Preface -- Part I Size -- Chapter 1: Mega-states vs. Compact Powers: Risks in the Emerging International System -- Chapter 2: Effects of the Size of a Country on its Economic Performance -- Part II Political Regimes and Social Structure -- Chapter 3: Analyzing Dependence and Conflict in a...

Chapter 1 Class Structure, Education, and Social Mobility in Post-war Japan -- Chapter 2 The changing marriage market and status homogamy -- Chapter 3 Relative Indices of Educational Attainment and Trend Analysis of Inequality of Educational Opportunity Using the 2015 SSM Survey Data -- Chapter...

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. Exploring road to carbon neutrality: Crossroads between the past and next 40 years -- Chapter 2. Carbon neutrality: Innovation and fairness -- Chapter 3. Is there a unified carbon price for all industries? -- Chapter 4. Green finance: Clarifying functions and capacity -- Chapter 5....

Chapter 1. GTEC Service, Consulting and Training -- Chapter 2. The Purchasing Manager’s Challenges in Asia -- Chapter 3. Asian Supplier Productivity Diagnosis -- Chapter 4. Supplier Development in Asia in 5 Steps -- Chapter 5. The Purchasing Organization of The Future -- Chapter 6. Cost Break...

Chapter 1: The Productivity Puzzle – A critical assessment and an outlook on the COVID-19 crisis -- Chapter 2: Revisiting intangible capital and labour productivity growth, 2000-2015: Accounting for the crisis and economic recovery in the EU -- Chapter 3: The Rule of Law and Labour...

Introduction by the Editors -- Empirical Estimates of Inverted Duty Structure and Effective Rate of Protection- The case of India -- Does Past Performance in Home Market Affect Export Participation of New Exporters? Evidence from Indian Firms -- A Panel Data Analysis of Indo-Africa Trade: A...

1. Introduction -- 2. Quality of institutions and the macro-return to education: The case of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) -- 3. Short and Long Run Causality Between Remittances and Economic Growth in MENA Countries: A Panel ARDL Approach -- 4.Asymmetric impact of oil price shocks on...

Chapter One: Background -- Chapter Two: Agri-Food Systems And Agribusiness Concepts -- Chapter Three: Farming As A Business -- Chapter Four: Introduction To Supply And Value Chains -- Chapter Five: Agro-Industries As Anchors Of Agribusiness -- Chapter Six: Sustaining Agribusiness For Inclusive...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Policy Towards the Corona Epidemic in Developing Countries -- Chapter 3. Digital Divide Reversal: Evidence, Explanations and Implications -- Chapter 4. Why is India so Dominant in the Demand for New Smart Feature Phones that...