This book analyzes Italy’s external competitiveness in detail and introduces a new index, devised by Marco Fortis and Stefano Corradini for Fondazione Edison, that highlights the strengths of Italy’s foreign trade. Compared with the Trade Performance Index compiled and updated annually by...

"Recent examples of corporate, national and international ethical and financial scandals and crises have created a need to bolster the ethical acumen of managers through business education imperatives. This topical book forms an important part of the debate on the development of ethical business...

Inglehart weist nach, daß zwischen Einstellungsmustern von Menschen und politischen und/oder sozioökonomischen Variablen wie zum Beispiel Demokratie, Wachstumsraten, Werten in Familien, religiösen Normen bestimmte Beziehungen bestehen. Er leitet daraus Veränderungsmuster ab, die...