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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book is invaluable for understanding many current issues in international political economy...Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. * Choice *Table of ContentsFigures Tables Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction CH. 1 Financial Sanctions and Political Risk in the International Currency System CH. 2 The Source and Exercise of American Financial Power CH. 3 Sanctions, Political Risk, and the Reserve Currency Role CH. 4 The Anti-Dollar Gold Rush: Central Bank Reserves in the Age of Financial Sanctions CH. 5 Sanctions, Political Risk, and the Dollar as International Payments Currency CH. 6 Payment Politics: Anti-Dollar Responses to Sanctions in Trade Settlement CH. 7 Financial Sanctions and the Dollar's Rivals CH. 8 Sanctions and China's Play for Payments Power Conclusion Appendices References Notes

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Book SynopsisIn Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know, long-time remote work scholar and consultant Barbara Z. Larson provides an accessible and critical resource for understanding the remote and virtual workplace, and how to lead in this new work environment. Remote and hybrid work have become defining features of the twenty-first century workplace, and affect almost all of us, including those who work daily in the office. As many people discover the benefits and challenges of working from home, co-workers are contending with emptier offices and virtual teams, managers are learning how to lead from a distance, and businesses and governments are working through the policy implications of a new model of work.In Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know, Barbara Z. Larson addresses key questions regarding the contemporary workplace: what is the difference between virtual work and remote work? How common is remote work, and what changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Is there a

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Book SynopsisHe pulled off what some deem the crime of the century: skyjacking a commercial jetliner, collecting a ransom of $200,000, parachuting off the aft stairs of the Boeing 727 into the night, and simply disappearing. Since November 1971, D.B. Cooperno one knows his real name or identityhas become a figure of enduring fascination and obsession. The FBI pursued him for over forty years, before closing the case and leaving it unsolved.Unsolved, perhaps, but much admired. D.B. Cooper''s exploit over the skies of the American Northwest has inspired books, films, and endless speculation. What''s less known is that it inspired imitators. None were more daring than the hijacker of American Airlines Flight 119. After commandeering the flight from St. Louis with a machine gun and collecting $502,500 in ransom, he parachuted out over Indiana. Unlike Cooper, he was tracked down.In The Hijacking of American Flight 119, John Wigger explores the wave of hijackings that swept over commercial flight betweenTrade ReviewSkillfully researched and written with beguiling flair, The Hijacking of American Flight 119 is an essential guide to the madcap era in which criminals, dreamers, and desperate souls made routine flying a perilous affair. * Brendan I. Koerner, Author of The Skies Belong To Us and Now the Hell Will Start *Historian and master storyteller John Wigger offers a thrill ride into an astonishing cultural phenomenon, an era when misguided souls hijacked commercial airliners for ransom, then jumped out with the cash-and only the vaguest idea how to work a parachute. * Peter Houlahan, Author of Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History *As a Boeing 727 captain I've always been fascinated by the story of D.B. Cooper and those who tried to copy him. John Wigger digs deep into one, bringing into full view the stranger-than-fiction story of American Airlines flight 119, based on the testimony of those directly involved in the hijacking, lovingly and painstakingly recapturing the events that still influence the aviation industry today. I promise: this book will make you more tolerant of those intrusive TSA pat downs. * Captain Erika Armstrong, Author of A Chick in the Cockpit *Propulsive and insightful, this is a thorough portrait of a striking episode in American history. * Publishers Weekly *Inherently compelling. * The Wall Street Journal *Wigger's hugely entertaining book travels a previously unexplored byway of aviation history and is probably best read on dry land, just to be absolutely sure. * Marcus Berkmann, Daily Mail *Table of ContentsPrologue Part 1: The Heist Chapter 1: The Hijacking Chapter 2: Sharon Wetherley Chapter 3: David Spellman Chapter 4: The Friendly Skies Chapter 5: Heinrick von George Chapter 6: The Money Chapter 7: Mohawk Airlines Flight 452 Chapter 8: The Pilots Chapter 9: The Parachutes Chapter 10: D.B. Cooper Chapter 11: Tom Parker Chapter 12: Richard McCoy Chapter 13: The Switch Chapter 14: David Hanley Chapter 15: Cadillac Impact Chapter 16: The Boeing 727 Chapter 17: Snipers Chapter 18: Chase Planes Chapter 19: A Short History of Parachuting Chapter 20: Wheels Up Chapter 21: The Jump Part 2: The Chase Chapter 22: The Call Chapter 23: Dead or Alive Chapter 24: Peru, Indiana Chapter 25: Nowhere Man Chapter 26: The Sketch Chapter 27: Survivors Chapter 28: The Money, the Guns, and the Pants Chapter 29: Show Me the Money Chapter 30: Tell Me Your Name Chapter 31: The Parachute Chapter 32: The Tip Chapter 33: A Life of Crime Chapter 34: The Plan Chapter 35: A Ride Home Chapter 36: The Informant Chapter 37: Fingerprints Chapter 38: The Arrest Chapter 39: Evidence Chapter 40: Fallout Chapter 41: Hijacker's Heaven Part 3: Connecting Flights Chapter 42: How It Began Chapter 43: Take Me to Cuba Chapter 44: Anywhere but Here Chapter 45: Hijack House Chapter 46: Security Chapter 47: Ransoms Chapter 48: A Means of Escape Chapter 49: The Trial Chapter 50: Prison Break Chapter 51: Finding D.B. Cooper Chapter 52: Arrivals Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewGrand Transitions shows Vaclav Smil truly to be Bringing It All Back Home * John Roy Porter, Natures Sciences Sociétés *Vaclav Smil is my favorite author. * Bill Gates, GatesNotes *His book roams impressively around the globe and across five centuries as it asks big questions and searches for big answers. . . .His five-pack of grand transitions encompasses population, agriculture and diets, energy, economy, and environment. . . . anyone who hasn't read about these subjects since graduation will be awestruck by the amount of research that has gone into these vaguely familiar stories. Smil pulls recent studies together, throws in a few of his own, offers interpretive twists, and fills his account with delicious nuggets of information. (This book actually got me in trouble at home, as I kept asking my family, "Did you know..." about some gem of an anecdote.) * Andre Schmid, Literary Review of Canada *No one writes about the great issues of our time with more rigor or erudition than Vaclav Smil. Grand Transitions is at once sweeping, sobering, and profoundly informative. * Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction, winner of the Pulitzer Prize *An expert portrait of spectacular technical and economic advances that many in the 21st century enjoy but which exclude large segments of the population and are creating problems that may or may not be solvable. Ingenious, insightful, and disturbing. * Kirkus *Underpinned by mesmerizing data and deep analysis, Grand Transitions provides a clear and compelling framework for thinking about the future of energy, the environment, and the economy. A feast for anyone interested in the future of energy. A must read. * Atul Arya, Chief Energy Strategist, IHS Markit *Grand Transitions is the epitome of excellence in integrative systemic scientific analysis, anchored in a magisterial exploration of the main five transitions of mankind since civilizations emerged. And it provides a healthy antidote to the wishful thinking so prevalent today. Decision makers and the public should educate themselves with this authoritative evaluation, which will shape their decisions on how to ensure a harmonious, sustainable future for all. * Didier Sornette, Professor of Entrepreneurial Risks and Finance, ETH Zurich *For a generation, polymath Vaclav Smil has expounded on the big patterns in energy, food, and other means through which humans have transformed their environment. In Grand Transitions he has zoomed out even further to paint a picture of how the pieces fit together and to explain how the modern world works. In elegant prose with relentless attention to fact and reality-rare these days-he has written a masterpiece that forces you to think, disagree, wonder, and grapple with the accomplishments and challenges of today's industrial society. * David G. Victor, Professor of International Relations, University of California, San Diego *In Grand Transitions, Vaclav Smil reminds us of the fundamental point that the economy cannot be untethered from nature. Technological ingenuity has loosened the links, but the outlook for economic gains--or losses--is inextricably tied to the dynamics of population change, and of food and energy production. * Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge *Investing requires quantification of impact. But Vaclav Smil convincingly challenges the increased reliance on applying mathematical modelling to single-frame narratives. He steadily illustrates why such approaches seldom provide useful enough insights, as they tend to ignore technical constraints and biospheric limits. * Philippe Rohner, Pictet Asset Management *Smil offers a sweeping account of the deep material forces that have shaped the modern world... He tells a remarkable story of the human capacity to innovate, build, and integrate societies across vast distances. * Foreign Affairs *Smil is a conjurer with numbers. In Grand Transitions, he works to show just how thoroughly this is now a planet of our making--and how rapidly the transformation is still happening. * Washington Post *Table of Contents1. Epochal Transitions 2. Populations 3. Agricultures and Diets 4. Energies 5. Economies 6. Environment 7. Outcomes and Outlooks

