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  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Boston, Mass. : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
    ISBN: 9780387323534
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Handbooks of sociology and social research
    DDC: 363.347
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Public health ; Sociology ; Demography ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Katastrophe ; Soziologie ; Katastrophe ; Soziologie
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 2
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    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230609297
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (296 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
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    Keywords: Kriegsfolgen ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Mittlerer Osten ; Irak ; Libanon ; Algerien ; Jemen ; Sudan ; Afghanistan ; Economics ; Industrial management Environmental aspects ; Political economy ; Macroeconomics ; Development economics ; Economic development ; Middle East Economic conditions 21st century ; Africa, North Economic conditions 21st century ; Middle East Politics and government ; Africa, North Politics and government ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Naher Osten ; Nordafrika ; Kriegsschaden ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Naher Osten ; Nordafrika ; Kriegsschaden ; Entwicklungspolitik
    Abstract: This book analyzes the political obstacles to economic recovery, and the economic consequences of democratic political reforms. The contributors focus on rulers of shaky states where civil strife has caused economic devastation. If rebuilding requires regime change, are we asking these governments to put themselves out of business?
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Global Perspectives and Regional Realities; 2 The "Uncanny" Writ Regional: New and Recurring Forms of Poverty and Inequality in the Arab World; 3 Illicit Economies and Reconstruction in Iraq, Palestine, and Algeria; 4 Complex Consequences: Hydrocarbon Production as a Route to Economic Health; 5 Rebuilding without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in the Post-Civil War Period; 6 War-Torn or Systemically Distorted?: Rebuilding the Algerian Economy
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 No Quick Fix: Foreign Aid and State Performance in Yemen8 A Millennium Development Goals-Based Strategy for Rebuilding the Postconflict Sudanese Economy; 9 Afghanistan: Rebuilding and Transforming a Devastated Economy; 10 Coalition Economic Policies in Iraq: Motivations and Outcomes; Bibliography; Index
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Global Perspectives and Regional Realities; 2 The "Uncanny" Writ Regional: New and Recurring Forms of Poverty and Inequality in the Arab World; 3 Illicit Economies and Reconstruction in Iraq, Palestine, and Algeria; 4 Complex Consequences: Hydrocarbon Production as a Route to Economic Health; 5 Rebuilding without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in the Post-Civil War Period; 6 War-Torn or Systemically Distorted?: Rebuilding the Algerian Economy
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 No Quick Fix: Foreign Aid and State Performance in Yemen8 A Millennium Development Goals-Based Strategy for Rebuilding the Postconflict Sudanese Economy; 9 Afghanistan: Rebuilding and Transforming a Devastated Economy; 10 Coalition Economic Policies in Iraq: Motivations and Outcomes; Bibliography; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9780230801462
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXVIII, 803 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: Studies in Development Economics and Policy
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Advancing development
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    Keywords: World Institute for Development Economics Research Congresses ; World Institute for Development Economics Research Congresses ; Entwicklungstheorie ; Economics ; Political economy ; International economics ; Economic policy ; Development economics ; Development economics Congresses ; Economic development Congresses ; 653 ; s ; WIDER ; 653 ; s ; Development economics research ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Geschichte ; Entwicklungstheorie ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Geschichte
    Abstract: This book reflects on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen over the next two decades. As well as studying development economics in retrospect, the volume explores the current debates and challenges and looks forward at the problems that affect the global capacity to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Figures; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Legacy - Lal Jayawardena; Part I: Development Economics in Retrospect; Part II: Inequality and Conflict; Part III: Human Development and Wellbeing; Part IV: Globalization; Part V: Development Finance; Part VI: Growth and Poverty; Part VII: Development Strategies; Part VIII: Development Economics in Prospect; Index of Names; Subject Index
    Description / Table of Contents: The evolution of the development doctrine, 1950-2005 / Erik ThorbeckeTurning points in development thinking and practice / Louis Emmerij -- From Seers to Sen : the meaning of economic development / E. Wayne Nafziger -- Inequality in historical perspective / Richard Jolly -- Health improvements and health inequality during the last 40 years / Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Leonardo Menchini -- Inequality and corruption / Eric M. Uslaner -- Indivisibility, fairness, farsightedness and their implications for security / S. Mansoob Murshed -- Violence in peace : understanding increased violence in early post-conflict transitions and its implications for development / Marcia Byrom Hartwell -- International convergence or higher inequality in human development? Evidence for 1975-2002 / Farhad Noorbakhsh -- Investing in health for economic development : the case of Mexico / Nora Lustig -- A wider approach to aid effectiveness : correlated impacts on health, wealth, fertility and education / David Fielding, Mark McGillivray and Sebastian Torres -- Is social capital part of the institutions continuum and is it a deep determinant of development? / Stephen Knowles -- Stormy days on an open field : asymmetries in the global economy / Nancy Birdsall -- A quest for pro-poor globalization / Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke -- International migration in an era of globalization : has it come out of its marginality? / Arjan de Haan -- International risk tolerance, capital market failure and capital flows to emerging markets / Valpy FitzGerald -- Prolonged use and conditionality failure : investigating IMF responsibility / Silvia Marchesi and Laura Sabani -- International finance and the developing world : the next 20 years / Tony Addison -- Gender and growth in sub-Saharan Africa : issues and evidence / Mark Blackden ... [et al.] -- Decomposing growth : do low-income and HIPCs differ from high-income countries? / Pertti Haaparanta and Heli Virta -- Evaluating targeting efficiency of government programmes : international comparisons / Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son -- Innovations, high-tech trade and industrial development : theory, evidence and policy / Lakhwinder Singh -- Manufacturing, services and premature deindustrialization in developing countries : a Kaldorian analysis / Sukti Dasgupta and Ajit Singh -- Why have all development strategies failed in Latin America? / Guillermo Rozenwurcel -- Development in Chile 1990-2005 : lessons from a positive experience / Alvaro García Hurtado -- Three decades of rural development projects in Asia, Latin America and Africa : learning from successes and failures / Annettes Zoomers -- Development strategy, viability and economic institutions : the case of China / Justin Yifu Lin ... [et al.] -- Institutions, policies and economic development / Grzegorz W. Kolodko -- Patterns of rent extraction and deployment in developing countries : implications for governance, economic policy and performance / Richard M. Auty -- Credit co-operatives in locally financed economic development : using energy efficiency as a lever / Robert J. McIntyre -- Development through globalization? / Deepak Nayyar -- Do we need a 'new great transformation'? : is one likely? / Frances Stewart -- Absorptive capacity and achieving the MDGs / François Bourguignon and Mark Sundberg -- Applying behavioural economics to international development policy / C. Leigh Anderson and Kostas Stamoulis -- The human dimensions of the global development process in the early part of the twenty-first century : critical trends and new challenges / Mihály Simai -- Development questions for 25 years / Lance Taylor.
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Figures; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Legacy - Lal Jayawardena; Part I: Development Economics in Retrospect; Part II: Inequality and Conflict; Part III: Human Development and Wellbeing; Part IV: Globalization; Part V: Development Finance; Part VI: Growth and Poverty; Part VII: Development Strategies; Part VIII: Development Economics in Prospect; Index of Names; Subject Index
    Description / Table of Contents: The evolution of the development doctrine, 1950-2005 / Erik ThorbeckeTurning points in development thinking and practice / Louis Emmerij -- From Seers to Sen : the meaning of economic development / E. Wayne Nafziger -- Inequality in historical perspective / Richard Jolly -- Health improvements and health inequality during the last 40 years / Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Leonardo Menchini -- Inequality and corruption / Eric M. Uslaner -- Indivisibility, fairness, farsightedness and their implications for security / S. Mansoob Murshed -- Violence in peace : understanding increased violence in early post-conflict transitions and its implications for development / Marcia Byrom Hartwell -- International convergence or higher inequality in human development? Evidence for 1975-2002 / Farhad Noorbakhsh -- Investing in health for economic development : the case of Mexico / Nora Lustig -- A wider approach to aid effectiveness : correlated impacts on health, wealth, fertility and education / David Fielding, Mark McGillivray and Sebastian Torres -- Is social capital part of the institutions continuum and is it a deep determinant of development? / Stephen Knowles -- Stormy days on an open field : asymmetries in the global economy / Nancy Birdsall -- A quest for pro-poor globalization / Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke -- International migration in an era of globalization : has it come out of its marginality? / Arjan de Haan -- International risk tolerance, capital market failure and capital flows to emerging markets / Valpy FitzGerald -- Prolonged use and conditionality failure : investigating IMF responsibility / Silvia Marchesi and Laura Sabani -- International finance and the developing world : the next 20 years / Tony Addison -- Gender and growth in sub-Saharan Africa : issues and evidence / Mark Blackden ... [et al.] -- Decomposing growth : do low-income and HIPCs differ from high-income countries? / Pertti Haaparanta and Heli Virta -- Evaluating targeting efficiency of government programmes : international comparisons / Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son -- Innovations, high-tech trade and industrial development : theory, evidence and policy / Lakhwinder Singh -- Manufacturing, services and premature deindustrialization in developing countries : a Kaldorian analysis / Sukti Dasgupta and Ajit Singh -- Why have all development strategies failed in Latin America? / Guillermo Rozenwurcel -- Development in Chile 1990-2005 : lessons from a positive experience / Alvaro García Hurtado -- Three decades of rural development projects in Asia, Latin America and Africa : learning from successes and failures / Annettes Zoomers -- Development strategy, viability and economic institutions : the case of China / Justin Yifu Lin ... [et al.] -- Institutions, policies and economic development / Grzegorz W. Kolodko -- Patterns of rent extraction and deployment in developing countries : implications for governance, economic policy and performance / Richard M. Auty -- Credit co-operatives in locally financed economic development : using energy efficiency as a lever / Robert J. McIntyre -- Development through globalization? / Deepak Nayyar -- Do we need a 'new great transformation'? : is one likely? / Frances Stewart -- Absorptive capacity and achieving the MDGs / François Bourguignon and Mark Sundberg -- Applying behavioural economics to international development policy / C. Leigh Anderson and Kostas Stamoulis -- The human dimensions of the global development process in the early part of the twenty-first century : critical trends and new challenges / Mihály Simai -- Development questions for 25 years / Lance Taylor.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes , Selected papers from a June 17-18, 2005 conference held in Helsinki on the occasion of the jubilee anniversary of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), and dedicated to the memory of Lal Jayawardena, the first Director of UNU-WIDER
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847208781
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 441 p) , ill , 25 cm
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on venture capital
    DDC: 332.04154
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    Keywords: Risikokapital ; Venture capital ; Venture capital Research ; Risikokapital ; Forschung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Risikokapital
    Abstract: 'This Handbook, edited by Hans Landström, provides a timely and valuable addition to the body of knowledge in the field of venture capital research, especially from the managerial perspective ... the book will make a valuable addition to any library that caters to the needs of those interested in entrepreneurship and new venture creation, be it academics, practitioners or policy-makers.' - Amama Shabbir, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 'This is undoubtedly an important collection of papers that provides a very comprehensive, but not exhaustive, overview of the field of venture capital research and a stimulus to new thinking about research issues and perspectives. It should be on the desk of every scholar in the field and on the initial reading list of any aspiring doctoral researcher.' - Richard Harrison, International Small Business Journal ' ... highly recommended for those requiring in-depth analysis of the pioneers of venture capital including future research and trends in this area.' - Saleem Sheikh, International Company and Commercial Law Review. This Handbook provides an excellent overview of our knowledge on the various facets of managerial venture capital research. The book opens with a thorough survey of venture capital as a research field; conceptual, theoretical and geographic aspects are explored, and its pioneers revisited. The focus then shifts to the specific environs of venture capital. Firstly, institutional (formal) venture capital is discussed. The analysis encompasses considerations such as structure, pre-investment processes, venture capitalist's value-adding, performance, impact on economic development and early-stage financing as well as management buyouts. Business angel research, networks, and their investment decision making are then discussed under the wider umbrella of informal venture capital. Finally, the corporate venture capital market is explored from both the entrepreneur's perspective and that of the supply side of corporate venture capital. Also providing a lively and stimulating debate on policy implications and possible directions for future venture capital research, this all-encompassing Handbook will prove an invaluable reference tool for those with an interest in policy, business management, innovation, entrepreneurship, and the financing of new and growth-oriented ventures
    Abstract: pt. I. Venture capital as a research field -- pt. II. Institutional venture capital -- pt. III. Informal venture capital -- pt. IV. Corporate venture capital -- pt. V. Implications
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  • 5
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781781954362
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 247 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Ifo economic policy series
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of survey-based business cycle analysis
    DDC: 338.5/42
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    Keywords: 1969-2005 ; Konjunktur ; Frühindikator ; Wirtschaftsindikator ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Meinungsforschung ; Welt ; Economic surveys Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Economic forecasting Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Business cycles Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konjunkturzyklus ; Analyse ; Umfrage ; Konjunkturdiagnose
    Abstract: This handbook aims to provide an overview of regular survey activities, as well as to show how survey results can be used scientifically in the context of business-cycle analysis and forecasting
    Abstract: pt. 1. Phenomenon of business cycles -- pt. 2. Business surveys of the Ifo Institute -- pt. 3. Analytical and prognostic significance of survey data
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847205261
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 504 p) , ill., maps
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The handbook of service industries
    DDC: 338.4
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    Keywords: Dienstleistungsgesellschaft ; Dienstleistungssektor ; Globalisierung ; Innovation ; Erwerbstätigkeit ; Welt ; Service industries ; Dienstleistung ; Entwicklung ; Innovation ; Produktion ; Service ; Technologie ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Dienstleistungssektor
    Abstract: Service activities are now acknowledged as key players in economic development, societal change and public policy worldwide. This exciting Handbook not only contributes to ongoing conceptual debates about the nature of service-led economies and societies; it also pushes back the frontiers of current critical thinking about the role of service activities in urban and regional development and the important research agendas that remain to be addressed
    Abstract: Transport services and the global economy : towards a seamless market / Thomas R Leinbach. & John T. Bowen -- Empirical analysis of barriers to international services transactions and the consequences of liberalization / Alan V. Deardorff & Robert M. Stern -- Multinational service firms and global strategy / Peter Enderwick -- Knowledge-intensive services and innovation / Ian Miles -- Small and medium-sized enterprises and the consumption of traded (producer service expertise) versus untraded knowledge and expertise / John R. Bryson & Peter W. Daniels -- Understanding the relationship between information communication technology and the behaviour of firms located in regional clusters / Grete Rusten & John R. Bryson -- Services and the internet / Andrew Murphy -- Knowledge creation in a Japanese convenience store chain : the case Seven-Eleven Japan / Ikujiro Nonaka, Vesa Peltokorpi & Dai Senoo -- Embodied information, actor networks and global value-added services / Barney Warf -- Gender divisions of labour : sex, gender, sexuality and embodiment in the service sector / Linda McDowell -- Transnational work : global professional labour markets in professional service accounting firms / Jonathan V. Beaverstock
    Abstract: Worlds of services : from local service economies to offshoring or global sourcing / John R. Bryson & Peter W. Daniels -- The nature of services / Sven Illeris -- Services and innovation : conceptual and theoretical perspectives / Jeremy Howells -- National economies and the service society : the diversity of models / Jean Gadrey -- Theories of the information age / Nico Stehr -- The political economy of services in tertiary economies / Pascal Petit -- A global service economy? / Peter W. Daniels -- Services and regional development in the United States / William B. Beyers -- Service industries, global city formation and new policy discourses within the Asia-Pacific / T.A. Hutton -- Service development in transition economies : achievements and missing links / Metka Stare -- Whither global cities : the analytics and the debates / Saskia Sassen --
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-486) and index
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847204158
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxvii, 596 p)
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the economics of happiness
    DDC: 330.01/9
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    Keywords: Zufriedenheit ; Lebensqualität ; Lebensstandard ; Soziale Lage ; Verhaltensökonomik ; Sozialpsychologie ; Nutzentheorie ; Economics Psychological aspects ; Happiness ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Glück ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for discussion of the economic issues relating to happiness. It reviews the more recent literature and offers the interested reader an insight into the vast scope of the field in terms of the theory, its applications and also experimental design. The Handbook also gives substantial indications as to the future direction of research in the field, with particular regard to policy applications and developing an economics of interpersonal relations which includes reciprocity and social interaction theory
    Abstract: pt. 1. Lessons from the past -- pt. 2. Understanding the paradox of happiness -- pt. 3. Relational goods -- pt. 4. Data and policies
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847206909
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 327 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian economies
    DDC: 330.95
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    Keywords: Volkswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftslage ; Entwicklung ; Ostasien ; Economic forecasting ; Electronic books ; Asia Economic conditions ; Asia Politics and government ; Asia Economic conditions ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostasien ; Wirtschaft ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: This original Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies provides a broad overview of economic and social developments in the countries covered (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Viet Nam). The analytical narratives on the economic transformation of these economies draw on existing literature, and highlight the interactions of socio-political factors. They examine the role of economic policies and the influence exerted by historical and political circumstances
    Abstract: Introduction : Northeast Asian economic development : which. way now? / Iyanatul Islam and Anis Chowdhury -- Japan / Craig Freedman -- South Korea / O. Yul Kwon -- Taiwan / Wan-wen Chu -- Singapore / Chia Siow Yue -- Hong Kong / Kui-Wai Li -- Malaysia / Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah -- Thailand / Somboon Siriprachai -- The Philippines / Joseph Anthony Y. Lim -- Indonesia / Thee Kian Wie -- Brunei Darussalam / Rosnah Opai -- China / Huijong Wang -- Viet Nam / John Thoburn -- Cambodia / Melanie Beresford -- Laos / Andrea K. Chareunsy -- Myanmar (Burma) / Tin Maung Maung Than -- North Korea / Frank Ruediger
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781847205469
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 543 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on international trade policy
    DDC: 382/.3
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    Keywords: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ; World Trade Organization ; Außenwirtschaftstheorie ; Internationale Handelspolitik ; Handelsabkommen ; Handelseffekt ; Zolltheorie ; Exportsubvention ; Welt ; Commercial policy Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Commercial treaties Handbooks, manuals, etc ; International trade Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Außenhandelspolitik ; Außenhandelspolitik
    Abstract: The handbook on international trade policy is an insightful and comprehensive reference tool focusing on trade policy issues in the era of globalization. Each specially commissioned chapter deals with important international trade issues, discusses the current literature on the subject, and explores major controversies. The handbook also directs the interested reader to further sources of information
    Abstract: pt. 1. Evolution and economic context -- pt. 2. Trade agreements -- pt. 3. Trade policy instruments -- pt. 4. Contingency and safeguard measures -- pt. 5. Coordinating trade policy with domestic policy -- pt. 6. Trade policy and development -- pt. 7. Trade policy : enforcement and coercion
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847205513
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 238 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Utility regulation in competitive markets
    DDC: 363.6
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    Keywords: Öffentliche Dienstleistung ; Versorgungswirtschaft ; Energieversorgung ; Deregulierung ; Erdgasmarkt ; Postsektor ; Bahnpolitik ; Telekommunikation ; Rundfunk ; Großbritannien ; EU-Staaten ; USA ; Public utilities Congresses Government policy ; Competition Congresses Government policy ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Großbritannien ; Versorgungswirtschaft ; Deregulierung ; Wettbewerbspolitik
    Abstract: Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald coase and the spectrum question / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Comment / Leonard Waverman -- 3. European energy liberalisation : progress and problems / Jorge Vasconcelos -- Comment / Philip Lowe -- 4. Supply security in competitive electricity and natural gas markets / Paul L. Joskow -- Comment / John Mogg -- 5. The end to the postal exception? / Dermot Glynn and David Stubbs -- Comment / Nigel Stapleton -- 6. Developing the framework of rail regulation / Chris Bolt -- Comment / Chris Nash -- 7. Cost of capital : some current issues / Julian Franks -- Comment / Philip Fletcher -- 8. A strategic approach to the economic regulation of spectrum, telecoms and broadcasting / Ed Richards -- Comment / Richard Feasey.
    Abstract: This significant new volume contains incisive chapters on a number of prominent concerns, including changes in the British system of utility regulation, the spectrum allocation question, liberalisation of EU energy markets, security of supply issues, reform in the European postal sector, the future of rail regulation, the cost of capital and Ofcom's strategic approach to regulation. Chapters on each topic are followed by comments from regulators, competition authority chairmen and other experts in the relevant fields. By confronting the most important international developments in utility regulation, the authors offer practical policy recommendations for an effective way forward
    Note: Papers from the 15th series of the Beesley lectures, held in 2005 , "In association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School." , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    ISBN: 9781781009796
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 232 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Beyond food production
    DDC: 339.4/6091724
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    Keywords: Armut ; Landwirtschaft ; Entwicklungsländer ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Poverty ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Schwellenländer ; Armut ; Landwirtschaftsentwicklung ; Agrarproduktion
    Abstract: Synthesis and theoretical background -- Country case studies.
