Introduction -- The random walk -- Beyond the simple random walk -- Understanding interactions through cross-correlations -- Why care about a power law? -- The log-normal and extreme-value distributions -- When a single distribution is not enough? -- Explaining complex distributions with simple...

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Random variables and probability distributions; 1.1 Particle descriptions of partial differential equations; 1.2 Random variables and stochastic processes; 1.3 The n-point probability distributions; 1.4 Simple averages and scaling; 1.5 Pair correlations...

Introduction to managing in emerging markets / Klaus E. Meyer, Robert Grosse -- Conceptual approaches to managing in emerging markets / Robert Grosse, Klaus E. Meyer -- International business and emerging markets in historical perspective / Geoffrey Jones -- Economics, transitions, and traps in...

"Business in Emerging Latin America provides students with a comprehensive overview of the business environment of this emerging, dynamic region. Driven by expanding domestic markets and exports of natural resource commoditites, Latin America has recently come into focus as an economic force in...