In this paper, a survey of scheduling problems with due windows is presented. The due window of a job is a generalization of the classical due date and it is a time interval in which this job should be finished. If the job is completed before or after the due window, it incurs an earliness or a...

This paper examines the scale and the scope of foreign-owned subsidiaries' local impact measured mainly by multiplier effects. Criticizing the political economy of offshoring from a host country perspective and the notion of “cathedrals in the desert”, the authors attempt to compare and...

This article introduces the main themes of the special issue on the role of business service foreign investment in Central and Eastern Europe and its propensity to upgrade regions and localities. The debate is firmly set in the context of an increasing emphasis on the knowledge economy. We point...