This volume of selected articles is being released in light of the new economic, social and environmental challenges Europe and the United States have been faced with following the end of the Cold War and in the evolving era of globalization.
For years, China's transformation from one of the world's poorest nations was lauded as a triumph that lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
This book presents an empirical investigation of the efforts that multinational pharmaceutical companies take in order to find a business model that allows for a profitable access to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) markets.
At a time when the gigantic transnationals have a huge impact on human health, the environment, working conditions and the economic prospects of nations, this book explores whether it is sufficient to continue to rely on industry self-regulation alone.
An outstanding work, written to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Jagdish Bhagwati; the foremost defender of free trade and its role in developing economies in the world today, this rigorously academic and critical volume represents an important contribution to the understanding of many aspects of globalization.
This book explores the paradox of the hospitality industry: customers demand not only personal and innovative tourism products and services, but also cost-effective ones.
The book's 30 chapters are divided into three sections - international trade, economic development, macroeconomics and finance - and focus on the frontier issues in each.
Countries around the world are working to counter the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their healthcare systems, economies, and industries.
Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance (APBBEF) is a series designed to focus on interdisciplinary research in finance, economics, and management among Pacific Rim countries.
This book, and its companion, Technology, Competitiveness and the State, examine and evaluate Malaysian industrialization in terms of its experience of and prospects for industrial technology development.
This book explores the role of governments and international financial institutions (IFIs) in mitigating the perceived risks in green infrastructure markets of emerging and developing countries.
This book provides a detailed and up-to- date analysis of the current and near-future domestic economic situation in China based on the concept of "e;New Normal"e;, which was first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and which is commonly used in discussions on China's current economy.
Le rapport Coopération pour le développement (RCD) est un rapport annuel du Président du Comité d’aide au développement de l’OCDE qui présente des statistiques détaillées sur les programmes d’aide extérieure de chacun des membres, une analyse de ces programmes, ainsi qu’une description générale des évolutions et des questions qui font débat au sein de la communauté du développement.
This book critically examines the current social policy in post-apartheid South Africa and proposes an alternative social policy agenda to create a new development pathway for the country.
How moving beyond GDP will improve well-being and sustainabilityNever before in human history have we produced so much data, and this empirical revolution has shaped economic research and policy profoundly.
China's rapid rise to become the world's second largest economy has resulted in an unprecedented impact on the global system and an urgent need to understand the more about the newest economic superpower.
This book discusses the policy and public health challenges in Hong Kong from the perspective of economic and social welfare challenges, specifically focusing on the poverty and inequality research supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Charities Trust.
There is little doubt that in recent years, enterprise has been considered an essential approach in the alleviation of deprivation existing in the developed world.
China's Solar-Powered RevolutionChina s New Energy Revolution explains how China can tackle its energy bottleneck and achieve a sustainable, peaceful rise by taking the lead in the solar industry.
The economic liberalization of India, changes in global structures, and the rapid emergence of India on the global landscape have been accompanied by the dramatic rise in popular, public, and elite discourses that offer the promise to imagine India.
Bringing together an international and multidisciplinary group of experts, this is the first comprehensive volume to analyze conglomerates and economic groups in developing countries and transition economies.
This book, which was first published in 1972, is not a collection of case-studies in cost-benefit analysis, of which there had been already several in use employing techniques of varying degrees of sophistication.
This book focuses on management challenges in different types of companies, ranging from small to large, from private to public and from service to manufacturing in the African context.
