U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) that do business in China are exposed to major risks under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a federal statute that prohibits the giving of bribes or anything of value to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining business. Three key statutory...

Taxes have extraordinary roles in any country's economic development and policymaking. This study extends prior studies by investigating the impact of direct and indirect taxes on the economic development of 47 developed and 90 developing countries. All data about the variables involved in the...

Purpose - The purpose of this research is to develop, test, and validate the symbiotic networking concept of SMEs internationalization pathways. Design/Methodology/Approach - Survey data were collected from managers/owners of SMEs operating in the textile industry in China and Russia. The...

This paper critically reviews the debate of ‘growth and development’ since 1950 in order to place and conceptualize the term inclusive growth. The paper argues that the basic objective of inclusive growth is the smooth functioning of nation state and to avoid socio economic and political...

This is an important and ambitious book but its timing could not be more unfortunate. It is the result of a two year research project co-sponsored by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) at the World Bank and by the Center for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. The contributors...

A brief and very personal overview of some important issues in the management of development, with particular attention to Indonesia and education.

Triangular co-operation features in the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda as an instrument to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It combines the comparative advantages of the different partners involved, creates synergies, promotes learning among all partners and builds...

The results of data analysis for 25 years from 1991 to 2015 using regression models) showed that the value added of each economic sector in the State of East Indonesia was determined to be individually or by changes in per capita income. Thus according to the title Effect income, population,...