1. Living In Truth -- 2. After The Fall -- 3. The Medium Is (Still) The Message -- 4. What Do You Expect? -- 5. Possibilities, Probabilities and Propensities -- 6. The Best And The Brightest -- 7. Bretton Woods Revisited -- 8. Selling England By The Pound -- 9. Tomorrow Without Fear -- 10. Out...

This book provides a critical analysis of visual images of British and international finance during the nineteenth century. Its focus is on the financiers themselves, contrasting the depiction of the respectable Merchant Princes with the less than perfect charlatans (white-collar criminals) who...

This book provides a study on the impact of Brexit on international competitiveness and in doing so, presents a theoretical account of regional disintegration. In recent decades, the theory of regional economic integration has expanded following growing integration processes taking place not...

1. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: the Role of Financial Studies -- 2. Risk and Pricing on the Italian Minibond Market -- 3. Exploring Factors Influencing the Success of Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns: Findings from Italy -- 4. From seeker side to investor side: gender dynamics in UK equity...

1. Employment Relations in Outsourced Public Services: Working Between Market and State -- Part I. The Case of Italy -- 2. Public Services under Austerity: Structure of the Public Sector and Drivers of Outsourcing -- 3. State-controlled Dualisation between Public and Private Employment:...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Governance of Sustainability: A theoretical background -- Chapter 3: The Early stage of the Governance of Sustainability in Italy: The scenario in 2013 -- Chapter 4: The Transition of the Corporate Governance towards Sustainability in Italy: The role of...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Institutional Routines and the Victorian Publishing Industry -- Chapter 3: Authorship: Legitimation of a Literary Profession -- Chapter 4: Literary Agents: Middlemen of the Industry -- Chapter 5: Publishing Power Houses -- Chapter 6: The Macmillans: A...

1. Labor Resists -- 2. Early Nineteenth-Century Changes -- 3. Examples of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Business Ethics in America -- 4. Rise of Industrialization -- 5. Ethics of the Firm and Strategic Behavior -- 6. John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil -- 7. Rise of the Big Retail Merchants -- 8....

Seven Steps Towards Inclusive, Innovative and Sustainable Growth -- Historical Roots, Ecosystem Assessment, Firm Formation Processes and Legal Competences: A Historical Perspective on the Evolution of Finance, Knowledge and Labor Market Institutions in Europe -- Economic Impact Assessment of...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Early History of Inflation Measurement -- Chapter 3: The Launch of the Index of Retail Prices -- Chapter 4: Improving the Index -- Chapter 5: The RPI in the Political Sphere -- Chapter 6: Reviews of the RPI and the Loss of National Statistics Status --...