International competition policy

maintaining open markets in the global economy

The opening up of world markets, rapid growth of trade and foreign direct investment create manifold problems for competition policy. Thus, international mergers may have adverse effects on many countries, international cartels may carve up world markets and dominant firms may seek to maintain their ...

Economic justice in an unfair world

toward a level playing field

Recent years have seen a growing number of activists, scholars, and even policymakers claiming that the global economy is unfair and unjust, particularly to developing countries and the poor within them. But what would a fair or just global economy look like? "Economic Justice in ...

Estrategias de distribución comercial

diseño del canal de distribución y relación entre fabricantes y detallistas

Libro de investigación que se articula en cuatro grandes bloques temáticos ampliamente interrelacionados: el marco teórico de la distribución comercial, tipología de empresas de distribución, estrategias de marketing para empresas detallistas y estrategias de distribución comercial en la empresa fabricante. Esperamos que este libro sea ...

Nations and firms in the global economy

an introduction to international economics and business

This accessible introduction to the world economy and to the theory and practice of globalization argues that key topics in international economics cannot be understood without knowledge of international business, and vice versa. It reviews and combines insights from both literatures and applies them to ...

Banking regulation and world trade Law

GATS, EU and "prudential" institution-building

This book covers the legal aspects of international trade in financial services, with a focus on the possible conflicts between international trade liberalisation norms and banking regulation. The relevant legal foundations at the regional (European Union, EU) and multilateral level (General Agreement on Trade in ...

Fairness in the world economy

US perspectives on international trade relations

This book represents a significant scholarly contribution to the field of international political economy, with particular respect to the evolution of the multilateral trading system. The author engages effectively with the current debate concerning the conflict between the legalistic foundations of the multilateral trading system ...

Patents and the measurement of international competitiveness

new data on the use of patents by Universities, small firms and individual inventors

This highly original book represents a major advance in the use of patents to compare countries# technological competitiveness. It tabulates and analyses 280,000 United States patents from countries across the world over a ten year period. Specifically, these patents were granted to #not-for-profit# entities ...

The evolution of the trade regime

politics, Law, and economics of the GATT and the WTO

The "Evolution of the Trade Regime" offers a comprehensive political-economic history of the development of the world's multilateral trade institutions, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO). While other books confine themselves to describing contemporary ...

The theory of international trade and unemployment

In this book, Paul Oslington underlines the contradiction between the prominence of job losses in political conflict over trade liberalization, and trade economists usually working with full employment models.

World trade and payments

an introduction

Renowned for its precise, in-depth coverage of international trade and finance, this classic text features a balance of the latest research, critical policy issues, and sophisticated economic analysis.

Eli Heckscher, international trade, and economic history

Leading international economists assess Eli Heckscher's contributions to economics and economic history, especially his efforts to bridge the gap between the two. Eli Heckscher (1879-1952) is celebrated for his contributions to international trade theory, particularly the factor proportions theory of comparative advantage in international ...

¿A dónde va el comercio justo?

modelos y experiencias

Con este libro queremos profundizar en el debate sobre cuál es la situación actual del movimiento del comercio justo en el Estado español y los retos que enfrenta, a la vez que presentamos experiencias concretas que nos acercan a una visión integral del comercio justo.

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" takes the reader on a fascinating, around the world journey to reveal the economic and political lessons from the life story of a simple t-shirt. Over five years, business professor Pietra Rivoli traveled from a Texas ...

International competitiveness and technological change

Technological change is central in explaining industrial leadership, but the relationships and interactions between scientific research, industrial innovation, and competitiveness are neither clear nor straightforward. Public research funding and business strategy dictate to a significant extent the manner in, and extent to which innovation occurs ...

Rusia en la era de Putin

¿Cómo es posible que un presidente como Vladímir Putin mantenga cotas tan altas de apoyo popular en un escenario en el que, como se pone de relieve en este libro, es más que dudoso que sus políticas estén produciendo los resultados deseados? ¿Se trata realmente ...

Economic impact of the container traffic at the port of Algeciras bay

In this book we study the economic impact of the container traffic at one of the most important port in the Mediterranean: the Port of Algeciras Bay (PAB). In order to meet this general objective we analyse in detail the global framework of the containerisation ...

The group of 7/8

Part of Routledge's leading "Global Institutions Series", this book is a highly accessible, up-to-date introduction to the history, present and future of he G7/8 summits, exploring the role that the G8 plays and will play in global governance. Hugo Dobson examines the G8 ...

La internacionalización de la empresa española

los recursos intangibles como factor determinante

INDICE: La empresa desde el enfoque basado en los recursos. La "Q" de TObin, medida global de los recursos intangibles. Los recursos intagibles y la internacionalización de la empresa española. Localización exterior de las inversiones españolas: países industriales frente a países en desarrollo.

The globalizers

the IMF, the world Bank and their borrowers

The greatest success of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has been as globalizers. But at whose cost? Would borrowing countries be better off without the IMF and World Bank? This book takes readers inside these institutions and the governments they work with ...

La internacionalización de la empresa española

aprendizaje y experiencia

Profundizar en la evolución de importantes compañías nacionales instaladas en mercados extranjeros es el principal objetivo de este estudio, elaborado por un equipo de investigadores de la Universidad Antonio de Nebrija en colaboración con el Banco Santander. Dividido en tres partes, el libro explica en ...