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  • 1
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305247
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 400 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Purchasing power parities of currencies
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    Keywords: Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Kaufkraftparität ; Messung ; Vergleich ; Finanzmathematik ; Purchasing power parity ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Realeinkommen ; Kaufkraftvergleich ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Messung ; Kaufkraftparität
    Abstract: This up-to-date book demonstrates how the purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies are being increasingly used in place of exchange rates for a variety of purposes. These include: comparisons of real income, measurements of global inequality and poverty, calculation of the human development index and assessment of nations economic performance. Despite the increasing popularity of PPPs, many users have very little appreciation of the data and methods used in their derivation. This timely monograph brings together a number of significant contributions from leading researchers in the field, offering a comprehensive review of the latest methods used in the construction and application of PPPs. The authors provide a broad overview of the current state-of-the-art both in terms of techniques as well as current practice with various international organisations. Given the increasing application of PPPs in this truly globalised world, this book will be a stimulating read for researchers and academics involved in international comparisons and development economics, general economists and economist statisticians
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- / d.s. Prasada rao -- 2. The compilation of purchasing power parities: The eurostat-oecd purchasing power parity programme -- / david roberts -- Part II: System methods for ppp computation -- 3. Aggregation methods in international comparisons: An evaluation / Bert Balk -- 4. Generalised eltetö-köves-szulc and country-product-dummy methods for international comparisons / D.S. Prasada Rao -- 5. True international income comparisons correcting for substitution bias / Steve Dowrick -- 6. Additivity, matrix consistency and a new method for international comparisons of real income and purchasing power parities / Itsuo Sakuma, D.S. Prasada Rao and Yoshimasa Kurabayashi -- 7. Implicit data structures and properties of selected additive indices / James Cuthbert -- Part III: Methods for spatial linking and analysis of price structures -- 8. Similarity Indexes and criteria for spatial linking / Erwin Diewert -- 9. Comparing per capita income levels across countries using spanning trees: Robustness, prior restrictions, hybrids and hierarchies / Robert Hill -- 10. Chaining methods for international real product and purchasing power comparisons: Issues and alternatives / Bettina Aten and Alan Heston -- 11. Aggregation methods based on structural international prices -- / sergey sergeev -- Part IV: Applications -- 12. Purchasing power parities and their policy relevance / Michael Ward -- 13. Purchasing power parity adjustments for productivity level comparisons / Bart van Ark and Marcel Timmer -- 14. Ppps and the price competitiveness of international tourism destinations / Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and D.S. Prasada Rao -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 2
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305704
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (v, 177 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Organizing in the face of risk and threat
    DDC: 658.4056
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    Keywords: Organisation ; Risikomanagement ; Krisenmanagement ; Organizational behavior ; Industrial organization ; Risk management ; Crisis management ; Arbeitsorganisation ; Krisenmanagement ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Arbeitsorganisation ; Krisenmanagement
    Abstract: Barbara Czarniawska is a distinguished scholar and author in the field of organization. Drawing on her extensive knowledge she has gathered together other leading experts to apply organization theory to yet another relevant field of practice - risk management. There are no prescriptions for organizing in the face of risk and threat, but the accumulating experience shows that a well-rehearsed improvisation brings much better results than planning and construction of formal organizations. This timely book contains cases of risk and threat where the former strategy succeeds and the latter fails. The wealth of cases presented includes the Marburg virus outbreak in Angola, bird flu, health insurance after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and the Tjörn bridge catastrophe in Sweden. Graduate and postgraduate students in business and management schools, as well as academics teaching courses in risk management across disciplines should not be without this book. Risk management specialists will also find this book invaluable
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction: Action nets / Barbara Czarniawska -- 2. Risk and organizing - the growth of a research field / Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist -- 3. Marburg virus, or a story of preparedness / Andreas Diedrich -- 4. Bird flu - threat or opportunity? / Kajsa Lindberg -- 5. Welfare services - an area for risk management? / Lars Norén -- 6. Adventure tourism: Making risk safe / Eva Gustavsson -- 7. A net of actions in the tracks of storm gudrun / David Renemark -- 8. The tjörn bridge catastrophe - on building a new bridge out of an old one / Lars Walter -- 9. Small time breaks / Tobias Engberg -- 10. The aesthetic threat / Peter Zackariasson -- 11. Conclusions: Plans or well-practiced improvisations? / Barbara Czarniawska -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-175) and index , Translated from the Swedish
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  • 3
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305599
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 354 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economics of digital markets
    DDC: 338.761004
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    Keywords: 1995-2010 ; Informationstechnik ; IKT-Sektor ; Telekommunikation ; Internet ; Welt ; Information technology Economic aspects ; Computer software industry ; Information technology Economic aspects ; Computer software industry Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Informationstechnische Industrie ; Telekommunikationswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftliche Betrachtungsweise ; Electronic Commerce
    Abstract: This innovative book provides state-of-the-art analyses of the current condition of the economics of digital markets. The most recent developments in web technology are evolving, creating an increasingly deregulated environment. Much of the impetus for liberalisation is in response to multimedia convergence and the globalisation of markets, leading to uncertainties in the sector. Gary Madden and Russel Cooper examine the microeconomics of platform structure and firm competition within and between digital markets, modern theoretical treatments of regulatory intervention in digital markets and the consideration of forward-looking experimental analysis of demand for yet-to-be provided services. Bringing together a highly focused group of eminent scholars, this book will appeal to academics, postgraduate students, and both international treaty and national government agencies as well as market analysts
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Policy towards standardisation in wireless telecommunications / Luís M.B. Cabral and David Salant -- 2. Assembling platforms: Strategy and competition / Eric Brousseau and Thierry Pénard -- 3. Fines, damages and the technological protection of information goods / Claude Crampes, Abraham Hollander and Charbel Macdissi -- 4. Vertical relationships and horizontal mergers in the internet / Edmond Baranes and Thomas Cortade -- 5. Strategic commitments and the principle of reciprocity in interconnection pricing / Nicholas Economides, Giuseppe Lopomo and Glenn Woroch -- 6. International sourcing in European telecommunications: Capability development and resource interactions / Carsten Zimmermann, Philipp Zimmermann and Dieter Lange -- 7. Network economic externalities in the media and telecommunications industries / Armando Calabrese, Massimo Gastaldi and Nathan Levialdi Ghiron -- 8. Forecasting ict business markets: A simultaneous equation modelling approach / Moshen Hamoudia and Miriam Scaglione -- 9. A demand system approach to network technology expenditure forecasting with short time-series / Russel Cooper and Gary Madden -- 10. Estimating wireless-only household penetration: A local perspective / Paul Rappoport, James Alleman and Lester Taylor -- 11. Korean mobile number policy and provider switching behaviour / Moon-Koo Kim, Jong-Hyun Park and Kyoung-Yong Jee -- 12. The economic impact of alternative interconnection arrangements among network operators / Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi and Nathan Levialdi Ghiron -- 13. Access-usage complementarity, the waterbed effect and mobile termination charges regulation / Aniruddha Banerjee -- 14. Network neutrality and its potential impact on digital content platforms / Rob Frieden -- 15. Technological advance and the changing structure of transnational standards organisations / D. Linda Garcia and Madhura K. Kale -- 16. Municipal broadband internet initiatives: Lessons from us history / Carol Ting -- 17. Network neutrality: Theory and practice / Gerald R. Faulhaber -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 4
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305636
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 310 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Microfoundations of economic success
    DDC: 338.94798
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    Keywords: 1990-2007 ; Systemtransformation ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Estland ; Estonia Economic conditions 1991- ; Estonia Economic policy 1991- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Estland ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: This book explores the nature of the flexibility of Estonia's rapid growth, that enables it to swiftly seize opportunities and weather crises without undue cost. The distinguished cast of contributors draws upon detailed data on individual firms and households to explore the basis for Estonia's record as the most successful of all the EU accession countries over the last decade. They conclude that much of this accomplishment can be attributed to the greater flexibility of the Estonian economy, both in price setting in employment and wages, and in consumption. The book also reveals that Estonia is able to adjust to shocks more rapidly and with less real impact than other countries. Coupled with a favourable macroeconomic policy and a good institutional structure and legal framework, this indicates that Estonia will be an excellent example to other countries despite the recent downturn. This unique book will be of great interest to researchers and students of the economics of transition, and will prove invaluable to policy-makers and their advisors in both transition countries and the rest of the EU, as well as graduate students studying microeconomics and monetary policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- 1. The path of transition in Estonia / David G. Mayes and Martti Randveer -- 2. Comparison of pricing behaviour of firms in the euro area and Estonia / Aurelijus Dabusinskas and Martti Randveer -- 3. The principles of wage formation in Estonian companies / Tairi Rõõm and Lenno Uusküla -- 4. Productivity in Estonian enterprises: The role of innovation and competition / Priit Vahter -- 5. Liquidity and productivity shocks: A look at sectoral firm creation / Lenno Uusküla -- 6. A microeconometric analysis of household saving in Estonia: Income, wealth and financial exposure / Dmitry Kulikov, Annika Paabut and Karsten Staehr -- 7. Estimates of employment and welfare effects of personal labour income taxation in a flat-tax country / Karsten Staehr -- 8. Outlook / David G. Mayes and Martti Randveer -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9781035305735
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 184 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: INFER advances in economic research
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Integration and globalization
    DDC: 337
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    Keywords: 1980-2006 ; Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz ; Industrieländer ; Entwicklungsländer ; International economic integration Congresses ; Globalization Congresses Economic aspects ; International economic integration ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Europe Congresses Economic integration ; Developing countries Congresses Economic integration ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: The main challenges the European Single Market is facing in the 21st century result from the enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe, the EMU, and the globalization of trade and investment that has aided the rise of competitive emerging markets. This state-of-the-art book provides fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on the challenges presented by integration and globalization for both developed and developing countries. The authors demonstrate how the European Single Market remains a work in progress with many critical issues still to be addressed. These include the rigidities in product and labor markets, the need for innovation and quality upgrading, and the rapid catch-up of new member countries. They go on to show how firms use the opportunities provided by integration and globalization to fragment their production processes internationally, which brings gains but also requires structural adjustment. The book also argues that global environmental coordination may be less detrimental to the growth prospects of developing countries than is commonly believed. Illustrating a number of methodologies, this book will be a great resource tool for postgraduates and undergraduates in the fields of international economics and business, as well as researchers and policy-makers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Overview -- 1. Integration and globalization: An overview / Helena Marques, Elias Soukiazis and Pedro Cerqueira -- Part II: European economies and integration -- 2. Challenges for the internal market in the 21st century / Fabienne Ilzkovitz, Adriaan Dierx, Viktoria Kovacs and Nuno Sousa -- 3. Testing nominal rigidities in an integrated economy: An application to Spain / Maria Ángeles Caraballo and Carlos Usabiaga -- 4. Innovation, competitiveness and growth: The case of central and eastern European countries / Eleonora Cavallaro and Marcella Mulino -- 5. Price convergence in the new EU member states: Selected aspects and implications / Václav Zd'árek -- Part III: Developing economies and globalization -- 6. Outsourcing: A story of metamorphosis / Soumodip Sarkar -- 7. International spillovers and learning by doing in a regionalized model of climate change: A post-kyoto analysis / Nicola Cantore -- 8. Assessing exchange rate pass-through in India during recent globalization / Sushanta Mallick and Helena Marques -- 9. A dynamic cge analysis of the eu-jordan fta: Welfare and policy implications / Omar Feraboli -- Index.
