An important weakness of innovation system theory is a neglect of the international dimension. A central proposition rests on dynamic agglomeration economies: interactive learning requires co-location, hence a preference for national linkages. The analysis focuses on adjustments of national economic structures and institutions that are necessary to cope with the accelerated pace of change and t...

History does not have a predetermined end in the Hegelian sense, but this idea has inspired various theories, such as Marxist and economic development theories. Something similar happened with globalization, which from around 1990 to 2010 was usually presented an inevitable progress towards deeper forms of international (legal, economic, social, cultural, etc.) integration growing irrelevance s...

This paper focuses on two major aspects of globalization: international trade and FDI and their impacts on manufacturing employment in Iran and study whether foreign direct investment and trade expansion with Asian and European partner played any role in shaping the Iranian manufacturing employment structure. This study incorporates globalization (KOF index), trade integration and FDI into a si...

We seem to be subject to an ever more strident globalization discourse. Leaders, political parties, countries, and international organizations increasingly work to create an identity that is either strongly aligned with or against globalization. In the context of such discursive ferment, health professions education cannot escape the conversation. And yet, a read of our literature reflects more...

Globalization, widely cited as the dominant international economic trend of the post-World War II era, is deeply connected with the opening of the world economy. The relationship between trade and growth has been intensively debated in the economic literature, within the fields of economics, sociology, political sciences, and others. However, in the areas of International Business (IB) and mana...