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Economic Globalization, FDI, Environment and Employment

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The term “globalization” is widely used in ongoing debates concerning the liberalization of (and shifts in) world trade, global competition, reorganisation of transnational corporations (TNCs), and rapid technical change. The various symptoms and driving forces of the globalization process have understandably given rise to a number of apprehensions about its implications.

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  1. Rolf-Ulrich Sprenger
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  1. European Institute for International Economic Relations (EIIW), University of Potsdam, August-Bebel-Str. 89, 14482, Potsdam, Germany

    Paul J. J. Welfens

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Sprenger, RU., Rauscher, M. (2001). Economic Globalization, FDI, Environment and Employment. In: Welfens, P.J.J. (eds) Internationalization of the Economy and Environmental Policy Options. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04580-0_4

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