Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction - Michael Kugelman -- Chapter 2. Are We Learning from History? - Derek Byerlee -- Chapter 3. Overview - David Hallam -- Chapter 4. Social and Economic Implications - Alexandra...

Intro -- Part I: Introduction -- Introduction: In Search of Useful Theories for Cooperation and Process Redesign -- 1. Cooperation and Strategic Alliances: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Explanations -- 1.1 Basic Notions and Definitions for Cooperative Projects -- 1.2 Empirical Evidence for...

Analyzing the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the Iowa Central Railway, Don L. Hofsommer examines how this "plain vanilla" railway was an example of the life cycle of the American railroad industry. Drawing the story from station records, ann.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: The Spectre of Paramilitarism -- 2. Foundations for Theorizing Paramilitarism -- 3. From Colonialism to Neoliberalism: A History of Dispossession -- 4. Eight Years After...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Fighting Poverty -- 1.2 Investing in Financial Infrastructure -- 1.3 Content Overview -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Microfinance - the Concept -- 2.1 History --...

This collection investigates various issues of investment and credit that are of importance to any developing economy. It uses micro- and macro-economic data from Ethiopia to analyse such topics as determinants of foreign direct investment, of bank credit and trade credit, microfinance and...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Context and Motivation -- Investment Landscape: Low Levels of Inward FDI -- Investment Landscape: Low Levels of Outward FDI -- Investment Landscape: Lowest Intraregional Investment Share among...

Eines der größten Hindernisse für die Integation der Ukraine in die Weltwirtschaft ist der Mangel an Informationen über das Land. Der von der OECD veröffentlichte Investitionsführer informiert über die Ukraine in ihren allgemeinen Charakteristiken, beschreibt die Wirtschaftsstruktur und...