'Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management represents a welcome contribution of IHRM literature and will be required readings for both novices and veteran researchers.' - Dana B. Minbaeva, British Journal of Industrial Relations ' ... a rich array of contributors including...

This book examines the issue of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the context of technological development, and in particular the impact of M&As on the innovation process. In so doing, the book integrates two bodies of literature, on M&As, and on innovation studies, a nexus which the editors...

The globalisation of financial markets has attracted much academic and policymaking commentary in recent years, especially with the growing number of banking and financial crises and the current credit crisis that has threatened the stability of the global financial system. This major new...

This important new book brings together a significant body of new essays on some of the central economic problems facing governments, firms and individuals in the 1990s. Under the direction of Paul Davidson and Jan Kregel, an international group of distinguished economists provide new...

1. Regulatory impact assessment : an overview -- 2. Current trends in the process and methods of regulatory impact assessment : mainstreaming RIA into policy processes -- 3. Indicators of regulatory quality -- 4. Measuring RIA quality and performance -- 5. Better regulation and impact assessment...

pt. 1. Methodology of labour market policy evaluation -- pt. 2. Evaluating labour market policies in selected target areas -- pt. 3. Evaluating institutional frameworks of labour market policy -- pt. 4. Evaluating policy targets at the European level