International category: 36838 books
International Relations
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Today, more than ever, we are buffeted by forces that originate from beyond our shores. Whether it’s war, economics, politics, or law, we live in a global world influenced by a complex landscape of international transactions. Esteemed academic Charles Jones ably provides the building blocks to understand...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
This book presents the reflections of a group of researchers interested in assessing whether the law governing the promotion and protection of foreign investment reflects sound public policy. Whether it is the lack of "checks and balances" on investor rights or more broadly the lack of balance...
Accounting with Heart
China's Role in International Finance and Business
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
In the Western world, examination of business and finance can often be a dry enterprise. Wang Jun shows, through this extraordinary collection of writings, both the breadth of his world view and the connections which surely exist between the finance, the arts, philosophy and culture. His is a singular...
International Corporate Governance
A Comparative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Thomas Clarke's International Corporate Governance offers a comprehensive guide to corporate governance forms and institutions and examines the recurring crises in corporate governance and the resulting corporate governance reform around the world.
While the popular structure of the original...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2009
2009 RUSA Outstanding Business Reference
Business in today's world is increasingly diverse. Undertaking commerce, even by an individual, can mean working globally through a welter of new media with opportunities of all kinds rapidly appearing. The boundaries, scope, content, structures, and...
International Business-Society Management
Linking Corporate Responsibility and Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2005
In the twenty-first century, as traditional divides are redefined, bargaining over corporate responsibilities has increasingly centred around corporate reputation and the question of whether businesses are part of society’s problems or part of their solution. This ground-breaking book treats issues,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
The 1944 Bretton Woods conference created new institutions for international economic governance. Though flawed, the system led to a golden age in postwar reconstruction, sustained economic growth, job creation, and postcolonial development. Yet financial liberalization since the 1970s has involved...
by Anthony Endres
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Who were the great thinkers on international finance in the mid-twentieth century? What did they propose should be done to create a stable international financial order for promoting world trade and economic growth?
This important book studies the ideas of some of the most innovative economists...
Delivering Aid Without Government
International Aid and Civil Society Engagement in the Recovery and Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
In a fragile and conflict-ridden context such as the Gaza Strip, where the de facto Hamas government faces isolation and lacks international recognition, the provision of aid and development schemes challenges donors and CSOs delivering services to Palestinians. This volume examines how international...
The New Global Rulers
The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Over the past two decades, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. This internationalization and privatization of rule making has been motivated not only by the economic benefits of common rules for global markets, but also by the realization...
by W. Charles Sawyer
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Due to the ever-increasing globalization of the U.S. economy, articles that involve international trade policy—both here and abroad—are increasingly common in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. In many cases, it is apparent that the authors of...
by Helmut Philipp Aust
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
This systematic analysis of State complicity in international law focuses on the rules of State responsibility. Combining a theoretical perspective on complicity based on the concept of the international rule of law with a thorough analysis of international practice, Helmut Philipp Aust establishes...
by Jean d'Aspremont
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
International Law as a Belief System considers how we construct international legal discourses and the self-referentiality at the centre of all legal arguments about international law. It explores how the fundamental doctrines (e.g. sources, responsibility, statehood, personality, interpretation and...
International Business
Themes and Issues in the Modern Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
This new edition of International Business examines the impact of globalization on key aspects of the business environment. It offers a comprehensive overview of this phenomenon that is altering corporate strategy fundamentally, critiquing the complexities of globalization and its impact on international...