"Although war is terrible and brutal, history shows that it has been a great driver of human progress. So argues political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg in this incisive, well-researched study of the benefits to civilization derived from armed conflict. Ginsberg makes a convincing case that war selects for and promotes certain features of societies that are generally held to represent progress. These include rationality, technological and economic development,...

"If you'd like to find out why Texas is growing in population and political clout, open up [this book]. In this astute and provocative look at Texan policies, history, and culture, Sam and Andrew Wyly unpack the secrets behind the swagger. Discover how the Lone Star State has become an economic powerhouse and the number-one place to move in the country"--P. [4] of cover.

En Colombia, se implementaron reformas neoliberales en el sector agrario a finales del siglo pasado, con el objetivo de debilitar el papel del Estado en la regulación económica y de promover mercados autorregulados. Estas reformas incluyeron reducciones en el gasto público, privatizaciones y desregulaciones en sectores como el comercio, la banca y la inversión extranjera. La Ley 160 de 1994 fue una medida que reestructuró el sector agrícola...

Pierre-Richard Agénor is the Hallsworth Professor of International Macroeconomics and Development Economics at the University of Manchester and codirector of the Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research. He is the coauthor of Development Macroeconomics (Princeton) and author of The Economics of Adjustment and Growth, among other books. A framework for the analysis of public investment in the developing world In the past three decades, developing...

Help people help themselves: That's the idea behind microcredit. Small loans-sometimes no more than $50-can radically improve the life of a poor family. Where development aid and billion-dollar loans fail, microcredit is emerging as the success story in the battle against world poverty. People who were previously considered "unbankable" no longer have to look to loan sharks for funding. With microcredit, they can become owners of small businesses....

Innovation requires supportive innovation ecosystems. This book is about building innovation ecosystems and improving existing ones. These have the character of complex adaptive systems. Innovation ecosystems do not just happen; they need to be engineered. Cases and examples in the book of how to engineer innovation ecosystems illustrate widely applicable fundamentals. No previous knowledge of complexity is assumed. Innovation ecosystems are systems...

More than half of the 116 research parks now operating in the United States were established during the 1980s, with the aim of boosting regional economic growth. But until now no one has systematically analyzed whether research parks do in fact generate new businesses and jobs. Using their own surveys of all existing parks and case studies of three of the most successful--Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, Stanford Research Park in California,...

The resource curse, or paradox of plenty, refers to the long-established notion central in development economics that countries rich in natural resources, particularly minerals and fuels, perform less well economically than countries with fewer natural resources. In other words, resources are an economic curse rather than a blessing. This short primer explores the complexities of this idea and the debates that surround it, in particular under what...

El libro presenta un conjunto de ensayos escritos por diversos autores especialistas en el sector empresarial, donde comparten su preparación y experiencia en este ámbito. Propone una visión original, eficaz y competitiva de las empresas modernas, además de que incita al lector a emprender y crear nuevos proyectos que solucionen las problemáticas actuales. El coordinador de la obra, Jose Antonio Dávila, es director del Centro de Investigación...