Product Description: This book presents and discusses information in the study of business and finance. Topics discussed include partner selection, market orientation and performances of international joint ventures in Taiwan; project management; Asian stock markets; consolidation and determinants of bank efficiency; the changing face of international HRM and business; empire-building; the link between microfinance and well-being and the Microcluster Value Chain Analysis...read more

Product Description: The legislative 'power of the purse' is an important constitutional principle across contemporary democracies. Yet, national legislatures differ in their approach to fiscal control. What is the role of legislatures in the budget process? Why does this role vary across democratic countries? Are powerful assemblies a threat to the prudent management of public finances? This unprecedented survey of legislative budgeting tackles these questions using quantitative data and case studies...read more