...Angelos Mimis; Thomas Georgiadis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of using non‐income indicators and the self‐organizing map (SOM) approach as an alternative analytical tool to map countries' welfare status. Design/methodology/approach Using data from 27...

... a theoretical and normative standpoint, linking to earlier literature. One dimension of the approach is adding the equality in income distribution as an output. Another dimension boils down to environmental performance. Findings The addition of the Gini index affects the ranking of the developing countries...

...Pantelis Pantelidis; Dimitrios Kyrkilis Purpose To evaluate the relevance of the source country idiosyncratic factors in determining the firm's foreign direct investment (FDI) propensity and consequently the country's outward FDI position. Design/methodology/approach A sample containing all...