Dangerous Commerce : : Insurance and the Management of International Risk / / Virginia Haufler.

As businesses search increasingly for opportunities beyond their national borders, they face the risk that political change in other countries will jeopardize their efforts. Anything from minor shifts in regulations to sudden revolutions can threaten business investment, trade, and credit. Virginia...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1997
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Search for a Sure Thing: Risk and International Political Economy
  • 2. Creating an International Risks Insurance Regime, 1870-1914
  • 3. Testing the Limits of Private Protection, 1917-1939
  • 4. Redefining Risk and Responsibility, 1979-1989
  • 5. The Infrastructure of Global Capitalism
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index