International economics Books

The authors of this volume scrutinize the Russian business sector with attention to firm organization, business integration, corporate governance, and company management. Using a unique dataset of Russian joint-stock companies obtained from a large-scale...

This book shows which transformation processes and changes can be observed in Japanese companies in reaction to the economic challenges of the past decade. The book presents new research results and investigates the variety of changes that Japanese...

Globalization, International Finance and Economic Reform in the Arab World The Economic and Political Determinants of IMF and World Bank Lending in the Middle East and North Africa Egypt's Successful Stabilization without Structural Reform The IMF and...

Perspectives on Contemporary Challenges in International Business; K.Ibeh & S.Davies The Challenge of Managing Employee Tenure in China; A. Zimmermann, X.Liu & T.Buck Organizational Identification and Commitment Following a Cross-border Acquisition; M...

The process of globalization is dynamic in the direction of increasing integration. The effects of economic events in one part of the world affect economic affairs in other parts of the world. This book focuses on the role of the state in IEFP and also...

Containing expert contributions from a variety of scholars working in these areas of research, this book explores contemporary concerns in economic development and globalization as well as examining how the issues have changed since Ajit Singh first...

Bringing together a number of leading scholars and pioneering research, this volume explores the links between corporate governance and international business, and demonstrates how corporate governance influences the attractiveness of host countries to...

Unemployment has been somewhat neglected within the world of economics in recent years. Primarily, this is because the subject has become of less of an issue for many countries. However, even within the EU, several regions still suffer from worrying...

The world is seeing a shift in economic power from west to east. Japanese FDI differs from the American example, and this will become crucial. This book tracks trends in Japanese FDI to other Asian countries, suggests future policies, analyzes...

This book examines India's new economy -- its strengths, weaknesses and potential. The book covers three key areas of growth in India's economy -- the IT (information technology) sector, export trade (with its externality effects) and the financial...

A thorough analysis of the interconnection between inequality and rural factor markets, Ünal's work focuses on the intersection of agriculture and inequality. She uses Turkey as a case study to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of land and...

Containing collective wisdom from prominent scholars in various fields in Asian studies, this book covers the legal, economic, sociopolitical, and international aspects of economic integration.Chow examines the impact of the contending forces of national...

EU members strive for an economic and social policy model which incorporates a set of common values while maintaining economic competitiveness. This book explores how new members look to the US model, and how older members use other's experiences to...

Focuses on the importance of China's investment booms and busts and their effects on the world economy.

An engaging, comprehensive examination one of the world's most sought after commodities and it's affect on global economics and policy and the Middle East.

The New Chinese Economy is a comprehensive look at Chinese economics and an increasingly globalized world. The topics addressed highlight the institutional and cultural forces that shape the dynamism of the Chinese economy today and that will continue to...

The first detailed historical account of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations, this book covers the genesis of the project in the early 1990s to its demise in late 2003. It examines how the FTAA, an Inter-American policy idea, was...

Private Equity in Poland focuses on the evolution of private equity in Poland. Poland represents the most developed private equity industry in Central and Eastern Europe and is one of the leaders in emerging markets worldwide. There is a growing interest...

This edited book describes the growth of entrepreneurship in a country that has recently become an economic powerhouse but is still often ignored by scholars and popular press-South Korea. In this collection of essays, scholars describe entrepreneurship...

We live in a world increasingly shaped by the forces of globalization or interdependence as all the world's countries and individuals, in varying degrees and ways, are drawn into an ever more complex economic, political, technological, ethical,...

Looking at all sides of the globalization debate, Suranovic analyzes how international economic policy is made and how it has become so controversial. He offers a solution to the debate between free trade/unregulated markets and the push for greater...

Many risks face the global insurance industry today, including the aging populations of developed countries, competition from other financial institutions, and both disparate and quickly changing regulatory demands, to name a few. The book's contributors...

The Poetry of Susan Howe provides a comprehensive survey of the major works of one of America's foremost contemporary poets. The book describes the relationship between poetic form and the various configurations of history, religious thought, and...

Governing Global Finance examines the evolution of financial globalization and the attempts that have been made at the international level to establish a system of global financial governance (i.e. the international financial architecture) to safeguard...

The Grand Convergence describes, evaluates, and advocates for sweeping changes in our global economic and political structure that would ensure the prospects of global human civilization as we confront an uncertain and hazardous future. It argues both...

Foreign direct investment from emerging markets is an increasingly important phenomenon; firms from developed countries alone no longer undertake this activity. Foreign Direct Investment from Emerging Markets provides the latest scholarship on this...

This book examines the influences of various cultural factors on economic analyses that could be misrepresented by existing economic theories. The book's most significant contribution is the measuring of cultural diversity and bilateral similarity...

Introduction Acknowledgements Permissions PART 1: ABOUT BUSH Corporate Democracy; Civic Disrespect Lies, Dumb Lies, and Sample Statistics Defending Democrats...and Democracy Tracking Down the Corporate Crooks The Realities of Resistance Why Bush Likes a...

This book depicts the European Economic and Monetary Union against the historical background of different monetary regimes and pays special attention to the economic debate which accompanied the evolution of this currency area. The debate is still going...

Introduction The Debate The Global Business Revolution Systems Integration and the Cascade Effect The Aerospace Industry The Beverage Industry The Retail Industry Implications for Firm-Level Catch-up in Developing Countries

Companies and work have undergone significant change in the last two decades, and a new productive model has emerged. This book shows how this model works and argues that it has a high degree of coherence in terms of the integration of functions within...

Is corporate control in Russia and Poland shaped by the initial privatisation methods? What is the impact of the government? What is the role played by industrial networks and cross-ownership? By the banks and the capital markets? What are the factors...

Unemployment and underemployment are developing into Asia's most important long-term problems. On conservative estimates, the region is home to at least 500 million workers who are either unemployed or underemployed. For this reason, helping people as...

In this book Ann Pettifor examines the issues of debt affecting the first world or OECD countries. She traces the history and roots of where the current international debt crisis comes from--economic liberalization--and the restructuring of the...

It is often claimed that de facto economic integration has proceeded in East Asia, yet this is only true in part. Few studies have been conducted on the extent of the integration and what sort of integration has been accomplished. Currently economic...

This book examines alternative economic policies for the European Union in the aftermath of the rejection of the European Constitution. The subject range includes macroeconomic policy and the European Constitution, EU financial integration, the reform of...

A number of multinational corporations (MNCs) from developing economies are becoming key players in the global economy. The world's second-largest forgings-maker comes from India; the biggest Nordic insurer was bought by a South African competitor; a...

With the globalization of economic activity bringing about the expansion of markets and deepening of economic interdependency beyond state-borders, a new political challenge arises: how to effectively integrate the interdependent economies into a...

This book explores theoretical developments of trade models, examining labour mobility, unemployment and training in models of international trade, as well as migration and labour markets, the wage and unemployment impacts of adjustment, adjustment and...