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Handbook on small nations in the global economy : the contribution of multinational enterprises to national economic success
Verbeke, Alain (contributor);  … - 2009
This unique, extensive Handbook illustrates that multinational enterprises can contribute substantially to the competitive advantage of small countries. It advances the notion that small nations increasingly need to rely on both home-grown and foreign multinational enterprises to achieve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851529
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The economic North-South divide : six decades of unequal development
Raffer, Kunibert - 2004 - Pbk. ed
South. Encouraged by recent successful opposition to neoliberalism, the authors finally propose ideas for a world where … Consensus' -- 5. Aid to development and the bipolar world -- 6. ODA after the Cold War : less money at tougher conditions -- 7 … -- 13. Textiles and apparel : double standards of adjustment and transition -- 14. Towards a more equal world order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852069
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Globalization and poverty
Gunning, Jan Willem (contributor); Collier, Paul (contributor) - 2008
Theory and Recent Evidence', World Development, 33 (7), 1045-63 -- Ravi Kanbur and Xiaobo Zhang (2005), 'Fifty Years of …Howard Pack (1994), 'Endogenous Growth Theory: Intellectual Appeal and Empirical Shortcomings', Journal of Economic … Survey', in Boris Pleskovic (ed) and Nicholas Stern (ed) (eds), Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2003 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852235
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Institutions, globalisation and empowerment
Sideras, Jörn (contributor); Roy, Kartik C. (contributor) - 2006
This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851432
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Institutions and development
Shirley, Mary M. - 2008
A landmark contribution to our understanding of economic development. This significant book argues that fundamental changes in deeply rooted institutions do not happen because of outsiders' money, advice, pressures, or even physical force; which explains why foreign aid has not, and can not,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852013
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Handbook on the globalization of the world economy
Levy-Livermore, Amnon (contributor) - 1998 - 1st ed
pt. 1. Global growth, inequality, saving, investment and indebtedness -- pt. 2. Regionalization and globalization of trade -- pt. 3. From centrally planned to market economy -- pt. 4. Internationalization and integration of markets -- pt. 5. Global environment and resource problems
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851314
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Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture : the interaction between technology, progress and economic growth
Brown, Terrence E. (contributor); Ulijn, J. M. (contributor) - 2004
European integration -- 5. Schumpeter's theory of economic development revisited -- 6. Skunk works : a sign of failure, a sign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419964
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Handbook of regional growth and development theories
Nijkamp, Peter (contributor); Capello, Roberta (contributor) - 2009
Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851564
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A post Keynesian perspective on twenty-first century economic problems
Davidson, Paul (contributor) - International Post Keynesian Workshop <(6th :2000 … - 2002
This book explores key economic problems and new policies for the global economy of the 21st century. The contributors discuss to what extent past policy errors were due to the incompetence of policymakers, and highlight problems including: international payments imbalances and currency crises,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851665
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Geography, structural change and economic development : theory and empirics
Tamberi, Massimo (contributor); Salvadori, Neri (contributor) - 2009
The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851875