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  • Crisis and Restructuring in East Asia Crisis and Restructuring in East Asia
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    Crisis and Restructuring in East Asia

    This book criticizes the widespread view that the 1997 Asian crisis was due to 'crony capitalism' and puts the blame instead on misguided liberalization. It analyzes the case of Korea's business conglomerates, the chaebol, with particular attention to...
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  • Challenges for Europe Challenges for Europe
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    Challenges for Europe

    Seven of the leading economists in Europe and the United States give their provocative views on key issues facing the future of Europe. The topics covered range from why Europe's growth rate is lower than America's and the experience of the Eurozone to...
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  • The State of Law in the South Caucasus The State of Law in the South Caucasus
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    The State of Law in the South Caucasus

    This book evaluates the strength of the rule of law in the South Caucasus, a volatile and strategically important region of the former Soviet Union. Contributors - all of whom who have lived and worked in Armenia, Azerbaijan or Georgia - tackle this...
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  • The Long March to Capitalism The Long March to Capitalism
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    The Long March to Capitalism

    The author captures the evolution of Indian industrial capitalism by extending the 'models of capitalism' and 'regulation framework'. Using principally the auto industry and anchoring the analysis to the expansion of markets, he demonstrates that the...
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  • Capitalism With Derivatives Capitalism With Derivatives
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    Capitalism With Derivatives

    What are the links between things as diverse as the prices of pork bellies, interest rates, and corporate stock? They are all being translated into risk and priced through the system of derivative markets. Financial derivatives are now the largest form...
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  • Marx's Theory of Money Marx's Theory of Money
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    Marx's Theory of Money

    This book provides a contemporary assessment of Marx's theory of money. This theory is often praised as one of Marx's greatest achievements, especially when compared with either classical or neoclassical economics. On the other hand, Marx's theory of...
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  • Levels of Corporate Globalization Levels of Corporate Globalization
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    Levels of Corporate Globalization

    This book presents a new and practical segmentation approach to be used in global customer management in the form of a scale by which to measure the level of corporate globalization. This is a tool that will help companies segment their customers and...
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  • Clusters and Competitive Advantage Clusters and Competitive Advantage
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    Clusters and Competitive Advantage

    This book aims to clarify the link between geographic clustering and international competitiveness in light of the Turkish experience, a subject that is high on the agendas of researchers as well as policy makers and strategic planners. The key findings...
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  • World Democratic Federalism World Democratic Federalism
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    World Democratic Federalism

    Myron J. Frankman provides an interrelated set of initiatives whose components are consistent with the logic of both the process of globalization and the emerging properties of our time: Sustainability, democratization, equal opportunity, diversity and...
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  • Labor and the Globalization of Production Labor and the Globalization of Production
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    Labor and the Globalization of Production

    This book brings together the work of international economist, labour economists and sociologists in a far-reaching study of global production networks and the challenges they pose for developing country workers. A number of both empirical and...
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  • Politicising Democracy Politicising Democracy
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    Politicising Democracy

    There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy...
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  • The Italian Financial System Remodelled The Italian Financial System Remodelled
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    The Italian Financial System Remodelled

    This book looks at the banking and finance industries in Italy and how these industries contribute to the Italian economy. Could these industries be the solution to the contradiction in which the country's economy has been caught for several years: it is...
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  • Developing Strategies for International Business Developing Strategies for International Business
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    Developing Strategies for International Business

    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...
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  • The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition
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    The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition

    This book takes a macroeconomic approach to the issue of transformation from communist economies into market economies. At the centre of the analysis stands the role of the state and the definition within a dramatically changing environment. Particular...
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  • Emergent Globalization Emergent Globalization
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    Emergent Globalization

    The world and humanity are changing at an unprecedented rate. This book explores the processess that underlie this changing but coherent canvas. What is fuelling them? What is driving them? Can we control them? Mankind has always found ways to order life...
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  • The Ethics of the Market The Ethics of the Market
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    The Ethics of the Market

    The Ethics of the Market makes a distinctive contribution to the literature on the morality of the market by synthesizing the work of a number of liberal scholars into a systematic defence of the free market on ethical grounds. This defence addresses...
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  • Monopoly Capitalism in Crisis Monopoly Capitalism in Crisis
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    Monopoly Capitalism in Crisis

    The world economy is on the brink of a profound crisis. The threat of global deflation and the emergence of chronic excess global capacity characterizes the contemporary phase of crisis and stagnation. Lucarelli argues that these pathological features of...
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  • Exchange Rate Regimes Exchange Rate Regimes
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    Exchange Rate Regimes

    This book explores the exchange rate regime choice and the role played by the exchange rate in the economy. Approaching the classification of exchange rate regimes from theoretical, practical and historical perspectives, the book discusses pertinent case...
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  • Global Encounters Global Encounters
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    Global Encounters

    How has globalization impacted on development? For Harrison, the answer lies in the international political economy, and the ways in which states have managed economic globalization - from positions of strength or weakness. Key themes emerge, such as new...
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  • The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy-Making The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy-Making
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    The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy-Making

    Steven Kettell analyzes the development of exchange rate policymaking from a Marxist perspective. He examines and provides a new means of understanding three key policymaking episodes in Britain - the return to the gold standard in 1925, membership of...
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  • Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe
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    Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe

    The contributions collected in this volume take a fresh look at the traditional debate on education, training and labour market outcomes. The quality of education is difficult to measure in the education market and does not always find clear recognition...
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  • Full Employment and High Growth in Europe Full Employment and High Growth in Europe
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    Full Employment and High Growth in Europe

