Determinants of FDI in Developing Countries: Has Globalization Changed the Rules of the Game?.

There is a startling gap between current thinking on, allegedly, globalization-induced changes in international competition for foreign direct investment (FDI) and the lack of recent empirical evidence on shifts in the relative importance of traditional and non-traditional determinants of FDI in developing countries. We attempt to narrow this gap by making use of comprehensive survey data, collected by the European Round Table of Industrialists, on investment conditions in 28 developing countries since the late 1980s. Applying Spearman correlation coefficients and panel-data regression models, we show that surprisingly little has changed so far. Traditional market-related determinants are still dominant factors shaping the distribution of FDI. If at all, the importance of non-traditional FDI determinants has increased only modestly.Direktinvestition; Globalisierung; Entwicklungsländer;

Globalization of the automobile industry : traditional locations under pressure?.

n.a.Kraftfahrzeugindustrie; Globalisierung; Internationaler Wettbewerb; Standortwettbewerb; Beschäftigungseffekt; Deutschland; USA; Japan;

Enveloping algebra valued gauge transformations for non-abelian gauge groups on non-commutative spaces

An enveloping algebra valued gauge field is constructed, its components are functions of the Lie algebra valued gauge field and can be constructed with the Seiberg-Witten map. This allows the formulation of a dynamics for a finite number of gauge field components on non-commutative spaces.Comment: 13 page

External Fields as Intrinsic Geometry

There is an interesting dichotomy between a space-time metric considered as external field in a flat background and the same considered as an intrinsic part of the geometry of space-time. We shall describe and compare two other external fields which can be absorbed into an appropriate redefinition of the geometry, this time a noncommutative one. We shall also recall some previous incidences of the same phenomena involving bosonic field theories. It is known that some such theories on the commutative geometry of space-time can be re-expressed as abelian-gauge theory in an appropriate noncommutative geometry. The noncommutative structure can be considered as containing extra modes all of whose dynamics are given by the one abelian action.Comment: 19 pages, Late

Applicability Of Gamification In Industrial Work Processes To Influence Target Variables

Today more than ever, companies are forced to regularly initiate projects in their factories in order to ensure competitiveness through constant adaptation and change. Such projects are controlled and managed individually. Implementing many projects frequently leads to situations however, in which different projects overlap regarding their planning and control. Deviation in the projects’ duration and scope further intensifies this effect. To manage environments consisting of projects with different scopes and timelines, companies make use of models for multi-project management (MPM). Due to their aim for general validity, existing models for MPM generally lack a specific focus on the targets and tasks of the factory environment. A new process model is therefore needed to effectively and efficiently plan and control a multi-project environment in the factory. Therefore, the project context and the interdependencies of the model’s tasks shall also be taken into account. In order to build a process model for multi-project management, according to the requirements of the factory, insights from MPM as well as the production environment are needed. In this article an overview of the approach is given and first findings are presented. Based on analogies between models of MPM and production planning and control (PPC), an exemplary excerpt of a combined know-how catalogue is shown, laying the foundation for the further development of a holistic process model

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[Petrus Julius Coyet]Nicht identisch mit VD17 23:315366Q (Kollation abweichend). - Auch in: Meyer, Martin: Philemeri Irenici Elisii Diarium Europaeum. Insertis Actis Electoriis. Oder Kurtze Beschreibung denckwürdigster Sachen ; 2 (1659)Verf. ermittelt in: Bruun III, Sp. 147 - 148Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Anno M D CLVIII

Using Election Forecasts to Understand the Potential Influence of Campaigns, Media, and the Law in U.S. Presidential Elections

How do campaigns, media, and voting laws influence the outcome of U.S. Presidential elections? Political scientists often argue that these factors influence outcomes much less than commonly thought. To illustrate this argument, we show that we can predict the presidential vote in each state with a high degree of accuracy. Specifically, between 2004 and 2016, we correctly predict 94% of all state presidential vote outcomes. Our predictions are based on a forecasting model of the Electoral College, based primarily on each state’s approval rating of the incumbent president (using almost 90,000 survey responses from June and July of election years), current economic conditions in each state, and state votes in the previous election. We use these forecasts to help establish the upper bounds of campaign and media effects. We argue that identifying the limits of these effects is a critical step when trying to estimate their impact. We also show how our forecasts can be used to test the aggregate effects of election-related laws, such as Florida’s Amendment 4—which enfranchised hundreds of thousands of Floridians who previously could not vote due to felony convictions—and voter ID laws, whose effects are notoriously difficult to study. We have made our data publicly available to facilitate further research on these topics

How the Cervical Microbiota Contributes to Cervical Cancer Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa

Despite ongoing efforts, sub-Saharan Africa faces a higher cervical cancer burden than anywhere else in the world. Besides HPV infection, definitive factors of cervical cancer are still unclear. Particular states of the cervicovaginal microbiota and viral infections are associated with increased cervical cancer risk. Notably, HIV infection, which is prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, greatly increases risk of cervicovaginal dysbiosis and cervical cancer. To better understand and address cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, a better knowledge of the regional cervicovaginal microbiome is required This review establishes current knowledge of HPV, HIV, cervicovaginal infections, and the cervicovaginal microbiota in sub-Saharan Africa. Because population statistics are not available for the region, estimates are derived from smaller cohort studies. Microbiota associated with cervical inflammation have been found to be especially prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, and to associate with increased cervical cancer risk. In addition to high prevalence and diversity of HIV and HPV, intracellular bacterial infections such as Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Mycoplasma hominis are much more common than in regions with a low burden of cervical cancer. This suggests the prevalence of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa may be partially attributed to increased cervical inflammation resulting from higher likelihood of cervical infection and/or microbial dysbiosis