1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910558097703321

Autore

Van Steenbergen Jo

Titolo

Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia : Eurasian Parallels, Connections and Divergences / / Jo Van Steenbergen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2020

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2020

ISBN

90-04-43131-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Rulers & Elites ; ; 18

Disciplina

905

Soggetti

History

Islamic countries History 15th century

Eurasia Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- List of Figures, Tables and Maps -- List on Contributors -- Introduction: State Formation in the Fifteenth Century and the Western Eurasian Canvas: Problems and Opportunities -- Jo Van Steenbergen -- Maps -- Part 1: Whither the Fifteenth Century? -- 1 From Temür to Selim: Trajectories of Turko-Mongol State Formation in Islamic West-Asia’s Long Fifteenth Century -- Jo Van Steenbergen -- 2 Studying Rulers and States across Fifteenth Century Western Eurasia -- Jan Dumolyn and Jo Van Steenbergen -- Part 2: From Cairo to Constantinople: The Construction of West-Asian Centers of Power -- 3 The Road to the Citadel as a Chain of Opportunity: Mamluks’ Careers between Contingency and Institutionalization -- Kristof D’hulster -- 4 The Syro-Egyptian Sultanate in Transformation, 1496–1498: Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad b. Qaytbay and the Reformation of mamlūk Institutions and Symbols of State Power -- Albrecht Fuess -- 5 Tales of Viziers and Wine: Interpreting Early Ottoman Narratives of State Centralization -- Dimitri Kastritsis -- Part 3: From Khwaf to Alexandria: The Accommodation of West-Asian Peripheries of Power -- 6 Iranian Elites under the Timurids -- Beatrice F. Manz -- 7 The Judges of Mecca and Mamluk Hegemony -- John L. Meloy -- 8 The Syrian Commercial Elite and Mamluk State-Building in the Fifteenth Century -- Patrick



Wing -- 9 Settling Accounts with the Sultan: Cortesia , Zemechia and Venetian Fiscality in Fifteenth Century Alexandria -- Georg Christ -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The concept, practice, institution and appearance of ‘the state’ have been hotly debated ever since the emergence of history as a discipline within modern scholarship. The field of medieval Islamic history, however, has remained aloof from most of these debates. Rather it tends to take for granted the particularity of dynastic trajectories within only slowly changing bureaucratic contexts. Trajectories of State Formation promotes a more critical and connected understanding of state formation in the late medieval Sultanates of Cairo and of the Timurid, Turkmen and Ottoman dynasties. Projecting seven case studies onto a broad canvas of European and West-Asian research, this volume presents a trans-dynastic reconstruction, interpretation and illustration of statist trajectories across fifteenth century Islamic West-Asia. Contributors include: Contributors are: Georg Christ, Kristof D’hulster, Jan Dumolyn, Albrecht Fuess, Dimitri J. Kastritsis, Beatrice Forbes Manz, John L. Meloy, Jo Van Steenbergen, and Patrick Wing.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910863157403321

Titolo

Business Performance and Financial Institutions in Europe : Business Models and Value Creation Across European Industries / / edited by Alexandra Horobet, Persefoni Polychronidou, Anastasios Karasavvoglou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-57517-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 163 p. 14 illus., 10 illus. in color.)

Collana

Contributions to Economics, , 2197-7178

Disciplina

658.0094

Soggetti

Financial services industry

Management

Macroeconomics

Entrepreneurship

New business enterprises

Financial Services

Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Evolution of airline business models: the case of pegasus Airlines -- Tendencies of trade in business services in visegrad countries -- Mapping economic in the european union: do ownership, industry and location matter? -- The driving forces of business R@D intensity in eastern european countries -- Competitiveness, profitability and R/D intensity: the case of the domestic pharmaceutical industry in greece -- MCDM approach for assessment of financial performance of serbian banks.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the business models, performance, and decision-making approaches employed by financial institutions in Central and Southeast Europe. The respective contributions cover a wide range of industries, including banking, pharmaceuticals, and airline business services, and present both theoretical and empirical studies that highlight economy-wide risks and opportunities for European companies. The book is divided into four parts, the first of which provides a critical assessment of the competitiveness and performance of European companies, while the second examines decision-making approaches at financial institutions; the third and fourth parts address the macroeconomic risks and opportunities for business development in Europe. Intended for scholars, political decision-makers, and practitioners, the book offers new perspectives on Central and Southeast European financial and business research. .