This monograph explores the impact of managers’ psychological profiles and life experiences on their financial decisions; as it highlights, having insights into managers’ psychology is essential to understanding their choices and predicting decisions made by competing firms.
NeoLiberal Scotland
Contrary to popular belief, neoliberalism has become institutionalised in Scotland. This book details for the first time its negative effects on society and democracy, and serves as a case study of neoliberalism in a “stateless nation” of the West.
Much of what you’ve been taught about the 2008 financial crisis is incorrect. It wasn’t caused by free market capitalism, but by market distortions from government subsidies and misregulation. The new regulations haven’t solved the problem—in fact, they may have made it worse.
The Napa Valley Wine Industry
This book tells the story of how Napa became a pre-eminent site for iconic wines in a short space of time. After early struggles, a 1960s re-emergence fostered a collective commitment to quality, building a brand that would be identified as amongst the best in the world.
“Crouching Tiger”
The Irish software industry faces new challenges from competitors like India. This volume explores attitudes towards software process quality in both nations, comparing their implementation and concluding with recommendations to support Irish competitiveness.
This book evaluates financial behaviour in the new economy. As changing technology alters consumer habits, businesses must use innovative methods to survive tough competition and influence financial decisions.
Online Arbitration in Theory and in Practice
Amro presents an overview of online arbitration and electronic contracting worldwide, examining their national and international contexts and assessing their ongoing relevance. As such, he offers solutions to the challenges facing online arbitration and electronic contracting.
This book outlines international business transactions and their associated risks. It details financing mechanisms for the international sale of goods and overseas construction projects, covering documentary credit, project finance, syndicated loans, and export credit insurance.
The Historical Origin of the African Economic Crisis
This book answers major questions on African development related to international trade and finance. It explores the economic interaction between Africa and the West (in the past) and China today, considering the continent’s future development in light of its experiences.
The rise of the sharing economy is disrupting industries and challenging institutions. This volume brings together research from a wide variety of disciplines, providing a coherent and comprehensive overview of this major global phenomenon.
EU and the Balkans
In the Balkans, integration and disintegration are the two poles of discourse. While joining the EU is seen as a solution to conflict, it may be a catalyst for further disintegration. This book assesses if EU integration fosters or discourages unity.
Firms use non-price strategies to reveal their products’ value and gain market power. This book shows how these strategies create long-term market power, not transient gains as often assumed. Discover measures of intrinsic value and the non-price strategies that perpetuate it.
This book defines and promotes smart specialization, combining theory with a practical case study and its results. It offers policy recommendations and will appeal to policymakers, professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs involved in innovation.
The Stock Market Boom and Crash of 1929 Was Not a Bubble
After the 1929 crash, Yale Professor Irving Fisher argued the boom was warranted. While his view was dismissed in favor of “irrational exuberance,” this book shows why Fisher was right, pointing to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff as the cause of both the boom and the crash.
Did the Gold Standard era exploit the working class? Did orthodox macroeconomic policies lead to Nazism? Was Ceausescu wrong to repay all external debt?
“A Moral History of Monetary and Fiscal Policies” by Valentin Lazea tackles these provocative questions and many more.
This book focuses on consumer financing in China, introducing the financing situation, constraints, representative tools, and the Credit Reference System. It is an indispensable guide for financial companies and academic institutions wishing to make more sense of this topic.
Italian Canadian Heritage
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and cultural relations between Italy and Canada since the mid-20th century. It focuses on Italian-Canadian migratory flows, integration, work, and the promotion of a unique cultural heritage.
Ideas about Agriculture in the Political Economy of Japan
Why do Japanese citizens support agricultural protection that reduces their own welfare? This book argues that ideas—not just economics—are the answer, tracing how historical values evolved into modern concerns for food safety, self-sufficiency, and the environment.
The Behavioural Economics of Belarus
A unique study of Belarus, a country “trapped in transition” from state capitalism to a market economy. This book explains how economic decisions are made and proves that to boost economic reforms, the government needs the support of the high-income public.
Quantifying the Sustainability of Public Debt
High public debt can be hazardous, culminating in a crisis that permeates all sectors of the economy. This book provides a practical and straightforward framework for public debt sustainability analysis, underpinned by a real-world application of the model.