Multinational companies are crucial actors in a global knowledge-based economy, combining the advantages of global and locally coordinated production and innovation strategies with specific regional and national factors. This book questions how MNCs can best exploit institutionally embedded...

Europe has become a dominant frame for the generation, regulation and perception of social inequalities. This trend was solidified by the current economic crisis, which is characterized by increasing inequalities between central and peripheral countries and groups. By analysing the double...

Die friedliche Wiedervereinigung von Ost- und Westeuropa war einer der größten Glücksfälle der europäischen Geschichte. Aber mit der Osterweiterung ist die europäische Integration nicht vollendet. Die Gratwanderung zwischen Vertiefung und Erweiterung, zwischen wirtschaftlicher...