How can we explain a proliferation of alliances when the probability of failure is higher than success? And why have we emphasized their order, manageability and predictability whilst acknow ...more on ebook "Strategic Alliances as Social Facts..."

Sea Jin Chang argues that the Korean financial crisis of 1997 was due to the inertia of both the business groups known as chaebols and the Korean government which prevented adaptation to cha ...more on ebook "Financial Crisis and Transformation..."

Russia's Economic Transitions examines the three major transformations that the country underwent from the early 1860s to 2000. The first transition, under Tsarism, involved the partial brea ...more on ebook "Russia's Economic Transitions..."

Despite the decision of the WTO members to launch a new round of negotiations at their Doha Ministerial in November 2001, developing countries continue to have very real concerns on a number ...more on ebook "Options for Global Trade Reform..."

Central banks have emerged as the key players in national and international policy making. This book explores their evolution since World War II in 20 industrial countries. The study conside ...more on ebook "The Changing Face of Central Bankin..."

The success (and recent misfortunes) of the post war Japanese economy has been one of the most debated points in modern economics. Many explanations focus on cultural and institutional facto ...more on ebook "Informality and Monetary Policy in ..."

This book presents a model of computing and a measure of computational complexity which are intended to facilitate analysis of computations performed by people, machines, or a mixed system o ...more on ebook "Computation and Complexity in Econo..."

This book is about the institutions, incentives and constraints that guide the behaviour of people and organizations involved in the implementation of foreign aid programmes. While tradition ...more on ebook "The Institutional Economics of Fore..."

Professionals, it is said, have no use for simple lists of virtues and vices. The complexities and constraints of professional roles create peculiar moral demands on the people who occupy th ...more on ebook "Virtue Ethics and Professional Role..."

During the last two decades, virtually all developing countries shifted from state led to market oriented, neoliberal economic policies. Moving beyond the well studied questions of why coun ...more on ebook "Politics after Neoliberalism..."