    Abstract: The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm incomes, food prices, and linkages to other economic sectors
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    ISBN: 9781847205315
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 344 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als China's capital markets
    DDC: 332/.04150951
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    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; 1990-2005 ; Finanzmarkt ; Finanzmarktregulierung ; WTO-Recht ; China ; Finance ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; China ; Kapitalmarkt ; China ; Kreditmarkt ; Kapitalmarkt ; Liberalisierung ; World Trade Organization
    Abstract: pt. 1. Financial markets -- pt. 2. Banking, insurance and foreign exchange markets -- pt. 3. Regulatory and other issues.
    Abstract: China's economy has been growing rapidly since the late 1970s and is expected to maintain this momentum in the foreseeable future. Coupled with the biggest population in the world, there is tremendous growth potential for China's capital markets and financial services industry, both vital to the continued development of the economy. The contributors present research on all facets of China's markets including: stock and bond markets; futures and over-the-counter markets; regulatory issues; and the development and roles of financial institutions such as brokerage firms, banks and insurance companies. Also addressed are the recent performance of equity markets, the emergence of small and medium enterprises, and the state banks' bids to be listed in overseas stock exchanges. Taken together, the book sheds a welcome light on China's overall economic growth
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    ISBN: 9781847208705
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 217 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic valuation of river systems
    DDC: 333.91/62153
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    Keywords: Umweltschutz ; Umweltökonomik ; Fluss ; Gewässerschutz ; Umweltpolitik ; Zahlungsbereitschaftsanalyse ; Tourismusregion ; Agrochemikalie ; USA ; Stream restoration Case studies Economic aspects ; Watershed management Case studies Economic aspects ; Rivers Case studies Economic aspects ; Sustainable development Case studies ; Contingent valuation Case studies ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Fluss ; Ökologie ; Umweltökonomie
    Abstract: 1. The role of biology and ecological engineering in watershed and river restoration -- 2. Codification, case studies, and methods for economic analysis of river systems -- 3. Estimating willingness to pay for additional protection of Ohio surface waters : contingent valuation of water quality -- 4. The economics of high-head dam removal in an ecological context : a case study of the Ballville Dam, Fremont, Ohio -- 5. The economics of low-head dam removal : a case study on the Salmon River in Fort Covington, New York -- 6. Economic analysis of infrastructure and water quality improvements in the Muskingum River Corridor -- 7. Economic analysis of water quality and recreational benefits of the Hocking River Valley -- 8. Effects of pesticide use and farming practices on water treatment costs in Maumee River Basin communities -- 9. Economic efficiency and distribution evaluation of dredging of toxic sediments and selected dam removal in the Mahoning River -- 10. An economic analysis of Lower Great Miami River segment improvements -- 11. The Cuyahoga River Valley initiative : framing, codification, and preliminary economic analysis in an urban river corridor -- 12. Overview, key findings, and approaches including benefit transfer for generalization of research results.
    Abstract: The book applies benefit-cost analysis and a wide array of non-market and distribution economic valuation methods in ecologic context to determine the pay-off and distribution impacts of various infrastructure and water quality improvements to eight river systems in the Great Lakes region of the US. The generally positive results have important implications for public policy and future research
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    ISBN: 9781847207074
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 239 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Thorstein Veblen and the revival of free market capitalism
    DDC: 330.12/2092
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    Keywords: Veblen, Thorstein ; Veblen, Thorstein ; Veblen Thorstein ; 1857-1929 ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Wirtschaftsliberalismus ; Marktwirtschaft ; Pluralismus ; Free enterprise ; Capitalism ; Right of property ; Democracy ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Veblen, Thorstein 1857-1929 ; Wirtschaftstheorie
    Abstract: 1. The place of science in society : progress, pragmatism, pluralism -- 2. Thorstein Veblen on the origins and meaning of private property -- 3. Capital and the modern corporation -- 4. Pecuniary institutions : their role and effects -- 5. Veblen's missing theory of markets and exchange, or, Can you have an economic theory without a theory of market exchange? -- 6. Some myths of Veblenian institutionalism -- 7. Veblen : economics raised to the cultural level -- 8. Veblen on higher education -- 9. Thorstein Veblen and the sabotage of democracy -- 10. Getting to the good life : agents of change.
    Abstract: With the restoration of laissez faire as the governing principle of contemporary economic ideology and policy making, Thorstein Veblen's insights are once again timely. This book revisits his legacy, featuring original essays by renowned Veblen scholars
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    ISBN: 9781781007600
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 268 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Industrial relations in the new Europe
    DDC: 331.094
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    Keywords: 1991-2004 ; Europäische Integration ; EU-Mitgliedschaft ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsbeziehungen ; Sozialpolitik ; Gewerkschaft ; EU-Staaten ; Industrial relations ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Arbeitsbeziehungen ; Europäische Union ; Arbeitsbeziehungen ; Europäische Union ; Erweiterung ; Osteuropa ; Arbeitsbeziehungen
    Abstract: pt. 1. The impact of European integration on industrial relations in member states -- pt. 2. The impact of public management reform ideas in Europe on public sector industrial relations.
    Abstract: This book presents an evidence-based assessment of the impact of EU enlargement on industrial relations and social standards in old and new EU Member States. It combines chapters which give an overview of the process of enlargement/integration and comparative socio-economic data at EU and national level, with chapters that present an in-depth analysis of the impact of European integration on national industrial relations. These in-depth analyses cover both a number of old EU Member States in Western Europe and new Member States in Central and Eastern Europe. The book combines supranational European, Western and Eastern perspectives on the impact of European integration
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    ISBN: 9781781007617
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 440 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Fiscal fragmentation in decentralized countries
    DDC: 336.3
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    Keywords: Dezentralisierung ; Finanzbeziehungen ; Subsidiarität ; Solidarität ; Welt ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Decentralization in government ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Dezentralisation ; Fiskalpolitik ; Dezentralisation ; Fiskalföderalismus ; Subsidiaritätsprinzip ; Solidarität ; Fiskalpolitik ; Dezentralisation
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Federal industrial countries -- pt. 3. New federal countries -- pt. 4. Countries in transition -- pt. 5. Developing countries -- pt. 6. Postconflict.
    Abstract: Most countries, developed and developing, are fiscally decentralized with regional and local governments of varying importance. In many of these countries, some of these sub-national governments differ substantially from others in terms of wealth, ethnic, religious, or linguistic composition. This book considers how fiscal arrangements may strengthen or weaken national solidarity and the effectiveness with which public services are provided. In particular, the nation's ability to cope with changes created by decentralization is explored
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    ISBN: 9781847205414
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 443 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The handbook of Islamic banking
    DDC: 332.10917/67
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    Keywords: 1998-2005 ; Finanzsystem ; Islamisches Finanzsystem ; Projektfinanzierung ; Börse ; Finanzdienstleistung ; Risikomanagement ; Islamische Staaten ; Banks and banking Handbooks, manuals, etc Religious aspects ; Islam ; Banks and banking Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Islamische Staaten ; Bankpolitik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Islamische Staaten ; Bankpolitik ; Bank ; Islam ; Finanzinstrument ; Bank ; Bankkredit ; Zins ; Islam ; Bank ; Bankkredit ; Zins ; Islam ; Vergleich ; Christentum
    Abstract: The handbook of Islamic banking comprises 25 studies by leading international experts on Islamic banking and finance specially commissioned to analyse the various debates and the current state of play in the field. This comprehensive handbook provides a succinct analysis of the workings of Islamic banking and finance, accessible to a wide range of readers. At the same time, it seeks to bring the current research agenda and the main issues on Islamic banking before a wider audience
    Abstract: pt. 1. Foundations of Islamic financing -- pt. 2. Operations of Islamic banks -- pt. 3. Instruments and markets -- pt. 4. Islamic systems -- pt. 5. Globalization of Islamic banking
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    ISBN: 9781847205223
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 489 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of sustainable development
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Generationengerechtigkeit ; Wachstumspolitik ; Welt ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be achieved. Twenty years on from the publication of the seminal Brundtland Report, it has become clear that formidable challenges confront policy makers who have publicly stated their commitment to the goal of sustainable development. The Handbook of Sustainable Development seeks to provide an account of the considerable progress made in fleshing out these issues
    Abstract: Introduction / Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz and Eric Neumayer -- Ethics and sustainable development : an adaptive approach to environmental choice / Bryan G. Norton -- The capital approach to sustainability / Giovanni Ruta and Kirk Hamilton -- Sustainable development in ecological economics / Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh -- Ecological and social resilience / W. Neil Adger -- Benefit cost analysis and a safe minimum standard of conservation / Alan Randall -- Valuing the far-off future : discounting and its alternatives / Cameron Hepburn -- Population and sustainability / Geoffrey McNicoll -- Technological lock-in and the role of innovation / Timothy J. Foxon -- Distribution, sustainability and environmental policy / Geoffrey Heal and Bengt Kriström -- Environmental justice and sustainability / Julian Agyeman -- Vulnerability, poverty and sustaining well-being / W. Neil Adger and Alexandra Winkels -- The resource curse and sustainable development / Richard M. Auty -- -Structural change, poverty and natural resource degradation / Ramón López -- - Eonomic growth and the environment / Matthew A. Cole -- Sustainable consumption / Tim Jackson -- Environmental and resource accounting / Glenn-Marie Lange -- Genuine saving as an indicator of sustainability -- / Kirk Hamilton and Katharine Bolt -- Measuring sustainable economic welfare / Clive Hamilton -- Environmental space, material flow analysis and ecological footprinting / Ian Moffatt -- Sustainable cities and local sustainability / Yvonne Rydin -- Sustainable agriculture / Clement A. Tisdell -- Corporate sustainability : accountability or impossible dream? / Rob Gray and Jan Bebbington -- International environmental cooperation : the role of political feasibility / Camilla Bretteville Foyn -- Trade and sustainable development / Kevin P. Gallagher -- The international politics of sustainable development / John Vogler -- Financing for sustainable development / David Pearce
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    ISBN: 9781847208798
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 274 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Foreign direct investment in Europe
    DDC: 332.67/3094
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    Keywords: 1980-2005 ; Auslandsinvestition ; Spillover-Effekt ; Produktivität ; Lohnniveau ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Europa ; Investments, Foreign ; International business enterprises ; Direktinvestition ; Auslandsinvetition ; Europa ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Direktinvestition
    Abstract: pt. 1. Home and host country effects of FDI -- pt. 2. Where is FDI going? : global trends and patterns -- pt. 3. How to attract sustainable investment : theory and practice.
    Abstract: This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the effects of FDI on home and host countries. It highlights global trends and patterns, and explores related policy challenges all with a special focus on the countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The book cuts through the existing data fog by offering a wide range of up-to-date academic findings and institutional expertise. Those findings are rounded off with lessons to be learned from historical developments (Ireland's success story), an evaluation of current trends (role of China) and an investment promotion agency policy for attracting sustainable investment (CzechInvest)
    Note: Published in association with Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781847204271
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 323 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Innovative methodologies in enterprise research
    DDC: 338.7072
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    Keywords: KMU ; Industrieforschung ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Marketing ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Hochtechnologie ; Innovation ; Small business Research ; Methodology ; Entrepreneurship Research ; Methodology ; Business enterprises Research ; Methodology ; Unternehmenstheorie ; Operations Research ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Methode ; Operations Research
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Teaching and research in small business enterprise marketing : a critique and some alternatives -- 3. 'If a picture paint a thousand words' : reaching beyond the traditional for alternative insights -- 4. Qualitative methodologies for enterprise research. -- 5. Quantitative methodological considerations -- 6. Integrating qualitative and quantitative techniques in entrepreneurship research. : an illustration of network analysis -- 7. Convergent interviewing : a starting methodology for enterprise research programs -- 8. Case and icase : facilitating case survey methods for creating research and teaching synergies in innovation and enterprise -- 9. Action research for enterprise research. -- 10. Case research about enterprises -- 11. Change in a dynamic climate : a single longitudinal case study in a high technology industry -- 12. Issues in cross-national comparisons applied to building theory on informal innovation in SMEs -- 13. Marketing research for isolated SMEs -- 14. Understanding small business enterprise networking : a qualitative case approach. -- 15. The contextual stepwise approach to enterprise research and the use of undisguised stories and focus groups -- 16. A re-visit to the contextual stepwise approach for small firm research -- 17. Exploring fast-track entrepreneurial thinking by a novel text-analytic method : Pertex -- 18. The application of Leximancer, a relational content analytical tool in enterprise research : description and evaluation on the basis of an Australian-German research project -- 19. Innovative methodologies in enterprise research : tackling the question of the role of the state from a macro and micro perspective -- 20. Conclusion : maintaining the innovative momentum.
    Abstract: The contributors to this book explore the role and importance of qualitative, interpretist research in the dynamic field of enterprise. They establish the link between the innovative nature of small enterprise and the need to utilise research methodologies, which are themselves innovative
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    ISBN: 9781847205360
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 254 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als MicroFranchising
    DDC: 381/.13
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    Keywords: Entwicklungspolitik ; Mikrofinanzierung ; Franchising ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Kleinbauern ; Gesundheitsversorgung ; Telekommunikation ; Entwicklungsländer ; Afrika ; Franchises (Retail trade) ; Small business ; Poverty ; Poverty Prevention ; Entwicklungsländer ; Kleinstbetrieb ; Franchising ; Armut ; Bekämpfung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Kleinstbetrieb ; Franchising ; Armut ; Bekämpfung
    Abstract: Why microfranchising is needed now : introduction and book overview / Jason S. Fairbourne -- Microfranchising : the next step on the development ladder / Stephen W. Gibson -- The informal economy and microfranchising / Michael Henriques and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools to combat poverty / Warner Woodworth -- Opportunities for partnership : how microfinance and microfranchising compliment each. other / John Hatch. -- Microfranchising and the base of the pyramid / Molly Hoyt and Eliot Jamison -- Microfranchise business models / Kirk Magleby -- Honey Care Africa / Farouk Jiwa -- Franchising healthcare for Kenya : the HealthStore Foundation model / Michelle Fertig and Herc Tzaras -- Vodacom Community Services : rural telephone access for South Africa / Lisa Jones Christensen, Jennifer (Reck) Van Kirk and Brad Wood -- Scojo Foundation / Jordan Kassalow, Graham Macmillan, and Neil Blumenthal -- Microfranchise funding / Naoko Felder-Kuzu -- The future of microfranchising : opportunities and challenges / W. Gibb Dyer, Jr.
    Abstract: This unique book provides an overview of the need to alleviate poverty and what methods have been used in the past to do so (e.g. microcredit). It then introduces the concept of the microfranchise and discusses how this business model can be used in poverty alleviation. Different models of microfranchising are reviewed and specific case studies highlighted to show how it has worked in different parts of the world. The book concludes with a discussion of the advantages as well as the potential problems and pitfalls that accompany microfranchising
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    ISBN: 9781847205438
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 258 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New directions in modern economics series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Money, distribution and economic policy
    DDC: 339
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Makroökonomik ; Geldpolitik ; Geld ; Umverteilung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Macroeconomics ; Economic policy ; Money ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geldtheorie ; Verteilungstheorie ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: pt. 1. Heterodox economic theory and money in macroeconomics -- pt. 2. Distribution and aggregate demand -- pt. 3. Economic policies.
    Abstract: Money, distribution and economic policy takes issue with the inappropriate treatment of money, effective demand and distribution issues in modern mainstream macroeconomics. It presents contributions which are critical of modern orthodoxy and which explore alternative approaches to macroeconomics and economic policy analysis. The contributors explore the following areas: the development of heterodox theory, the role of money in macroeconomics, the relationship between distribution and aggregate demand, macroeconomic policy issues from a broader heterodox perspective
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    ISBN: 9781847205285
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 366 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Public choice and the challenges of democracy
    DDC: 321.8
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    Keywords: 1900-2003 ; Neue politische Ökonomie ; Soziale Werte ; Gesellschaftsordnung ; Demokratie ; Wahlsystem ; Öffentliche Finanzen ; Welt ; Democracy ; Social choice ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Demokratie ; Kollektiventscheidung
    Abstract: pt. 1. General problems of democracy -- pt. 2. Institutional aspects of democracy -- pt. 3. Voting issues -- pt. 4. Democracy across the world -- pt. 5. Fiscal issues and democracy.
    Abstract: This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society. With contributions from some of the world's most prestigious scholars of public choice and political science, this comprehensive collection presents a complete overview of the threats democracy must confront, by both contesting accepted ideas and offering new approaches. Using theoretical and empirical evidence, this book will be a significant addition to the current literature, providing original and enlightening perspectives on the theory of democracy
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    ISBN: 9781847207166
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 148 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Stabile, Donald, 1944 - Economics, competition and academia
    DDC: 338.4/3378
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    Keywords: Bildungsökonomik ; Wettbewerb ; Hochschule ; Wirtschaftshochschule ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Philosophie ; Altertum ; USA ; Education, Higher Economic aspects ; Universities and colleges Sociological aspects ; Business and education ; Education, Greek ; Sophists (Greek philosophy) ; Electronic books ; USA ; Hochschule ; Kommerzialisierung ; Wettbewerb ; Wirtschaftsphilosophie ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 1. Introduction : markets, competition, and higher education -- 2. Sophism, academia, and Greek economics -- 3. Adam Smith and sophism : reaction to the endowment model -- 4. Virtue and early academia in the US -- 5. Academia and the rise of capitalism in the US -- 6. Corporate capitalism and the university as a business -- 7. Collegiate business schools in the US : sophism or virtue -- 8. Academia in transition : the road to sophism.
    Abstract: Donald Stabile places current concerns over the commercialization of academia in a historical context by describing the long-standing question of the extent to which market economics can and should be applied to higher education. The debate between Plato and Aristotle on one side and sophists on the other provides a foundation for the modern debate of endowment versus tuition models. The author tackles the intellectual discourse over the mission of higher education and the effect markets and competition might have on it. The discussion encompasses the ideas on higher education of leading economic thinkers such as Adam Smith, Jeremy Benthan, John Stuart Mill, Alfred Marshall, Thorstein Veblen and John K. Galbraith and identifies them as supporters of either sophism or virtue. Included, too, are the thoughts of educators and policymakers influenced by free market ideas, such as Benjamin Rush, Francis Wayland and Charles W. Eliot, as well as those opposed to them. In addition, the author explores the development of collegiate business schools in the US and how they were justified on the basis of virtue. The book concludes with a section on for-profit colleges and their relationship to sophism
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    ISBN: 9781847205490
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 361 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic disasters of the twentieth century
    DDC: 338.542
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    Keywords: 1900-2000 ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Finanzkrise ; Krieg ; Hyperinflation ; Zeitgeschichte ; Welt ; Financial crises ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Geschichte 1900-2000 ; Volkswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Zusammenbruch ; Geschichte 1900-2000
    Abstract: 1. 'Destruction ... and misery' : the First World War -- 2. The Great Depression, 1929-33 -- 3. The Second World War as an economic disaster -- 4. The rise, fall and rise again of OPEC -- 5. Inflation in the twentieth century -- 6. Financial crises -- 7. Stock market crashes -- 8. The demise of the command economies in the Soviet Union and its outer empire -- 9. The fatal inversion : the African growth disaster.
    Abstract: The First and Second World Wars, the great depression, oil shocks, inflation, financial crises, stock market crashes, the collapse of the Soviet command economy and third world disasters are discussed in this comprehensive book. The contributors subject these disasters to in-depth assessment, carefully considering their costs and impact on specific countries and regions, as well as assessing them in a global context. The book examines the legacy of economic disasters and asks whether economic disasters are avoidable or whether policymakers can learn from their mistakes
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    ISBN: 9781847205216
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 317 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic growth
    DDC: 338.9001
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    Keywords: Wachstumstheorie ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Keynesianismus ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Auslandsinvestition ; Produktivität ; Spillover-Effekt ; Tarifverhandlungen ; Wissen ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Welt ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wachstumstheorie ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wachstumstheorie
    Abstract: Is growth theory a real subject? /Franklin M. Fisher --What is endogenous growth theory? /Mark Roberts and Mark Setterfield --Is the natural rate of growth exogenous? /Miguel Leon-Ledesma and A.P. Thirlwall --The representative firm and increasing returns : then and now /Stephanie Blankenberg and G.C. Harcourt --A dynamic framework for Keynesian theories of the business cycle and growth /Pedro Leão --A Keynesian model of unemployment and growth : theory /John Cornwall --A Keynesian model of unemployment and growth : an empirical test /Wendy Cornwall --The relevance of the Cambridge-Cambridge controversies in capital theory for econometric practice /G.C. Harcourt --Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers : a sceptical analysis of some OECD economies /Carlos Rodríguez, Carmen Gomez, and Jesus Ferreiro --Increasing returns and the distribution of manufacturing productivity in the EU regions /Bernand Fingleton and Enrique López-Bazo --The role of wage-setting in a growth strategy for Europe /Andrew Watt --Economic growth and beta-convergence in the East European transition economies /Nigel F.B. Allington and John S.L. McCombie --Knowledge externalities and growth in peripheral regions /Fabiana Santos, Marco Crocco, and Frederico Jayme, Jr. --Knowledge, human capital and foreign direct investment in developing countries : recent trends from an endogenous growth theory perspective /Diana V. Barrowclough --Is growth alone sufficient to reduce poverty? : in search of the trickle down effect in rural India /Santonu Basu and Sushanta Mallick --Strategy for economic growth in Brazil : a post Keynesian approach /José L. Oreiro and Luiz Fernando de Paula.
