Intro -- Contents -- Foreword to This Edition -- Tables and Charts -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Note on Dates, Names and Currencies -- Chapter 1 Institutions: Contracts and Legislation -- Chapter 2 Trade and Insurance: Routes -- Chapter 3 Trade and Insurance: Goods -- Chapter 4 Trade...

This collection considers the financial crisis from a managerial perspective, focussing on the business implications for the financial industry. Topics examined include governance, information needs and strategy of financial intermediaries and investors. The contributions build on the existing...

One of the challenges facing today’s management is to develop theories and practices that address the dynamics of business networks. Complexity theory has much to contribute to this purpose. Thus, this volume focuses on exploring the emerging patterns of order and discussing the new...

This paper examines the impact of a reform aimed at expediting graduation times in Italian universities by reducing the number of exams students must pass to obtain a fixed number of credits. Using event-study estimates that leverage the reform's staggered implementation, we find that this...