Union struggle and the crisis of industrial relations in Italy. (Behind the News).
On 23 March 2002 Italian trade unions organised one of the country's biggest ever protests. Around 3,000,000 people demonstrated in Rome against the government's policy of deregulation and the terrorist murder of Marco Biagi--the government labour law consultant- by the Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse). This was followed by a...

Going Digital: At What Pace--And Price?
While insurers, brokers and other vendors have made some progress in giving risk managers the kind of information--and in the format--they want, there is still is a long way to go. There has been much talk about how the insurance industry is behind other financial service organizations...

ARGENTINA: EDUARDO DUHALDE BECOMES FIFTH PRESIDENT IN TWO WEEKS.
Escalating protests throughout Argentina during mid-December forced both President Fernando de la Rua and his Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo to resign. Within ten days, the country saw three other presidents take office and quickly leave. Finally, on Jan. 2, Eduardo Duhalde, who was defeated two years ago by de...

The politics of uncertainty in Japan.
The idea of a Japanese economic miracle lapsed from popular consciousness years ago. In its place the country's prolonged struggle to escape the stubborn economic stagnation and political turmoil that followed the bursting of the speculative bubble in 1991 has become one of the legendary international stories of our...

Public private partnerships: the role of the private sector in preventing funding conflict.
I am glad to be here at this important conference focusing on Corporate Governance, Stakeholder Accountability, and Sustainable Peace and to thank the William Davidson Institute and The Aspen Institute's Initiative for Social Innovation Through Business for inviting me. I live less than three miles from the...

Firm and corporate bond valuation: a simulation dynamic programming approach *.
Este artículo analiza la valoración de bonos comunes y de bonos convertibles en acciones, cuando la tasa de interés es estocástica y el valor de la firma es determinado por la interacción de una serie de variables estocásticas. También se explora la sensibilidad del valor de la deuda corporativa...

Regression and decision tree analysis of profitability of Croatian banks.
Abstract: Profitability of banks is influenced by many factors like size, costs structure, income structure, and macroeconomic conditions. Profitability is measured net interest margin. Regression analysis of profitability of Croatian banks is conducted with the goal to investigate to what extents different banks' characteristics and macroeconomic conditions influence profitability...

The euro facing other moneys.
My attitude toward the euro could make me fair game for President Truman's complaint about not finding a one-armed economist. On the one hand and on the other, I'll hasten over the familiar pros and cons. I'll spend more time on the political centralization that the euro seems to...

Homeland Security behemoth. (Insider Report).
Ending a months-long standoff over legislation to create a new Cabinet-level Homeland Security Department, the Senate voted on November 19th to approve the new agency. The new mammoth department will absorb 22 agencies, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Border Patrol, Customs, the Coast Guard, and the Federal...

The Directors Roster.
The Directors Roster is a detailed record of executives added to corporate boards. The Roster covers a three-month period prior to the publication of each edition of DIRECTORS & BOARDS. It includes companies of all sizes, from billion dollar blue chips to smaller growth ventures, that have elected new...