    Abstract: This enlightening and significant volume focuses on the nature, causes and features of economic growth across a wide range of countries and regions. Covering a variety of growth related topics-- from theoretical analyses of economic growth in general to empirical analyses of growth in the OECD, transition economies and developing economies-- the distinguished cast of contributors addresses some of the most important contemporary issues and developments in the field
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    ISBN: 9781847204462
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 383 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Industrial agglomeration and new technologies
    DDC: 338.8/7
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    Keywords: 1950-2001 ; Neue ökonomische Geographie ; Globalisierung ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionales Cluster ; Welt ; Economic geography Case studies Research ; Commercial geography Case studies Research ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Industriebetrieb ; Ballungsraum ; Asien ; Italien ; Mexiko ; USA ; Agglomeration ; Asien ; Agglomeration ; Italien ; USA ; Mexiko
    Abstract: Agglomeration in Asia -- The relationship between Toyota and its parts suppliers in the age of information and globalization : concentration vs. dispersion / Masatsugu Tsuji -- Iron town cluster : Yawata, its glory, decline and rebirth / Mitsuhiro Kagami -- Information technology and economic growth : discovering the informational role of density / Takuo Imagawa -- Agglomeration of exporting firms in industrial zones in Northern Vietnam : players and institutions / Akifumi Kuchiki -- Industrial agglomeration and regional growth in Korea : focusing on the software and IT service sector / Yasushi Ueki -- China's regional industrial disparity from the viewpoint of industrial agglomeration / Koichiro Kimura -- Agglomeration in Italy -- Italian comparative advantages, persistence and change in overall specialization / Luca De Benedictis -- Globalization, industrial districts and value chains / Roberta Rabellotti -- The competitive advantage of a region : industrial districts in Emilia-Romagna / Enrico Santarelli -- Where is the internet? : agglomeration in space and cyberspace / Emanuele Giovannetti, Karsten Neuhoff and Giancarlo Spagnolo -- Agglomeration in the Americas -- The software industry in North America : human capital, international migration and foreign trade / Andrew Schrank -- Mexico : the management revolution and the emergence of the software industry / Clemente Ruiz Durán.
    Abstract: This book, a collaborative effort by researchers from Japan, Italy and the USA, seeks to explore the reasons for industrial clustering in certain regions of Asia, Europe and North America. The studies presented illustrate real examples of industrial clusters, adding anecdotal evidence to the emerging theory of economic geography by exemplifying the centripetal and centrifugal forces that regulate the clustering process. The authors examine clusters in a diverse set of countries including China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the USA and Vietnam. Significantly, the book provides an interesting split between studies of IT and software-related industries, and more traditional sectors, such as steel and vehicle manufacturing
    Note: Contents: Part I: Agglomeration in Asia Part II: Agglomeration in Italy Part III: Agglomeration in the Americas Part IV: Conclusion Index Contributors: L. De Benedictis, E. Giovannetti, T. Imagawa, M. Kagami, K. Kimura, A. Kuchiki, K. Neuhoff, R. Rabellotti, C. Ruiz Durán, E. Santarelli, A. Schrank, G. Spagnolo, M. Tsuji, Y. Ueki , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781847206800
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 224 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Crisis or recovery in Japan
    DDC: 330.952
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    Keywords: 1950-2006 ; Volkswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Industriepolitik ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Technologiepolitik ; Japan ; Industrial policy ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Japan Economic policy 1989- ; Japan Economic policy ; 1989- ; Anthologie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Japan ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Globalisierung ; Japan ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Japan ; Unternehmenspolitik
    Abstract: Introduction : the attributes of the crisis / David Bailey, Dan Coffey, Philip R. Tomlinson -- The workings of the Japanese economy / Donald W. Katzner -- The cause of Japan's recession and the lessons for the world / Richard A. Werner -- Transnational monopoly capitalism, the J-mode firm and industrial 'hollowing out' in Japan / Keith Cowling, Philip. R. Tomlinson -- Globalization and the Japanese subcontractor system / Ulrike Schaede -- Institutionally driven growth and stagnation - and struggle for reform / Terutomo Ozawa -- Kūdōka, restructuring and possibilities for industrial policy in Japan / David Bailey, Roger Sugden -- The national innovation system : a key to Japan's future growth / Hiroyuki Odagiri -- The rise and fall of Japan as a model of 'progressive capitalism' / David Coates -- 'Can Japan compete?' reconsidered / Dan Coffey, Carole Thornley.
    Abstract: This innovative and multidisciplinary book explores Japan's economic crisis and recovery. Specifically, it analyses the role of corporations, the state, macroeconomic and industrial policy, and the changing status of Japan as an economic role model. The contributors list comprises an international panel of economists, political scientists and international relations specialists. From vantage points across Japan, North America and Europe, they bring together a collection of original studies considering Japan's economic malaise and the potential for sustained recovery
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    ISBN: 9781847204134
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 375 p) , ill , 24 cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on women in business and management
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on women in business and management
    DDC: 658.40082
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    Keywords: Frauen ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Weibliche Führungskräfte ; Management ; Gleichberechtigung ; Erwerbsverlauf ; Karriereplanung ; Verhalten in Organisationen ; Führungsstil ; Women executives Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Businesswomen Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Weibliche Führungskraft
    Abstract: 'This very impressive Handbook takes established research topics about women in management and treats them in fresh and novel ways. The chapters are intellectually interesting, sound, and provocative, and meet the editors' aspiration to stimulate high quality research on women's experiences in work organizations. I recommend it highly.' - Jean M. Bartunek, Boston College, US. This comprehensive Handbook presents specially commissioned original essays on the societal roles and contexts facing women in business and management, the specific career and work-life issues of women in these fields, organizational processes affecting women, and the role of women as leaders in business and management. The essays shed light on the extant structures and practices of society and organizations that constrain or facilitate women's representation, treatment, quality of life, and success. Despite decades of ongoing inquiry and increasing interest, research on women in business and management remains a specialized field without mainstream acceptance within business and management disciplines. The Handbook presents the current state of knowledge about women in business and management and specifies the directions for future research likely to be most constructive for advancing the representation, treatment, quality of life, and success of women who work in these fields. It provides the foundations for improved societal and organizational structures, policies, and relational practices affecting all in business and management. Thus, by enhancing the knowledge base that improves the work and life situations of women, it suggests ways to elevate the societal and organizational systems for all. The Handbook will be an essential reference source for recent advances in research and theory, informing both scholars of organization studies, gender, diversity, and feminism; human resource specialists; and educators of and consultants to business organizations and management
    Abstract: pt. 1. Societal roles and contexts of women in business and management -- pt. 2. Career and work-life issues of women in business and management -- pt. 3. Organizational processes affecting women in business and management -- pt. 4. Women as leaders in business and management
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    ISBN: 9781847206794
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 241 p) , ill , 25 cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on entrepreneurship policy
    DDC: 338/.04
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsordnung ; Ordnungspolitik ; Entrepreneurship ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Marktversagen ; Sozialstaat ; Unternehmensgründung ; KMU ; Industrieländer ; Entrepreneurship Government policy ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unternehmensgründung ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: 'This book is a well written and handy source for readers. Additionally, it provides an overview of current issues relevant to the development of entrepreneurial policy, which is based on interesting case studies across a number of nations ...' - Dessy Irawati, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 'What is new in the world is the need to understand business dynamics; the entry, exit and growth of firms in the economy. This dynamic firm structure, as opposed to the static firm structure that dominated past thinking, has spurred an outpouring of research. The heart of the issue is that while many have identified the importance of business dynamics (entry and exit) we have only recently taken a closer look at the ecological system in which some companies must die for others to thrive. Entrepreneurs are the predators of this system. Public policy in an entrepreneurial economy (dynamic) must limit the forces that prevent firm exit and foster the forces that promote firm entry. This book makes an important contribution to the debate.' - Zoltán J. Ács, George Mason University, US. This unique Handbook provides a solid foundation for essential study in the nascent field of entrepreneurship policy research. This foundation is initially developed via the exploration of two significant propositions underpinning the nature of entrepreneurship policy research. The first is that entrepreneurship has emerged as a bona fide focus of public policy, particularly with respect to economic growth and employment creation. The second is that neither scholars nor policy makers are presently equipped to understand the public policy role for entrepreneurship. The contributors - experienced scholars, specialist researchers and dynamic policy makers thus grapple with novel questions of considerable policy relevance that few have previously posed. The Handbook therefore provides some of the first crucial, systematic analyses of important issues, and key questions to be raised in order to move entrepreneurship policy forward are also presented. Written by academics and practitioners drawing examples from both North America and Europe, this stimulating new Handbook is a prerequisite for students, scholars and practitioners in the incipient world of entrepreneurship policy
    Abstract: Explaining entrepreneurship and the role of policy : a framework / David B. Audretsch, Isabel Grilo and A. Roy Thurik -- The simple economics of technology entrepreneurship : market failure reconsidered / Philip E. Auerswald -- From small business to entrepreneurship policy / David B. Audretsch and Iris A. M. Beckmann -- Policymakers beware! / Simon C. Parker -- Promoting entrepreneurship in the welfare state / Magnus Henrekson and Jesper Roine -- Dressing the emperor : the fabric of entrepreneurship policy / Lois Stevenson and Anders Lundstrom -- Public policy and entrepreneurship / Albert N. Link -- A rough guide to entrepreneurship policy / Anders N. Hoffmann -- Government program to encourage innovation by start-ups and SMEs : the role of U.S. innovation rewards / Charles W. Wessner -- Quantitative and qualitative studies of university technology transfer : synthesis and policy recommendations / Donald S. Siegel -- Entrepreneurship policy in Bavaria : between laptop and lederhosen / Marcel Hulsbeck and Erik E. Lehmann -- Issues in evaluation : the case of shell livewire / Francis J. Green and David J. Storey
    Note: "Published in association with the Max Planck Institute of Economics and the EIM Business & Policy Research , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781847205445
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 209 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Knowledge management in developing economies
    DDC: 658.4/038
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    Keywords: Wissensmanagement ; Lernen ; Wissenstransfer ; Entwicklungsländer ; Knowledge management ; Knowledge management Cross-cultural studies ; Wissensmanagement ; Entwicklungsländer ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wissensmanagement
    Abstract: pt. 1. Theoretical developments in intercultural and inter-institutional knowledge management -- pt. 2. Knowledge management in the transition economies -- pt. 3. Knowledge management in Asia -- pt. 4. Knowledge management in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America -- pt. 5. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This important book brings together a set of original key contributions to knowledge management in developing economies. It encompasses a wide range of countries throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America as well as the transition economies of the former socialist countries in Eastern Europe
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    ISBN: 9781847207036
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 301 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The evolution of economic institutions
    DDC: 330.01
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    Keywords: Neue Institutionenökonomik ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Pfadabhängigkeit ; Marktmechanismus ; Entscheidung unter Unsicherheit ; Begrenzte Rationalität ; Theorie der Unternehmung ; Evolutionary economics ; Institutional economics ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Institutionenökonomie
    Abstract: pt. 1. Individuals, interactions and institutions -- pt. 2. Economic development and path dependence -- pt. 3. The market in economic thought -- pt. 4. Comparative evolutionary perspectives.
    Abstract: It is now widely acknowledged that institutions are a crucial factor in economic performance. Major developments have been made in our understanding of the nature and evolution of economic institutions in the last few years. This book brings together some key contributions in this area by leading internationally renowned scholars including Paul A. David, Christopher Freeman, Alan P. Kirman, Jan Kregel, Brian J. Loasby, J. Stanley Metcalfe, Bart Nooteboom and Ugo Pagano. This essential reader covers topics such as the relationship between institutions and individuals, institutions and economic development, the nature and role of markets, and the theory of institutional evolution. The book not only outlines cutting-edge developments in the field but also indicates key directions of future research for institutional and evolutionary economics
    Note: "In association with The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy." , Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-288) and index
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    ISBN: 9781847206947
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 270 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: Advances in ecological economics
    Uniform Title: Selections 2007
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Daly, Herman E., 1938 - 2022 Ecological economics and sustainable development
    DDC: 338.9/27
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomik ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Theorie ; Welt ; Environmental economics ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltökonomie ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: Basic concepts and ideas -- Limits to growth -- Economics in a full world -- The challenge of ecological economics : historical context and some specific issues -- Issues with the World Bank -- Sustainable development : definitions, principles, policies -- The illth of nations : comments on World Bank world development report, 2003 -- Can we grow our way to an environmentally sustainable world? -- Issues in ecological economics and sustainable development -- Consumption and welfare : two views of value added -- ecological economics : the concept of scale and its relation to allocation, distribution, and uneconomic growth -- Sustaining our commonwealth of nature and knowledge -- The steady-state economy and peak oil -- How long can neoclassical economists ignore the contributions of Georgescu-Roegen? -- Testimony and opinion -- Off-shoring in the context of globalization -- Invited testimony to Russian Duma on resource taxation -- Involuntary displacement : efficient reallocation or unjust redistribution? -- Sustainable development and OPEC -- Reviews and critiques -- Can Nineveh repent again? -- Beck's case against immigration -- Hardly green -- The return of Lauderdale's paradox -- When smart people make dumb mistakes -- Globalization -- Globalization versus internationalization, and four reasons why internationalization is better -- Population, migration, and globalization -- Philosophy and policy -- Policy, possibility, and purpose -- Feynman's unanswered question -- Roefie Hueting's perpendicular "demand curve" and the issue of objective value -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development comprises a carefully chosen selection of some 25 articles, speeches, congressional testimonies, reviews, and critiques from the last ten years of Herman Daly's ever-illuminating work
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    ISBN: 9781847205278
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 128 pages) , illustrations
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    Series Statement: ESRI studies series on the environment
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Climate and trade policy
    DDC: 363.738/74
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    Keywords: 2000-2050 ; Klimawandel ; Umweltpolitik ; Klimaschutz ; Grenzüberschreitende Umweltbelastung ; Regionalpolitik ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Handelsabkommen ; EU-Staaten ; USA ; China ; Japan ; Environmental policy ; Commercial policy ; Pollution Economic aspects ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Klimaänderung ; Umweltpolitik ; Internationale Kooperation ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltpolitik ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Anthropogene Klimaänderung ; Klimaschutz ; Internationale Kooperation
    Abstract: Bottom-up approaches towards a global climate agreement : an overview -- Carlo Carraro, Christian Egenhofer and Noriko Fujiwara -- Regional and subglobal climate blocs : a cost-benefit analysis of bottom-up climate regimes / Barbara Buchner and Carlo Carraro -- Do regional integration approaches hold lessons for climate change regime formation? : the case of differentiated integration in Europe / Noriko Fujiwara and Christian Egenhofer -- Trade, the environment and climate change : multilateral versus regional agreements / David Kernohan and Enrica De Cian -- Participation incentives and technical change : from top-down to bottom-up climate agreements / Barbara Buchner and Carlo Carraro -- Bottom-up approaches to climate change control : some policy conclusions / Carlo Carraro and Christian Egenhofer.
    Abstract: The difficulty of achieving and implementing a global climate change agreement has stimulated a wide range of policy proposals designed to favour the participation of a large number of countries in a global cooperative effort to control greenhouse gas emissions. This significant book analyses the viability of controlling climate change through a set of regional or sub-global climate agreements rather than via a global treaty.
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    ISBN: 9781847208743
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 244 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Productivity in Asia
    DDC: 338.6095
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    Keywords: 1980-2002 ; Produktivität ; Industrie ; Wettbewerb ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Asien ; USA ; Industrial productivity ; Competition ; Industrial productivity ; Electronic books ; Asia Economic conditions ; Asia Economic conditions ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostasien ; Industrie ; Produktivität ; USA
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial sectors in Korea (1984-2002) -- 6. Industry-wide total factor productivity and output growth in Taiwan, 1981-1999 -- 7. Purchasing power parities for international comparisons of output and productivity in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States -- 8. Assessing Japan's industrial competitiveness by international productivity level : comparison with China, Korea, Taiwan and the United States.
    Abstract: The outstanding economic performance of East Asian countries has been investigated in numerous studies. However, most comparative studies analyze macro-level productivity. In this book, the productivity performance of China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the United States are compared at industry level. The work is a result of an international collaborative research project by RIETI (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry), Japan. The total factor productivity growth and level amongst these five countries sheds new light on the industrial competitiveness of growing Asian economies compared to Japan and the United States. In addition, this book provides detailed information on productivity datasets for these five countries
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    ISBN: 9781847204240
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 191 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: ESRI studies series on ageing
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ageing and the labor market in Japan
    DDC: 331.11/430952
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    Keywords: 1950-2035 ; Alternde Bevölkerung ; Arbeitsangebot ; Erwerbstätigkeit ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Altenhilfe ; Einwanderung ; Auslandsinvestition ; Japan ; Age distribution (Demography) Economic aspects ; Aging Economic aspects ; Labor market ; Electronic books ; Japan Population ; Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Japan ; Älterer Mensch ; Alter ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Beschäftigung
    Abstract: 1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor supply of the elderly and females -- 3. Labor force ageing and economic growth in Japan -- 4. Ageing and elderly care in an open economy -- 5. Immigration vs. foreign investment to ease the ageing problems of an ageing open economy -- 6. Ageing society and the choice of Japan : migration, FDI and trade liberalization -- 7. Retirement in non-cooperative and cooperative families.
    Abstract: This book is a concerted attempt by economists to investigate and offer remedies for some of the difficulties associated with an ageing labor market
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    ISBN: 9781847204219
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 369 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als New directions in economic geography
    DDC: 330.9
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    Keywords: 1986-2002 ; Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Neue ökonomische Geographie ; Faktormobilität ; Regionalentwicklung ; Transportkosten ; Industrie ; Auslandsinvestition ; Strukturpolitik ; EU-Staaten ; Economic geography ; EU ; Effizienz ; Internet ; Produktion ; Technik ; Transport ; Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftsgeografie ; Wirtschaftsgeografie
    Abstract: New economic geography : some preliminaries / Bernard Fingleton -- Models of 'new economic geography' : factor mobility vs. vertical linkages / Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano -- Testing the 'new economic geography' : a comparative analysis based on EU regional data / Bernard Fingleton -- From theory to estimation and back : the empirical relevance of new economic geography / Steven Brakman and Harry Garretsen -- Agglomeration and growth in NEG : a critical assessment / Fabio Cerina and Francesco Pigliaru -- Sinking the iceberg? : on the treatment of transport costs in new economic geography / Bernard Fingleton and Philip McCann -- Specialization and regional size / John Dewhurst and Philip McCann -- A non-parametric analysis of productivity, efficiency and technical change in EU regional manufacturing, 1986-2002 / Mark Roberts, John S.L. McCombie and Alvaro Angeriz -- A methodology for evaluating regional political economy / Paul Plummer and Eric Sheppard -- FDI : a difficult connection between theory and empirics / Anna Soci -- Agglomeration and internet exchange points : an exploration of the internet morphology / Alessio D'Ignazio and Emanuele Giovannetti -- Explaining the scarce returns of European structural policies from a new economic geography perspective / Andrés Rodriguez-Pose and Ugo Fratesi.
    Abstract: This important book explores original and alternative directions for economic geography following the revolution precipitated by the advent of so-called 'new economic geography' (NEG). Whilst, to some extent, the volume could be regarded as part of the inevitable creative destruction of NEG theory, it does promote the continuing role of theoretical and empirical contributions within spatial economic analysis, in which the rationale of scientific analysis and economic logic maintain a central place. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the extent to which NEG theory is supported in the real world. By exploring whether NEG theory can be effectively applied to provide practical insights, the authors highlight novel approaches, emerging trends, and promising new lines of enquiry in the wake of advances made by NEG
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    ISBN: 9781781953013
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 404 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The evaluation of active labour market policies
    DDC: 331.12/042094
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit ; Arbeitsvermittlung ; Öffentlich-private Partnerschaft ; OECD-Staaten ; Manpower policy ; Labor market ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Evaluation ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik
    Abstract: pt. 1. New measures -- pt. 2. Private-public cooperation -- pt. 3. Benchmarking.
