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Cooperación y conflicto

comercio internacional en la Era de la Globalización

La globalización económica está aumentando el poder de los mercados y reduciendo el de los Estados, lo que hace cada vez más urgente acordar nuevas reglas de juego para el mercado mundial. La Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) es una pieza clave de esta gobernanza ...

El terrorismo y sus etiquetas

Arcadi Espada comenta, con su peculiar estilo crítico, un tema muy presente en la actualidad española, como es el del terrorismo. Recoge todos los escritos que sobre este tema el autor ha publicado en su blog, uno de los más visitados y con un gran ...

Vida de consumo

En Vida de consumo, Zygmunt Bauman continúa y profundiza el análisis de la trama y los mecanismos por los cuales la sociedad actual, en su fase de modernidad líquida, condiciona y diseña las vidas de los sujetos centrándose en sus particularidades como consumidores. Con el ...

Materiales para una historia de la imprenta en Valladolid (siglos XVI y XVII)

INDICE: Nota previa. Abreviaturas. Bibliografía. Impresos s.XVI-XVII. Impresos de fecha y lugar dudosos. Ediciones dudosas. Índices. Láminas.

Las pasiones intelectuales

I. Deseos de gloria (1735-1751)

En esta obra se reconstruye rigurosamente el testimonio de los integrantes del círculo intelectual francés -el sabio y precursor Maupertuis, el afamado filósofo D´Alembert, Montesquieu, Réamur, Voltaire, entre tantos otros-protagonistas indiscutibles de una contienda por encontrar la verdad, de un proceso de democratización del ...

Los griegos y nosotros

antropología comparada de la Grecia antigua

Obviamente, los griegos no son una tribu como las demás. Desde el momento en que hablamos del «nosotros» #de nosotros y de los otros#, inevitablemente, los griegos constituyen realmente el quid de la cuestión. De ahí el interés en situarlos en perspectiva, en confrontar las ...

La formación de un francotirador solitario

lecturas filosóficas de Louis Althusser (1945-1965)

Figura clave de la intelligentsia de izquierdas de los años sesenta y setenta, Althusser es objeto en esta obra de un completo estudio en que se analiza tanto su universo teórico como su actividad política en el interior del Partido Comunista Francés. La primera parte ...

Market research handbook

The fifth edition of what was formerly know as "The ESOMAR Handbook of Market and Opinion Research" has been completely revised to reflect the latest approaches in the rapidly changing world of professional market research. The new "Handbook" stands out from earlier editions by explaining ...

MATLAB

an introduction with applications

Assuming no prior MATLAB experience, this clear, easy to read book walks readers through the ins and outs of this powerful software for technical computing, including: generously illustrated computer screen shots and step by step tutorials applied in the areas of mathematics, science, and engineering ...

Family business on the couch

a psychological perspective

The challenge faced by family businesses and their stakeholders, is to recognise the issues that they face, understand how to develop strategies to address them and more importantly, to create narratives, or family stories that explain the emotional dimension of the issues to the family ...

Introduction to bayesian statistics

"I cannot think of a better book for teachers of introductory statistics who want a readable and pedagogically sound text to introduce Bayesian statistics." - "Statistics in Medical Research". "[This book] is written in a lucid conversational style, which is so rare in mathematical writings. It ...

The investment portfolio user's manual

The Investment Portfolio The Investment Portfolio is a powerful windows-based program that lets the user create, evaluate, and manage realistic portfolios. It gives them an interactive experience that makes the theory clear and relevant. The user creates various portfolios made up of stocks, bonds, mutual ...

The accidental investment banker

"Entertainingly indiscreet... Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use." - "Financial Times". Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. What happened? From ...

Ronald Dworkin y los principios generales del Derecho

The future of business schools

scenarios and strategies for 2020

This book analyzes the business of Business schools, presents scenarios for 2020 and discusses strategic options for the main regions of the world.It provides a unique foresight study on Management Education, presenting five scenarios for the future of business schools. It explores an essential ...

The panic of 1907

lessons learnes from the market's perfect storm

Praise for "The Panic of 1907": "Before reading "The Panic of 1907", the year 1907 seemed like a long time ago and a different world. The authors, however, bring this story alive in a fast-moving book, and the reader sees how events of that time ...

Behavioural investing

a practitioner's guide to aplllying behavioural finance

Behavioural investing seeks to bridge the gap between psychology and investing. All too many investors are unaware of the mental pitfalls that await them. Even once we are aware of our biases, we must recognise that knowledge does not equal behaviour. The solution lies is ...

The politics of economic leadership

the causes and consecuences of presidential rhetoric

The American president is widely viewed by the public and media as the nation's single most influential political and economic figure. But social scientists have often concluded that presidential words fall "on deaf ears" or have little lasting impact on policy or public opinion ...

Imperfect knowledge economics

axchange rates and risk

Posing a major challenge to economic orthodoxy, "Imperfect Knowledge Economics" asserts that exact models of purposeful human behavior are beyond the reach of economic analysis. Roman Frydman and Michael Goldberg argue that the longstanding empirical failures of conventional economic models stem from their futile efforts ...

A confusion of the spheres

Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein on philosophy and religion

Cursory allusions to the relation between Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein are common in philosophical literature, but there has been little in the way of serious and comprehensive commentary on the relationship of their ideas. Genia Schonbaumsfeld closes this gap and offers new readings of Kierkegaard's ...