Managing Economies, Trade and International Business

Part I. Economic Growth and Sustainable Development

1. Population, Specialized Occupations and Semi-Endogenous Growth
Andreas Irmen

2. Investment in Human Capital, Migration and Economic Growth
Aidan O’Connor

3. Technological Innovation and Divergence in Economic Growth
Francisco Javier Santos-Arteaga

4. Tax Competition
Michael Braulke, Jörg Schimmelpfennig

5. The Evolving Role of Industry in European Union Environmental Governance
Andrea Lenschow, Katja Rottmann

6. Opportunities for Firms in Reducing Greenhouse Gases through the Kyoto Protocol Flexibility Mechanisms
Gianluca Rubagotti

7. Water Resources and Business — Supply, Demand and Security
Robert E. Martin

Part II. Trade, Law and Regulation

8. Foreign Direct Investment and Developing Economies
Isabel Alvarez, Raquel Marin

9. Basel II and Banking in Emerging and Other Developing Economies
Andrew Cornford

10. Antidumping, Countervailing Duties and Non-Market Economies
Claudio Dordi

11. Trade and Customs Management: the Increasing Importance of Rules of Origin
Laura Carola Beretta

12. Technical Regulations in Agricultural Trade Agreements between the European Union and Central American Countries
Dora Castaneda

13. The European Court of Justice’s Jurisprudence on the Right of Review of Customs Authorities’ Decisions
Lorenza Mola

Part III. Competitive and Managerial Issues in International Business

14. Intellectual Property Rights as a Means of Competitiveness
Laurent Manderieux

15. Considerations for Trade of Terms of Sales, Documentary Collections and Documentary Credits
Antonio Di Meo

16. Knowledge as a Guiding Principle in the Organization of International Marketing Departments in Service Firms
Eric Stevens

17. Managing International Projects through Virtual Communications
Andreas Knaden, Stefan Schlangen

18. Futurescope 2020: Global Management Support Systems in the Knowledge Age
Kathryn A. Szabat, Madjid Tavana

Keywords: Business and Management, International Business, International Economics, Management, e-Business/e-Commerce