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Energy security in the gulf

challenges and prospects

This title examines the links between security issues and energy and oil resources in the Gulf - a hot topic of discussion in both the media and academia. With its analysis of geo-strategic developments and economic and security-related challenges, this book is vital for policy makers ...

Information markets

a strategic guideline for the i-commerce

"Information Markets" is a compendium of the i-commerce, the commerce with digital information, content as well as software. "Information Markets" is a comprehensive overview of the state of the art of economic and information science endeavors on the markets of digital information. It provides a ...

The microeconomics of risk and information

The Microeconomics of Risk and Information covers the principal areas in the field, including risk aversion, simple portfolio theory, precautionary savings, production under risk, risk sharing in the Edgeworth box, adverse selection and moral hazard. Keeping to a strict two-dimensional environment and using only some ...

Global financial crisis

global impact and solutions

Out of the debate over the effectiveness of the policy responses to the 2008 global financial crisis as well as over the innovativeness of global governance comes this collection by leading academics and practitioners who explore the dynamics of economic crisis and impact. Edited by ...

International double taxation

A tax convention (or tax treaty) is an official agreement between two countries on the administration of taxation when the domestic tax legislation of the respective states applies simultaneously to a particular issue or taxpayer (e.g., when a taxpayer resident in one country derives ...

Labour Law in Japan

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on labour law in Japan not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is ...

Financial regulation at the crossroads

implications for supervision, institutional design and trade

To gain from trade, modern economies rely on a stable financial system. In many countries around the world, the benefits of finance are taken for granted. Financial stability comes to the forefront only in times of crisis. The global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 ...

Publishing Law

Publishing Law is a comprehensive guide to the law as it affects the publishing process. Written by the Copyright Counsel of the Publishers Association and a practising solicitor with many years experience of the publishing trade, this work will serve as a comprehensive handbook for ...

Introduction to turkish Law

English-speaking legal practitioners and academics get an ideal introduction to the basic institutions, principles and rules of Turkish law in this book. Encompassing all the major fields of legal practice, Introduction to Turkish Law provides an essential understanding of the Turkish legal system, so that ...

Towards a European Civil Code

  Since its original publication in 1994, Towards a European Civil Code has become an international classic. This fourth edition of the book reflects the current state of the debate on the future of European private law and provides materials for academic teaching in this ...

Regulating gas liberalization

a comparative study on unbundling and open access regimes in the US, Europe, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

  Along with aviation and telecommunications, the gas supply chain has proved to be one of the paradigmatic factors in the great transformation in regulated industry law that has characterized recent decades. The liberalization in the gas market has taken two primary legal forms: (i ...

Concise international and european IP Law

TRIPS, Paris Convention, european enforcement and transfer of technology

This book provides a rapid understanding of the most important European and international texts, addressing general and jurisdictional issues from a practical viewpoint. Key features include: - An article-by-article commentary on the relevant international treaties and European instruments - Short and straightforward explanation of the principles of ...

A macroeconomics regime for the 21st Century

towards a new economic order

The book aims to give non-economists a detailed understanding of how macroeconomic policy works in modern economies, and the issues it faces. The world has recently been through a huge economic crisis and thinking people everywhere have reason to wonder whether something is not seriously ...

Agricultural marketing

structural models for price analysis

This book rigorously examines key economic issues in the field of agricultural marketing and price analysis. Topics are introduced via simple presentation of key theory and applications of the theory through the use of mini-case studies and stylized spreadsheet models. The coverage is broad, ranging ...

Reasoning from race

feminism, Law and the Civil Rights Revolution

Informed in 1944 that she was "not of the sex" entitled to be admitted to Harvard Law School, African American activist Pauli Murray confronted the injustice she called "Jane Crow." In the 1960s and 1970s, the analogies between sex and race discrimination pioneered by Murray ...

Ciudades creativas

economía creativa, desarollo urbano y políticas públicas. Vol.3

Ámbito: industrias  culturales y creación de empleo cultural: prácticas, políticas y financiación. Ámbito: nuevos espacios para la creatividad: los centros culturales del siglo XXI. Ámbito: cultura y desarrollo urbano: distritos culturales, centros históricos, eventos. Ámbito: arte, tecnología y ciudad: praxis artísitca, producción cultural y acceso ...

Cooperación transfronteriza

Andalucía-Algarve-Alentejo: XI Congreso de Ciencia Regional de Andalucía 2009

La estructura territorial de Europa permite y ampara regiones de geometría variable, algunas emergentes como la que pudieran formar Andalucía – Algarve – Alentejo. Estas regiones bajo la cooperación transfronteriza tienen el desafío de desactivar “la raya”, una frontera largamente fraguada con contradicciones entre los ...

Libertad de conciencia

el ataque a la igualdad de respeto

"Cuando las personas sienten miedo o inseguridad, cuando su nación se enfrenta a una amenaza económica o política inusual, el respeto por la igualdad resulta todavía más difícil de mantener y el consuelo de una ortodoxia se vuelve todavía más atrayente."

Innovación de servicios abiertos

reinvente su negocio para crecer y competir en una nueva era

Innovacíon de servicios abiertos presenta un nuevo planteamiento que demuestra que la innovación abierta, en combinación con un modelo de empresa definido desde la perspectiva de los servicios, es una forma efectiva y poderosa de crecer y competir en una economía donde los servicios adquieren ...

Hacer suceder

el libro de publicidad más vendido en Brasil

"El miedo a atreverse ha cerrado muchas más empresas que la osadía". Uno de los mayores nombres de la publicidad brasileña explica por qué algunas empresas son más exitosas que otras y cómo empezar desde este mismo momento a sacar un mayor provecho de cada ...