International finance and the developing economies

There are many challenges facing the economies of developing countries. Capital volatility, financial crises, aid, debt and the IMF are all issues that have received a great deal of attention over recent years. In International Finance and the Developing Economies, Graham Bird provides an essentially ...

The role of multinational enterprises in globalization

This book offers a framework for analyzing the increased economic integration of countries which is mainly driven by multinational enterprises. They compete with other companies from different countries on many markets and through various channels. The book starts by discussing the stylized facts of the ...

Pies de barro

la decadencia de los Estados Unidos de América

Pies de Barro trata de mostras el proceso de deterioro social y económico que están sufriendo en Estados Unidos de América desde la agudización de la Guerra Fría en los años setenta. La Guerra Fría fue como el choque de dos placas tectónicas que produjo ...

Nations of the world 2004

world business and economis review

Updated yearly, "Nations of the World" highlights the political and economic situation in over 230 countries and territories and is a useful reference source for individuals and organizations with an active interest in world affairs. Political and economic analysis by over 100 commentators, journalists and ...

Earthly politics

local and global in environmental governance

Globalization today is as much a problem for international harmony as it is a necessary condition of living together on our planet. Increasing interconnectedness in ecology, economy, technology, and politics has brought nations and societies into ever closer contact, creating acute demands for cooperation. Earthly ...

Ius mercatorum

autorregulación y unificación del Derecho de los negocios transnacionales

En esta obra, de gran utilidad práctica pero a la vez de un profundo contenido doctrinal, el autor, catedrático de Derecho internacional privado de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, aborda la interesante cuestión de la "descodificación" del viejo ius mercatorum como categoría histórica, y su ...

Japan's financial crisis

institutional rigidity and reluctant change

At the beginning of the 1990s, a massive speculative asset bubble burst in Japan, leaving the nation's banks with an enormous burden of nonperforming loans. Banking crises have become increasingly common across the globe, but what was distinctive about the Japanese case was the ...

Macroeconomic policies in the world economy

The integration of goods and financial markets has progressed on a global scale in recent years. Thus, the cyclical patterns in the world economy may have changed too. Against this background, experts in international economics analyze the synchronization of business cycles and their volatility in ...

Developing strategies for international business

the WRAP Process

Reliance on opportunism is a high-risk strategy in global business, yet many companies operate this way, often acting on limited amounts of information. Equally, many other companies implement strategies based on models formulated in the teaching rooms of business schools or the back recesses of ...

The past, present and future of the European Union

New sources of development finance

1 A. B. Atkinson: Innovative Sources to Meet a Global Challenge 2 A. B. Atkinson: Over-Arching Issues 3 A. Sandmo: Environmental Taxation and Revenue for Development 4 M. Nissanke: Revenue Potential of the Tobin Tax for Development Finance: A Critical Appraisal 5 E. Aryeetey: A ...

Negocios internacionales

ambientes y operaciones

Este reconocido libro trata las diferencias existentes en el ámbito internacional en materia de negocios;las estrategias generales que pueden aplicar las empresas y las alternativas funcionales para operar en el extranjero.Asimismo,enfoca de una manera equilibrada todas las funciones de los negocios actuales ...

Empirical methods in international trade

essays in honor of Mordechai Kreinin

Internationalization of the world economy has made trade a key factor in the growth potential of nearly every nation#s economy. Hence, economists have become increasingly interested in the determinants of international trade and competitiveness. Empirical Methods in International Trade captures the many aspects of ...

An agenda for a growing Europe

the Sapir report

Over the past decade European economic integration has seen considerable institutional success, but the economic performance of the EU has been varied. While macroeconomic stability has improved and an emphasis on cohesion preserved, the EU economic system has not delivered satisfactory growth performance. This book ...

When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh...

cultural Q&As for successful business behavior around the World

From the boardroom to the locker room to the living room#how winners become winners . . . and stay that way. Is success simply a matter of money and talent? Or is there another reason why some people and organizations always land on their feet, while others ...

Ermpresa y negocios en Asia Oriental

estrategias y acciones

Asia oriental es en la actualidad uno de los principales focos de crecimiento económico a nivel mundial, debido al tremendo dinamismo de países como China y la recuperación económica del Japón y Corea. Sin embargo, las diferencias en el sistema legal, modelo empresarial o la ...

Whose trade organisation?

a comprehensive guide to the WTO

This book explores the real record and legacy of the World Trade Organization. In its eight years of being the world's highest authority on global trade, the WTO has extended its reach into the democratic processes of local communities, in determining what local laws ...

El comercio justo en España 2004

situaciones y perspectivas

INDICE: Agradecimientos. Presentación. Prólogo. I. Comercio justo: una cuestión de ética. II. El sello FLO: la certificación de productos de comercio justo. III. El comercio justo en España 2000-2003. IV. Comercio justo y administraciones públicas. V. La responsabilidad social corporativa y el comercio justo. Anexos.

Managing multinationals in a knowledge economy

economics, culture, and human resources

Doing business in China