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This book provides a broad understanding of what it means to internationalise entrepreneurially. The collection of prominent articles provides insights into how entrepreneurs are entering foreign markets in order to fuel growth. Authors highlight the factors enabling internationalisation under the resource constraints of newness or smallness: human capital, capabilities, networks, processes and practices and environmental conditions. Attention is also paid to the institutional arrangements that impact the practice of entrepreneurship internationally. Inclusive of an introductory chapter that presents a comprehensive discussion of past research themes and identifies new areas of research, this book is essential reading for scholars, policy-makers and practitioners who want to understand how individuals and firms pursue opportunities across national borders.

This book studies systemic vulnerabilities and their impact on states and individual survival. The author theorizes that the structure of the international system is a product of the distribution of capabilities and vulnerabilities across states. States function or behave in terms of these systemic threats. The author examines a number of specific case-studies focusing on military, economic, environmental, political and cyber vulnerabilities, and how different states are impacted by them. Arguing that current attempts to securitize these vulnerabilities through defensive foreign policies are largely failing, the books makes the case for prioritizing economic development and human security.

Der Verfasser fragt nach der Bedeutung privater Militär- und Sicherheitsfirmen in der Welt von heute. Seiner Ansicht nach sollte das Thema der "Auslagerung" von Sicherheitsaufgaben an private Unternehmen immer vor den Hintergrund eigenstaatlicher Leistungsfähigkeit gestellt werden. Die EU hat die Chance, die Problemlösungskompetenz staatlich ausgeübter Gewalt vor dem Hintergrund substaatlicher Bedrohungen zu eruieren. Erst danach kann eine angemessene Beurteilung erfolgen, ob es vielleicht nicht doch neuer Ansätze in der Sicherheitspolitik und in der "Auslagerung" von Sicherheit bedarf. (ICE2)

Revised from the publication, "World military expenditures and arms transfers, 1985," issued by the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Various forms taken by these compensatory trade agreements, extent of this form of trade, and its effect on US security interests.

A study carried out to ascertain: (1) the degree of exposure of the Arab reading public to internat'l news, (2) the types of information the press is transmitting, (3) the image(s) likely to be conveyed as a result of such information. 7 daily `prestige' newspapers (NP's) published in diff Arab capitals were selected for detailed content analysis. All issues published over a 2-week period were assembled, their contents analyzed re a pre-determined classification system - country-wise, area-wise, as well as by topic, viz, pol'al, cultural & sci'fic, etc. The results were tabulated quantitatively, eg, topic/space or country/space. It was found that Arab NP's devote a higher % of their over-all space to the coverage of foreign news than do comparable NP's in the US & Europe. A relationship was established between reporting outside events & a country's dependence - econ or pol'al - on the outside world. It was found that Arab countries deeply involved in programs of internal reconstruction have NP's that devote less space to internat'l events than countries that depend on the West. Events in which the big powers are involved are more than adequately covered, the US receiving extensive coverage, followed by GB; France & Red China received minimal coverage. It was found that subjective values modify the objective ranking of the powers. In terms of att's, Arab NP's treated the US & the USSR positively, GB somewhat negatively, & France unequivocally negatively. AA.

The global economy and society are affected by the rising inequality in income and wealth along with an increasing frequency and severity of financial crises, tendencies for protectionism, and fragmented globalization. A largely unexplored topic in migration analysis is the international mobility of the wealthy and their assets, looking for countries that offer financial security, lower taxation, good educational facilities, safe cities, and other amenities. This mobility is largely motivated by [an] increasing concentration of wealth and incomes toward the top 1 or 0.1 percent in several economies and the search for diversification of newly created wealth. Some economies that are home of the wealthy are affected by political instability insecurity and weak property rights, prompting them to leave. Outflows of the wealthy and their assets have various consequences on both home and receiving nations such as a reduction of reduce tax revenues in the home country, an increase in property prices in the receiving nations, and is creating as well as the creation of a whole (legal) industry granting passports, residence, and citizenship oriented to the wealthy. This paper provides an overview of these trends backed by available empirical information. Main substantive topics include (a) identifying the main motivations of for the international mobility of the wealthy including "pulling" and "pushing" factors; (b) similarities and differences between the migration of wealthy individuals and the mobility of their assets (offshore wealth) towards low-tax jurisdictions and fiscal paradises; (d) the emergence of a "market" for passports, residence permits, and citizenship rights catered to the very wealthy.