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Central Asia and the Silk Road : Economic Rise and Decline over Several Millennia
Barisitz, Stephan - 2017
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the pre-modern economic history of Central Asia and the Silk Road, covering several millennia. By analyzing an abundance of sources and materials, it illustrates the repeated economic heydays of the Silk Road, during which it linked the Orient and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397974
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Essays in Contemporary Economics : A Festschrift in Memory of A. D. Karayiannis
Bitros, George C. - 2015
Preface -- Part I: Greece and European Integration -- Part II: Issues in the Methodology of Economics -- Part III: Institutions and the Free Market Economy -- Part IV: Insights for Today from Ancient Greece -- Part V: Indices -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017633
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Iran Revisited : Exploring the Historical Roots of Culture, Economics, and Society
Pirzadeh, Ali - 2016
Introduction -- Rethinking Iranian National Character -- The Role of Ideas and Education in Iranian Society -- Historical Perspectives on Iranian Cultural Identity -- Islamization of Iranian Society -- Qajar Period and the Constitutional Revolution -- Contemporary Iran and the Iranian Economy --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019789
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Confucian Capitalism : Shibusawa Eiichi, Business Ethics, and Economic Development in Meiji Japan
Sagers, John H. - 2018
capitalism. This volume marks an important contribution to the international debate on the extent to which capitalist enterprises …: Reconciling Confucianism and Capitalism, 1830-1885 with Palgrave Macmillan …Chapter 1: Introduction: Shibusawa Eiichi and the Idea of Confucian Capitalism -- Chapter 2: Economic Change and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396803
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Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society : The Japanese Experience
Yamada, Toshio - 2018
This book is devoted to analyzing contemporary capitalism both in Japan and in the world economy by using the … not help to come up with effective concepts for an economic analysis of that capitalism of the period. On the other hand …, the régulation theory born in the 1970s is well known by its definition of postwar capitalism as Fordism, based on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396839
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Japan at a Deadlock
Morishima, Michio - 2000
'capitalism from above'. For the past ten years the country's economy has faltered and declined. It is turning towards 'capitalism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054070
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Rethinking Imperialism : A Study of Capitalist Rule
Milios, John; Sotiropoulos, Dimitris P. - 2009
This book aims at presenting and assessing imperialism as a theoretical concept. It aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation, focusing specifically on the tension between Marx's theoretical system of the Critique of Political Economy and the theories of capitalist expansion and domination.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106212
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The Rise of Empires : The Political Economy of Innovation
Ramesh, Sangaralingam - 2018
This book describes and evaluates how institutional innovation and technological innovation have impacted on humanity from pre-historical times to modern times, and how societies have been transformed in history. The author interrogates the relationship between innovation and civilisation --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396979
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Suspicions of Markets : Critical Attacks from Aristotle to the Twenty-First Century
Rutherford, Donald - 2016
In this work, Rutherford reviews why Adam Smith, Hayek, Mises and others praised economic markets, with a view to understanding, in contrast, historical attacks on markets dating as far back as Aristotle. The market has long been criticized as an inappropriate method of allocation, encouraging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397122
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Dignity in the Workplace : New Theoretical Perspectives
Bal, Matthijs - 2017
Introducing a theory of workplace dignity into the field of management studies, this innovative new book presents an alternative paradigm based on principles of human dignity which is integrated into a theoretical approach to the topic. The author addresses and analyses the causes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396401