    Note: "The contributions in this volume result from the 6th Workshop in International Economics of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER), held at the University of Coimbra in June 2007."--Preface , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9781035305650
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 271 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New directions in modern economics series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Monetary policy and financial stability
    DDC: 332.46
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    Keywords: 1995-2004 ; Geldpolitik ; Preisstabilität ; Globalisierung ; Keynesianismus ; Welt ; Monetary policy ; Keynesian economics ; Economic policy ; Banks and banking, Central ; Kaleckian Model of Growth and Distribution ; Monetary policy ; Keynesian economics ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geldpolitik ; Neokeynesianismus
    Abstract: This book provides an enlightening glimpse into the deep theoretical traditions of post-Keynesian theory whilst also illuminating the richness and uniqueness of post-Keynesian economic policy. The editors have gathered together leading scholars and researchers to push the boundaries of post-Keynesian thinking. They address a number of important issues dealing with wage determination, income distribution and central bank governance. Many of these chapters share a common theme including a criticism of the usefulness of monetary policy in fighting or targeting inflation and the questions this raises for central bank governance. The book also focuses on open economy issues such as capital flows, globalization, FDI and the Washington Consensus. Monetary Policy and Financial Stability is required reading for students, scholars and researchers of economics, and for policymakers seeking rational alternatives to the current neo-classical orthodoxy
    Description / Table of Contents: Wage bargaining and monetary policy in a Kaleckian monetary distribution and growth model : making sense of the NAIRU / Eckhard Hein -- Price and wage determination and the inflation barrier : moving beyond the Phillips curve / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- Central bank governance, the euthanasia of the rentier and interest rate policy : a note on post-Keynesian monetary policy after Taylor / Louis-Philippe Rochon -- The macroeconomic governance of the European Monetary Union : a Keynesian perspective / Angel Asensio -- Inflation targeting and monetary policy governance : the case of the European Central Bank / Sergio Rossi -- Enforcing the IMF in the global economy : an institutional analysis / Jean-Pierre Allegret and Philippe Dulbecco -- Too much consensus could be harmful : assessing the degree of implementation of stabilization and structural policies and their impact on growth / Eric Berr, François Combarnous and Eric Rougier -- The political economy of global economic disgovernance / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira -- Tobin, globalization and capital flows / Robert W. Dimand -- The impact of FDI on capital formation : the case of Mexico / Claudia Maya -- Financial liberalization, economic growth and rents / Domenica Tropeano -- The Argentine Jefes program : from a post-financial crisis emergency safety net to a long-run policy promoting development / Corinne Pastoret.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9781035305674
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 599 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rose, Adam Economics of climate change policy
    Keywords: Umweltökonomik ; Klimaschutz ; Umweltpolitik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Environmental economics ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Global warming Economic aspects ; Carbon dioxide mitigation Economic aspects ; Greenhouse gas mitigation Economic aspects ; Energy policy Economic aspects ; Anthropogene Klimaänderung ; Umweltpolitik ; Wirtschaft ; Umweltökonomie ; Klimaschutz ; Treibhausgas ; Emissionsverringerung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Klimaänderung ; Treibhauseffekt
    Abstract: This important collection embodies the author's pioneering and on-going efforts to incorporate equity and efficiency principles into the economics of climate change policy. It represents a valuable compendium of work, both previously published and original, the range of which is not otherwise readily accessible. Adam Rose was one of the first both to identify the central role of equity among nations and regions in addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and to quantify many equity principles so that they could be incorporated into formal models. Comprising classic explorations into GHG emission trading design with respect to burden-sharing, borrowing and banking, and political constraints, the papers contained in this volume provide guidance on coalition choices for individual states of the US and partnership choices for developing countries involved in the Clean Development Mechanism today and in emission allowance trading in the future. The impacts of mitigation policy across industries and socioeconomic groups are also analysed, using computable general equilibrium models to examine the economic implications of carbon taxes, fuel taxes, tradable emission permits, and strict regulation. In addition, the book establishes a firm grounding for policy analysis by providing a basic understanding of the carbon cycle, drivers of GHG emissions, and some economic impacts of climate change. The Economics of Climate Change Policy will be of great interest and value to academics and students of environmental economics and policy and will be welcomed by environmental policy-makers involved in climate change issues at the local, regional, national and international level
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction: A personal, professional and policy odyssey -- Part I: Introduction and overview -- 1. 'Introduction: Nature of the issue and policy options' -- 2. 'What are the options that could significantly affect the North American carbon cycle?' -- 3. 'An international system of tradeable co2 entitlements: Implications for economic development' -- 4. 'Global warming policy: Who decides what is fair?' -- 5. 'Greenhouse gas mitigation action planning: An overview' -- Part II: Greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts -- 6. 'A greenhouse gas emissions inventory for pennsylvania' -- 7. 'Carbon dioxide emissions in the us economy: A structural decomposition analysis' -- 8. 'Characterizing regional economic impacts and responses to climate change' -- 9. 'Simulating the economic impacts of climate change in the mid-atlantic region' -- 10. 'Global climate change and the value of solar energy in us agriculture' -- Part III: Efficiency considerations in policy design -- 11. 'The efficiency and equity of marketable permits for co2 emissions' -- 12. 'Regrets or no regrets - that is the question: Is conservation a costless co2 mitigation strategy?' -- 13. 'The changing role of transaction costs in the evolution of joint implementation' -- 14. 'An economic analysis of flexible permit trading in the kyoto protocol' -- 15. 'A dynamic analysis of the marketable permits approach to global warming policy: A comparison of spatial and temporal flexibility' -- Part IV: International equity and global cooperation -- 16. 'Reducing conflict in global warming policy: The potential of equity as a unifying principle' -- 17. 'Equity in environmental policy with an application to global warming' -- 18. 'Long-run implications for developing countries of joint implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation' -- 19. 'International equity and differentiation in global warming policy' -- 20. 'Greenhouse gas emissions trading among Pacific rim countries: An analysis of policies to bring developing countries to the bargaining table' -- Part V: National impacts of mitigation policy -- 21. 'Motor-fuel taxes and household welfare: An applied general equilibrium analysis' -- 22. 'Global warming policy, energy, and the Chinese economy' -- 23. 'Greenhouse gas reduction policy in the United States: Identifying winners and losers in an expanded permit trading system' -- 24. 'Interregional burden-sharing of greenhouse gas mitigation in the United States' -- 25. 'Regional carbon dioxide permit trading in the United States: Coalition choices for pennsylvania' -- Part VI: Regional impacts of mitigation policy -- 26. 'Global warming policy and the pennsylvania economy: A computable general equilibrium analysis' -- 27. 'The impact of a carbon tax on the susquehanna river basin economy' -- 28. 'Assessing the impacts of carbon emission reduction policies on the mid-atlantic regional economy: A dynamic computable general equilibrium analysis' -- 29. 'Income distribution impacts of climate change mitigation policy in the susquehanna river basin economy' -- 30. 'Climate change policy formation in minnesota: The case for a regional approach' -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9781035305414
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (400 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Technological change and mature industrial regions
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: 1950-2005 ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Regionalentwicklung ; Alte Industrieregion ; Regionalpolitik ; Welt ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technological innovations Political aspects ; Technological innovations ; Industrial policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Industriepolitik ; Technische Innovation
    Abstract: Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions explicitly adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to analysing the structural transformation of mature regions. The major focus of the book is from an economics perspective, but it also employs sociological analyses, business history approaches and technological analyses. It critically considers the identification and development of regional capabilities and regional policy initiatives for mature industrial areas in the context of globalisation and technological change. Specific cases from a range of different countries help to distinguish which aspects of mature regions' technology, knowledge or structure are region-specific, and which are more generally applicable to mature industrial regions throughout the world. The book will prove to be invaluable for academic researchers as well as government and policy communities
