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...

The lack of systematic knowledge on the SMEs training practices could be explained by the lack of financial resources and the low-motivation of managers to invest in skill development. This is the so-called "competence paradox", according to which firms investing in their employees' competence...