Interpreting the path of the future is made easier by understanding the past. In light of this adage, "Capitalizing Knowledge" examines the history of Canadian business faculties in their search for professional legitimacy. As the title suggests, this volume is an overview of the development of...

This book is a rich selection of speeches and writings of Professor Widjojo Nitisastro of the University of Indonesia, who has radically changed the command economy under Soekarno into development planning using economic analysis under Soeharto. He is one of the most respected and influential...

To understand business and its political, cultural, and economic context, it helps to view it historically, yet most business histories look no further back than the nineteenth century. The full sweep of business history actually begins much earlier, with the initial cities of Mesopotamia. In...

This book is the first on the history of the marine fisheries of Southeast Asia. It takes as its central theme the movement of fisheries into new fishing grounds, particularly the diverse ecosystems that make up the seas of Southeast Asia. This process accelerated between the 1950s and 1970s in...

Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa: der Neoliberalismus. Der „Neoliberalismus“ ist zu einem meist negativ konnotierten Schlagwort verkommen. Dieses Buch möchte einen Beitrag zur Versachlichung der Debatte leisten und die geistes- und zeitgeschichtlichen Ursprünge des Neoliberalismus erhellen....

Sparkassen waren schon immer mehr als nur wirtschaftliche Einrichtungen. Von Anfang an spielten Gemeinnützigkeit und soziales Engagement eine große Rolle, denn die Sparkassen unterstützen nicht nur Vereine, Schulen und andere öffentliche Einrichtungen mit ihren Spenden, sie versorgen auch...