Grounded Theory in Management Research or International Monetary and Financial Economics

Grounded Theory in Management Research

Author: Karen D Lock

This book describes the grounded theory approach for organization and management researchers needing to fully understand the possibilities and challenges of this method. It brings together the broadly dispersed discussions of grounded theory's logic and practices, restoring the grounded theory style of qualitative research for students and teachers of organization and management.This book is particularly useful for graduate students involved in quantitative studies of organizational and managerial life, and for academics teaching research methods courses in management and organization studies.

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International Monetary and Financial Economics

Author: Joseph P Daniels

This text covers the full range of topics in international money and finance, giving solid attention to 3 key areas—international finance, open-economy macroeconomics, and international money and banking. It consistently connects theory to real-world policy and business applications (and strikes a balance between business relevance and policy relevance), demonstrating to readers the contemporary applications that can be explored, and that international monetary and financial economics is a dynamic and interesting subject area that has become of great importance for international affairs and business.

Table of Contents:

Unit 1	International Payments and Exchange	1
Ch. 1	Keeping Up with a Changing World - Trade Flows, Capital Flows, and the Balance of Payments	3
Ch. 2	The Market for Foreign Exchange	33
Ch. 3	Exchange-Rate Systems, Past to Present	69
Unit 2	International Financial Instruments, Markets, and Institutions	97
Ch. 4	The Forward Currency Market and International Financial Arbitrage	99
Ch. 5	Interest Yields, Interest-Rate Risk, and Derivative Securities	127
Ch. 6	A Single World Marketplace - International Financial Market Integration	171
Ch. 7	International Banking and the Role of Central Banks	194
Unit 3	Exchange-Rate and Balance-of-Payments Determination	245
Ch. 8	Traditional Approaches to Balance-of-Payments and Exchange-Rate Determination	247
Ch. 9	Monetary and Portfolio Approaches to Balance-of-Payments and Exchange-Rate Determination	273
Unit 4	Open Economy Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis	307
Ch. 10	An Open Economy Framework	309
Ch. 11	Economic Policy with Fixed Exchange Rates	354
Ch. 12	Economic Policy with Floating Exchange Rates	396
Ch. 13	The Price Level, Real Output, and Economic Policymaking	429
Unit 5	Multinational Policymaking and the International Financial Architecture	479
Ch. 14	Policy Coordination, Monetary Union, and Target Zones	481
Ch. 15	Financial Crises, Multinational Policymaking, and the International Financial Architecture	519
	Glossary	555
	Index	567