The mergers boom of the 1980s climaxed in a spate of corporate scandals, from Boesky to BCCI. Discussion of the relationship between the strategies and structures of firms and the constraints and disciplines of financial markets has shifted to the need for corporate accountability and improved regulation. Addressing the new agenda of the 1990s, this book offers a sustained attempt to transcend the dominant approaches which treat the internal structures and external relations of the firm as a series of contracts, the efficiency of which can be evaluated by market-based criteria. The...

This new collection of essays by an international group of lawyers and social scientists examines the pattern of regulation now being put in place to cope with the major transformation in the territorial organization of economic activity and of political power. The essays address the question of how legal institutions will emerge to mediate the dynamic of the new international marketplace; the technical problem of selecting the appropriate level of government for economic regulation; and the concern that the global economy's operation outside of the control of national regulation will, absent...

Much has been written on telecommunications regulation, but little has been written on the actual processes used in regulation. Using access to the key actors inside the UK Office of Telecommunications (Oftel). This text explains how telecommunications regulation works on the inside. It provides an insight into the dynamic process of regulation in the United Kingdom - a pioneer in the development of regulatory institutions and practices and includes a re-evaluation of key regulatory issues including: the importance of culture in the decision-making process; the role of information in...

This third edition brings the reader fully up to date with developments in consumer law.

Set in Post-Celtic-Tiger Ireland, this novel deals with the decline of farming communities, rural isolation, conservation, illegal turf cutting on S.A.C bogs, lingering religious and class divisions and the healing power of romantic love

The Daily Planner for Professionals can help the business person on the go to keep accurate make a note of contact information or persons that they meet with on a daily basis. It helps to cut down on the possibility of losing vital information due to the lack of a planner. It enables the user to make quick jottings and make a note of appointments as well.

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