International cooperation in Social Security

how to cope with globalisation?

Historia del rey transparente

En un turbulento siglo XII, Leola, campesina adolescente, desnuda a un guerrero muerto en un campo de batalla y se viste con sus ropas de hierro, para protegerse bajo un disfraz viril. Así comienza el vertiginoso y emocionante relato de su vida, una peripecia existencial ...

Corporate social responsability

the corporate governance of the 21st Century

In a world where the annual income of the five largest business corporations is more than double the combined GNPs of the 50 poorest countries, the need for meaningful standards of corporate social responsibility should be obvious. The analyses in this volume provide an excellent ...

Global change and the earth system

a planet under pressure

The interactions between environmental change and human societies have a long, complex history spanning many millennia, but these have changed fundamentally in the last century. Human activities are now so pervasive and profound that they are altering the Earth in ways which threaten the very ...

(E)Evolution

organizations and the dynamics of the environment

(R)Evolution studies the adaptation of industrial organisations to the dynamics of the environment by drawing an analogy with evolutionary biology, by extensively studying literature in management science, and by case studies. These investigations have lead to the insight that companies might evolve slower than ...

Topics in Dynamic Model Analysis

advanced Matrix Methods and unit-root econometrics representation theorems

This monograph provides an insightful analysis of dynamic modelling in econometrics by bridging the unit-root gap between structural and time series approaches and focusing on representation theorems of (co) integrated processes.The book starts by providing a self-contained, rigorous as well as innovative, analytical setting ...

Real optins valuations

the importance of interest rate modeling in theory and practice

This book analyzes real options valuation for non-constant versus constant interest rates using simulation and historical backtesting. Several real options are investigated and combined with various pricing tools and stochastic term structure models. Interest rates for real options valuation are simulated by using stochastic term ...

Economists' mathematical manual

This volume presents mathematical formulas and theorems commonly used in economics. It includes both formulas like Roy`s identity that are peculiar to economics and formulas like Leibniz's rule that are common to many areas of applied mathematics. The volume is meant to be ...

L'ordre public écologique

towards an ecological public order

Les domaines et les approches retenues dans ce travail, fruit d#un colloque organisé les 6 et 7 février 2003 à Dijon par le Groupe interdisciplinaire de droit de l#environnement de l#Université de Bourgogne, sont variés. Le droit international,le droit communautaire et ...

La gouvernance supranationale dans la construction européenne

A l'heure du débat sur la ratification du traité instituant une Constitution pour l'Europe la question de la gouvernance supranationale est devenue une question qui concerne l'opinion publique dans tous les pays membres de l'Union européenne. Dans cet ouvrage, 15 historiens ...

Liquidations de régimes matrimoniaux et de successions

méthodes, exercices et corrigés

El nuevo sistema mercantil

XXV Jornadas de Estudio, 17, 18 y 19 de septiembre de 2003

La Reforma Constitucional

XXVI Jornadas de Estudio: 27, 28 y 29 de octubre de 2004

Energy

engine of evolution

Energy: Engine of Evolution is a book about evolution, energy and sustainable development. Since the origin of life, five energy revolutions have passed and Earth is again at the threshold of a new era. This highly practical book paves the way in the search for ...

Sustainable tourism

theory and practice

Examines the theoretical and applied dimensions of contemporary sustainable tourism from a global perspective. Using international case studies and examples, it provides up-to-date coverage of the latest developments in the area. Includes backpacking in Australia and Spain, mountain gorilla parks in Uganda, and the Grand ...

Regional powerhouse

the greater Pearl River Delta and the rise of China

"The Pearl River Delta has played a vital role in China's remarkable economic growth in the last 25 years. This book will help the reader understand the dynamics of the region, its contributors to China's development, and its outlook to the future." - Sir ...

The idea machine

how ideas can be produced industrially

Can ideas be produced industrially? In the same way as shoes or chocolate? Or does it require flashes of inspiration from brilliant creative thinkers? No, claims Nadja Schnetzler. In her Swiss company BrainStore, ideas are produced in the same way as products: to order and ...

China

la trampa de la globalización

China como la vencedora incontestable, inesperada y afortunada de la globalización. Tal es el severo e inquietante diagnóstico de este libro. Mientras tanto, Occidente continúa ciego y sordo ante las señales, bastante obvias sin embargo, de tal presagio y de sus severas consecuencias para el ...

Casos de Derecho penal. Parte general

Tomo 2: Teoría del hecho punible. Delito doloso comisión. Tipicidad. Antijuridicidad. Culpabilidad. Punibilidad

The human impact on the natural environment

past, present, and future

The new edition of this classic student text provides an up-to-date and comprehensive view of the major environmental issues facing the world today, and is an essential introduction to the past, present and future impact of humans on Earth. Following the successful structure of previous ...