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Thede S: Foreign Direct Investment and
Corruption

Foreign Direct Investment and Corruption

Multinational Enterprises’ Behaviour in Corrupt Environments

Sustainable Development Goals Series

This book is open access, What makes people competent at work? This question is becoming complicated with the emergence of new technologies and the hastened pace of global economic exchanges. While there is less consensus about what people should know and be able to do to be rewarded in the workplace, the discussion about skills and competencies becomes even hotter among those who express concern about the gaps between the demands and supplies of "skilled" workforces.
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Given this situation, one of the main objectives of this book is to clarify the true nature of often-discussed "skills gaps", using the cases of manufacturing workers in the Global South. Instead of discussing the issues based on a broad, ambiguous understanding of human abilities, after an extensive, cross-disciplinary review of the literature and theorization, the book proposes a detailed classification of cognitive, non-cognitive (including socio-emotional skills and personality traits), and technical abilities. Then, it presents both contextually relevant and generalizable explanations about relationships among them. By doing so, the volume offers insights for policymakers and practitioners seeking ideas to reform their human resources development policies and practices.
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The second objective of the volume is to propose the analytical perspective of Realist-Constructivism, using the "skills gaps" analysis as the empirical case, to demonstrate its theoretical, conceptual, and practical capacities to overcome the dichotomy between induction and deduction through abductive reasoning with a set of instruments to collect data that enable such analysis.
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Empirical surveys, using a set of questionnaires and skills assessment we developed, were conducted in four countries in the Global South: Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, and Pakistan. With Realist-Constructivism, we can consider work-related competencies in close relation to the specific workplace requirements and culture, while situating them within broader industrial, economic, and regulatory frameworks. Our methods and instruments enable us to link the subjective epistemologies of competencies among individuals in the micro-ecologies of the workplace with the ontological realities of labor market opportunities and evaluations.

This book is open access, What makes people competent at work? This question is becoming complicated with the emergence of new technologies and the hastened pace of global economic exchanges. While there is less consensus about what people should know and be able to do to be rewarded in the workplace, the discussion about skills and competencies becomes even hotter among those who express concern about the gaps between the demands and supplies of "skilled" workforces.&nbsp;Given this situation, one of the main objectives of this book is to clarify the true nature of often-discussed "skills gaps", using the cases of manufacturing workers in the Global South. Instead of discussing the issues based on a broad, ambiguous understanding of human abilities, after an extensive, cross-disciplinary review of the literature and theorization, the book proposes a detailed classification of cognitive, non-cognitive (including socio-emotional skills and personality traits), and technical abilities. Then, it presents both contextually relevant and generalizable explanations about relationships among them. By doing so, the volume offers insights for policymakers and practitioners seeking ideas to reform their human resources development policies and practices.&nbsp;The second objective of the volume is to propose the analytical perspective of Realist-Constructivism, using the "skills gaps" analysis as the empirical case, to demonstrate its theoretical, conceptual, and practical capacities to overcome the dichotomy between induction and deduction through abductive reasoning with a set of instruments to collect data that enable such analysis.&nbsp;Empirical surveys, using a set of questionnaires and skills assessment we developed, were conducted in four countries in the Global South: Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, and Pakistan. With Realist-Constructivism, we can consider work-related competencies in close relation to the specific workplace requirements and culture, while situating them within broader industrial, economic, and regulatory frameworks. Our methods and instruments enable us to link the subjective epistemologies of competencies among individuals in the micro-ecologies of the workplace with the ontological realities of labor market opportunities and evaluations.

