David Coen

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This illuminating Advanced Introduction explores the intricate relationship between business and politics. It examines how the political impact of business varies across governance levels, countries, institutions, issues and firms, using multidisciplinary perspectives to dissect these complex dynamics. David Coen and Matia Vannoni discuss key concepts across a range of subject areas, including asset specificity and market concentration, interest intermediation, political lobbying, global governance, transnational business and the strategic deployment of resources. They comparatively analyse the political role of businesses across Western and non-Western countries, with detailed case studies comparing companies such as eBay and Alibaba and identifying key differences between the EU and the USA. Key Features:Highlights future avenues of research in the fieldInvestigates core issues at micro, meso and macro levelsProvides practical insights into effective lobbying strategies and public policy implementation Students and scholars of political economy and economics, political science, public policy and business and management will greatly benefit from this Advanced Introduction. It is also an essential resource for practitioners of public policy and administration.

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This illuminating Advanced Introduction explores the intricate relationship between business and politics. It examines how the political impact of business varies across governance levels, countries, institutions, issues and firms, using multidisciplinary perspectives to dissect these complex dynamics. David Coen and Matia Vannoni discuss key concepts across a range of subject areas, including asset specificity and market concentration, interest intermediation, political lobbying, global governance, transnational business and the strategic deployment of resources. They comparatively analyse the political role of businesses across Western and non-Western countries, with detailed case studies comparing companies such as eBay and Alibaba and identifying key differences between the EU and the USA. Key Features:Highlights future avenues of research in the fieldInvestigates core issues at micro, meso and macro levelsProvides practical insights into effective lobbying strategies and public policy implementation Students and scholars of political economy and economics, political science, public policy and business and management will greatly benefit from this Advanced Introduction. It is also an essential resource for practitioners of public policy and administration.

The Paris Agreement embodies a flexible approach to global cooperation, aimed at encouraging ever more ambitious climate action by a variety of players on all levels of governance. Regional organizations play an important role in mobilizing such action. This Element provides novel insights into the conditions under which policy entrepreneurs can bring about transformative policy change in regional settings, with a focus on the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It finds that opportunity structures in the EU have been conducive to successful climate-progressive policy entrepreneurship at several key junctures, but not consistently. In contrast, the ASEAN governance context provides few access points for non-elite interests, making it fiendishly difficult for policy entrepreneurs to push for substantive policy change in the face of powerful domestic veto players. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

At a time when Europe and business stand at crossroads, this study provides a perspective into how business representation in the EU has evolved and valuable insights into how to organize lobbying strategies and influence policy-making. Uniquely, the authors analyze business lobbying in Brussels by drawing on insights from political science, public management, and business studies. At the macro level, we explore over 30 years of increasing business lobbying and explore the emergence of a distinct European business-government relations style. At the meso level, we assess how the role of EU institution, policy types, and the policy cycle shape the density and diversity of business lobbying activity. Finally, at the micro level we seek to explore how firms organize their political affairs functions and mobilized strategic political responses. The study uses a variety of methods to analysis the business government relations drawing on unique business and policy-maker surveys; in-depth case studies and elite interviews; large statistical analysis of lobbying registers to assess density and diversity across policy areas and EU institutions; and managerial career path and organizational analysis to assess corporate political capabilities. In contributing to discussions on corporate political strategy and interest groups activity, this monograph should be of interest to public policy scholars, policy-makers, and businesses managers seeking to understand EU government affair and political representation.

Climate change is one of the most daunting global policy challenges facing the international community in the 21st century. This Element takes stock of the current state of the global climate change regime, illuminating scope for policymaking and mobilizing collective action through networked governance at all scales, from the sub-national to the highest global level of political assembly. It provides an unusually comprehensive snapshot of policymaking within the regime created by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), bolstered by the 2015 Paris Agreement, as well as novel insight into how other formal and informal intergovernmental organizations relate to this regime, including a sophisticated EU policymaking and delivery apparatus, already dedicated to tackling climate change at the regional level. It further locates a highly diverse and numerous non-state actor constituency, from market actors to NGOs to city governors, all of whom have a crucial role to play.

