.e. the level of regions and companies, have been much … less common. Many of the discussions of globalization at the meso- and micro-economic level have also been biased in the …

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US Special Safeguard on Imports of Tires from China: Imposing Pain for Little Gain

Charnovitz, Steve; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

In 2009, the United States imposed additional tariffs for a three-year period on imports of automotive tires from China under a special-safeguard provision included in China’s Protocol of Accession to the WTO. China challenged the measure in the WTO. The case marked the first WTO dispute in...

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