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  • The Fast Track to New Skills

    Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

    by María Marta Ferreyra, Lelys Dinarte Díaz, Sergio Urzúa, Marina Bassi ...
    Higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has expanded dramatically in the new millennium, yet enrollment in short-cycle programs (SCPs) is still relatively low. Shorter and more practical than bachelor's programs, SCPs can form skilled human capital fast. The economic crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated underlying trends, such as automation, the use of ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation in Latin America and Beyond

    Actuality and Pertinence

    by Lorenzo Fusaro, Leinad Johan Alcalá Sandoval, Rossana Cillo, Luis Felipe Docoa, Roberto Fineschi, Abelardo Mariña Flores, Carlos Alberto Duque García, Sergio Cámara Izquierdo, Matari Pierre Manigat0, Lucia Pradella1, Sibyl Italia Pineda Salazar2, William I. Robinson3 ...
    This edited collection engages with Marx’s General Law of Capitalist Accumulation, examining the relevance and actuality of Marx’s propositions for the analysis of contemporary capitalism in Latin America and beyond. The contributors offer an original and updated interpretation of Marx while also examining important topics in political economy. The contributors bring critical insights into ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • Impact Evaluation of Small and Medium Enterprise Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

    by López-Acevedo,Gladys; Tan,Hong W. ...
    Small and medium enterprise (SME) support programs are a common feature of industrial policy in developing countries but one whose effectiveness is not well known. Governments are motivated to support SMEs both because they make up the majority of industrial enterprises and contribute substantially to GDP employment and earnings and because SMEs are thought to be weaker than their larger ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Primer on Corporate Governance

    Mexico

    by Jose Luis Rivas ...
    A Primer on Corporate Governance: Mexico describes the macro context in which Mexico is embedded, focusing on its corporate governance system: laws, regulatory bodies, code of good governance, stock market, and the peculiarities of local business groups.Mexico is a land inhabited by several indigenous civilizations and was conquered by Spain in 1521. The country is mostly a racial mix between the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Restructuring Public Transport through Bus Rapid Transit

    An International and Interdisciplinary Perspective

    Edited by Juan Carlos Munoz, Laurel Paget-Seekins ...
    Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is commonly discussed as an affordable way for cities to build sustainable rapid transport infrastructure. This book is the first to offer an in-depth analysis of BRT, examining the opportunities it presents along with the significant challenges cities face in its implementation. A wide range of contributors from both developed and developing countries bring expertise in ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • The Right Privatization

    Why Private Firms in Public Initiatives Need Capable Governments

    by Sergio G. Lazzarini ...
    The public debate is rife with polarized views of how to deliver essential services such as education, health, and security. While some tout privatization as a way to supplant bad governments, others warn that private firms maximize profits at the expense of socially oriented service attributes. In reality, all forms of service delivery—public, private and hybrid public private-collaborations—have ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • EU Cohesion Policy Implementation - Evaluation Challenges and Opportunities

    The 1st International Conference on Evaluating Challenges in the Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy (EvEUCoP 2022), Coimbra, 2022

    Edited by Carla Henriques, Clara Viseu ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This open access book is the result of the 1st International Conference on Evaluating Challenges in the Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy (EvEUCoP 2022). It presents the recent findings, sparks discussion, and reveals new research paths addressing the use of novel methodologies and approaches to tackle the challenges and opportunities that are unveiled with the implementation of the EU cohesion ... Read more

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  • Discrimination In Latin America: An Economic Perspective

    by Nopo Hugo; Chong Alberto; Moro Andrea ...
    Latin America has often been regarded as a region with deep ethnic and class conflicts. The difficulty of assessing this from an economic perspective is two fold: There is little solid, unbiased, and systematic data to provide convincing empirical evidence, and there is a dearth of empirical methods to identify specific discriminatory-based behavior as opposed to related behavior that might only ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization

    The Rise of the Corporate Legal Sector and its Impact on Lawyers and Society

    Edited by Luciana Gross Cunha, Daniela Monteiro Gabbay, José Garcez Ghirardi, David M. Trubek, David B. Wilkins ...
    This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of globalization's impact on the Brazilian legal profession. Employing original data from nine empirical studies, the book details how Brazil's need to restructure its economy and manage its global relationships contributed to the emergence of a new 'corporate legal sector' - a sector marked by increasingly large and sophisticated law firms and ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Multinational Corporations and Emerging Markets

    by Andrew Compton ...
    Identifying emerging markets is critical to the long-term success of multinational corporations. Recently there has been an interesting development in a distant city outside of the main artery of India. According to Bloomberg Magazine, a Mercedes-Benz salesman in Pune, India was contacted for an order of 100 sedans by a distant city (Srivastava, 2010). This outside city indicated a potential for a ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mexican Business Culture

    Essays on Tradition, Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Commerce and the State

    Edited by John T. Hyatt, Carlos M. Coria-Sánchez ...
    Western business owners and managers are increasingly interested in doing business in Mexico. Yet few have thoroughly investigated the country's business climate and culture. This collection of new essays by contributors who work in and research the business culture of Mexico takes a combined academic and real-world look at the country's vibrant and dynamic commerce. Topics include business and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Banking on Health

    The World Bank and Health Sector Reform in Latin America

    by Shiri Noy ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book addresses the puzzle of why the World Bank was unable to effect sweeping neoliberal health reforms in Latin America from the 1980s onward. Through the use of quantitative regional data together with interview and archival data collected during fieldwork in Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, and Washington DC, this book argues that the answer to this puzzle is twofold. First, the World Bank has ... Read more

    $23.99 USD