Transnational Corporations and Uneven Development (RLE International Business)

Transnational Corporations and Uneven Development (RLE International Business)
Author: Rhys Jenkins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2013-02-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135133026

Is the transnational coporation (TNC) an engine of growth capable of eliminating international economic inequalities or a major obstacle to development through a massive drain of surplus to advanced countries? This book presents five different perspectives on the role of TNCs: Neo-Classical Global Reach Neo-Imperialist Neo-Fundamentalist Internationalization of capital The author looks at their effect on local labour and capital, and considers the future prospects for TNC involvement in the Third World. The book provides an excellent comparative analysis of TNCs and will appeal to students in development studies and international economics.

The Politics of International Economic Relations

The Politics of International Economic Relations
Author: Jeffrey A. Hart
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136218459

The first and definitive book of its kind, Joan Spero's The Politics of International Economic Relations has been fully updated to reflect the sweeping changes in the international arena. With the expertise of co-author Jeffrey Hart, the fifth edition strengthens the coverage of political and economic relations since the end of the Cold War, economic polarization in developing nations and the roots of economic decline in centrally planned economies. A new chapter on industrial policy and competitiveness debates further illustrates the changing dynamics of International Political Economy. Ideal as a supplement to the International Relations course or as the core text in International Political Economy, Spero and Hart's The Politics of International Economic Relations continues to give students the breadth and depth of scholarship needed to understand the politics of world economy.

Bibliography on Law and Developing Countries

Bibliography on Law and Developing Countries
Author: Brian Z. Tamanaha
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2023-11-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004632883

The citations listed in this bibliography were published between 1975 and mid-1993. Substantial legal developments have occurred since 1975 and the vast bulk of materials on the subject has been produced since that time. The citations are grouped under 53 different subject headings. Some subjects are further divided into subcategories. Audience: Lawyers, legal scholars, social scientists and civil servants involved in development issues.

International Bibliography of Business History

International Bibliography of Business History
Author: Francis Goodall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 685
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113613820X

The field of business history has changed and grown dramatically over the last few years. There is less interest in the traditional `company-centred' approach and more concern about the wider business context. With the growth of multi-national corporations in the 1980s, international and inter-firm comparisons have gained in importance. In addition, there has been a move towards improving links with mainstream economic, financial and social history through techniques and outlook. The International Bibliography of Business History brings all of the strands together and provides the user with a comprehensive guide to the literature in the field. The Bibliography is a unique volume which covers the depth and breadth of research in business history. This exhaustive volume has been compiled by a team of subject specialists from around the world under the editorship of three prestigious business historians.

Nationalisation

Nationalisation
Author: Keith Coleman
Publisher: Raven Press (South Africa)
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1991
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"Keith Coleman makes a timely and refreshing contribution to a debate more often obscured by dogmatism and hot air than rational discussion. His eye remains unerringly on the central problem of structural inequality, particularly in South Africa." --Frederick van Zyl Slabbert, IDASA director

European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2016

European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2016
Author: Marc Bungenberg
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 847
Release: 2016-07-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3319292153

Volume 7 of the EYIEL focusses on critical perspectives of international economic law. Recent protests against free trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) remind us that international economic law has always been a politically and legally contested field. This volume collects critical contributions on trade, investment, financial and other subfields of international economic law from scholars who have shaped this debate for many years. The critical contributions to this volume are challenged and sometimes rejected by commentators who have been invited to be “critical with the critics”. The result is a unique collection of critical essays accompanied by alternative and competing views on some of the most fundamental topics of international economic law. In its section on regional developments, EYIEL 7 addresses recent megaregional and plurilateral trade and investment agreements and negotiations. Short insights on various aspects of the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) and its sister TTIP are complemented with comments on other developments, including the African Tripartite FTA und the negotiations on a plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). Further sections address recent WTO and investment case law as well as recent developments concerning the IMF, UNCTAD and the WCO. The volume closes with reviews of recent books in international economic law.

Oil, the State, and Federalism

Oil, the State, and Federalism
Author: John Erik Fossum
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 712
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780802076625

John Erik Fossum explores the reasons for the federal government's intervention in the energy industry between 1973 and 1984 and shows how its initial objectives failed, culminating in the privatization of Petro-Canada in 1990.

Natural Resources and Divergence

Natural Resources and Divergence
Author: Cristián Ducoing
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2021-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030710440

Is the 'natural resource curse' destiny? Are different ways to link natural resources and economic development? Using two particular regions as case studies, this edited collection examines the divergent development paths of natural resource rich countries over the past two centuries. Bolivia, Chile and Peru are neighbour states with a common history and are globally known by their mining endowments. Norway and Sweden have also a strong common history, and different natural resource endowments (forestry, mining and fishing) are essential to understand their current economic success. By comparing natural resource management in the long run in these two divergent regions, this book can help rethink how developing countries can better take advantage of their natural resource endowments. Specifically, the book examines the interaction between natural resources and different key determinants of long-term development: trade, fiscal policy, sustainability, human capital accumulation and business strategies.

The World Copper Market

The World Copper Market
Author: G. Wagenhals
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642455859

1.1 The Importance of Copper Copper, the red metal, has been known in histor~ for thousands of ~ears. It ma~ have been mankind's first metal (Joralemon= 1973). And still, probabl~ more than one hundred decades after native copper was used for the first time (Muhl~ (1973: 171», toda~, copper is a ver~ important commodit~: 1. Onl~ aluminum (first in 1963) surpasses refined copper in terms of the total 1 world's mine production and consumption. It outpaces zinc, lead, nickel and tin • 2. Refined copper is one of the most important export products of the developing countries. In 1975, refined copper ranked 8th in the developing countries' export values in general, it was 6th among their non-fuel exports, and their most important export 2 commodit~ among the non-ferrous metals • 3. Man~ small and medium sized industrialized countries depend heavil~ on copper imports. For example, West German~'s share in world mine production has alwa~s been smaller than 0.1 per cent. In the last few decades, however, the Federal Republic's consumption share has amounted to some 8 i. in 1982. 4. Copper is of utmost importance for the export earnings of several countries.