1. Special Economic Zones Unpacked -- 2. Regulatory and Institutional Framework of Special Economic Zones -- 3. Chinese Experiences on Special Economic Zones -- 4. Overview of Special Economic Zones in Africa. 5. Assessing the Outcomes in Special Economic Zones in Africa -- 6. A Review of the...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Domestic Institutions and the Political Economy of International Agreements: A Survey and Hypotheses -- Chapter 3. Domestic Institutions and the Ratification of International Agreements in a Panel of Democracies -- Chapter 4. Choosing to Be Constrained:...

Chapter 1: The importance of Dynamic Capabilities in the Post North African Market Survival of African SME International New Ventures (INVs) -- Chapter 2: Uncovering the role of institutional context for nascent entrepreneurial ventures -- Chapter 3: The interaction between family businesses and...

1. Enduring Gaps between Public Preferences and Institutional Designs -- 2. Conceptualizing Enduring Gaps between Public Preferences and Institutional Designs -- 3. Researching Enduring Gaps in Comparative Research: The Data, the Methods, and the Cases -- 4. The Israeli Case: Israel’s...

This book tells the story of capacity building in Europe with respect to technology transfer offices and organizations (TTOs). The traditional underdevelopment of technology markets in Europe has often been explained in terms of lack of capacity and skills among technology transfer...

‘This extremely timely publication addresses an important knowledge gap in this era of shifting economic power and global imbalances. Entrepreneurship is central to the growing success of the wider African economy and understanding the importance of trust within developing relationships can...

This book presents a variety of research papers on factories’ locations, city systems, and regional development. Consisting of three parts, it provides insights into the locational aspects of firms’ activities from a strategic perspective. Part 1 discusses decision-making in the context of...

This book offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists’ ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active...