Oxford University Press

Focussing on the key role of the English medieval parliament in hearing and        determining the requests of the king's subjects, this ground-breaking new study        examines the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament        (c.1270-1450). Until now, historians have focussed on the political and...

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This book examines how firms adapt to the pressures of increasing international competition by testing the arguments on 'strategy specialization' proposed in the competitiveness literature in general, and by contributors to the 'varieties of capitalism' debate in particular. It examines pharmaceutical firms in Germany, Italy, and the UK....

In   Governing the Modern Corporation, Smith and Walter examine critically and comprehensively corporate governance issues before and after the bursting of the stock market bubble in 2000, focusing on the conduct of investors, intermediaries and regulators, as well as that of corporate boards. They find conflicts of interest to be heavily embedded...

In this book Macdonald elaborates a democratic framework based on the new theoretical concepts of 'public power', 'stakeholder communities' and 'non-electoral representation', and illustrates the practical implications of these proposals for projects of global institutional reform....

A companion to his   The Symphony: A Listener's Guide , Steinberg's new book covers the orchestral concerto repertoire from Bach to the present and featuring all instruments....