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• Books received 2006-2007

  - 2007-06-22

  ISLAM AND GENERAL SURVEYS Abu Zayd, Nasr. Reformation of Islamic Thought." A Critical Historical Analysis. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2006. Paper $52.50. Ahmed, Akbar S. Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization. Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press, 2007. Hardcover $28.95. Baker, Raymond William. Islam Without Fear." Egypt...

  Tags: Books, Computer Associates International Inc., Globalization, Strategy, Syracuse University, University of Cambridge

• Information.

  - 2006-12-01

  Cambridge University Press (CUP; New York) has published "Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age," a new book that examines the evolution of the trend toward governmental openness and how technological developments have assisted the disclosure and dissemination of information. It includes a discussion of...

  Tags: Globalization, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, privatization, Regulations, SECURITY, Strategy, University of Cambridge

• Books received

  - 2006-09-01

  ABBOTT, FREDERICK M., CHRISTINE BREINING-KAUFMANN, and THOMAS COTTIER, eds. International Trade and Human Rights: Foundations and Conceptual Issues. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006. Pp. 383. Cloth $80.00. ARESTIS, PHILIP, MICHELE BADDELEY, and JOHN MCCOMBIE, eds. The New Monetary Policy: Implications and Relevance. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishers,...

  Tags: Books, FINANCE, Globalization, Investment, M., Strategy, Taxes, University of Cambridge

• Books received/Livres recus

  - 2006-06-22

  Almond, Phil et Anthony Ferner, editors, American Multinationals in Europe. Managing Employment Relations across National Borders, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006, 346 p. Belanger, Laurent et Jean Mercier, Auteurs et textes classiques de la theorie des organisations, Quebec, Presses de l'Universite Laval PUL, 2006, 575 p B.-Turcotte, Marie-France...

  Tags: Books, Borders Books & Music, Cornell University, DES, Globalization, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Strategy, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Books received

  - 2005-09-01

  ADNETT, NICK, and STEPHEN HARDY. The European Social Model: Modernisation or Evolution? Chelten-2005. Pp. 244. Cloth $95.00. AGELL, JONAS, MICHAEL KEEN, and ALFONS J. WEICHENREIDER, eds. Labor Market Institutions and Public Regulation. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. 228. Cloth $35.00. AGLIETTA, MICHEL, and ANTOINE REBERIOUX. Corporate Governance Adrift:...

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, Innovation, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Poverty, Princeton University, Robert, Strategy, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Books received

  - 2005-03-01

  AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. Africa in the Global Trading System: African Development Report 2004. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 337. Paper $29.95. ALESINA, ALBERTO, and EDWARD L. GLAESER. Fighting Poverty in the U.S. and Europe: A World of Difference. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 264. Cloth...

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richard, Strategy, U.K., University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Books received

  - 2004-09-01

  31NETWORK. India Infrastructure Report 2004: Ensuring Value for Money. New York: Oxford University press, 2004. Pp. 347. Paper $35.00. ADAMS, WALTER, and JAMES W. BROCK. The Bigness Complex: Industry, Labor, and Government in the American Economy. 2d ed. Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2004. Pp. 380. Paper $24.95....

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Poverty, Princeton University, Robert, Strategy, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Neoliberalismo, globalización y filosofía social.

  - 2003-11-01

  Resumen: Este trabajo empieza mostrando que la utopía, la cual no es más que una representación imaginaria de una sociedad en la que se habría realizado el ideal humanista secular de la personalidad libre y autónoma, es inviable y necesaria como criterio direccional para la crítica...

  Tags: Barcelona, Cambridge, Creo Inc., embargo, Globalization, Strategy, University of Cambridge

• Social and labour rights in a global context: International and comparative perspectives.(Book Review)

  - 2003-09-22

  Social and labour rights in a global context: International and comparative perspectives. Edited by Bob HEPPLE. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002. xxi + 273 pp. Table of cases, index. ISBN 0-521-81881-8. Why rethink social and labour rights? Because, Hepple argues, "the social, economic...

  Tags: Globalization, Strategy, University of Cambridge

• Books received

  - 2002-09-01

  ACKRILL, MARGARET, and LESLIE HANNAH, eds. Barclays: The Business of Banking 1960-1996. New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp. 481. Cloth $60.00. ALBRITTON, ROBERT. Dialectics and Deconstruction in Political Economy. New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Global Publishing at St. Martin's Press, 2001. Pp. 203. Paper $24.95. ANDREOSSO-O'CALLAGHAN, BERNADETFE,...

  Tags: Books, Globalization, Robert, Strategy, University of Cambridge