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Mature regions: Technology, society and industrial structure -- 1. The problems of mature regions: An Introduction and overview / Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann -- 2. Regional capabilities and industrial regeneration / Nick von Tunzelmann -- 3. Multinational firms and technological innovation: The 'global versus local' challenge / Simona Iammarino, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann -- 4. Interdependence among the Brazilian states: An input-output approach / Fernando Salgueiro Perobelli, Eduardo Amaral Haddad and Edson Paulo Domingues -- 5. The changing structure of trade and interdependence in a mature economy: The us midwest / Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and John B. Parr -- 6. Mature industries and declining regions: An analysis of the Spanish case / Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal -- Part II: Mature region-industry case studies -- 7. Birmingham's marshallian knowledge: A constraining geo-historical context for domestic saloon manufacturers? / Peter Clark -- 8. Life after longbridge? Crisis and restructuring in the west midlands auto cluster / David Bailey and Seiji Kobayashi -- 9. Massachusetts medical devices: Leveraging the region's capabilities / Michael H. Best -- 10. Economic restructuring, regional 'visioning' and the role of universities: The outcomes of an automobile plant closure in southern adelaide, australia / Andrew Beer and Holli Thomas -- 11. Maturity or decline of Italian industrial districts / Ivana Paniccia -- 12. Knowledge spillovers and industrial transformation: The west midlands and saxony automotive clusters / Odile E.M. Janne and Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi -- Part III: Regional policy and mature industrial regions -- 13. A cost-benefit approach to the assessment of regional policy / J. Kim Swales -- 14. Regional policies in Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: A shift in paradigm? / Ilaria Mariotti -- 15. Innovation policy after the 'celtic tiger' / Declan Jordan and Eoin O'Leary -- 16. Grants and the location of foreign direct investment: Evidence from the UK regions / Colin Wren and Jonathan Jones -- 17. Cluster policy implementation and evaluation in Slovenia: Lessons from a transition economy / Anja Cotič Svetina, Marko Jaklič and Hugo Zagorsek -- 18. Lagging regions and policy options: The case of greece in the European context / Yannis Psycharis and George Petrakos -- Index.
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9781782542575
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 378 pages)
    Series Statement: Advances in ecological economics series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sustainable welfare in the Asia-Pacific
    DDC: 338.95
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    Keywords: 1967-2006 ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Nationaleinkommen ; Wohlfahrtsanalyse ; Lebensstandard ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Maßzahl ; Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum ; Economic development ; Economic development ; Sustainable development ; Sustainable development ; Public welfare ; Public welfare ; Economic development Asia ; Economic development Pacific Area ; Public welfare Asia ; Public welfare Pacific Area ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a means of describing the wave of GDP growth experienced across the Asia-Pacific region over the past twenty years. Implicit in this description is the assumption that the Asia-Pacific region has progressed at the same rate that GDP has risen over the same period. But is this truly the case? Employing a Genuine Progress Indicator as an alternative measure of sustainable welfare, the contributors to this book aim to answer this question by presenting case studies of seven Asia-Pacific nations. The results reveal that all is not as positive as conventional indicators might suggest. The book shows that the three wealthy nations - Australia, New Zealand, and Japan - have long reached a level of GDP beyond which further growth is detrimental to their sustainable welfare while the four poorer nations - China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam - are fast approaching a similar situation, but at much lower per capita levels of sustainable welfare. In view of these results, it is argued that genuine progress in the Asia-Pacific region requires the wealthy nations to focus on qualitative improvement (development) rather than GDP growth. As for the poorer nations, it is argued that population stabilisation demands urgent attention while the GDP growth required over the next two to three decades must be as clean, efficient, and equitable as possible. Sustainable Welfare in the Asia-Pacific will appeal to a wide audience of academics and researchers in the areas of ecological, environmental and natural resource economics, development, green national accounting, and environmental management. It will also find a readership in policymakers, environmental managers and NGOs, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface / Herman Daly -- Part I: Introduction to the Asia-Pacific region and the genuine progress indicator -- 1. An Introduction to the Asia-Pacific region / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- 2. Why is gross domestic product an inadequate indicator of sustainable welfare? / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- 3. What is the genuine progress indicator and how is it typically calculated? / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- 4. In defence of the genuine progress indicator / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- Part II: Measuring the genuine progress of Asia-Pacific nations -- 5. Genuine progress in australia: Time to rethink the growth objective / Philip Lawn -- 6. Calculating the new zealand genuine progress indicator / Vicky Forgie, Garry McDonald, Yanjiao Zhang, Murray Patterson and Derrylea Hardy -- 7. Genuine progress in Japan and the need for an open economy GPI / Matsuyo Makino -- 8. Genuine progress in India: Some further growth needed in the immediate future but population stabilisation needed immediately / Philip Lawn -- 9. From GDP to the GPI: Quantifying thirty-five years of development in China / Zonggou Wen, Yan Yang and Philip Lawn -- 10. Genuine progress in Thailand: A systems-analysis approach / Matthew Clarke and Judith Shaw -- 11. Genuine progress in Vietnam: The impact of the doi moi reforms / Vu Xuan Nguyet Hong, Matthew Clarke and Philip Lawn -- Part III: Genuine progress across the Asia-Pacific region -- 12. Genuine progress across the Asia-Pacific region: Comparisons, trends, and policy implications / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781008768
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 428 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: PRIME series on research and innovation policy
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The handbook of technology foresight
    DDC: 338.064
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    Keywords: Technischer Fortschritt ; Innovation ; Technologiepolitik ; Prognose ; Prognoseverfahren ; Welt ; Technological innovations Government policy ; Technological innovations Forecasting ; Technological innovations Government policy ; Technological innovations Forecasting ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Technikbewertung ; Technische Innovation ; Prognose ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Politik
    Abstract: Foresight has emerged as a key instrument for the development and implementation of research and innovation policy. The main focus of activity has been at the national level. Governments have sought to set priorities, to build networks between science and industry and, in some cases, to change their research system and administrative culture. Foresight has been used as a set of technical tools, or as a way to encourage more structured debate with wider participation leading to the shared understanding of long-term issues. In this comprehensive and critical Handbook, cross-cutting analytical chapters explore the emergence and positioning of foresight, common approaches and methods, organisational issues, and the scope for policy transfer and evaluation. Leading experts and practitioners contribute chapters analysing experiences in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the USA, Japan, China, Latin America, small European nations, Nordic countries and selected developing countries. The book concludes with consideration of the future of foresight itself. This fascinating Handbook will appeal equally to those wishing to apply foresight to their policy or strategy-making activities, and to those studying the theory and practice of foresight. The Handbook will be vital reading for policymakers considering, commissioning, or using foresight, companies eager to use public foresight, as well as academics and researchers in foresight, futures and STI policy and management communities
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: The nature of foresight -- 1. The many faces of foresight / Ian Miles, Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Luke Georghiou, Michael Keenan and Rafael Popper -- 2. From futures to foresight / Ian Miles -- 3. Foresight methodology / Rafael Popper -- Part II: Foresight experience around the world -- 4. Foresight in the United Kingdom / Michael Keenan and Ian Miles -- 5. Foresight in France / Rémi Barré -- 6. Foresight in Germany / Kerstin Cuhls -- 7. Foresight in the usa / Alan L. Porter and W. Bradford Ashton -- 8. Foresight in Japan / Terutaka Kuwahara, Kerstin Cuhls and Luke Georghiou -- 9. Foresight in nordic countries / Annele Eerola and Birte Holst Jørgensen -- 10. Foresight in smaller countries / Patrick Crehan and Jennifer Cassingena Harper -- 11. Foresight in industrialising asia / Ron Johnston and Chatri Sripaipan -- 12. Foresight in Latin America / Rafael Popper and Javier Medina -- 13. Foresight in cee countries / Attila Havas and Michael Keenan -- Part III: Policy and management issues in foresight -- 14. Policy transfer and learning / Luke Georghiou and Jennifer Cassingena Harper -- 15. Scoping and planning foresight / Michael Keenan and Ian Miles -- 16. Evaluation and impact of foresight / Luke Georghiou and Michael Keenan -- 17. New frontiers: Emerging foresight / Ian Miles, Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Luke Georghiou, Michael Keenan and Rafael Popper -- Index.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 234 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cesarano, Filippo Money and monetary systems
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    Keywords: Geldgeschichte ; Geldpolitik ; Geschichte ; Money History ; Monetary policy History ; Monetary unions History ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geld ; Geschichte ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: Monetary theory not only provides the tools to analyse monetary arrangements, it also shapes them in an essential way. The selected papers gathered together in this book deal with a variety of topics concerning both aspects of this twofold relationship. A number of controversial issues regarding the demand for money are empirically investigated and the functioning of a cashless economy is clarified by critically assessing the new monetary economics. Filippo Cesarano shows the important role played by monetary theory in shaping the evolution of monetary arrangements. This principle is illustrated by focusing on several issues relating to both current and future developments of monetary institutions: the optimum quantity of money, the international monetary system and monetary unions. Equilibrium models are viewed as a benchmark against which the actual conditions of the economy must be set. Money and Monetary Systems will be of great interest and value to economists specialising in monetary theory and international monetary economics, postgraduate students in economics and economic historians
