Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Lure of Development Models -- Part One. The Chinese Model and its Global Reception -- Chapter 1 A China Model or Just a Broken Mould? -- Chapter 2 Latin America's View of China: Interest, but Scepticism -- Chapter 3 The China Model in Africa: A New...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: Tourism and Development: A Decade of Change -- Part 1: Tourism and Development: Conceptual Perspectives -- 1. Tourism: A Vehicle for Development? / Sharpley, Richard -- 2. The Evolution of Development Theory and Tourism / Telfer, David J....

In this timely book, Rob Frieden points out the many ways the United States has fallen behind other countries in telecommunications and broadband development. Despite the appearance of robust competition and entrepreneurism in U.S. markets, there is very little of either. Because of an...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- One. The Next Great Globalization: A Force for Good? -- Part One. Is Financial Globalization Beneficial? -- Two. How Poor Countries Can Get Rich: Strengthening Property Rights and the Financial System -- Three. Financial Development, Economic Growth, and...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Editorial Pro-Poor Tourism: Do ‘Tourism Exchanges Benefit Primarily the Countries of the South’? / Hall, C. Michael -- 2. Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework / Zhao, Weibing / Brent Ritchie, J. R. -- 3. Tourism as a Tool for...

This book offers a fresh perspective on the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in development. Alan M. Rugman and Jonathan P. Doh challenge traditional assumptions about economic development and address the controversies that surround MNEs. For example, how do foreign multinationals affect...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I DEBT CRISIS IN THE THIRD WORLD -- Chapter 1 The Outlook for Development -- Chapter 2 External Shocks, Adjustment, and Income Distribution -- Chapter 3 Losers Pay Reparations, Or...

Der Sachbuchautor (zuletzt "Spieler ohne Stammplatzgarantie", ID-B 17/03), Professor für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, schildert und analysiert hier mit starker Unterstützung des Lektorats eine neue Generation, jene der Digital Natives, nachdem in den vergangenen Jahren verschiedene andere Typen...