The Communist government of Czechoslovakia was ousted in the so-called Velvet Revolution of November 1989, and the new regime adopted as its goal the transformation of the economy to one based on markets and private property, and also one more dynamic and productive than its predecessor. This...

Dieses Buch berichtet über die Konferenz mit dem Thema "Die Rolle der Internationalen Finanzorganisationen in Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa", die am 12-14 April 1994 auf Schloß Nymphenburg in München abgehalten wurde. Das Buch beinhaltet Aufsätze mit dem Schwerpunkt über die Erfahrungen des...

This book brings together a wide range of policy experts from both old and new European Union member states, as well as from the US, and presents their insights, observations and research on the future of economic and social models in Europe. This book is an essential companion for all...

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...