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword / David Laidler -- Introduction -- 1. On money and monetary systems -- Part I: The demand for money -- 2. Money and quasi-money -- 3. Financial innovation and demand for money: Some empirical evidence -- 4. Demand for money and expected inflation -- Part II: The new monetary economics -- 5. The new monetary economics and the theory of money -- 6. Legal restrictions theory and the rate-of-return dominance of money -- 7. The new monetary economics and keynes' theory of money -- Part III: Monetary systems -- 8. Monetary systems and monetary theory -- 9. Providing for the optimum quantity of money -- 10. Competitive money supply: The international monetary system in perspective -- 11. The bretton woods agreements: A monetary theory perspective -- Part IV: Monetary unions -- 12. On the viability of monetary unions -- 13. Monetary union: A theoretical perspective -- 14. Currency areas and equilibrium -- 15. The equilibrium approach to optimum currency areas -- 16. Optimum currency areas: A policy view -- Part V: Economics as a social science -- 17. Economic history and economic theory -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305520
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 358 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New dimensions in networks
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cooperative networks
    DDC: 003
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    Keywords: Mathematische Optimierung ; Netzwerk ; Kooperation ; Operations Research ; System analysis ; Information networks ; Mathematical optimization ; Information networks ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Rechnernetz ; Kooperation ; Netzwerk
    Abstract: Cooperative networks have gained a tremendous amount of attention over the last several years because of their existence not only in biological, social and economic arenas, but because of direct applications in many more areas such as communications, robotics and military sciences. This volume reflects a cross-fertilization of ideas from a broad set of disciplines and creativity from a diverse array of scientific and engineering research. While the benefits of networks in general have been recognized for quite some time, the idea of cooperative networks has several novel implications. Because distributed processing by heterogeneous nodes promises significant increases in system capability, performance and efficiency, research has intensified with a breadth of promising applications. Topics in this volume include networks of unmanned vehicles in uncertain environments, networks subject to eavesdropping and jamming, optimal node task-allocation, network complexity analysis, cooperative search involving multiple unmanned vehicles, and cooperative communications in ad-hoc networks, optimal control and optimization in man-in-the-loop scenarios. A broad array of readers, including faculty, graduate students and researchers interested in optimization, computer science, engineering, the social and behavioral sciences and related applications in cooperative systems will find this volume of great value
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Token-based approach for scalable team coordination / Yang Xu, Paul Scerri, Michael Lewis and Katia Sycara -- 2. Consensus controllability for coordinated multi-agent systems / Zhipu Jin and Richard M. Murray -- 3. Decentralized cooperative optimization for systems coupled through the constraints / Yoshiaki Kuwata and Jonathan P. How -- 4. Consensus building in cooperative control with information feedback / Wei Ren -- 5. Levy flights in robot swarm control and optimization / Yechiel J. Crispin -- 6. Eavesdropping and jamming communication networks / Clayton W. Commander, Panos M. Pardalos, Valeriy Ryabchenko, Oleg Shylo, Stan Uryasev, Grigoriy Zrazhevsky -- 7. Network algorithms for the dual of the constrained shortest path problem / Bogdan Grechuk, Anton Molyboha, Michael Zabarankin -- 8. Towards an irreducible theory of complex systems / Victor Korotkikh -- 9. Complexity of a system as a key to its optimization / Victor Korotkikh and Galina Korotkikh -- 10. Grasp with path-relinking for the cooperative communication problem on ad hoc networks / Clayton W. Commander, Paola Festa, Carlos A.S. Oliveira, Panos M. Pardalos, Mauricio G.C. Resende and Marco Tsitselis -- 11. Optimal control of an atr module - equipped mav/human operator team / Meir Pachter, Philip R. Chandler and Dharba Swaroop -- 12. An investigation of a dynamic sensor motion strategy / Nathan P. Yerrick, Abhishek Tiwari and David E. Jeffcoat -- 13. Market based adaptive task allocations for autonomous agents / Jared W. Patterson and Kendall E. Nygard -- 14. Cooperative persistent surveillance search algorithms using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles / Daniel J. Pack and George W.P. York -- 15. Social networks for effective teams / Paul Scerri and Katia Sycara -- 16. Optimization approaches for vision-based path planning for autonomous micro-air vehicles in urban environments / Michael Zabarankin, Andrew Kurdila, Oleg A. Prokopyev, Ryan Causey, Anukul Goel and Panos M. Pardalos -- 17. Cooperative stabilization and tracking for linear dynamic systems / Yi Guo -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035306114
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 442 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Studies of small and medium sized enterprises in East Asia 4
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Small and medium sized enterprises in East Asia
    DDC: 338.6/42095
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    Keywords: 1975-2004 ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Regionalentwicklung ; Branchenentwicklung ; KMU ; Ostasien ; Small business ; East Asia Economic conditions ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Ostasien ; Australien ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Ostasien ; Südostasien ; Australien ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Wirtschaftliche Lage
    Abstract: This fourth volume in the Studies of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia series focuses on regional and sectoral dimensions in a number of regional economies and economic sectors. The contributors place special emphasis on the importance of SME networking and clustering initiatives and activities. They argue that these initiatives support and nurture the global competitiveness of local SMEs in various economic sectors across the East Asian region. The book goes on to illustrate the increasing recognition that important local, regional and sectoral dimensions of SMEs, activities require their own specific micro policy measures. This is significant as the vitality of many local regional economies depends upon the activities of these local SMEs. The importance and inherent potential of SMEs as small but significant players in national economies and industries is increasingly recognised by policymakers and scholars around the world. Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia will therefore strongly appeal to both academics and practitioners involved with business and management, Asian studies, industrial organization and entrepreneurship
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. General issues -- 1. Introduction and overview - small and medium sized enterprises: Sectoral and regional dimensions / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee -- 2. The SME Policy Framework in ASEAN and APEC: Benchmarks, Comparison and Analysis / Chris Hall -- PART II. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND LINKAGES -- 3. SME Export Competitiveness in Developing Countriesthrough Foreign Investment and Business Linkages / Philippe Régnier -- 4. The Internationalization of SMEs in European Transformation Economies: Lessons for East Asia? / David J. Pollard -- 5. Trust, Dependency and Reciprocity: Interconnections of Key Dimensions of Guanxi / Susan Freeman and Chandler Lim PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- 6. Export Performance in Small and Medium Enterprises: Sectoral and Regional Dimensions in NSW Australia / Ann Hodgkinson and Paul McPhee -- 7. Exploring the Consequences of Delayed Adoption of Electronic Commerce by Regional SMEs in Australia / Lin Crase, Peter Lamb and Evan Patullock -- 8. Reforming China's Cooperative Economy: Issues and Experiences / Jenny Clegg -- 9. SME Development Strategy in Vietnam / Charles Harvie -- 10. Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Study of Businesses in New South Wales Australia / Jane Olsen, Boon-Chye Lee and Ann Hodgkinson -- 11. SME Development in Malaysia: Domestic and Global Challenges / Ali Salman Saleh and Nelson Oly Ndubisi -- PART IV. INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES -- 12. Support Mechanisms for SME Development in Indonesia: A Firm Level Survey in the Metalworking and Machinery Industry / Mitsuhiro Hayashi -- 13. Trade Reforms and the Survival of the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Industries in Australia / Kankesu Jayanthakumaran -- 14. SME Market Entry: Barriers, Positioning and Performance in the Asia-Pacific Oil and Gas Industry / Brian Kenny and Paul Tobin -- 15. Strategic Competitiveness, Human Resource Strategy and Organizational Performance Linkage Amongst SMEs in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector / Za'faran Hassan -- 16. The Role of Government in Fostering Sectoral SME Development: An Analysis of the Tourism Industry in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore / Michael T. Schaper, Jack Carlsen and Ruth Taylor -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305124
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 490 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Local public finance in Central and Eastern Europe
    DDC: 336.01443
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    Keywords: 1991-2006 ; Öffentliche Finanzen ; Finanzbeziehungen ; Gemeindefinanzen ; Dezentralisierung ; Systemtransformation ; Ostmitteleuropa ; Local finance ; Local finance ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostmitteleuropa ; Gemeindefinanzwirtschaft ; Osteuropa ; Gemeinde ; Finanzpolitik
