O. Katsaitis and D. Doulos, American College of Greece — Greece, The Impact of EU Structural Funds on FDI

Yener Kandogan, University of Michigan-Flint — USA, In International Trade Apples Do Fall Far from the Tree

Thomas B. Berger and Gillian Bristow, Cardiff University — United Kingdom, Competitiveness and the Benchmarking of Countries – Concepts and Measurement

John J. Burbridge Jr., Jayoti Das and Cassandra DiRienzo, Love School of Business — USA, Drivers of Regional and National Competiveness: The Past and the Future

Susanna Thede, Department of Economics, Lund University — Sweden, Exploring Determinants of the Firm Boundary for Swedish Multinational Firms