International economics

This volume, originally published in 1993 is based on extensive research and draws together a selection of detailed global case studies illustrating a variety of issues from Japanese joint ventures to small business development.

Americans tend to believe that their country is very different from Europe.

Debattista on Bills of Lading in Commodity Trade provides not so much a linear road-map as a GPS system, allowing the reader to locate which aspect of the bill of lading is central to the dispute they are dealing with and evaluating that aspect from the perspective of each of: (1) the contract of sale; (2) carriage contract and (3) letter of credit.

This book is a multifaceted examination of the nature of inequalities in CEE countries.

This title was first published in 2003.

In Discreet Power, Christina Garsten and Adrienne Sorbom undertake an ethnographic study of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The Domestic Politics of International Trade considers the issues surrounding intellectual property rights in international trade negotiations in order to examine the challenges posed to domestic policy-makers by the increasingly broad nature of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).

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

Financial crises put pressure on constitutional orders, inviting exceptional responses that vary in effectiveness, and have an impact long afterwards.

This book contains fifteen major essays on international economics.

An examination of the form and character of recent transformations in the international automobile industry.

This book is a political-economic analysis of China's transformation to become a global aviation power.

Competition and free trade are both concepts which are absolutely central for the understanding of human societies but are also often the subjects of fears and criticisms.

This book, with an overview introduction by Kenneth J.

This volume examines the opportunities and challenges in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and trade, particularly service trade, for developing and emerging economies in a globalised world.

This is an evaluation of the external economic relations of the island of Cyprus involving trade, finance and tourism.

International Investment Management: Theory, Practice, and Ethics synthesizes investment principles, Asian financial practice, and ethics reflecting the realities of modern international finance.

Discusses the various challenges the WTO faces and provides policy-relevant ideas to reform WTO governance.

This edited volume provides critical reflections on the interplay between politics and law in an increasingly transnationalized global political economy.

The European Connection: Implications of EEC Membership focuses on the impact of British membership on the Commonwealth countries.

China's spectacular growth and poverty reduction has been accompanied by growing inequality which threatens the social compact and thus the political basis for economic growth.

In the 1980s, the extent of Japanese export penetration into other Western economies, particularly the USA, became a matter of international concern.

As every schoolboy knows, Canada is one of the larger trading countries of the world but, from the point of view of balancing her international merchandise trade payments, she does not export enough.

This is a revised and updated version of the celebrated 'Best Book on Chinese Economy'.

This book argues that larger flaws in the global supply chain must first be addressed to change the way business is conducted to prevent factory owners from taking deadly risks to meet clients' demands in the garment industry in Bangladesh.

One striking weaknesses of our financial architecture, which helped bring on and perhaps deepen the Panic of 2008, is an inadequate appreciation of the past.

This volume examines the discursive construction of the meanings and lifestyle practices of the middle class in the rapidly transforming economies of Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, focusing on the social, political and cultural implications at local and global levels.

Oil palms are ubiquitous-grown in nearly every tropical country, they supply the world with more edible fat than any other plant and play a role in scores of packaged products, from lipstick and soap to margarine and cookies.

Analyses the behaviour of not-for-profit organizations under a variety of conditions and contrasts them with profit maximizing firms, other types of profit-constrained firms and with public bureaucracies.

In 1832 William Jardine and James Matheson established what would become the greatest British trading company in East Asia in the nineteenth century.

The international trade negotiations that were launched throughout Latin America in the 1990s created significant challenges for developing countries because of their complexity.

Originally published in 1979, Inside the City looks at The City of London as one of the important financial centres in the world.

This book deliberates on some urgent issues that face the new architecture of the financial systems in Japan and East Asia.

An examination of the role of the dollar in the global financial system which presents a long-term historical perspective on the international monetary system in this century.

This edited collection explores the legal foundations of the single market project in Europe,and examines the legal concepts and constructs which underpin its operation.

Due to the financialization of housing in today's market, housing risks are increasingly becoming financial risks.

Originally published in 1992 this book charts the global restructuring of telecommunications industries away from the monopoly structures of the past towards increased competition, deregulation and privatization.

This book explains the history of the gravity model of international trade and takes stock of recent methodological and theoretical advances.

This is a story about governance in Mexico after the labor and environmental accords-called "e;side agreements"e;-that accompanied the NAFTA treaty went into effect.

This book, first published in 1974, presents the findings of a research project and considers their implications for public policy.

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In recent decades, India has grown as a global power, and has been able to pursue its own goals in its own way.