This book analyzes and assesses corporate restructuring and governance in transition countries focusing on the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Russia. Using original material and publications in local languages, the book addresses the core issues for these countries in transformation into...

Chapter 1: Introduction to "Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Countries: New Drivers towards a Market Economy" -- Part 1: Entrepreneurship in Post-Transition Context -- Chapter 2: The influence of the motives of entrepreneurial activity on economic growth of developing countries in Southeast...

This book offers fresh insights into the economic development and financial markets of Southeastern and Central European countries. The first part analyses macroeconomic trends and monetary policy issues, while the second part explores the development of financial and insurance markets. With...

A Short Post-communist Economic History of Emerging Europe -- Pre-crisis Central Banking -- Bubbles Everywhere (the 2000s)Under the Clouds of the Subprime Crisis (July 2007 – September 2008)The Lehman Tsunami (September – October 2008) -- The “Rescue Team” and Rescue Package (October –...

Part I. Introduction -- 1. Theories of Internationalization and Foreign Direct Investment: How to Explain FDI from Emerging MNEs? -- 2. Changing Trends of Foreign Direct Investments in East Central Europe -- Part II. Emerging Multinationals from Asia -- 3. Home and Host Country Determinants of...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Recent Research on Climate Change and Food Security -- Chapter 3. Assessment of Climate Change and Adaptation Policies for Sustainable Food Security -- Chapter 4. Food Security Challenges of Climate Change: An Analysis for Policy Selection in Malaysia --...

1. Indian Food Systems towards 2050: Challenges and Opportunities -- 2. Economic Growth, Agriculture and Food Systems: Explaining Regional Diversity -- 3. Rural Livelihood Challenges: Moving out of Agriculture -- 4.Diet Diversity and the Declining Importance of Staple Grains -- 5.The Nutrition...

Part I: Global Perspectives -- Chapter 1. Sustainability and a Planetary Diet -- Chapter 2. Climate and Food -- Chapter 3. Food and Environmental Emergency -- Chapter 4. Reducing Food Waste and Packaging -- Part II: Industry and Marketing Perspectives -- Chapter 5. Circular Agriculture --...

Part 1: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Heuristics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Heuristics -- 3. Data Engineering Techniques for Machine Learning and Heuristics -- Part 2: Food Security Machine Learning and Heuristics Models -- 4. Food Security -- 5. Food Security – Quality and Safety...

1. African smallholders and their market environment -- 2.African Agricultural Value Chains: A Brief Historical Overview -- 3. Economic theory and value chain governance -- 4. The evolution of Agricultural Value Chains in Africa -- 5. Small holders and Markets -- 6. Product quality and...