Constructing global civil society

morality and power in International Relations

Global Civil Society is a crucial concept in International Relations today, used as both a description of new mechanisms of non-state actor and NGO engagement in international policy-making and as a normative political project of international change. David Chandler critically investigates the claims made by ...

Taiwán

el problema de China

Taiwán es un asunto clave de la política china. En buena medida, la reforma en el continente se inspira en el proceso de modernización de Taipei. La economía les acerca, la política les aleja. Beijing insiste en que la unificación de toda China es un ...

Trade negotiations in agriculture

a future common agenda for Brazil and Canada?

This first book in the new series 'Turning Points: Latin American Studies Occasional Papers' (a joint venture between the Latin American Research Centre and the University of Calgary Press) is the result of a conference immediately following the Cancun World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial meeting ...

Brasil y la economía social de mercado

Fair trade for all

how trade can promote development

How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the key issues facing world leaders today. They ...

Committee decisions on monetary policy

evidence from historical records of the Federal Open Market Committee

The future of the global economic organizations

an evaluation of criticisms leveld at the IMF, the multilateral development banks, and the WTO

This book offers a careful and competent arms-length evaluation, from a legal perspective, of the main criticisms that have been leveled recently at the key global economic organisations -- that is, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and its fellow multilateral developmental banks (MDBs ...

The making of the State entreprise system in Modern China

the dynamics of institutional change

The poverty of the State

reconsidering the role of the State in the struggle against global poverty

The specter of poverty has had an enduring within the history of humankind. However, in these times the eradication of extreme poverty may be feasible. The resources to do so in a reasonable period of the time are available. The desire and willingness of international ...

Global marketing management

changes, challenges and new strategies

Global Strategic Management emphasises the business practices necessary for the successful global manager by offering a thorough analysis and discussion of the concepts, processes, and methods for developing, managing and controlling strategies for global organisations. The text is ideal for final year undergraduate and postgraduate ...

Comparative international management

International Comparative Management provides the reader with an in- depth understanding of the differences between countries that can help the reader to understand differences in firm strategy, structure and competitiveness. This text provides a comparative analysis of international business, highlighting the reasons `why' countries differ ...

Business clusters

an international perspective

Clusters of specialized businesses are being promoted around the world, aided by high-profile examples such as Silicon Valley. Using evidence from high and low income economies and detailed case-studies that show the special conditions behind successful clusters, this book is aimed at students of business ...

Doing business in 2005

eliminando obstáculos al crecimiento

Doing Business in 2005: Removing Obstacles to Growth is the second in a series of annual reports investigating the scope and manner of regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. New quantitative indicators on business regulations and their enforcement can be compared ...

Doing business with Russia

a guide to investment opportunities and business practice

At a time when the global economy has experienced a slowdown, Russia's GDP has expanded for 5 consecutive years with growth estimated at 6.6 per cent in 2003. The leadership of President Putin has brought the promise of a period of stable growth ...

Manual del transportista

Este Manual estudia esencialmente y con extensión los modos de transportes convencionales: marítimos, ferroviarios, carreteras, aéreos, vías navegables, multimodales, y de forma más concisa los transportes continentales: oleoductos, gasoductos, cintas transportadoras, energía eléctrica, atómica, eólica y nuevas energías. Contempla también las referencias legales y regímenes ...

The next global stage

challenges and opportunities in our borderless world

Globalization is a fact. You can't stop it; it has already happened; it is here to stay. And we are moving into a new global stage. A radically new world is taking shape from the ashes of yesterday's nation-based economic world. To succeed ...

Top pay and performance

international and strategic approach

Top Pay is an extremely topical and contentious area and compensation and benefits is a well-defined area of interest in HR. This book investigates how the field of top pay developed? Why is there so much interest in top pay? Why governments take such an ...

Comercio internacional compensado

(normas y estrategias empresariales)

Si bien la compensación comenzó a utilizarse en Europa con una clara finalidad de recuperación económica, en el momento presente ha desarrollado fórmulas de cooperación entre empresas, entre empresas y Gobiernos, o entre Gobiernos, capaces de adaptarse a las cambiantes situaciones políticas y económicas que ...

Made in China

what western managers can learn from trailblazing chinese entrepreneurs

Executives worldwide have studied and emulated U.S. entrepreneurs from Bill Gates to Michael Dell. Yet, we know next to nothing about the pioneers who are reshaping the world's second largest economy: China. In the face of murky ownership structures, inconsistent access to capital ...

The rise of spanish multinationals

european business in the global economy

Since 1992, Spanish companies in a variety of industries have acquired a prominent presence in the global economy, especially in Latin America and Europe. Companies such as Telefónica, Banco Santander, Repsol-YPF and Inditex (the owner of the Zara brand) have catapulted themselves to become major ...