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Abstract: Il mondo alpinistico sta affrontando un ampio dibattito sul rapporto tra spedizioni extraeuropee e ambiente montano. Il Quaderno riporta i risultati di un programma di ricerca nel campo dell'Ecocomoatibilità, che ha testato nel 2004 una metodologia conosciuta, ma la cui validità per la prima volta è stata sperimentata in una spedizione alpinistica.

Abstract: In this book the two authors assert that MNCs have the critical combination of capabilities required to build investment, grow economies, and create jobs in poor countries, and thus to reduce poverty. Furthermore, they contend, MNCs can do so profitably and thus sustainably.

Abstract: In this book the author provides an antidote: take fifty of today's top economic issues and explain their mening, implications, and potential solutions in a logical, straightforward, commonsense, and non-partisan way.

Abstract: Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the worls. But is it working? This vivid study of indigenous coffee farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico, offers the first thorough investigation of the social, economic, and environmental benefits of fair trade. It explorers the changing politics of the international fair international fair trade, illuminating the complex dynamic of this alternative market and its relationshio to the global economy.

Abstract: How can the poorer countries of the world be helped themselves trough freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book, Nobel prize-winning economist Stiglitz and his co-author Charlton present a radical new economic model, designed to open up markets in a way that will allow them to flourish.

Abstract: This book explores the challenges and potential of Fair Trade, one of the world's most dynamic efforts to enhance global social justice and sustainability through market-based social change.

Abstract: Fair Trade is at a crucial moment in its evolution from alternative trading mechanism to mainstream economic model. The strategic future of Fair Trade is put under careful scrutiny in this timely and thoughtful book. This book will interest advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students taking courses on business ethics, retail, marketing management ang development economics.

Abstract: Come si costruisce la qualità dei prodotti agro-alimentari e su quale logica essa si basa? Questo libro tenta di rispondere a questo interrogativo con una discussione incentrata sulla costruzione di un'economia della qualità nel contesto dell'economia dei servizi e della conoscenza.

Abstract: The book presents series of interdisciplinary, empirically rich case studies showing how small-scale farmers manage ecosystems and organize collectively as they seek useful collaborations with international NGOs and coffee companies to create opportunities for themselves in the coffee market. The findings demonstrate the interconnections among farmer livelihoods, biodiversity, conservation, and changing coffee market.

Abstract: Le potenzialità del mercato sono dove meno ce l'aspettiamo: alla base della piramide della ricchezza. Questo volume ci invita a ribaltare le nozioni preconcette: si può imparare a soddisfare i bisogni di questa fascia di consumatori e contemporaneamente aiutare i più poveri del mondo ad uscire dalla loro condizione

Abstract: This reader brings together fourteen of the most important articles on microfinance to have been published since 1990. These contributions illustrate the major developments in microfinance during the period and, together with the editor's introductory analysis, provide an invaluable overview of the field.

Abstract: Microfinance is a powerfull tool for alleviating poverty, enabling poor people to earn a living and take control of their lives. This book provides material and detailed step-by-step guides for twenty-two sessions, including case studies, quantitative exercises and field trips. The sessions cover topics such as sustainability, interest rates, the choice of delivery methodologies and institutiona, impact assessment and delinquency management.

Abstract: Il volume è uno strumento indispensabile per coloro che vogliono conoscere ed approfondire la normativa in materia di clausole contrattuali abusive o vessatorie. Il lettore viene guidato attraverso l'immediata acquisizione degli strumenti pratici di tutela giurisdizionale ed alternativa del contraente debole, fornendogli al contempo una rassegna delle principali recenti pronunce giurisprudenziali e dei prevalenti orientamenti dottrinali. Inoltre la lettura sintetica delle singole fattispecie elencate dall'art. 1469-bis c.c. lo orienta nell'analisi critica dei contratti e lo aiuta nella individuazione ed impugnazione dei distinti profili di abusività o vessatorietà delle clausole più insidiose.

Abstract: This book allows us to understand more clearly the history and content of the current debates about corporate-led economic globalization. But, more than that, it tells what we can do about it -what peolple are already doing about it.