140 products in Business & Economics

Exhausting Modernity is a bold new work on the exhaustion of our resources, both natural and human. Essential reading for political and social theorists, philosophers, economists, and anyone interested in the environment.

Stimulates a much-needed critical dialogue between practioners and academics about the sources of the appeal of management gurus and fashions, and their effect on the quality of management.

A comprehensive review of the past and present of a leading sector, this volume offers a new interpretation of society and market in South Korea. Drawing insights from the new economic sociology,

According to Nehru, the transition from a backward agricultural society to a modern industrial society was the only way for India to progress. This text provides an account of India's move away

In easily accessible language, this book analyses the impact of Economic and Monetary Union on Small and Medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe.

"Civil Society and Global Finance" focuses on the globalization debate and provides authoritative analyses by those who deal with the issues first hand, who here offer insight and policy ideas for decision-makers,

The author presents a clear, detailed and accessible breakdown of the developments in; Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

This book examines the impact of changes in the world economy on trade policy within the MENA region and its economic relations with the rest of the world.

An overview of the political economy and development of contemporary Egypt, focusing on the nature and extent of economic reform and restructuring in the last twenty years.

Set within a broadly evolutionary economics perspective, this book gives accounts of the system interactions occurring between firms and the innovation support infrastructure. Cases are drawn worldwide from Asia, North America and

Considers the 'late industrialisation' of China, showing how government policies have encouraged the development of 120 'national champions', and how these compete with multinational enterprises.

This text introduces the reader to a range of issues of the livestock marketing system and looks ahead to such future issues as biotechnology, human health, and food safety. It shows how

Innovative approaches to the fundamental issues of the global political economy, in particular post Cold War development, analyses of capital and negative aspects of globalization.

The effective blend of historical, contemporary, and global perspectives provides opportunities for teachers, scholars, and activists to evaluate how we can address low pay at the organizational and macroeconomic levels.

The understanding of the cognitive foundations of economic behaviour has become increasingly important. This volume contains contributions from such leading scholars as Adam Brandenburger, Michael Bacharach and Patrick Suppes.

Featuring contributions from leading international scholars, this interdisciplinary book presents the results of an extensive European Commission funded research study focusing on questions of interest to science, technology and innovation policy. It

Based on a collection of labor contracts and other documents, this book examines the legal, economic and social relations of labor as they developed in the commercial enterprises of Tokugawa Japan. The

The contributors of these nine articles describe the consequences of the spread of new forms of employment and work from the bottom up, focusing on local socio-economic systems and noting solutions intended

Austrian economics is often criticized as being hostile to empirical research and seen purely as an ideology. On the contrary, this book shows that Austrian economics provides an interesting approach to most

Including narrative accounts from experts in the field, this volume questions traditional public sector governance thinking and takes the perspective in which organizations are complex responsive processes of relating between people.