Scholars have long been puzzled by why Muslim landowners in Central Asia, called begs, stayed loyal to the Qing empire when its political legitimacy and military power were routinely challenged.
This book explores in detail how African countries dealt with the pandemic and how it affected different aspects of different economies and social structures.
This book challenges the idea that development is synonymous with ''upgrading'' global value chains through an institutional theory of trade and development.
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth provides a timely, accessible review of our understanding of the complex links between innovation, entrepreneurship, geography and growth.
This proceedings book presents selected papers from the 10th international conference on the "e;Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries in the Changing World"e; (EBEEC), held in Warsaw, Poland, in May 2018.
Over the past decade, knowledge assets and intellectual capital have been attracting an increasing amount of attention, not only from academics and CEOs, but also from national policy makers.
Using a new methodology for foresight studies, this book presents new findings and policy recommendations to improve living conditions and make progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Transform from leader to steward to drive growth and make an impact Inspiring Stewardship helps leaders drive sustainable development and growth by balancing short- and long-term objectives amidst competing interests.
This book explores the diverse experience of Bangladesh's development over the last fifty years and provides systematic explanations of its success in socioeconomic development.
A detailed exploration of the influence and utility of Thomas Malthus' model of population growth and economic changes in Europe since the nineteenth century.
A deep insight into the emergence and persistence of new continental development institutions in Africa and their capacity to affect development outcomes.
There is much research into strategic business alliances in emerging markets, but none focuses on this form of collaboration within Europe's emerging economies.
Taiwan's Development Experience: Lessons on Roles of Government and Market scrutinizes the main features of the Taiwanese development experience under five interrelated themes and domains: Outward-orientation vs.
Using the frameworks of systems theory, modernization, and the world system, New Age Globalization presents a composite multilevel, multidirectional picture of globalization informed by eight different but interdependent subsystems.
The Political Construction of Business Interests recounts employers'' struggles to define their collective social identities at turning points in capitalist development.
Composite indices are used by national and international organisations, as well as governments and corporations, to track various performance aspects of a country's economy and its people, evaluate progress, and engage constructively in policy dialogue; and they have long proven useful as communication tools and inputs into decision-making and policymaking.
Guides policy makers through implementation of public-private partnerships, legal frameworks, institutional arrangements, and mobilizing public and private finance.