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Globalization and the State: Volume I : International Institutions, Finance, the Theory of the State and International Trade
Pelaez, Carlos M.; Peláez, Carlos A. - 2008
The process of globalization is dynamic in the direction of increasing integration. The effects of economic events in … IEFP and also explores how institutions and trade affect globalization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106169
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The Changing Role of Government : The Reform of Public Services in Developing Countries
Batley, Richard; Larbi, George A. - 2004
Batley and Larbi examine how governments of developing countries are organized to deliver public services. The book is based on comparative international studies of four service sectors: Health care, urban water, business promotion and agricultural marketing. Governments everywhere are being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053768
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Consumption, Globalization and Development
James, Jeffrey - 2000
This volume is concerned with the complexities of the relationship between globalization and different groups of … consumers in developing countries. Globalization, it is argued, can yield frustration and disappointment as well as welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106258
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Growing Income Inequalities : Economic Analyses
Hellier, Joël (ed.); Chusseau, Nathalie (ed.) - 2013
This book explores the widening gap between the wage packets of skilled and unskilled workers that has become a pressing issue for all states in the globalized world economy. Comparing the experiences of more and less developed economies, chapters analyse the underlying causes and key social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106359
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Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices : Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective
Meglio, Olimpia; Park, Kathleen - 2019
This book integrates two different but equally prominent themes in the management field: mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). It explores questions such as whether strategic goals overlap or conflict with sustainability choices, what the strategic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396171
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Getting Globalization Right : Sustainability and Inclusive Growth in the Post Brexit Age
Paganetto, Luigi (ed.) - 2018
This book presents stimulating new perspectives on three key sets of issues: a fair globalization, the policies that …. Examples include globalization and national inequality, globalization and policies for inclusive growth in developing countries …, Growth and Inequality -- Globalization and National Income Inequality: Observations and Lessons from the U.S. Experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396906
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The Diversity of Emerging Capitalisms in Developing Countries : Globalization, Institutional Convergence and Experimentation
Rougier, Eric (ed.); Combarnous, François (ed.) - 2017
This book presents the results of a collective and original empirical investigation of the institutional systems underlying the capitalisms that are coming to the fore in developing nations. While varieties of industrialized countries’ capitalisms are extensively scrutinized, those of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397986
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Globalization : A Threat to International Cooperation and Peace?
Panic, M. - 2011 - Second edition
Building on the impressive first edition, this revised and updated book examines a wide range of highly topical issues. Dr Panic questions whether economic prosperity, social wellbeing and peace are sustainable given existing national attitudes, institutions and policies, and explores the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053927
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Alternatives to Neoliberal Globalization : Studies in the Political Economy of Institutions and Late Development
Lo, Dic - 2012
globalization. Dic Lo explores competing theories, with a view to constructing an alternative synthesis that transcends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053981
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Development Finance in the Global Economy : The Road Ahead
Addison, Tony (ed.); Mavrotas, George (ed.) - 2008
A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries. Yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054203