1. The Nature of Risk in the International System -- 2. Globalising the Business Model -- 3. The State in the International System -- 4. Geo-economic Risks -- 5. Environmental Risks -- 6. Geopolitical risks -- 7. Societal Risks -- 8. Technological Risk -- 9. Infrastructural Risk -- 10....

The impact of environmental damage on human rights - civil, political or welfare and labour rights - is becoming ever-more widely appreciated and has direct bearing on the behaviour of companies and their norms of conduct. In this volume, contributors draw on the tools and insights of a range of...

The chapters in this book explore the nature of the relationships between state and non-state actors in an evolving global economic order, where both strive to continue the same system of economic production under new conditions

This book presents selected papers from the ABCDE Meetings, held May 17 -18, 2007 in Bled, Slovenia. Hosted by the World Bank and Government if Slovenia, more than 400 experts from countries around the world met to deliberate the theme: Private Sector and Development. This volume presents papers...

With today's increasing globalization, design and manufacturing activities are often separated geographically in different places or countries. Although network technology, especially the Internet and the World Wide Web, makes this easier, there are still risks when choosing suitable...

Wine regions are attracting increasing numbers of tourists through tours, wine festivals and winery, restaurant and cellar door experiences. Presenting applied research in wine tourism from Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand this book reviews the latest management and...