James Foreman-Peck Book order (chronological)

This text offers an account of the evolution of trading relations, the migration of capital and people, the international causes and transmission of slumps and the successes and failures of exchange rate regimes. This edition includes discussions of the behaviour of the dollar and the United States' current account and budget deficit, management of the sovereign debt crisis, the working of the EMS, international financial policy co-ordination and trade policy tensions.

Provides a highly flattering study of the origins and rise of a successful British manufacturing company. Chapters cover the company's original pharmacy business in Hull, 1856-96; family enterprise; the development of the health care market, 1850-1939; growth and diversification; strategy and structure between the two world wars; health care since 1940; cosmetics; textile developments; research, pharmaceuticals, and plastics; overseas operations, 1906-80; finance, management, and philanthropy; and globalization. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.