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America's first Great Depression

economic crisis and political disorder after the panic of 1837

For a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to pay their domestic and foreign creditors. Washington was incapable of decisive action. The ...

The primes

how any group can solve any problem

Discover fundamental principles of high-stakes change and organizational transformation The "primes" are universal and unavoidable patterns of group behavior that emerge whenever people attempt to transform systems or collaborate to solve complex problems. Every change agent has felt their effect, but few can recognize, anticipate ...

La Administración concursal tras la reforma de 2011: una perspectiva práctica

Análisis comparado de la Ley Concursal con la Ley 38/2011 de Reforma

La presente obra tiene por objeto ofrecer una visión práctica del funcionamiento del órgano de la administración concursaI, analizando el nuevo panorama que se presenta tras la entrada en vigor de la novedosa Ley 38/201 1, de reforma concursal. La nueva norma pretende simplificar ...

Los derechos fundamentales de los jueces

La preservación de la confianza de los ciudadanos en los tribunales, en definitiva, la garantía de la independencia e imparcialidad de quienes los integran, supone para éstos evidentes limitaciones en su comportamiento público y en su actividad privada. Los derechos fundamentales de los jueces padecen ...

El fútbol y su ordenamiento jurídico

Origen en Inglaterra e implantación en Argentina

El fútbol es el deporte más difundido y practicado del planeta, sus reglas de juego son tan universales como las matemáticas y las reglas de competición que lo organizan «oficialmente» se aplican en todos los países del mundo, sin excepciones. A pesar del singular éxito ...

The business model innovation factory

how to stay relevant when the world is changing

Business model innovation is the new strategic imperative for all leaders Blockbuster's executives saw Netflix coming. Yet they stuck with their bricks and mortar business model, losing billions in shareholder value. They were "netflixed." Business models don't last as long as they used ...

Sûreté nucléaire

Droit et gouvernance mondiale

Fukushima, mars 2011. Vingt-cinq ans après la tragédie de Tchernobyl, l’accident japonais nous rappelle que la recherche d’une énergie nucléaire totalement sûre est une quête qui semble sans fin. Au-delà de la remise en question du choix nucléaire par un certain nombre d ...

Hundary

between democracy and authoritarianism

How has Hungary, a country once in the vanguard of political and economic reform under Communism, become a chilling example of the new threats confronting democracy in Central Europe? The return of Hungary's demons of the past - nationalism, ethnic hatred, deeply-rooted corruption and authoritarian ...

Scenario planning

a field guide to the future

Is your business ready for the future? Scenario planning is a fascinating, yet still underutilized, business tool that can be of immense value to a company's strategic planning process. It allows companies to visualize the impact that a portfolio of possible futures could have ...

Wasted world

how our consumption challenges the planet

All systems produce waste as part of a cycle - bacteria, humans, combustion engines, even one as large and complex as a city. To some extent, this waste can be absorbed, processed, or recycled - though never completely. In "Wasted World", Rob Hengeveld reveals how a long ...

Intern Nation

how to earn nothing and learn little in the brave new economy

Every year, between one and two million Americans work as interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand newsrooms, congressional offices, and Hollywood studios, but they also deliver aid in Afghanistan, build the human genome, and pick up garbage. Ross Perlin's book is the ...

La justiciabilité des droits sociaux

étude de droit conventionnel européen

En matière de droits de l’homme, le constat peut être fait que la garantie des droits sociaux est bien moins développée que celle des droits civils et politiques, que ce soit au niveau international ou national. Le Conseil de l’Europe n’échappe pas ...

El mercado de la acuicultura en el siglo XXI

Presente, pasado y tendencias de futuro

Siendo una actividad que se lleva a cabo desde tiempo inmemorial, la acuicultura comenzó su desarrollo como industria en la segunda mitad del siglo XX con un prometedor futuro impulsado por el continuo declive de la producción procedente de la pesca extractiva. Las ventajas competitivas ...

The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union in competition Law cases

GCLC Annual Conference Series

Twenty years have gone by since the establishment of the General Court of the European Union (EU). Against the wealth of judgments that have been handed down in this time, this book provides a thorough analysis of the system of judicial review in competition law ...

Chavs

the demonization of the working class

In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain's Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of society whose members have ...

The excellencie of a free-state

or, the right Constitution of a Commonwealth

First published in 1656, and compiled from previously written editorials in the parliamentarian news book "Mercurius Politicus", "The Excellencie of a Free State" addressed a dilemma in English politics, namely, what kind of government should the Commonwealth adopt? One possibility was to revert to the ...

Derecho concursal

La reciente Ley 38/2011, de 10 de octubre, de Reforma Concursal, ha modificado sensiblemente la disciplina reguladora del Derecho de la insolvencia en España. Muchas de las modificaciones legales introducidas responden a los criterios jurisprudenciales consolidados en la aplicación del texto de la Ley ...

Politics without vision

thinking without a banister in the Twentieth Century

From Plato through the nineteenth century, the West could draw on comprehensive political visions to guide government and society. Now, for the first time in more than two thousand years, Tracy B. Strong contends, we have lost our foundational supports. In the words of Hannah ...

El líder que llevas dentro

inteligencia espiritual para triunfar en la vida y en la empresa

Pocas palabras son tan poderosas en sí mismas como «liderazgo». Todos deseamos ser, aunque apenas sea durante un momento, líderes, porque el liderazgo se percibe como un estado especial, único, celestial. Un halo de grandeza rodea esa palabra. El líder que llevas dentro se compone ...

Strategic finance for criminal justice organizations

Traditionally, the study of financial decision making in law enforcement and criminal justice entities has been approached from the perspective of tax revenues and budgeting that focus only on the past and present. Capital investments of cash flow provide future benefits to all organizations, and ...