This paper examines the influence of firm size and a number of other variables on the decision to adopt exporting as a strategic response to recent changes in the UK defence environment. It is shown that although a significant link is found between firm size and exporting in a univariate...

The purpose of this paper is to assess the current state of macroeconomics and determine whether the subject is a useful tool both in public and private planning decisions. First, I discuss briefly the history of and assess the keynesian and neoclassical macroeconomic models and their...

Two thirds of the 99 wars which occurred between 1989 and 1996 had ended by the end of 1996, leaving economies, political systems and societies in various states of disarray. This article identifies a number of distinct phases in the recovery process, each with its particular set of tasks. It...

Environmental issues are not easily handled within the scope of neoclassical economics. As alternatives to Economic Man and the profit maximising firm, a Political Economic Person and a Political Economic Organisation are suggested. The idea is to make the individual more visible in her...

History of Environmental Economic Thought, by E. Kula, Routledge, London, 1998. ISBN 0–415–13389–0. Hb. 235pp.