Business & economics / International

Bad Banks

by Alex Brummer

Bad Banks is a gripping account of the problems and scandals that continue to bedevil the world's banking system some seven years after the credit crunch.

It follows the fortunes and misfortunes of individual...

Asian Models of Entrepreneurship 6885 from the Indian Union and Nepal to the Japanese Archipelago: Context, Policy and Practice

by Leo-Paul Dana

In this book, Leo-Paul Dana makes it clear that much can be learnt about the nature of entrepreneurial activity when we delve into the unique characteristics of different nations of South Asia, South-east Asia...

The Floating World: Issues in International Trade Theory

by Wilfred J Ethier

In The Floating World, Emeritus Professor of Economics Wilfred Ethier collates 22 papers that delve deep into the study on International Trade Theory. These papers are grouped into six distinct sections. Each...

The Floating World: Issues in International Trade Theory

by Wilfred J Ethier

In The Floating World, Emeritus Professor of Economics Wilfred Ethier collates 22 papers that delve deep into the study on International Trade Theory. These papers are grouped into six distinct sections. Each...

Border Crossing in Greater China: Production, Community and Identity

by Jenn-hwan Wang

China's transformation from a poor and underdeveloped country into a global market power has profoundly altered its socioeconomic power relations with the other countries in the Greater China region, namely,...

The Routledge Companion to Business in Africa

by Sonny Nwankwo & Kevin Ibeh

Although the world's poorest inhabited continent, Africa has recently shown signs of being a source of economic growth in the coming decades, with increased foreign investment - notably from China - and huge...

Business in Emerging Latin America

by Fernando Robles, Nila Wiese & Gladys Torres-Baumgarten

Driven by expanding domestic markets and exports of natural resource commodities, Latin America has recently come into focus as an economic force in the international arena. Business in Emerging Latin America...

Export Savvy: From Basics to Strategy

by Zak Karamally

Exporting is a dynamic area of commerce that is often misunderstood. However, it takes know-how to gain a profit. Export Savvy: From Basics to Strategy explains export management in its full context from the...

The Economics of Competition: The Race to Monopoly

by George G Djolov

A comprehensive examination of the ways competition and innovations level the playing field in the free market

The Economics of Competition uses the South African pharmaceutical industry as a case study to cogently...

Comparative Regionalism: Economics and Security

by Etel Solingen

This book comprises key essays on comparative regionalism and, more broadly, on regional conflict and cooperation by Professor Etel Solingen.

The study of regionalism, a subject pioneered by Solingen in the...

The Global Leadership Challenge

by J. Stewart Black & Allen J. Morrison

The economy is global, businesses are increasingly global, management has gone global and there is an increasing demand (and reward) for truly skilled global leaders, managers and executives. Black and Morrison...

French Made Simple

by A. Rubio & E. Jackson

First published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Eastern Question

by Karl Marx

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Butterfly Defect: How Globalization Creates Systemic Risks, and What to Do about It

by Ian Goldin & Mike Mariathasan

Global hyperconnectivity and increased system integration have led to vast benefits, including worldwide growth in incomes, education, innovation, and technology. But rapid globalization has also created concerns...

TRADE POLICY IN ASIA: HIGHER EDUCATION AND MEDIA SERVICES: Higher Education and Media Services

by Christopher Findlay, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordas & Gloria Pasadilla

Education and media services have much in common. Both provide services that embody local cultures, in which there is extensive public sector participation and significant domestic regulation. At the same time,...

Benin: Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance

by International Monetary Fund. Afri Dept.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This last review of Benin's ECF arrangement confirms the improved growth performance during the program. Real GDP growth is expected to reach about 5½ percent in 2014 for the third consecutive...

Understanding Globalization: A Multi-Dimensional Approach

by Kavous Ardalan

This book discusses eight dimensions of globalization from the perspective of four diverse sociological paradigms. Kavous Ardalan argues that social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of these four key...

Consumer Behavior in Asia: Issues and Marketing Practice

by Erdener Kaynak & Tsang-Sing Chan

Understand the Asian consumer's demands and effective marketing strategies! The emergence of China as a viable consumer market has created tremendous opportunities for international or multinational firms looking...

Ghana: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; And Statement by the Executive Director for Ghana

by International Monetary Fund. Afri Dept.

KEY ISSUES Short-term vulnerabilities have risen significantly amid high fiscal and current account deficits. The international reserve position has weakened alongside mounting public debt. High interest rates...

Republic of Mozambique: Second Review Under the Policy Support Instrument and Request for Modification of Assessment Criteria; Staff Report; D

by International Monetary Fund. Afri Dept.

KEY ISSUES Context and outlook. Mozambique’s macroeconomic outlook remains favorable and the PSI-supported program is broadly on track—all end-2013 assessment criteria were met and the structural reform...