This book describes all features of globalization : trade, foreign direct investment, flows of capital and moneys, international organizations. It gives arguments in favour of globalization and critics against it.

Thanks to the advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs), virtual teams have become a reality in an increasing number of companies. Despite the advantages they provide, these teams trigger some concerns about the lack and even the absence of face-to-face communication and...

In March 1968, a decree of the Minister of Economy and Finance approved the first methodology on the consolidation of balance sheets. The text, developed by the Conseil national de la comptabilité, aimed to provide to the French companies, the methodological elements needed to produce...

Macroeconomic data on 45 countries are combined with microeconomic data on 4 case-study countries to reveal signifi cant differences in the levels of education attained under the different colonial powers in Africa during the colonial period. In 1960, former British colonies exhibited higher...