An illuminating account of global commerce in the eighteenth-century Indian Ocean world as seen through the lives of three Scottish traders. - This book delves into the lives of three Scottish private traders - George Smith of Bombay, George Smith of Canton, and George Smith of Madras - and uses...

Sehr viele Unternehmen stehen heute im globalen Wettbewerb. Sie treffen ihre Entscheidungen im internationalen Kontext und sind damit von den Entwicklungen auf den Weltmärkten und den dahinter stehenden wirtschafts- und währungspolitischen Eingriffen unmittelbar betroffen.Ein wesentliches Ziel...

The US dollar is the world's indispensable currency. The dollar's preeminent status gives the United States enormous coercive powers which it flexes in the form of financial sanctions to punish its adversaries. Over the last twenty years, Washington has relied on financial sanctions with greater...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. What Is Financial Statecraft? -- Part I. Of Banks and Bombs -- 2. Banking and Foreign Policy -- 3. Finance and the "War on Terror" -- 4. Capital Markets Sanctions -- Part II. Of Currencies and Crises -- 5. The Security Dimensions of Currency Crises --...