A Realist-Constructivism Analysis of Work Competencies in the Global South

Mitigating the “Skills Gaps”

Thema dieses Lehrbuches sind Zustandekommen und Auswirkung wirtschaftspolitischer Entscheidungen. Der erste Teil stellt die allokationstheoretischen Grundlagen dar, die bei der Diskussion von Wirtschaftspolitik nützlich sind. Zunächst werden mögliche Zielsetzungen staatlicher Wirtschaftspolitik diskutiert. Anschließend wird hinterfragt, wo die Grenzen staatlichen Wirtschaftens gezogen werden sollten. Der zweite Teil beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, warum in einer Demokratie bestimmte wirtschaftspolitische Entscheidungen getroffen werden. Es werden grundlegende formale Modelle demokratischer Entscheidungsprozesse dargestellt. Ein besonderes Gewicht dieser politisch-ökonomischen Analyse liegt auf Theorien, die das Zustandekommen oder das Scheitern von Reformen untersuchen. Außerdem werden theoretische Modelle der politischen Einflussnahme von Interessengruppen vorgestellt. Im dritten Teil geht es um Anwendungen der polit-ökonomischen Grundmodelle auf wichtige wirtschaftspolitische Entscheidungen. Das Buch ist als eigenständige Grundlage für eine Einführung in die Wirtschaftspolitik in einem anspruchsvollen Bachelorstudium gedacht. Es kann aber auch in Verbindung mit der Lektüre weiterführender Literatur als ein Ausgangspunkt für einen Kurs im Masterstudium genutzt werden.

Allokationstheoretische Grundlagen und politisch-ökonomische Analyse

Wirtschaftspolitik

The Rise of the Modern Stock Marketplace

A Century of North American Stock Markets

Online abuse in sport has become a pervasive global challenge, affecting athletes, teams, officials, and sporting communities across all levels of competition. Despite growing awareness, scholarly attention has largely concentrated on hate speech, leaving other critical forms of abuse underexplored. This open access edited collection addresses this gap by offering a comprehensive examination of the multifaceted nature of online abuse in sport, structured around seven categories identified by Kurt Thomas: toxic content, content leakage, overloading, false reporting, impersonation, surveillance, and lockout and control. The volume comprises eight chapters, beginning with an introductory overview of online abuse in sport, followed by chapters that explore each category in depth. Each chapter defines the forms of abuse within its scope and discusses the key themes, impact, and potential solutions. By expanding the focus beyond traditional notions of online hate, this book provides an integrated and critical assessment of the diverse manifestations of online abuse in sport. It serves as an essential reference for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers seeking to understand, prevent, and respond to online harms in sporting contexts.Theo Lynn
 is Full Professor of Digital Business at DCU Business School, Ireland. He specialises in the role of digital technologies in transforming business and society and his main teaching areas are strategy and digital marketing.
 &nbsp;Gary Sinclair
 is an Associate Professor in Marketing and is the Associate Dean for Internationalisation at DCU Business School, Ireland. His research focuses on consumer culture primarily in the contexts of music, technology, sport and sustainability.
 &nbsp;Katie Liston
 is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Sport, Ulster University, UK. Her research is on gendered online hate, and on the education and training of sports journalists and professional footballers around the management of online hate.
 &nbsp;David Hassan
 is Professor of Sport Policy and Management at Ulster University, UK, specialising in the governance of international sporting bodies. He supports the research and development agenda of the FIA, including its advocacy for safeguarding drivers, volunteers and officials.