    Mario Baldassarri and Francesco Busato evaluate the impact produced by a new cycle of structural reforms over European Union economies. The structural reforms concern the size and the composition of government expenditure, the good and services markets,...
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  • Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective
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    Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective

    One theme of this volume is whether the complementarity between technology and human capital is a recent phenomenon, or whether it can be traced through history. Different approaches to human capital as well as technology are applied, and besides...
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  • Financial Development and Economic Growth Financial Development and Economic Growth
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    Financial Development and Economic Growth

    The most successful economies have the best working financial markets. While causation obviously runs in both directions, current research has increasingly emphasized the role of finance in promoting growth. Here seven leading financial economists...
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  • The Economic Dimensions of Globalization The Economic Dimensions of Globalization
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    The Economic Dimensions of Globalization

    Dilip K. Das succintly covers the principal normative and positive strands that one needs to be properly familiar with in the area of economic globalization. The selection and rejection of themes for coverage in the book has been carefully done. The...
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  • Economic Development, Inequality and War Economic Development, Inequality and War
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    Economic Development, Inequality and War

    Economic Development, Inequality and War shows how economic decline, income inequality, pervasive rent seeking by ruling elites, political authoritarianism, military centrality and competition for mineral exports contribute to war and humanitarian...
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  • Global Management, Local Labour Global Management, Local Labour
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    Global Management, Local Labour

    Little discussion about 'globalization' has concerned one of the truly global forces - the management of multi-national and large domestic corporations - and the significance of modern management practices for workers in the developing world. This book...
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  • Who Pays for Bank Insolvency? Who Pays for Bank Insolvency?
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    Who Pays for Bank Insolvency?

    How to avoid taxpayers paying for bank failures and banking crises? This book provides a proposal and a critique by twelve independent experts. It is addressed particularly to the threat posed in Europe by having large international banks, a history of...
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  • Singular and Different Singular and Different
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    Singular and Different

    The West cannot afford to ignore China. Not only is China one of the few markets in the world that is still showing healthy signs of growth, but Chinese companies are increasingly coming out into the wider world and competing with Western firms on their...
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  • Ownership and Governance of Enterprises Ownership and Governance of Enterprises
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    Ownership and Governance of Enterprises

    Conventional wisdom recommends the superiority of private ownership of enterprises. The reality confronts it with a rich diversity in ownership and governance structures. This volume examines five types of unorthodox ownership and governance form...
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  • From Capital Surges to Drought From Capital Surges to Drought
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    From Capital Surges to Drought

    This book analyzes the new trends in capital flows to emerging markets since the Asian crisis, their determinants and policy implications. It explains why such flows have declined so dramatically in recent years, emphasising both structural and cyclical...
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  • The Euroarea and the New EU Member States The Euroarea and the New EU Member States
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    The Euroarea and the New EU Member States

    This collection analyses the monetary and exchange rate strategies of the EU accession countries during the EMU (pre-) accession phase and also policy questions that will appear upon Euroarea entry. Written by specialists in the field, it is a must-read...
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  • Third World Multinationals Third World Multinationals
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    Third World Multinationals

    This book evaluates the contribution of third world multinational enterprises to the competitiveness of their home and host countries in the context of Brazilian and Chilean MNE's. Third world MNE's can be important agents of growth, a fact that until...
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  • Korean Automotive Foreign Direct Investment in Europe Korean Automotive Foreign Direct Investment in Europe
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    Korean Automotive Foreign Direct Investment in Europe

    This book examines Foreign Direct Investment of major Korean automotive companies in Europe, with particular reference to how economic integration has affected the motivations and patterns of FDI and industrial location. The book is a valuable source of...
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  • The Challenge of International Business The Challenge of International Business
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    The Challenge of International Business

    This book focuses on the study of International business and more specifically 'Is the international business research agenda running out of steam?' After laying down this challenge, Buckley presents three theoretical developments, which point to ways...
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  • Euro on Trial Euro on Trial
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    Euro on Trial

    Euro on Trial looks back - to the aspirations of the founders - and forward - to the possibility of reform or splitting up. After five years of experience with the new currency, new insights are possible into the old arguments for and against union...
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  • Britain's Productivity Problem, 1948-1990 Britain's Productivity Problem, 1948-1990
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    Britain's Productivity Problem, 1948-1990

    This volume examines attempted changes to industrial relations in Britain during 1948-1990, designed to promote institutional reforms of management and trade unions. Specific focus is given to the Donovan Commission and other trade union reforms, and...
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  • Third Way Economics Third Way Economics
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    Third Way Economics

    The apparent success of a 'new' variant of social democracy has created considerable interest in the Third Way. This book synthesizes a core economic strategy from the most significant Third Way administrations. It explores the theoretical foundations to...
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  • The National Element in the Development of Fiscal Theory The National Element in the Development of Fiscal Theory
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    The National Element in the Development of Fiscal Theory

    Price theory has provided solutions to myriad problems affecting society without invoking any precepts beyond those encapsulated in the standard economic postulate. Fiscal theory, meanwhile, has been closely attentive to the political, sociological and...
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  • Japan and East Asia in Transition Japan and East Asia in Transition
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    Japan and East Asia in Transition

    This book examines how Japan has changed its economic relationship with East Asia since the mid 1990s by looking at its commitments to import relief, regional financial and industrial transformations, and regionalism. While the Japanese government has...
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