International Investment Instruments
International Investment Instruments

Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Division on Transnational Corporations and Investment

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9789211126648

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This is the 13th volume in the series which contains a collection of international instruments relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and transnational corporations (TNCs). It is divided into three parts which cover: additional regional instruments; investment-related provisions in a number of additional free trade, economic partnership arrangements and framework agreements not covered in previous volumes; and the text of a number of additional prototype bilateral treaties for the promotion and protection of foreign investments (BITs) not covered in previous volumes.

Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis
Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis

Author: Richard E. Caves

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-01-26

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521478588

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This book surveys the contributions that economic analysis has made to our understanding of why multinational enterprises exist.

Evolutionary Economics
Evolutionary Economics

Author: Marc R. Tool

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-24

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1315492997

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This two-volume work is intended to map the theoretical heartland of the institutionalist perspective on political economy. Volume I, "Foundations of Institutional Thought", identifies the origins of institutional economics and explores the primary analytical tools in its development. The papers included in Volume II, "Institutional Theory and Policy", consider basic economic processes, institutions for stabilizing and planning economic activities, the role of power and accountability, and emerging global interdependence. Marc R. Tool is the editor of "Journal of Economic Issues".

The International Trade Policy for Technology Transfers
The International Trade Policy for Technology Transfers

Author: Yi Shin Tang

Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9041128255

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This book provides a robust guideline to both policymakers and researchers wishing to identify and categorize the factors that influence the process of technology flows across national boundaries, as well as the economic theories and legal arguments that may support a given position in international forums. In particular, the work discusses how certain negotiation strategies may optimally deal with such barriers and lead to more effective institutional arrangements in the current global geography of technological development.

Capacity-building In Science And Technology In The Third World
Capacity-building In Science And Technology In The Third World

Author: Shahid M. Shahidullah

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-02-22

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0429714408

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Traditional strategies of technical assistance, technology transfer, appropriate technology, and self-reliance for science and technology development in the Third World, cannot be successfully implemented until Third World countries improve their fundamental organization of science and technology. In order to make those improvements - a process kno