About 10 years ago, the first very small steps towards this book
were taken. The starting point was marked by the deep and sudden
slump of the Swiss economy in the mid-seventies: a crisis wiping
out about 10 percentage points of GNP and employment within just
two years. To this writer, it was clear from the beginning that
neither the exogenous shocks nor the struc tural changes were in
fact exogenous or structural. They were given and sha ped by global
forces. They were part and parcel of capitalist development. There
is no other highly developed country in the world which is so ex
tremely and integrally exposed to world-wide currents of financial
and economic changes as Switzerland. The degree and dimensions of
open ness ofthe Swiss economy led to the formulation of our
research approach for studying the internationalization of the
economy, a topic theoretically and politically developed in this
book. Empirical evidence relates to our study of Swiss experience.
A well-known Swiss-American economist offered the following com
ment on our previous work on the internationalization of industry:
"You are very good in raising interesting questions ..." What was
undoubtedly meant as a criticism was received as a compliment. Too
much talent and too many research efforts are, in my opinion,
wasted by research programs which place technique over substance.
This unfortunate development in our profession has already greatly
reduced the social utility of economists."
General
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
November 2011 |
First published: |
1986 |
Authors: |
Silvio Borner
|
Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
172 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-642-71424-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
International economics >
General
|
LSN: |
3-642-71424-2 |
Barcode: |
9783642714245 |
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