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 Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with...

This paper is based on research from an in-progress project on the effect ofglobalization on competition and jobs in the automotive industry.3 Its purpose is to gain aclearer picture of the emerging economic geography of automobile production. The projecthas found that automakers and their Tier...

There has been a recent trend toward the use of lifecycle analysis (LCA) as a decision-making tool for the automotive industry. However, the different practitioners` methods and assumptions vary widely, as do the interpretations put on the results. The lack of uniformity has been addressed by...

Successfully implementing ICT projects is a significant challenge for ICT managers. This paper addresses this problem by adding insights regarding critical success factors of B2B portals in the automotive industry to the existing knowledge in the field of ICT. It might be argued that if acompany...

Obgleich die traditionellen Bestimmungsfaktoren für ausländische Direktinvestitionen wie z.B. Marktgröße, Arbeitskosten und Niveau der Infrastruktur keineswegs generell an Bedeutung verloren haben, spielt heute die Existenz vorhandener regionaler Cluster eine ausschlaggebende Rolle für die...

The impressive and sustained growth of India's automobile industry in recent years has catapulted it into the league of the world's top-seven producers of four-wheelers. In the past decade, its exports have surged more than 25 percent a year on average. The turning point was arguably the 1991...

Society's concern over the negative impact of business activities on the naturalenvironment has significantly increased and, as a result, environmental regulationshave grown considerably both in number and scope. As these policies affectbusinesses and their competitive environment, firms are...

Die Globalisierung und höhere Marktheterogenität haben zu einer drastischen Zunahme der Produktkomplexität in der Automobilindustrie geführt. Ursache hierfür sind kürzere Modell-Lebenszyklen, eine stark gestiegene Modellvielfalt und zunehmende landesspezifische Produktanpassungen. Die...

Forschungsfragen:- Welche Voraussetzungen bzw. Bedingungen sind im Menschen selbst und in seiner Umgebung vorhanden/müssen geschaffen und gefördert werden, damit er bereit ist, sich aktiv an Innovationsprozessen zu beteiligen?- Wie ist dies durch Maßnahmen zur konsequenten Förderung und...

We analyze issues arising from demand management in decentralized decision-making environments. We consider logistics systems and supply chains, where companies' operations are handled with independent entities whose decisions affect the performance of the overall system. In the first study, we...