Author: Rajagopal
Publisher: Nova Science Publisher
Keywords: competitive, nations, driving, thrust, globalization
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $79.00
ISBN-10: 1604567120
ISBN-13: 9781604567120

Globalisation can be described as the combined influences of trade liberalisation, market integration, international finance and investment, technological change, the increasing distribution of production across national boundaries and the emergence of new structures of global governance. The global market place equipped with the application of global communications has become the focus of the global business arena that makes the world markets remain open and involved in the fair competitive practices.Supporters of globalisation concepts also argue that allowing free trade and capital movement

Author: Khurshid M. Kiani
Publisher: Nova Science Publisher
Keywords: policy, economic, fluctuations, cycle, business
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2009-01-31
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1606923412
ISBN-13: 9781606923412

This book highlights the importance of studying similarity of business cycles across countries and answers the theoretical question about the behaviour of fluctuations in economic activity over different phases of business cycles. This is done by analysing cross-country data that provides sufficient empirical justifications on the behaviour of economic activity to conclude that business cycles are alike. Further, the book maintains, from the recent empirical research, that business cycles fluctuations are asymmetric. For empirical validation of the hypothesis that business cycles are asymmetri

Author: Randle C. Zebioli
Publisher: Nova Science Publisher
Keywords: issues, social, political, economic, thailand
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2009-03-15
List price: $79.00
ISBN-10: 1604565837
ISBN-13: 9781604565836

A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict. Thailand is currently facing separatist violence in its southern ethnic Malay-Muslim provinces. This book presents new issues directly connected to Thailand.

Author: Robert P. Singh
Publisher: Nova Science Publisher
Keywords: federal, government, performance, fiscal, economics, guide
Number of Pages: 101
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1606924281
ISBN-13: 9781606924280

Whether the U.S. economy is slowing or humming, government officials, public policy analysts, and average Americans should know exactly how our government functions from an economic perspective. How does the government raise revenues, spend taxpayer money, and cover deficits? Unfortunately, many Americans do not fully understand key economic terms and basic facts about the fiscal performance of the federal government. This book provides readers with a straightforward discussion of key economic terms and details the fiscal performance of the federal government under the last five presidents. Re

Author: Mikel L. Sanchez
Publisher: Nova Science Publisher
Keywords: pollution, metal, heavy, effects, causes
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $89.00
ISBN-10: 160456900X
ISBN-13: 9781604569001

A heavy metal is a member of an ill-defined subset of elements that exhibit metallic properties, which would mainly include the transition metals, some metalloids, lanthanides, and actinides. Many different definitions have been proposed - some based on density, some on atomic number or atomic weight, and some on chemical properties or toxicity. The term heavy metal has been called ’meaningless and misleading’ in a IUPAC technical report due to the contradictory definitions and its lack of a ’coherent scientific basis’. As discussed below, depending on context, heavy me

Authors:Jack M. Phillips, Logan J. Moore,
Publisher: Nova Science Publisher
Keywords: issues, social, political, economics, china
Number of Pages: 307
Published: 2008-08-01
List price: $89.00
ISBN-10: 1604567279
ISBN-13: 9781604567274

China’s economic, political and societal issues have become major points of interest to countries all over the globe. This book presents in-depth analysis of such issues as foreign policy, political reform, and overall economic developments.

Authors:G. V. Kozlov, G. E. Zaikov,
Publisher: Nova Science Publisher
Keywords: physical, concepts, modern, interrelation, model, cluster
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 160692222X
ISBN-13: 9781606922224

Fractal analysis gives just general mathematical description of polymers, i.e. it does not identify structural units (elements), from which any real polymer is formed. Physical description of thermodynamically non-equilibrium polymer structure in the framework of the local order ideas gives the cluster model of the polymer amorphous state structure that quantitatively identify its elements.Since these models consider the polymer structure somewhat from two sides, they are excellent completing one another. It is common knowledge that structures displaying fractal behaviour on small length scale