Making globalization good

the moral challenges of global capitalism

How can we develop a global economic architecture that is efficient, morally acceptable, geographically inclusive and sustainable over time? If global capitalism - arguably the most efficient wealth-creating system known to man - is to be both economically viable and socially acceptable, each of its four constituent ...

An introduction to the law of trusts

This text provides a concise and analytical overview of account of the English law of trusts, drawing out especially this area's underlying concerns and suggesting ways in which the rules can be explained and evaluated. By providing law students with an intelligible framework within ...

Land Law 2003-2004

Tax Policy

theory and practice in OECD countries

How do governments justify their choice of tax policy? What are the arguments for and against the choices they make? Are there common trends in the tax policy choices of OECD countries? This text provides a guide to tax policies pursued by the governments of ...

Trusts and equity

Family Law in the twentieth century

a history

Innovation management

strategies, implementation and profits

This second edition of Innovation Management provides a systematic approch to the strategies and processes that underlay the financial results of innovation, using multi-functional research from economics, organizational theory, general management and marketing, and the strategy literature. Índice 1 Introduction and Overview I. FUNDAMENTALS 2 ...

Developement policy as public finance

How to raise and spend revenues in order to promote development in practice involves second-best considerations, which the analysis of the role of international trade, liberalization, and other economic reforms must take into account. Particular emphasis is placed on social cost- benefit analysis as a ...

The analysis of structured securities

precise risk measurement and capital allocation

The Analysis of Structured Securities presents the first intellectually defensible framework for systematic assessment of the credit quality of structured securities. It begins with a detailed description and critique of methods used to rate asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations and asset- backed commercial paper. The ...

The dollarization debate

With an emphasis on North and Latin America, this work takes a global approach to a controversial topic in the business world; dollarization. With the collapse of the former Soviet Union, and the formation of the euro in Europe, many countries and debating whether or ...

Real estate investment trusts

structure, performance, and investment opportunities

The book provides the investing public, real estates practitioners, regulators, and real estate and finance academics with up-to-date information on what modern scholarly research tells us about Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). REITs are credited to allow institutional and individual investors to invest in real ...

The economic future in historical perspective

In this volume, modern economic historians show how analysis of past experiences contributes to a better understanding of present-day economic conditions. They offer insights into major challenges that will occupy the attention of policy makers in the coming decades. The 17 essays are organized around ...

Oxford Handbook of Strategy

.Vol. 1: Strategy overview and competitive strategy

1. D. O. Faulkner and A. Campbell: Introduction Part I: Approaches to Strategy 2. J. Kay, P. McKiernan, and D. O. Faulkner: The History of Strategy 3. M. Slater: The Boundary of the Firm 4. D. Barron: Evolutionary Theory 5. R. Loveridge: Institutional Theory 6 ...

Oxford Handbook of Strategy

.Vol. 2: Corporate strategy

Employment Law

A bitter living

women, markets, and social capital in Early Modern Germany

What role did women play in the pre-industrial European economy? Sheilagh Ogilvie tackles this question in an original way, using a rich body of new evidence. By examining women's contribution to a particular pre-industrial economy - the German state of Württemberg - Ogilvie casts doubt on ...

The field and the forge

population, production, and power in the pre-industrial West

The Field and the Forge offers an innovative approach to the pre- industrial history of Europe and the Mediterranean basin from Roman times through to the Industrial Revolution. This wide-ranging analysis demonstrates how technology changed the scope of state and empire building, and explores why ...

The diversity of modern capitalism

This book proposes a comparative analysis of modern capitalism. It identifies five different types of modern economies: the market-based economies, Asian capitalism, the Continental European model, the social democratic economies, and the Mediterranean model. It presents their main institutional characteristics and relates the different models ...

Management accounting in the digital economy

The deployment of digital technologies by enterprises affects not just their functioning in economic terms, but also mobilizes broader social, institutional and organizational effects. This book explores these issues, and looks at the way in which management accounting systems structures, thinking, and practices are being ...

Business research methods

Business Research Methods is an exciting new text which provides a comprehensive introduction to the main theories and practices in the field of business research methods. Illustrated with numerous current examples highlighting specific issues faced by business school students, the book is designed to show ...

Business ethics

a european perspective.Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization

Business Ethics is an exciting, new, student focused text which provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of European business ethics. It is the first business ethics textbook to feature extensive coverage of the highly topical issues of corporate citizenship, globalization and sustainability. The book ...

Asset management and investor protection

an international analysis

Scandals in financial institutions, weakness in the world economy, and volatility in financial markets bring to the fore issues of regulation and consumer protection. This comparative survey of how investors are currently protected in a range of European countries and the USA is set in ...