    Abstract: This book explores the system of financing local governments in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using evidence from the last two decades, the authors, experts on their particular countries, describe the development of the current local government finance system in each nation, and the major challenges and policy options they face. The contributions in this book provide comprehensive coverage of a transitional Europe that encompasses both modern local public finance theory and specific applications in the target countries. The book is a recommended read not only for students of local government and local public finance, but also practitioners and all those who have to deal with the accountability and financial issues at local government level in Central and Eastern Europe
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Local government finance in central and eastern Europe: Whither way? / Zeljko Šević -- 2. Albania: Decentralisation and local government finance - key successes and future challenges / Juliana H. Pigey, Artan Hoxha and Sabina Ymeri -- 3. Local government finance in belarus / Yuri Krivorotko -- 4. Local government finance in bosnia and herzegovina / Jean Tesche -- 5. Strengthening local government finance: The case of Bulgaria -- / svetlana alexandrova -- 6. Local government finance in croatia / Anto Bajo and Ivana Jakir-Bajo -- 7. Fiscal decentralisation in the Czech Republic: Problems and prospects / Phillip J. Bryson and Gary C. Cornia -- 8. Local government finance in Estonia / Kenneth A. Kriz -- 9. Decentralisation under fiscal pressure: Local government finances in Hungary / Gábor Péteri -- 10. Local government finance in Latvia / Mudite Priede and Solvita Klapare -- 11. Local government finance in lithuania / Gerda Zigiene, Jadvyga Ciburiene and Mark W. Chandler -- 12. Financing local self-government in the republic of macedonia / Borce Davitkovski and Ana Pavlovska-Daneva -- 13. Local government finance in moldova / Clare T. Romanik, Eugeniu Hristev and Maria Salabuga -- 14. Local government finance in montenegro / Djordjije Blazic -- 15. Local government finance in Poland / Piotr Bury and Pawel Swianiewicz -- 16. Local government finance in Romania / Claudiu Doltu -- 17. Local government finance in serbia / Thomas Meekel -- 18. Local government finance in Slovakia / Juraj Nemec -- 19. Financing local communities in Slovenia / Davor Savin -- 20. Funding local government in ukraine / Sergii Slukhai -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782541066
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 245 pages)
    Series Statement: Studies in evolutionary political economy series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Advances in evolutionary institutional economics
    DDC: 330.1
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    Keywords: Evolutionsökonomik ; Institutionenökonomik ; Verhaltensökonomik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Präferenztheorie ; Wissen ; Entscheidung unter Unsicherheit ; Strategisches Management ; Innovation ; Vertragstheorie ; Evolutionary economics ; Institutional economics ; Evolutionary economics ; Institutional economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Institutionenökonomie
    Abstract: Some famous pioneers together with the most promising new practitioners in the field show within this book how they define their subject. This is an authoritative survey of important branches of evolutionary economics, containing innovative new perspectives on market dynamics and evolutionary institutional mechanisms. The authors also tackle enduring problems in the field such as profound uncertainty and the significance of knowledge in economics. This coherent and focused book will appeal to a wide variety of scholars involved in evolutionary and institutional economics, and evolutionary theory. It will also appeal to researchers and students at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : evolutionary economics in the making / Hardy Hanappi and Wolfram Elsner -- Heuristic twists and ontological creeds : a road map for evolutionary economics / Ulrich Witt -- Generalized Darwinism from the bottom up : an evolutionary view of socio-economic behavior and organization / J.W. Stoelhorst -- Comparative industrial evolution and the quest for an evolutionary theory of market dynamics / Guido Buenstorf -- European contributions to evolutionary institutional economics : the cases "open-systems approach" (OSA) and "cumulative circular causation" (CCC) / Sebastian Berger and Wolfram Elsner -- Institutions as determinants of preference change : a one way relation? / Martin Binder and Uta-Maria Niederle -- Complex individuals : the individual in non-Euclidian space / John B. Davis -- The importance of ignorance : non-knowledge and the limits of Bayesianism / Oliver Kessler -- Strong uncertainty and how to cope with it to improve action and capacity / Paul Davidson -- Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship : an evolutionary learning perspective / Carl Henning Reschke and Sascha Kraus -- The problem of knowledge in economics : prices, contracts and organizations / Stavros Ioannides.
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    ISBN: 9781035305506
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 225 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Christian theology and market economics
    DDC: 261.85
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    Keywords: Christentum ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Marktwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Unternehmensethik ; Economics Religious aspects ; Christianity ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Theologie ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Wirtschaft ; Marktwirtschaft
    Abstract: There was a time when theologians and economists knew much more about each other's work than they do today. This book is dedicated to reconnecting two disciplines that study different dimensions of the human condition. The well respected contributors - economists, theologians, some both - explore the interaction of Christian theology and market economics, from the earliest times to the modern day. There is much to surprise, puzzle and edify serious students of theology and economics as well as the merely curious. This unique work has a historical time-span reaching from Aristotle to the modern day, thus appealing to those interested in the history of ideas and economic thought as well as the links between theological and economic thought. Economists studying the intellectual roots of their discipline, as well as Christians researching the links between Christian beliefs and the worldly philosophy governing everyday commercial lives will also welcome it
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg -- Part I: Christianity and the history of economic thought -- 1. Aristotle's science of economics / Ricardo F. Crespo -- 2. Christianity's pre-enlightenment contribution to economic thought / Stephen J. Grabill -- 3. Commercial order and the Scottish enlightenment: The christian context / Samuel Gregg -- 4. Christianity's post-enlightenment contribution to economic thought / Paul Oslington -- Part II: Christianity and economic theory -- 5. Christian theology and economics: Convergence and clashes / Geoffrey Brennan and Anthony M.C. Waterman -- 5. Economics as identity / Gordon Menzies -- Part III: Christianity and modern business -- 7. Business as a moral enterprise / Michael J. Miller -- 8. Modern business and its moral and ethical dilemmas in a globalized world / Philip Booth -- 9. Treating 'affluenza': The moral challenge of affluence / Ian R. Harper and Eric L. Jones -- 10. The role of business in the fight against poverty / Peter S. Heslam -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782541912
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 277 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Knowledge policy
    DDC: 303.48/33
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    Keywords: Information policy Economic aspects ; Information policy Social aspects ; Information policy Forecasting ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Information society ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Knowledge Policy illustrates how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the 21st century market place is characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. Does this therefore render cultural and social knowledge unimportant? The contributors attempt to answer this and other important questions using a broader epistemological base for the term 'knowledge'. Policy implications are then developed from this perspective. By examining long-term challenges, this unique book explains what we actually mean by the term 'knowledge' and raises fundamental critiques of existing conceptions of knowledge. It argues that fresh policy thinking is needed not only in more obviously knowledge-intensive sectors, but also across all areas of knowledge production. By way of illustration, the effects of the different dynamics of the knowledge era on defence, health, employment, environment, indigenous and international relations, multiculturalism and urban policy are explored. The book then addresses the enduring question of whether it is possible to produce too much knowledge at the expense of wisdom. Providing a thorough treatment on the meaning, production and application of knowledge, this book will provide a fascinating read for academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policymakers with an interest in public policy and knowledge-based economies
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction / Greg Hearn, David Rooney -- Knowledge services / Ian Miles -- Education and the knowledge economy / Michael A. Peters -- Women and cognitive authority in the knowledge economy / Juli Eflin -- Cultural and creative industries / Terry Flew -- From creative industries to creative economy / Stuart Cunningham -- Information society policy / Lee Komito -- The role of media in the knowledge economy / David Rooney, Bernard McKenna, Rhonda Breit -- Science and technology policy futures / Neal Ryan, Michael Charles -- Justifying science : the need for macroeconomic knowledge policy / Steve Fuller -- The new biology : implications for knowledge policy / Sigrid A. Lehnert -- Copyright 2010 : the need for better negotiability/usability principles / Brian Fitzgerald -- Industry policy as innovation policy / Kate Morrison, Jason Potts -- Employment and innovation in the information economy / John Quiggin -- Environment, water, and energy in the 21st century : the role of deliberative governance for the knowledge society / Richard Hindmarsh -- Citizenship, migration, and multiculturalism after 9/11 : towards new policies for naturalization / Dora Kostakopoulou -- A new paradigm for ethical and sustainable indigenous knowledge policy / Hitendra Pillay -- International relations and geopolitics / Rosita Dellios -- Knowledge policy and the future of war, defence, and peace / Emma N. Kennedy da Silva, Rod B. Lyon -- Conclusion : towards integrated knowledge policy / Greg Hearn, David Rooney.