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Book SynopsisHousehold Finance: An Introduction to Individual Financial Behavior speaks to both how people should and how people actually do make financial decisions, and how these financial decisions contribute to and detract from their well-being. Households must plan over long but finite horizons, have important nontraded assets, notably human capital; hold illiquid assets, particularly housing; face constraints on the ability to borrow; and are subject to complex taxation. Some households manage these goals and challenges independently, while still others delegate portfolio management. Household financial problems have many special features that differ from firms, investors, or the functioning of markets.Author Richard Deaves covers the broad range of choices and goals in household finance both in the normative sense (i.e., what is best) based on conventional financial theory and in the positive sense (i.e., what is actually done) based on observing actual behavior. While modern finance builds

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Book SynopsisAmericans today worry about concentrated power in private industry to an extent not seen in generations. Not only do they find diminished diversity of service-providers and producers, but they are disquieted by the power of a few large companies to shape and constrain democratic processes. Americans across the political spectrum, from former President Donald Trump to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, have sounded alarms about the overlarge power of business in both public and private life. While many of the technologies and industries that worry Americans are new, the concerns they''ve raised are not unprecedented.Antimonopoly and American Democracy traces the history of antimonopoly politics in the United States, arguing that organized action against concentrated economic power comprises an important American democratic tradition. While prevailing narratives tend to treat monopoly as a risk to people mainly in their roles as consumers--by causing prices to increase, for example-Trade ReviewAn essential guide to the history of the fight against monopoly in the United States, this remarkable book reveals that from the Boston Tea Party to today, the battle against monopoly has been a battle for freedom. * Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business *Antimonopoly and American Democracy is a scholarly, eminently readable, and wide-ranging treatment of Americans' understanding of the monopoly problem from the late-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Its authors treat various markets and technologies, and from disciplines that are not limited to economics. In particular, this book addresses the heavy presence of antimonopoly rhetoric in the development of corporate law, antitrust, the law of regulated industries, and related concerns about federalism and international relations. An outstanding list of contributors explores these topics from every angle, emphasizing the extent to which monopoly was perceived as a threat to equality, economic participation and opportunity, and democracy itself. * Herbert Hovenkamp, James G. Dinan University Professor, University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsPART ONE: THE LONG HISTORY OF ANTIMONOPOLY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY I. Introduction: Democracy and the American Antimonopoly Tradition Daniel Crane and William J. Novak II. Rethinking the Monopoly Question: Commerce, Land, Industry Richard R. John III. From Antimonopoly to Antitrust Richard White PART TWO: RETHINKING THE PROGRESSIVE AND NEW DEAL ANTIMONOPOLY TRADITIONS IV. Antimonopoly and State Regulation of Corporations in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Naomi R. Lamoreaux V. America Antimonopoly and the Rise of Regulated Industries Law William J. Novak VI. Banking and the Antimonopoly Tradition: The Long Road to the Bank Holding Company Act Jamie Grischkan PART THREE: REMAKING ANTIMONOPOLY IN A NEW GLOBAL AGE VII. De-Nazifying by De-Cartelizing: The Legacy of the American Decartelization Project in Germany Daniel Crane VIII. Jurisdiction Beyond Our Borders: United States v. Alcoa and the Extraterritorial Reach of American Antitrust, 1909-1945 Laura Phillips Sawyer IX. From Market Power to State Capture: The Fateful Shift in Postwar Antimonopoly James T. Sparrow PART FOUR: ANTIMONOPOLY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: SELECT CASE STUDIES X. Antitrust and the Corporate Tax, 1909-1928 Reuven Avi-Yonah XI. Beyond the Labor Exemption: Labor's Antimonopoly Vision and the Fight for Greater Democracy Kate Andrias XII. Antimonopoly in the Media Industries: A History Sam Lebovic

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Book SynopsisCreating and Transforming the Twentieth Century combines two of Vaclav Smil''s seminal works in a revised and expanded edition. Creating the Twentieth Century explores the period between 1867 and 1914, a time of unparalleled innovation that laid the groundwork for modern civilization. It investigates the birth of an expansive society driven by the synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation. Key inventions from this era include dynamite, the telephone, photographic film, and the first light bulbs in the 1870s, followed by electricity-generating plants, electric motors, steam turbines, and cars in the 1880s. The period of extraordinary discovery continues into the early 20th century with the advent of airplanes, tractors, radio signals, and plastics. Smil systematically examines four fundamental classes of innovations: the formation and standardization of electric systems, the rapid adoption of internal combustion engines, the surge in chemical syntheses and material substitutions, and the dawn of the information age. This interdisciplinary account highlights the epochal consequences of these advancements, leading to high-energy societies engaged in mass production aimed at improving living standards.Transforming the Twentieth Century investigates how these technical advances shaped the decades that followed. It examines how the 20th century differed from the preceding 100 years due to unprecedented combinations of technical progress. Smil discusses the remarkable pace and ambition of 20th-century advancements, which elevated industrial production to new heights and tackled previously insurmountable challenges. He addresses the themes of electricity, engines, materials, and information techniques, and critically examines the contradictory consequences of technological progress--including liberating simplicity versus overwhelming complexity, unprecedented affluence versus economic disparities, and increased security versus new fears. This new edition contains numerous updates to the original books and features a new preface and a final chapter examining key themes in light of major 21st-century events and publications. Now in a single volume, these classic texts remain central to Smil''s acclaimed oeuvre, and their lessons are perennially fascinating.

