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France's new deal

from the thirties to the postwar Era

"France's New Deal" is an in-depth and important look at the remaking of the French state after World War II, a time when the nation was endowed with brand-new institutions for managing its economy and culture. Yet, as Philip Nord reveals, the significant process ...

Grand strategies

literature, stratecraft, and world order

'The international world of states and their modern system is a literary realm', writes Charles Hill in this powerful work on the practice of international relations. 'It is where the greatest issues of the human condition are played out.' A distinguished lifelong diplomat and educator ...

Europa desde 1945. El proceso de construcción Europea

(Revista Ayer, Nº 77, año 2010)

Revista Ayer, Nº77, año 2010. Eds. Antonio Moreno y Juan Caros Pereira. La construcción europea es un proceso histórico, específico, cuyas dinámicas políticas, económicas, sociales, culturales e internacionales exigen una atención permanente a las nuevas formas de analizar sus orígenes, interacciones y efectos. Europa emerge ...

The history of english Law before the time of Edward I

Sir Frederick Pollock and Frederic William Maitland's legal classic "The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I" expanded the work of Sir Edward Coke and William Blackstone by exploring the origins of key aspects of English common law and society and ...

The CEO's boss

tough love in the boardroom

In order to avoid another Enron, WorldCom, or Tyco, company directors have assumed a bold and independent role in the boardroom, monitoring the actions of the CEO and supervising his or her day-to-day operations. This dramatic shift has created a new atmosphere, one that requires ...

Venture capital

investment strategies, structures, and policies

Ed. Douglas Cumming. This is an essential guide to venture capital. Studies have shown that venture capital backed entrepreneurial firms are on average significantly more successful than non-venture capital backed entrepreneurial firms in terms of innovativeness, profitability, and share price performance upon going public. Understanding ...

The handbook of infrastructure investing

Ed. Michael D. Underhill. A comprehensive overview of cutting edge infrastructure investment topics from sector experts. Infrastructure investing is one of the fastest growing and most complex asset classes facing investment professionals, practitioners, and academics. "The Handbook of Infrastructure Investing" examines this dynamic discipline by ...

Exploring general equilibrium

With a previously unpublished paper by the author and a new foreword by Edward Glaeser Fischer Black was known for his brilliance as well as for his sometimes controversial opinions. Highly respected for his scholarly writings in finance, with this book he moved into different ...

Family, Law, and community

supporting the covenant

In the wake of vast social and economic changes, the nuclear family has lost its dominance, both as an ideal and in practice. Some welcome this shift, while others see civilization itself in peril - but few move beyond ideology to develop a nuanced understanding of ...

Decentralized development in Latin America

experiences in local governance and local development

Eds. Paul van Lindert, Otto Verkoren. Table of Contents: Foreword: David Hulme.- Chapter 1: Paul van Lindert & Otto Verkoren: Local governance and local development in Latin America: views from above and below.- Section one: Urban perspectives.- Chapter 2: Axel Borsdorf & Rodrigo Hidalgo: From polarisation to ...

Wiley guide to fair value under IFRS

Ed. James P. Catty. One of the major impediments to the widespread adoption of IFRS is the difficulties practicing accountants have with the concept of Fair Value and its implementation. "IFRS Fair Value Guide" helps accountants and auditors implement all the Fair Value requirements of ...

The essential guide to effect sizes

statistical power, meta-analysis, and the interpretation of research results

This succinct and jargon-free introduction to effect sizes gives students and researchers the tools they need to interpret the practical significance of their results. Using a class-tested approach that includes numerous examples and step-by-step exercises, it introduces and explains three of the most important issues ...

Decentralization and subnational politics in Latin America

Is it always true that decentralization reforms put more power in the hands of governors and mayors? In post-developmental Latin America, the surprising answer to this question is no. In fact, a variety of outcomes are possible, depending largely on who initiates the reforms, how ...

Mille e una toga

il penalista tra cronaca e favola

L'autore ha cercato di tracciare il profilo del penalista riflettendo sul proprio vissuto professionale e confrontandolo con le testimonianze di altri esponenti del foro penale, che prima di lui hanno raccontato se stessi e i loro colleghi. Nel rappresentare virtù e vizi del penalista ...

Psychology of investing

A supplement for undergraduate and graduate Investments courses. See the decision-making process behind investments. The Psychology of Investing is the first text of its kind to delve into the fascinating subject of how psychology affects investing. Its unique coverage describes how investors actually behave, the ...

Playas y costas en el Derecho español

El régimen de costas en España es uno de los mayores núcleo de conflicto de intereses entre particulares y Administración. La situación es mucho más grave en estos momentos de crisis, ya que los patrimonios de los particulares se han visto claramente afectados por los ...

Fuentes de información en medio ambiente

Todos los actores implicados en la toma de decisiones relativas a las actividades que afectan al medio ambiente deben enfrentarse al problema de la localización y acceso a las fuentes de información apropiadas para estudiar un problema, buscar una solución técnica o conocer los efectos ...

The management of consumer credit

theory and practice

This revised and updated second edition of Management of Consumer Credit explains the methods used by financial services organizations to manage their consumer credit portfolios for products such as credit cards, personal loans and retail credit agreements. Using non-technical language, the book is suitable for ...

Financial instability

toolkit for interpreting boom and bust cycles

Why have financial crises been increasingly frequent and severe in the last thirty years? How can financial crises be prevented? What role do governments and international institutions play in their prevention? How does the latest crisis fit in the long-term political economy cycle of finance ...

Overlapping generations economies

In the past two decades the overlapping generations (OG) model has become a dominant framework in macroeconomic analysis. This book provides a clear and self-contained introduction to OG economies. Starting with the existence of equilibrium and the optimality of allocations, the discussion then turns to ...