The New York Publishing Trade in the Early American Republic
Traces the evolution of New York’s publishing trade from the end of the American Revolution to the Age of Jackson. Explores the gradual development of local, regional, and national distribution networks in the early republic.
The world economy is not what it used to be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world economy was characterised by developed (North) countries acting as 'center' to a 'periphery' of developing (South) countries. However, the recent rise of developing economies suggests the need to go beyond this North-South dichotomy. This tectonic ......
The global financial and economic shock of 2007-09 is the third major economic crisis to have buffeted Cambodia in its post-conflict period, coming in the wake of the food crisis of 2007-08 and just a decade after the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 (the ""triple crises""). Cambodia's post-conflict history can be divided into two periods: ......
Credit, Henequen, and Notaries in Yucatan, 1850-1900
Examines the functioning of credit markets in Mexico, through the agency of notaries, during the Yucatan region’s nineteenth-century henequen export boom. Explores the mobilization of capital and the creation of credit markets before banks existed.
Credit, Henequen, and Notaries in Yucatan, 1850-1900
Examines the functioning of credit markets in Mexico, through the agency of notaries, during the Yucatan region’s nineteenth-century henequen export boom. Explores the mobilization of capital and the creation of credit markets before banks existed.
This book re-examines management theory `after Globalization'. Combining key names and studies from across the world, it explores the local realities that resist universal theories and that permeate the daily lives of practising managers. The book provides a comprehensive and critical reflection on the widely documented phenomenon of ......
This volume offers a paradigm shift from the traditional perspective of the nation state as the economy to the concept of a national system of local economic regions, which thrive within a global context of mutuality and interdependence. The authors argue that the economic role of the nation state diminishes as the economy globalizes, political ......
This book re-examines management theory `after Globalization'. Combining key names and studies from across the world, it explores the local realities that resist universal theories and that permeate the daily lives of practising managers. The book provides a comprehensive and critical reflection on the widely documented phenomenon of ......
Alternative Responses to Economic Recession in Advanced Industrial Societies
The magnitude, causes and consequences of the current economic crisis, and the responses of governments in different industrial countries are explored in this comparative analysis. The options available to government and the existing constraints of policy-making are examined in the context of crisis management and economic policy formation. The first part of the book focuses on the relationship between the policy process and institutional structures. The second part looks at the implementation and outcomes of policy strategies designed to cope with the crisis.
