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Regulating Working-Time Transitions in Europe
Edited by Jacqueline O’Reilly
This book provides an overview of the institutional arrangements affecting labour market transitions through different working-time arrangements in seven European countries. It examines the extent to which social integration through tran... -
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Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative
Edited by Claes Brundenius
Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative considers the extent of the success of polluting industries in becoming cost-efficient whilst acquiring less polluting technologies, in the face of fierce competition. The authors als... -
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The Global Challenge to Industrial Districts
Edited by Paolo Guerrieri, Simona Iammarino, Carlo Pietrobelli
The current trend towards globalization is posing a substantial challenge to SME clusters to restructure and reach out to distant markets and knowledge sources, while at the same time exploiting the advantages of local factors and agglom... -
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The Environmentalism of the Poor
Joan Martínez-Alier
The Environmentalism of the Poor has the explicit intention of helping to establish two emerging fields of study – political ecology and ecological economics – whilst also investigating the relations between them.eBook:Find out more$59.96
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EU Economic Governance and Globalization
Edited by Miriam L. Campanella, Sylvester Eijffinger
It is through a gradual evolution, rather than by grand design, that the somewhat fragmented economic policies of the EU now appear to be heading towards a rather more robust and coherent economic governance. EU Economic Governance and G... -
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Alliance Capitalism for the New American Economy
Edited by Alan M. Rugman, Gavin Boyd
Alliance Capitalism for the New American Economy advocates engagement with the USA’s macromanagement problems in a spirit of alliance capitalism, for the development of a more integrated, dynamic economy. Whereas most studies of the USA ... -
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Cross-National Appropriation of Work Systems
Ayse Saka
The diffusion of work processes across countries through foreign direct investment and technological collaborations is an increasingly important practice in today’s global economy. Ayse Saka explores this process both by focusing on the ... -
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Restructuring Local Government Finance in Developing Countries
Edited by Roy Bahl, Paul Smoke
Examining cutting-edge issues of international relevance in the ongoing redesign of the South African local government fiscal system, the contributors to this volume analyze the major changes that have taken place since the demise of apa...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Systems of Innovation and Development
Edited by José E. Cassiolato, Helena M.M. Lastres, Maria Lucia Maciel
This significant book demonstrates how the ‘systems of innovation’ approach can be utilised to understand the complex interactions between innovation and growth which, in turn, can enhance the prospects of developing nations. Systems of...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Pension Policy in an Integrating Europe
Edited by Onorato Castellino, Elsa Fornero
This book focuses on pension policies in Europe and interestingly includes comparisons both within the EU and between EU countries and the US. The authors show how different countries are confronted with similar problems and that compari... -
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The Economics of Copyright
Edited by Wendy J. Gordon, Richard Watt
Presenting a selection of innovative research contributions written by some of the best-known academics in the field, The Economics of Copyright covers issues that are at the forefront of the implementation and management of copyright.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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On Creating Competition and Strategic Restructuring
Edited by Emiel F.M. Wubben, William Hulsink
This book examines the ongoing transformation of public utilities, also known as network-based industries, in Western Europe and the United States. Examples are telecommunications, energy, and water distribution. Most of these network-ba...