Economics

In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods.

This book analyses the diffusion and implementation of Aid Effectiveness Principles in Kenya's agricultural sector.

This book presents a new approach to studying the European Union's regional and global relevance.

What drives children as consumers?

International Finance offers a clear and accessible introduction to the fundamental principles and practice of international finance in today's world, from the international financial environment and exchange rates, to financing multinational companies and international investment.

The aim of this book is to analyze the relationship between renewable energy sources and citizens, focusing both on demand and supply.

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Buying and Selling the Environment: How to Design and Implement a PES Scheme provides a guide to the design and implementation of PES schemes that 'mimic' market processes, including three key elements: the estimation of the demand for environmental services, an understanding of the costs of supply, and how to predict the productivity of actions taken.

This book challenges the view that Run- of-River hydropower dams are green, clean and renewable.

The book is a comparative study of the national security review of foreign investment laws in China and the US.

Edith Penrose is best known for The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, originally published in 1959, but she made major contributions in other fields, including patents, the oil industry, and development economics.

Stalin's Quest for Gold tells the story of Torgsin, a chain of retail shops established in 1930 with the aim of raising the hard currency needed to finance the USSR's ambitious industrialization program.

This book chronicles the ascension of the New York Stock Exchange, detailing its remarkable rise to preeminence and its lasting impact on financial history.

Democratization in South Africa has been accompanied by continuing and even deepening economic inequalities.

Applied Welfare Economics: Cost-Benefit Analysis for Project and Policy Evaluation presents a consistent framework for applied welfare economics and is grounded in a comprehensive theory of cost-benefit analysis, specifically focused on offering a practical approach to policy and project evaluation.

Um Wirtschaftlichkeitsanalysen durchzuführen braucht es kein aufwendiges und komplexes Verfahren.

This volume is a collection of papers written by nationals or former nationals of the respective country in ASEAN and Northeast Asia.

Using Taiwan's third largest export industry - shoe manufacturing - as a case study, this work contends that economic development can be tied to Taiwan's own cultural history as well as to the influx of foreign capital or the initiatives of the state government.

Based on extensive original research, this volume examines contemporary patterns of womens employment in Europe in the context of the profound economic, social and cultural changes that have taken place in recent years.

The past decades have borne witness to the United Farm Workers' (UFW) tenacious hold on the countrys imagination.

As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology in the field of information science & technology.

This book takes an in-depth look at the economics of digital transformation.

This book addresses a diverse set of challenges facing Latin American economies.

On June 3, 2015, the Greek Parliamentary Budget Office, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Democritus University of Thrace, and the University of Peloponnese sponsored an international conference to address medium- and long-term growth in Greece.

From the Global to the Local develops a unique perspective on human rights governance in developing countries, where the state often lacks the required resources, capacities and expertise for implementing rights.

This book explores structural changes in Greenland's economy and labour markets due to the transformative effects of climatic changes and growing international attention.

This book develops and applies an integrated socio-economic assessment of multi-use offshore platforms in European marine locations.

This book focuses on the major issues that will affect the airline industry in this new millennium.

This book includes many of the papers presented at the 6th International workshop on Model Oriented Data Analysis held in June 2001.

This book is Karl Widerquist's first statement of the "e;indepentarian"e; theory of property, called, "e;Justice as the Pursuit of Accord"e; (JPA).

This edited volume on radical dress reforms in East Asia takes a fresh look at the symbols and languages of modernity in dress and body.

This collection focuses on the economic development of the areas of SE Asia with which Britain had a trading relationship.

Rules in the Making represents an attempt to revolutionize ways of thinking about regulatory decision-making.

The United States is currently the linchpin of global trade, technology, and finance, and a military colossus, extending across the world with a network of bases and alliances.

This edited volume brings together contributions from experts on a range of food security issues, and examines them through a number of case studies.

This book gathers together invited presentations from the 12th International Congress on Logistics and SCM Systems (ICLS2017) held in Beijing, China, August 20-23, 2017.

Why law is critical to innovation and economic growthSustained growth depends on innovation, whether it's cutting-edge software from Silicon Valley, an improved assembly line in Sichuan, or a new export market for Swaziland's leather.

Focused on the "e;Belt and Road Initiative"e;, this book discusses China's opportunities to translate economic leverage into political outcomes.

Redefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education advocates incorporating sustainability concepts that go beyond the financial 'bottom line' into management education and business practice.

A revealing collection from the intellectual titan whose work shaped the modern world.

Rebuilding Afghanistan in Times of Crisis provides academics and researchers interested in planning, urbanism and conflict studies with a multidisciplinary, international assessment of the reconstruction and foreign aid efforts in Afghanistan.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.

Why hope matters as a metric of economic and social well-beingIn a society marked by extreme inequality of income and opportunity, why should economists care about how people feel?

This book focuses on the participation and interaction of the three great powers-i.

What will Asia look like ten years from now?

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Los Llanos-the rain-leached, eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombia-are among the most brutal environments on Earth and an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever told.