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21. Big Business and Economic Development

    Conglomerates and Economic Groups in Developing Countries and Transition Economies under Globalisation

    Edited by Alex E. Fernández Jilberto, Barbara Hogenboom

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    Bringing together an international and multidisciplinary group of experts, this is the first comprehensive volume to analyze conglomerates and economic groups in developing countries and transition economies. Using sixteen in-depth case studies it provides a comparative framework for the study of...

    Published April 8th 2008 by Routledge
22. Trade, Globalization and Poverty

    Edited by Elias Dinopoulos, Pravin Krishna, Arvind Panagariya, Kar-yiu Wong

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    An outstanding work, written to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Jagdish Bhagwati; the foremost defender of free trade and its role in developing economies in the world today, this rigorously academic and critical volume represents an important contribution to the understanding of many aspects...

    Published December 19th 2007 by Routledge
23. The World Bank and Global Managerialism

    By Jonathan Murphy

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    In recent years, a great deal of scholarly and popular ink has been spilled on the subject of globalization. Relatively few scholars have addressed the political sociology of globalization, and specifically, the emergence of global class formations and a nascent global governance framework. This...

    Published November 28th 2007 by Routledge
24. Infrastructure Development in the Pacific Region

    Edited by Akira Kohsaka

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    In the past, undersupply of public infrastructure was blamed for low productivity growth in the United States in the 1970s, while greater private sector participation was emphasized for infrastructure development in the Asia-Pacific region before the Asian Economic Crisis in the 1990s. This...

    Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge
25. Regulating Global Trade and the Environment

    By Paul Street

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    Examining the roles of international institutions, multinational corporations and other transnational players in framing the trade and environment debate, this book takes a multi-disciplinary approach that draws upon the experiences of developing countries, and assesses the limitations and...

    Published May 31st 2004 by Routledge
26. International Business and the Eclectic Paradigm

    Developing the OLI Framework

    Edited by John Cantwell, Rajneesh Narula

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    The eclectic paradigm has arguably become the dominant theoretical basis in the study of FDI, multinational corporations and internationalisation over the last two decades. The contributions to this volume evaluate the eclectic paradigm in the global economy and its validity as a theoretical basis...

    Published July 23rd 2003 by Routledge
27. Growth Theory and Growth Policy

    Edited by Harald Hagemann, Stephan Seiter

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    This collection examines the phenomenon of economic growth with admirable economic vigour and includes contributions from leading academic figures. Theoretical approaches, underpinned by original empirical work, will make this a book welcomed by students and academics of macroeconomics and growth...

    Published March 5th 2003 by Routledge
28. Foreign Direct Investment

    Research Issues

    By Bijit Bora

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    Foreign Direct Investment examines the different approaches to explaining the growth and distribution of FDI in the world. Pulling together contributions from an array of international experts, this study combines theoretical with empirical work on issues such as computable general equilibrium...

    Published August 7th 2002 by Routledge
29. Transnational Corporations

    Fragmentation amidst Integration

    By Grazia Ietto-Gillies

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in international production worldwide, accompanied by considerable changes in its geographical structure. This volume examines the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the geography of international production, covering both theoretical and...

    Published November 21st 2001 by Routledge
30. Globalization, Employment and the Workplace

    Diverse Impacts

    By Yaw A. Debrah, Ian G. Smith

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    The globalization of business is a relatively new process. Although its influence on work, employment, the labour process and the management process has become increasingly significant, little is known about these developments. In order to redress this imbalance, this book provides evidence of the...

    Published October 31st 2001 by Routledge