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Book SynopsisAn accessible guide to the natural rate of interest, why it is likely going up, and what that means for the future of the global economy and markets. Ask most people who sets interest rates, and they'll say it's the central bank. At a fundamental level, though, decisions by the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and their peers around the world are constrained by the natural rate of interest. The natural rate - the interest rate that balances supply of saving and demand for investment, whilst keeping inflation low and employment high - has moved from academic obscurity to a central role in monetary policy, and the operation of the economy and financial markets. For almost half a century from the 1970s to the 2010s, the natural rate in the US and other advanced economies fell. In the last decade, it has started to rise. In the years ahead, the cost of borrowing has further to climb. That shift from falling to rising borrowing costs reflects seismic shifts in demographics, technology, and geopolitics. In the years ahead, risk factors from war to artificial intelligence and climate change could accelerate its rise. For everyone from Ministers of Finance balancing the books to Wall Street titans making the next big bet, the shift from falling to rising borrowing costs has profound consequences. In a world where money is more expensive, the cost of managing it poorly gets higher. In The Price of Money, the Bloomberg Economics team explain the evolution of the natural rate, the forces driving it, where it is headed, and what that means for everything from government debt to saving for retirement.

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Book SynopsisCovering contemporary topics and issues such as globalisation, digital technology and business ethics, this is the only textbook that fully supports the OxfordAQA International A2 Level Business specification (9625), for first teaching from September 2019. The thematic structure enables students to build on the skills and knowledge gained in previous study, preparing them for their next steps in employment or higher level education, whilst international, real-life case studies enhance students'' understanding of current business practice. Furthermore, this book offers exam preparation support across a range of assessment styles, building the skills required to evaluate business behaviour and to examine and interpret the quantitative and qualitative data relevant to business decision making.

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Book SynopsisCinema was the first, and is arguably still the greatest, of the industrialized art forms that came to dominate the cultural life of the twentieth century. Today, it continues to adapt and grow as new technologies and viewing platforms become available, and remains an integral cultural and aesthetic entertainment experience for people the world over.Cinema developed against the backdrop of the two world wars, and over the years has seen smaller wars, revolutions, and profound social changes. Its history reflects this changing landscape, and, more than any other art form, developments in technology. In this Very Short Introduction, Nowell-Smith looks at the defining moments of the industry, from silent to sound, black and white to colour, and considers its genres from intellectual art house to mass market entertainment. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introduction series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewNowell-Smith's packed an astounding amount into 120-page, pocket-sized book. Not just a capsule history of movies, but also summaries of technological, cultural and ideological developments, plus reflections on the current multimedia revolution. There's even room for notes on further reading. Ideal for first-year students; but even well versed will find useful insights. * Philip Kemp, Total Film *Never be fooled by the title: there may only be 100 pages of narrative, and you can easily fit the book into a pocket, but packed into that is a wealth of detail Geoffrey Nowell-Smith worked for many years at the British Film Institute, and therefore writes with the benefit of insider access to archive footage and documentary records... Definitely a must read for [those] who belong to film groups * Chris Green, Suffolk Norfolk Life *Table of ContentsPreface 1: Introduction: what is Cinema? 2: Technologies 3: Industry 4: Aesthetics 5: Cinema and the outer world 6: Shaping the imaginary 7: Seven epochs 8: Conclusion Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisThe significant evolution of EU competition law in the last 15 years has been fundamentally influenced by economic theory, and economic aspects of cartel prosecution are increasingly relevant in modern competition practice. EU Cartel Law and Economics is the first book-length assessment of cartels from an integrated law and economics perspective. This perspective allows for a more insightful evaluation of the wide variety of practices at the intersection between collusive restrictions of competition and pro-competitive agreements between firms. It sheds light on the underlying mechanics of cartels, including how to detect anti-competitive conspiracies in the absence of hard evidence. It also provides a more conceptual approach to cartel law, outlining ways in which the current legal structure can be applied more effectively to deter anti-competitive conduct without discouraging pro-competitive forms of cooperation between firms. The book is divided into four parts: the first part proviTrade ReviewThe present book is indeed the first comprehensive study that has been conducted on EU cartel law and economics. It can serve as guidance for scholars, practitioners and competition authorities from both economic and legal backgrounds. The authors succeeded at exploring all the economic and legal aspects of cartel enforcement while emphasizing in their analysis on the main and the most important issues that truly needed reform. Most importantly, they confirmed the fact that economic theory is crucial for the design and enforcement of an effective competition law, including cartel enforcement, which was demonstrated notably by the recommendations and proposals that they have put forward. * Fatma El-Zahraa Adel, Egyptian Competition Authority (Cairo), Concurrences *This book covers a significant amount of ground, doing this very concisely. It engages with EU law and principles of microeconomics and game theory which can illuminate the competition rules. Both of these are complex disciplines. However, in its engagement, the book neither oversimplifies these matters nor does it engage in overly complicated, highly technical discussions (as many economics-oriented works are wont to do). It is eminently readable and should appeal to both lawyers and economists: to the former for its elegant discussion of the economic insights, and to the latter for its clear discussion of the law. * Dr Bruce Wardhaugh, European Competition Law Review *This is the first comprehensive study of the overall impact of economics on cartel enforcement. The book aims to examine the extent to which EU cartel law is consistent with the economics of collusion and identify areas where greater reliance on economics might be desirable ... The authors also explain the answers to a number of key questions. Why do firms form cartels? Are cartels necessarily a bad thing? What is the social cost of cartels? This book, which is written in a clear, non-technical style, makes the theory, law and practice of cartel enforcement accessible to readers from both economic and legal backgrounds. * Kevin McVeigh, Elliott Duffy Garrett , The Law Gazette *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: A Primer on Cartels 2: The Regulatory and Institutional Framework of EU Cartel Law 3: Cartel Detection 4: Cartel Prosecution 5: Civil Damages

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Book SynopsisWhat is strategic HRM, and how do you apply it in business? What makes good HR strategy and how do you develop it? What are the key issues that need to be considered when creating, developing, and embedding a strategic approach to managing people? These are the fundamental questions asked by HR professionals and tackled in this innovative and comprehensive textbook.Drawing on the latest academic research, the well-respected author team take a reliably thematic approach to SHRM. Broken into four distinct parts, the book addresses the context, theories, themes, and future of managing people strategically. Tata Motors, Samsung, Pizza Express, and Deliveroo make up some of the case studies and examples that feature across the book, ensuring that theoretical discussion is always linked to practical application. New ''Strategic HRM in Action'' boxes take this one step further by presenting students with a scenario in which they themselves can make strategic decisions and reflect on their ownTrade ReviewBy far the most versatile book on SHRM. It strikes a very good balance between comprehensiveness, academic rigour, and accessibility. * Dr Michael Koch, University of Kent *Well-researched and well-written, addresses key issues within the SHRM field, and makes excellent use of organizational and international examples to illustrate information points. * Margaret Masson, Glasgow Caledonian University *Table of ContentsPart 1: The context of SHRM 1: The global context of SHRM 2: The changing context for SHRM 3: Strategic management and HRMPart 2: Strategic HRM 4: The strategic role of the HR function 5: HR strategy 6: The foundations of SHRM 7: Resource-based and institutional perspectives on SHRM 8: SHRM and performancePart 3: Strategic imperatives 9: SHRM and human resource development 10: SHRM and talent management 11: SHRM and employment relations 12: SHRM and employee engagement 13: Knowledge management and SHRM 14: SHRM, business ethics, CSR, and sustainability 15: SHRM and the management of changePart 3: New forms of SHRM 16: New forms of SHRM

