This book upturns many established ideas regarding the economic and social history of Quebec, the Canadian province that is home to the majority of its French population. It places the case of Quebec into the wider question of convergence in economic history and whether proactive governments...

Globalization and a High-Tech Economy -- International Trade and California Industry -- Foreign Outsourcing and Domestic Industry -- Intra-Firm Trade and Intermediate Inputs -- International Networks and High-Tech Exports -- Global Linkages, the High-Tech Sector, and State Policy Choices --...

Conversations about energy law and policy are paramount, undergoing new scrutiny and characterizations. Energy Follies: Missteps, Fiascos, and Successes of America's Energy Policy explores how a century of energy policies, rather than solving our energy problems, often made them worse; how...

Transnational Economic Regions: Capturing an Illusive Phenomenon; Resurrecting the Rhine as an Economic Region; Energy Transition in the Rhine Region; Part I Regional Transformation: Energy Transition in the Rhine Region; 1 The Post-War Reconstruction and the Rise of Oil ; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2...

"From the French origin of Coca Cola to McDonald's sponsorship of the 2015 Milan Expo, the book presents the first comparative history of these multinational corporations in two Western European countries, addressing some compelling questions: to what extent our increasingly globalized world is...