    Abstract: This book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consider three means of doing so: improving the quality by better targeting and by better-designed measures, more efficient implementation and delivery, and better performance by benchmarking the various implementation agencies involved
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    ISBN: 9781847208774
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 286 pages) , illustrations
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    Series Statement: CRC series on competition, regulation and development
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Regulatory impact assessment
    DDC: 343.07
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    Keywords: 1989-2006 ; Ordnungspolitik ; Staatliche Einflussnahme ; Regulierung ; Politische Reform ; Deregulierung ; Politikberatung ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Welt ; Trade regulation ; Deregulation ; Industrial policy ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Staatstätigkeit ; Reformpolitik ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Staatstätigkeit ; Neues Steuerungsmodell ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: 1. Regulatory impact assessment : an overview -- 2. Current trends in the process and methods of regulatory impact assessment : mainstreaming RIA into policy processes -- 3. Indicators of regulatory quality -- 4. Measuring RIA quality and performance -- 5. Better regulation and impact assessment in the European Commission -- 6. The evolution and development of regulatory impact assessment in the UK -- 7. Auditing regulatory impact assessment : UK experience -- 8. Regulatory impact assessment in Australia : a survey of 20 Years of RIA implementation -- 9. Regulatory impact assessment in developing countries -- 10. Regulatory impact assessment : a tool for improved regulatory governance in Sri Lanka -- 11. Regulatory impact assessment in East Africa -- 12. Regulatory impact assessment in Mexico -- 13. South East Europe : opportunities and challenges for improving regulatory quality
    Abstract: Better state regulation is a key component of economic reform. This is the first book to comprehensively explore international experience in the use of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA), which involves assessing the potential benefits and costs of any regulatory change. The contributors reveal that RIA is being adopted by an increasing number of countries as a route to better regulation with varying degrees of success. The book includes contributions from leading experts on regulatory reform and introduces a range of case studies from developed, developing and transitional economies.
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    ISBN: 9781847207012
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 1209 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Elgar companion to neo-Schumpeterian economics
    DDC: 330.1
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    Keywords: Schumpeter, Joseph A. ; Schumpeter, Joseph Alois ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Strukturwandel ; Economics ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Schumpeter, Joseph A. 1883-1950 ; Rezeption
    Abstract: pt. 1. From Schumpeter's universal social sciences to neo-Schumpeterian thinking -- pt. 2. Neo-Schumpeterian meso dynamics : theory -- pt. 3. Neo-Schumpeterian meso dynamics : empirics -- pt. 4. Neo-Schumpeterian macro dynamics : growth and development -- pt. 5. Neo-Schumpeterian economics and the systemic view -- pt. 6. Research. and technology policy -- pt. 7. The impact of neo-Schumpeterian thinking on different fields.
    Abstract: The Elgar companion to neo-Schumpeterian economics is a cutting-edge collection of specially commissioned contributions highlighting not only the broad scope but also the common ground between all branches of this prolific and fast developing field of economics
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    ISBN: 9781847208675
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 297 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Corporate governance in banking
    DDC: 332.1
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    Keywords: Bank ; Corporate Governance ; Bankenregulierung ; Banks and banking Government policy ; Corporate governance ; Banking law ; Kreditwesen ; Corporate Governance ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kreditwesen ; Corporate Governance ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: 1. Corporate governance, bank regulation and activity expansion in the United States -- 2. Corporate governance in banks : does the board structure matter? -- 3. Corporate governance and bank performance -- 4. Corporate governance at community banks : one size does not fit all -- 5. Bank mergers and insider trading -- 6. Conflicts of interest and corporate governance failures at universal banks during the stock market boom of the 1990s : the cases of Enron and WorldCom -- 7. Basel II : operational risk and corporate culture -- 8. A cross-country analysis of bank performance : the role of external governance -- 9. A survey of corporate governance in banking : characteristics of the top 100 world banks -- 10. Corporate governance : the case of Australian banks -- 11. Germany's three-pillar banking system from a corporate governance perspective -- 12. Cases of corporate (mis)governance in the Hungarian banking sector -- 13. Corporate governance in Korean banks.
    Abstract: Recent corporate scandals, together with the effects of globalization, have led to an increasing interest in corporate governance issues. Little attention has been paid, however, to international laws and recommendations dealing with corporate governance in banking from a global perspective. This impressive international set of expert contributors--academics, practitioners and regulators-remedies the lack of attention by examining the various issues and concerns of this important topic
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    ISBN: 9781847203182
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 488 p) , ill , 25 cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on Asian business
    DDC: 338.95
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    Keywords: 1945-2006 ; Wirtschaftslage ; Strategisches Management ; Industriestruktur ; Industriepolitik ; Unternehmensorganisation ; Marketing ; Staatliche Einflussnahme ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Asien ; International trade ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Interesse ; Grundlage ; Konsumgütermarkt ; Marketing ; Akteur ; Wirtschaft ; Staat ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Electronic books ; Asia Commerce ; Asia Foreign economic relations ; Asia Economic integration ; Asien ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Betriebswirtschaftslehre ; Forschung
    Abstract: 'This volume is excellent. Students who are interested in Asian business should read it and will find the comprehensive bibliography offered by the different contributors very helpful. In light of the recent global financial crises, it is time to re-examine the "Asian miracles," as well as the Western models of business organizations and regulations. This volume offers great insights not just on Asian business but also on Western economies and business. It is also time to adopt an integrative approach recommended by Yeung through comparative research of businesses and economies in different institutions and cultures.' - Yifei Sun, Economic Geography. 'An absolute "must-have" for college library reference shelves, filled cover-to-cover with keen analyses that any businessperson seeking to make inroads in an Asian market needs to study at length!' - Midwest Book Review. 'This book serves as an important guide to the many fascinating research questions about Asian business waiting to be addressed. The study of Asian business has reached equality in importance to the study of business in Europe and North America. Researchers who study any of these regions have an incentive to follow the study of business in the other regions, if for no other reason than that many global firms from each region operate in all regions now. Nonetheless, the more important reason for knowledge transfer among researchers of each region is that these exchanges can only advance everyone's research. Henry Yeung and the contributors are to be thanked for setting out a rich agenda for research on Asian business that will elevate this study to equality with research elsewhere in the world.' - Eurasian Geography and Economics. 'This book is extremely comprehensive and well researched. It will be of particular interest to scholars in the fields of international business, development studies, economic geography, regional studies as well as international and national policymakers.' - Science Technology & Society. The rise of Asia as an important region for global business has been widely recognized as one of the most significant economic phenomena in the new millennium. This accessible and comprehensive Handbook brings together state-of-the-art reviews of Asian business in an expansive range of areas including: business organizations, strategic management, marketing, state-business relations, business and development, business policy issues. It is argued that whilst academic studies on Asian ...
    Abstract: pt. I. Business strategy and organization -- pt. II. Business and marketing -- pt. III. Business-state relations -- pt. IV. Business, development and policy issues
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847205551
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 335 p) , ill , 25 cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on techno-entrepreneurship
    DDC: 658.4/21
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Hochtechnologie ; Innovation ; Innovationsmanagement ; Risikokapital ; Universitäre Forschung ; Wissenstransfer ; Spillover-Effekt ; Electronic Commerce ; Biotechnologie ; Technological innovations Management ; Entrepreneurship ; High technology industries Management ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unternehmensgründung ; Spitzentechnologie ; Innovationsmanagement ; Spitzentechnologie ; Unternehmensgründung ; Innovationsmanagement
    Abstract: Techno-entrepreneurship is broadly defined as the entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial activities of both existing and nascent companies operating in technology-intensive environments. Boasting rich conceptual and empirical contributions by leading international specialists, this highly original Handbook will prove an invaluable tool in advancing our understanding of the theory and practice of research in this emerging area. The expert contributors initially explore the foundations of the field, clearly defining the parameters of techno-entrepreneurship. The key processes of techno-entrepreneurship are identified and discussed: commercialization strategies, the balance between exploration and exploitation of new competencies, radical innovation, corporate venture capital investment, the mentoring of high-tech entrepreneurs. The Handbook then shifts its focus to incubation and technology transfers, pivotal factors in the success of techno-entrepreneurship. Finally, in-depth case studies of leading e-business and biotechnology companies illustrate and substantiate the successful techno-entrepreneurship paradigm. Providing a comprehensive, highly accessible and innovative first insight into the developing sphere of techno-entrepreneurship, this international study will be essential reading for postgraduate students, academics and researchers with an interest in management and entrepreneurship. Managerial and entrepreneurial professionals in high-tech industries will also find much to interest them within this Handbook
    Abstract: How techno-entrepreneurs build a potentially exciting future? / Sylvie Blanco -- A model of technological entrepreneurship / Igor Prodan -- Exchange relationships in technoentrepreneurship research / Helena Yli-Renko -- S&T commercialization strategies and practices / Dianne I. Isabelle -- From the exploration of new possibilities to the exploitation of recently developed competencies / Annaleena Parhankangas & David L. Hawk -- Fostering entrepreneurial firms / Behrend Freese, Thomas Keil & Thorsten Teichert -- Mentoring of Malaysian high-tech entrepreneurs in their pre-seeding phase / Khairul Akmaliah Adham & Mohd Fuaad Said -- University technology transfer through university business incubators and how they help start-ups / Christian Lendner -- Determinants and consequences of university spin-off activity / Rory O'Shea -- The size and the characteristics of the high-tech spin-off phenomenon in Sophia Antipolis / Michael Bernasconi & Dominique Jolly -- What is e-entrepreneurship? / Tobias Kollmann -- Exploring the socio-demographic characteristics of the e-entrepreneur / Antonio Padilla-Meléndez, Christian Serarols-Tarres & Anna Rosa Del Águila-Obra -- Virtual alliances as coordination and influence mechanisms in the Internet context / Lalit Manral -- The St. Louis BioBelt, centre for plant and life sciences / Edward L. Bayham, Jerome A. Katz, Robert Calcaterra & Joseph Zahner -- Small businesses for high targets / Nicola Dellepiane
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    ISBN: 9781847204431
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 345 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Small and medium-sized enterprises and the global economy
    DDC: 338/.04
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; KMU ; Innovation ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Welt ; Small business ; International trade ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Innovation ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Unternehmenskooperation ; Internationalisierung ; Wettbewerbsstrategie ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Weltwirtschaft
    Abstract: Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach. of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel -- Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H. Love, Stephen Roper -- Innovation strategies and manufacturing practices : insights from the 2005 Georgia manufacturing survey / Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira -- Economies of speed : a conceptual framework to describe network effectiveness / Irene J. Petrick, Carleen Maitland -- Sourcing of innovation as trendsetting in the imaging sector : a comparison between large MNEs and SMEs / Johannes M. Pennings, Gino Cattani -- The fastest growing SMEs in Canada : their strategies, e-commerce and network practices / Hamid Etemad -- Knowledge and capabilities in subcontractor's evolution : the Italian case / Roberto Grandinetti, Andrea Furlan, Arnaldo Camuffo -- The communication of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through the supply chain : an SME perspective / Craig H. Wood, Allen Kaufman -- A comparison of the pace and pattern of internationalization by US and Canadian high growth firms / David J. Maslach, Rod B. McNaughton -- The effects of product diversification and international diversification on SMEs' innovation / Jane Wenzhen Lu, Zhijian Wu -- Should high technology SMEs expect to internationalize by passing through a sequence of development stages that affect choice of export market and entry mode? / Marian V. Jones -- A comparative study of Canadian and UK high technology SMEs' internationalization processes / Dave Crick, Martine Spence -- SME choice of export market and entry mode : theory and research. / Gerald I. Susman, Jenna P. Stites -- US states and the global economy : trends and policies in the mid-Atlantic and midwest / Terrence Guay -- University research parks : untapped source of exports from innovation-based SMEs / Paul M. Swamidass, Venubabu Vulasa -- Issues surrounding the internationalization of SMEs : implications for policy-makers and researchers / Paul Westhead, Mike Wright, Deniz Ucbasaran.
    Abstract: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often have difficulty competing in the global economy unless they collaborate with domestic or foreign partners or with public sector organizations. This book addresses the resource leverage and innovation challenges that increased global trade represents for SMEs. In doing so, it explores how SMEs can become more competitive at home and in foreign markets as stand-alone firms or as members of supplier and customer networks
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    ISBN: 9781847207227
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 431 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Entrepreneurship, cooperation and the firm
    DDC: 338/.04094
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    Keywords: Hochtechnologie ; Unternehmensgründung ; Entrepreneurship ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Unternehmenskooperation ; EU-Staaten ; High technology industries ; High technology industries Management ; Entrepreneurship ; Technological innovations ; Europäische Union ; Industrie ; Unternehmensgründung ; Spitzentechnologie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Industrie ; Unternehmensgründung ; Spitzentechnologie
    Abstract: Pt. 1. The role of the individual versus that of the institution -- Pt. 2. The econo-geographic aspects of emergence, cooperation and survival -- Pt. 3. The cultural levels of nation, gender, profession, sector and region in emergence, cooperation and survival.
    Abstract: The book is an exceptional result of a distinctive network of European and American scholars, practitioners, and members of public institutions interested in the critical issues of emergence and survival of technology and knowledge based firms. The contributors study examples from both the old EU-member states such as France, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands, as well as newer countries such as Slovenia and Estonia. The book is unique in bringing culture and psychology together in the particular context of the nascent technopreneur
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    ISBN: 9781847204165
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 320 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic integration, democratization and national security in East Asia
    DDC: 327.73051
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    Keywords: 1992-2005 ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Demokratisierung ; Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Nationale Sicherheit ; Lieferkette ; USA ; Ostasien ; Electronic books ; United States Foreign relations ; United States Foreign relations ; Taiwan Foreign relations ; China Foreign relations ; Taiwan Economic conditions 1945- ; Taiwan Politics and government 1945- ; China Economic conditions 1949- ; China Politics and government 1949- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; China ; Taiwan ; USA ; Außenpolitik ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; USA ; Taiwan ; China ; Außenpolitik ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Democratization in Taiwan and its impacts on the triangular relations -- pt. 3. Economic integration and security of the global supply chains -- pt. 4. US strategic and security interests in Asia -- pt. 5. Postscript.
    Abstract: The US policy of supporting a democratic Taiwan while simultaneously engaging China is a delicate and complex balance, with outcomes critical to economic, security and strategic interests in Asia. At the same time, rising Taiwanese identity amid the emerging power of China continues to change the paradigm. The contributors to this volume explore the political and economic dimensions of this complicated and pressing issue
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    ISBN: 9781847208866
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 148 p)
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    Series Statement: Cournot Centre for Economic Studies series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Augustin Cournot
    DDC: 330.01/5195
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    Keywords: Cournot, Antoine Augustin ; Cournot, A. A ; Cournot A. A. ; Antoine Augustin ; 1801-1877 ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Ökonometrie ; Wirtschaftsmodell ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Frankreich ; Economics Mathematical models 19th century ; History ; Economics History 19th century ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Cournot, Antoine Augustin 1801-1877 ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Mathematisches Modell
    Abstract: 1. Cournot as economist : 200 years of relevance / Jean Magnan de Bornier -- 2. Cournot's probabilistic epistemology / Thierry Martin -- 3. The functions of economic models / Bernard Walliser -- 4. From Cournot's principle to market efficiency / Glenn Shafer -- 5. War and peace / Robert J. Aumann -- 6. Cournot and the social income / Robert M. Solow -- 7. Comparing the incomparable : the sociology of statistics / Alain Desrosières.
    Abstract: From his earliest publications, Cournot broke from tradition with his predecessors in applying mathematical modelling to the social sphere. Consequently, he was the first to affirm the mathematization of social phenomena as an essential principle. The fecundity of Cournot's works stems not only from this departure, but also from a richness that irrigated the social sciences of the twentieth century. In this collection, the contributors - including two Nobel laureates in economics - highlight Cournot's profound innovativeness and continued relevance in the areas of industrial economics, mathematical economics, market competition, game theory and epistemology of probability and statistics. Each of the seven authors reminds us of the force and modernity of Cournot's thought as a mathematician, historian of the sciences, philosopher and, not least, as an economist
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    ISBN: 9781847204295
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 302 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economics and the social sciences
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Sozialwissenschaft ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Institutionenökonomik ; Sozialkapital ; Rationalismus ; Economics ; Social sciences ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Sozialwissenschaften
    Abstract: pt. 1. Economics and other social sciences : relationships and boundaries -- pt. 2. New light on rationality, social relations and the environment -- pt. 3. Flexibility, routines and production in economics and social sciences.
    Abstract: This book is based on the premise that mainstream economics has become excessively specialized and formalized, entering a state of de facto withdrawal from the study of the economy in favour of exercises in applied mathematics. The editors believe that there is much scope for synergies by engaging in an encounter with economics and the other social sciences. The chapters in this book offer important new contributions to such a development
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    ISBN: 9781847208682
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 227 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Transport project evaluation
    DDC: 388.068/4
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    Keywords: Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Verkehrspolitik ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Kosten-Wirksamkeits-Analyse ; Transportation and state ; Transportation Cost effectiveness ; Europa ; Effizienz ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Transportkosten ; Effizienz ; Europa ; Transportkosten ; Effizienz
    Abstract: pt. 1. Perspectives on transport project evaluation and methodologies -- pt. 2. Empirical studies and applications of economic transport project evaluation in a complex European environment.
    Abstract: This book revisits traditional evaluation methods, such as cost-benefit analysis, to try and find a balance between the ever-increasing demand for transport, the search for sustainable mobility and green transport solutions, and the limited financial resources that governments are able to invest in transport infrastructure projects
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    ISBN: 9781781007587
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 340 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: Evaluating sustainable development
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sustainable development in Europe
    DDC: 338.94/07
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltbewertung ; Umweltpolitik ; Bewertung ; Europa ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Europa ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Europa ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: pt. 1. Sustainable development : making the concept operational for evaluation -- pt. 2. Methods of evaluating SD -- pt. 3. National evaluation culture.
    Abstract: Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is neither a generally accepted set of measures and evaluation methods, nor specific standards to be met. Sustainable Development in Europe addresses these issues and presents an important and concise analysis of state-of-the-art sustainable development evaluation policies, programmes and projects currently at work in Europe
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    ISBN: 9781847206961
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 309 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Pioneers of industrial organization
    DDC: 338.6/048
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Ökonomen ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Marktwirtschaft ; Neue politische Ökonomie ; Industrieökonomik ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Industrial organization (Economic theory) ; Economists Biography ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Industrieökonomie ; Wettbewerbstheorie ; Monopoltheorie ; Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
    Abstract: pt. 1. Market theory and its pioneers in Europe -- pt. 2. Pioneers of the field in the USA and Canada.
    Abstract: This encyclopaedic work celebrates the scores of leading pioneers who created the modern economic field of industrial organization, at the heart of which lie competition and monopoly, the two great forces that drive modern markets. Their pioneering work has shaped the field's growing research as well as the past, present and future debates in Europe and America over several centuries. This landmark book includes authoritative entries on all the major figures in both Europe and North America
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    ISBN: 9781783479115
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 335 p) , ill , 24 cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Florio, Massimo, 1953 - Cost-benefit analysis and incentives in evaluation
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    Keywords: 1994-2006 ; EU-Strukturfonds ; Europäische Integration ; Investitionspolitik ; Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Umweltpolitik ; Soziale Diskontrate ; Wohlfahrtsanalyse ; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse ; EU-Staaten ; Economic development projects Cost effectiveness ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 2006 ; Europäische Union ; Strukturfonds ; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
    Abstract: pt. I. Learning from international experience -- pt. II. Project evaluation in transport and environment -- pt. III. Key parameters for applied cost-benefit analysis.