The Game Beyond the Screen

Combating Online Abuse in Sports

Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee

This open access contributed volume connects the moral arguments for universal basic income (UBI) with the empirical evidence from recent experiments. Examining the costs and benefits of various models, the book bridges the gap between the moral arguments for, and the empirical evidence from, international UBI experiments.
Chapters investigate the long-term impacts of UBI on labor markets, social cohesion, and institutional trust. The volume includes detailed studies of UBI experiments conducted in the US, Europe, and other regions. Contributors analyze the wide range of outcomes, such as changes in work hours, educational achievements, caregiving activities, stress levels, hospitalization rates, food security, crime rates, and adolescent behavior. Chapters explore the ecological impacts of UBI, considering how it might affect consumption patterns and contribute to a just ecological transition. This multidisciplinary approach provides a balanced examination of UBI from multiple perspectives.
The book provides insights into the financial costs and benefits of UBI, its effects on various social indicators, and its potential to foster a more equitable society. Readers will gain a deep understanding of the economic, social, and ecological implications surrounding UBI.
Roberto Merrill&nbsp;is an assistant professor in moral and political philosophy at the University of Minho. He is Head of the Department of Philosophy and Researcher at the Centre for Ethics, Politics, and Society. Merrill co-coordinates the research project on UBI experiments known as UBIEXP. He is a coeditor of&nbsp;Political Neutrality&nbsp;(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and a coauthor of&nbsp;Basic Income Experiments&nbsp;(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).
Catarina Neves is a postdoctoral researcher for the Ethics Institute at the University of Utrecht. She was an invited teaching assistant at Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, where she was a lecturer for ethics courses. Neves is a coauthor of&nbsp;Basic Income Experiments&nbsp;(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).

This open access volume connects the moral arguments for universal basic income (UBI) with the empirical evidence from recent experiments focused on UBI. Examining the costs and benefits associated with UBI, the book bridges the gap between the moral arguments for UBI and the empirical evidence from international UBI experiments. The resulting text will help readers evaluate the viability of UBI as a sustainable policy solution.With contributions from economists, philosophers, sociologists, and more, the book highlights different models for UBI and examines the trade-offs involved. Chapters investigate the long-term impacts of UBI on labor markets, social cohesion, and institutional trust.&nbsp;By integrating empirical evidence with ongoing moral debates, the book analyzes the potential of UBI.The volume includes detailed studies of UBI experiments conducted in the US, Europe, and other regions. Contributors analyze the wide range of outcomes, such as changes in work hours, educational achievements, caregiving activities, stress levels, hospitalization rates, food security, crime rates, and adolescent behavior. Chapters explore the ecological impacts of UBI, considering how it might affect consumption patterns and contribute to a just ecological transition. This multidisciplinary approach provides a balanced examination of UBI from multiple perspectives.Determining the Value of Universal Basic Income
 provides insights into the financial costs and benefits of UBI, its effects on various social indicators, and its potential to foster a more equitable society.&nbsp;Readers will gain a deep understanding of the economic, social, and ecological implications surrounding UBI.

Political Feasibility, Ecological Impact, Economic Realities, and Research Methodologies

Determining the Value of Universal Basic Income

For a long time, it has not only been sociologists, historians, and some heterodox economists who criticize the model of complete rationality. For the increasingly influential branch of behavioral economics, it is precisely the frequently observed "irrationality" of economic actors that constitutes the central point of departure for analysis. Anyone who still searches for the economically rational human being, the 
 homo oeconomicus
 , will find him, among other places, in financial advice literature. However, in this particular literary genre, unlike his scholarly counterpart, he does not embody an abstract principle of economic action or a hypothesis to be empirically tested concerning the behavior of real actors. Rather, he presents himself as a normative ideal and model to which "smart," "forward-looking," and "eager-to-learn" readers are encouraged to orient themselves. Philipp Neeb examines a corpus of approximately 200 historical and contemporary works of financial advice in German and English regarding the question of how norms and criteria of rational decision-making in dealing with money have been communicated under specific historical conditions. The underlying perspective is that of the sociology of knowledge. The specific selectivity with which financial advice literature asks for criteria of rationality for monetary decisions corresponds, according to the author's thesis, to an overemphasis of economic roles and economic concerns over all other relevant roles and life contexts. It is thus simultaneously an expression of a popular 
 reflection theory
 of the economy.