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Book SynopsisGlobal Strategic Management reveals how business managers secure competitive advantage and make effective decisions on a global scale. Core theories are supported by diverse real-world examples from international organizations, including Ikea, Google, and Walmart.Trade ReviewThis impressive book places strategic management into the global context where it belongs in today's world. It has the great merit of combining a thorough coverage with excellent case studies for illustration and discussion. It is up-to-date, very readable and can be highly recommended. * John Child, Professor of Commerce, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham *Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: GLOBAL STRATEGIC ANALYSIS; PART III: GLOBAL STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT; PART IV: GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION; PART V: GLOBAL STRATEGIC INNOVATION

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Book SynopsisSince the global financial crisis of 2008/09, international cooperation has failed to curb volatile financial markets. Changes in the global rules of finance discussed in the G20 during the last decade remain limited, and it is uncertain whether they are suitable to help mitigate and manage future crises to come. This book offers an alternative to the popular notion that this failure is the result of the ''nature'' of the international system, the clash of national egoisms, or lack of leadership. It instead investigates problems of international cooperation by looking at their deeper structural origins in the competition of different models of capitalism.US finance-led, EU integration-led, and East Asian state-led capitalism complement each other globally but have conflicting preferences on how to regulate international finance. This interdependence of capitalist models is relatively stable but also prone to crises caused by volatile financial flows, global economic imbalances, and ''currency wars''. By bringing together approaches from International Political Economy and Comparative Capitalism, this book shows that regulating international finance is not a technocratic exercise of fine-tuning the machinery of international institutions, but rather a political process. International cooperation can only be successful if it goes hand in hand with deep domestic changes in each of these capitalist models.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: The Problem in Detail: The Clash of Capitalisms and the Rules of International Finance 3: Finance-Led Capitalism in the US, the Globalization of Finance and the Quest for Global Neoliberal Hegemony 4: Integration-Led Capitalism in the EU, the Rise of Euro Corporatism and the Quest for Regional Stability 5: State-Led Capitalism in East Asia, Export Orientation and the Quest for National Sovereignty 6: Conclusions: Second Image IPE and the International Regulation of Finance

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Book SynopsisNo one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank, over 700 million people lived on less than US $2 a day in 2013. Why is that? What has been done about it in the past? And what is being done about it now?In this Very Short Introduction Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these questions lie in the social, political, economic, educational, and technological processes that impact all of us throughout our lives. The degree of vulnerability is all that differentiates us. He shows how a person''s level of vulnerability to adverse changes in their life is very much dependent on the circumstances of their birth, including where their family lived, the schools they attended, whether it was peacetime or wartime, whether they had access to clean water, and whether they are male or female. Arguing that whilst poverty is ancient and enduring, the conversation about it is always new and evolving, Jefferson looks at the history of poverty, and the practical and analytical efforts we have made to eradicate it, and the prospects for further poverty alleviation in the future.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsCODA: POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX

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Book SynopsisThe increasing economic and political importance of East Asia in the global political economy requires a deeper analysis of the nature of the capitalist systems in this region than has been provided by the existing literature on comparative capitalisms. This volume brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of the evolving patterns of East Asian capitalism against the backdrop of regional and global market integration and periodic economic crises since the 1980s. Focusing on China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand, it provides an interdisciplinary account of variations, continuities, and changes in the institutional structures that govern financial systems, industrial relations, and product markets, and that shape the evolution of national political economies. While the volume encompasses a range of different cases, specific issues, and diverse methodologies, all the chapters address two dominant themes - the continuities and changesTable of ContentsPART ONE INTRODUCTION ; 1. Debating East Asian Capitalism: Issues and Themes ; PART TWO BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ; 2. Government-industry Relations in China: A Review of the Art of the State ; 3. Not of a Piece: Developmental States, Industrial Policy and Evolving Patterns of Capitalism in Japan, Korea and Taiwan ; 4. State-business Linkages in Southeast Asia: The Developmental State, Neo-liberalism and Enterprises Development ; PART THREE LABOUR MARKETS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ; 5. Reform and Institutional Change in East Asian Labour Markets ; 6. Durable Subordination: Chinese Labour Regime through a South Korean Lens ; 7. Continuity and Change in the Japanese Economy: Evidence of Institutional Interactions between Financial and Labour Markets ; PART FOUR FINANCIAL MARKET STRUCTURES ; 8. Political Hierarchy and Finance: The Politics of China's Financial Development ; 9. The Political Economy of Financial Development in Southeast Asia ; 10. The Japanese Financial Sector's Transition from High Growth to the 'Lost Decades' ; 11. Dominant Coalitions and Capital Market Changes in Northeast Asia ; PART FIVE CONCLUSION ; 12. Understanding Variations and Changes in East Asian Capitalism

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Book SynopsisPilgrimage is found in most religious cultures, from Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and India, to France, Spain, and Japan. In this Very Short Introduction Ian Reader explores the key themes of pilgrimage throughout the ages, considering its various forms and its identity as a 'spiritual tourism' industry, to explain why it has remained so popular.Trade Reviewa stimulating introduction to an important feature of all religions. * Church of England Newspaper *The author has successfully written a little book on a much needed topic, especially for urban dwellers nowadays. This is a high recommended 'very short' introduction to the subject. * Josaphat C. Tam, The Expository Times *Table of Contents1. Introduction: the multiple forms of pilgrimage ; 2. Examining pilgrimage: forms, types, and interpretations ; 3. Pilgrimages worldwide: a global and historical outline ; 4. Motives and means: Asceticism and the package tour ; 5. Tourism, entertainment, relics, and souvenirs ; 6. Modern developments, secular sites, and the reshaping of pilgrimage ; 7. Conclusion: an ever-changing phenomenon ; Further reading ; Index