    Abstract: This book provides an authoritative contribution to applied cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and other evaluation methods in the context of the regional policy of the European Union. Through the use of Structural Funds and other financial and regulatory mechanisms, the EU will help to promote thousands of infrastructure projects in the next decade. CBA will be a key ingredient in the investment decision process and the authors provide important insights from their international experiences in project appraisal and evaluation and point to some valuable lessons to be learnt for the future. Some key questions addressed by the expert contributors include: How should a planner design incentives to stimulate evaluation efforts in project appraisal? What can we learn from the evaluation experience at the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank? What is the appropriate shadow price of time for Trans-European networks in transport? Is there a consensus on the value of the statistical life in environment projects? Should we use one unique European social discount rate or several? Edited by Massimo Florio, a leading expert in CBA and author of the EC, Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects (2002), this book will be warmly welcomed by practitioners in investment planning and evaluation, students in public economics, planning, development and European studies, and academics and researchers of CBA and applied welfare economics
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    ISBN: 9781847205544
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xviii, 303 p)
    Edition: Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: New perspectives in research on corporate sustainability
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Organizations and the sustainability mosaic
    DDC: 338.9/27
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Unternehmensethik ; Corporate Social Responsibility ; Organisationsforschung ; Environmental economics ; Economic development Moral and ethical aspects ; Social justice ; Industries Social aspects ; Sustainable development ; Unternehmen ; Soziale Verantwortung ; Umweltbewusstes Management ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: Transportation planning deals with the ways in which governments at various levels try to ensure the effective and efficient movement of people and goods. For this collection, the editors have selected the key previously published papers which analyse some of the major methodological issues involved in modern transportation planning and discuss the main policy questions and debates. The wide range of topics covered includes traffic assignment, developments in modelling travel behaviour, urban travel, the effect of modern telecommunications on travel, congestion and pricing policy. The book inc
    Description / Table of Contents: COPYRIGHT; DEDICATIONS; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Contributors; 1. Organizations and the sustainability mosaic: crafting long-term ecological and societal solutions; 2. Envisioning an ecologically sustainable society: an ideal type and an application; 3. A use-centered perspective on sustainability: a case-study of land use in the American Southwest; 4. Changing practice on sustainability: understanding and overcoming the organizational and psychological barriers to action; 5. Institutionalization as a prerequisite for sustainable corporate development
    Description / Table of Contents: 7. Stakeholder management and sustainability evaluation and reporting system (SERS): a new corporate performance management framework8. Who can act on sustainability issues? Corporate capital and the configuration of organizational fields; 9. The political-institutional dimension of socio-environmental strategies: the game of Aracruz Celulose S.A. versus Tupiniquim and Guarani Indians; 10. Regulating business for sustainable development; 11. The professionalization of sustainability; Index
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    ISBN: 9781847209962
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 835 p) , ill , 26 cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on ethnic minority entrepreneurship
    DDC: 338/.04089
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Migranten ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Sozialkapital ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Selbstständige ; Globalisierung ; Welt ; Entrepreneurship ; Minority business enterprises ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Nationale Minderheit ; Entrepreneurship ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: 'Professor Dana and his colleagues have carefully and successfully put together a collection of chapters on ethnic minority entrepreneurship from all parts of the world. The book comprises eight parts and 49 chapters. Undoubtedly, given the massive size and content of a 835-page book, it is fair to ask, is it value for money? The answer is unequivocally yes! A further comment on the content of the book should probably reassure potential readers and buyers of the book ... This collection is undoubtedly rich, creative and varied in many respects. Therefore, it will be of great benefit to researchers and scholars alike ... I will strongly recommend this book to researchers, students, teachers and policy-makers.' - Aminu Mamman, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 'The volume presents an impressive panorama of studies on ethnic entrepreneurships ranging from Dalits in India to Roma entrepreneurs in Hungary.' - B.P. Corrie, Choice. 'From a focus on middle-man minorities in the 1950s, the study of minority ethnic entrepreneurship has evolved into a vast undertaking. A major ingredient in this expansion is the massive population movements of the past thirty years that have created ethnic minority communities in almost all advanced economies. From New York to San Francisco, from Birmingham to Hamburg, from the Chinese in Canada, to the Turks in Finland, to the Ghanians in South Africa to the Lebanese in New Zealand, more than twenty chapters in this volume treat small-scale ethnic entrepreneurship and the cultural and institutional resources which support it. At the other end of the spectrum, the ethnic Chinese have created ever larger multi-divisional enterprises in the host societies of Southeast Asia. At the mid-point of the spectrum, analyzed in an elegant paper by Ivan Light, is the recently identified transmigrant entrepreneur - accultured in two societies but assimilated in neither - whose special endowments have provided the lynchpin for for much of the international trade expansion in the global economy over the past decade. And Dana and Morris provide us with much more Afro-American entrepreneurship, caste and class, the theory of clubs, women ethnic entrepreneurs, minority ethnicity and IPOs. In the quality of its contributions and in the reach of its coverage, this Handbook attains a very high standard.' - Peter Kilby, Wesleyan University, US. 'The new Handbook of Research on Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship, edited by Léo ...
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introductory chapters. Global entrepreneurship and Transnationalism / Ivan Light -- Ethnic economies, social capital, and the economic theory of clubs / Craig S. Galbraith, Carlos L. Rodriguez, and Curt H. Stiles -- Ethnic entrepreneurship: a theoretical framework / Thierry Volery -- The economics of co-ethnic employment: incentives, welfare effects and policy options / Frank A.G. den Button, Enno Masurel and Robert H.J. Mosch -- Understanding the diversity of immigrant entrepreneurial strategies / Catarina Reis Oliveira -- Immigrant women in small business: biographies of becoming entrepreneurs / Caroline B. Brettell -- Migrant entrepreneurship from the perspective of cultural diversity / Mediha Sahin, Peter Nijkamp and Tuzin Baycan-Levent -- Pt. 2. Ethinic minority self-employment in America. Ethnic business owners and their advisors: the effects of common ethnicity / Linda M. Dyer and Christopher A. Ross -- Ukrainian farmers in Canada / Tom Allen -- Business engagement of Chinese immigrants in Canada / Peter S. Li -- Toward a rethinking of race, culture and the African American entrepreneur / Nicholas Maurice Young -- Hispanic entrepreneurship in the United States / Frank Hoy -- Challenges and opportunities for Hispanic entrepreneurs in the United States / Juan Holguin, Ernesto Gamboa and Frank Hoy -- Korean immigrants in the United States / Pyong Gap Min -- The Iranian ethnic economy in The United States / Mohsen Mobasher -- Entrepreneurship among Filipino immigrants / J. Mark Munoz and Ilan Alon -- Minority entrepreneurship in New York / Jerome Krase -- Non-economic effects of ethnic entrepreneurship / Min Zhou -- The rise and fall of specialized small business investment: taking the taxi to oblivion / Milford B. Green and Rod B. McNaughton -- Does ethnicity matter? a study of the strategic intent of Internet ventures founded by ethnic and 'non-ethnic' entrepreneurs / Radhjeswararao (Raj) Chaganti, Radha Chaganti and Monica Treichel -- pt. 3. Ethnic minority self-employment in Europe. Ethnic entrepreneurship in European cities: a comparative study of Amsterdam / Tuzin Baycan-Levent and Peter Nijkamp -- Temporal & geographical variations in ethnic minority business: thirty years of research in the United Kingdom / Giles A. Barrett and David McEvoy -- Italians in Britain: 'Britalian culture entrepreneurs' revisted / Robin Palmer -- South Asian entrepreneurship in Britain: a critique of the ethnic enclave economy debate / Pnina Werbner -- Access to finance by ethnic minority entrepreneurs in the UK / David Smallbone, Monder Ram and David Deakins -- Ethnic minority business and the employment of illegal immigrants in Birmingham / Trevor Jones, Monder Ram and Paul Edwards -- Immigrant entrepreneurs in Austria / Filiz Kortoglu -- Turkish immigrant entrepreneurs in Finland / Osten Wahlbeck -- Immigrant entrepreneurs in Germany / Maria Kontos -- Migrant entrepreneurship in Germany / Maggi W.H. Leung -- Ethnicity, gender and entrepreneurship: Turkish entrepreneurs in Germany / Robert Putz, Verena Schreiber and Isabell Welpe -- Immigrant entrepreneurs in Hamburg / Nikolinka Fertala -- Chinese entrepreneurs in Hungary / Pal Nyiri -- Roma entrepreneurs in Hungary / Ferenc Babusik -- pt. 4. Ethnic minority self-employment in Asia. Ethnic entrepreneurship and the internationalization of Chinese capitalism in Asia / Henry Wai-chung Yeung -- Dalit entrepreneurs on the edges of caste and class: ethnic minority entrepreneurship in India / David Blake Willis and J. Rajasekaran -- Immigrant entrepreneurs and the Israeli welfare state: institutional support and institutional constraints / Eran Razin -- Immigrants from the former Soviet Union as ethnic entrepreneurs in Israel / Miri Lerner, Suzanna Khavul and Robert D. Hisrich -- Small business among Japan's Buraku people / Mitsuru Tanaka -- Korean minority entrepreneurs in Japan / David Blake Willis and Soo Im Lee -- Clan associations of Singapore and their roles in the small business sector / David Leong -- pt. 5. Ethnic minority self-employment in the Southern hemisphere. Ethnic entrepreneurship in South Africa: an embedded approach to the study among various ethnic groups / Bruce Mitchell and Mary Jesselyn Co -- Entrepreneurship among Ghanaians in South Africa / Vivian Besem Ojong -- Exploring the relationship between culture, communication and entrepreneurship in New Zealand / Zhu Yunxia -- Immigrant cultural capital in business: the New Zealand experience / Noel Watts, Andrew Trlin, Cynthia White and Nicola North -- Enterprising Indian women in New Zealand / Edwina Pio -- Lebanese entrepreneurs in New Zealand / Michele E. M. Akoorie -- pt. 6. Comparative study. A comparative, exploratory investigation into the perceptions of internationalizing firms in Singapore and the UK / Dave Crick and Leo Paul Dana -- pt. 7. Towards future research. Toward a synthesis: a model of immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship / Leo Paul Dana and Michael Morris
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    ISBN: 9781847206992
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 323 p.) , Ill.
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    Keywords: Sozialinnovation ; Strukturanpassungspolitik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This book examines the nature of social innovation processes which determine the economic and social performance of nations, regions, industrial sectors and organizations.
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    ISBN: 9783839407578 , 9783899427578
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (300 p.)
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    Abstract: Im Wandel von politischen, geografischen, kulturellen und ökonomischen Verhältnissen geraten die Grenzlinien von Raum und Körper in Frage und verändern sich. Kollektive und individuelle Identitäten sowie Lebensräume stehen zur Disposition. Der Band nimmt die historischen und gegenwärtigen Wandlungs- und Verschiebungsprozesse in den Blick und analysiert dabei so gegensätzliche Phänomene wie die Privatisierung öffentlicher Räume, die Technisierung und Virtualisierung von Körper und Raum, die Hybridisierung von Orten sowie die Ent- und Re-Sexualisierung von Körpern
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    ISBN: 9780472025053
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 226 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dawson, Ashley, 1965 - Mongrel nation
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    Keywords: English literature Minority authors ; History and criticism ; English literature History and criticism ; 20th century ; Commonwealth literature (English) History and criticism ; Postcolonialism in literature ; Immigrants in literature ; Minorities in literature ; Literature and society History ; 20th century ; Great Britain ; Postcolonialism Great Britain ; Pluralism (Social sciences) Great Britain ; Ethnic groups History ; 20th century ; Great Britain ; Electronic book ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Großbritannien ; Literatur ; Auswanderer ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Postkolonialismus
    Abstract: Colonization in reverse : an introduction -- "In the big city the sex life gone wild" : migration, gender, and identity in Sam Selvon's The lonely Londoners -- Black power in a transnational frame : radical populism and the Caribbean Artists Movement -- Behind the mask : carnival politics and British identity in Linton Kwesi Johnson's dub poetry -- Beyond imperial feminism : Buchi Emecheta's London novels and Black British women's emancipation -- Heritage politics of the soul : immigration and identity in Salman Rushdie's The satanic verses -- Genetics, biotechnology, and the future of "race" in Zadie Smith's White teeth -- Conclusion : "Step back from the blow back" : Asian hip-hop and post-9/11 Britain
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    Language: German
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Krasa-Florian, Selma, 1927 - 2014 Die Allegorie der Austria
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    Keywords: Habsburg, House of Art patronage ; Personification in art ; The arts ; Österreich-Ungarn ; Kunst ; Nationalismus ; Allegorie ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Diese Arbeit ist der Versuch, durch die Verbindung von kunsthistorischen und politikgeschichtlichen Erkenntnissen ein genaueres korrekteres Bild der behandelten Epochen zu erhalten. Die Allegorie der Austria ist dabei das Instrument zur genauen Evaluierung der jeweiligen nationalen und staatspolitischen Vorstellungen. Die Allegorie der Austria verkörpert dabei sehr genau die jeweiligen politischen Konstellationen. Die dynamische Austria mit der rudolphinischen Hauskrone bedeutet die Prädominanz des Herrscherhauses, die bürgerliche Austria mit der Mauerkrone die Vorstellungen dieser Bevölkerungsschicht, vor allem im deutschsprachigen Teil von Österreich, die Stellung des Staates über dem Herrscher der Sinne Hegels, sowie auch die siegreiche Austria mit dem Lorbeerkranz als Zeichen der Überwindung der Revolution von 1848. Gerade im Vielvölkerstaat der Habsburger, wo die divergierenden gesamtstaatlichen und nationalen Sichtweisen zu Konflikten führen mußten, ist so die Allegorie der Austria ein wichtiger Hinweis auf die jeweilige Stellung der Öffentlichkeit zu der angedeuteten Problematik. Der in der Arbeit vorgegebene Zeitraum umfaßt die Periode vom Beginn des Aufstiegs Österreichs zur Großmacht bis zum Ende der Monarchie nach dem ersten Weltkrieg. Dabei werden verschiedene künstlerische Aspekte in einer neueren und genaueren Betrachtungsweise angesprochen, wie zum Beispiel der Zyklus von 13 Porträts aus dem Umfeld von Rudolph II. im Linzer Museum Nordico, die in der großen Ausstellung über diesen Herrscher "Prag um 1600" nicht repräsentiert waren und die am Beginn der Austria-Allegorie in der bildenden Kunst stehen, oder die Denkmalsentwürfe Otto Wagners, die im Großteil der Literatur über diesen Architekten nur als Gelegenheitsentwürfe bezeichnet werden, aber in Wahrheit ernstzunehmende Auseinandersetzungen Wagners mit der nationalen Kunst sind. Ein weiterer gedanklicher Ansatzpunkt ist der Vergleich des Ringens um einen modernen Gesamtstaat vor allem seit dem Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts im Verhältnis zum heutigen Europa mit seinen überstaatlichen Strukturen. Dazu gehört die im Weltkrieg aufgekommene Idee von Mitteleuropa unter Einschluß der Türkei und der Wiedererrichtung des Königreiches Polen als Pufferstaat gegenüber dem revolutionären Russland. Hier ist schon lange vor der Gründung der europäischen Union der Versuch gemacht, den Kontinent friedlich zu einen
    Abstract: The intention of this paper is to give a correct inside in the review of the discussed periods. It tries to achieve this by using the means of Art History and Political History to get an exact inside. The allegorical representation of the Austria in this case is the means to get it. It stands for the specific aspects of the time, so for instance the dynastic Austria with the crown of Emperor Rudolph II. meaning the predominance of the ruling Habsburgs, the civic Austria with the mural crown showing the ideas of the middle class, especially in the German speaking parts of the country, with the acceptance of the predominance of the state over the ruler, according to Hegel, or also the victorious Austria with the laurel wreath as a symbol of the conquest of the revolution of 1848. The Habsburg monarchy including many different nations was the proper breeding ground of dissatisfaction and diversified nationalistic ideas. So the representation of the Austria is an important means of showing these ideas. The periods the paper is working on are roughly speaking starting with the time of the beginning of the position of the monarchy as one of the ruling powers of Europe until her dissolution and the end of World War I. Different aspects of art history are also dealt with. So for example the 13 portraits of Habsburg rulers in the Museum Nordico at Linz, which are positioned in the time of Rudolph II. and mark the beginning of the representation of the allegory of the Austria, or the designs for monuments by Otto Wagner which are dealt with in the many books on this architect only as a side issue, whereas they are a very important part of wagners work and show his national feelings, towards his fatherland. It is furthermore interesting to look at the nationalistic problems shown in this paper and compare them with contemporary Europe and the overcoming of them. These ideas are not new, the date back to the 19th and especially the beginning of the 20th century when the Monarchy tried to overcome the problems with the slogan of Großösterreich (Greater Austria). During World War one followed the idea of Mitteleuropa (Central Europe) including Turkey and the institution of a Polish State to hold off revolutionary Russia
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    ISBN: 9783839408629
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (262 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Kultur und soziale Praxis
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    Keywords: Interkulturalität ; Kulturelle Einrichtung ; Künste ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Deutschland ist von Zuwanderung geprägt, ca. 20 Prozent der Menschen haben schon jetzt einen Migrationshintergrund. Die vielfältigen Kulturen bereichern unser Land und bringen internationale Akzente in unser Alltagsleben.Wie lassen sich die Brücken zwischen der zugewanderten und einheimischen Kulturszene ausbauen? Wie kann man Migrantinnen und Migranten den Zugang zu Kultureinrichtungen, Veranstaltungen und Förderprogrammen erleichtern? Wie kann man den Zugang zu den kulturellen Szenen der Zugewanderten für die Mehrheitsgesellschaft öffnen?Dieses Buch stellt Konzepte und Projekte vor, die institutionelle und freie Kultureinrichtungen und -verwaltungen sowie Künstler_innen mit Migrationshintergrund in ihrer Arbeit vor Ort unterstützen.Gezeigt wird ein Perspektivenwechsel: Kulturelle Vielfalt ist eine gesellschaftliche Ressource und Chance, denn die Innovationskraft und neue Perspektiven der Künstler_innen mit Migrationshintergrund sind wichtige Impulsgeber für die Zukunft der Kommunen.