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    ISBN: 9781781959275
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (320 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Management and innovation in the media industry
    DDC: 302.23
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    Keywords: Mediensektor ; Innovation ; Innovationsmanagement ; Medienwirkung ; Mass media Technological innovations ; Management ; Organizational change ; Mass media Management ; Mass media and technology ; Technological innovations ; Medienwirtschaft ; Massenmedien ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Medienwirtschaft ; Management ; Massenmedien ; Technischer Fortschritt
    Abstract: This comprehensive book covers relevant issues on how media companies are currently embracing innovation, the levels at which they are doing so, and how innovation can help media companies to meet their development needs in the future. The primary focus of this study is the relationship between management and innovation in the media industry. The book evaluates the importance and the role of innovation within the media industry and helps identify and evaluate the drivers of innovation. The contributors demonstrate and build upon an understanding of the issues and strategies that bind media firms to new processes and technologies and offer clear guidelines on how media companies can accelerate growth through effective internal and external collaboration. Management and Innovation in the Media Industry highlights those issues that influence strategies, organizational structures, media content management and public interest within media firms. This unique study offers both new theoretical and empirical insights on decision making aspects of innovation relevant for those executives and policy makers operating within the media or related industries. It will be of great interest to academics and students in the fields of communication and journalism as well as innovation management
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Innovation perspectives -- 1. Innovation and creativity in the media industry: What? Where? How? / Lucy Küng -- 2. Understanding innovation in new and young media firms / Alexander McKelvie and Johan Wiklund -- 3. Applying intellectual property rights theory to the analysis of innovation competition in mass media content markets - a general framework and a theoretical application to media formats / Frank Lobigs and Gabriele Siegert -- Part II: Innovation research -- 4. Towards a methodological foundation of media innovation research / Frank Habann -- 5. Promises and challenges of innovation surveys: The German record industry / Christian Handke -- Part III: Strategy and innovation performance -- 6. Transformations in the media industry: Customization and branding as strategic choices for media firms / Ana Andjelic -- 7. Strategies to exploit the advantages of new targeting technologies: Realizing the advertising revenue potential of media audiences / Steven S. Wildman -- 8. Media organizational culture and innovative performance / Richard van der Wurff and Mark Leenders -- 9. Innovation through external sourcing activities: An overview of major trends and patterns of the telecommunications service provider industry / Hans van Kranenburg, Jaqueline Pennings, Cinzia Dal Zotto and John Hagedoorn -- Part IV: Innovation management -- 10. Diffusion of innovation in news organizations: Action research of middle managers in danish mass media / Anker Brink Lund -- 11. Decision making by newspaper editors: Understanding values and change / George Sylvie and J. Sonia Huang -- 12. Social piloting as testing methodology for media innovations / Andreas E. Tasch and Tobias Fredberg -- 13. Managing innovation in audience measurement: The us case studies of bookscan and the local people meter / Philip M. Napoli and Kurt Andrews -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305339
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 482 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: ADBI series on Asian economic integration and cooperation
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The dynamics of regional development
    DDC: 338.9599
    Keywords: 1960-2003 ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionalpolitik ; Dezentralisierung ; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Ländlicher Raum ; Handelsliberalisierung ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Ostasien ; Philippinen ; Regional planning ; Decentralization in government ; Philippines Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Philippinen ; Regionalentwicklung ; Ostasien ; Regionalentwicklung ; Philippinen ; Dezentralisation ; Philippinen ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book have undertaken a detailed examination of all aspects of the nation's regional dynamics and policies. Their analysis extends to comparable experiences in East Asia, particularly China and Indonesia. The lessons of this book are relevant not only for an audience interested in the Philippines - a large developing nation with a population soon to exceed 100 million people - but also for many other developing countries now embarking on decentralization programs. The book therefore has broad international appeal. The contributors focus on three main issues: * Centre-region relations. While the decentralization program in the Philippines has been reasonably successful, they argue there is an urgent need for a clear, predictable, and stable regulatory environment that governs centre-region administrative and financial relations. * Infrastructure. This is arguably the most important policy tool in shaping regional development patterns, yet decision-makers are rarely able to develop these investments on the basis of a coherent and integrated policy framework. * The conflict in Mindanao. This deep and protracted conflict must be resolved for the benefit of the local and national population. This enlightening and topical book will appeal to postgraduate students of economic development, regional development/science, rural development, and Asian Studies. It will also attract the interest of researchers and practitioners in international development agencies, NGOs, and policymakers and legislators in developing countries
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- The Philippine regions, 1987 -- The Philippine regions, 2003 -- 1. The Philippines and regional development / Hal Hill, Arsenio M. Balisacan and Sharon Faye A. Piza -- Part I: East Asia and beyond -- 2. Globalization, geography and regional policy / John Weiss -- 3. Regional development: Analytical and policy issues / Hal Hill -- 4. The east Asian experience: The people's republic of China / Ligang Song -- 5. The east Asian experience: Indonesia / Budy P. Resosudarmo and Yogi Vidyattama -- Part II: The Philippines -- 6. Local politics and local economy / Emmanuel S. de Dios -- 7. The quality of local governance and development under decentralization / Joseph J. Capuno -- 8. Regional labour markets and economic development in the Philippines / Emmanuel F. Esguerra and Chris Manning -- 9. Decentralization and the financing of regional development / Rosario G. Manasan -- 10. Infrastructure and regional growth / Gilberto M. Llanto -- 11. Development of the rural non-farm sector in the Philippines and lessons from the east Asian experience / Jonna P. Estudillo, Tetsushi Sonobe and Keijiro Otsuka -- 12. Regional responses to trade liberalization and economic decentralization / Gwendolyn R. Tecson -- 13. Local growth and poverty reduction / Arsenio M. Balisacan -- References -- 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
    DDC: 338.8/70951
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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
    DDC: 331.1095124/9
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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: 9781781958520
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 393 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The East Asian high-tech drive
    DDC: 338/.064095
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    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Hochtechnologie ; Industrialisierung ; Ostasien ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technological innovations Government policy ; High technology Economic aspects ; High technology industries ; Industries Technological innovations ; East Asia Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostasien ; Technologie ; Innovation ; Spitzentechnologie
    Abstract: East Asia has been an area of high economic growth for several decades. The East Asian High-Tech Drive argues that to maintain the growth momentum, the more advanced East Asian economies need to pay particular attention to policies designed to upgrade their industrial capabilities. The authors argue that effectively functioning institutions, predictable commercial policies, investments in human capital and infrastructure, openness and macroeconomic stability are essential for growth and technological development. Regarding the two lower income economies in the sample, Indonesia is found to have the smallest improvement in the skill intensity of its exports, while the Philippines has registered the slowest economic growth. For both countries, industrial upgrading issues are not as imperative as achieving or regaining rapid, labour-intensive growth as both recently experienced major political instabilities. Yun-Peng Chu and Hal Hill have gathered together a strong and cohesive collection of papers written by country experts on the issue of high-tech industrialization in East Asia. They present case studies of Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, the PRC and Indonesia. The book uses a new measure of the skill intensity of exports that, it is argued, deepens our understanding of industrialization trajectories in this important and dynamic region. There are also detailed examinations and assessments of government policies in each economy. The editors have prepared an overview chapter that summarizes and integrates the main results of cross-country comparisons in a coherent manner. Academics, scholars and researchers of economic development, industrial and technology studies and Asian studies will all find much to engage them within this book
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. An overview of the issues / Hal Hill and Yun-Peng Chu -- 2. Three paths for high-technology catch-up: Singapore, Korea and Taiwan / Jang-Sup Shin and Yun-Peng Chu -- 3. High-tech industrialisation and local capability formation in south Korea / Jang-Sup Shin -- 4. The political economy of Taiwan's high-tech industrialisation: The 'developmental state' and its mutinous mutation / Yun-Peng Chu -- 5. Moving towards high-tech industrialisation: The case of Malaysia / Tham Siew-Yean and Haji Mat Zin Ragayah -- 6. High-tech industry development in the Philippines: At a dangerous crossroad? / Gwendolyn R. Tecson -- 7. Thailand as a high-tech industrial economy: An impossible dream? / Medhi Krongkaew, with Teeraya Krongkaew -- 8. Indonesian industrial policies: Before and after the crisis / Kelly Bird and Hal Hill / / Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781956366
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 250 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Growth and cohesion in the European Union
    DDC: 337.1/42
