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Scientific research in the communication field has experienced great growth in recent years. Recent technological changes, as well as the emergence of Web 2.0 and 3.0 and new forms of communication, such as social networks, have led to new and varied studies in the discipline. This paper analyzes the scientific production of the 27 countries with the greatest scientific production in the communication field in the period from 2003 to 2018. The results indicate that: the most productive countries are the USA, UK, and Spain; there is less international collaboration than in other disciplines, but there is a network of European collaboration that is quite dense and has great impact, and another network in Pacific countries (Asia + Oceania), albeit with lower density and impact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines how governance actors in regional business systems engage with foreign-owned multinational corporations which are present within their territory, in attempts to retain investment and link their regions to global production networks. This is done through a qualitative analysis of policy and practice in six sub-national regions in three advanced industrialized economies (Canada, Spain and the UK), thus permitting both international and intra-national comparisons. We find that while there are broad similarities in the types of governance mechanisms used, there are notable differences in the extent and intensity of forms of market, state and associational governance of foreign direct investment. These differences partly correspond to broader institutional differences in the nature of business systems, and partly to the socio-political construction of sub-national governance space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The VFM audit has emerged as an increasingly influential force in the public sector. Nevertheless, as in new public management, vfm audit developments show differences among countries. This paper studies vfm auditing in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom regional audit institutions. The aim is to evaluate the level of development of vfm auditing in these countries at regional space and to explain the factors that may create differences and similarities in those developments. Using actor-network theory, we describe two models of vfm audit development: the anglo-saxon model for the United Kingdom, based on the private sector, and the continental model, for Germany and Spain, based on a clear distinction between the public and the private sectors. The public administration style and the focus of public sector reforms have had a great influence on the final configuration of VFM auditing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]