1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783660903321

Autore

Bulcke D. van den.

Titolo

European Union direct investment in China : characteristics, challenges and perspectives / / Daniel van den Bulcke, Haiyan Zhang and Maria do Ceu Esteves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

0-429-23401-5

1-138-81084-3

0-203-50597-2

1-280-07061-7

1-134-41073-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Studies in global competition

Classificazione

83.44

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhangHaiyan <1956->

EstevesMaria do  C�u

Disciplina

332.67/34051

Soggetti

Investments, European - China

Investments, Foreign - China

China Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Patterns of European direct investment in China; Determinants of foreign direct investment and the changing Chinese business environment; Overview of inward foreign direct investment in China; Salient and evolving features of EU direct investment in China; Characteristics of EU MNEs with FDI activities in China; Operational and strategic characteristics of EU parent companies with investment operations in China; Characteristics of EU subsidiaries in China

Characteristics of EU subsidiaries in the Chinese manufacturing sectorManagerial issues of EU manufacturing subsidiaries in China; Sourcing strategies of EU multinational subsidiaries in China; Concluding comments; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

China's immersion in the world economy and trading system is a continued source of great interest throughout the globe.The book is



divided into three parts, the first being an overview of the Chinese investment environment and the development of foreign direct investment (FDI) over the last twenty years. The second part then goes on to focus specifically on the characteristics of European companies involved in FDI into China. The third part looks at different management aspects of EU invested enterprises within China, using newly acquired data.This comprehensive overview of European di

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966622303321

Autore

Aymes Marc

Titolo

A provincial history of the Ottoman Empire : Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean in the nineteenth century / / Marc Aymes ; translated from the French by Adrian Morfee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-8153-6112-2

1-135-04144-X

0-203-79372-2

1-135-04145-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East ; ; 20

Altri autori (Persone)

MorfeeAdrian

Disciplina

956.9/015

Soggetti

Eastern question

Cyprus History 19th century

Cyprus History Turkish rule, 1571-1878

Mediterranean Region History 1815-1914

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; A Provincial History of the Ottoman Empire; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; Explanatory note; List of abbreviations; Introduction: questioning the province; 1 The nation-as-history; 2 Ottoman entanglements; 3 Eventful synchronicities: the scales of the 'Eastern Question'; 4 Europe absorbed: territorial imprints; 5 A departing world?; Conclusion: provincial empire; Sources; Bibliography;



Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of 'modernity' that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past two centuries.</P><P></P><P>Leaving their mark on this period are; the turmoil of insurgency in Greece and Egypt, a growing intervention of European Powers in Eastern Mediterranean politics, and the unfolding of large reform projects within the administration of the Ottoman Empire. Whilst these developments have prompted enduring debates over Middle Eastern paths of transformation, the case of Cyprus has remained