... to know the transmission mechanisms or channel variables through which trade openness and globalization affect women's development in Pakistan. This is left as an exercise for future research. Practical implications Since openness positively affects women's development, government may continue...

... ethics. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores whether the case for a global standard of business conduct can be grounded and justified in rational argument. Findings As a moral minimum, corporate ethical codes need to rule out what the management believes to be clearly unacceptable...

...G. Bhalachandran Purpose The purpose of this seminal paper is to present the concept of sustainability in its purest form as conceived by Kautilya and bring out its relevance to the current issues and the areas of concern in the global perspectives. Design/methodology/approach This paper goes...

... with, and sufficient for, their conclusions. This paper will assess the logical validity and the implications of the two different perspectives on globalization. Ascertaining the economic underpinnings of each theory on globalization requires an analysis of regulated international markets, advocated by the pope...

... than two varieties of one good perhaps would be much stronger. Balbir S. Sihag can be contacted at: balbir_sihag@uml.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 International trade Globalization Imports shall be sold in as many places as possible, [local] merchants who bring...

... transfer. Economic integration Globalization Islam The second half of the twentieth century witnesses a discernible shift in the economic and political equation of the world. Aptly speaking the century can be tagged as an age of integration. Countries are coming together all over the world...

...Muhammad Iqbal Anjum Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the nature, mechanisms, conventional and modern instruments, dynamics, and the future possibilities of the contemporary phenomenon of financial globalization from the point of view of identifying and addressing the corresponding real...

...Muhammad Iqbal Anjum Purpose The proposed paper aims at contributing an objective analysis of the nature, agenda and politico‐economic and strategic dynamics of the contemporary movement of globalization. The paper is going to explore the significant patterns of economic changes, which have...