This book provides a study on the impact of Brexit on international competitiveness and in doing so, presents a theoretical account of regional disintegration. In recent decades, the theory of regional economic integration has expanded following growing integration processes taking place not...

More than half of the world's sovereign states are small economies. The majority are in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin. For small economies, the globalization process involves opportunities, but also important risks because of their vulnerability and lack of diversification. This...

This book gathers a diverse range of novel research on modeling innovation policies for sustainable economic development, based on a selection of papers from a conference on modeling innovation systems and technologies (MIST). It aims at encouraging interdisciplinary and comparative approaches,...

Internationaler Wettbewerb ist heutzutage eher der Normalfall als eine Ausnahmeerscheinung für viele Unternehmen. Um unter den verschärften Wettbewerbsbedingungen langfristig überleben zu können, bedarf es von Unternehmensseite der Genese adäquater internationaler strategischer...

Produktinnovationen gelten in vielen Branchen als zentraler Faktor für das Wachstum und den Erfolg von Unternehmen. Innovationsfähigkeit von Unternehmen ist in diesem Zusammenhang ein beliebtes Schlagwort, das für erfolgreiche Innovationen steht, inhaltlich aber nur selten konkretisiert wird....

Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Wettbewerbsfaktoren von Tourismusdestinationen -- Räume als Wettbewerbseinheiten -- Destinationen in der Praxis: Zwischen Wettbewerbseinheit, Region und Lebensraum -- Bürgerbeteiligung und ihr Beitrag zur Zukunftsfähigkeit von Destinationen.

This book covers the multi-faceted incentives, trade-offs, and challenges associated with the economics and politics of resource efficiency investments. By contributing a wide range of empirical evidence, practitioners' insights, and policy perspectives, this book carefully examines the role of...

This book focuses on East Asia, which has been attracting FDI and a centre of industrial agglomeration, and because of this, the production structure in the world has been dynamically transforming. This book analyzes this world trend and provides a framework for strategy that is required not...

Introduction -- Innovation in Low-Tech Industries: Current Conditions and Future Prospects -- Economic Relevance and the Future Potential of Non-R&D-Intensive Industries -- Patent Activities in Non-R&D-Intensive Technology Areas -- The Development of Qualification and Employment Structures in...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Technology Standards and Competition in the Mobile Industry by Kirti Gupta -- Chapter 3. Standard Setting Organizations and Competition Laws: Lessons and Suggestions from the United States by Donald E. Knebel -- Chapter 4. FRAND Commitments and Royalties for...