Business : Economic Conditions

El aumento de la privatización y del comercio e inversiones internacionales, así como la proliferación de tratados bilaterales y multilaterales de comercio han llevado a una mayor integración económica, afectando a casi todas las naciones del mundo. Esta nueva dependencia en la empresa privada ha incidido en muchos cambios en la estructura económica y capacidad productiva de los países en desarrollo. Sin embargo, también ha intensificado la vulnerabilidad de estos países a nuevas y dañinas modalidades de prácticas comerciales anticompetitivas. Este libro demuestra la importancia de una competencia real y justa para el desarrollo sustentable y la eficacia del mercado, abordando temas de globalización, bienestar de los consumidores, cárteles, monopolios y liberalización del comercio. Entrega una introducción a la competencia, a la legislación y las políticas que la rigen en los países en desarrollo. Se centra en los problemas prácticos que enfrentan estos países y en las medidas que se han tomado y se pueden tomar para superarlos. Aborda las prácticas anticompetitivas tal como se dan en estos países y las políticas que los gobiernos y ciudadanos pueden promover y poner en práctica para limitar su impacto. more...

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Frederick Engels was the son of a textile manufacturer, and after managing a factory in Manchester, England, he wrote his first major work, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. This is his best known work and is one of the best studies of the working class in Victorian England. The fluency of his writing, the personal nature of his insights, and his talent for mordant satire combine to make Engels's account of the lives of the victims of early industrial change a classic. more...

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Drawing on extensive new research through dozens of interviews with entrepreneurial champions in diverse sectors, Creating Regional Wealth in the Global Innovation Economy pinpoints the key reasons why some locations succeed in the quest to become centers of technology and innovation - and sustain their competitive advantages over time - while others fail. It answers the central questions about the world's entrepreneurial hotspots: What makes these locations special? How can local business and government organizations most effectively promote local entrepreneurship? And what can budding centers of entrepreneurship do in order to enter the game? more...

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The last two decades have been a turbulent period for American higher education, with profound demographic shifts, gyrating salaries, and marked changes in the economy. While enrollments rose about 50% in that period, sharp increases in tuition and fees at colleges and universities provoke accusations of inefficiency, even outright institutional greed and irresponsibility. As the 1990s progress, surpluses in the academic labor supply may give way to shortages in many fields, but will there be enough new Ph.D.'s to go around?. Drawing on the authors' experience as economists and educators, this book offers an accessible analysis of three crucial economic issues: the growth and composition of undergraduate enrollments, the supply of faculty in the academic labor market, and the cost of operating colleges and universities. The study provides valuable insights for administrators and scholars of education. more...

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Focussing on the economics of terrorism in the post 9/11 world, this book brings together original research based on the collaborative efforts of leading economists and planners. more...

Price: $50.00