Development economics and emerging economies

This book examines the cognitive, social and behavioural skills that leaders need to have within their capability portfolio and how this can be applied to drive a diversity agenda in their organizations.

This collection of papers is from Palgrave's journal Comparative Economic Studies, carefully selected by a team of expert editors, this volumes collates the most sophisticated works to provide the readers with an essential guide to the economic development of China.

Duman examines the transition from Keynesianism to monetarism by presenting an analysis of labour market reforms in Greece and Turkey - questioning the role of class struggle on the implementation process.

By returning to the source and the source texts, this book deepens the understanding of certain important ideas and notions which affect our present thinking.

The Development of Managerial Culture examines the differences in underlying values and cultural distinctions in managerial cultures in Australia and Canada.

This study provides a detailed examination of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Poland and explores the impact this has on foreign investment policy.

This edited volume explores development in the so-called 'fragile', 'failed' and 'pariah' states.

This book investigates Central America's political economy seen through the lens of its powerful business groups.

This book addresses the relevance of the case study research methodology for enhancing urban planning research and education in Africa and the global South.

Combining theoretical and empirical insights, this book provides an in-depth analysis of South Asia's transition in the areas of democracy, political economy and security since the end of the Cold War.

This book focuses on business firms as catalysts and agents of social and economic change, and explores the argument that sustainable development is the perfect opportunity for businesses to strengthen the evolving notion of corporate social responsibility, while achieving long-term growth through innovation, research and development.

From Chinese Brand Culture to Global Brands examines branding from the Chinese perspective, and predicts that China's greatest brands are poised for global dominance.

Asian economies have become a driving force in the world economy, so are the Asian firms, especially those from emerging markets.

Seven Moralities of Human Resource Management analyses morality of HRM from the perspective of American psychologist Laurence Kohlberg.

In 1997, Mexico launched a new incentive-based poverty reduction program to enhance the human capital of those living in extreme poverty.

Integrating Amartya Sen's approach with the literature on place-based territorial development processes, this book recognises the interplay between the evolution of local development systems and the expansion of individual and collective capabilities.

Conquering Global Markets offers assessments of the issues, statistics, cases, and best practices of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances throughout the world.

Successes and Challenges of Emerging Economy Multinationals investigates a broad variety of cases presenting clear evidence of fast successful internationalization of emerging economy multinationals.

Looking beyond the materialistic boundary of the conventional development paradigm, this book identifies our spiritual underdevelopment which is being reflected as self-centeredness and greed, as the root cause of conventional development's failure to alleviate poverty and inequality, achieve sustainability and deliver happiness to humanity.

Over the last thirty years, China has been reforming its economy at breakneck speed.

Destructive conflicts have thwarted growth and development in South Asia for more than half a century.

Liam Clegg provides an innovative reading of where power lies in the institutions' concessional lending operations, drawing its focus on shareholders and stakeholders from staffs' own understandings of their operational environments.

Drawing on the author's four decades of experience as a practitioner and academician working with private equity investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers in over 100 developing countries around the world, this book uses anecdotes and case studies to illustrate and reinforce the key arguments for private equity investment in emerging economies.

The post 2000 period for India has been quite eventful for Indian economy.

This book reviews the remarkable growth, diversity and challenges of child sponsorship.

In order to be sustainable, a civilization must maintain the balance between 'mind' and 'matter' and between the egocentric 'I' and 'the others'.

This book offers insights on effective policies that can be applied to other economies in terms of using technology financing to foster technological innovations.

This collection reflects on the international political economy of media and the valuable lessons to be learned from the media reforms currently taking place across South America.

Knowing what deep participation is, and how it works, can make a critical difference in solving 21st century economic, political, and social problems.

Recent work on rent and rentierism has offered a distinctive and fresh approach to understanding and explaining contemporary capitalism.

Move beyond reactively developing shadowing and rotational programs to proactively championing for them at your organization.

Korea's twin transitions - agrarian to industrial and industrial to post-industrial - transformed the country's political economy.

Few countries have achieved social development, which requires simultaneously securing market and social incorporation (good jobs and access to social services).

The global COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected Fiji, hitting at backbone economic sectors, such as international tourism and export fisheries.

This volume of essays contains 16 papers the author has written over the last 40 years on various aspects of the life and work of John Maynard Keynes and Nicholas Kaldor.

This Element introduces a new approach to financial stability measured by an aggregate index incorporating the effect of parent companies.

The Monograph stands out positively from the items related to change management in the context of entrepreneurial opportunities and flexibility of the organization.

Globalization of production has created opportunities and challenges for developing country producers and workers.

This book attempts to provide an effective strategy for industrial development based on the KAIZEN management training experiments conducted in Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Tanzania.

This book presents key insights about the challenges and the approaches they applied.

Identidad cooperativa: puesta en valor de los elementos diferenciales de la Economía cooperativa y solidaria' fue el tema del XIV Congreso de la Red Universitaria Euro-Latinoamericana de Economía Social y Cooperativa (RULESCOOP), que se celebró em octubre de 2021 en la sede del Centro de Investigación en Derecho de la Economía Social y en la Empresa Cooperativa (CIDES) de la Universidad de Almería.

Politicians, business leaders and citizens look with hope to the Latin American middle class for political stability and purchasing power, but the economic position of the middle class remains vulnerable.

This book provides an analysis of the global economic crisis from an Asian perspective.

The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North (1956) evaluates the commercial value of the route on the basis of a detailed study of the economy of the Soviet North.

This definitive work mixes case law, public policy, economic strategy, and examines the wide range of issues facing efforts to improve the American economy, to illustrate how economic growth is driven through strong public-private partnerships, and how successful growth strategies from the state and local level operate to grow jobs.

The author investigates the agenda for transformation in contemporary African development studies: policy studies, strategic studies, international relations and economic diplomacy.

A fascinating study that shows how the intersection of technology and politics has shaped South African history since the 1960s.

Financial statecraft' goes beyond sanctions against rogue states.

The Soviet Economy (1983) examines the long-term prospective growth of the USSR's economy.