An informed discussion of the global education market, analysing the rankings system, and the determinants which help universities to advance. The authors examine possible improvements in the promotion and commercialization of university research, and the role of universities in the social and...

"This essential reader brings together a collection of influential contributions on China's economic development, published by Palgrave on behalf of Compartive Economic Studies. Each chapter has been carefully selected for the contribution it has made to furthering the understanding of China's...

We compare the convergence with German monetary policy of the Balkan and Mediterranean country candidates for EU membership with that of countries that have recently joined the EU. Significant linkages exist between German base money stock and that of recent members of the EU; the same holds...