This book examines the role of Soviet energy during the Cold War. Based on hitherto little known documents from Western and Eastern European archives, it combines the story of Soviet oil and gas with general Cold War history. This volume breaks new ground by framing Soviet energy in a...

The contemporary expert society / Staffan Furusten and Andreas Werr -- Experts without rules : scrutinizing the unregulated free zone of the management consultants / Susanna Alexiusi -- Constructing expertise in the business of certification auditing / Kristina Tamm Hallstrom -- Stock analysts ?...

"In beiden deutschen Staaten wurden seit ihrer Gründung politische Anstrengungen unternommen, um den ökonomischen Strukturwandel in seinem Verlauf und seinen Wirkungen zu lenken. Trotz unterschiedlicher Rahmenbedingungen gestalteten sich die Problemkonstellationen ähnlich: Einseitige...

1. Two major Asian peripheries, China and India, and their distinct corporate economies : the silent tongue of "one Asia or many" -- 2. The restructuring of China's state-owned enterprises since 1978 -- 3. Chinese retailers abroad and Chinese consumption patterns at home : the prosperous age of...