San Antonio College Library

Fung (Chinese studies, College of Business Administration, U. of Missouri at St. Louis, US), Pei (Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), and Zhang (economics, Illinois State U.) present a volume that collects current research and analysis on the Chinese economy, especially it relates to China's accession to the World Trade Organization. The eighteen chapters are divided into four parts dealing with economic performance after accession,...

Clock in to The Office for even more inappropriate remarks, uncomfortable silences, and petty behavior. Join Michael Scott, the clueless boss of the Scranton Branch of Dunder Mifflin who 'manages' to create unending comical drama despite his best intentions. Trusty and loyal assistant-to-the-regional manager Dwight Schrute continues to uphold the office honor and more.

Presents a comprehensive reference manual that describes free trade and the history of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and discusses the loss of American jobs to Mexico, and the economical and political fallout as a result of the agreement.

"In this book, Edward J. Lincoln tackles the thorny issue of U.S. trade relations with Japan, the subject of so much tension in the 1990s. Lincoln argues that statistical evidence shows only modest progress in diminishing Japan's "distinctiveness." Despite an upturn in the mid-1990s, import penetration, intra-industry trade, and inward foreign direct investment all remain low relative to most other nations."--Jacket. "While Lincoln offers suggestions...

"This volume recounts the history of Hispano merchants in the nineteenth-century overland trade between Santa Fe and the Missouri frontier. Historians have generally focused on famous Anglo merchants, but the author demonstrates, that Hispanos were major participants in the trade by 1840. New Mexico's geographic isolation and Mexican commercial restrictions forced the Hispano elite to turn to trading raw materials and specie to the United States....

Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.

A bold forecast of how the coming auction culture revolution will radically transform what, how, and why we buy.

Wal-Mart: the high cost of low price takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of workers and their families, business owners, and their communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you think, feel and shop.