"Global trade is a key driver for economic growth, and trade is related to several dimensions: The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) with disruptive technologies, globalisation of markets, innovation leading to new trade opportunities, as well as foreign investments following exports lead to...

The Banana demystifies the banana trade and its path toward globalization. It reviews interregional relationships in the industry and the changing institutional framework governing global trade and assesses the roles of such major players as the European Union and the World Trade Organization....

1. Shipping and globalization in the post-war era: Contexts, companies, connections- Niels P. Petersson, Stig Tenold and Nicholas J. White -- Part I: Contexts -- 2. The declining role of Western Europe in shipping and shipbuilding, 1900—2000- Stig Tenold -- 3. The emergence and evolution of...