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    Keywords: European Union ; European Union ; 1955-2005 ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Geldpolitik ; Finanzpolitik ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; EU-Staaten ; Europäischer Stabilitätsmechanismus ; Monetary policy ; Monetary policy European Union countries ; Macroeconomics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Europäische Union Stabilitätspakt ; Fiskalpolitik ; Geldpolitik ; Europäische Union ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Stabilität ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Finanzpolitik ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: This book is a critical review of current fiscal and monetary policy in Europe and presents results of both empirical research and a discussion of the theoretical framework behind the policy of the European Central Bank and the Stability and Growth Pact. Macroeconomic policy is often hotly debated within the EU. However, the majority of policy discussions have started from a shared view of how the economy works. This shared neo-classical view is also known as the 'Brussels-Frankfurt consensus'. According to that consensus, European labour markets are too rigid in comparison to the US labour market. Hence, the prevalent view is that the European unemployment problem can be solved by increasing incentives; improving the returns on schooling and redefining the role and the necessity of labour market institutions. In this volume the authors argue that it is not at all clear which institutions cause labour market rigidities and to what extent. They note that the problem of unemployment requires a much broader set of solutions, including active labour market policies, policies concerning schooling and the development of skills. Growth and Cohesion in the European Union also highlights that these microeconomic policies will not in themselves provide the solution to what is essentially a macroeconomic problem. First and foremost the role of aggregate demand in the determination of unemployment has to be placed at the forefront of the debate. The extensive discussion of a broad variety of topics in the field of macroeconomic policy will ensure this book finds a welcome readership amongst researchers and academics of European studies and macroeconomics. Policy advisors will also find much to engage them as the book provides a critical view on the Brussels-Frankfurt consensus, currently so dominant amongst European policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Monetary policy, fiscal policy and the stability and growth pact -- 1. The brussels-frankfurt consensus: An answer to the wrong question / William Mitchell and Joan Muysken -- 2. Whither stability pact? An assessment of reform proposals / Paola Monperrus-Veroni and Francesco Saraceno -- 3. Alternatives for the policy framework of the euro / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- 4. What drives ecb monetary policy? / Clemens J.M. Kool -- 5. Interest rates, debt, counter-cyclical policy and monetary sovereignty / Jan Kregel -- Part II: Labour markets and labour market policies -- 6. Institutions and the labour market: Examining the benefits / Tom van Veen -- 7. Institutions and unemployment in oecd countries: A panel data analysis / Lucio Baccaro and Diego Rei -- 8. The institutional determinants of labour market performance: Comparing the anglo-saxon model and a European-style alternative / Henri de Groot, Richard Nahuis and Paul Tang -- 9. Enhancing productivity: Social protection as investment policy / Chris de Neubourg and Julie Castonguay -- 10. Labour market adjustments and macroeconomic performance / Anna Batyra and Henri Sneessens -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958674
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 267 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Monetary and exchange rate systems
    DDC: 332.4/5
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    Keywords: 1982-2005 ; Zentralbank ; Geldpolitik ; Preisstabilität ; Wechselkurssystem ; Internationaler Finanzmarkt ; Finanzmarktregulierung ; Wirtschaftslage ; Welt ; Finanzkrise ; Financial crises ; Foreign exchange rates ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Währungskrise ; Wechselkurs
    Abstract: Combining critical perspectives with a positive contribution to economic policy, both national and international, this book considers the causes and consequences of recent financial crises presenting cutting-edge material. The editors bring together a number of well-known scholars to offer their views and elaborate on alternative solutions with respect to the Washington Consensus on how to restructure the monetary and financial system in order to avoid financial crises in the future. The book deals with a number of issues, such as the Asian financial crises of the 1990s, exchange rate arrangements, financial liberalization and capital controls. The contributors take a critical approach, providing the elements for a new analysis of monetary and exchange rate issues in the modern world. Monetary and Exchange Rate Systems will be extremely useful for researchers and policymakers interested in monetary macroeconomics and in the international financial system
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi -- Part I: Financial liberalization and financial crises -- 1. International financial instability in a world of currencies hierarchy / Andrea Terzi -- 2. Dollarization and the hegemonic status of the us dollar / Jean-François Ponsot -- 3. Reform and structural change in Latin America: Financial systems and instability / Eugenia Correa and Gregorio Vidal -- 4. East Asian monetary and financial cooperation: The long road ahead / Kok-Fay Chin -- 5. Does financial liberalization affect the distribution of income between wages and profits? / Domenica Tropeano -- 6. Crisis avoidance: The post-washington consensus agenda / Louis-Philippe Rochon -- Part II: From financial instability to macroeconomic performance / 7. Reforming the International Payment System: An Assessment / Claude Gnos -- 8. Is there a role for capital controls? / Philip Arestis, Jesús Ferreiro and Carmen Gómez -- 9. Liberalization or regulating international capital flows? / Paul Davidson -- 10. Cross-border transactions and exchange rate stability / Sergio Rossi -- 11. To fix or to float: Theoretical and pragmatic considerations / L. Randall Wray -- 12. Exchange rate arrangements and EU enlargement / Jesper Jespersen -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958315
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 211 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lambertini, Luca The economics of vertically differentiated markets
    DDC: 338
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    Keywords: Marktstruktur ; Industriestruktur ; Produktdifferenzierung ; Produktqualität ; Monopol ; Duopol ; Wirtschaftsmodell ; Industrial organization ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Marktstruktur ; Vertikale Produktdifferenzierung ; Gleichgewichtsmodell ; Spieltheorie ; Industrieökonomie
    Abstract: This original new book offers a comprehensive and engaging perspective on the theory of vertical differentiation. It enables the reader to grasp the key concepts and effects that product quality has both on firms' behaviour and market structure, and the ways in which this relationship has evolved. With contributions from prominent figures in the field, the book investigates a number of important topics, such as the choice of the optimal product range, profit sharing, the existence of equilibrium in duopoly games, positional effects attached to status goods, international trade, collusion, advertising and the dynamics of capital accumulation for quality improvement and product innovation. Using both static and dynamic approaches, these aspects are assessed in relation to the manifold issues of regulation, competition policy and trade policy. Product differentiation and its influence on consumer behaviour and the performance of firms is a core topic in the existing literature in the fields of industrial organization, international trade and economic growth. This book will be an essential read for researchers, students and professional scholars working in these areas, especially those with an interest in antitrust regulation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: -- Statics -- 1. Does monopoly undersupply product quality? / Luca Lambertini -- 2. Multiproduct monopoly with positional externalities / Luca Lambertini and Raimondello Orsini -- 3. Labour-managed multiproduct monopoly / Chiara Celada and Luca Lambertini -- 4. Endogenous timing in a vertically differentiated duopoly / Luca Lambertini -- 5. Existence of equilibrium in a vertically differentiated duopoly / Giulio Ecchia and Luca Lambertini -- 6. Mqs regulation and predatory behaviour / Luca Lambertini and Carlo Scarpa -- 7. Intraindustry trade and the choice of technology / Luca Lambertini and Gianpaolo Rossini -- Part II: -- Dynamics -- 8. Rjvs for product innovation and cartel stability / Cristina Iori and Luca Lambertini -- 9. Product innovation with sequential entry / Giorgia Bertuzzi and Luca Lambertini -- 10. A differential game with quality improvement / Luca Lambertini -- 11. A differential game of advertising under vertical differentiation / Luca Colombo and Luca Lambertini -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781956779
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 260 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values
    DDC: 333.33/2
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Umweltmanagement ; Umweltschutz ; Wasserversorgung ; Finanzmathematik ; Australien ; Finnland ; Neuseeland ; Großbritannien ; USA ; Environmental economics ; Environmental policy Costs ; Environmental policy Evaluation ; Environmental economics Mathematical models ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: Benefit transfer is the practice of estimating economic values at a target site by utilising the results of existing studies for different sites. It is commonly used to estimate values for changes in environmental conditions where time and cost factors constrain the direct application of non-market valuation techniques at the target site. The focus of this unique collection of case studies is the validity and accuracy of benefit transfer using choice modelling, rather than the traditional focus of transferring results from contingent valuation and travel cost models. The book includes a simple guide to using choice modelling results in a benefit transfer process, an overview of the theoretical issues involved, and a number of case studies from Australia, Finland, New Zealand, the UK and the US. The conclusion is that the benefit transfer process is not straightforward, but that use of the choice modelling technique allows for more 'automatic' adjustment of values by the factors that frame the case study of interest. This book will strongly appeal to a wide ranging readership, including academics, students and researchers involved in non-market valuation and benefit transfer research, policymakers requiring the use of benefit transfer in valuation studies, and consultants and researchers performing benefit transfer studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values / Jeff Bennett -- A simple guide to choice modelling and benefit transfer / John Rolfe -- Theoretical issues in using choice modelling data for benefit transfer / John Rolfe -- Stated preference benefit transfer approaches for estimating passive use value of wild salmon / John Loomis -- Valuing New South Wales rivers for use in benefit transfer / Mark Morrison and Jeff Bennett -- Testing for benefit transfer over water quality benefits / Nick Hanley ... [et al.] -- Testing benefit transfer with water resources in central Queensland, Australia / John Rolfe, Adam Loch and Jeff Bennett -- Transferring mitigation values for small streams / Geoffrey N. Kerr and Basil M.H. Sharp -- Transferring the environmental values of wetlands / Stuart M. Whitten and Jeff Bennett -- Generalising environmental values / Martin van Bueren and Jeff Bennett -- Valuing aboriginal cultural heritage across different population groups / John Rolfe and Jill Windle -- The significance of policy instruments in benfit transfer / Paula Horne and Jeff Bennett.
