Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Methodology -- Sources and definitions -- Country groups -- Regional groups -- Income groups -- Summary tables -- Regional and income group aggregate tables -- Country tables -- Albania -- Algeria -- Angola -- Argentina -- Armenia -- Azerbaijan --...

Leading economists and economic historians offer case studies and theoretical perspectives that fill a longstanding gap in the existing literature on technology-driven industrial development, discussing the interaction of finance and technological innovation in the American economy since the...

Features -- Rethinking Growth -- Getting the Diagnosis Right -- Getting Out of the Rut -- The Quest Continues -- Breaking Down Barriers to Growth -- Levers for Growth -- Growing Pains -- Examining Global Imbalances -- Going too Fast? -- New Customs -- Departments -- Letters to the Editor --...

Descriptive inquiries on crowdfunding are multiplying but it remains a fuzzy subject for research and reflexivity. This book gathers the best recent research outcomes on the managerial and social impact of this new practice

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Economic Principles, Government Policy, and the Market Crisis -- The Basics of Too Big to Fail -- Creating a Responsive, Accountable, Market-Driven Financial System -- Panel Discussion on Banking Reform -- Panel Discussion on Stability,...

1. Theory of Profit -- 2. Profit Impact in Business Vision -- 3. Smoothing and Earnings Management Policies -- 4. Toward a Definition of Profit Smoothing -- 5. Why China? -- 6. Empirical Analysis of Profit Smoothing.-7. Management Behavior and Profit Smoothing: Implications of the Study.