Economics, Finance, Business & Industry Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Chinese Family Business and the Equal Inheritance System

   Unravelling the Myth

   By Victor Zheng

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This book disputes the traditional argument that the equal inheritance system hinders the growth of Chinese family business, approaching this not only in terms of economic capital, but also in terms of human capital such as education and leadership, and social networks. Zheng argues that most of...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. The World Bank and the post-Washington Consensus in Vietnam and Indonesia

   Inheritance of Loss

   By Susan Engel

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

   This book explores the history, structure and current operations of the World Bank, which despite being the largest development organisation and the largest development research body in the world with tremendous direct and indirect influence on developing economies, has rarely received the critical...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. China, Oil and Global Politics

   By Philip Andrews-Speed, Roland Dannreuther

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   China’s rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China’s growing need for oil imports is shaping its international economic and diplomatic strategy and how this affects global political relations and behaviour....

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Tiger Girls

   Women and Enterprise in the People's Republic of China

   By Minglu Chen

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   The existing scholarship on women in China suggests that gender inequality still exists against the background of the country’s reform and opening in recent years. However, the situation of women in enterprise ownership and leadership seems to indicate that despite such notions of disadvantage...

   Published January 16th 2013 by Routledge
5. Inheritance and Wealth Inequality in Britain (Routledge Revivals)

   By Colin Harbury, David Hitchins

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Modern Britain is characterised by marked inequalities in the distribution of wealth, which continue to fuel controversy and arouse strong, if adverse, feelings. Originally published in 1979, Inheritance and Wealth Inequality in Britain provides detailed evidence on the relative importance of...

   Published January 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. The NGO Factor in Africa

   The Case of Arrested Development in Kenya

   By Maurice N. Amutabi

   Series: African Studies

   The book breaks new ground in understanding the role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Africa. The book historicizes NGOs using the Rockefeller Foundation as a case study, looking at its tripartite paradoxical roles as an agent of colonialism, globalization and development/...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
7. Alfred Marshall's Mission (Routledge Revivals)

   By David Reisman

   Alfred Marshall was anxious to do good. Intended by an Evangelical father for the vocation of clergyman, the author of the mould-shaping Principles of Economics remained to the end of his days a great preacher deeply committed to raising the tone of life. First published in 1990, Alfred Marshall’s...

   Published December 21st 2012 by Routledge
8. Appraising and Exploring Organisations (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Shaun Tyson, K. F. Ackermann, Michel Domsch, Patrick Joynt

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1988, this book offers a comprehensive description of the functions and performance of organisational surveys from a wide range of European experts in the field. The book examines the utility of organisational surveys as a method of research for the social sciences and as a...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Towards Principled Oceans Governance

   Australian and Canadian Approaches and Challenges

   Edited by Donald R. Rothwell, David L. VanderZwaag

   Series: Routledge Advances in Maritime Research

   Australia and Canada have been at the forefront of efforts to operationalize integrated oceans and coastal management. Throughout the 1990s both countries devoted considerable effort to developing strategies to give effect to international ocean management obligations. This key book focuses on...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in South and East Asia

    By Luigi Bernardi, Angela Fraschini, Parthasarathi Shome

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

    This book examines the present status, recent tax reforms and planned tax policies in some South and East Asia countries since the 1990s. The evidence is presented in a user friendly manner, but at the same time uses technically sophisticated methods. The main countries studied are China, India,...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge