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Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, Charles van Marrewijk, and Arjen van Witteloostuijn |
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Errata for Nations and Firms in the Global Economy, courtesy of Els Wester, University of Groningen and Richard Gigengack, University of Groningen.
This accessible introduction to the world economy and to the theory and practice of globalization argues that key topics in international economics cannot be understood without knowledge of international business, and vice versa. It reviews and combines insights from both literatures and applies them to real-world issues, clearly explaining the main concepts of international economics and business in a uniquely integrated approach. This innovative textbook is aimed at students, consultants and managers who have a basic knowledge of economics.
In a joint book review of International Economics: Theory, Application, and Policy and Nations and Firms in the Global Economy in the Times Higher Education Supplement (25 May 2007), Nigel Grimwade concludes:
"Both International Economics and Nations and Firms in the Global Economy are excellent additions to the stock of textbooks from which students and lecturers can draw for study material. Each will probably appeal to different categories of student, who may be studying different courses. .. lecturers will be hard pressed to find better or more up-to-date texts than these for courses that have as their aim the development of an understanding of the subject of global economics."
Regarding the Nations and Firms book, he also notes:
"In international economics, the study of nations is often separated from the study of firms, just as microeconomics is treated separately from macroeconomics. Just occasionally, a book appears that offers a different approach. Nations and Firms in the Global Economy is such a book." .. "The great difficulty in writing a book of this kind lies in knowing how much economic analysis to use. The author must steer a delicate balance between an excessive use of abstract theorising and modelling and the tendency merely to explain what is going on without any formal analysis of how or why. On the whole, Nations and Firms in the Global Economy gets this about right"
| Key Features: | |
| tComprehensive coverage of the main issues, including: | |
| - international trade | |
| - capital mobility | |
| - comparative advantage | |
| - foreign direct investments | |
| - multinational behaviour | |
| - financial crises | |
| - economic growth | |
| tCarefully selected international examples and case studies | |
| tSpecial interest boxes clearly explain more difficult economic concepts | |
| tLively and accessible style | |
| tCompanion website includes additional case studies, exercises and answers to exercises, data, illustrations and links | |
Steven Brakman is Professor of International Economics at the University of Groningen.
Harry Garretsen is Professor of International Economics at the Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University.
Charles van Marrewijk is Professor of Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Arjen van Witteloostuijn is Professor of International Economics and Business at the University of Groningen and Professor of Strategy at the University of Durham.
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