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Book SynopsisKnowledge Management in Organizations is the most comprehensive and critical textbook on the subject. Encompassing a number of perspectives - including organizational behaviour, HRM, systems, and sociocultural factors - the text introduces the concept of knowledge before examining how it can be effectively managed within the organizations in which we work. The international author team ensure the broad theoretical coverage is brought to life with practical illustrations and case studies exploring topics such as knowledge sharing via social media, knowledge transfer in different cultural contexts, and the interaction of leadership, culture, and knowledge management in Australian SMEs. Examples are diverse, international, and highly relevant to each chapter, showcasing the significance of knowledge management in all types of organizational settings.''Time to Reflect'' boxes, review and discussion questions, and a question or activity to accompany every illustration and case study ensure Trade ReviewFinally a text book that provides a refreshing and global insight into knowledge management and is a rich learning resource to both academic tutors and students. * Dr Derek Watson, The University of Sunderland *Hislop et al.'s book provides students with a perfect introduction to knowledge management that develops critical and scholarly understanding of the key concepts and issues concerning how KM is developed and managed in organizations. Packed with learning materials such as case studies, self-reflection and discussion topics, together with access to online resources that provide further materials, this book is core reading for all students and academics engaged in KM study. * Virginia Power, The University of the West of England, Bristol *The main strength of Hislop et al.'s book is that it helps the reader to think beyond differences in perspective and to explore the assumptions that may underlie these differences. I think, in addition, the book scores well in terms of clarity of reading and spread of examples. * Dr Ana Cristina Vasconcelos, The University of Sheffield *Far better than most in its overview, detail and critical points. * Christian T. Lystbaek, Aarhus University *Table of Contents1: The Contemporary Importance of Knowledge and Knowledge Management Part 1: Epistemologies of Knowledge in the Knowledge Management Literature 2: The Objectivist Perspective on Knowledge 3: The Practice-Based Perspective on Knowledge Part 2: An Introduction to Key Concepts 4: What is Knowledge Management? 5: Knowledge Intensive Firms and Knowledge Workers 6: Learning and Knowledge Management Part 3: Innovation, Knowledge Creation and Unlearning 7: Innovation and Knowledge Processes 8: Unlearning, Knowledge Loss, of the Protection of Knowledge Part 4: Introduction to ICTs and Knowledge Management 9: Objectivist Perspectives on ICTs and Knowledge Management 10: Practice-based Perspectives on ICTs and Knowledge Management Part 5: Socio-Cultural Issues Related To Managing and Sharing Knowledge 11: The Influence of Socio-Cultural Factors in Motivating Workers to Participate in Knowledge Management Initiatives 12: Communities of Practice 13: Boundary-Spanning Knowledge Processes in Heterogeneous Collaborations 14: Power, Politics, Conflict, and Knowledge Processes Part 6: The Management of Knowledge Work (and Workers) 15: Facilitating Knowledge Management via the Use of Human Resource Management Practices 16: Leadership, Organizational Culture Management, and Knowledge Management

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Book SynopsisAgriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced. Without it we would starve. Yet how many of us understand what is happening in the fields that we see as we drive through the countryside? How often do we think about the origins of the food in our trolley?In this Very Short Introduction Paul Brassley and Richard Soffe explain what farmers do and why they do it. Beginning with the most basic resource, the soil, they show why it is important, and how farmers can increase its productivity, before turning to the plants and animals that grow on it, and tracing the connections between their biology and the various ways in which farmers work with them. The authors conclude by looking at some of the controversial issues facing contemporary agriculture: its sustainability; its impact on wildlife and landscape; issues of animal welfare; and the affect of climate change and the development of genetically modified organisms on farmers.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewWhen YouGov-Cambridge conducted a poll in 2012 they found that 82 per cent of people have a special place in their hearts for agriculture. However the poll also revealed that only 28 per cent of people feel they know much about the sector. So congratulations to the Oxford University Press for supplying a book that explains it all. * Mark Metcalf, Unite Landworker *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Soils and crops ; Farm animals ; Feeding the food industry ; Inputs into agriculture ; Modern and traditional farming ; Farming futures ; Further reading ; Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is a project? How are projects organized to deal with a complex, rapidly changing, and uncertain world? Why are projects the organization of the future? A project is a temporary organization and one-time process established to achieve a desired outcome. Projects range in size from small teams to large international joint-ventures and temporary coalitions of public and private organizations. What distinguishes projects from all other organizational activities - such as mass produced products and services - is that a project is finite in duration, lasting from hours, days, or weeks to years, and in some cases decades. Each project is disposable. It brings together people and resources to accomplish a goal and when the goal is accomplished, the organization disappears. When projects are complex, unpredictable, and changing, their plans have to be flexible and able to adjust to situations that cannot foreseen at the outset. In this Very Short Introduction Andrew Davies looks at how projects have developed since the industrial revolution to create the human-built world in which we live, work, and play. Considering some of our greatest endeavours such as the Erie Canal, Apollo Moon landing, Japanese product development, and Chinese ecocity projects, Davies identifies how projects are organized and managed to design and produce large and complex systems, cope with fast changing conditions, and deal with the immense uncertainties required to create breakthrough innovations in products and services. He concludes by considering how projects could be organized to address the challenges facing the post-industrial society of the 21st century. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewA goldmine of insights into project management -- how it is actually done and how it could be done better. Andrew Davies should be read by anyone interested in understanding and improving the management of projects. * Bent Flyvbjerg, Professor and Chair at Oxford University's Saïd Business School, co-author of Megaprojects and Risk *Andy Davies has written a concise and engaging intellectual history of project management theory and practice, filled with detailed case studies -- recommended reading for all scholars and practitioners of project management. This book is a little gem. * Raymond Levitt, Stanford University. *If you are considering a career in project management or are already involved in one or more projects and want to know how to improve the system then let this book become your bible ... Projects: A Very Short Introduction ... offers a veritable goldmine of insights, anecdotes and analysis of the very basics of project management, showing how it is done, and advising on how it can be done better. * Jade Taylor-Salazar, E&T Magazine *Table of ContentsPREFACE; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX

