"This book recasts the story of the health care system by emphasizing the economic and social importance of hospitals in American communities. While hospitals have become vital economic anchors in cities across the country, the spending that supports them has constrained possibilities for...

Unternehmen stehen immer häufiger öffentlich in der Kritik, weil sie sich über ihre Werbung ein grünes Image aufgebaut haben, ohne tatsächlich nachhaltiger zu sein als die Konkurrenz. Schnell wird der Vorwurf des Greenwashings erhoben, und zwar gegenüber Unternehmen jeder Größenordnung...

"Management and labor have been adversaries in American and Canadian workplaces since the time of colonial settlement. Labor lacked full legal legitimacy in Canada and the United States until the mid-1930s until the passage of laws that granted collective bargaining rights and protection from...

When the Cold War ended, many believed that expanding trade would usher in an era of peace. Yet today the United States finds itself confronting not just Russia in Europe but China in the Indo-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. Shedding new light on how trade both reduces and increases the...

Introduction -- Why money matters -- Financial reporting and analysis -- The big picture -- How unions raise money : Union dues and other member-based income -- The Unions' balance sheets -- The income statement : revenues -- Disbursements -- Financial performance -- Union membership and...

This book tells the story of the energy-manufacturing nexus from the perspective of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and the region as a whole. Using model simulations, chapters discuss the energy boom and its macroeconomic implications for the three countries individually and for the...

Immigration across the US-Mexican border may currently be a hot topic, but it is hardly a new one. Labor issues and civil rights have been interwoven with the history of the region since at least the time of the Mexican-American War, and the twentieth century witnessed recurrent political...