The globalization is the period of economic transformation according to the business competition. A number of multinational companies from industrial countries have to move their productions to a new emerging country which has a lower-labor cost, a strategic location, as well as an access to production material. Sweden is one of those countries that decide to re-locate their business center in other countries. The capital of Swedish companies has been distributed especially in Asian countries. Thailand is one of destinations that Swedish companies prefer to put the capital because of its labor cost, human quality, and strategic location. The objective of this thesis is to present the consequence of multinational companies from Sweden in Thailand as the main purpose. The economic relationship and cultural harmonization between these two countries will be discussed. This study is a qualitative research which requires qualitative methods to analyze data. Qualitative interviewing, case study and second data analysis has been the main approaches for data collection. The result of the study brings the conclusion that the capital movement from Sweden to Thailand during the globalization brings the positive development to both sides. Sweden gains more business revenue both in Thailand and Asian region, while Thailand gains wealth and sustainable development from the Swedish investment.

V. V. Petkevičius. JAV ir Kinijos ekonominių dvišalių santykių analizė 2004 – 2014 m. / Tarptautinės politikos ir ekonomikos magistro baigiamasis darbas. Vadovas prof. dr. Egidijus Motieka. – Vilnius: Mykolo Romerio universitetas, Politikos ir vadybos fakultetas, Politikos mokslų institutas, 2014. Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų ir Kinijos santykiai pastaruoju metu, viešajame diskurse, tampa vis dažnesne diskusijų tema. Auganti Kinijos galia ir JAV ekonominės problemos bei pirmieji silpstančios galios požymiai šias diskusijas paskatina dar labiau. Būtent santykių tarp šių valstybių vystymąsis yra viena aktualiausių temų daugumai pasaulio valstybių. Galiausiai kodėl silpstant Vakarams bent jau kol kas nesimato tiesioginės konfrontacijos su Kinija? O taip pat, kaip elgsis JAV augančios Kinijos galios atžvilgiu? Kol kas šie klausimai išlieka neatsakyti, tačiau atsakymai į šiuos klausimus gali būti rasti JAV ir Kinijos dvišaliuose ekonominiuose santykiuose. Pagrindinis darbo objektas – 2004 – 2014 m. JAV ir Kinijos ekonominių dvišalių santykių tendencijos. Darbe analizuojant JAV ir Kinijos tarpusavio užsienio prekybos srautus, o taip pat abipuses tiesiogines investicijas bandoma išsiaiškinti galimas priežastis, kurios lemia dabartinius ganėtinai šiltus minėtųjų valstybių santykius. Taip pat analizuojant galimus politinius pokyčius abiejose valstybėse bandoma identifikuoti galimas šių pokyčių įtakas ilgalaikiams dvišaliams JAV ir Kinijos santykiams. Darbo tikslui pasiekti buvo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / V. V. Petkevičius. Analysis of the United States and China bilateral economic relationship 2004 – 2014 / Master’s thesis in International Politics and Economics. Supervisor prof. dr. Egidijus Motieka. – Vilnius: Faculty of Politics and Managment, Institute of Political Science, Mykolas Romeris University, 2014. The relationship between the United States and China in these days are one of the most popular topics in public discourse. The rise of China’s power and economic problems and first weakness signs of the United States are promoting these discussions even more. The relationship between these two main world economies are very important to other countries. Naturally there are some questions like: why there is no direct confrontation between the United States and China if they are competing in the global political arena or how will the United States react in the meaning of rising China? For now these questions are unanswered, but the answer might be in the bilateral economic relationship between these two countries. Main thesis object is tendencies in the United States and China bilateral economic relationship in the period of 2004 – 2014. By analyzing the amounts of the United States and China bilateral trade and foreign direct investments, author tries to find potential reasons why these two countries are not confronting each other. Also by analyzing potential political changes in these countries, author is trying do identify the main outcomes and potential influence... [to full text]

Magister Legum - LLM

This study hypothesizes that the major barriers to expanded trade between the U.S. and Eastern Europe are systemic in nature. Using this approach, each political/ economic system is examined in an attempt to define the obstacles to foreign trade expansion, to describe the most important systemic and political factors at work, and to demonstrate how they have determined and will continue to shape the economic relationships between the U.S. and the countries of Eastern Europe. A final synthesis presents the two systems in a unified picture of the economic environment and concludes that significant trade expansion is unlikely in the near future due to basic systemic incompatibilities which impede the resolution of key foreign trade problems.

Abstract The title of this thesis is ¡§ A research on framing the Free Trade Areas across the Taiwan Strait: from the Regional Economic Integration viewpoint¡¨. The main themes of this thesis can be categorized into two parts: 1.Elaborating the theory of Free Trade Areas and the legal framework of global economic law to find out the reason why GATT/WTO permits to build Free Trade Areas as an exception of the GATT/WTO Most-Favored Treatment rule; and further stating the meaning and inspiration of Free Trade Areas across the Taiwan Strait under the experiences of EU and NAFTA. 2.After entering the WTO, according to the international norm, it¡¦s a must for both sides of The Taiwan Strait to adjust their economic relationship and set up a cross-strait free trade zone from the experience of EU and NAFTA in accordance with the natural regularity of international economic development relationship. Taiwan and Mainland China, on two sides of the Twian Strait have become members of the WTO, and have officially connected with international trade and economic organism. It is essential for two sides to develop their economic interrelationship on the basis of the natural regularity of international economic development relationship. This thesis emphasizes that the development of economic relationship across the Taiwan Strait is a step-by-step process and suggests that the process can be divided into three steps as follows: 1.Normalization of economic relationship across the Taiwan Strait after entering WTO¡Ðit means that the activities of trade and investment across The Taiwan Strait should be transformed from ¡§indirect¡¨ into ¡§direct.¡¨ In addition, the restrictions on the movement of the people between Taiwan and Mainland China should be eased. These changes certainly lead to more problems for Taiwan side and it is urgent to negotiate and sign agreements with China for the Agreement of Trade and Investment in order to secure its benefit in the cross-strait economic development. 2.¡§One-step-forward framework¡¨¡ÐI would like to suggest that the second step of the cross-strait economic development should go one step forward to set up a framework under which the Free Trade Agreement, industries cooperation and Custom Unions to be fulfilled. 3.The setup of the Free Trade Areas¡ÐThe Free Trade Areas can be materialized though discussion between two sides based on ¡§one-step-forward framework¡¨ In this thesis, I found out that the best policy for Taiwan and Mainland China is to construct the Free Trade Areas across the Taiwan Strait under the legal framework of WTO. However, there are some prerequisites needed to be considered as follows: 1.Raising the international competition; 2.Averting to be marginalized under the trend of Regional Economic Integration; 3.Evaluating the complementary structure of industries between Taiwan and Mainland China with an analysis of the background, humanities and history between Taiwan and Mainland China. When the Free Trade Areas to be established in the future, it is recommend that the establishment of a Common Market across the Taiwan Strait will most benefit Taiwan and Mainland in the long run.