Internet valuation

The 1990s saw a rapid rise in the proportion of market value represented by internet companies. At the peak of the market, the value of US internet stocks alone exceeded $2 trillion, making these stocks nearly as valuable as the entire UK market. However, since ...

A history of Spain

The euroarea and the new EU member states

This collection analyses the monetary and exchange rate strategies of the EU accession countries during the EMU (pre-) accession phase and also policy questions that will appear upon Euroarea entry. Written by specialists in the field, it is a must-read for all economists with an ...

Rolling out new produts across international markets

causes of delays

Launching a new product into numerous countries is a major challenge for managers, particularly those who operate in industries with rapid technological change and high internationalization environments. This book focuses on the time dimension of international product launches using case studies from Japanese, US and ...

Modeling pension system

The issue of unfunded public pension systems has moved to the centre of public debate all over the world. Unfortunately, a large part of the discussions have remained on a qualitative level. This book seeks to address this by providing detailed knowledge on modelling pension ...

Principles of retail management

The text seeks to offer a comprehensive, academic text on Retail Management, which takes a United Kingdom and European perspective on the area. It is ideal for both undergraduates and postgraduates studying retailing as part of a Retailing, Marketing or Business degree. The text takes ...

Globalization and health

an introduction

There is widespread recognition that globalization is changing the world around us, but so far there has been no systematic analysis of how it is impacting on human health. Such impacts are diverse, encompassing global economic, political, sociocultural, technological and environmental changes. Globalization and Health ...

World higher education database 2003/4

single-user version

The most comprehensive reference tool available in the field of higher education world-wide, the World Higher Education Database 2003/4 combines the latest databases of the IAU's International Handbook of Universities and the World List of Universities and Other Institutions of Higher Education, all ...

World higher education database 2003/4

network version

The most comprehensive reference tool available in the field of higher education world-wide, the World Higher Education Database 2003/4 combines the latest databases of the IAU's International Handbook of Universities and the World List of Universities and Other Institutions of Higher Education, all ...

Recreation in the Renaissance

attitudes towards leisure and pastimes in european culture: c. 1425-1675

Behind locked doors

a history of the Papal elections

The history of Brazil

Transnational corporations and Human Rights

The United Nations

an introduction

Sonic branding

an introduction

Brands have become very important as sources of value and as a means to build value and sustain market position. Much emphasis has been placed upon the visual representation of brands. This book defines a new competitive arena in the creation and development of brands ...

Language, charisma and creativity

ritual life in the catholic charismatic renewal

Thomas Csordas's analysis of the Catholic charismatic renewal, part of the contemporary cultural and media phenomenon known as conservative Christianity, embraces one of the primary charges of anthropology as a discipline: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar and the familiar ...

A critical history of Economics

John Mills provides a critical survey of the way economics has developed. He argues that the main goal of economics ought to be to show how to achieve a combination of economic growth, full employment, low inflation, avoidance of extreme poverty and sustainabilit

British counterinsurgency

from Palestine to Northern Ireland

Romantic victorians

english literature, 1824-1840

Banking, the state and industrial promotion in developing Japan 1900-73

Globalization and insecurity

political, economic and physical challenges

Chastity and transgression in women's writing

interrupting the Harlot´s Progress

Working at the intersections of feminist literary criticism, new historicism, and narratology, "Chastity and Transgression in Women's Writing" revises contemporary understandings of 19th century representations of prostitution, female sexuality and the "rights of woman" debate. Eberle's project explores the connections and disjunctures between ...