Globalization has profound effects on national economies even as distinct national "models" of capitalism remain. International and Comparative Business accessibly tracks the historical and socio-political contexts of the world's major countries on a chapter-by-chapter basis to the present day....

1. Introduction; Mohyedine Hajjar -- Introductory Part 1: Legal Framework of Islamic Finance in EU Legislation -- 2. Financial Undertakings, Sharīᶜa Rules and the Internal Market Framework Challenges and Opportunities; Gabriella Gimigliano -- 3. Islamic Insurance and European Union Legal...

Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Context, Purpose and Structure of the Book.- 2 State Aid for Newspapers.- Part II: Theories -- 3 State Support for News -- 4 Industrial Subsidies -- 5 Newspaper Subsidies and Journalistic Quality -- 6 State Aid to the Press in the EU -- 7 Press Governance.-...

Marketers have to understand how the information that consumers associate with a company and its products affects their responses to those products. Adressing this issue, Markus Meierer analyzes firstly if consumers from Germany, France, Romania, Russia, and the USA perceive an internationally...

Banking privatisation represents one of the major forces which are significantly changing the banking sector in Europe. Studying the process of banking privatisation thus helps to understand the dynamics of the sector. This book analyses - from the perspective of both commercial banking and...

Dieses Buch befasst sich mit Theorien, Umsetzungen und der aktuellen Entwicklung in der Corporate Governance in einer globalisierten Welt, die getrieben ist durch Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien. Dabei ist das Buch in drei Teile gegliedert. Teil I behandelt theoretische Aspekte,...