European Industrial Restructuring in the 1990s


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The restructuring of most European industries may have taken an irreversible turn. However, is this a turn in the right direction? Is European industry becoming more competitive? This book evaluates what has been accomplished to date and what the key remaining policy and managerial tasks are for the 1990s.










International Encyclopedia of Human Geography


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International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors—in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens. This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking. Presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on the topic of human geography Contains extensive scope and depth of coverage Emphasizes how geographers interact with, understand and contribute to problem-solving in the contemporary world Places an emphasis on how geography is relevant in a social and interdisciplinary context




Industrial Restructuring and Trade Reorientation in Eastern Europe


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This book examines the reorientation of foreign trade and industrial restructuring in Eastern Europe.




International Industrial Networks and Industrial Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe


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International Industrial Networks and Industrial Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe analyses the role of international industrial networks in industrial restructuring and corporate growth in central Europe, Russia and Ukraine. It shows that two distinct patterns of international industrial integration - domestic vs. foreign led modernisations - have developed in these two regions which have significant effects on patterns of growth and integration of these economies. International Industrial Networks and Industrial Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe is based on a number of industry and firm case studies which are analysed and interpreted within the current international business and political economy literature. The publication provides valuable insights to managers and policy-makers who are interested in understanding different strategic options for business activity in Central and East European countries. For the academic reader, it offers a new perspective on international, industrial networks in which theories on strategic management and on industry restructuring and corporate growth are merged into a new view of growth and transformation process.




Economic Evaluation of the Internal Market


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Estudio economico sobre las consecuencias del mercado unico. Analiza la evolucion de la economia europea desde la presentacion del programa del mercado unico hasta 1995, y la metodologia utilizada par su evaluacion. En capitulos a parte, examina los efectos del programa del mercado unico en el comercio y en la inversion directa, en la eficiencia y la competitividad, en la renta y el empleo, y en el crecimiento y la convergencia real. Contiene datos estadisticos y graficos. (pgp).




Bulgaria's Integration Into the Pan-European Economy and Industrial Restructuring


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(3) Exports of unskilled labor-intensive products continue towering over other exports even during the current expansionary phase. The composition of top performers in EU markets indicates the shift toward natural resource and capital-intensive products. Bulgaria's export offer in EU markets has begun shifting toward more processed goods, mostly products of electro-engineering sectors. Bulgarian producers have made significant strides in information communication technology products and automotive parts. Trade in parts and engineering products has displayed strong growth. The returns usually associated with liberal reforms, that is, gains in competitiveness combined with a shift toward products in line with the country's endowments in production factors began to surface only recently. In contrast to the period preceding the second transformational recession in 1996-97, gains in competitiveness derive from corporate and industrial restructuring and not from subsidies. "




Marketing Challenges in Transition Economies of Europe, Baltic States and the CIS


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Marketing Challenges in Transition Economies of Europe, Baltic States and the CIS is a collection of conceptual and empirical articles on the developments of markets, marketing orientation, and marketing strategy in the transition economies of Eastern and Central Europe, the Baltic States, and the CIS. This unique book includes conceptual frameworks and research studies that will illuminate topics, such as marketing institutional development, marketing orientation, and foreign direct investment to help you gain a better understanding of the current and future roles of marketing in transition economies.




Re-Constructing the Post-Soviet Industrial Region


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This book examines the political economy of attempts to restructure the Donbass, one of the Soviet Union's most important 'old economy' 'rustbelt' industrial regions. It shows how local interest groups have successfully frustrated the central government's and the World Bank's proposed market-oriented restructuring, and how a manufacturing-based regional economy is surviving, partially, with restructuring postponed.