In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2008, this book offers a systematic overview of recent developments in regulatory frameworks in advanced and emerging-market countries, outlining challenges to improving regulation, markets, and access in developing economies. - Provided...

Comprehensive examination of the economic, social, and political context of climate policy in industrialized and developing nations. Calls for a multilateral approach that goes beyond the mitigation-focused Kyoto policies and stresses the importance of generating policies that work within a time...

This book analyzes the role of governance issues in the development of the internet and the digital economy. Some of the relevant policy issues, like competition policy and intellectual property rights, are actually not new or specific to the internet. The problems raised by taxation of cyber...

Dieses Herausgeberwerk beschreibt eHealth grundsätzlich und insbesondere in Bezug auf elektronische Patientenakten, den Einsatz von mobilen medizinischen Anwendungen, Sensorik und Quantified Self bis hin zu medizinischen Geräten. Dazu liefert es einen internationalen Vergleich und gibt...