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Islamic banking and finance in the European Union : a challenge
Khan, M. Fahim (contributor); Porzio, Mario (contributor) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852025
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Fast growing firms in a slow growth economy : institutional conditions for innovation
Visintin, Francesca (contributor);  … - 2016
Europe needs more innovative companies that grow quickly and end up big. This book examines SME growth, innovation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419812
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The global challenge to industrial districts : small and medium-sized enterprises in Italy and Taiwan
Guerrieri, Paolo (ed.); Iammarino, Simona (ed.);  … - 2001
The current trend towards globalization is posing a substantial challenge to SME clusters to restructure and reach out … authors focus on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Italy and Taiwan, two countries in which these businesses … demonstrate that over time SME clusters can evolve and that globalization can reshape their upgrading options by providing a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474126
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From industrial districts to local development : an itinerary of research
Becattini, Giacomo - 2003
From Industrial Districts to Local Development introduces a set of papers representing the main contribution of the 'Florence school' to the recent literature on industrial districts. The authors illustrate that the revitalisation of the concept of industrial districts, returning to Alfred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474174
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The role of international institutions in globalisation : the challenges of reform
Chen, John-ren (contributor) - 2003
This book presents a critical analysis of the role of international institutions and their performance in terms of justification, effectiveness and efficiency. The authors begin by discussing the controversies surrounding the Tobin Tax in the context of global governance. They move on to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851315
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The political economy of financial market regulation : the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion
Weber, Beat (contributor); Schuberth, Helene (contributor);  … - 2006
This book focuses on recent financial market reforms, and their implications for social, economic and political exclusion. In particular it considers the hitherto under-researched question of whose interests govern the design of regulatory mechanisms and who influences the decision-making...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851422
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Secured transactions reform and access to credit
Dahan, Frederique (contributor); Simpson, John (contributor) - 2008
The chapters presented here provide, for the first time, a comprehensive and cutting-edge view of the subject - from both a legal and economic perspective. They start at the macro level of financial systems, moving towards the behaviours of lenders (commercial banks and micro-lenders), policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852008
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Risk, complexity and ICT
Hanseth, Ole (contributor); Ciborra, Claudio (contributor) - 2007
This book explores the challenges regarding risks and risk management related to the growing complexity of ICT solutions. The main argument of the book is that the complexity of ICT solutions has continued to grow throughout the history of ICT, and that it has now reached a level that goes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420042
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Global business and the terrorist threat
Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor);  … - 2009
Global business is affected by global terrorism and the two are intricately linked on many levels. This book is an eclectic and enlightening compendium of research that explores the interrelationships between the two. A companion to and expansion on the authors' previous books on the area,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851731
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Retirement provision in scary markets
Bateman, Hazel (contributor) - 2007
Who's afraid of the big bad bear? : or, why investment in equities for retirement is not scary and why investing without equities is scary / Ronald Bewley, Nick Ingram, Veronica Livera and Sheridan Thompson -- Assessing the risks in global fixed interest portfolios / Geoffrey Brianton -- The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420067