International economics

Africa and the Global System of Capital Accumulation offers a groundbreaking analysis of the strategic role Africa plays in the global capitalist economy.

With the harmonization of the EU economies, and issues of EU enlargement and integration with Europe's transition economies topping the political agenda, the economic geography of Europe is being recast.

Over a quarter of a century after the fall of the Berlin Wall and 10 years after their accession to the European Union (EU), Central and Eastern Europe Countries (CEECs) still show marked differences with the rest of Europe in the fields of labour, work and industrial relations.

Die Zinsbuchsteuerung mittelständischer Kreditinstitute stößt in Zeiten sehr niedriger bzw.

This book explores how the economic sphere has experienced an ultimate shape after the occurrence of several crises, since 2000s.

This book is a Festschrift to Annamaria Simonazzi and embraces the themes that she has contributed to over the years through her insightful and inspiring works.

The growing internationalization of markets, the relaxation of constraints on capital flows between countries, and the creation of different economic unions -- the European Union in particular -- initiated the flow of capital, goods, and services across national borders, growth and diffusion of shareholding, and increased merger activity among the world's largest stock exchanges.

As we move deeper into the twenty-first century, the forces of globalisation continue to transform both the spaces around international borders, and the social processes, cultural practices, economies, and political dynamics within and between these spaces.

The recent collapse of the banking system and instability in the financial markets has dramatically shaken confidence in the global economic order.

This book draws together a set of topical writings on the subject of microcredit that will be of relevance to the work of both researchers and practitioners in the field.

Payments and financial market infrastructures are vital components of modern economies, yet they have often been overlooked by economists.

Between 1978 and 2006, GDP growth in China maintained an annual average rate of 9.

This book focuses on the recovery and new normal in a post-Covid scenario, drawing important lessons from the pandemic and proposing new ideas for sustainable development, endogenous dynamism, and inclusive growth.

This is the very first book to explicitly both detail the core general principles of institutional and evolutionary political economy and also apply the principles to current world problems such as the coronavirus crisis, climate change, corruption, AI-Robotics, policy-governance, money and financial instability, terrorism, AIDS-HIV and the nurturance gap.

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India A book of beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The TimesIn August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces.

This book is the fullest and most detailed study yet published in English of Ernst Toller's plays and their most significant productions.

Asking the question of whether Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is 'integrating' the world economy, this comprehensive volume consists of an overview of current FDI research.

The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its positionholds signifi cant trading and military advantages, yet the maritime boundaries of the region remain ill-defined.

Behind the Scenes of China's SuccessHave you heard about flying taxis in China, robo-cars navigating through bustling cities, eco-friendly trains that travel at the speed of airplanes, and the government's plans to establish colonies on the moon and Mars by the 2030s?

This book provides a study on the impact of Brexit on international competitiveness and in doing so, presents a theoretical account of regional disintegration.

This book explores the problems of fiscal policy as an instrument of economic and social development in the modern environment, primarily focusing on the transition economies of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia.

The National Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations: Other Voices series is the first to offer an authentic world-wide view of the history of public relations.

Boasting the fastest growing Internet market in the world, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is accelerating into the digital economy.

The book builds on an important emergent body of discussion which questions, both empirically and theoretically, the conventional neoclassical doctrine that economies are more efficient if the state withdraws from it.

This handbook presents a timely collection of original studies on relevant themes, policies and developments in European banking.

This title was first published in 2000.

Some of the most important developments of the last quarter century relate to the internationalization of financial issues: the advent of free trade areas; the efforts of the European Union in establishing a single currency; burdens of international indebtedness; and the economic growth and development of nations.

Investigates relationships between sovereign states and banks, and their conflicts over the creation of money in government debt and mobile capital.

This volume shows how investment arbitration may be reformed to achieve both increased investment flows and improved access to justice.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of national security exceptions in international trade and investment agreements.

China's increasing involvement in Africa is a controversial and hotly debated issue.

Globalisation and Interdependence in the International Political Economy addresses central developments within the contemporary international system.

China, Trust and Digital Supply Chains presents a critical reflection on blockchain technologies in the context of their adoption in China and the world that China is engaged in and shaping.

 This volume, in a sense, aims at reflecting the qualities of the honoree and it does so in two respects.

This book examines how healthcare organisations shape, adapt and resist developments in healthcare policy and practice.

The authorized, paginated WTO Dispute Settlement Reports in English: cases for 2018.

Offers in a single volume all the key outcomes from WTO Ministerial Conferences since the organization was established in 1995.

This book is concerned with the varying responses of South American countries to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

In this must-have guide for creating and implementing successful outsourcing processes and partnerships, Vitasek drives the principles of Vested Outsourcing beyond theory into practice.

Exploring the phenomenon of diffusion of legal norms accompanying economic globalisation in developing countries, this book examines the blanket imposition of standard regulatory templates, maintaining that every jurisdiction requires customised legal solutions.

Microfinance is defined as the financial services offered to the poor for the purpose of promoting small-scale enterprises, and as such it is one of the most important topics in development studies and a burgeoning area in economics.

The term 'housing crisis' has recently been associated with rising foreclosure rates and tottering financial institutions, particularly in the US and Europe.

This book critically re-examines the currently dominant paradigm of agricultural development policy from historical and comparative perspectives.

This volume of Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics includes selected papers from the 22nd Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference in Rome.

Arising as a market-induced improvement on existing governmental services and competing with the government for customers and resources, nonprofit organizations are a relatively unexplored area of public policy.

Countries establish defence industries for various reasons.