After tracing the causes of the global financial crisis, the book focuses on two fundamental systemic issues connected with its manifestation: financial-sector regulation and the problem of the dollar-centric international monetary system, both of which have been widely cited among the important...

This book explores how successful the various tenets of economic thought have been in prognosticating or remedying economic crises. Examining key episodes in economic history, from famines in antiquity to present-day financial collapse, the author finds that several theories failed to cope with...

Im Mittelpunkt dieses Lehrbuches steht das Verständnis grundlegender ökonomischer Zusammenhänge sowie des Wirtschaftsgeschehens in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Der Lehrstoff wird in einem mittleren Schwierigkeitsgrad und auf einem mittleren Abstraktionsniveau vermittelt. Die zur...

Im Mittelpunkt dieses Lehrbuches steht das Verständnis grundlegender ökonomischer Zusammenhänge sowie des Wirtschaftsgeschehens in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Der Lehrstoff wird in einem mittleren Schwierigkeitsgrad und auf einem mittleren Abstraktionsniveau vermittelt. Die zur...

This volume includes the full proceedings from the 1997 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference held in Coral Gables, Florida. The research and presentations offered in this volume cover many aspects of marketing science including marketing strategy, consumer behaviour, global...

Significantly extended from the first edition and published in response to the new international standard ISO55000, this book on physical asset management (2nd Ed.) presents a systematic approach to the management of physical assets from concept to disposal. It introduces the general principles...

This book presents a rigorous treatment of the mathematical instruments available for dealing with income distributions, in particular Lorenz curves and related methods. The methods examined allow us to analyze, compare and modify such distributions from an economic and social perspective....

The Setting -- Overview -- The Development Process -- Reforms and Economic Planning -- Public Finance -- The Financial Sector -- Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) and Monetary Policy -- The Financial Markets -- The Saudi Capital Market -- The Domestic Sector -- The Private Sector:...

The book presents the economic policy model known as “Social Market Economy” in Germany, the country where it originated. Although the model has since been adopted as core objective in the EU Treaty of Lisbon, experts still disagree on its exact nature. The author contributes to this debate...