The Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), one of the most cited inter-disciplinary journals in the social sciences, marked its 50th anniversary in 2019. Although considered by many to be a business discipline, ‘International Business’ today covers a wide intellectual space from trade, FDI, R&D collaboration, to sociology and political economy studies. It sits squarely between economics and management, often cross-fertilising between the two subjects. Indeed, a number of UNU-MERIT...
Our press review features the latest publications by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance, as well as mentions in the media. Output for December consists of seven working papers, including the final overview of the AFD/Maastricht Graduate School of Governance study project on institutions and economic growth, and four PhD dissertations. These cover the place for migration in the post-2015 development agenda, the role of institutions in crises, the internationalization of Brazilian firms, and t...
Several new working papers on the relationship between institutions and long-term economic performance are now available. They represent the second phase of a research programme on ‘Institutions and Economic Growth’, executed in a partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD). The first 10 papers were published in 2012. The present set builds on our previous results, extending them in new directions. The new papers focus on issues including state capacities; the links between geography, i...