The paper starts with a brief analysis of Hymer's early work on the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) and of his later work dealing with their effects on the nation-states, their governments, labour and the international division of labour. The paper then goes on to argue that the...

The rapid adoption of digital technologies is leading to structural changes in the business and economic environment putting pressure on the ability of industrial classifications to capture the structure of an economy. To understand the impact of these new technologies in the economy we first...