The process of globalization is increasing the integration of all kinds of economic activity. Meanwhile, the international division of labor has reached levels unprecedented in history. The neoclassical theories of international trade predict positive net welfare effects of international economic integration; yet, in so doing, they primarily focus on static welfare effects. Early critics of …

Countries receiving large-scale capital inflows are at risk if these flows do not find their way into productive and long-term investment, as the Asian crisis of the late 1990s has proven. This book, the result of a joint project between the OECD Development Centre and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean …

Kein Global Player kann es sich in Zukunft leisten, nicht im World Wide Web (WWW) des Internet vertreten zu sein. Stefan Hoffmann zeigt auf, welche Business-Möglichkeiten das Internet den Unternehmen bietet und wie diese optimal in das klassische Marketing eingebunden werden.

Do you like to laugh? Do you enjoy good humor and a quick read? While growing up, most of us are exposed to the standard stock of children’s stories, songs, and rhymes and the lessons they teach. For example, from the Three Little Pigs, we learn a valuable lesson about choosing proper home building materials …

A Man’s Survival Guide to Pregnancy It’s easy for a man to feel like a bystander during pregnancy. Finally, from one man to another, here is a pregnancy book with funny, down-to-earth, and practical advice on: figuring out what you wife’s obstetrician is saying keeping your sex life alive staying on top of insurance forms …

This book presents a standardized framework for the analysis of family development and family policies in Europe. It offers an accessible and coherent account of how harmonized–or not–the various countries are in terms of cultural and political attitudes towards the family.