"Formulated in an agile Question & Answer format, this book represents a concise, systematic, complete and very digestible access point, for those approaching the topic for the first time.For those already very familiar with the Bitcoin-rabbit hole, it still represents a useful manual to avoid very common misunderstandings, or explore more refined concepts, perhaps starting to think in terms of "sats" and "LNP/BP" technological stack." - Giacomo Zucco, founder BHB Network, co-founder Bcademy. "There are problems with the actual use of digital cash in the near term.(...) One concern I have is that the move to electronic payments will decrease personal privacy by making it easier to log and record transactions" Hal Finney said in 1993. The so-called cashless society advances and brings with it some critical issues that undermine the freedom of the individual and his role in the economy. Bitcoin fixes this. Finally we have a tool that can provide a valid alternative to centralized monetary systems and play the role of digital cash (aka "electronic cash"). Bitcoin represents not only the new frontier in exchanging value among peers without resorting to a reliable third party, but a real base layer on which to build the monetary instruments of the future. The idea of the LNP/BP suite is born, similar to that of TCP/IP on which we built today's Internet and which allows you to buy this book online. Let's retrace together the steps that led to the creation of electronic cash (also called digital gold) and answer the fundamental questions that will make us understand what the problems of the cashless society are, how Bitcoin works, why it was created and what the future holds. Appendix 1 collects seven best practices to put into practice when dealing with Bitcoin. Appendix 2 is an article by Federico Spitaleri (satoshis . games) "Business modeling in the Bitcoin Lightning Network ecosystem". Appendix 3 clarifies the misunderstanding regarding "one CPU, one vote".

"Formulato in un agile formato Domanda&Risposta, questo libro uno dei migliori esempi di contenuto educativo Bitcoin in lingua italiana che abbia letto finora." - Giacomo Zucco, founder BHB Network, co-founder Bcademy." Ci sono dei problemi con l'uso del denaro digitale, nel breve termine (...). Una delle mie preoccupazioni che il passaggio ai pagamenti elettronici ridurr la privacy personale facilitando il monitoraggio e la registrazione delle transazioni" diceva Hal Finney nel 1993. La cosiddetta societ senza contanti avanza e porta con s delle criticit che mettono in crisi la libert stessa dell'individuo e il suo ruolo all'interno dell'economia. Bitcoin fixes this. Finalmente abbiamo uno strumento in grado di fornire una valida alternativa ai sistemi monetari centralizzati e di svolgere il ruolo di contante digitale. Bitcoin rappresenta non solo la nuova frontiera nello scambio di valore tra pari senza ricorrere a una terza parte affidabile, ma un vero e proprio livello base sul quale costruire gli strumenti monetari del futuro. Nasce l'idea di suite LNP/BP, analoga a quella di TCP/IP sulla quale abbiamo costruito l'Internet di oggi e che vi permette di acquistare online questo libro. Ripercorriamo insieme le tappe che hanno portato alla creazione del contante digitale (anche detto oro digitale) e rispondiamo alle domande fondamentali che ci faranno capire quali sono le problematiche della societ senza contante, come funziona Bitcoin, perch stato creato e che cosa ci riserva il futuro. Nell'Appendice 1 abbiamo sette best practices da mettere in pratica quando abbiamo a che fare con Bitcoin .Nell'Appendice 2 troviamo l'articolo di Federico Spitaleri (satoshis.games) "Business modeling nell'ecosistema Bitcoin Lightning Network". L'Appendice 3 chiarisce l'equivoco nato intorno al concetto di "una CPU, un voto".

EDIZIONE 2019. Ancora pi contenuti tra i quali: utilizzo di Google Maps e Instagram, Codice della strada e smartphone, l 5G, le AI e le reti mesh, e tanto altro ancora.Una guida all'utilizzo dello smartphone alla portata di tutti, pensata principalmente per chi alle prime armi con i telefoni di nuova generazione e fatica a prenderne confidenza. Il linguaggio utilizzato semplice e i termini inglesi hanno sempre una traduzione e una spiegazione. Oltre all'utilizzo base dello smartphone si analizzano WhatsApp, Facebook, lo streaming di film e musica, si insegna a proteggersi dalle truffe su Internet e a riconoscere le notizie false che girano sul web. Infine si cerca di capire, con un approccio basilare, il concetto di privacy in rete. Consigliato a tutti, in particolare a chi pi avanti con l'et e ha timore di utilizzare i dispositivi smartphone e di navigare su internet e alle nuove generazioni, pi esposte ai pericoli del web.

Public utilities constitute a large section of Europe' economy, and they have historically been at the centre of national states and their industrial strategies. However, the recent creation of the single market and the liberalisation of European utility sectors have resulted in an expansion of EU/EC economic regulation. This book examines the interaction among the economic and political actors and raises questions regarding the format regulation. The chapters discuss the history of utilities reform, assess the nature of the changes, and address the issues of institutional modification. Four themes emerge from the collection -- the characteristics of Europe-wide reform, the nature of national variance, cross-sectional variations, and the institutional arrangements that can emerge to accommodate the regulatory regime.