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Upgrading the System of Innovation in Late-Industrialising Countries -The Role of Transnational Corporations in Thailand's Manufacturing Sector

Martin Berger - 2005

The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailands manufacturing sector and compares them with...

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Benevolent benefactor or insensitive regulator? Tracing the role of government policies in the development of India's automobile industry

East-West Center, Honolulu - Technische Universität Harburg / …

The impressive and sustained growth of India's automobile industry in recent years has catapulted it into the league of … might have been subdued, if the Government of India had not played a pivotal role in the industry's evolution. This apparent …

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Leaving the L-Space; Kundenintegration als Erklärungsansatz multinationaler Unternehmen im Dienstleistungssektor - Eine Weiterentwicklung des OLI-Modells

Radmacher-Nottelmann, Nils A. - 2010

Das Wachstum multinationaler Unternehmen (MNU) wird zunehmend durch Investitionen von Dienstleistungsunternehmen vorangetrieben. Die Produktion von Dienstleistungen unterscheidet sich allerdings in mehreren Aspekten von der Herstellung klassischer Industriegüter. Eine zentrale Eigenschaft ist...

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Excellent target : Indian investment in Germany recent developments and success factors

Tiwari, Rajnish; Herstatt, Cornelius - 2010

Indian firms lead the pack of emerging market investors in Germany, with about 188 subsidiaries providing employment to close to 23,500 people. This article provides an update on trends in Indian investment in Germany and examines the performance of Indian subsidiaries.

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Indian investments in Germany: motives, status-quo and trends

Tiwari, Rajnish - 2009

. A Deloitte report in 2007 cited India as the single largest source of FDI projects from emerging countries in Germany. …

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Recent Changes in the Japanese Wholesale System and the Importance of the Sogo Shosha

Larke, Roy; Davies, Keri - 2007

Interest in Japanese distribution as a field of academic study has waned in recent years, but there is a continuing … concern with the activities of Japan’s general trading companies or Sogo Shosha. This research has concentrated largely on … domestic distribution in Japan. …

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Creating Lean Suppliers: Diffusing Lean Production Through the Supply Chain

MacDuffie, John Paul; Helper, Susan - 2002

Honda of America has developed a comprehensive approach to teaching the principles of leanproduction to its suppliers … crossfunctional team of personel born Honda and thesupplier work intensively for week or even months on narrowly-targeted improvement … program in 1994 average productivity gains of 50% on lines reengineered by BP. However,Honda found there was high variation in …

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Reforms and foreign direct investment : possibilities and limits of public policy in attracting multinational corporations; a multiple case study of Romania and Croatia

Zühlke, Dietmar - 2009

Investment (FDI) by German and Austrian Multinational Corporations (MNCs). The research questions are: (1) What role can public … policy play in transition countries in attracting FDI, (2) what influence does public policy in transition countries have on … influence do different political actors have on FDI, and (5) what can be learnt from a cross-country analysis?II. Theoretical …

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Užsienio investicijos Lietuvoje: analizė ir perspektyvos

Meironaitė-Gudaitienė, Indrė - 2007

This paper examines foreign direct investment (FDI) in Lithuania, analyze the structure and range of investment during … regions. The paper analyse the efficiency of FDI on the development of national economy, based on relationship between FDI … and Lithuanian authors about the conditions and factors that effect FDI are overlooked here. The low regulations for FDI …

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Professor Kiyoshi Kojima's Contributions to FDI Theory: Trade, Structural Transformation, Growth, and Integration in East Asia

Ozawa, Terutomo - 2007

backdrop of the rapid catch-up of Japan's neighboring countries that capitalize initially on inward FDI-and subsequently on …Professor Kojima of Hitotsubashi University is a leading Japanese economist in international economics. Two of his … major ideas are reviewed: a theory of pro-trade FDI and an extended "flying-geese" theory of industrial development. Kojima …

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