International economics

An exciting and original analysis of the development of capitalist classes, such as the Freemasons, that cross national boundaries in the global political economy.

This volume is a timely and insightful exploration into the issues of corporate governance and the impact of corporate governance practices on investments in developing countries.

This book focuses on doing businesses successfully with China oil, gas and chemicals companies with real business cases on business management and contract negotiations all under one theme.

This book provides an overview of international investment policy and policy-making, drawing upon perspectives from law, economics, international business, and political science.

Globalization has created new opportunities and challenges for late industrialization.

South Asia's developing nations have been enjoying moderate to high growth over the past decade before the global recession began.

This Palgrave Pivot book analyses the current state of economic and financial relations between China and the European Union.

China is growing at a remarkable pace and exerting a powerful influence on the global economy.

Dieses einführende Lehrbuch bietet eine systematische Darstellung aller relevanten Gebiete der Volkswirtschaftslehre.

The changing political situation in the Middle East poses challenges for the economies of the region, and some see none more vulnerable to collapse than Saudi Arabia's.

Because of the long-standing Canada-U.

Ass a f R a z i nand Hans-Jiirgen Vosgerau The eight chapters of this volume have been grouped into two parts.

A Basic Guide to International Business Law aims to give students an understanding as well as practical knowledge of legal problems arising in the area of international business, and to equip them with the skills needed to prevent and tackle these problems.

There is a long history of governments, businesses, science and citizens producing and utilizing data in order to monitor, regulate, profit from and make sense of the urban world.

This book exemplifies the potential of FinTech to deliver important economic and societal gains, such as enhancing competition and financial inclusion to deliver tailored financial products and services at more affordable prices and at greater convenience.

This book analyses the ongoing reform of the European economic union in the light of the new objective of 'stability of the euro area as a whole' in Article 136(3) TFEU.

The papers collected in this volume are those presented at the twelfth Colloquium arranged by the Societe Universitaire Europeenne de Re- cherches Financieres (SUERF) which took place in Cambridge in March 1985.

Blending theory and case studies, this volume explores a vitally important and topical aspect of developmentalism, which remains a focal point for scholarly and policy debates around democracy and social development in the global political economy.

Recent years have seen a return to high inflation that has sparked debate about the causal role of monetary policy in significant price increases, especially in the context of the quantity theory of money.

Human Capital in the Indian IT / BPO Industry analyses human capital management in the Indian information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, which has created a new paradigm for organising global talent engaged in designing and delivering IT and BPO services.

A combination of rigorous analysis and case material; this book is an essential guide to trade and industry developments in Central and Eastern Europe.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

This book, first published in 1988, assembles a key pool of references in English to help study the 'Japanese economic challenge' of the 1980s.

Originally published in 1989, this book is a clear and thorough guide to the workings and purpose of the futures markets.

Originally published in 1925, this volume was written at a time when the cost of living was rising in France and the currency of the Franc was declining.

First published in 1975, this book provides a straightforward examination of regional differences and regional development in the countries of Western Europe.

As a result of the recent financial crisis, there has been significant public debate on the role of the financial sector in bringing about the "e;Great Depression.

The challenges related to disaster risk management (DRM) in the agricultural sector are now widely linked to sustainable environment.

The rise of investment arbitration in the last decade has generated an unprecedented body of arbitral case law.

This book provides expert advice on the practical implementation of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and systematically analyses its various provisions.

The Political Economy of Lula's Brazil describes the social, political and economic transformations that led to increased interest in the tropical giant at the start of the 21st century.

The WTO is one of the most important intergovernmental organizations in the world, yet the way in which it functions as an organization and the scope of its authority and power are still poorly understood.

Published in 1998, this book provides an empirical analysis of the impact of foreign economic aid in 67 developed countries over a 19 year period.

This volume examines and analyzes the current situation of, and the future prospects for, the Japanese economy, particularly in the context of inequality.

Originally published in 1993, this book contains 3 studies on Africa: Algeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

This volume is a pioneering contribution to the study of food politics and critical agrarian studies, where food sovereignty has emerged as a pivotal concept over the past few decades, with a wide variety of social movements, on-the-ground experiments, and policy innovations flying under its broad banner.

What Hedge Funds Do provides a needed complement to journalistic accounts of the hedge fund industry, to deepen the understanding of non-specialist readers such as policymakers, journalists, and individual investors.

In the eyes of many, China's unprecedented economic rise has brought nothing but good news to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Memory of Trade is an ethnographic study of the people of Aru, an archipelago in eastern Indonesia.

Do countries benefit from their Membership in the WTO.

Since the early 1980s John Paul Lederach has traveled worldwide as a mediation trainer and conflict resolution consultant.

Financial markets across the Arabian Peninsula have gone from being small, quasi-medieval structures in the 1960s to large world-class groupings of financial institutions.

In this volume, we examine the challenges and opportunities created by global migration at the start of the 21st century.

Der vorliegende dritte Band, der im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes "Kriminalität im Grenzgebiet" erscheint, faßt die Beiträge eines Symposiums zusammen, das im Oktober 1998 in Frankfurt (Oder) stattgefunden hat.

Drawing on the example of late-developing countries, especially from East Asia, catching up with established powers, the authors address a new formulation of industrial policy for latecoming, semi-industrialized countries.

This book seeks to explore the development and policy implications of South-South migration, specifically with regard to the role and challenges for social policy.