This volume deals with both a new theoretical framework and the capability of new economics to tackle a number of economic problems.It offers detailed analysis and informed comment on the type of new economics emerging in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the 'great recession'

This book analyses the role of local content (LC) policy in the economic development of five resource-rich countries: Brazil, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia and the UK. The authors situate LC policy within a framework of sustainability in the form of industrial diversification and innovation-led...

Hintergrundinformationen über natürliche Ressourcen -- Phänomen Ressourcenfluch -- Ökonomische und wirtschaftliche Situation der Demokratischen Republik Kongo und Botswanas -- Zusammenhang zwischen Ressourcenreichtum und aktueller Situation in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo und Botswana.

This book provides the most comprehensive survey of mining activity and the principal challenges confronting the resources industry in the Asia-Pacific region today, and presents new theoretical and practical insights into the political and business risks faced by mining companies operating in...

This book takes a fresh look at pricing, product differentiation and the need for decommoditisation in market sectors where products and services are standardised and interchangeable. In the first chapters the book explains what commodities are, and puts them into a historical perspective to...

This book brings together leading experts to assess how and whether the Nazis were successful in fostering collaboration to secure the resources they required during World War II. These studies of the occupation regimes in Norway and Western Europe reveal that the Nazis developed highly...

Was rare Rohstoffe mit unserem Wohlstand zu tun haben -- Rohstoffe, die über unsere Zukunft entscheiden -- Deutschland am Rohstofftropf -- Woher die Rohstoffe der Zukunft kommen -- Was getan werden muss.

Christoph Michael Hindermann uses a statistical approach to analyze the impact of economic freedom on state legitimacy. Based on multiple regression models, the author not only extracts the determinants of legitimacy but also shows that rule of law is the most important area of economic freedom...