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Regulating development : evidence from Africa and Latin America
Amann, Edmund (contributor) - 2006
Regulating Development examines the impact that regulation--good or bad--can have on the development of poorer societies. It opens with a succinct review of critical issues, including the implications of the spread of intellectual property rights legislation and the role of the World Trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851078
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Uneven paths of development : innovation and learning in Asia and Africa
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Oyebanji - 2009
sectors act as seeds of economic progress. Detailed firm-level studies were carried out in seven countries, three in Africa … (Nigeria, Mauritius and South Africa) and four in Asia (China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia) …Learning to innovate : information hardware sector in Asia and Africa -- The rapid rise of China -- Low value …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851295
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Morality, political economy and American constitutionalism
Roth, Timothy P. - 2007
1. Thefounders 'republican cause' --2. Thecommercial republic --3.Autonomy ascendant --4. Thepublic philosophy of modern America --5. Theeconomic analogue --6. Afailed public philosophy --7. Thedecline of political economy --8.'Auxiliary precautions' in our time.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420044
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Markets versus hierarchies : a political economy of Russia from the 10th century to 2008
Brancato, Ekaterina - 2009
This unique book uses a transaction cost perspective to illustrate how hierarchies influenced the structure of markets and behaviour of individual businesses and cartels in pre-revolutionary, Soviet and present-day Russia
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850770
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Entrepreneurship research in Europe : outcomes and perspectives
Fayolle, Alain; Johannisson, Bengt; Ulijn, J. M.; … - 2005
In this vital new book, leading international scholars highlight the unique characteristics and rich variety of European research in entrepreneurship. They pursue several different perspectives and focus on the key issues and most significant developments in the field
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850809
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Marshall and Schumpeter on evolution : economic sociology of capitalist development
Nishizawa, Tamotsu (contributor);  … - 2009
This unique and original work contends that, despite the differences between Marshallian and Schumpeterian thinking, they both present formidable challenges to a broad type of social science beyond economics, particularly under the influence of the German historical school. In a departure from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850893
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Innovation, evolution and economic change : new ideas in the tradition of Galbraith
Laperche, Blandine; Uzunidis, Dimitri; Galbraith, James K. - 2006
The book begins with a penetrating analysis of the main features of today's capitalism and in particular the conflict between shareholders and managers. It moves on to focus on the consequences of globalization in the decision-making processes of large corporations and represents an important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851081
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Economics, evolution and the state : the governance of complexity
Dopfer, Kurt (contributor) - 2005
This book focuses on the emerging field of evolutionary economic policy, highlighting the interface between the state, markets, and the evolutionary complexity of modern economies. The contributors explore the possibilities and limitations of governance, and provide a unique platform for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851352
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Islamic capitalism and finance : origins, evolution and the future
Çizakça, Murat - 2011
This illuminating and thought-provoking book questions whether classical Islamic capitalism, which has served Muslims so well for centuries, can provide a viable alternative world economic system. In the current recession--the worst since 1929--this is surely a provocative question. But if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851598
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Economists in the Americas
Markoff, John (contributor);  … - 2009
Probably no region's economists have had greater public visibility or greater impact on regional and national public policy than Latin America's and no region has been more directly affected by the spread of US economics. Economists in the Americas joins a small but important comparative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851829