In 11 chapters by leading scholars, 'The Market Makers' provides a detailed but highly readable analysis of how retailers have become the leading drivers of the new global economy.
Markets and fairs played a fundamental part in the commerce of the Mediterranean region in the Roman period. But where were they held, and what commodities were sold there? Using evidence from archaeology, inscriptions, and literary sources, Dr Frayn builds up a detailed and enl…
Markets and fairs played a fundamental part in the commerce of the Mediterranean region in the Roman period. But where were they held, and what commodities were sold there? Using evidence from archaeology, inscriptions, and literary sources, Dr Frayn builds up a detailed and enl…
Most discussions of the competitive success of nations look at aggregate, economy-wide measures like the balance of trade. Porter chose a different starting point, beginning with individual industries and competitors and building up to the economy as a whole. Nations do not co…
Art at auction in 17th century Amsterdam
Beschrijving van veel facetten van de Nederlandse bloementeelt en -handel, zowel vroeger als nu, met extra nadruk op Aalsmeer en de veiling aldaar.
The main target of this book is to explore how the involvement of rural populations and communities in different kinds of markets (mainly for agricultural commodities) has influenced the management of rural land in Europe. Most of the papers focus on precisely what were the forc…
Although the challenge of enriching the psychology of decision makers in economic models has been at the frontier of theoretical research in the last decade, there has been no graduate-level, theory-oriented textbook to cover developments in the last 10-15 years. Thus, Bounded R…
A guided tour of markets with examples ranging from a camel trading fair in India to the $20 million per day Aalsmeer flower market to the global trade in AIDS drugs. Shows how these markets combine to form the global economy and why markets are neither magical nor immoral, but …
A guided tour of markets with examples ranging from a camel trading fair in India to the $20 million per day Aalsmeer flower market to the global trade in AIDS drugs. Shows how these markets combine to form the global economy and why markets are neither magical nor immoral, but …