Zu einer Wissenssoziologie schriftlicher Finanzberatung

Die Rationalisierung der Wünsche

Geld regiert die Welt - aber nach welchen Regeln eigentlich? Die Wirtschaftspublizistin Samirah Kenawi legt offen, warum Geldströme unsere Gesellschaft zunehmend spalten, warum notwendige Arbeit nicht bezahlt und Zerstörung profitabel wird. Sie zeigt, wie eine Logik der Rendite alles durchdringt: von der Brücke, die verfällt, bis zur Pflegekraft, die fehlt.

Statt in Investitionen für ein gutes Leben fließt Kapital in spekulative Märkte. Die Folgen: wachsender Reichtum für wenige, Krisen und Konkurrenz für die Mehrheit. Doch diese Entwicklung ist kein Naturgesetz - sie ist das Resultat historischer Entscheidungen und systemischer Zwänge.

Mit einem scharfen Blick auf Geschichte, Ökologie und Ökonomie entfaltet Samirah Kenawi die Vision eines Geldsystems, das Menschen dient, Kreisläufe achtet und Demokratie stärkt. Sie plädiert für eine Neuordnung der Verteilung - als Voraussetzung für eine solidarische, lebensfreundliche Zukunft.

Eine kritische Sichtungunseres Wirtschaftssystems

Die Quadratur des Geldes

Lessons from Ethiopia

Transforming African Economies

Applied Economics and Policy Studies

The proceedings consist of papers accepted by ICEMGD 2025, which are carefully selected and reviewed by professional reviewers from corresponding research fields and the editing committee of the conference. The papers have a diverse range of topics situated at the intersecting fields of economics,&nbsp; management, public administration, and green development. ICEMGD is working to provide a platform for international participants from fields like macro- and microeconomics, international economics, finance, agricultural economics, health economics, business management and marketing strategies, regional development studies, social governance, and sustainable development. This proceedings volume, together with the conference, looks forward to sparking inspiration and promoting collaborations. This book will be of interest to researchers, academics, professionals, and policy makers in the field of economic management, public administration, and development studies. The 9th ICEMGD is held on September 26, 2025. It cooperates with Danubius University from Galati, Peking University, University of Lahore, and King's College London to hold symposiums worldwide.

The proceedings consist of papers accepted by ICEMGD 2025, which are carefully selected and reviewed by professional reviewers from corresponding research fields and the editing committee of the conference. The papers have a diverse range of topics situated at the intersecting fields of economics,&nbsp; management, public administration, and green development. ICEMGD is working to provide a platform for international participants from fields like macro- and microeconomics, international economics, finance, agricultural economics, health economics, business management and marketing strategies, regional development studies, social governance, and sustainable development. This proceedings volume, together with the conference, looks forward to sparking inspiration and promoting collaborations. This book will be of interest to researchers, academics, professionals, and policy makers in the field of economic management, public administration, and development studies. The 9th ICEMGD is held on September 26, 2025. It cooperates with Danubius University from Galati, Peking University, University of Lahore, and King’s College London to hold symposiums worldwide.

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Economic Management and Green Development

Law, Governance and Technology Series

This open access book presents the Unidroit&nbsp;Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law (DAPL) with comprehensive context and expert perspectives. The first part introduces the DAPL framework, its development, and future prospects, featuring contributions on its formation and influence. Key figures, including Professor Hideki Kanda and Professor Steven Weise, discuss major issues and highlights, followed by a Q&amp;A with Professor Edwin Smith on integrating digital assets into the U.S. UCC. The “Right of Control” section includes practical exercises and explores its central role in DAPL’s evolution, concluding with an application to verified carbon credits. The following parts offer detailed reflections on each of the 19 Principles. Each reflection follows a consistent structure: the Principle’s text, commentary, illustrative examples, and explanations, all grounded in official Unidroit documents. The book clarifies the rationale, aims, and drafting process behind each Principle, showing their relevance and alignment with international standards. This resource is invaluable for lawmakers, judges, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and students seeking clear guidance on interpreting and applying the DAPL Principles to digital assets law.
This work was financed within the framework of the Prometeo 2023 project of the Regional Ministry of Innovation, Universities, Science and Digital Society (CIPROM/2022/26) “Present and future of the regulation of cryptoassets in the EU [LegalCripto]”, whose principal investigator is María del Carmen Pastor Sempere. The basic ideas contained herein were presented in the author's paper with the same title, given on November 13, 2024 at the IV International Congress on “Unidroit Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law: Context, Content, Perspectives”, organized also by BAES Research Group of the University of Alicante on November 13 and 14, 2024.

