This insightful book shows how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from some of the traditionally less dynamic peripheral economies of the "old" EU--namely Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain--have responded to the twin challenges of globalisation and industrial restructuring. Through a series of...

In twenty years of reform in China, the key development has been the opening-up of the market to foreign trade and international investment. This increased economic openness has been accompanied by profound changes in both economic organisation and regional disparity. This comprehensive book...

This book explores the most prominent economic explanations of the Great Depression and how it affected the lives, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collection of conversations with Moses Abramovitz, Morris Adelman,...

Introduction -- Development -- Human rights -- Development through trade: utilitarian, social contractarian, and communitarian considerations -- Development and aid: global financial institutions and private donors -- Climate change, sustainable development and the limits of green capitalism --...

Apps für mobile Zahlungen, Online-to-Offline-Services wie Essensbestellung oder andere Lieferungen - die digitale Mittelschicht Chinas ist nicht nur weitaus zahlreicher, sie nutzt neue Technologien auch selbstverständlicher als andere. Damit setzt eine neue Wachstumsgeschichte Chinas im...

"The People's Republic of China (PRC) has been growing at an unprecedented rate since economic reforms were initiated in 1978, achieving an average annual real GDP growth rate of 9.7% over the entire period through 2015. As a consequence, the PRC has achieved a remarkably successful transition...

Der vorliegende Band enthält die Beiträge des 52. Forschungsseminars Radein. Der Sammelband untersucht, welche Rolle globale Instabilitäten auf volkswirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung der Staaten bzw. Regionen haben und welche neuen wirtschaftspolitischen Konzepte gefragt sind,...