1 Introduction -- 2 Early Globalization: Arguments and Evidence -- 3 Harbingers of Modernity: an Iberian perspective -- 4 Silver production, prices and globalization in the eighteenth century -- 5 The Austrian mining industry and the Iberian globalization -- 6 The Manila Galleon and the Age of...

Introduction -- 1 What is money? -- A History of Money and Banking -- 2 Money from the very beginning -- 3 Banks enter the scene -- 4 The dawn of modern banking -- 5 The creation of a paper currency -- 6 Modern banking comes of age -- 7 The role of banks in a modern economy -- II An Analysis of...

The gambling industry’s corporate structure in a partially liberalised market -- State-owned gambling operation in global competitive environment -- The establishment and strategies of gambling providers in French-speaking Africa: the case of Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) -- Where does the gambling...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: MNEs and Multinational Corporate Governance -- Chapter 3: Theoretical Framework for Multinational Corporate Governance -- Chapter 4: Multinational Corporate Governance – A Network Governance Framework -- Chapter 5: Foreign Subsidiary Governance -- Chapter...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: An Agricultural Household Model with Tariffs -- Chapter 3: Data and Estimation -- Chapter 4: Income Gains and Inequality Costs -- Chapter 5: The Trade-Off -- Chapter 6: Alternative Models -- Chapter 7: HIT: Household Impacts of Trade -- Chapter 8:...

Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and Corruption -- Labour Markets: Structural Characteristics and the Impact of Two Crises -- Transport and Mobility -- Monetary, Macroprudential, and Fiscal Policy -- Green Economy: Energy,...

Chapter 1. Editorial Introduction: Crisis in Context -- Chapter 2. US Foreign Direct Investments in the Eurozone: A Distance Analysis in View of Global Crisis. Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector -- Chapter 3. Litigation Risk, Audit Fees and the Financial Crisis Impact: Empirical Evidence...

1. Introduction -- 2. Exploring the reasons behind the adoption of international norms -- 3. Closing the implementation gap with Transnational Experience and Expertise Networks -- 4. Local Content policies: aiding or harming internationalization? -- 5. The international norm on world-class...

1. Introduction -- Part I: Foundations, Concepts and Frameworks -- 2. Systemic Potentials for Resilient Performance -- 3. Resilience and Digital Transformation Challenges in Oil and Gas Integrated Operations -- 4. Relational Capital and Organisational Resilience -- 5. Organisational Resilience...

This open access book gives a concise introduction to the practical implementation of monetary policy by modern central banks. It describes the conventional instruments used in advanced economies and the unconventional instruments that have been widely adopted since the financial crisis of...