Seemingly, there is a general belief that successful business deals are partly based on cultural awareness, sensitivity and understanding. Although the terms may imply similar definitions, they have slightly different meanings which seem to reflect distinct degrees of knowledge regarding cultural differences. …

This paper revisits how and why new multinational knowledge-based strategies and multi-level governmental policies influence the upgrading process of regions in developing economies. Automotive multinationals traditionally exploited local asset conditions, but it is shown that they have also been contributing …

Artikel van Ger Brinks en Anton Luiken van het Saxion-lectoraat Smart Functional Materials. Grondstoffenschaarste is een van de grootste uitdagingen voor de textielindustrie. Dit wordt veroorzaakt door afnemende of beperkte voorraden grondstoffen, olie, water en land terwijl de vraag toeneemt o.a. door …

Grondstoffen schaarste is een van de grootste uitdagingen voor de textielindustrie. Dit wordt veroorzaakt door afnemende of beperkte voorraden grondstoffen, olie, water en land terwijl de vraag toeneemt o.a. door toenemende welvaart en industriële activiteit zoals bijv. in China en India. Dit is een …

This research is a fundamental part of a Chilean government project called: "Sharing key success factors and experiences in trade in services for SMEs" which has been proposed to the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), with the aim of sharing experiences and key success factors which promote the …

The differences between Chinese aid and traditional aid can be found in all aspects of the traditional and Chinese aid policies. Significant differences have been illustrated in its history, principles and in the impact on the recipient countries. The landmarks in the historical development of the Chinese …

How to filter and combine all the incoming information from various technologic platforms to run daily project teams, track work flows and control server systems. The result of the graduation internship has been a working prototype of a Dashboard named “Panic Board”, which is useful for executives and …

Rational exportations warrant a multitude of sophisticated homework done in advance in an enterprise's homeland as prerequisite before the conscientious companies could embark on their discrepant exportation efforts. This report expounded hereinafter aims to furnish the author's internship assignment …

We empirically investigate the factors that drive the uneven regional distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) across Chinese provinces from 1995 to 2006. We first perform a factor analysis to summarize information embodied in around 40 variables and derive four FDI determinants: ‘institutional …