Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: National Economies in Globalization -- Part I: Neoliberal Model: The Case of the United States -- Chapter 3: Globalization and the U.S. National Economy -- Chapter 4: Recent Transformation of the U.S. Economy -- Part II: Statist Coordination Capitalism: The...

USA is inflicting severe damage upon both the environment and its inhabitants. In 1979, the EPA estimated that in the USA there were as many as 51,000 sites containing potentially hazardous waste. The number of sites with 'significant problems' was anywhere. The EPA noted, "Industry has shown a...

Internationalisation as a strategic element in the current context of globalisation is increasingly a determinant of business success. Based on the literature in the area of internationalisation and networks, through a case study - a cooperation network involving small and medium-sized...

Abstract For decades, social scientists have been trying to answer causal questions about the effectiveness of certain programs or policies. The conventional methodology for answering such causal questions relies on the “no interference between different units” assumption; that is, a...