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Book SynopsisMany agree that the foreign aid system - which today involves virtually every nation on earth - needs drastic change. But there is much conflict as to what should be done. In Aid on the Edge of Chaos, Ben Ramalingam argues that what is most needed is the creative and innovative transformation of how aid works. Foreign aid today is dominated by linear, mechanistic ideas that emerged from early twentieth century industry, and are ill-suited to the world we face today. The problems and systems aid agencies deal with on a daily basis have more in common with ecosystems than machines: they are interconnected, diverse, and dynamic; they cannot be just simply re-engineered or fixed. Outside of aid, social scientists, economists, business leaders, and policy makers have started applying innovative and scientific approaches to such problems, informed by ideas from the ''new science'' of complex adaptive systems. Inspired by these efforts, aid practitioners and researchers have started experimenting with such approaches in their own work. This book showcases the experiences, insights, and often remarkable results of innovative thinkers and practitioners who are working to bring these approaches into the mainstream of aid. From transforming child malnutrition to rethinking economic growth, from building peace to reversing desertification, from rural Vietnam to urban Kenya, the ideas of complex systems thinking are starting to be used to make foreign aid more relevant, more appropriate, and more catalytic. Aid on the Edge of Chaos argues that such ideas and approaches should play a vital part of the transformation of aid. Aid should move from being an imperfect post-World War II global resource transfer system, to a new form of global cooperation that is truly fit for the twenty-first century.Trade ReviewThe examples presented in this work should prompt a reconsideration of how one thinks of foreign aid. * S. Paul, Choice *An exhaustive tour of the complex systems research landscape, including how it is used to understand phenomena as diverse as climate change, food price rises, ethnic segregation and the Arab spring ... Important and relevant for the aid world. * Amy Kazmin, Financial Times *The most interesting part of Mr Ramalingam's book is his discussion of how some agencies are beginning to learn from the way poor people can successfully do difficult things... [and that] experimenting repeatedly and quickly has much to offer the world of aid. * The Economist *Sets a new milestone in the aid debate... an impressive interdisciplinary tour * The Guardian Global Development Professionals Network *This book explains an important global activity few outsiders understand, and important scientific ideas that might yet turn it around. * Debora MacKenzie, New Scientist *Masterful. An important step towards changing our institutions and organizations Ramalingam skilfully draws upon a diverse body of ideas and research to deliver a vital message for aid and beyond. * Philip Ball, author of Critical Mass, Winner of the Aventis Royal Society Book of the Year *Aid on the Edge of Chaos will change the way you think... One of the most important books you will read about development. * Owen Barder, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development *The accolades on the cover are well-founded; this is a great read, engagingly written, and full of vivid examples, poignantly-funny cartoons and a reflective humility that suits its subject matter. * Melissa Leach, Knowledge, Technology and Society *Many see international development aid as in thrall to linear, mechanized thinking, and champion approaches in which local people solve their own challenges with intelligently tailored backing. Ben Ramalingam offers a scientific model for that path... and fosters a new aid paradigm: an open innovation network, catalysing and leveraging change in countries around the world. * Nature *Breathtaking . . . catapults development thinking into the 21st century . . . read this book and be changed. * Andrew Zolli, Executive Director, Pop Tech and author of Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back *Ben Ramalingam's thought provoking and highly readable book re-frames the debate on aid and development challenges the existing aid paradigm and points the way towards a genuinely new approach - a new approach that is urgently needed. * Eric Beinhocker, Executive Director, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford and author of The Origin of Wealth *Ben Ramalingam's tour de force of a book provides an unorthodox and fascinating insight into today's global aid sector: its current practices and sometimes faulty theories of action. This book is a vital source of inspiration. * Yves Daccord, Director General, ICRC *Marrying science, policy and practice with a deep moral conscience, this important book points to a future that that we should all be working towards. * Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate, Medicine *Challenging... Much needed. Ramalingam pushes his reader to question traditional wisdoms, navigate different disciplines, and value the import of local experience. * Noreena Hertz, author of 'Eyes Wide Open: How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World' *Ramalingam sets out a challenge to everyone working in international cooperation, to rethink our basic assumptions and to think and act in ways that are more attuned to the real world in all its complexities. This is one to read and re-read. * Sir Richard Jolly, Assistant Secretary General, United Nations *Ben Ramalingam convincingly shows why transformational change is so badly needed in foreign aid, and where it might come from. * Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management, London Business School, Author of Hot Spots *This well-written and thought-provoking book is an important contribution to redesigning aid for a messy, complex world. * Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Advisor, Oxfam *Ben Ramalingam is a leading champion of the adaptive, scientific, trial-and-error thinking that the aid industry badly needs. * Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist Strikes Back and Adapt *This excellent book [is] a must-read for anyone interested in development, its current discontents, and its future potential. * Ricardo Haussmann, former Chief Economist, Inter-American Development Bank and Director of the Centre for International Development, Harvard University *This is a superb book, boldly facing in this age of globalization the complexity of aid to developing countries. Impressive and inspiring, this work is destined to become a 21st century classic. * Dudley Herschbach, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry *With beautifully clear writing and stories, Ben Ramalingam uses complexity concepts to reveal the deep reasons for why aid sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. * Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director, Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation, Author of The Upside of Down *Far from being a pessimistic funeral march, Ramalingam's wide-ranging discourse provides many inspiring examples of how complexity theory can be put to practical and meaningful use, and lays out a hopeful path forward. * Simon Levin, Moffat Professor of Ecology, Princeton University *Well-intentioned aid agencies sometimes oversimplify the problems they need to solve. [this] book makes the good case that the growing field of complex adaptive systems can help prevent such errors from being repeated. * Eric Maskin, Nobel Laureate, Economics *This brilliant book will energise the struggle to make big government, big money and big aid sensitive to contexts, humble about what they can achieve, and sophisticated about the connectedness of things. * Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, and former Director of UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit *Ben Ramalingam seamlessly combines practical experience, policy relevance and scientific expertise. Aid on the Edge of Chaos deserves a very wide audience. * Paul Ormerod, author of Death of Economics and Positive Linking *A terrific, stimulating book. Ramalingam clearly and engagingly shows how the use of complex adaptive systems thinking can significantly strengthen and enhance the impacts and effectiveness of global foreign aid. * Jerry Sabloff, President, Santa Fe Institute *A magnificent piece of work a major contribution to the debate about how to rethink and improve the way we deliver aid worldwide. * Sir Nick Young, Chief Executive Officer, British Red Cross *Table of ContentsPART 1: THE WAY AID WORKS; PART 2: THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS; PART 3: THE WAY AID COULD WORK

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Book SynopsisThis book examines key issues connected with the distribution of personal wealth in the UK. It studies why wealth is now such an important factor in social differences and public policy. It presents the most recent information on current wealth inequalities and a detailed discussion of trends in the distribution of wealth. It uses newly available data to compare wealth inequalities in the UK with the USA, Canada, and Sweden. It uses longitudinal data, which track the same people over time, to examine trajectories in wealth accumulation over the decade to 2005 and inequalities in inheritances over the same period. It looks at how parental wealth levels and people''s asset-holdings early in adulthood affect outcomes later in their lives. The final part looks at the way in which policies towards wealth-holding developed historically, and the contradictory ways in which a wide range of public policies relate to people''s wealth levels, including through taxation, means-testing, and the encouragement of saving, and discusses what the key issues for policy towards wealth and wealth inequalities now are. Personal wealth in the UK totalled 5.5 trillion by 2010 (9-10 trillion if occupational pension rights are included). Inheritance flows are now equivalent to 4 per cent of national income each year. All households in the wealthiest tenth have more than 75 times the wealth of any of those in the bottom tenth. Absolute differences in wealth levels have increased substantially over the last 15 years, so wealth differences represent many more years of income than in the past. This makes them of great importance to life chances. This makes the book highly relevant for public policy, but also for academic and student understanding of a crucial dimension of social difference. As well as bringing together existing information on the area, the book contains considerable new analysis on wealth inequality, inheritance, and their impacts, drawing on work which is at the forefront of recent research.Trade ReviewThe authors have put together a number of complementary chapters that are of interest and will be useful for researchers and students in a wide range of fields...an excellent contribution to the debate on wealth inequality. * Alan Southern, People, Place and Policy *Table of ContentsPART I: WEALTH AND DISTRIBUTION; PART II: PERSONAL WEALTH ACCUMULATION AND ITS IMPACTS; PART III: WEALTH AND POLICY

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Book SynopsisA Dictionary of Marketing is an accessible, practical, and internationally-focused A-Z guide to all areas of marketing. Covering traditional techniques and theories, as well as the latest terms and concepts in web, digital and social marketing, this is the ideal reference for students and practitioners of marketing worldwide.Trade Reviewa very helpful reference work for the marketing practitioner and student * Stuart Hannabuss, Reference Reviews *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION TO THE FOURTH EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; DEDICATION; A DICTIONARY OF MARKETING; APPENDICES

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Book SynopsisThe only book with a 'themes and issues' approach that encourages critical engagement with contemporary debates in the business environment.Trade ReviewThis book provides a rich source of up-to-date ideas and debates. It offers students an opportunity to critically think about the business environment from a perspective that many other texts do not. * Dr Jim Keane, University of Gloucestershire *This book identifies, explains, and critically discusses the complexity of the global context in which business operates. * Dr Marilena Antoniadou, Manchester Metropolitan University *Table of Contents1: Paul Wetherly: Introduction: 'Business' and its 'environment' in a 'globalizing world' Part One: Environments 2: Dorron Otter: The economic environment 3: Dorron Otter: The technological environment 4: Paul Wetherly: The political environment 5: David Amos: The legal environment 6: Paul Wetherly: The social and cultural environment 7: Simon Robinson: Can the marketplace be ethical? Corporate responsibility 8: Eamonn Judge: The natural environment: Global warming, pollution, resource depletion, and sustainable development Part Two: Issues 9: Chris Mulhearn and Mike Franco: How has macroeconomic policy changed in an era of uncertainty? 10: Dorron Otter: Globalization of business: Good or bad? 11: Paul Wetherly: Does business have too much power? 12: Dorron Otter and Paul Wetherly: Is inequality bad for business? 13: Stratis Koutsoukos and Dorron Otter: Creating effective trading blocs: What lessons does the European Union provide? 14: Paul Wetherly: What role for the public sector? 15: Simon Raby and Geoff Gregson: From starting to scaling and beyond: How do entrepreneurs and SMEs innovate and grow? 16: Dorron Otter and Paul Wetherly: Conclusion: Looking ahead-managing in a dynamic environment

