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...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Are Current Policies on Track to Eliminate Poverty? -- Chapter 3. How Mainstream Economics Works -- Chapter 4. Basic Principles to Understand Macroeconomics -- Chapter 5. Markets Alone Make No Development -- Chapter 6. Developing Countries in Global...

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. Public Private Partnerships in Transportation: Airports, Water Ports, Rail, Buses, and Taxis- AN OVERVIEW -- Chapter 2. Evaluating The Viability of The Ghana Airport Cargo Centre as Publica-Private Partnership Project -- Chapter 3. The role of individual actors in public-private...

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...

This book highlights the economic and social science perspectives in light of COVID-19. During 2020, leaders found themselves at historic crossroads, taking decisions under remarkable pressures and uncertainties. However, windows of opportunity are being created to shape the economic recovery,...

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...