Economic systems and structures

Water for the Thousand Millions focuses on the distribution of safe water through effective water supply technology.

Everything drug cartels do to survive and prosper they ve learnt from big business brand value and franchising from McDonald s, supply chain management from Walmart, diversification from Coca-Cola.

This book presents a collective attempt to chart the rise and development of the Chicago School during the decades that followed WWII.

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy.

Italy is a country of recent decline and long-standing idiosyncratic traits.

Since 1993, Chinese foreign investment laws (CFILs) have been moving towards the common principles of foreign investment laws in market economies.

Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking place in Chinese cities.

Money from Nothing explores the dynamics surrounding South Africa's national project of financial inclusion-dubbed "e;banking the unbanked"e;-which aimed to extend credit to black South Africans as a critical aspect of broad-based economic enfranchisement.

Nach Jahrzehnten der Zurückhaltung präsentiert sich die Volksrepublik China heute als selbstbewusste Weltmacht.

After many years in which it appeared to be losing the pre-eminent position it had occupied in the lexicon of the social and human sciences, the term 'capitalism' has once again become a matter of critical concern, both theoretically and substantively, in a range of disciplinary fields.

It is widely recognized as a fact that our current economic order constitutes a distinct phase of capitalism as opposed to the phase of industrial capitalism that preceded it.

"e;A remarkable historical and geographical study"e; of a road linking Lexington and Maysville, Kentucky, and its influence on America (West Virginia History).

Behavioural economists have developed alternatives to Expected Utility Theory as descriptive and normative models of risk preferences.

"e;Brazil is one of the world's most productive crucibles for new ideas and practices in innovation and collaboration.

A provocative and timely look at the current state of global economics, particularly how the state-owned companies of Russia, China, Latin America, and other emerging markets are influencing how people work, how they consume, and how they prosper.

COVID-19 in the African Continent examines the development, achievements, and challenges that have resulted owing to COVID-19 pandemic and how these precarious socioeconomic situations are being managed in African countries.

An insightful and practical toolkit for managing organizational growth Growing Pains is the definitive guide to the life cycle of an organization, and the optimization strategies that make the organization stronger.

False profits of ethical capital is a thought-provoking approach to understanding stakeholder capitalism.

The transformation of women's lives over the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching of social and economic phenomena, affecting not only women but also their partners, children, and indeed nearly every person on the planet.

Have you ever felt that you had a great insight that would benefit your department, division, or organization and found that you seem to be the only one who can see it?

This book interprets the historical evolution of how and why the international monetary system has been transformed.

Empirical Research in Banking and Corporate Finance is the 21st volume of Advances in Financial Economics and deals with International Corporate Governance.

Nutrition Intervention Strategies in National Development reviews nutritional programs as key components of policy planning for national development in general and health programs in particular.

In principle the advanced, market-driven world in which we now live is fuelled by knowledge, information and transparency, but in practice the processes that produce this world systematically corrupt and denigrate knowledge: this is the powerful and provocative argument advanced by Colin Crouch in his latest exploration of societies on the road to post-democracy.

Electrical Load-Curve Coverage covers the proceedings of the Symposium on Load-Curve Coverage in Future Electric Power Generating Systems, organized by the Committee on Electric Power, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Rome, Italy, on October 24-28, 1977.

Following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Republic emerged as an independent nation and embarked on a journey of economic transition and reform.

The originators of classical political economy-Adam Smith, David Ricardo, James Steuart, and others-created a discourse that explained the logic, the origin, and, in many respects, the essential rightness of capitalism.

**A TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive expos of a firm whose work has made your world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous.

Today, when it seems like everything has been privatized, when austerity is too often seen as an economic or political problem that can be solved through better policy, and when the idea of moral values has been commandeered by the right, how can we re-imagine the forces used as weapons against community, solidarity, ecology and life itself?

+++ Der Klassiker der Globalisierungskritik und Bestseller, jetzt im FISCHER Taschenbuch +++Die führende Intellektuelle unserer Zeit und Bestsellerautorin Naomi Klein offenbart die Machenschaften multinationaler Konzerne hinter der Fassade bunter Logos.

Are Donald Trump's irrationality, cruelty, and bombast symptoms of his personality?

Rural marketing entails applying marketing strategies customized for rural areas to enhance the economic and social welfare of the communities it serves.

The aim of this edited collection is to bridge the gap between advanced research methods and models and the main fields of economic research by presenting a collection of articles demonstrating the applicability of new research methods to a wide range of current economic topics, including, but not limited to, mathematical modelling of financial market behavior, modeling in corporate finance and management and modeling of macroeconomic issues.

The aim of this edited collection is to bridge the gap between advanced research methods and models and the main fields of economic research by presenting a collection of articles demonstrating the applicability of new research methods to a wide range of current economic topics, including, but not limited to, mathematical modelling of financial market behavior, modeling in corporate finance and management and modeling of macroeconomic issues.

Capitalism is the only complex system known to us that can provide an efficient and innovative economy, but the financial crisis has brought out the pernicious side of capitalism and shown that it remains dependent on the state to rescue it from its own deficiencies.

Debates both sides of the issue of whether capitalism is valuable as an ideal for women.

Why are houses so expensive?

Patterns in the Dark is that rare book that offers an entirely new perspective on an issue of ongoing concern to investors: the unpredictability of financial markets.