"This book explores the causal link between GDP and military expenditure, and other economic and political indicators of the countries of different status of developments for the period of formal wars to till date. It surveys the interdependences between the national output and military or...

"This book explores how microfinance institutions exist to fulfill a dual mission - financial sustainability and positive social impact on the urban and rural poor of the communities that they serve. It also explores how it is the responsibility of management to assess the institution's level of...

Industrial houses and governments of different countries and groups spend a sizeable amount of their earnings upon research and development activities to create new products and obtain patents for them. The short-run motive is to get patents, and the long-run motive is to influence income growth...