In the epoch of globalization, small or medium-sized national companies have great difficulties in finding an appropriate place for themselves in global labor division systems. They most frequently apply either strategies that help them becoming part of global value chains as regular suppliers,...

This article deals with the role of Foreign Direct Investment in connection with the globalization process. Two sets of changes are taking place worldwide. First: the increasingly common expectations of investors, managers, and even consumers in countries and regions with widely varied economic...