The objective of the Indonesian economic policy is to alleviate poverty and increase employment. The existence of Free trade zone area or special zones (SEZ) have been proven to help countries in fostering economic growth. Some of the key characteristics of successful zones are that they offer...

This paper presents an application-oriented theoretical platform and a new model, providing adequate approaches to solving boundary-spanning challenges for regional growth, strengthening competitiveness, sustainability and development of building conservation. Research on such a comprehensive...

An equation characterizing the stability loss in elastoplastic deformation is proposed for a complex stress state under the influence of the transverse-deformation coefficient. The influence of the transverse-deformation coefficient on the radius of the plastic zone at the crack tip is...

The Introduction posted here is from the author's book on "Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012), posted on SSRN by permission of the author and publisher.Within the last few years small and large international companies in all corners of the...

In this paper, we study the impact of a French enterprise zones program -- the "Zones Franches Urbaines'" (ZFUs) policy -- on establishment location decisions. Our empirical analysis is based on a micro-geographic dataset that provides exhaustive information on the location of establishments in...

Müasir dövrdə Xüsusi İqtisadi Zonalar (XİZ) xarici ticarət strategiyasının vacib elementlərindən biridir. Belə ki, XİZ yerli və xarici kapitalın cəlb olunmasına, ixracın genişlənməsinə, valyuta ehtiyatlarının artmasına, yeni texnologiyalara çıxma imkanına və...

Departing from the previous focus on negative involvements of business in the political economy of war and its role in fuelling or causing conflict, transnational corporations are increasingly expected to contribute to conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict peace building. This...