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    ISBN: 9783866490888
    Language: German
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    Keywords: Gender studies, gender groups ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: In this volume, connections between education, power and economy are discussed and problematized from a gender-theoretical perspective. In view of the observed change of systems in politics, science, culture and the social sphere, this thematic field is discussed in various contributions from new theoretical perspectives. The volume contains contributions on the philosophy of education as well as historical and sociological studies that systematically examine one or more facets of these interrelationships from a gender-theoretical perspective
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    ISBN: 9780230627345
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 278 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: 1980-2005 ; Geldpolitik ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Zentralbank ; Kreditgeschäft ; Finanzpolitik ; Wechselkurspolitik ; Taylor-Regel ; Europäische Integration ; Konvergenzkriterien ; OECD-Staaten ; EU-Staaten ; USA ; Großbritannien ; Economics ; Monetary policy ; Banks and banking ; Macroeconomics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Geldpolitik ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: Within the New Consensus Macroeconomics, monetary policy is upgraded while fiscal policy is downgraded. This new monetary policy has been the main instrument of policy under the guise of inflation targeting, an approach pursued by a number of central banks worldwide. This book raises problems relating to this new monetary and macroeconomic policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Does Inflation Targeting Increase the Deflationary Bias in the World Economy?; 3 What is Endogenous when Monetary Policy is Transparent?; 4 Monetary Policy Formation at the Long-Term Margin: A Kahn-Tobin Framework; 5 Bank Lending and Regulation in Insider Financial Systems: A Theoretical Assessment; 6 Monetary and Budgetary-Fiscal Policy Interactions in a Keynesian Context: Revisiting Macroeconomic Governance; 7 Monetary Policy from a Circuitist Perspective
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 A Policy-Game Framework for the Dollar-Euro Exchange Rate9 The New Governance in Monetary Policy: A Critical Appraisal of the Fed and the ECB; 10 AS-AD Disequilibrium Dynamics and the Taylor Interest Rate Policy Rule: Euro-Area Based Estimation and Simulation; 11 How the Maastricht Regime Fosters Divergence as Well as Instability; 12 Germany's Post-2000 Stagnation in the European Context - a Lesson in Macroeconomic Mismanagement; 13 Macroeconomic Policy in the UK under New Labour: The End of Boom and Bust?; Index
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Does Inflation Targeting Increase the Deflationary Bias in the World Economy?; 3 What is Endogenous when Monetary Policy is Transparent?; 4 Monetary Policy Formation at the Long-Term Margin: A Kahn-Tobin Framework; 5 Bank Lending and Regulation in Insider Financial Systems: A Theoretical Assessment; 6 Monetary and Budgetary-Fiscal Policy Interactions in a Keynesian Context: Revisiting Macroeconomic Governance; 7 Monetary Policy from a Circuitist Perspective
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 A Policy-Game Framework for the Dollar-Euro Exchange Rate9 The New Governance in Monetary Policy: A Critical Appraisal of the Fed and the ECB; 10 AS-AD Disequilibrium Dynamics and the Taylor Interest Rate Policy Rule: Euro-Area Based Estimation and Simulation; 11 How the Maastricht Regime Fosters Divergence as Well as Instability; 12 Germany's Post-2000 Stagnation in the European Context - a Lesson in Macroeconomic Mismanagement; 13 Macroeconomic Policy in the UK under New Labour: The End of Boom and Bust?; Index
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    ISBN: 9780230626508
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVI, 419 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Investmentfonds ; Portfolio-Management ; Kapitalanlage ; Industrieländer ; Business ; Business and Management ; Mutual funds ; Portfolio management ; Business enterprises Finance ; International business enterprises ; Investment banking ; Securities ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Investmentfonds ; Portfoliomanagement ; Diversifikation ; Investmentfonds ; Portfoliomanagement ; Diversifikation
    Abstract: This book addresses the importance of diversification for reducing volatility of investment portfolios. It shows how to improve investment efficiency, and explains how international diversification reduces overall risk while enhancing performance. This book is a crucial tool for any investor looking to improve the profit gain from their investment
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; 1 Diversification into Art Mutual Funds; 2 Funds of Funds: Diversification, Selection or Expense Arbitrage?; 3 Are Investors Home Biased? Evidence from Germany; 4 International Mutual Fund Efficiency and Monetary Policy Sensitivity; 5 Equity Portfolio Construction: A Comparative Analysis; 6 Improvements and Limitations of the Revised Morningstar Fund Rating Methodology; 7 Mutual Fund Flows and Expected Stock Returns in Germany: The Role of the Benchmark and of Expectation Biases
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 Herding Behavior: Evidence from Portuguese Mutual Funds9 The "Best of Both Worlds" Fund: Exchange Traded Funds in Australia; 10 The Relative Impact of Different Classification Schemes on Mutual Fund Flows; 11 Exploiting Industry Momentum with Sector Funds: The Case of the European Market; 12 US and Chinese Mutual Fund Regulation; 13 Some Insights on the Behavior of the Mutual Fund Industry in Spain; 14 On the Supposed Foreign Superiority: The Italian Tax Puzzle; 15 Corporate Governance of Mutual Funds in Pakistan
    Description / Table of Contents: 16 Determinants of Pension Funds Underwriting and Implications for Portfolio Management: Evidence from Italy17 Managerial Response to Mutual Fund Performance in the Spanish Market: An Agency Approach; 18 Analysis of the Mutual Fund Demand in the Spanish Market; Index
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; 1 Diversification into Art Mutual Funds; 2 Funds of Funds: Diversification, Selection or Expense Arbitrage?; 3 Are Investors Home Biased? Evidence from Germany; 4 International Mutual Fund Efficiency and Monetary Policy Sensitivity; 5 Equity Portfolio Construction: A Comparative Analysis; 6 Improvements and Limitations of the Revised Morningstar Fund Rating Methodology; 7 Mutual Fund Flows and Expected Stock Returns in Germany: The Role of the Benchmark and of Expectation Biases
    Description / Table of Contents: 8 Herding Behavior: Evidence from Portuguese Mutual Funds9 The "Best of Both Worlds" Fund: Exchange Traded Funds in Australia; 10 The Relative Impact of Different Classification Schemes on Mutual Fund Flows; 11 Exploiting Industry Momentum with Sector Funds: The Case of the European Market; 12 US and Chinese Mutual Fund Regulation; 13 Some Insights on the Behavior of the Mutual Fund Industry in Spain; 14 On the Supposed Foreign Superiority: The Italian Tax Puzzle; 15 Corporate Governance of Mutual Funds in Pakistan
    Description / Table of Contents: 16 Determinants of Pension Funds Underwriting and Implications for Portfolio Management: Evidence from Italy17 Managerial Response to Mutual Fund Performance in the Spanish Market: An Agency Approach; 18 Analysis of the Mutual Fund Demand in the Spanish Market; Index
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    ISBN: 9780230589506
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXV, 368 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Ernährungssicherung ; Unterernährung ; Geschlecht ; Menschenrechte ; Entwicklungsländer ; Economics ; Food supply Social aspects ; Food supply Political aspects ; Human rights ; Human rights ; Welfare economics ; International economics ; Development economics ; Social justice ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Hunger ; Ernährungslage ; Menschenrecht
    Abstract: This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Boxes and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Vulnerability to Hunger: Causes and Remedies; Part II: Gender and Hunger: The Links; Part III: Hunger as Entitlement Failure: The Right to Food; Index
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Boxes and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Vulnerability to Hunger: Causes and Remedies; Part II: Gender and Hunger: The Links; Part III: Hunger as Entitlement Failure: The Right to Food; Index
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    ISBN: 9781781959954
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 330 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Business networks and strategic alliances in China
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    Keywords: 1990-2005 ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Strategische Allianz ; Joint Venture ; Unternehmenskooperation ; Corporate Governance ; Vertrauen ; Risiko ; Wissenstransfer ; Sozialkapital ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Lernende Organisation ; Humankapital ; Unternehmensethik ; China ; Business networks ; Strategic alliances (Business) ; Diffusion of innovations Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; China ; Strategische Allianz ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; China ; Unternehmen ; Netzwerk ; Geschäftsverbindung
    Abstract: Business Networks and Strategic Alliances in China addresses how knowledge transfer and innovation are interwoven within complex networks and how social capital contributes to the acquisition of crucial resources and business success in multi-type enterprises in China. The book explains how China's remarkable global economic impact in recent years has developed from foreign investment and that the dominant vehicle for economic development has been the International Joint Venture (IJV) between Chinese manufacturers and overseas enterprises. Strict guidelines on FDI mean that foreign firms have been obliged to form relationships with Chinese organizations. The authors illustrate that as a direct result, the quality and nature of the relations, networks, and alliances forged is crucial for the success of Chinese businesses. A sophisticated empirical, theoretical, comparative and historical guide to understanding the nature of business networks in China is provided by this work. As such, it makes a distinct contribution to the furtherance of evidence-based management theory and practice and will strongly appeal to those with an interest in management, international business and Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Business networks and strategic alliances in China / Stewart Clegg, Karen Wang, & Mike Berrell -- The nature of power, control, trust and risk in international joint ventures / Mike Berrell -- The role of culture in international business relations / Jan Selmer -- Social capital and knowledge transfer between subsidiaries of foreign MNCs and local organizations / Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen & Ingmar Björkman -- The adoption of agency business activity, product innovation and performance in Chinese technology ventures / Haiyang Li & Kwaku Atuahene-Gima -- Tacit knowledge and inter-firm learning in China / Richard Li-Hua & Jian Peng -- Inter-firm relations in business groups / Lisa A. Keister -- Creating social capital as a competitive (dis)advantage / Heidi Dahles -- The contextual balance of social capital within hierarchical relations in China / Karen Wang -- Human capital, social capital and firm performance in Chinese SMEs / Stephen T.T. Teo & Karen Wang -- Business networks in China / Emanuela Todeva -- Guanxi and ethical business issues in China / Jos Gamble -- Performance in international joint ventures in China / John Child.
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    ISBN: 9781035305490
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 329 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The labour market and economic development of Taiwan
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    Keywords: 1967-2004 ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Einkommensverteilung ; Privatwirtschaft ; Strukturelle Arbeitslosigkeit ; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmigranten ; Betriebliches Bildungsmanagement ; Arbeitslosenversicherung ; Öffentlicher Dienst ; Taiwan ; Labor market ; Taiwan Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Taiwan ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Wirtschaftslenkung ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Struktur
    Abstract: The debate on whether high standards of labour market legislation affect economic growth and the rate of employment is topical and important. The contributors to this book address three main issues: * how Taiwan's labour market was able to work so well prior to 1996, maintaining full employment for the last 40 years, regardless of the rapid change of industrial structure in the 1980s * what factors can be attributed to the rapid deterioration of Taiwan's labour market performance since 1996 * the measures adopted by the Taiwan government in tackling the recent high unemployment rate, how effective these policies are and what lessons scholars and public policy makers in other countries can learn from Taiwan's experience. An integrated labour market model (a revision of the Harris-Todaro dualistic labour market model) is presented which can be used to analyze labour market operation in other developing countries. The effectiveness of various policies adopted by the Taiwanese government in tackling high unemployment rates are examined and the findings shed light on public policies in other developing and newly industrialized countries. The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan will appeal to scholars of Asian studies, public policy, economic development and labour economists
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Part I: Employment development in a flexible labour -- Market -- 1. Labour market flexibility and employment: An overview / Joseph S. Lee -- 2. Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure / Gary S. Fields -- 3. Education and Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure / Gary S. Fields and Amanda Newton Kraus -- 4. Taiwan's private sector labour market prior to 1996 / Gary S. Fields -- Part II: Employment development in a regulated and -- Globalized labour market -- 5. Cyclical employment changes in Taiwanese industry / Christina Y. Liu, Wei-Chiao Huang and Chia-Wei Wang -- 6. Industrial change and structural unemployment in Taiwan / Chung-Chi Wu -- 7. The deterioration of employment: Regional unemployment dynamics / Feng-Fuh Jiang and Paul K.C. Liu -- 8. The role of foreign workers in Taiwan's economic development / Joseph S. Lee -- 9. Involuntary job turnover in Taiwan, 1996-2000 / Ji-Ping Lin -- Part III: Labour market policies in the new knowledge -- Economy -- 10. Employee training programmes and sustainable employability / Joseph S. Lee and Ping-Lung Hsin -- 11. Employment insurance and unemployment in Taiwan / Yang Shih -- 12. Evaluating Taiwan's public service employment programme / Chao-Yin Lin and Mei Hsu -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9789264031692
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (136 p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Climate change in the European Alps
    DDC: 338.47914
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    Keywords: Klimawandel ; Tourismus ; Wintersport ; Katastrophe ; Alpenraum ; Climatic changes ; Tourism ; Hazard mitigation ; Environment ; Austria ; France ; Germany ; Italy ; Switzerland ; Amtsdruckschrift ; Graue Literatur ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Alpen ; Management ; Naturkatastrophe ; Klimaänderung ; Wintertourismus
    Abstract: This report assesses the implications of climate change on winter tourism and natural hazards management in the European Alps, with a particular focus on how these activities can adapt to climate change. The report presents the first systematic cross-country analysis of the effects of climate change on snow-reliability in the European Alps. It also examines the implications of climate change for a range of natural hazards prevalent in the Alps, with a particular focus on frameworks and financial mechanisms to manage natural hazards in three countries: France, Switzerland and Austria. Technological and behavioural adaptation measures, together with institutional structures and risk transfer mechanisms, are also reviewed.
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  • 67
    ISBN: 9781402052323
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 247 p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Kogan, Irena, 1973 - Working through barriers
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    Keywords: Migranten ; Arbeitsmigranten ; Erwerbstätigkeit ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Arbeitsverwaltung ; Soziale Integration ; Migrationspolitik ; Sozialstaat ; EU-Staaten ; Social sciences ; Statistics ; Labor economics ; Sociology ; Demography ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Europäische Union ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Einwanderer ; Integration ; Europäische Union ; Arbeitnehmer ; Migration ; Soziale Integration ; Europäische Union ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Migrationspolitik ; Europäische Union ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Einwanderer ; Integration
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    ISBN: 9780387444550
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 554p. 129 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Interdisciplinary Contributions To Archaeology
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
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    Keywords: Remote sensing ; Geographical information systems ; Archaeology ; Social Sciences, general ; Remote sensing ; Geographical information systems ; Archaeology ; Ausgrabungstechnik ; Fernerkundung ; Archäologie ; Geoinformationssystem ; Geoarchäologie ; Satellitenfernerkundung
    Abstract: Archaeology has been transformed by technology that allows one to 'see' below the surface of the earth. This work illustrates the uses of advanced technology in archaeological investigation. It deals with hand-held instruments that probe the subsurface of the earth to unveil layering and associated sites; underwater exploration and photography of submerged sites and artifacts; and the utilization of imaging from aircraft and spacecraft to reveal the regional setting of archaeological sites and to assist in cultural resource management.
    Abstract: "Whether deployed in space or on the surface of the earth, remote sensing instruments are increasingly becoming standard archaeological tools. Space age techniques have begun to accumulate a wealth of information and unusual evidence such as the presence of sand-buried courses of ancient rivers in the Sahara and the associated remains of human occupations. Perhaps as important, some have been able to gather priceless knowledge without disturbing fragile sites a capability that is particularly significant in this era of conservation.Remote Sensing in Archaeology illustrates the uses of advanced technology in archaeological investigation. It deals with hand-held instruments that probe the subsurface of the earth to unveil layering and associated sites, underwater exploration and photography of submerged sites and artifacts, and the utilization of imaging from aircraft and spacecraft to reveal the regional setting of archaeological sites and to assist in cultural resource management. In each case, the technical developments are explained first, followed by examples of applications as case studies.Contributors are renowned experts from the international scientific community. Each chapter is composed as a self-standing contribution with a summary and an introduction to help the reader grasp the value of its contents. The book is profusely illustrated with graphs and photographs to explain the methodologies and results, so that the reader may better understand the principles involved and apply the knowledge gained to similar environments. Complete lists of references cited will also allow the reader to investigate more deeply the problems and findings.""This book provides an excellent and diverse overview of the emerging capability of remote sensing archaeology and is a very valuable and important text for archaeologists in their quest to use advanced technology to help in their studies of exploration, and for remote sensing technologists and scientists by giving them a good understanding of the challenges that archaeologists find in their endeavors. The editors are to be applauded for bringing together such an excellent collection of authors and articles to cover this important emerging field."" Charles Elachi, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA), Pasadena, California"
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    Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
    ISBN: 9783540342588
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 387 p. 319 illus., 1 in color, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Lojek, Bo History of semiconductor engineering
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    Keywords: Science (General) ; Computer industry ; Particles (Nuclear physics) ; Electronics ; Science ; Science (General) ; Science History ; Computer industry ; Particles (Nuclear physics) ; Electronics ; Halbleiterbauelement ; Geschichte ; Halbleitertechnologie ; Geschichte ; Halbleiterbauelement ; Geschichte ; Halbleitertechnologie
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    New York, NY : Springer New York
    ISBN: 9780387365428
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 308 p, digital)
    Series Statement: STUDIES IN ORGANIZED CRIME 5
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Women and the Mafia
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Criminology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Mafia ; Frau ; Mittäterschaft ; Organisiertes Verbrechen ; Frau ; Mittäterschaft ; Frau ; Mafia ; Frau ; Organisiertes Verbrechen ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: The insightful essays in this book shine a new light on the roles of women within criminal networks, roles that in reality are often less traditional than researchers used to think. The book seeks to answer questions from a wide range of academic disciplines and traces the portrait of women tied to organized crime in Italy and around the world. The book offers up accounts of mafia women, and also tales of severe abuse and violence against women.
    Abstract: "Where is a woman s place in the mob? Does she even have one? Is the rise in women s involvement in organized crime the darker side of their increased presence in the legitimate workplace, or simply a reworking of the mafia s traditional male attitudes cloaked in the guise of women s emancipation?The insightful essays in Women and the Mafia seek to answer these questions from a wide range of academic disciplines and trace the portrait of women tied to organized crime in Italy and around the world. This book pulls back the code of silence and shines a light on the dark image of women entangled in organized crime.The surprising first hand accounts of mafia women in Italy not only reveal women in power, ""generals in skirts"", but also tales of severe abuse and violence against women.The book introduces us to the professional women of the Argentine ""mafia state"", Albanian human traffickers, spies for the Russian mob, runners for Brazilian numbers rackets, and the mystique of the American gangster moll."
    Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS; Contributors; Introduction; Part I. A History of Women in the Mafia; 1. Doing It for Themselves or Standing in for Their Men? Women in the Neapolitan Camorra (1950-2003); 2. Mafia Women: The Affirmation of a Female Pseudo-Subject. The Case of the 'Ndrangheta; 3. Women in the 'Ndrangheta: The Serraino-Di Giovine Case; 4. Women in the Sacra Corona Unita; 5. Symbolic Domination and Active Power: Female Roles in Criminal Organizations; 6. Women in Mafia Organizations; 7. Women and Other Mafia-Type Criminal Organizations; 8. Female Visibility in the Mafia World: Press Review 1980 to 2001
    Description / Table of Contents: Part II. An International Comparison9. Women in Organized Crime in Albania; 10. Women in Organized Crime in Argentina; 11. Women in Organized Crime in Brazil; 12. Women in Organized Crime in Japan; 13. Women in Organized Crime in Germany; 14. Women in Organized Crime in Russia; 15. Women in Organized Crime in the United States; Part III. Conclusion; 16. The Reasoning behind this Research; an Evaluation of the Results; Index
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    ISBN: 9780387493213
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 337 p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Zafirovski, Milan, 1958 - The Protestant ethic and the spirit of authoritarianism
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Economic policy ; Political science ; Sociology ; Social Sciences ; Economic policy ; Political science ; Social sciences ; Sociology ; Puritan movements Influence ; History ; Christianity and politics Protestant churches ; History ; Authoritarianism Religious aspects ; Protestant churches ; Puritanismus ; Autoritarismus
    Abstract: This book explores the historical and contemporary relationships of Protestant Puritanism to political and social authoritarianism. It focuses on Puritanism s original, subsequent and modern influences on and legacies in political democracy and civil society within historically Puritan Western societies, with emphasis on Great Britain and particularly America, from the 17th to the 21th century. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Authoritarianism: Puritanism, Democracy and Society's importance and novelty lie in its original theoretical argument and empirical demonstration that Puritanism constitutes or reproduces political-social authoritarianism rather than liberal-secular political democracy and free civil society, contrary to the conventional wisdom in Puritan societies, especially America. The book s methodological approach is thoroughly interdisciplinary by integrating methods, theories and data in sociology with those in other social sciences such as political science, history and economics. In addition, the book uses a comparative-historical method through comparisons of Western (and other) societies at various points of history in terms of the impact of Puritanism on authoritarianism.
    Description / Table of Contents: Puritanism and Authoritarianism; Puritanism and Political Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Mastery of Politics; Puritanism and Social Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Mastery of Civil Society; Puritanism and Social Authoritarianism Continued; Neo-Puritanism and Authoritarianism; Authoritarian Legacy of Puritanism in Contemporary Society
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-331) and index
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9781402095030
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (digital)
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 18
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    Series Statement: Humanities, Social Science and Law
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Herbst, Marcel Financing public universities
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    Keywords: Hochschulfinanzierung ; Nonprofit-Management ; Hochschulreform ; Hochschulpolitik ; Education, Higher ; Finance ; Social policy ; Political science ; Education ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Hochschulfinanzierung ; Internationaler Vergleich
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    ISBN: 9780387342535
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 236 p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Innovation in strategic philanthropy
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Sociology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Sociology ; Politische Bewegung ; Soziale Bewegung ; Zivilgesellschaft ; Nichtstaatliche Organisation ; Leitbild ; Fürsorge ; Global Entwicklungsländer ; Gesellschaftliche/politische Bewegung ; Zivilgesellschaft ; Nichtregierungsorganisation ; Soziales Leitbild ; Engagement ; Soziale Betreuung/Sozialfürsorge ; Brasilien Osteuropa ; Mitteleuropa ; Mexiko ; Pakistan ; Philippinen ; Südafrikanische Republik ; Thailand ; Südosteuropa (München) ; United Nations ; Post-Kommunismus ; Erde ; Entwicklungsländer ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostmitteleuropa ; Schwellenländer ; Wohltätigkeit ; Gemeinnützige Organisation ; Ostmitteleuropa ; Schwellenländer ; Wohltätigkeit ; Gemeinnützige Organisation
    Abstract: This book is the result of case studies conducted as part of the International Network on Strategic Philanthropy, which focus on the role of philanthropy in the globalization process and in lesser developed economies. Throughout, they emphasize the lessons in innovation that can be taken from them, and together demonstrate that emerging philanthropic institutions can develop their own methods and offer criteria that the Western world might learn from.
    Abstract: Philanthropy has been around for thousands of years but the study of philanthropic organizations and their role in a civil society is still recent. Most of the research focuses on organizations and institutions in developed market economies, in particular the United States. But in looking at other areas such as the global south and central and eastern Europe, major differences in a number of critical aspects emerge that challenge conventional assumptions and models of philanthropy. There, frequently resource-poor and hybrid organizations are very different from the professional, large-scale foundation in the US or western Europe, but they are nonetheless philanthropic institutions that are more reflective of local needs and capacities, and often with greater innovative potential rather than some ready-made, imported legal form could offer. This book is the result of case studies conducted as part of the International Network on Strategic Philanthropy, which focus on the role of philanthropy in the globalization process and in lesser developed economies. Throughout, they emphasize the lessons in innovation that can be taken from them, and together demonstrate that these emerging philanthropic institutions can develop their own methods and indeed offer criteria that the Western world might learn from.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; Contributors; List of Figures and Tables; PART I: LOCAL PERSPECTIVES; 1. Introduction; 2. Brazil; 3. Central and Eastern Europe; 4. Mexico; 5. Pakistan; 6. Cases from the Philippines in Innovative Philanthropy: An Overview of the Philippines; 7. South Africa; 8. Thailand; 9. Conclusion; PART II: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES; 10. Introduction; 11. Distinct View--Intervening in the Practices of the Public and Private Sector; 12. The Global and Local Dimension; 13. Philanthropy and Networks in Global Civil Society
    Description / Table of Contents: 14. The Role of Philanthropy Within the United Nations System: The Case of the United Nations Foundation15. Philanthropic Foundations' Assistance in Post-Conflict Situations: A Case Study of Post-Communist Southeast Europe; 16. The Infrastructure of Global Philanthropy: Wings and Wings-CF; 17. Conclusion; Index
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    Berlin : Springer
    ISBN: 9783540723103
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 112 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment ^31
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Business ethics of innovation
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Engineering economy ; Economic policy ; Political science ; Operations research ; Decision making ; Political science ; Ethics ; Engineering economics ; Engineering economy ; Economic policy ; Philosophy ; Economic policy ; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing ; Engineering economy ; Ethics ; Operations Research/Decision Theory ; Philosophy (General) ; Political science ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftsethik
    Abstract: Firms generally depend upon innovations in order to achieve advantages on competitive markets, thus also raising societal questions. Business ethics provides a normative framework for balancing the different perspectives, values, and interests at stake. This balance must be achieved both at relevant firm and regulatory levels. Business Ethics of Innovation is thus necessarily an interdisciplinary endeavour. This volume assesses general questions of how business ethics may contribute to adequate innovations and specifically discusses respective case studies in pharmaceutical and IT sectors.
