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Management Consultancy and the British State : A Historical Analysis Since 1960
Weiss, Antonio - 2019
This book traces the emergence and development of the relationship between management consultancies and the British state. It seeks to answer three questions: why were management consultants brought into the machinery of the state; how has state power been impacted by bringing profit-seeking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396022
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From Crisis to Crisis : The Transformation of Merchant Banking, 1914–1939
O'Sullivan, Brian - 2018
. Favourable Treatment -- Chapter 5. Traditional Preserves -- Chapter 6. Unsound Practices -- Chapter 7. Road to Crisis -- Chapter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397003
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The Economics of Brexit : A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the UK’s Economic Relationship with the EU
Whyman, Philip B. - 2017
This book presents a comprehensive evaluation of the likely economic impact upon the UK economy arising from Brexit. It … of alternative models of future trading relationships that are available to the UK, both in relation to the EU and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397292
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A History of British Actuarial Thought
Turnbull, Craig - 2017
In the first book of its kind, Turnbull traces the development and implementation of actuarial ideas, from the conception of Equitable Life in the mid-18th century to the start of the 21stcentury. This book analyses the historical development of British actuarial thought in each of its three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397348
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The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector : Towards A Renaissance
Brennan, Timothy (ed.); Crew, Michael (ed.);  … - 2017
This book addresses some of the major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Postal operators worldwide have been slow to address the threats from and opportunities created by electronic competition. The European Commission and member states are wrestling with these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397402
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An Accidental Brexit : New EU and Transatlantic Economic Perspectives
Welfens, Paul J.J. - 2017
the foreseeable consequences are for the UK, Europe, US and world economy. The Brexit decision represents a momentous … and a Fatal Communication Disaster -- Chapter 3. A Sequencing of the Economic Effects of Brexit -- Part II. UK, US and EU … 6. Medium-term UK Macroeconomic Perspectives -- Chapter 7. Brexit from a US Point of View -- Chapter 8. Trump Policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397456
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Macroeconomic Policy after the Crash : Issues in Microprudential and Macroprudential Policy
Barwell, Richard - 2017
macroprudential policy -- 4) Unconventional macroprudential instruments -- 5) MP-UK: Macroprudential policy in action in the United … Kingdom -- 6) Macroprudential policy and the UK housing market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397490
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The Palgrave Companion to Cambridge Economics
Cord, Robert A. (ed.) - 2017
Cambridge University has and continues to be one of the most important centres for economics. With nine chapters on themes in Cambridge economics and over 40 chapters on the lives and work of Cambridge economists, this volume shows how economics became established at the university, how it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397510
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Resource Constraints and Global Growth : Evidence from the Financial Sector
Agboraw, Efundem; Jones, Aled - 2017
activities. The UK finance sector, which is considered to be amongst the most globalised, is placed under the microscope, and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397541
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Housing Economics : A Historical Approach
Meen, Geoffrey - 2016
The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397571