Ethical boundaries of capitalism / edited by Daniel Daianu, Radu Vranceanu.
Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2005.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library and Law Library at HB72 .E776 2005

About this Book
The spate of corporate scandals across the Atlantic and similar cases in the EU in the early twenty first century illustrate the complex reality of capitalist societies, casting new doubts on the ability of these societies to impose natural limits on greed, selfishness and aggressive rivalry between economic actors. Social scientists now question whether capitalism can provide a solid basis for the development of ethical behaviour and whether unethical behaviour is an inherent feature of capitalist systems. This book addresses these issues within a thesis-antithesis approach, with analysis of the ethical virtues of capitalist structures, and a study of ethical issues within various applied contexts, including corporate governance and regulation.

Subject(s):
Labour Force and Market Economics
Corporate Finance
Business Ethics
Public Administration

Handbook of markets and economies : East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand / Anthony Pecotich and Clifford J. Shultz II. editors, forword by John O’Shaughnessy.
Armonk, New York : M.E. Sharpe, 2006.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library and UQ Ipswich Library at HF5415.33.A78 H36 2006

About this Book
East and Southeast Asia is a vast and complex region. Its countries have a bewildering array of histories, demographics, economic structures, cultural backgrounds, and global marketing potential. This Handbook unravels the mystery. Each chapter is written by a country specialist and provides a thorough and up-to-date analysis of one of the ESEA countries. Each author follows a consistent model and covers geography and natural resources, the political system, the economic system, the social system, and the marketing environment. Complete chapters are devoted to: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China and Hong Kong, East Timor, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (North and South), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Not just a review of current conditions, the Handbook offers prognoses for future marketing and commercial activity in each country. This definitive resource is generously illustrated with maps, figures, and tables, and includes comprehensive references and source materials for each country. It is an essential reference for students, researchers, and practitioners in the global economy.

Subject(s):
Subject(s):
Applied Economics
Marketing
General Business & Finance
Asia — Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Australia — Handbooks, manuals, etc.
New Zealand — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Globalization of capital markets and monetary policy / edited by Jens Hölscher and Horst Tomann.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library at HG3881 .G5769 2005

About this Book
This book comprises papers presented at a conference held at the Free University Berlin in March 2004. The common aim of the contributions is to analyze from different angles the challenges that globalized capital markets pose for monetary policy authorities. The main issues addressed are the consequences for financial stability and the implications for monetary policy in general and in emerging and transition economies in particular.

Subject(s):
International finance — Congresses.
Capital market — Congresses.
Economic stabilization — Congresses.
Monetary policy — Congresses.

Seeking growth under financial volatility / edited by Ricardo Ffrench-Davis.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2006.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library at HD82 .S396 2006

About this Book
This volume deals with macroeconomic issues and their relation with economic growth. Frustrating GDP growth has been a lasting feature of Latin American economies since the 1980s. Analyzing the policy measures that were taken in a bid to avoid costly mistakes and recover economic growth, this volume examines existing reforms and suggests areas of policy change to achieve macroeconomics for growth.

Subject(s):
Economic development — Case studies.
Comparative economics.
Latin America — Economic policy.
Developing countries — Economic policy.

Islam and the moral economy : the challenge of capitalism / Charles Tripp.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library at BP173.75 .T75 2006

About this Book
How do modern Muslims adapt their traditions to engage with today’s world? Charles Tripp’s erudite and incisive book considers one of the most significant challenges faced by Muslims over the last sixty years: the challenge of capitalism. By reference to the works of noted Muslim scholars, the author shows how, faced by this challenge, these intellectuals devised a range of strategies which have enabled Muslims to remain true to their faith, whilst engaging effectively with a world not of their own making. The work is framed around the development of their ideas on Islamic socialism, economics and the rationale for Islamic banking. While some Muslims have resorted to confrontation or insularity to cope with the challenges of modernity, most have aspired to innovation and ingenuity in the search for compromise and interaction with global capitalism in the twenty-first century.