    Abstract: Firms that operate in a market economy often depend upon innovations in order to achieve competitive advantages that sustainably secure their survival. Business ethics is thus largely concerned with questions about the decisional freedoms involved in innovation processes. Innovations oftentimes raise novel questions about the role of the state or the structure of society. Business ethics needs to provide a framework for balancing the different perspectives, values, and interests at stake. This balance must be achieved at the level of the firm in order to facilitate adequate long term decisions
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Business Ethics of Innovation. An Introduction; Corporate Ethics and Globalization - Global Rules and Private Actors; Research Priorities, Profits, and Public Goods: The Case of Drug Resistant Disease; Ethical Issues Associated with Pharmaceutical Innovation; Corporate Responsibility for Innovation - A Citizenship Framework; Access to Medicines and the Innovation Dilemma - Can Pharmaceutical Multinationals be Good Corporate Citizens?; IT Innovations and Open Source: A Question of Business Ethics or Business Model?; Back Matter
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    ISBN: 9781402059735
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    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
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    DDC: 361.65
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    Keywords: Alternde Bevölkerung ; Sozialstaat ; Generationengerechtigkeit ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Social sciences ; Population ; Social policy ; Aging Research ; Demography ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Lebenserwartung ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Wohlstandsgesellschaft ; Altern ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Familienbeziehung
    Abstract: In this important and timely book, researchers from different countries compare their experiences and offer contrasting views on the future of social protection. They consider the theoretical aspects of the intergenerational debate, relations between generations within the family, the living standards of elderly people, and the question of social time. For the first time in history, three and sometimes four generations are living at the same time; this book examines the new interactions between family change, labour force participation and population ageing.
    Abstract: Our societies are ageing. The Family is changing. Labour force behaviour is evolving. How is the organisation of family and collective solidarity adapting in this context of longer life spans, low fertility, and work that is simultaneously scarce and abundant? The welfare states are currently facing three main challenges: ensure satisfactory living conditions for the elderly without increasing the cost burden on the active population, reduce social inequality, and maintain equity between successive generations. In this book, researchers from different countries compare their experiences and offer contrasting views on the future of social protection. They consider the theoretical aspects of the intergenerational debate, relations between generations within the family, the living standards of elderly people, and the question of social time.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Demographic Change, Welfare, and Intergenerational Transfers: A Global Overview; Demographic Context of the Social Contract in Developed Countries: Unity and Diversity; Economics of the Intergenerational Debate: Normative, Accounting and Political Viewpoints; Reorganizing the Activity Cycle: The Stakes in a New Social Contract; Social Contract and Age at Retirement: Some Elements of a Franco-American Comparison; Longevity and Work; Changes to the Legal Relationship Between Grandparents and Grandchildren in Quebec: A Disconcerting Evolution
    Description / Table of Contents: Demographic Change and the Social Contract of Informal Support Within the FamilyChange and Reciprocity in Intergenerational Relationships: The Discourse Of Spanish Working Mothers; Intergenerational Exchanges in Older Populations; Family Solidarities at the Beginning of Retirement in France; Pensions and Income Redistribution in a Comparative Perspective: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study; Social Spending: Recent Changes and Conditions for its Long-Term Viability; Pensions, Privilege and Poverty: Another "Take" on Intergenerational Equity
    Description / Table of Contents: Toward a 24-Hour Economy: Implications for the Temporal Structure and Functioning of Family LifeWorking Schedules: In Search of a Balance Between Family Time and Economic Wellbeing; Determinants of Paths of Transition to Total-Work Retirement: A Preliminary Empirical Analysis; Back Matter
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    ISBN: 9780387335957 , 9780387335964
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 451 S.) , graph. Darst.
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Globalisierung
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  • 77
    ISBN: 9781402056826
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 259 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Social Indicators Research Series 31
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Quality of life in old age
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    Keywords: Ältere Menschen ; Lebensqualität ; Interdisziplinäre Forschung ; Social sciences ; Geriatrics ; Quality of Life ; Animal behavior ; Aging Research ; Sociology ; Quality of Life Research ; Social Sciences ; Older people Social conditions ; Congresses ; Quality of life Congresses ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Alter ; Lebensbedingungen ; Lebensqualität
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    ISBN: 9781402055607
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    Series Statement: HIGHER EDUCATION DYNAMICS 18
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    Keywords: Hochschulfinanzierung ; Nonprofit-Management ; Hochschulreform ; Hochschulpolitik ; Education ; Education, Higher ; Finance ; Social policy ; Political science ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Hochschulfinanzierung
    Abstract: This crucial book addresses newer practices of resource allocation which tie university funding to indicators of performance. It covers the evolvement of mass higher education and the associated curtailment of funding, the public management reform debate within which performance-based budgeting or funding evolved, and sketches alternative governance and management modes which can be used instead. Four appendices cover more technical matters.
    Abstract: "Financing Public Universities addresses newer practices of resource allocation which tie funding to indicators of performance. The gist of these efforts is to raise the quality of institutional systems. Performance-based budgeting and funding of public universities is part of broader efforts to reform public management, and it is being promoted and implemented by various government agencies around the globe. In particular, European universities with their normally strong governmental ties, or higher education systems molded on European universities, are prime targets of such reforms. Performance funding has made its inroads in attempts to grant university systems managerial autonomy: autonomy was to be granted in exchange for funding modes which are tied to the measurement of performance indicators. Unfortunately, performance-based budgeting or funding measures cannot meet the various expectations: they do not raise the quality of teaching or learning, they do not raise research performance, they take back a great deal of managerial autonomy which is commonly judged to be essential for the well being of higher education institutions, in particular research universities, and they act as automata in place of proper governance and management. ""Financing Public Universities"" addresses policy makers, higher education administrators, scholars and students of higher education management. After an introduction to the theme and to the book (Chapter 1), ""Financing Public Universities"" covers the evolvement of mass higher education and the associated curtailment of funding (Chapter 2), the public management reform debate (Chapter 3) within which performance-based budgeting or funding evolved (Chapter 4), sketches alternative governance and management modes which can be used instead (Chapter 5), and epitomizes inertia or challenges (Chapter 6). Four appendices cover more technical matters, such as a comparative exposition of the research performance of universities by nation (Appendix C) and examples of funding systems in the UK and in the USA (Appendix D)."
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Introduction; Mass Higher Education and Funding Bases; Public Management Reform Debate; Performance-Based Budgeting or Funding; Alternative Governance and Management Modes; Inertia and Challenges; Back Matter
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    ISBN: 9781402061745
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    Series Statement: International Studies in Population 6
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    Keywords: Epidemiology ; Demography ; Population ; HIV ; Communicable Diseases ; HIV Infections ; Africa South of the Sahara epidemiology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; HIV-Infektion
    Abstract: Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new infectious diseases have been identified in the last 20 years. Among the 'new' diseases, and most importantly, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic, with 40 million persons infected and 25 million deaths since its first description, presents one of the most significant health, societal and security challenges facing the global community. The interaction of HIV/AIDS with tuberculosis, malaria and bacterial infections have increased HIV-related morbidity and mortality, and in turn, the HIV pandemic has brought about devastating increases in tuberculosis. Understanding the population impact and the dynamics of infection diseases in the most affected region is critical to efforts to reduce the morbidity and mortality of such infections, and for decisions on where to use limited resources in the fight against infections. This book aims to contribute to these efforts by offering a demographic and epidemiological perspective on emerging and reemerging infections in sub-Saharan Africa.
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Trends and diseases -- pt. 2. HIV and its impact.
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    ISBN: 1281066672 , 9781402062209 , 9781281066671
    Language: English
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    DDC: 320.513
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science ; Economic policy ; Social policy ; Political science Philosophy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Neoliberalismus ; Global Governance
    Abstract: This book explores the relationship between neo-liberalism, state power and global governance, exploring national differences in the exercise of state power in a variety of industrialized and developing economies. Among the strengths of this volume are its detailed global scope, its range of case studies in diverse policy areas, its analysis and critique of neo-liberalism, in theory and practice, and its impact upon state power and global governance.
    Abstract: The volume explores the relationship between neo-liberalism, state power and global governance. It seeks to show how neo-liberalism has failed to deliver a framework for state power and global governance capable of delivering stability and enduring prosperity. It also contends that the role of politics in general, and the state and global governance in particular, should be defined more broadly than the simple neo-liberal construction of institutions for the market. Part One explores the pattern of national differences in the exercise of state power in a variety of industrialized and developing economies, despite the pressure to converge towards the dominant neo-liberal paradigm. Part Two analyses a variety of trans-national policy prescriptions for neo-liberalism and state power. Part Three explores whether the governance of labour markets is a special case in the global economy. Part Four sets out the need for institutional reform of the neo-liberal order in trade and finance. The volume concludes that there is the prospect of a more plural approach to state power and global governance, and one that recognizes the importance of the public domain of citizenship for delivering the global public goods of security, prosperity and environmental sustainability in the twenty-first century. The distinctive features of this book are: Its range of case studies of the impact of neo-liberalism upon state power in both industrialized (i.e. Germany, Canada, England) and emergent market economies (i.e. Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Nicaragua), Its range of case studies in different policy areas (i.e. education, labour markets, competitiveness policy, competition policy, financial markets' governance, monetary policy), Its range of case studies of different institutions of global governance (i.e. OECD, WTO), and Its analysis and critique of neo-liberalism, in theory and practice, and its impact upon state power and global governance.
    Description / Table of Contents: Lee-FM.pdf; Lee-Ch01.pdf; Lee-Ch02.pdf; Lee-Ch03.pdf; Lee-Ch04.pdf; Lee-Ch05.pdf; Lee-Ch06.pdf; Lee-Ch07.pdf; Lee-Ch08.pdf; Lee-Ch09.pdf; Lee-Ch10.pdf; Lee-Ch11.pdf; Lee-Ch12.pdf; Lee-Ch13.pdf; Lee-Ch14.pdf; Lee-Ch15.pdf; Lee-Ch16.pdf; Lee-Index.pdf
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    ISBN: 9781402059513
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
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    Series Statement: United Nations University Series on Regionalism 1
    DDC: 337.1
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    Keywords: Internationale Handelspolitik ; Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Welt ; Development Economics ; Human Geography ; International economics ; Political science ; Social sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Handel ; Regionalismus ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Integration ; Finanzinvestition
    Abstract: In 2001, the United Nations University launched UNU-CRIS, a research and training programme on comparative regional integration to study the role of regional integration in global governance. This is a timely product of the research undertaken at UNU-CRIS. The report represents a unique collaboration between all regional UN Economic Commissions. It focuses on one of the central issues in the debate on global governance.
    Abstract: Global governance is a concern of not only global organisations but also of all individual states and of regional co-operation agreements among sovereign states. In 2001, the United Nations University has launched UNU-CRIS, a research and training programme on comparative regional integration to study the role of regional integration in global governance. The present first volume of the World Report on Regional Integration is a timely product of the research undertaken at UNU-CRIS. This new series of World Reports will certainly contribute to the discussion on the interaction between regional and global governance. And by bringing together insights from different parts of the UN system, in particular the five UN regional economic commissions and UNCTAD, this report will also contribute to a better understanding of the role of regions in the UN. (Hans van Ginkel, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Rector of UNU) The World Report on Regional Integration brings together a well-balanced mix of economic analysis, facts and political perspectives on the topic of regional integration. The most valuable and unique contribution of this volume is the enhanced clarity it brings to the complex picture of trade and investment integration, the entanglement of which points to the need for more effective regional governance as a building block of multilateral governance in this area. As the world's most dynamic trading region, Asia and the Pacific is a key player in this process, and the UNESCAP secretariat, in its service to the region, will continue to accord high priority to this policy objective. (Kim Hak-Su, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of UNESCAP)
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Developing Countries' Participation in Regional Integration: Trends, Prospects and Policy Implications; Preferential Trading Arrangements for Developing Countries; Making Multi-Level Rules Work: Trade and Investment Rules in Regional and Bilateral Agreements; Reconciling Regionalism and Multilateralism: Towards Multilevel Trade Governance; Asia-Pacific Regionalism Quo Vadis? Charting the Territory for New Integration Routes; Regional Integration in the Western Hemisphere: An Overview; Regional Economic Integration in Africa
    Description / Table of Contents: Developments in Regional Integration in Western Asia and Arab RegionTrade and Integration in (South) East Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia; Regional Integration in the European Union: Enlargement Without Constitution; Back Matter
    Note: "United Nations university comparative regional integration studies , "Garnet , Includes bibliographical references , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Dordrecht : Springer | [Berlin : Springer
    ISBN: 9781402049897
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 5
    DDC: 306.3/4
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    Keywords: Education ; Humanities ; Personnel management ; Social sciences ; Industriesoziologie ; Identität ; Selbst ; Arbeitsplatz ; Psychologie
    Abstract: This book examines continuity and change of identity formation processes at work under conditions of modern working processes and labor market flexibility. By bringing together perspectives from sociology, psychology, organizational management, and vocational education and training, it connects the debates of skills formation, human resources development, and careers with individual's work commitment and professional orientations.
    Abstract: This edited volume on Identities at Work brings together international theory and empirical research that deals with continuity and change of identity formation processes at work under conditions of modern working processes and labour market flexibility. By bringing together perspectives from sociology, psychology, organisational management and vocational education and training the contributions in this volume connect the debates of skills formation, human resources development and careers with individual s work commitment and professional orientations in various ways. With this focus the volume presents a new research perspective based on an interdisciplinary and international approach. We argue that in times of globalisation and rapidly changing work realities such an approach is needed to better understand and analyse what is required to equip and prepare the workforce to meet international labour market demands. In this sense the publication shall serve as a useful resource to researchers and policy makers working in the fields of skills formation, human resources development and organisational management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Book Series Scope; Introduction by the Series Editors; CONTENTS; List of Figures and Tables; Contributors; Introduction and Overview; Part One: Vocational Identity in Theory and Empirical Research; 1 Decomposing and Recomposing Occupational Identities-A Survey of Theoretical Concepts; 2 Tensions in the Vocational Identity of Danish Bankers; 3 The Role of Developing a Vocational Identity for Women- The Example of Young Single German Mothers; 4 The 'Double' Vocational Identity of the Working Population in the Greek Tourist Industry; 5 Vocational Education and Training-A European Perspective
    Description / Table of Contents: Part Two: Work and Personal Identity6 Career Changes and Identity Continuities-A Contradiction?; 7 Exercising Self Through Working Life: Learning, Work and Identity; 8 The Much Vaunted 'Flexible Employee'-What Does it Take?; Part Three: Work and Commitment; 9 The Dynamics Between Organisational Commitment and Professional Identity Formation at Work; 10 Apprentices' Experiences of Occupational and Organisational Commitment: An Empirical Investigation in a German Automobile Company; 11 The Individualisation of Identification with Work in a European Perspective
    Description / Table of Contents: 12 Work Identity in the Japanese Context: Stereotype and RealityPart Four: Modern Work and the Creation of New Professional Identities; 13 The Construction of a New Professional Self: A Critical Reading of the Curricula for Nurses and Computer Engineers in Norway; 14 US Efforts to Create a New Professional Identity for the Bioscience Industry; Concluding Chapter; Index
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    Boston, MA : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
    ISBN: 9780387713687
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Connor, James The sociology of loyalty
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Sociology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Sociology ; Loyalität ; Gefühl ; Soziologie ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift ; Loyalität ; Soziologie ; Soziologie ; Loyalität
    Abstract: Specifically, this book explains loyalties: why we have them and what they do for us and society. It also places loyalty into the study of emotions such as trust and shame. By drawing on current theories and current and historical examples this book clearly establishes the components of loyalty and its place with in the theories of emotion. Additionally it develops the theoretical understanding of emotions by taking a previously ignored - yet highly topical - emotion and placing it within the theoretical perspective.
    Abstract: The sociology of emotions is currently a significant field of research but loyalty has not been addressed directly by emotions theorists. This proposed book would take the concept of loyalty (What is loyalty? How does it fit into the study of emotions? What are the different types of loyalty? etc.) and place it in the sociology of emotions field.By drawing on current theorists,current and historical examples (including the areas of family, nation, sports, etc.) the book clearly establishes the components of loyalty and its place with in the theories of emotion. Additionally it develops the theoretical understanding of emotions by taking a previously ignored yet highly topical emotion and placing it within the theoretical perspective.Specifically, this book explains loyalties: why we have them and what they do for us and society. It also places loyalty into the study of emotions such as trust and shame.
    Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Loyalty and Theories of Emotion; Introduction; What is Loyalty?; The Theorising of Emotion; Biological Approaches to Emotions Theory; Biocultural Approaches to Emotions Theory; The Sociological Theories of Emotion; The Existentialist Theory of Emotions; The Implications of Loyalty as an Emotion; Conclusion; 3. Elements of Loyalty; Introduction; Notes on Methodology; The Language of Loyalty; Emotion(al) Discourse-Gender, Power and Control; Seeing Loyalty; Loyalty Layers: An Individual's Multiple, Competing Loyalties; Identity and Loyalty; Motivation to Action
    Description / Table of Contents: Is It Just a Behaviour?Conclusions; 4. Family Loyalty; Introduction; Family Loyalty-a Primordial Relationship?; Blood Is Thicker than Water; Family-Like Loyalty; Gang Loyalty - A 'Brotherhood'; A Soldier's Loyalty; Family the Quintessential Loyalty?; 5. National Loyalty; Introduction; A Loyal Nation?; Nation, Identity and Loyalty; The War(s) Around Loyalties; Conscripting Loyalty; Dual Loyalties - The Immigrant's Conflict; No, Where Do You Really Come From?; McCarthyism-Rampant National Loyalty; Conclusion; 6. Sport and Loyalty; Introduction; Product, Spectacle and Marketing
    Description / Table of Contents: South Sydney RabbitohsThe Canterbury Bulldogs' Crises; Conclusion; 7. Cultural Loyalty; Introduction; Loyalty and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Buffyverse Loyalty; Loyalty Is Socially Constructed; Loyalty as Motivation; Loyalty and Identity; Loyalty Operates at a Number of Layers; Loyalty Is Contested; Television, Loyalty and the Buffyverse; Mediated Loyalties-Conclusions; 8. Conclusion; Layered Loyalty; Loyalty and Identity; Loyalty and Action; Definitions of Emotion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Episodes of BtVS; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264038523
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (306 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Local innovations for growth in Central and Eastern Europe
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Regionales Wachstum ; Innovation ; Osteuropa ; Employment ; Governance ; Urban, Rural and Regional Development ; Germany ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Mitteleuropa ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Innovationspotenzial ; Osteuropa
    Abstract: Local development strategies represent an important response to the challenges of globalisation, while providing a mechanism for seizing the new opportunities that globalisation offers. Nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall, this book evaluates progress made and identifies what needs to be done to speed up the drive towards prosperity in Central and Eastern Europe. It demonstrates that the success of local development strategies depends on the capacity of the government and its partners to accelerate change within the policy and governance aspects of economic and social development.
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    Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199226443 , 9780199259779 , 019922644X , 9780191577048
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 789 Seiten) , graph. Darst.
    Edition: 1. publ. in paperback
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Online-Ressource Oxford handbooks online. Business and Management
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Oxford handbook of public management
    DDC: 351
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    Keywords: Public administration ; Public administration ; Handbuch ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Verwaltung ; Verwaltung ; Management ; Verwaltungsreform
    Abstract: The public sector continues to play a strategic role across the world and in the last thirty years there have been major shifts in approaches to its management. This text identifies the trends in public management and the effects these have had, as well as providing a broad overview to each topic.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264028388
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (160 p.)
