Forecasting the future is easier when the big technological innovations are in place. In 1897, for example, a far-sighted person could have guessed that the invention of the automobile would change society dramatically in the subsequent centry. The design of the car and its engine have changed many times over the past hundred years, but the basic technology and its potential were already in pla…
East Asian is one of the fastest-growing regions, with fascinating developments in trade growth since the 1960s (World Bank,1993). Yet different economists tend to describe East Asian's phenomenal economic growth according to thier own ""pet theories, ""through ""partial insights and shaky evidence"" (Wade, 1992). Among many theoretical arguments, macroeconomic stability, high saivngs rations, …
Seiring meningkatnya ritme kerja masyarakat, maka kebutuhan akan obyek rekreasi pu juga meningkat. Salah satu yang populer sebagai penawar kepenatan setelah menjalankan aktivitas sehari-hari adalah ikan hias, baik ika hias air tawar maupun air laut. Ikan hias kini makin populer di masyarakatbaik di dalam maupun di luar negeri, karena warna dan bentuknya yang unik dan dan beraneka ragam. Indones…
Dalam buku ini tercakup sejumlah ilustrasi situasional yang memusatkan perhatian kepada tanggung jawab, masalah, dan peluang peranan yang terlibat dalam manajemen jalur pemasaran. Ilustrasi-ilustrasi ini memperlihatkan penerapan konsep dalam suasana antarorganisasi dan mengembangkan suatu pemahaman terhadap kegiatan pembuatan keputusan dalam jalur pemasaran.
The years since 1990 in Indonesia have been a time of great economic progress but also massive transformations and abrupt setbacks, almost half of working adults were employed in the formal sector, reflecting an unprecedented movement of poor rural workers away from their farms to the industrial and service sectors. But then the Asian financial crisis hit, and real GDP fell by 13% in one year. …
Delan Belas Ribu orang Kamoro hidup didaerah yang paling lembab dibagian barat Irian Jaya, dengan letak yang terpencil di dunia, bahkan di Indonesia. Kebudayaan mereka telah lama mati karena menjadi korban misi Agamamaupun misi dari pemerintan yang sangat bertentangan dengan apa yang mereka lakukan. Pada tahun 1996 ketika juru foto Kal Muller mengabadikan upacara inisiasi, dia menemukan hal lua…
Konsep parlemen bikameral dalam sejarah politik ketatanegaraan di Indonesia kerap bertaut atau dikaitkan dengan negara federal. Sebuah simplikasi dan penyesatan tak terampunkan karena dalam realitas historisnya sebuah negara yang menerapkan parlemen bikameral secara utuh tak serta merta harus berbentuk federal. Bahkan banyak negara kesatuan yang menerapkan sistembikameral, dan faktanya negara-n…
International commitments may sit uneasily with national pressures at the best of times. This age of economic uncertainty brings these tensions into sharper relief. This volume draws together thirteen analyses of this tension in a wide array of contexts, including each of the there main pillars of the World Trade Organization, international investment law and arbitration, and the international …
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was concluded under the institutional framework of the World trade Organization (WTO) resulting from the Uruguay Round in 1994. Even though the potential contribution of international trade in services to economic growth and development had long been recognized, GATS was the firts and only multilateral agreement aimed at the liberalization of in…
This book brings together the 2009 output of the American Law Institute (ALI) project on World Trade Organization Law. Each chapter focuses on a different dispute from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. Each case is jointly evaluated by well - known exprts in trade law and international economics. They critically review the jurisprudence of WTO adjudicating bodies and evaluate whether the ruli…