International economics

The current international business environment is characterized by two contradictory but at times mutually supplementary trends.

This title was first published in 2003.

This book offers a novel understanding of money by moving away from the dominant lens of economics through which it is usually seen.

WINNER: Independent Press Award 2020 - Technology CategoryBlockchain is the technology behind bitcoin and other crypto-currencies.

Originally published in 1984 this book remains as relevant as when it was first published.

Originally published in 1930, the essays in this book discuss some of the leading financial controversies of the early 1930s in non-technical language.

This book focuses on the current tension between China and the US on trade imbalance and discusses China's opening-up strategy in the context of this trade conflict.

Written by a team of expert practitioners at the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD, this book gives an overview of evaluation practice at IFAD.

'The Economic Factor in International Relations' is a timely reminder that economics cannot be treated unquestioningly, nor should its important be overvalued in the world today.

The Routledge REITs Research Handbook presents a cutting-edge examination of the research into this key global investment vehicle.

There can be no doubt, writes economist Melvyn Krauss, that the prosperity of the industrial nations since the Second World War has been due largely to global specialization and interdependence.

Following the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe, immediate concerns for the former socialist states have been largely economic.

This book is a collection of invited and selected papers from the Singapore Economic Policy Forum 2009 around a central theme, Challenges Facing Singapore in the Post-Crisis Era and Policy Responses.

The status of economic liberties remains a serious lacuna in the theory and practice of human rights.

This book addresses the following fundamental questions: With the EU seeing Taiwan as a partner on its own merit (rather than exclusively through the China factor lens), how can the two sides consolidate this new normal, what next?

This volume surveys and combines the different dimensions of globalization so as to propose a general diagnosis of the way they interact to explain growing inequality in advanced economies.

This scholarly book provides a timely examination of China's growing influence in the Mediterranean region.

The "e;Report on RMB Internationalization 2023: Broadening and Deepening Economic and Trade Cooperation"e; is the 12th annual report from the International Monetary Institute (IMI) at Renmin University of China.

Examining the economic forces that will shape Africa's future.

This book provides historical and analytical perspectives on the different phases of the postwar dollar standard in order to better understand its resilience in spite of the great volatility in today's global monetary system.

The term "e;economic globalization"e; has been discussed extensively in the popular press, by business executives and by policy-makers all over the world.

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, including analysis of its current trade and innovation strategies.

The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) maintains that all relevant information is fully and immediately reflected in stock prices and that investors will obtain an equilibrium rate of return.

As the United States slowly disengages from the Middle East and Europe faces internal challenges, a new actor is quietly exerting greater influence across North Africa: China.

This book is a collection of essays written by Ambassador, Professor Jorgen orstrom Moller from the middle of 2009 to end of 2012, commenting on global economic and political events, which reflect Moeller's judgment and evaluation on these issues.

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), officially unveiled in 2013, is Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature foreign and economic policy initiative to achieve improved connectivity, regional cooperation, and economic development on a trans-continental scale.

The emergence of mobile money and other new forms of payment has changed the sovereign foundations of money.

This book covers the contemporary politics and economic development of the four countries of North Africa - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.

The book systematically describes the theory and practice of ICSID annulment proceedings by thoroughly analysing this mechanism in light of the annulment decisions rendered so far as well as the publications on the issue.

This edited volume proposes an innovative approach to European Integration by combining economics and political theory in its study of public goods.

Open internationalization is a concept that brings a new perspective on the process of firm internationalization.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has become the prime engine to foster growth and to facilitate the restructuring and internationalization of formerly sheltered areas during the 1980s.

This book is the first book that provides comprehensive economic analysis of cross-border outsourcing by Japanese manufacturing firms based on microdata.

This study investigates mergers and acquisitions in emerging economies.

This book presents a method of linking the ordered structure of the cosmos with human thoughts: the theory of language holography.

Published in 1997, this book traces the history of foreign investment policy in South Korea from 1961 until the present.

Like the robber barons of the 19th century Gilded Age, a new and proliferating crop of billionaires is driving rapid development and industrialization in poor countries.

This book addresses the question of how competition takes place in international manufacturing industries.

The concept of National Systems of Innovation was introduced as a method to describe the various elements which contribute to innovation performance and their interaction.

This textbook explains the notion of monetary union, highlighting the key concepts, procedures, and challenges involved.

Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century.

This book contains a set of essays by eminent international scholars from Australia, New Zealand, the U.

This book is an exploration of how the European Union (EU) and other regional actors construct, understand and use different forms of power in a political space that is increasingly referred to as "e;Greater Eurasia"e;.

This book examines how contemporary financial economy evolved as the predominant economic system, and why unabated accumulation of financial capital takes place in such systems.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), made up of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is one of the most resilient sub-regional organizations in the world, and the most successful in the Arab world.

The New International Monetary System brings together twelve original contributions by leading scholars and practitioners to a conference convened in May 2008 on the occasion of the retirement of Alexander Swoboda.