Palgrave Macmillan imprint: 14111 books
The Rise and Fall of an Economic Empire
With Lessons for Aspiring Economies
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
We have seen many empires come and go. From the Roman Empire to the British Empire, we are now witnessing the decline of the US as a superpower. How do economic innovations foster global economic dominance, and how does the natural evolution of an economic empire eventually bring about its demise and replacement by other economic superpowers?
BP and the Macondo Spill
The Complete Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
The complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs, not the hyperbolic costs, and an explanation of the science and business of the spill and its remediation.
by Theron Muller, Steven Herder, John Adamson
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
This collection offers a distinctly Asian voice for English language education and addresses some of the unique needs of Asian learners in EFL contexts. Teachers and researchers from nine Asian countries present some of the most current and innovative research in five distinct and fascinating areas of EFL teaching and learning.
Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income
A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income argues that philosophers have focused too much on scalar freedom and proposes a theory of status freedom as effective control self-ownership: the power to have or refuse active cooperation with other willing people, or simply: freedom as the power to say no.
Governing Global Finance
The Evolution and Reform of the International Financial Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
This book deals with the recent problems arising from the growth of financial globalization (i.e. the growing integration of capital markets across national borders), as reflected in the current global financial crisis, and the need to improve what has come to be known as the international financial architecture.
by H. van Zon, Hans van Zon
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Hans van Zon analyzes the financialization of developed capitalism, and argues that the emergence of finance as a dominant force has contributed to the relative decline of the West. He demonstrates that the neo-liberal model is inherently unstable and undermines capitalist economies, which can only...
Brazilian Derivatives and Securities
Pricing and Risk Management of FX and Interest-Rate Portfolios for Local and Global Markets
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
The Brazilian financial markets operate in a very different way to G7 markets. Key differences include onshore and offshore markets, exponential rates, business days day-counts, and price formation from the futures markets (instead of the cash markets).
This book provides a quantitative, applied...
The Ambidextrous Organization
Exploring the New While Exploiting the Now
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
How can businesses balance the demands of both exploiting and exploring? Companies and their leaders have to use both hands: on the one hand making next quarter's targets through existing business, whilst simultaneously exploring new opportunities. This is the first book to explain how to use this approach to encourage innovation.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
The 2008 financial crisis was a watershed moment which clearly influenced the public's perception of the role of 'finance' in society. Since 2008, a plethora of books and newspaper articles have been produced accusing the academic community of being unable to produce valid models which can accommodate...
Changing Concepts of Contract
Essays in Honour of Ian Macneil
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Changing Concepts of Contract is a prestigious collection of essays that re-examines the remarkable contributions of Ian Macneil to the study of contract law and contracting behaviour. Ian Macneil, who taught at Cornell University, the University of Virginia and, latterly, at Northwestern University,...
Pioneers of Critical Accounting
A Celebration of the Life of Tony Lowe
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
This book celebrates the life and work of Tony Lowe, a pioneer of critical accounting. The authors elaborate on the fact that Tony Lowe regarded accounting as a moral and political practice rather than some dry technical phenomena because it has serious social consequences. The essays in the book...
by Rob Watts
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
This book provides a rigorous examination into the realities of the current university system in Britain, America and Australia. The radical makeover of the higher education system which began in the 1980s has conventionally been understood as universities being transformed into businesses which sell...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Reassessing the Employment Relationship is an edited volume written by leading academics at Cardiff Business School. Reflecting on the employment relationship as one of the central institutions of advanced capitalist economies, it provides an extensive survey of the changing world of work. The book offers...
by Simon Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book explores the role of integrity in business and discusses why all leaders seek to have it. The author argues that it is less about ‘having’ integrity as an attribute, and more about practising it. The Practice of Integrity in Business examines how taking responsibility for ideas, values...