The definition and understanding of the Industry 4.0 concept vary widely in the literature and among practitioners. The objective of our research was to analyse the perceptions of Industry 4.0 in the Visegrad companies and the explanations for the differences thereof; and second, to compare...

Asian foreign direct investments are significant in the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). Statistics compiled by the OECD’s new balance of payments manual (BPM6) show that the FDI stock of Asian investors is significantly higher than the data on direct...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in advanced business services (ABSs), referred to here as the offshoring of white-collar jobs, has become one of the major developments in the operations of multinational corporations (MNCs). However, a specific theoretical approach to this phenomenon has not been...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Past developments and recent trends in offshoring of white-collar services -- 2 Conceptualisation of advanced business services and offshoring -- 3 Theory of offshoring of advanced business services -- 4 Business perspective on...

This is one of few books in the market dealing with offshoring of professional services, the dynamic phenomenon of high relevance in the global economy. The unique feature of the book is merging economic and business approaches to offshoring of professional services, so called offshoring of...