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11. Post-Kyoto Climate Governance

    Confronting the Politics of Scale, Ideology and Knowledge

    By Asim Zia

    Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

    In the midst of human-induced global climate change, powerful industrialized nations and rapidly industrializing nations are still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Even if we arrive at a Hubbert’s peak for oil extraction in the 21st century, the availability of technologically recoverable coal...

    Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
12. The Routledge Handbook of Major Events in Economic History

    Edited by Randall Parker, Robert Whaples

    Series: Routledge International Handbooks

    The Handbook of Major Events in Economic History aims to introduce readers to the important macroeconomic events of the past two hundred years. The chapters endeavour to explain what went on and why during the most significant economic epochs of the nineteenth, twentieth and early...

    Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
13. The History of Bankruptcy

    Economic, Social and Cultural Implications in Early Modern Europe

    Edited by Thomas Max Safley

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

    This volume takes up bankruptcy in early modern Europe, when its frequency made it not only an economic problem but a personal tragedy and a social evil. Using legal, business and personal records, the essays in this volume examine the impact of failure on business organizations and practices,...

    Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
14. The Climate Bonus

    Co-benefits of Climate Policy

    By Alison Smith

    We urgently need to transform to a low carbon society, yet our progress is painfully slow, in part because there is widespread public concern that this will require sacrifice and high costs. But this need not be the case. Many carbon reduction policies provide a range of additional benefits, from...

    Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
15. Global Finance in Emerging Market Economies

    By Todd Knoop

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

    Emerging market economies have accounted for three quarters of world economic growth and more than half of world output over the last decade. But the energy and ideas inherent in emerging economies cannot generate growth by themselves without resources to support them — and first among these...

    Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
16. The Economics of Creativity

    Ideas, Firms and Markets

    Edited by Thierry Burger-Helmchen

    Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

    Understanding the economic implication of creative individuals and firms is at the heart of the new economy and of related fields such as the economics of knowledge, the economics of science and innovation management. This book brings together a panel of theoretical and empirical contributions...

    Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
17. Small and Medium Enterprises in India

    Infirmities and Asymmetries in Industrial Clusters

    By Satyaki Roy

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years, and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study, it addresses one central question: If...

    Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
18. Commodity Risk Management

    Theory and Application

    By Geoffrey Poitras

    Commodity Risk Management goes beyond just an introductory treatment of derivative securities, dealing with more advanced topics and approaching the subject matter from a unique perspective. At its core lies the concept that commodity risk management decisions require an in-depth...

    Published January 24th 2013 by Routledge
19. Removing the Barriers to Efficient Manufacturing

    Real-World Applications of Lean Productivity

    By Daniel L. Ferguson

    W. Edwards Deming’s central premise was that improvements in product quality would increase productivity, improve competitive position, and help ensure long-term survival. Point 12 of his landmark 14 Points for Management says that management’s job is to remove the barriers that keep people from...

    Published January 24th 2013 by Productivity Press
20. The Political Economy of Disaster

    Destitution, Plunder and Earthquake in Haiti

    By Mats Lundahl

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

    Haiti, one of the least developed and most vulnerable nations in the Western Hemisphere, made the international headlines in January 2010 when an earthquake destroyed the capital, Port-au-Prince. More than a year later, little reconstruction has taken place, in spite of a strong international...

    Published January 24th 2013 by Routledge