    Series Statement: Development Centre Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. La mano visible de China en América Latina
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. The Visible Hand of China in Latin America; (Chinese version)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The visible hand of China in Latin America
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    Keywords: Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Auslandsinvestition ; Lateinamerika ; China ; Außenhandel ; Emerging Market ; Integration ; Weltordnung ; Finance and Investment ; Development ; Trade ; China, People’s Republic ; China ; Lateinamerika ; Aufsatzsammlung ; China ; Lateinamerika ; Außenhandel ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Emerging Market ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: Latin America is looking towards China and Asia -- and China and Asia are looking right back. This is a major shift: for the first time in its history, Latin America can benefit from not one but three major engines of world growth. Until the 1980s, the United States was the region’s major trade partner. In the 1990s, a second growth engine emerged with the European investment boom in Latin America. Now, at the dawn of the new century, the increasing global economic importance of Asia, and in particular China, potentially provides a third engine of growth. This book describes the opportunities and challenges that Latin American economies will face as Chinese importance in the world economy -- and in Latin America's traditional markets -- continues to grow.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264029293
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (265 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Giguère, Sylvain Baltic partnerships
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    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Baltische Staaten ; Employment ; Governance ; Urban, Rural and Regional Development ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostseeraum ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Regionale Kooperation ; Governance
    Abstract: The Baltic Sea Region is rapidly becoming one of the world’s more competitive regions. The region is capitalising on its strengths and making the most of its diversity to stimulate innovation, build a strong pool of skilled labour and foster entrepreneurship. A deep spirit of co-operation and integration has led the Baltic Sea countries to set up ambitious governance frameworks to pursue economic development objectives jointly from Oslo to St. Petersburg. Yet major challenges at the local level lie ahead for the Eastern shores of the Baltic, where economic transition still needs to be accompanied by more innovative strategic planning, new forms of governance and dynamic civic entrepreneurship. Policies will need to be made more adaptable and capacities will need to be strengthened if prosperity and living standards are to increase on the Baltic Rim. Fortunately, the Baltic Sea Region includes some of the world’s most innovative countries. From Denmark to Finland, the Region possesses a breadth of experience in facilitating policy co-ordination, adjusting policy to local conditions and involving business and civil society in shaping policy measures. There is a great deal that other countries can learn from this experience in setting up partnerships, regional strategic frameworks and other forms of governance. The learning process has already started, with the Baltic Rim becoming a unique laboratory for governance. This book analyses the new governance developments in the Baltic States and Northwest Russia and provides suggestions on how to speed up this progress. It is essential reading for all stakeholders in the Baltic Sea Region and for those elsewhere wishing to apply emerging lessons to their region of the world.
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    Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden
    ISBN: 9783531902951
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (195p. 10 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Gender Designs IT
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    Keywords: Sociology ; Social Sciences, general ; Sociology ; Konferenzschrift 2004 ; Informationsgesellschaft ; Informationstechnik ; Geschlechterforschung
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    Boston, MA : Springer-Verlag US
    ISBN: 9780387329338
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 436 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Handbook of community movements and local organizations
    DDC: 302.14
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Industrial organization (Economic theory) ; Political science ; Sociology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Industrial organization (Economic theory) ; Political science ; Sociology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Lokale Organisation ; Gemeinschaft ; Nonprofit-Organisation ; Gemeinwesenarbeit ; Interessenvertretung ; Lokale Organisation ; Gemeinschaft ; Nonprofit-Organisation ; Gemeinwesenarbeit ; Interessenvertretung
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contributors""; ""Table of Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION Creating a Frame for Understanding Local Organizations""; ""ON THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY""; ""COMMUNITY, THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION, AND SOCIAL THEORY""; ""THE DECLINE OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH""; ""THE ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNITY""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 1 Contemporary Conceptions of Community""; ""CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY""; ""Community Lost""; ""Community Found""; ""Community Liberated""; ""Community Mislaid""; ""The Silence of Community""; ""Community Limited""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""The Social Construction of Community""""From Community Organization to Community Organizing""; ""The Crafting of Community""; ""Ideological Communities: Merging Utopian Communities and Ideological Social Movements""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 2 Symbolism, Tradition, Ritual, and the Deep Structure of Communities""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""INVENTING COMMUNITY IN NEW HAVEN, 1780-1830""; ""NEW HAVEN, NEW ENGLAND, AND THE MODEL OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY""; ""INVENTING NEIGHBORHOOD: REDEFINING COMMUNITY IN THE EXPANDING CITY""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""THE MODERN CITY, CIVIC LIFE, AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF COMMUNITY, 1890-1960""""THE POSTWAR CRISIS OF COMMUNITY""; ""NEW HAVEN REVISITED: COMMUNITY IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 3 Small Towns and Mass Society""; ""VERTICAL CONNECTIONS""; ""Business Style and Contractual Nonprofits""; ""Local Political, Cultural, and Movement Organizations""; ""THREE CASE EXAMPLES""; ""Mass Politics, Local Organization""; ""Mass Practice, Local Process""; ""Local Energy, Mass Impact""; ""CULTURE AS THE LINKAGE BETWEEN LOCAL AND MASS SOCIETY""; ""NOTES""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""REFERENCES""""CHAPTER 4 Small Nonprofits and Civil Society: Civic Engagement and Social Capital""; ""SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT""; ""Civic Engagement""; ""Social Capital""; ""SOCIAL CAPITAL TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT""; ""The Case of Kenosha, Wisconsin""; ""The Case of Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania""; ""The Decline of Civic Engagement?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 5 Community Elites and Power Structure""; ""THE BIRTH OF SOCIOLOGY'S COMMUNITY ELITE STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES (ELITE THEORISTS VERSUS PLURALISTS)""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""POWER ELITES, UPPER CLASSES, AND NETWORKS OF DIRECTORS""""WAYS TO SORT ELITE STUDIES""; ""BEYOND CORPORATE ELITES""; ""The More (Less?) Local Community Elites""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 6 The Political-Economic Gradient and the Organization of Urban Space""; ""DIFFERENTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF NONGOVERNMENTAL RESOURCES""; ""MICROECONOMICS AND THE ECOLOGICAL PARADIGM""; ""SUBURBANIZATION""; ""RACE AND UNDERCLASS THEORIES ON GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENTIATION""; ""MARXIST GEOGRAPHY""; ""GOVERNMENTALITY AND THE GENEALOGY OF COMMUNITY""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""CHAPTER 7 Public and Private Space in Urban Areas: House, Neighborhood, and City""
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789282101636
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (230 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. L'adjudication par appels d'offres des services ferroviaires
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    Keywords: Transport ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Eisenbahn ; Personenbeförderung ; Wettbewerb ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Eisenbahnverkehr ; Öffentliche Ausschreibung
    Abstract: Competitive tendering provides a way to introduce competition to railways whilst preserving an integrated network of services. It has been used for freight railways in some countries but is particularly attractive for passenger networks when subsidised services make competition between trains serving the same routes difficult or impossible to organise. This report examines experience to date from around the world in competitively tendering rail services. It seeks to draw lessons for effective design of concessions and regulation from both the successful and less successful cases examined. The work is based on detailed examinations by leading experts of the experience of passenger rail concessions in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands. It also draws on examples of freight rail concessions in Latin America.
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    Boston, MA : Springer Science + Business Media, LLC
    ISBN: 9780387708454
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 494p. 14 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Handbook of the sociology of racial and ethnic relations
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Sociology ; Applied psychology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Sociology ; Applied psychology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Soziologie ; Minderheitenfrage
    Abstract: The study of racial and ethnic relations has become one of the most studied aspects in sociology and sociological research. In both North America and Europe, many 'traditional' cultures are feeling threatened by immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia. Sociology is at the hub of the human sciences concerned with racial and ethnic relations. Since this discipline is made of multiple paradigms and methodological orientations it has been able to make relevant contributions to disciplines ranging from individual psychology, social psychology, and psychiatry, to economics, anthropology, linguistics, cultural studies, health care delivery and education.
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    Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780821369845 , 0821369849
    Language: English
    Pages: xvii, 291 p.
    Series Statement: Trade and development series
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    DDC: 338.4096894
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    Keywords: Politik ; Service industries Evaluation ; Service industries Government policy ; Free trade ; International trade ; Dienstleistungssektor ; Sambia ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Sambia ; Dienstleistungssektor
    Note: Paralleltitel: Services trade & development , Includes bibliographical references
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    ISBN: 0821367269 , 9780821367261
    Language: English
    Pages: xxxi, 447 p.
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    DDC: 364.1/323
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    Keywords: Ethik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Corruption ; Economic development Moral and ethical aspects ; Korruption ; Entwicklungsländer ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Korruption
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 9780821372272 , 9780821372289
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations
    Series Statement: Trade and development series
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 305.48/96912
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    Keywords: Frau ; Internationale Migration ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9789264029293 , 926402929X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)
    Series Statement: SourceOECD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Giguère, Sylvain Baltic partnerships
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    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Baltische Staaten ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostseeraum ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Regionale Kooperation ; Governance
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    Chichester : Praxis Publishing Ltd
    ISBN: 9780387685472
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXV, 305 p, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Young, Anthony H. Lunar and planetary rovers
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    Keywords: Science (General) ; Popular Science ; Planetology ; Astronomy ; Engineering ; Astronautics ; Planetology ; Astronomy ; Science (General) ; Apollo-Programm ; Mondfahrzeug ; Geschichte 1961-1972 ; Marsfahrzeug ; Marsflug ; Geschichte ; Apollo-Programm ; Mondfahrzeug ; Geschichte 1961-1972 ; Marsfahrzeug ; Marsflug ; Geschichte
    Abstract: From concept to reality -- The Lunar Roving Vehicle subsystems -- Training for the Moon -- To the Hadley Plains -- Mysterious and unknown Descartes -- Destiny at Taurus-Littrow -- The quest for Mars -- The Vision for Space Exploration
    Abstract: The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars fills a need for a complete history of the Lunar Roving Vehicle used on Apollo 15, 16 and 17, drawing on many photographs never before published. It also tells the story of the robotic rovers used on Mars, and concludes with a description of the new designs of rovers planned for The New Vision for Exploration now underway at NASA. The book provides extensive quotes from the astronauts who drove the LRV on the Moon from interviews conducted especially for the book. It also details new material from interviews of engineers and managers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory covering the robotic rovers, Sojourner, Sprit and Opportunity. The Foreword is written by David R. Scott, Commander of Apollo 15. Chapter 1: From Concept to Reality; Chapter 2: Lunar Roving Vehicle Subsystems; Chapter 3: Training for the Moon; Chapter 4: To the Hadley Plains; Chapter 4: Mysterious and Unknown Descartes; Chapter 5: Destiny at Taurus-Littrow; Chapter Six: The Quest for Mars-Chapter Seven: The New Vision of Exploration
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    New York, NY : Praxis Publishing Ltd, Chichester, UK
    ISBN: 9780387684888
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 170 p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Baker, Philip The story of manned space stations
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    Keywords: Science (General) ; Popular Science ; Astrophysics ; Astronomy ; Astronautics ; Science (General) ; Astrophysics ; Astronomy ; Raumstation ; Geschichte ; Bemannte Raumfahrt ; Geschichte ; Bemannte Raumfahrt ; Raumstation ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 1928-1970: How it all began -- 1971: Salyut 1-Triumph and Disaster -- 1970-1979: Skylab-NASA Dips its Toe -- 1973-1974: Salyut 2 and Salyut 3-Limited Success -- 1974-1977: Salyut 4, 5, and ASTP -- Salyut 6: Space Station Operations Defined -- Salyut 7 and Spacelab -- Mir: For All Mankind? -- Freedom: The U.S. Strikes Back -- Shuttle-Mir: Real co-operation -- The International Space Station..at last -- The Future for Manned Space Stations
    Abstract: Philip Baker charts the history of manned space stations from the very beginning in a logical, chronological order. He tells the story of the two major space powers starting out on their very separate programs, but slowly coming together through ASTP, Shuttle-Mir, and the ISS, and includes programs that rarely get mentioned - the US Manned Orbiting Laboratory, and the Soviet Almaz station, both military backed projects. The Mir space station was one of the greatest human achievements in modern history, and a thorough telling of its story is essential to this book. During its life it grew and evolved into a truly international outpost, with visitors from all over the world taking advantage of the only permanent space station in orbit at that time. This book will be the only one of its kind to tell the whole story of the manned space stations from both nations, from the very beginning, to the current ISS story, and to the possibilities beyond. Each chapter of this book will contain interviews with many of the primary participants, including the astronauts, cosmonauts, designers, mission controllers, doctors and managers most directly involved in the flights. The author paints a vivid picture of two competing nations slowly coming together to form an alliance that is shaky and uncertain to begin with, but grows from fierce competition into solid collaboration
    Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of color plates; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1 1928-1970: How it all began; 2 1971: Salyut 1?triumph and disaster; 3 1970-1979: Skylab?NASA dips its toe; 4 1973-1974: Salyut 2 and Salyut 3?limited success; 5 1974-1977: Salyut 4, 5, and ASTP; 6 Salyut 6: Space station operations defined; 7 Salyut 7and Spacelab; 8 Mir: For all mankind?; 9 Freedom: The U.S. strikes back; 10 Shuttle-Mir: Real co-operation; 11 The International Space Station...at last; 12 The future for manned space stations
    Description / Table of Contents: Appendix A Flight schedule and International Space Station crewingAppendix B Mission patches; Index
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    New York, NY : Praxis Publishing Ltd, Chichester, UK
    ISBN: 9780387739762
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXII, 317 p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Harvey, Brian, 1953 - Soviet and Russian lunar exploration
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    Keywords: Science (General) ; Popular Science ; Astronomy ; Astronautics ; Science (General) ; Astronomy ; Sowjetunion ; Mondflug ; Geschichte ; Russland ; Mondflug ; Geschichte ; Sowjetunion ; Mondflug ; Russland ; Mondflug
    Abstract: Origins of the Soviet lunar programme -- The first moon probes -- Planning the lunar landing -- The soft- landers and orbiters -- The first cosmonauts to the moon -- Around the moon -- Samplers, rovers and orbiters -- Return to the moon -- List of all Soviet moon probes (and related missions) -- Bibliographical note and bibliography
    Abstract: Little is known of Soviet and Russian lunar exploration although, in fact, the Soviet Union/Russia: Sent the first spaceships past the moon, the first to hit the moon and the first to circle the moon Was first to soft land on and orbit the moon Was first to send a spaceship around the moon and recover it on Earth Came very close to sending a cosmonaut around the moon first Built and successfully tested, in Earth orbit, a lunar lander Pioneered sophisticated, precise high-speed reentries into the Earth's atmosphere Came close to perfecting a giant moon rocket, the N-1 Retrieved three sets of rock samples from the moon by automatic spacecraft Landed advanced roving laboratories that explored the moon for months on end, traveling 48km Designed long-term lunar bases. These were remarkable achievements requiring a considerable level of engineering sophistication and have a place in the contemporary story of astronautics. Recent landings on Mars use, essentially, the very techniques developed by Russia to land on and explore the moon in the 1960s and 1970s. As an acknowledged expert and author of several books on the Soviet and Russian space programme, Brian Harvey is ideally suited to cover not only the engineering and scientific side but also the human stories of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme. These include those of the cosmonaut squad that trained to land on the moon, but was stood down, and of the designers who tried to realise the dream of a Russian moon, from Tikhonravov to Mishin: a Soviet lunar programme was first proposed by designer Mikhail Tikhonravov in a children’s magazine in 1951 and he persuaded a sceptical Soviet leadership of the value of a moon programme. Following Sputnik, the first lunar flights quickly achieved the key goals of hitting, circling and photographing the moon in 1959. The Soviet Union achieved all the early ‘firsts’ in lunar exploration, such as soft landing and orbiting the moon, and Brian Harvey will recount the frantic efforts to rival America’s Apollo and the dramatic hours of 21st July 1969, when Russia tried to soft land Luna 15 in the Sea of Crises even as Armstrong and Aldrin explored the moon in the nearby Sea of Tranquility
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-308) and index
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    New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
    ISBN: 9780387712659
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVIII, 357 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Lynch, Scott Michael, 1971 - Introduction to applied Bayesian statistics and estimation for social scientists
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    Keywords: Social sciences Methodology ; Social sciences ; Social Sciences ; Statistics ; Demography ; Social sciences ; Statistics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Demography ; Bayes-Entscheidungstheorie ; Bayes-Entscheidungstheorie ; Bayes-Entscheidungstheorie
    Abstract: Probability Theory and Classical Statistics -- Basics of Bayesian Statistics -- Modern Model Estimation Part 1: Gibbs Sampling -- Modern Model Estimation Part 2: Metroplis-Hastings Sampling -- Evaluating Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithms and Model Fit -- The Linear Regression Model -- Generalized Linear Models -- to Hierarchical Models -- to Multivariate Regression Models -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics and Estimation for Social Scientists covers the complete process of Bayesian statistical analysis in great detail from the development of a model through the process of making statistical inference. The key feature of this book is that it covers models that are most commonly used in social science research, including the linear regression model, generalized linear models, hierarchical models, and multivariate regression models, and it thoroughly develops each real-data example in painstaking detail. The first part of the book provides a detailed introduction to mathematical statistics and the Bayesian approach to statistics, as well as a thorough explanation of the rationale for using simulation methods to construct summaries of posterior distributions. Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods-including the Gibbs sampler and the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm-are then introduced as general methods for simulating samples from distributions. Extensive discussion of programming MCMC algorithms, monitoring their performance, and improving them is provided before turning to the larger examples involving real social science models and data. Scott M. Lynch is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Office of Population Research at Princeton University. His substantive research interests are in changes in racial and socioeconomic inequalities in health and mortality across age and time. His methodological interests are in the use of Bayesian stastistics in sociology and demography generally and in multistate life table methodology specifically
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; CONTENTS; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Outline; 1.2 A note on programming; 1.3 Symbols used throughout the book; 2 Probability Theory and Classical Statistics; 2.1 Rules of probability; 2.2 Probability distributions in general; 2.3 Some important distributions in social science; 2.4 Classical statistics in social science; 2.5 Maximum likelihood estimation; 2.6 Conclusions; 2.7 Exercises; 3 Basics of Bayesian Statistics; 3.1 Bayes' Theorem for point probabilities; 3.2 Bayes' Theorem applied to probability distributions
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3 Bayes' Theorem with distributions: A voting example3.4 A normal prior-normal likelihood example with σ 2 known; 3.5 Some useful prior distributions; 3.6 Criticism against Bayesian statistics; 3.7 Conclusions; 3.8 Exercises; 4 Modern Model Estimation Part 1: Gibbs Sampling; 4.1 What Bayesians want and why; 4.2 The logic of sampling from posterior densities; 4.3 Two basic sampling methods; 4.4 Introduction to MCMC sampling; 4.5 Conclusions; 4.6 Exercises; 5 Modern Model Estimation Part 2: Metroplis-HastingsSampling; 5.1 A generic MH algorithm
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.2 Example: MH sampling when conditional densities are difficult to derive5.3 Example: MH sampling for a conditional density with an unknown form; 5.4 Extending the bivariate normal example: The full multiparameter model; 5.5 Conclusions; 5.6 Exercises; 6 Evaluating Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithms andModel Fit; 6.1 Why evaluate MCMC algorithm performance?; 6.2 Some common problems and solutions; 6.3 Recognizing poor performance; 6.4 Evaluating model fit; 6.5 Formal comparison and combining models; 6.6 Conclusions; 6.7 Exercises; 7 The Linear Regression Model
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.1 Development of the linear regression model7.2 Sampling from the posterior distribution for the modelparameters; 7.3 Example: Are people in the South "nicer" than others?; 7.4 Incorporating missing data; 7.5 Conclusions; 7.6 Exercises; 8 Generalized Linear Models; 8.1 The dichotomous probit model; 8.2 The ordinal probit model; 8.3 Conclusions; 8.4 Exercises; 9 Introduction to Hierarchical Models; 9.1 Hierarchical models in general; 9.2 Hierarchical linear regression models; 9.3 A note on fixed versus random effects models and otherterminology; 9.4 Conclusions; 9.5 Exercises
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Introduction to Multivariate Regression Models10.1 Multivariate linear regression; 10.2 Multivariate probit models; 10.3 A multivariate probit model for generating distributions of multistate life tables; 10.4 Conclusions; 10.5 Exercises; 11 Conclusion; A Background Mathematics; A.1 Summary of calculus; A.2 Summary of matrix algebra; A.3 Exercises; B The Central Limit Theorem, Confidence Intervals, andHypothesis Tests; B.1 A simulation study; B.2 Classical inference; References; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-351) and index
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    New York, NY : Springer New York
    ISBN: 9780387489407
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 492 p, online resource)
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    Series Statement: Humanities, Social Science and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Heiken, Grant On the moon
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    Keywords: Science (General) ; Astronomy ; Popular Science ; Mondlandung ; Apollo-Programm ; USA ; Bemannte Raumfahrt ; Geschichte ; Mondlandung ; Apollo-Programm
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