US and EC oligopoly control

When major suppliers independently (or otherwise) perceive that they can collectively control the market price of a product, is it collusion? Not necessarily. Yet for consumers this interdependent pricing variously called tacit collusion, or conscious parallellism is experienced precisely as collusion would be experienced. This ...

The 2003 Federal Budget

Conflicting tensions

Policy that works for forest and people

real prospects for governance and livelihoods

Balancing water for humans and nature

the new approach in ecohydrology

Measuring your company's environmental impact

templates and tools for a complete ISO 14001 initial review

Decálogo del vendedor exitoso

La aventura de Doñana

cómo crear una Reserva: memorias de un biólogo heterodoxo

Doñana fue una de las grandes creaciones de Valverde. Hubo más. como se puede constatar en otros tomos de estas memorias. Pero la de Doñana fue una batalla épica. "Nada más ver en 1952 las colonias de miles de garzas de diferentes especies anidando en ...

El modelo de gestión de recursos humanos

un enfoque tradicionalmente nuevo sobre gestión de personas

Se trata de una obra fácil y amena que nos muestra, en pocas páginas, un eficaz método de gestión de personas al alcance de toda organización (cualquiera que sea su dimensión) que tenga como principal activo su capital humano y que esté dispuesta a dedicar ...

Comparative costitutionalism and good governance in the Commonwealth

an Eastern and Southern african perspective

The central role that good, effective and capable governance plays in the economic and social development of a country is now widely recognised. Using the Commonwealth countries of eastern and southern Africa, this book analyses some of the key constitutional issues in the process of ...

The greco-roman East

politics, culture, society

This collection of papers illustrates how our picture of the Greco-Roman East has changed over the last two decades as a result of new finds, new methods, and new interests on the part of classical scholars. The chapters, by a distinguished international cast of contributors ...

The life and death of Anne Boleyn

"the most happy"

Anne Boleyn is the most notorious of England's queens, but more famous for her death as an adulterer than for her life. Henry's second wife and mother of Elizabeth I, Anne was the first English queen to be publicly executed. Yet what do ...

Housing and welfare in Southern Europe

Chapter One: IntroductionThe Scope of this bookStructure of the bookSupplementary bibliography Chapter Two - Are southern housing systems different? IntroductionTenure patterns in southern EuropeCountries of homeownersOne home in two houses: high proportion of secondary homesHousing access, family cycles and residential mobilityProduction and promotion of housingConclusions Chapter ...

Classical literature

a concise history

This accessible one-volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome covers the period between Homer, around 700 bc, and Augustine, around ad 410. It highlights what is important historically and what is of continuing interest and value in the literature of classical antiquity. The ...

Anti-dumping and other trade protections laws of the EC

Here in a fully updated fourth edition is the definitive treatment of EC trade protection laws. Always comprehensive in its coverage, in its new edition the book provides incisive analysis and critical commentary on the numerous cases decided under the Anti-Dumping, Countervailing, Safeguard and Trade ...

Ancient greek literature

An introduction to ethnic conflict

Vases en voyage

de la Grèce à l'Étrurie

Marie de Médicis

un gouvernement par les arts

Dès son mariage avec Henri IV en 1600, Marie de Médicis symbolise le lien de la monarchie française avec une politique de mécénat artistique à l'italienne. Le lecteur accompagne celle qui fut la princesse florentine (1573-1600), la femme du roi de France de 1600 ...

España descarrilada

terror islamista en Madrid y el despertar de Occidente

Making public transport work

People have always traveled, but over the last century there has been an unprecedented increase in mobility. Hundreds of millions commute daily between home and work, relying more and more on cars and less on urban and intercity public transport. Faced with environmental concerns and ...