Fiscal federalism and european economic integration

The pace of economic integration amongst European Union (EU) member states has accelerated considerably during the past decade, highlighted by the process of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Many aspects of the EU's apparatus, however, have failed to evolve in order to meets these ...

Mercados internacionales

inversiones extranjeras

Este libro está especialmente enfocado para dar a conocer a través de un Business Game-Simulador, la posición de un inversor nacional (local) de cualquier país que se enfrenta al reto de decidir donde puede invertir sus ahorros en el corto plazo, independientemente de las formas ...

Key concepts in international business

The term "international business"reflects the fact that international trade and businesses are no longer restricted by national boundaries.Revolutionary changes in information technology,communication and transport have placed businesses into a radically new and challenging environment.Multinational,transnational,multidomestic or international business organizations are ...

The European Union

economics and policies

The European Union is designed for readers from all disciplines studying the EU, its economics and policies, and the effects of economic integration. Its wealth of information, detail and analysis will ensure that it is read by students, researchers and professional policymakers alike. The European ...

European Union enlargement

Since its first enlargement in 1973, expansion has become a way of life for the EU. The current round of enlargement is, however, unprecedented in its scale, in the diversity of applicants, and in the impact on EU structures and policies. This major new text ...

Free trade in the Bermuda Triangle

...and other tales of counterglobalization

An alternative approach to mapping the world offers a new way to contest capitalism and globalization. Shangri-La, the Bermuda Triangle, Transylvania, the Golden Triangle#far- flung in popular conception, these anomalous places nonetheless occupy the same mysterious zone, a mythography of unruly cartographic practices. And ...

Economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe

planting the seeds

Analysing the key problems facing the transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, this accessible book describes the legacy of the central planners, the progress achieved so far and the need for further reforms. It documents the outstanding successes and failures, and analyses why certain ...

Haciendo negocios

análisis de las regulaciones 2004

Es el primero de una serie anual de reportes que investigan el alcance y clase de regulaciones que aumentan la actividad de los negocios y aquellas que las restringen. Se comparan nuevos indicadores cuantitativos en la regulación de los negocios y su puesta en práctica ...

The political economy of european integration

theory and analysis

This book provides an accessible introduction to diverse political economy perspectives on different aspects of European integration. It presents a critical appraisal of how scholars in the EU and US use theory to understand European integration.

World trade governance and developing countries

the GATT/WTO Code Committee System

Continentalizing Canadian telecommunications

the politics of regulatory reform

In Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications Vanda Rideout examines active political resistance to the radical, neo-liberal transformation of Canadian telecommunications that has been orchestrated by the federal government, big business, and their powerful lobbyists over the last two decades. Rideout focuses on the protection of the public ...

Multinational firms in the world economy

Depending on one's point of view, multinational enterprises are either the heroes or the villains of the globalized economy. Governments compete fiercely for foreign direct investment by such companies, but complain when firms go global and move their activities elsewhere. Multinationals are seen by ...

Elements of international economics

This book details how an open economy functions. It explores the determinants of international flows of commodities and financial assets as well as examines the effects of these flows on the domestic and international economy and the possible policy actions at the national and international ...

Debt relief for poor countries

After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. But will the HIPC Initiative meet its high expectations? Will debt relief substantially raise growth? How do we make sure that ...

Current economic issues in EU integration

This book examines selected pertinent topics on issues relating to current and future EU developments. In its initial sections, the book focuses on an array of wide ranging micro (agriculture, industry and competition) and macro (EMU, regional convergence and enlargement) issues. A final section is ...

Local players in global games

the strategic constitution of a multinational corporation

What happens when previously autonomous firms from different countries, each with their own identities, routines, and capabilities, come together inside a single multinational corporation? Can a cooperative strategy be established that advances the development of the multinational as a whole, or do mutual misunderstandings and ...

A Constitution for the European Union

The leaders of European Union member states have declared that a European constitution should take "a clear, open, effective, democratically controlled Community approach." Their goal -- that within the Union, "European institutions should be brought closer to its citizens" -- raises many questions about implementation. What is ...

Territorial politics and health policy

UK health policy in comparative perspective

CONTENTS: 1. Laboratories of democracy? 2. Medical politics and the politics of medicine 3. Scotland: professionalism 4. England: markets 5. Wales: localism 6. Northern Ireland: permissive managerialism 7. Creating divergent policy in the UK 8. Conclusion: international debates, local conclusions

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