This book offers an important contribution to the contemporary debate on the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in economic development in an increasingly globalizing, knowledge-intensive and alliance-based world economy

The contributors to this volume explore the emerging patterns of SME growth and international expansion in response to the evolving competitive environment, dynamics of competitive behavior, entrepreneurial processes and formulation of strategy

Wirtschaft ist ein dynamischer Prozess: Nur wer sich ständig wandelnden Bedingungen anpasst und sich positiv in den kontinuierlichen Strukturwandel einbringt, kann erfolgreich bleiben - das gilt für den Einzelnen ebenso wie für Unternehmen und ganze Volkswirtschaften. Die Broschüre...

1. International business in a changing world environment -- 2. Whither global capitalism? -- 3. Some paradoxes of the emerging global economy : the multinational solution -- 4. Globalization, economic restructuring and development -- 5. Regions, globalization and the knowledge-based economy :...

The current trend towards globalization is posing a substantial challenge to SME clusters to restructure and reach out to distant markets and knowledge sources, while at the same time exploiting the advantages of local factors and agglomeration. This book represents a first attempt to analyze...