Developing countries and the multilateral trade regime

the failure and promise of the WTO's development mission

This book explores the way in which 'development' has functioned within the multilateral trade regime since de-colonisation. In particular, it investigates the shift from early approaches to development under the GATT to current approaches to development under the WTO. It argues that a focus on ...

Las importaciones y el ciclo económico en España

un enfoque no lineal basado en modelos con transición suave

La actividad económica de los países viene determinada en buena medida por el grado de comercio exterior que desarrollan; las actividades exportadora e importadora constituyen potenciales elementos dinamizadores, si no motores, de la economía. Por este motivo la literatura ha tratado ampliamente la importancia de ...

The fair trade revolution

Ed. John Bowes; Foreword by Mary Robinson. Fair Trade has come a long way in the last 20 years. The Fair Trade Revolution celebrates the movement's achievement and takes up the challenge of improving more lives through fair dealing with producers. Fair Trade is ...

Doing business in India

building research-based practice

Eds. Pawan S. Budhwar, Arup Varma. Considering the immense interest of both the academics and practitioners in the growth and developments in Indian economy, there is an urgent need for a comprehensive guide to provide useful information on doing business in the Indian context. This ...

Product variety and the gains from international trade

The application of the monopolistic competition model to international trade by Elhanan Helpman, Paul Krugman, and Kelvin Lancaster was one of the great achievements of international trade theory in the 1970s and 1980s. Monopolistic competition models have required new empirical methods to implement their theoretical ...

Contrato de franquicia internacional

hacia la idea global de empresa

Elaborado por el Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior. El contrato de franquicia internacional es un contrato complejo, pero también ampliamente utilizado en razón de los beneficios que reporta a los intervinientes. En este cuaderno se estudian los aspectos que concurren en este tipo de contrato ...

Offshoring in the global economy

microeconomic structure and macroeconomic implications

In the early 1990s, trade and labor economists, noting the fall in wages for low-skilled workers relative to high-skilled workers, began to debate the impact of trade on wages. This debate--which led to a sometimes heated exchange on the role of trade versus the role ...

Negocios internacionales

ambientes y operaciones

En #Negocios internacionales# se presentan ejemplos contemporáneos, escenarios y casos para dar sentido a lo que los gerentes hacen o deberían hacer. Este libro incluye múltiples ejemplos de la vida real, basados en la investigación, conversaciones con directivos y observaciones efectuadas a través de un ...

Joint operating agreements

a practical guide

The joint operating agreement (JOA) is one of the cornerstone contracts in the petroleum projects world and is often the starting point for further essential agreements relating to natural gas and crude oil processing, sales and transportation. The JOA enables long-term collaborative developments to be ...

Doing business in India

building research-based practice

Eds. Pawan S. Budhwar, Arup Varma. Considering the immense interest of both the academics and practitioners in the growth and developments in Indian economy, there is an urgent need for a comprehensive guide to provide useful information on doing business in the Indian context. This ...

Contrato de franquicia internacional

hacia la idea global de empresa

Elaborado por el Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior. El contrato de franquicia internacional es un contrato complejo, pero también ampliamente utilizado en razón de los beneficios que reporta a los intervinientes. En este cuaderno se estudian los aspectos que concurren en este tipo de contrato ...

El cobro seguro de la exportación. Los medios de pago internacionales

La elección del medio de cobro/pago más seguro para una operación de comercio exterior está condicionada por la relación de confianza existente en el exportador y el importador. El medio de pago más seguro en términos absolutos, por ejemplo, el crédito documentario, puede ser ...

Estadísticas del comercio internacional 2008

Elaborado por la Organización Mundial del Comercio.

Trade liberalization and trade preferences

Trade liberalization is arguably a major issue in the conduct of commercial policy. As a component of it, the relationship between universal, multilateral trade liberalization and the conclusion of preferential trade agreements # that is, a process of liberalization which discriminates between trading partners # has been ...

Where am I wearing?

a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes

Globalization makes it difficult to know where the things you buy come from. Journalist and travel writer Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, so he traveled from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back. Along ...

Images of the multinational firm

This volume addresses commonly held beliefs and misconceptions about the nature and role of multi-national enterprises. It presents a range of perspectives by leading academics, focusing on core themes and illustrating these themes with current business practices. This work: examines the evolution of multinational firms ...

Innocent bystanders

implications of an EU-India free trade agreement for excluded countries

Coord. L. Alan Winters. The European Union, under its 'Global Europe' initiative, has since 2006 been pursuing trade agreements with its major global trading partners. An EU-India Free Trade Agreement is currently under negotiation; if successfully concluded it is likely to have knock-on effects on ...

Los 100 documentos del comercio exterior

Los 1OO documentos del comercio exterior: documentos comerciales, documentos de trasporte, documentos de pago y seguro, documentos aduaneros y fiscales, certificados

El comercio justo en españa 2008

canales de importación y distribución

La Federación SETEM ha editado este cuarto informe especializado gracias al apoyo y financiación de Triodos Bank y la AECID (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional y Desarrollo). El Anuario de SETEM #El Comercio Justo en España 2008. Canales de importación y distribución# está formado por ...

The travels of a T-Shirt in the global economy

an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade

"The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy" has been lauded by the "New York Times", "Financial Times", and reviewers worldwide. Translated in fourteen languages, "Travels" has received numerous awards for its frank and nuanced discussion of global economic realities. Now updated and revised ...