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Securities markets and corporate governance

a China experience

This book explores the rationalities and functions of securities markets and takeover activities. Focusing on the Chinese experience of utilizing the securities market as an effective mechanism of corporate control, this volume analyses the future development of China's financial market in the era of ...

The politics of multiculturalism

multiculturalism governance in comparative perspective

The politics of multiculturalism in the post 9/11-7/7 era have made it abundantly clear: Increasing diversity and its politicization as difference have sharpened the need for models of multiculturalism that make society safe from difference, yet safe for difference. In acknowledging the centrality ...

Nietzsche (1)

De mi vida. El nacimiento de la tragedia. Sobre verdad y mentira en sentido extramoral. Los filósofos preplatónicos. Sobre la utilidad y el perjuicio de la historia para la vida. El caminante y su sombra. La ciencia jovial

Recién inaugurado el siglo XXI, la presencia de Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) nos sigue acosando de manera, cuando menos, inquietante. Entre otras razones, la inhospitalidad de su mensaje brilla de manera especial en nuestro espacio filosófico contemporáneo a causa de la radicalidad y hondura de su ...

Slavery in Babylonia

from Nabopolassar to Alexander the Great (626-331 BC)

Translated by Victoria A. Powell; Edited by Marvin A. Powell; Co-editor, David B. Weisberg. Presents an analysis of the economics of slavery and a picture of Neo- Babylonian society as a whole.

Pius XII

the hound of Hitler

Noel has produced an extraordinary interpretation of the exercise of power and the psychological mechanisms behind it.

Philosophy with teenagers

nurturing a moral imagination for the 21st Century

Philosophy with Teenagers offers a clear introduction to the theory and practice of the Community of Philosophical Enquiry (P4C). This book explains how P4C can facilitate young people#s exploration of key ethical concerns of our time, such as sustainability, justice, and intercultural and interfaith ...

Pedro J. Ramírez, al desnudo

Desde Mariano José de Larra, no ha existido en España un periodista más conocido y con más poder que él. Experto en el arte de mentir, fue el inspirador intelectual de los GAL y, poco después, maniobrero en la utilización de la lucha paralela contra ...

The new Asian hemisphere

the irresistible shift of global power to the East

One of Asia's leading intellectuals illuminates what will be on the agenda as Western domination ends and the Asian renaissance impacts world politics, markets and history. For centuries the Asians (Chinese, Indians, Muslims and others) have been bystanders in world history. Now, they are ...

Gusher of lies

the dangerous delusions og "energy independence"

'Energy independence' might sound appealing, but as veteran energy reporter Robert Bryce shows in this smart and surprising book, it's neither achievable nor desirable. For more than three decades, politicians have been promising to make America energy independent, a self-sufficient. They reason that energy ...

El acto de certificación

El libro ofrece un estudio del acto de certificación, cuyo régimen es de Derecho público, preferentemente de Derecho administrativo, aunque sin desconocer aspectos que vienen regulados por las distintas ramas jurídicas que lo toman en consideración, bajo la perspectiva de su forma documental, como el ...

Energy and the transformation of international relations

toward a new producer-consumer framework

Eds. Andreas Wenger, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic. With energy security at the top of the global agenda, this book examines the development of a new producer-consumer framework. As the era of cheap energy comes to an end, Asia's demand for energy increases, and concerns ...

El servicio como objeto de tráfico jurídico

Los servicios componen una «cenicienta jurídica» que no se compadece con su relevancia en el tráfico jurídico actual. El presente estudio propone una construcción de los servicios con un enfoque dogmático y práctico, acorde con su evolución en el tráfico jurídico a partir de nuestra ...

Italia non spagnola e monarchia spagnola tra ´500 e ´600

politica, cultura e letteratura

Acura di Giuseppe Di Stefano, Elena Fasano Guarini, Alessandro Martinengo. Gli undici saggi qui raccolti ripropongono i frutti ancora attuali di un incontro tenuto a Pisa nel 1998 tra studiosi spagnoli, italiani e francesi sui rapporti tra gli Stati italiani e la Spagna durante il ...

The economics of transport

a theoretical and apllied perspective

Offers an explanation of key underlying economic principles. This book helps the reader to understand the critical factors that structure and guide transport markets.

Guilt trip

from fear to guilt on the green bandwagon

The way we see the world is changing. Once, faced with foreign wars or natural disasters, collapsing ice shelves and toxic air, we ran about screaming 'Oh God, what can we do?' scatting the tiny boxes at B&Q for the energy-efficient light bulbs that ...

Mobs, Messiahs and markets

surviving the public spectacle in finance and politics

This book takes an insightful look at how to succeed by going against the crowd. Collectively, people think and act in ways that are different from how they think and act as individuals. Understanding these differences, says William (Bill) Bonner - a longtime maverick observer of ...

Fraud 101

techniques and strategies for understanding fraud

This is a straightforward guide explaining the nature of financial fraud. Fraud continues to be one of the fastest growing and most costly crimes in the United States and around the world. The more an organization can learn about fraud in general and the potential ...

Labor economics

Labor Economics, 5e is a well-received text that blends coverage of traditional topics with modern theory and developments into a superb Labor Economics book. The Fifth Edition builds on the features and concepts that made the first four editions successful, updating and adding new content ...

Chaotics

the business of managing and marketing in the Age of Turbulence

We have entered into an entirely new era, an age of increasingly frequent and intense periods of turbulence in the global economy. Unlike past recessions, today's crises have precipitated a need for businesses to develop a new mindset, one that takes into account intermittent ...

Banking in turmoil

strategies for sustainable growth

The current banking crisis has tested every dimension of banking and created maximum uncertainty for its future - yet banks must plan for this future. Author of a number of books on best practice in bank management, Steven Davis has interviewed 25 senior bank executives, management ...