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Book SynopsisCorporate law and corporate governance have been at the forefront of regulatory activities across the world for several decades now, and are subject to increasing public attention following the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance provides the global framework necessary to understand the aims and methods of legal research in this field. Written by leading scholars from around the world, the Handbook contains a rich variety of chapters that provide a comparative and functional overview of corporate governance. It opens with the central theoretical approaches and methodologies in corporate law scholarship in Part I, before examining core substantive topics in corporate law, including shareholder rights, takeovers and restructuring, and minority rights in Part II. Part III focuses on new challenges in the field, including conflicts between Western and Asian corporate governance environments, the rise of foreign ownership, and emerging markets. Enforcement issues are covered in Part IV, and Part V takes a broader approach, examining those areas of law and finances that are interwoven with corporate governance, including insolvency, taxation, and securities law as well as financial regulation.Now in paperback, the Handbook is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary resource placing corporate law and governance in its wider context, and is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers in the field.Table of ContentsJeffrey N. Gordon and Wolf-Georg Ringe: Introduction Part l: Theoretical Approaches, Tools, and Methods 1: Ronald J. Gilson: From Corporate Law to Corporate Governance 2: Jeffrey N. Gordon: Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Law and Governance 3: Mark J. Roe and Massimiliano Vatiero: Corporate Governance and Its Political Economy 4: Michael Klausner: The "Corporate Contract" Today 5: Marcel Kahan: The State of State Competition for Incorporations 6: Amir N. Licht: Culture and Law in Corporate Governance 7: Jaap Winter: A Behavioural Perspective on Corporate Law and Corporate Governance 8: Michael Klausner: Empirical Studies in Corporate Law and Governance 9: Allen Ferrell: The Benefits and Costs of Indices in Empirical Corporate Governance Research 10: Mathias M. Siems: Taxonomies and Leximetrics Part II: Substantive Topics 11: Henry Hansmann and Richard Squire: External and Internal Asset Partitioning: Corporations and Their Subsidiaries 12: Stephen M. Bainbridge: The Board of Directors 13: Guido Ferrarini and Cristina Ungureanu: Executive Remuneration 14: Edward Rock: Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance 15: Wolf-Georg Ringe: Shareholder Activism: A Renaissance 16: Mark J. Roe: Corporate Short-Termism 17: Zohar Goshen and Assaf Hamdani: Majority Control and Minority Protection 18: Charles K. Whitehead: Debt and Corporate Governance 19: Lawrence A. Cunningham: Accounting and Financial Reporting: Global Aspirations, Local Realities 20: Luca Enriques: Related Party Transactions 21: Paul Davies: Control Shifts via Share Acquisition Contracts with Shareholders (Takeovers) 22: John C. Coates IV: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring: Types, Regulation, and Patterns of Practice 23: Klaus J. Hopt: Groups of Companies 24: Cynthia A. Williams: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance 25: Holger Fleischer: Comparative Corporate Governance in Closely Held Corporations Part III: New Challenges in Corporate Governance 26: Hideki Kanda: Western versus Asian Corporate Governance Environments: The Role of Enforcement in International Convergence 27: Mariana Pargendler: Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets 28: Curtis J. Milhaupt: The Governance Ecology of China's State-Owned Enterprises 29: Merritt B. Fox: The Rise of Foreign Ownership and Corporate Governance 30: Gerard Hertig: Governance by Institutional Investors in a Stakeholder World 31: Erik Vermeulen: New Metrics for Corporate Governance: Shifting Strategies in an Aging IPO Market Part IV: Enforcement 32: David Kershaw: Corporate Law and Self-Regulation 33: James D. Cox and Randall S. Thomas: The Evolution in the U.S. of Private Enforcement via Litigation and Monitoring Techniques: Are There Lessons for Germany? 34: Howell E. Jackson and Jeffrey Y. Zhang: Private and Public Enforcement of Securities Regulation 35: Amanda M. Rose: Public Enforcement: Criminal versus Civil 36: Joseph A. McCahery and F. Alexander de Roode: Corporate Litigation in Specialized Business Courts 37: Geoffrey Parsons Miller: The Compliance Function: An Overview Part V: Adjacent Areas 38: Horst Eidenmüller: Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law 39: Zoe Adams and Simon Deakin: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations 40: A.C. Pritchard: Corporate Governance, Capital Markets, and Securities Law 41: Jonathan R. Macey and Maureen O'Hara: Vertical and Horizontal Problems in Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance 42: John Armour: Corporate Governance in Banks 43: David M. Schizer: Tax and Corporate Governance: The Influence of Tax on Managerial Agency Costs

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Book SynopsisThis volume uses state of the art models from the frontier of macroeconomics to answer key questions about how the economy functions and how policy should be conducted. The contributions cover a wide range of issues in macroeconomics and macroeconomic policy. They combine high level mathematics with economic analysis, and highlight the need to update our mathematical toolbox in order to understand the increased complexity of the macroeconomic environment. The volume represents hard evidence of high research intensity in many fields of macroeconomics, and warns against interpreting the scope of macroeconomics too narrowly. The mainstream business cycle analysis, based on dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) modelling of a particular type, has been criticised for its inability to predict or resolve the recent financial crisis. However, macroeconomic research on financial, information, and learning imperfections had not yet made their way into many of the pre-crisis DSGE models bTable of ContentsPART 1: FINANCIAL CRISIS AND RECOVERY ; PART 2: LEARNING, INCENTIVES, AND PUBLIC POLICY

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Book SynopsisThis book revisits John Kenneth Galbraith''s classic text The Affluent Society in the context of the background to, and causes of, the global economic crisis that erupted in 2008. Each chapter takes a major theme of Galbraith''s book, distils his arguments, and then discusses to what extent they cast light on current developments, both in developed economies and in the economics discipline. The themes include: inequality, insecurity, inflation, debt, consumer behaviour, financialization, the economic role of government (''social balance''), the power of ideas, the role of power in the economy, and the nature of the good society. It considers the current problems of capitalism and the huge challenges facing democratic governments in tackling them. Written in non-technical language, this book is accessible to students of economics and the social sciences as well as to those who would have read The Affluent Society and the general reader interested in contemporary affairs and public policy.Trade ReviewStudents of economic history will find this a particularly useful volume as it is written in an exceptionally readable manner. This volume makes an important contribution to the literature on the economic history of advanced capitalism and its effects on the distribution of wealth within Western democracies. I have no hesitation in recommending this text to anyone, whether or not they are familiar with economics, with an interest in recent economic history and/or in the effects of changing economic policies on the structure of societies. Furthermore, anyone seeking an overview of the causes and consequences of the GFC will find The Affluent Society Revisited a useful reference. * Jenny Chesters, Economic Record *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Why Revisit The Affluent Society? ; 2. The Power of Ideas: Reflections on the Conventional Wisdom ; 3. The Central Tradition ; 4. Inequality ; 5. Economic Security ; 6. The Ambiguities of Production ; 7. The Dethroned Consumer ; 8. Inflation ; 9. Debt ; 10. The Theory of Social Balance ; 11. Switching Tracks ; 12. The Idea of Power ; 13. The Moral Order ; 14. Concluding Thoughts ; A Reader's Guide

