El poder del petróleo

la política y el mercado del crudo

El poder del petróleo provee de un análisis exhaustivo tanto de la dependencia mundial del crudo de Medio Oriente como del modo peligroso en que se desarrollan la política y la economía en un juego infernal, mientras los productores y los consumidores luchan entre sí ...

Energy at the crossroads

global perspectives and uncertainties

In Energy at the Crossroads Vaclav Smil considers the twenty-first century?s crucial question: how to reconcile the modern world?s unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere. With this book he offers a comprehensive, accessible guide ...

Energy systems and sustainability

power for a sustainable future

Today energy and sustainability are areas of primary concern. Energy Systems and Sustainability provides a thorough introduction to the economic, social, environmental and policy issues raised by current systems of energy use, as well as describing their key physical and engineering features. It will appeal ...

Bayer, Cepsa, Repsol, Puig, Schering y La Seda

constructores de la química española

Esta obra analiza el proceso de construcción de la industria química española, un proceso protagonizado desde hace más de un siglo por empresas multinacionales y familiares. El libro se centra en seis de ellas: Bayer, Cepsa, Repsol, Puig, Schering y La Seda. Recoge además numerosas ...

Reestructuración y territorio en los sistemas productivos industriales valencianos

La modificación sustancial del contexto social,político y económico durante las dos últimas décadas ha traído consigo un nuevo modelo de organización espacial de la actividad económica y de los vínculos que se crean entre territorios, al que no ha sido ajena la Comunidad Valenciana ...

El gas natural

del yacimiento al consumidor. Aprovisionamientos y cadena del gas natural licuado

El gas natural tiene indudables ventajas medioambientales en comparación con el resto de los recursos fósiles y, en los últimos años, se han multiplicado sus reservas, de forma que se ha convertido en un combustible abundante y económicamente viable. Alrededor de él ha surgido una ...

The geography of small firm innovation

The Geography of Small Firm Innovation offers a unique look at the importance of geographic proximity to the innovative activity of the high-tech small firms. IT explores the concentration of innovation across metropolitan areas in the United States during the 1990's by introducing a ...

High-technology development in regional economic growth

policy implications of dynamic externalities

Korea has had considerable success in developing its high-technology industries and these have become significant employers in this region. By analyzing the situation in Korea, this text explores the effects of dynamic externalities on the growth of regional employment in the high- technology industries. It ...

El pago de incentivos en la empresa industrial española

Obra surgida de un proyecto de investigación pionero, promovido por la Fundación BBVA, y cuyo objetivo es el análisis del grado de difusión en la industria española de las nuevas formas de organización del trabajo y la producción, así como determinar su impacto sobre la ...

Small and medium sized companies in Europe

environmental performance, competitiveness and management: international EU case studies

The environmental performance of SMEs (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) is an area of major policy concern. SMEs in Europe reports on factors influencing the environmental performance of SMEs across four European countries: the UK, Ireland, Germany and Italy. While there are a range of ...

Sanidad en un mundo digital

En este texto se recogen pensamientos inconexos que el autor ha ido exponiendo en el espacio i-wonder de infonomia.com. A lo largo del texto se explora el potencial de Internet y las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en las organizaciones sanitarias, que ...

Creación y regulación de centros y establecimientos sanitarios

autorización, registro e inspección

Es frecuente leer en prensa o ver u oír en los medios de comunicación noticias relacionadas con los centros y establecimientos sanitarios. Sin embargo, hasta el momento, no existía en la bibliografía jurídica española, ninguna monografía que abordara esta materia de modo integral. Por ello ...

Access to health care

This text addresses current concerns in health services and investigates whether it is possible to offer truly universal and comprehensive services, equally available to all, without waiting lists and unacceptable delays in receiving treatment. Drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives, it looks at the ...

Guía metodológica para la gestión clínica de procesos

aplicación en las organizaciones de enfermería

Este libro lleva por título el de Guía metodológica para la gestión clínica por procesos. Aplicación en las Organizaciones de Enfermería. Sin embargo sus contenidos son mucho más amplios que los que implicaría la denominación. En efecto, el libro combina un tratamiento excelente de conceptos ...

Managed care and monopoly power

the antitrust challenge

As millions of Americans are aware, health care costs continue to increase rapidly. Much of this increase is due to the development of new life-sustaining drugs and procedures, but part of it is due to the increased monopoly power of physicians, insurance companies, and hospitals ...

Leading health care organizations

This book addresses the topic of leadership in healthcare. There is a great deal of rhetoric around leadership but the reality is that there is no 'best way' of leading, this book explores the rhetoric with papers that contribute insights into; taking healthcare forward in ...

Globalization and health

an introduction

There is widespread recognition that globalization is changing the world around us, but so far there has been no systematic analysis of how it is impacting on human health. Such impacts are diverse, encompassing global economic, political, sociocultural, technological and environmental changes. Globalization and Health ...

Reorganizing health care delivery systems

problems of managed care and other models of health care delivery

This book addresses important themes in medical sociology, with papers that range from those with an explicit policy point of view to narrower papers on more specific issues in health care delivery. One of the lessons of the past decade is that no countries in ...

The contigent valuation method in health care

an economic evaluation of Alzheimer´s disease

The Contingent Valuation Method in Health Care is offered as a contribution to improving instruments of political decision making in health care. At a fundamental level, it is about methodological aspects of the contingent valuation method. It gives a holistic view of applying the contingent ...

Universities in the marketplace

the commercialization of higher education

This text investigates the commercialization of higher education and argues that this can only succeed in the short-term, while those universities that uphold academic values will win public trust and retain the respect of faculty and students