El Ministerio Fiscal Español

Con motivo de la celebración del veinticinco aniversario de la promulgación del Estatuto Orgánico del Ministerio Fiscal, se ha publicado esta magnífica obra que pretende ser una aproximación a los orígenes del Ministerio Fiscal. Después de la presentación, prólogos del Presidente del Consejo General del ...

Siyasa

estudio arqueológico del despoblado andalusí (ss. XI-XIII)

INDICE: Prólogo. Historia de la investigación. El marco geográfico. El contexto histórico. Organización y aprovechamiento del territorio. La conquista castellana y la posterior despoblación. El poblado andalusí. La arquitectura residencial. La decoración arquitectónica. La cerámica y el vidrio. Conclusiones. Bibliografía.

Las matemáticas del arte

inspiración ma(r)temática

Las matemáticas del arte es mucho más que un manual de matemáticas o un tratado de arte. Su lectura servirá para que los artistas valoren el papel de esta ciencia como fuente de inspiración y desarrollo; pero también es muy útil a los matemáticos y ...

L'erreur

Errare humanum est. Quoi de plus humain en effet que l'erreur, dont les auteurs de cet ouvrage abordent les contours mais aussi les détours qu'elle occasionne ? Fruit d'une manifestation organisée à l'Institut de France (les 25 et 26 octobre 2006) par ...

The politics of globalization

a reader

Giants of enterprise

seven business innovators and the empires they built

Seven business innovators and the empires they built. The pre-eminent business historian of our time, Richard S. Tedlow, examines seven great CEOs who successfully managed cutting-edge technology and formed enduring corporate empires. With the depth and clarity of a master, Tedlow illuminates the minds, lives ...

Fortune favors the bold

what we must do to build a new and lasting global porsperity

An incisive analysis of the ever-changing global economy looks at globalization and how economic systems around the world can grow and thrive, covering such topics as the U.S. trade deficit, ways to restart Japan's stagnant economy, the World Bank, and intellectual property rights ...

Creating Silicon Valley in Europe

public policy towards new technology industries

Influential research associated with the 'varieties of capitalism' literature has argued that countries with liberal market orientations, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, can more easily design policies to cultivate success in new technology industries compared to countries associated with organized economies ...

Capitalism unleashed

finance, globalization, and welfare

Free enterprise is off the leash and chasing new opportunities for profit making across the globe. After a turbulent century of unprecedented social and technological change, Capitalism has emerged as the dominant ideology and model for economic growth in the richest, most developed countries. But ...

The myths of innovation

How do you know whether a hot technology will succeed or fail? Or where the next big idea will come from? The best answers come not from the popular myths we tell about innovation, but instead from time-tested truths that explain how we've made ...

The upside

In the 1980s conventional wisdom was that you could have high quality or low cost, but not both - until Japanese makers of cars and electronics showed otherwise. Now, high quality and low cost are required just to enter the marketplace. Today, we face a similar ...

Basic economics

a common sense guide to the economy

This completely revised and updated third edition of Thomas Sowell's instrumental work includes a new chapter of government finance. "Basic Economics" is a citizen's guide to economics - for those who want to understand how the economy works, but have no interest in jargon ...

Mobilizing minds

creating wealth from talent in the 21st century organization

Twenty years ago, McKinsey's "Reengineering the Corporation" delivered a radical model for creating wealth-by eliminating layers and reducing bureaucracy. Now, McKinsey's Bryan and Joyce chart a new frontier that will set the agenda in global growth for decades to come, by unleashing profit ...

The secret history of the American Empire

economic hit men, jackals, and the truth about global corruption

In the Secret History of the American Empire, Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world today and, drawing on interviews with other hit men, jackals, CIA operatives, reporters, and activists, examines the current geopolitical crisis. Instability is the norm: It's clear that ...

Group genius

the creative power of collaboration

A pioneering expert on creativity and innovation shows the power of collaboration for individual organizational creativity. Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common ...

The battle for investment survival

"Loeb tells us to put all our eggs in one basket, and watch the basket." - John Rothchild, Financial Columnist, "Time magazine". "This book is very special in my life. It is the very first "Wall Street" book I ever read. After reading 1,200 additional ...

La répression pénale des crimes internationaux

justice pénale internationale

Cours donné à l'Institut des hautes études internationales de Paris 2 sur l'émergence d'un droit international pénal au XXe siècle, son champ d'application, les juridictions pénales internationales, leur fonctionnement et leurs rapports avec les juridictions nationales.

Le capitalisme est en train de s'autodétruire

Le capitalisme est-il en train de s'autodétruire ? La question peut sembler saugrenue, voire provocatrice, au moment même où les grandes entreprises de la planète, y compris en France, affichent des profits insolents, rémunèrent très confortablement leurs dirigeants et distribuent des dividendes records à leurs ...

La politique monetaire

Quel est le cadre institutionnel de la politique monétaire ? Quels sont les principes qui la guident? Quelle est la stratégie des banques centrales ? Comment peut-on expliquer leur politique de taux d'intérêt et comment coordonnent-elles les anticipations (leur rôle de " joueur de flûte") ? Comment la ...

Les déséquilibres financiers internationaux

Face à l'énorme déficit de la balance courante américaine, les pays d'Asie comme les pays exportateurs de pétrole ont accumulé des excédents tout aussi spectaculaires. L'économie la plus riche de la planète emprunte ainsi massivement à des pays beaucoup moins développés. Comment ...