Business & economics / International

Business English

by Rosalia Covello

This Business English Course introduces different aspects of Business English, working on main language points and important vocabulary through a variety of topics.

Family Child Care Record-Keeping Guide, Ninth Edition

by Tom Copeland

The most up-to-date and reliable record-keeping resource for home-based family child care providers

We Do Know How: A Buyer-Led Approach to Creating Jobs for the Poor

by James T. Riordan

This book by a practitioner (not an academic, a government official, or a pundit) has been written for practitioners and offers fresh thinking on how to do international development work. It combines that thinking...

The Economics of Geographical Indications

by Daniela Benavente

This book seeks to contribute to an understanding of the role played by international trade law in shaping economic outcomes from a theoretical perspective. The focus is on geographical indications (GI), an...

The Political Economy of Sovereign Default

by Sebastian Hohmann

What do self-interested governments’ needs to maintain loyal groups of supporters imply for sovereign incentives to repay debt? Many sovereign defaults have occurred at relatively low levels of debt, while...

The Negotiations of a Tax Agreement between Switzerland and Germany

by Misha Nagelmackers-Voinov

This ePaper analyses the negotiations of an agreement on tax cooperation between Switzerland and Germany in 2012. The paper looks at the importance of the balance of power and reveals how domestic constraints...

One World Currency: The Globe

by José Rafael Abinader

One World Currency presents a serious study about the need for a single stable currency with timely, historical references and skillful economic analysis by noted economist José Rafael Abinader. This book describes...

Labor, Class Formation, and China's Informationized Policy of Economic Development

by Yu Hong

In Labor, Class Formation, and China's Informationized Policy of Economic Development, Yu Hong examines crucial connections between the evolving political economy of information and communications technology...

Notebooks from China (and much more)

by Alberto Forchielli & Romeo Orlandi

A careful look at what is happening in the vast Asian continent made up from two authoritative observers of that world to give us, in real time, a picture of what is about to happen and what direction is taking...

Offshore Financial Centers and Regulatory Competition

by Andrew P. Morriss, Richard K. Gordon, Anna Manasco Dionne & Craig M. Boise et al.

In Offshore Financial Centers and Regulatory Competition, a group of leading international law and finance experts argues that offshore jurisdictions have become key players in corporate finance and captive...

Help! How to defend yourself against marketing and its strategies

by Andrea Payaro

Versione in lingua inglese e digitale del libro "Si salvi chi può... dal marketing e dalle sue strategie" (Aras Edizioni, 2012). Gli acquisti sono condizionati da strategie di comunicazione occulte? Perché...

War Front to Store Front: Americans Rebuilding Trust and Hope in Nations Under Fire

by Paul Brinkley

As the top-ranking official at the U.S. Department of Defense in charge of economic rebuilding, Brinkley and his organization of hundreds of business volunteers struggled against bureaucratic policies to revolutionize...

The Korean Way in Business: Understanding and Dealing with the South Koreans in Business

by Boye Lafayette De Mente

Learn the ins and outs of conducting business in South Korea

South Korean companies and technology have suddenly conquered the world. Samsung, Hyundai and LG are industry leaders and the global brands. Korean...

Saris on Scooters: How Microcredit Is Changing Village India

by Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos & Mary Ellen Iskenderian

Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos uses her talent for investigative reporting to take us into the poorest villages in India. Women who live there make astute use of microcredit to break the cycle of poverty. After witnessing...

The BRIC Road to Growth

by Jim O'Neill

The idea that Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRICs") are the rising stars of the world economy is now widely accepted. However, the "old" developed nations have not adjusted to the new world order as...

Historical Dictionary of the World Bank

by Sarah Tenney & Anne C. Salda

This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the World Bank shows the substantial progress the Bank has made, this mainly through the dictionary section with concise entries on its component institutions,...

Vietnam in the Global Economy: The Dynamics of Integration, Decentralization, and Contested Politics

by Thomas Jandl

This book describes in a game-theoretical approach how the development success story Vietnam managed to keep rent seeking in check sufficiently to attract record numbers of foreign investors and exhibit strong...

International Business Research: Strategies and Resources

by Esther L. Gil & Awilda Reyes

In the 21st century, most businesses participate in globalization, whether by entering new markets worldwide or dealing with competitors from around the world. International Business Research: Strategies and...

Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry

by Robert W. Thurston, Jonathan Morris & Shawn Steiman

This definitive guide explores the many rich dimensions of the bean and the beverage around the world. Leading experts consider coffee’s history, global spread, cultivation, preparation, marketing, and the...

Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy

by Robin Broad

Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis and dozens...