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Book SynopsisEquipping students with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate their personal finances confidently; this book takes the fear out of financial planning. Personal Finance moves through fundamentals, including budgeting and managing debt, before engaging with major issues and life events where financial literacy is key. Pedagogical features including learning objectives, terminology boxes, and examples fully support students in developing their practical skills, whilst ponder points and questions encourage the application of these skills when making informed financial decisions. Engaging case studies and extensive examples throughout the text bring the subject to life.The Online Resource Centre to accompany Personal Finance features:For students:-Auto-marked multiple choice questions to accompany each chapter-Up-to-date information on tax, national insurance, and some of the key changes to financial products-Curated links to online sources of further informationFor lecturers:-Two Trade ReviewThis is a really useful book...I cannot think of a better book on the market. * Mr Ian Stephenson, Southampton Solent University *This is a clear, simple, well-presented, well-written and useful book. * Dr Lien Luu, University of Northampton *An easy to read text covering all the major areas of personal finance fully supported with examples, case studies an on-line resources. * Mr Karl Harper, Liverpool John Moores University *Personal Finance is essential reading for undergraduat es. King and Carey's extensive use of case studies is unique and together with clear definitions of key terms helps to demystify the world of personal finance. This text will help prepare students to make sound financial decisions throughout their life. * Annette Gillies, University of Portsmouth *It was easy to read which meant I could grasp and understand all the concepts effortlessly. * Sonia Cleave, student, Oxford Brookes University *It's simple and easy to follow... informative but not overwhelming. * Albijona Ferati *Table of Contents1: Facing life decisions 2: Balancing your personal budget 3: Appreciating the limitations of financial regulation 4: Managing your debt 5: Understanding income tax and national insurance 6: Building your savings 7: Understanding capital gains tax and inheritance tax 8: Investing for the future 9: Buying your own home 10: Investing in buy-to-let property 11: Using insurance to manage your risks 12: Planning for your retirement 13: Making your will 14: Coping in a crisis 15: Bringing it all together

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Book SynopsisBranding is possibly the most powerful commercial and cultural force on the planet. Iconic names such as Coca-Cola, Nike, Manchester United, Harry Potter, and Google are known and recognized by millions of people worldwide. As the market economy spreads across the world, brands are becoming ever more prevalent. The Apple brand has been valued at $98 billion - more than the GDP of Slovakia. Every day, we''re exposed to more than 3500 brand messages. And even though people are increasingly brand-aware and brand-sceptical, they are nevertheless seduced by brands. We may reject the whole brand system, but we still wouldn''t be parted from our Apple Macs. Brands are impossible to escape.In this Very Short Introduction Robert Jones discusses the rising omnipresence of brands, and analyses how they work their magic. He considers the incredible potency of brands as a commercial, social, and cultural force, and looks at the many different kinds of brands that exist - from products, services, and artistic properties, to companies, charities, sports clubs, and political parties. Defining what we mean by the word ''brand'', he explores both the positive and negative aspects of brands. Finally Jones considers the business of branding, and asks whether the idea of brands and branding is starting to decline, or whether it has a long future ahead.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewRobert Jones brilliantly covers why brands are so powerful, and why branding is so interesting, in this gem of a book. Buy, read, and be enlightened! A must have introduction, - as well as food for thought for the advanced reader. * Tilde Heding, author, brandscaper, lecturer Copenhagen Business School *Thoroughly researched ideas, practical wisdom, a wealth of example and solid advice â a true master of branding. * Mary Jo Hatch, author of Organization: A Very Short Introduction and co-author of Taking Brand Initiative *The clearest and truest explanation of branding youâre likely to encounter anywhere. * Marty Neumeier, author of The Brand Gap *An excellent introduction loaded with insights, very well conceived and superbly written by a much respected expert. * Professor Leslie de Chernatony, Aston Business School *Table of ContentsREFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX

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Book SynopsisThe widely-acclaimed Oxford Review of Economic Policy publishes papers written in a non-technical style by leading policy experts. This second edition of Readings in Microeconomics presents a revised and updated selection of the most significant OREP papers in microeconomics, chosen by the Managing Editor Dr Tim Jenkinson of Keble College Oxford. Topics covered include Industrial Organization, Research and Development, Competition and IndustrialPolicy, Regulation, Externalities and the Environment, International Trade, the Labour Market, and Education and Training. This coverage makes the book an ideal text for second- and third-year students of microeconomics. A companion volume in Macroeconomics is also available.Table of ContentsPART I: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION; PART II: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; PART III: COMPETITION AND REGULATORY POLICY; PART IV: EXTERNALITIES AND THE ENVIRONMNENT; PART V: INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PART VI: EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Book SynopsisAs the most critical yet accessible introduction to organizational behaviour and work, this book will help you understand the complexities of organizational life and evaluate modern business practices.Classic organizational behaviour topics such as team-working, motivation, and change are complemented by core critical approaches such as power and control, organizational misbehaviour, and health and well-being through a clear three-part structure. Students are encouraged to look beyond a descriptive approach and truly engage with the content. Examples and ''Stop and Think'' boxes placed throughout chapters, as well as end-of-chapter case studies with accompanying questions, provide the opportunity for this engagement and show how each chapter''s theoretical coverage applies in real-life business situations. Suggestions of films and novels which relate to the chapter topic provide further opportunities to see organizational behaviour in context and demonstrate just how prevalent its prinTrade ReviewWilson writes in an extremely accessible way with a good balance of depth and breadth. * Ronnie Caddow, Glasgow Caledonian University *This book stands out in its commitment to taking a critical approach to the study of Organisational Behaviour. It introduces students to the main debates in the literature on each subject and in this way becomes a helpful starting point in their learning journey. * Dr Patrizia Kokot, University of Reading *This book has all the hallmarks of a great Organizational Behaviour textbook; being comprehensive in content whilst informative and accessible for students across a range of levels. * Michael Frize, University of Sheffield *A stimulating, astute, and original introduction to the core questions on work, organizations, and their management. * Dr Pasi Ahonen, University of Essex *Table of ContentsApproaching management criticallySetting the sceneEmployees' views of workManagerial views of workThe rationality of managementSexuality, sex typing, and genderClassic organizational behaviour and the critiqueMotivationLeadershipPerceptionPersonalityOrganizational learningCultureTeams and teamworkingStructureAll change?The core of critical approachesManagerial power and controlOrganizational misbehaviourVoluntary, not-for-profit, and alternative organizationsHealth, well-being, emotion, and stress

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