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Managing Economies, Trade and International Business
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TRADE,INVESTMENTANDCOMPETITIONININTERNATIONALBANKING
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Managing Economies, Trade
and International Business
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ESCEMSchoolofBusinessandManagement,France,and
VisitingProfessor,UniversityofOsnabrück,Germany
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Contents
ListofTables x
ListofFigures xii
ListofAbbreviations xiii
NotesontheContributors xix
Acknowledgements xxvii
Introduction xxix
PartI EconomicGrowthandSustainableDevelopment
1 Population,SpecializedOccupationsand
Semi-EndogenousGrowth 3
AndreasIrmen,UniversityofHeidelberg,Germany
2 InvestmentinHumanCapital,Migrationand
EconomicGrowth 19
AidanO’Connor,ESCEMSchoolofBusinessand
Management,Tours-Poitiers,France
3 TechnologicalInnovationandDivergencein
EconomicGrowth 44
FranciscoJavierSantos-Arteaga,ComplutenseUniversity,
Madrid,Spain
4 TaxCompetition 60
MichaelBraulke,UniversityofOsnabrück,Germany,and
JörgSchimmelpfennig,UniversityoftheRühr-Bochum,Germany
5 TheEvolvingRoleofIndustryinEuropeanUnion
EnvironmentalGovernance 67
AndreaLenschow,UniversityofOsnabrück,Germany,and
KatjaRottmann,OfficeoftheGreenParliamentary
GroupoftheGermanBundestag,Brussels,Belgium
6 OpportunitiesforFirmsinReducingGreenhouseGases
throughtheKyotoProtocolFlexibilityMechanisms 86
GianlucaRubagotti,ItalianMinistryofForeignAffairs,
Rome,Italy
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7 WaterResourcesandBusiness–Supply,
DemandandSecurity 105
RobertE.Martin,ConsultantinSustainableWater
Management,Bordeaux,France
PartII Trade,LawandRegulation
8 ForeignDirectInvestmentandDevelopingEconomies 125
IsabelÁlvarez,ComplutenseUniversity,Madrid,Spain,and
RaquelMarín,ComplutenseUniversity,Madrid,Spain
9 BaselIIandBankinginEmergingandOther
DevelopingEconomies 147
AndrewCornford,ConsultantandExpertinBanking
andAssociateCommentator,ObservatoiredelaFinance,
Geneva,Switzerland
10 Antidumping,CountervailingDutiesand
Non-MarketEconomies 165
ClaudioDordi,BocconiUniversity,Milan,Italy
11 TradeandCustomsManagement:theIncreasing
ImportanceofRulesofOrigin 189
LauraCarolaBeretta,BocconiUniversitySchoolof
Management,Milan,Italy
12 TechnicalRegulationsinAgriculturalTradeAgreements
betweentheEuropeanUnionandCentralAmerican
Countries 218
DoraCastañeda,WorldTradeOrganization,Geneva,
Switzerland
13 TheEuropeanCourtofJustice’sJurisprudenceontheRight
ofReviewofCustomsAuthorities’Decisions 244
LorenzaMola,UniversityofTurin,Italy
PartIII CompetitiveandManagerialIssuesin
InternationalBusiness
14 IntellectualPropertyRightsasaMeansofCompetitiveness 273
LaurentManderieux,SeniorInternationalExpertin
IntellectualPropertyRightsandBocconiUniversity,Milan,Italy
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Contents ix
15 ConsiderationsforTradeofTermsofSales,Documentary
CollectionsandDocumentaryCredits 288
AntonioDiMeo,ConsultantinInternational
TradePaymentsandSettlementsandUniversityofMacerata,Italy
16 KnowledgeasaGuidingPrincipleintheOrganizationof
InternationalMarketingDepartmentsinServiceFirms 307
EricStevens,ESCEMSchoolofBusinessandManagement,
Tours-Poitiers,France
17 ManagingInternationalProjectsthrough
VirtualCommunications 322
AndreasKnaden,UniversityofOsnabrück,Germany,and
StefanSchlangen,UniversityofOsnabrück,Germany
18 Futurescope2020:GlobalManagementSupportSystems
intheKnowledgeAge 332
KathrynA.Szabat,LaSalleUniversity,
Philadelphia,UnitedStates,andMadjidTavana,
LaSalleUniversity,Philadelphia,UnitedStates
Index 343
Description:The current phase of globalization and the increased interconnectedness of economies through trade have influenced the management and growth rates of economies and also the competitive and managerial issues for firms. This book focuses on three main issues – economic growth and sustainable develop