Subject(s):
Islamic studies
Economic Philosophy
International Economics
Banking, Financial Institutions & Organisations

Entrepreneurship and the experience economy / edited by Daniel Hjorth and Monika Kostera.
Copenhagen : Copenhagen Business School Press, 2007.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library at HB615 .E6317 2007

About this Book
This book brings together a wide range of empirical studies, all disclosing and substantiating the so-called experience economy with a particular focus on its entrepreneurial aspects. The contributors both elaborate and clarify the entrepreneurial nature of the experience economy. They illustrate concrete examples of how it is created and made to work, thereby providing the reader with a unique insight into the significant shift from a managerial to an entrepreneurial economy. The chapters in the book also herald another deeply transformative aspect of this shift: its emphasis on play, affect, and passion, all human qualities that the industrial society/economy had marginalized.

Subject(s):
Entrepreneurship.
Economics — Psychological aspects
Management and Business Administration

Local heroes in the global village : globalization and the new entrepreneurship policies / edited by David Audretsch, Heike Grimm, and Charles W. Wessner.
New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media, 2005.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library and Onlineat HB615 .L625 2005

About this Book
Entrepreneurship and growth are central concerns of policy makers around the world. Local Heroes in the Global Village introduces public policies for the promotion of entrepreneurship on a comparative, primarily German-American level. The book contributes to the debate what role public policies play in stimulating national and regional economic growth. With a better understanding of the complexity and variety of existent entrepreneurship policies in the U.S. and Germany the reader of this volume will be able to formulate best practice, hands-on strategies which aim to promote nations as well as regions in an “entrepreneurial economy”.

Volume #7 in the “International studies in entrepreneurship” series.

Subject(s):
Entrepreneurship
Commercial Policy
Business Administration & Enterprise
International Finance

Working for better times : rethinking work for the 21st century / edited by Jean-Michel Servais…[et. al.].
Geneva : International Labour Office, 2007.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library at HD4901 .W62 2007

About this Book
To most people, work is the mainstay of livelihood, social integration and identity. But the 20th century meaning of “work” can no longer be taken for granted. Nor, therefore, can the ways in which work shapes those inter-related spheres of human existence. As patterns of work continue to shift in response to the demands of production and trade in the global economy, major challenges have indeed arisen - not only in the lives of individual workers, but also for employers exposed to global competition, and for the makers of national and international policy and law. At the heart of the debate lies the challenge of reframing the concepts and rules whereby people’s socio-economic security and the human dimensions of work can be reconciled with the global market’s growing need for competitive labour flexibility.

This volume offers unique insights into current thinking and policy options on these crucial issues. It consists of a selection of articles from the ILO’s flagship journal, the International Labour Review, including contributions by such distinguished scholars as Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Reich, Sir Bob Hepple, and Alain Supiot.

Subject(s):
Labour economics / Labour policy
Workplace Culture
Labor laws and legislation

International business economics : a European perspective / edited by Judith Piggott and Mark Cook.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library at HD2844.5 .I566 2006

About this Book
International Business Economics: A European Perspective provides students with an understanding of the international business environment from a European perspective, but also within the broader context of how Europe and European Business fits into the global economy. The text discusses the European business environment in light of changes taking place in the global economy and considers the challenges Europe is facing as the EU and EU businesses seek to maintain their position in an increasingly competitive global environment.

Subject(s):
Business Economics
International Finance
International Trade & Commerce

Governing the modern corporation : capital markets, corporate control and economic performance / Roy C. Smith and Ingo Walter.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Available in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library and Online at HD2741 .S635 2006

About this Book
In Governing the Modern Corporation, Smith and Walter examine critically and comprehensively corporate governance issues before and after the bursting of the stock market bubble in 2000, focusing on the conduct of investors, intermediaries and regulators, as well as that of corporate boards. They find conflicts of interest to be heavily embedded in the system, and suggest a number of remedies to return it to the free market that all want and expect it to be. Features: Discusses the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2000) * Focuses on the totality of the free-market financial system (financial institutions, corporations and intermediaries) * Argues for a different approach to governance than federal regulation.

Subject(s):
Executive Management
Financial Economics
Accountancy