... © 2002, 2003 Copyright Lidija Rangelovska. All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any ... ...ne simultaneously). Such ease of replication gives rise to network effects and awards first movers with a monopolistic or oligopolistic positio... ...net services. Electronic publishers gleefully foresaw the replacement of the print book with the much heralded e- book. The irony is that the new ... ... deduce future prices from past and present ones. Jack Schwager, sums it up in his book "Schwager on Futures: Technical Analysis", quoted by Stockc... ...y or the more veteran American OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corporation), the British ECGD, and the French COFACE - shift political risk from ... ...istic countries. Why are inventors in America more productive than their French or British counterparts - at least judging by the number of patents... ...ranchised and undervalued them. Hitler, who fancied himself an artist, labeled the British a "nation of shopkeepers" in one of his bouts of raging ... ... or the rights thereto. Concessions, licenses, permits, assets privatized, tenders awarded are all subject to reallocation fees. To eradicate corr... ...sts form NGO's to plug into the avalanche of Western largesse. In the process, they award themselves and their relatives with salaries, perks, and p...