Economy & Finance

This book characterizes and evaluates how stock markets operate in European Union (EU) countries in terms of the sustainable development of public companies. It presents the methodology for constructing ESG indicators, with particular emphasis on Refinitiv, which is one of the largest and most recognizable databases in this area.

This book explores India-US relations under Trump 1.0. The contributors highlight those bilateral ties flourished during the Modi-Trump era, fuelled by the camaraderie between the two leaders and shared concerns over China's rise.

The business of imperial conflict: Why capitalism needs war.

WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE TO MOST PEOPLE. AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

The strategic journey taken by firms starts with entrepreneurial inception and can go all the way through adaptation to sustainable enterprise, exit or failure. This book charts how new ventures grow through co-evolution and adaptation to get past the initial problems of being new.

From the inner sanctum of Silicon Valley and short-term capitalism comes the story of a VC who lived it, then left it and found a better way to build great companies.Dave Whorton was John Doerr's associate partner at high-flying Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers during Silicon Valley's big shift, when he witnessed the VC industry pivot from a proven forty-year playbook of managing risk to something much more aggressive: "get-big-fast." Don't worry about profitability. Cash out and find another venture.For a while, Whorton took part in this whirlwind as he pursued his dream of becoming the next Hewlett or Packard, starting two companies himself. But soon it all got to be too much. Whorton recognized that if get-big-fast was the formula for building a great technology company in the twenty-first century, that just wasn't for him.That could have been the end of the story, but instead it turned out to be the beginning of another, deeply inspiring one. Whorton went on a journey to find a better way to build companies, a way focused on long-term stability and steady growth, funded through profitability; a way in which leaders were committed to a purpose beyond personal wealth generation, to putting their people first, and to setting up their companies to endure. He calls these companies "Evergreen." Another Way combines Whorton's inspiring story with his Evergreen 7Ps framework, designed to guide more entrepreneurs and business leaders to follow his path.Full of revelations, practical advice, and real-world examples of companies going Evergreen, Another Way is as instructive as it is inspiring at showing capitalism at its best.

Whether you are a beginning investor or a seasoned professional with a substantial property portfolio, you must read this book which will provide you strategies, insights and perspectives from Australia's leading expert in wealth creation through property. Since its first publication in March 2006 How to Grow A Multi-Million Dollar Property Portfolio - in your spare time has become an Australian investment classic and #1 best seller. Michael Yardney 'felt compelled to update this book to teach readers how to protect and build real estate wealth in a changing market with his 6 Standard Strategic Approach to investment that has stood the test of time and changing markets'Bestselling author and leading Australian investment expert Michael Yardney offers his time-proven step by step action plan showing you how to achieve real wealth through property investment. Use this book to learn how to live the life of a property multi-millionaire using Michael's system to buy more properties with no money out of your own pocket. Whether you are a beginning investor or a seasoned professional with a substantial property portfolio, you must read this book which will provide you strategies, insights and perspectives from Australia's leading expert in wealth creation through property. Including:* A step by step action plan showing you how to achieve real wealth through property investment. * The hidden profit potential most investors miss when buying properties. * How to buy below market value and then add value for instant profit. * Michael's pyramiding system to buy more properties with no money out of your own pocket. * Lessons from past property cycles that will ensure you reap the benefits of the changing economic and property climate. * Techniques on how to get the banks to say 'yes' to more of your deals. * Advanced strategies such as the tax 'loopholes' available to property investors, power negotiating tricks and becoming a master at dealing with real estate agents. * How to live the life of a property multi-millionaire using the increasing equity of your properties.

This book examines the resurgence of debt crises in Africa following the Covid-19 pandemic. It deciphers the debt crisis phenomenon through the discourse of sovereign risk, which has been paid insufficient attention within the African context, and seeks to appreciate facets that continue to lead African states to a debt-default position.

This edited volume takes a comprehensive look at solid waste management across jurisdictions in Canada, including provinces, territories, municipalities and Indigenous communities.

No sector can escape the challenge of the climate crisis. This book brings together a team of academic experts to urgently examine the intersection of sustainability and the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs).

This book focuses on upland agricultural systems and applies a multiple capitals approach to explain what they can provide at a time when many are struggling to survive. It will be of interest to students and scholars of agriculture, natural resource management, ecosystem services and rural development.

This collection of short essays from leading media scholars reflects on critical issues of media history, power, ownership, influence and impact. The book uses the acclaimed media title Power Without Responsibility (PWR) as a calling card, a cue to reflect on the limitations of the media in different countries and to advocate solutions aimed at stimulating more democratic forms of communications. Organised in five sections, contributions in this book identify the relevance of PWR and then pick out and develop its core themes. The first section provides both a reminder of PWR's significance to media history and analysis and then explores its conclusions in relation to media systems in places including Europe, South and East Asia, Africa and Latin America. The second section takes up the argument that 'market censorship' impoverishes the media while the third explores the book's lessons for contemporary media reform. The fourth section explores the contribution of public service broadcasting and its relevance for future communications systems. The fifth section considers PWR's analysis of radical journalism in relation to both historical and contemporary initiatives while the concluding section features two original essays by the authors of PWR, James Curran and Jean Seaton, reflecting on their book 43 years and nine editions after it was first published.

Critique of the Political Economy of the Media is an approach to the critical analysis of the media's role in contemporary society. It is based on Karl Marx's theory of capitalism, using a combination of critical social theory and empirical social research for studying what role the media has in capitalism. It introduces a theoretical framework that engages with important themes including the crisis-ridden structural transformation of the media industry, media economics in the age of digital communications, media concentration, science communication and open access publishing, media technologies, the role of advertising in capitalism, and the contradictions of alternative media in capitalism. > Borrowing from the famous subtitle of Capital, the book combines theoretical depth with analytical rigour to throw new light on core issues of technological change, media concentration, private ownership, advertising finance and the commodification of media products, and to grapple with the problems of creating non-commercial alternatives. This book is a treasure trove of insights and provocations that belongs on the bookshelf and reading list of anyone seriously interested in developing a critical political economy of communication. Almost unknown until now to English readers, Manfred Knoche can finally take his place among the founding figures." Professor Graham Murdock, Loughborough University.

Topics include resisting temptation and refocusing on long-term goals, how money lenders hide pricing, partitioned pricing, drip pricing, the issue with status branded credit cards, and taking scientifically proven steps for making better financial decisions.