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    ISBN: 9781781959176
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 324 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Humane economics
    DDC: 300.092
    Keywords: Lavoie, Don ; Lavoie, Don ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Humanismus ; Sozialismus ; Informationstechnik ; Entrepreneurship ; Marktmechanismus ; Theorie ; Wissenssoziologie ; Economics Philosophy ; Hermeneutics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Humanismus
    Abstract: Don Lavoie's published work encompasses a wide range of subjects - socialism, hermeneutics, information technology, and culture. The subjects appear unrelated, but a close examination of his research reveals an underlying unity of thought and an economics at sharp variance with the post World War II mainstream. The contributors to this volume explore the legacy of his scholarship and its implications for economics. Three themes run throughout Don Lavoie's work and are explored in these chapters, the overarching one being the importance of social intelligence to economics. Second, and related to this, was his belief that certain institutions or practices are better at creating social intelligence than others - what might be termed the primacy of liberty or voluntaryism. Thirdly, he asserted that economics is more closely aligned with the humane disciplines than with the physical. As these essays make clear, if the next generation of economists does integrate economics with the humanities, some of the credit must go to Don Lavoie. Students and scholars of economics, methodology, and the humanities more broadly will find this a provocative and enriching collection
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Introductory -- 1. Humane economics: An Introduction to the work of don lavoie / Jack High -- Part II: Socialist calculation -- 2. Calculation, competition and entrepreneurship / Israel M. Kirzner -- 3. Don lavoie's contributions to comparative economics / Peter J. Boettke and David L. Prychitko -- 4. A typology of interventionist dynamics / Robert L. Bradley Jr. -- Part III: Information technology -- 5. Institutions as abstraction boundaries / Bill Tulloh and Mark S. Miller / / 6. 'New' Collaborative Learning Environments: The Convergence of Hermeneutics and Hypertext / Virgil Henry Storr -- Part IV: Philosophy -- 7. Hermeneutics and liberty: Remembrance of don lavoie / G.B. Madison -- 8. Hermeneutics in economics: On the status of 'as-if' functions / Wayne J. Froman -- 9. Humility and truth in economics / Deirdre McCloskey -- Part V: Cultural studies -- 10. The development of cultural economy: Foundational questions and future direction / Emily Chamlee-Wright -- 11. Innovation of cardio-imaging technology at hewlett-packard and hp/philips / Don E. Kash -- Part VI: Appendix -- 12. Subjective orientation and objective wealth: Entrepreneurship and the convergence of groupware and hypertext capabilities / Don Lavoie -- Bibliography of don lavoie's publications -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304820
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 727 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Elgar companion to Alfred Marshall
    DDC: 330.15/7092
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    Keywords: Marshall, Alfred ; Marshall, Alfred ; Marshall Alfred ; 1842-1924 ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Neoklassische Theorie ; Partielles Gleichgewicht ; Werttheorie ; Verteilungstheorie ; Industrieökonomik ; Geldtheorie ; Sozialpolitik ; Evolutionary economics ; Neoclassical school of economics ; Neoclassical school of economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Marshall, Alfred 1842-1924 ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Rezeption
    Abstract: In light of the recent and ongoing surge of interest in Alfred Marshall's work, this new and original reference volume fills a gap in the literature through a detailed examination of his thought and of his contributions to economics and social science. The Companion places Alfred Marshall's ideas in their historical context, highlighting the many streams of social research originating from them. The contributors form a remarkable cast of leading experts, covering a spectrum of Marshallian themes and issues, including: * his life and work * background and influences * scope and methodology of economics * economic analysis - including distribution theory, industrial economics and money * social and political issues * relations with his contemporaries * the Marshallian tradition * relevance to contemporary economics. This comprehensive and multidisciplinary Companion illustrates the relevance of Marshall to present-day economic reality and as such will prove an invaluable reference tool for general economists and a wide ranging audience: historians of economic thought; economic, political and cultural historians; industrial, regional and development economists; economists interested in institutional, cognitive and evolutionary economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Life and work -- Background and influences -- Scope and method -- Economic analysis -- Social and political issues -- Marshall and his contemporaries -- Marshall's legacy -- Marshall and present-day economics.
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    ISBN: 9781035305254
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 461 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rugman, Alan M., 1945 - 2014 Analysis of multinational strategic management
    DDC: 658/.049
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Strategisches Management ; Betriebliche Standortwahl ; Umweltrecht ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Welt ; International business enterprises Management ; Strategic planning ; International business enterprises Management ; Strategic planning ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Strategisches Management
    Abstract: Characterized by new analytical insights and methods in the field of international business, this collection of articles by Alan Rugman and Alain Verbeke celebrates their long and productive work together on issues facing top managers of multinational enterprises. Fueled by their belief in the need for better theory in multinational strategic management, the authors have explored a number of different facets in this increasingly important realm. They have organized the work into five sections: the foundations of a new theory of multinational strategic management, a radically new examination of multinational strategic management, national competitiveness, the relatively under-researched but increasingly important issue of environmental strategies of multinational enterprises, and the interactions between multinational strategic management and public policy. This outstanding collection, inspired by the occasion of Alan Rugman's 60th birthday, will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of international business and management, as well as to economists and lawyers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: The theory of multinational strategic management -- Part II: New analysis of multinational strategic management -- Part III: Location and multinational strategic management -- Part IV: Environmental regulations and multinational strategic management -- Part V: Public policy and multinational strategic management -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781008058
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 343 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Capital flight and capital controls in developing countries
    DDC: 332/.0424/091724
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    Keywords: Kapitalflucht ; Kapitalverkehrskontrolle ; Entwicklungsländer ; Schwellenländer ; Südafrika ; Türkei ; Thailand ; Brasilien ; Mittlerer Osten ; China ; Capital movements ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Kapitalflucht ; Kapitalverkehrskontrolle
    Abstract: Capital flight - the unrecorded export of capital from developing countries - often represents a significant cost for developing countries. It also poses a puzzle for standard economic theory, which would predict that poorer countries be importers of capital due to its scarcity. This situation is often reversed, however, with capital fleeing poorer countries for wealthier, capital-abundant locales. Using a common methodology for a set of case studies on the size, causes and consequences of capital flight in developing countries, the contributors address the extent of capital flight, its effects, and what can be done to reverse it. Case studies of Brazil, China, Chile, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the Middle East provide rich descriptions of the capital flight phenomena in a variety of contexts. The volume includes a detailed description of capital flight estimation methods, a chapter surveying the impact of financial liberalization, and several chapters on controls designed to solve the capital flight problem. The first book devoted to the careful calculation of capital flight and its historical and policy context, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars in the areas of international finance and economic development
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Setting the stage -- 1. Introduction -- / gerald epstein -- 2. Capital account liberalization, growth and the labor share of income: Reviewing and extending the cross-country evidence -- / kang-kook lee and arjun jayadev -- 3. Capital flight: Meanings and measures -- / edsel l. Beja, jr. -- Part II: Capital flight: case studies -- 4. Capital flight from South Africa, 1980-2000 -- / seeraj mohammed and kade finnoff -- 5. The determinants of capital flight in Turkey, 1971-2000 -- / anil duman, hakki c. Erkin and fatma gül unal -- 6. Capital flight from Thailand, 1980-2000 -- / edsel l. Beja, jr., pokpong junvith and jared ragusett -- 7. A class analysis of capital flight from Chile, 1971-2001 / Burak Bener and Mathieu Dufour -- 8. Capital flight from Brazil, 1981-2000 -- / deger eryar -- 9. A development comparative approach to capital flight: The case of the middle east and north Africa, 1970-2002 -- / abdullah almounsor -- 10. Capital flight from China, 1982-2001 -- / andong zhu, chunxiang li and gerald epstein -- Part III: Policy issues -- 11. Regulating capital flight -- / eric helleiner -- 12. Capital management techniques in developing countries -- / gerald epstein, ilene grabel and sundaram kwame jomo -- 13. Africa's debt: Who owes whom? -- / james k. Boyce and léonce ndikumana -- Index.
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