Projects Overview

The Four Pillar Structure of ZenTra
Pillar I
1.
Vertical (Dis-)Integration and New Market Intermediaries
2.
Regional Headquarters as a Method of Coordination
3.
Coordination of TNCs by Explicit and Implicit Knowledge Structures
4.
Elites, Corporate Culture and Organizational Control
5.
Conflict Resolution within TNCs
6.
Controlling transnationaler Unternehmen
7.
The economic, social and environmental impact of multinational enterprises on Mexico
Pillar II
1.
Capital Market Governance and Monitoring by Credit Rating Agencies
2.
The Influence of Formal and Informal Institutions on the Flows or Foreign Direct Investment
3.
Approaches to IPR Protection in Global Competition
4.
Effects of Knowledge Diffusion through IPRs, Spillovers and Linkages
5.
Inward FDI and economic growth: The role of home and host country institutions
6.
Knowledge transfer from TNCs and upgrading of domestic firms: The Polish automotive sector
7.
Transnationalisation of auditing firms
Pillar III
1.
Human rights issues in global value chains
2.
Credit Rating Agencies and Macroprudential Policies
Pillar IV
Pillar IV is the crosscutting structure where the researchers engaged in projects under Pillars I-III come together to develop and refine the conceptual foundations in the area of transnational studies.
A joint initiative of
Universität Bremen
Universität Oldenburg
Transnationalization explained

Transnationalization refers to processes and phenomena that are
both cross-border and private, and occupy the regulatory space
where national regulation no longer applies, and/or where there are
gaps or deficiencies in the supranational framework of institutions.