Economy & Finance

The Financialization of Latin American Real Estate Markets: A Research Companion provides an authoritative overview of the real estate asset class in Latin America with chapters covering Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, Nicaragua and Chile.

This book is aimed at covering all aspects of the evaluation, certification and reduction of the energy and carbon footprint of the built environment from the scale of the city and its neighbourhoods, to the building level and finally to the level of single building materials and components.

This book is aimed at covering all aspects of the evaluation, certification and reduction of the energy and carbon footprint of the built environment from the scale of the city and its neighbourhoods, to the building level and finally to the level of single building materials and components.

This timely book explores the relevance of culture in the development and practice of competition law in East Asia, shedding light on differences that may present challenges to deeper convergence of competition laws between East and West. Interested readers will include legal scholars, practitioners and competition agency officials.

The world today is driven by Industry 4.0, which is generating data at an uncontrolled pace. This book examines Big Data and its applications. It emphasizes how Big Data is transforming Industry 4.0. It also examines systems architectures and complementary technologies including IoT, AI, and machine learning.

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Brunei presents an overview of significant themes, issues, and challenges pertinent to Brunei Darussalam in the twenty-first century.

The Military Balance 2025 provides the authoritative open-source assessment of the armed forces and equipment inventories of over 170 countries, with accompanying defence economics data.

Applying two-level game theory and rational decision-making analysis, the book explores how China navigates domestic constraints and international pressures to achieve optimal outcomes in its foreign trade policy.

Since the Industrial Revolution, capitalism has unleashed unimaginable opportunity and prosperity. However, at key points, economic disruption has led to a greater role for government to protect against capitalism's excesses. Gramm and Boudreaux argue that government interference and policies pose the most significant threat to economic freedom.

In der Praxis haben sich vielfältige Formen von Beiräten entwickelt, die teils aufsichtsratsähnlich sind, teils aber auch grundlegende Unterschiede aufweisen. Gesetzliche Vorgaben gibt es insoweit nicht.Die Gründe für die Einrichtung von Beiräten sind mannigfaltig. Es kann darum gehen, die Gesellschaft in der Außendarstellung mit den Namen bekannter Persönlichkeiten zu "schmücken" oder Fachkompetenz zu bündeln, die der Geschäftsführung zur Verfügung steht. Bei den vom Autor untersuchten Start-ups spielen Beiräte eine große Rolle, um die Interessen von Investoren und Kreditgebern abzusichern. Die praktische Bedeutung der Beiräte nimmt aktuell kontinuierlich zu.Die Vielfalt der Anlässe und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten bringt es neben dem gesetzlichen Regelungsverzicht mit sich, dass viele Fragen rund um die Beiräte nicht abschließend geklärt sind. Zu diesen Fragen zählen namentlich auch die Haftungsfragen. Dieses Buch weist Aktualität und hohe praktische Relevanz auf.

The book offers a theoretical and practical analysis of the contemporary approach to art, culture and innovation, with special emphasis on the relationship between culture, innovation and the economy, in the context of green transition as an indispensable sustainability factor.

This book offers a forward-looking exploration of how AI, digitalisation and technological transformation are reshaping the future of work. Through a series of studies conducted by scientists and industry professionals, it explores issues related to new policies, AI and the digital transformation's anticipated impact on the labour market.

This book offers a forward-looking exploration of how AI, digitalisation and technological transformation are reshaping the future of work. Through a series of studies conducted by scientists and industry professionals, it explores issues related to new policies, AI and the digital transformation's anticipated impact on the labour market.

First published in 1989, The Competitiveness of European Industry helps in developing our understanding of the process of improving and measuring industrial competitiveness.

Grounded on an analysis of informalized labour in the urban economy of Dar es Salaam, Processes of Economic Informalization explores the conceptual politics involved in the political construction of the informal economy - diverse economic activities that are not regulated or protected by the state.

Order and Rivalry traces the formation and development of multilateral trade structures in the aftermath of the First World War in response to the marginalization of Europe in global markets, the use of private commerce as a tool of military power and the collapse of empires in Central and Eastern Europe.

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