International economics

Long term asset owners and managers, while seeking high risk-adjusted returns and efficiently allocating scarce financial capital to the highest value economic activities, have the essential and formidable role of ensuring the sustainability of return.

This book explores the intricate connection between the Single Market, characterized by the freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labor within and across Europe, and the Digital Single Market, the virtual space that promotes freedom of movement of information and data.

This book reveals the key trends in the modern Russian trade policy to provide a deeper understanding of the main challenges and barriers, possible paths and opportunities in its development.

This book is an effort to provide a "e;primary source"e;, a guide for Chinese/American cross-cultural negotiations, which has been constructed and amassed by professionals living and working in China.

Originally published in 1965, this book subjected the economic performance of Scotland to close examination.

Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, the EU has been in almost permanent crisis mode.

Praise for Handbook of Exchange Rates This book is remarkable.

Does the European Union need closer fiscal integration, and in particular a stronger fiscal centre, to become more resilient to economic shocks?

Despite the passage of NAFTA and other recent free trade victories in the United States, former U.

Negotiation is an important managerial skill.

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).

To convey the image of a responsible power willing to contribute to regional stability and cooperation, China has shifted from a single-minded preference for bilateralism to an active participation in East Asian regionalism in the recent decades.

Inland waterways are a host for a mode of transport that is not as visible to the general public or as used as it once was.

The Globalization of Liberalism demonstrates that liberalism is more deeply embedded in the structure of modern international political and economic order than is usually realised, and that at present there is a contested process of the 'globalization of liberalism'.

It has been four years since the financial crisis of 2008, and the global financial system still is experiencing malaise caused by high rates of unemployment; a lingering, unresolved supply of foreclosed properties; the deepening European debt crisis; and fear of a recurrence of the bank turmoil that brought about the Great Recession.

The book's 30 chapters are divided into three sections - international trade, economic development, macroeconomics and finance - and focus on the frontier issues in each.

The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Business and Management provides a comprehensive overview of management and business processes and practices in Japanese companies.

Since the Great Depression, researchers and statisticians have recognized the need for more extensive methods for measuring economic growth and sustainability.

Recognising the different ways that capitalism is theorised, this book explores various aspects of contemporary capitalism in India.

This timely book points the way towards a new positive regulatory framework for international investment following the failure of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI).

This book analyzes the investment chapter of a new type of trade agreement between Canada and the European Union to help readers gain a better understanding of this mega-regional deal, which includes foreign investment protection.

There is growing evidence that overcoming the low-income threshold and reaching middle-income status is not sufficient for countries to converge toward high-income levels.

Principles of World Trade Law presents a comprehensive and balanced picture of the legal framework underpinning the modern world trading system - covering the law of the WTO but also drawing on bilateral and regional instruments.

For courses in International Trade.

In this book, Ann Pettifor examines the issues of debt affecting the 'first world' or OECD countries, looking at the history, politics and ethics of the coming debt crisis and exploring the implications of high international indebtedness for governments, corporations, households, individuals and the ecosystem.

When this book was originally published in 1988, this book was the first to include a large number of reports on British and US companies' experience with computers in company training in such areas as banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, IT, the retail industry, transport, telecommunications and energy.

The concept of an information economy is considered by some to be a new branch of economic theory, and by others as the next stage of development for an economy post-industrialization.

Important parts of development practice, especially in key institutions such as the World Bank, are dominated by economists.

I consider it a privilege to have been invited to write a preface for "e;The Limits to Certainty"e;.

Launched in 1991, The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective, under the auspices of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA).

These essays pay tribute to Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah''s illustrious career and explore alternative visions of international investment law and arbitration.

History teaches us important lessons, provided we can discern its patterns.

Few economic events have caused such controversy as the privatization process in Russia.

The current value of global trade has reached a staggering annual figure of $6 trillion in merchandise crossing borders.

Large industrial enterprises are an important phenomena in advanced Western economies.

So far there has been only praise for globalization.

The insolvency of multinational corporate groups creates a compelling challenge to the commercial world.

Green Trade Agreements reviews and analyses the environmental provisions that have become an important characteristic of the growing number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements.

South Asia today is among the most unstable regions in the world, riddled by both intra- and inter-state conflict.

Consumer credit has become a topical issue for researchers, regulators and the banking industry in Europe as a result of increasing market integration, regulatory changes and a growing tendency of households to use debt to finance consumption.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing everything - from the way we relate to each other, to the work we do, the way our economies work, and what it means to be human.

Chronology of Venezuelan Oil (1969) covers all aspects of the Venezuelan petroleum industry's historical evolution: technical, legal, economic, social and political to create a reference source for scholars, teachers, executives, professionals and technicians, as well as students of the industry.

Developed nations strive to create the impression that their hearts and pockets bleed for the developing world.

This book is about how the rise of democracy has transformed economics over the past 150 years.