This open access book presents the Unidroit&nbsp;Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law (DAPL) with comprehensive context and expert perspectives. The first part introduces the DAPL framework, its development, and future prospects, featuring contributions on its formation and influence. Key figures, including Professor Hideki Kanda and Professor Steven Weise, discuss major issues and highlights, followed by a Q&amp;A with Professor Edwin Smith on integrating digital assets into the U.S. UCC. The “Right of Control” section includes practical exercises and explores its central role in DAPL’s evolution, concluding with an application to verified carbon credits.
 
 The following parts offer detailed reflections on each of the 19 Principles. Each reflection follows a consistent structure: the Principle’s text, commentary, illustrative examples, and explanations, all grounded in official Unidroit documents. The book clarifies the rationale, aims, and drafting process behind each Principle, showing their relevance and alignment with international standards.
 
 This resource is invaluable for lawmakers, judges, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and students seeking clear guidance on interpreting and applying the DAPL Principles to digital assets law.

Context, Content, Perspectives

UNIDROIT Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law

Pour se construire, produire la vie et du bien-être dans la cité socialement et politiquement organisée, Safane a décidé d'identifier ses aînés, ses éducateurs, ses missionnaires, ses initiés, ses pionniers, voire ses prophètes; mais aussi ses inspirateurs, ses fondateurs, ses organisateurs, ses gestionnaires, ses développeurs, ses promoteurs, qui doivent tous, hommes et femmes, lettrés et illettrés, riches et pauvres, savants et ignorants, apprendre à travailler ensemble sur la base d'une stratégie d'éclairage, d'information, de sensibilisation, de mobilisation, de recrutement et de formations, pour l'excellence historique.
Ce livre explique comment cette approche nouvelle constitue le chemin du développement fulgurant de Safane.

Safane le chemin du développement

Dieses Buch bietet eine umfassende Analyse der wirtschaftspolitischen Entwicklungen in Österreich. Es beleuchtet die Herausforderungen, denen sich das Land in den letzten Jahrzehnten gegenübersah, und untersucht, wie Österreich auf Krisen wie die Finanzmarktkrise 2008, die Eurokrise, die Flüchtlingskrise 2015, die COVID-19-Pandemie und den Russisch-Ukrainischen Krieg reagiert hat. Ziel ist es, die Resilienz und Anpassungsfähigkeit des „Systems Österreich“ zu verstehen und zu bewerten.
In 15 Kapiteln, die von führenden Expert:innen verfasst wurden, werden zentrale Konzepte und Fragen der österreichischen Wirtschaftspolitik behandelt – von Politik und Wirtschaft über Alterung und Migration bis hin zu Geldpolitik und Inflation. Jedes Kapitel bietet nicht nur eine tiefgehende Analyse, sondern auch einen Einstieg in weiterführende Diskussionen. Die Frage, ob Österreich seine wirtschaftspolitischen Herausforderungen im Alleingang oder in Zusammenarbeit mit Partnern wie der Europäischen Union bewältigen sollte, zieht sich als roter Faden durch das Werk. Das Buch eignet sich sowohl als Nachschlagewerk für Leser:innen mit einem Hintergrund in Wirtschaft, Politik oder verwandten Disziplinen als auch zur Begleitung von Lehrveranstaltungen zur österreichischen Wirtschaftspolitik.

Wirtschaftspolitik Österreich

Foreign Direct Investment and Corruption

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