Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 C. Fred Bergsten: Intellectual Entrepreneur -- Evangelist for the Open Economy -- The Happy Cassandra -- Star Player, Team Leader -- Observations: C. Fred Bergsten, the Man and His Institute -- 2 Constant Ends, Flexible Means: C. Fred Bergsten and the Quest for...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Overview -- Abbreviations -- Frequently Cited Regional Trading Agreements and the Parties to Them -- Chapter 1 Global Outlook and the Developing Countries -- The Global Economy: From Recovery to Expansion -- Commodity Markets -- World Trade --...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Overview -- 1. Shifting to New Sources of Growth -- 2. Missed Opportunities in Global Integration -- 3. Identifying the Barriers: Trade Policy, Investment Climate, and the Political Economy -- 4. Achieving the...

The emergence of voluntary corporate codes of conduct since the early 1990s is both a manifestation of and a response to the process of globalization. They have been part of a more general shift away from state regulation of transnational corporations towards corporate self-regulation in the...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1: The structural characteristics of preindustrial economies -- 1.1: From the Neolithic Revolution to the Bronze Age urbanrevolution -- 1.2: The structural features of agrarian economies...

This volume charts the ways in which multinational corporations contributed to the restructuring of the world economy, paying particular attention to the spatial consequences of, and responses to, their operations at a number of scales. The book takes as its theme the differential spatial...

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Towards new agendas for transformative global studies: an introduction -- PART I: Theory in transition -- 1. Reinventing...

The New Carbon Economy provides a critical understanding of the carbon economy. It offers key insights into the constitution, governance and effects of the carbon economy, across a variety of geographical settings. Examines different dimensions of the carbon economy from a range of disciplinary...

This bestselling, up-to-date guide shows you how to start your own import/export business, from researching a raw idea to a successful launch to ongoing, profitable business operations. Complete with real-life examples from importers and exporters, it helps you every step of the way, from...

Mathews examines a handful of multinationals from the "Periphery" that have globalized their operations extremely rapidly. These firms have utilized strategies of international linkage and leverage to speed their global coverage. Mathews contends that the new global business world will offer...