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  • 101
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    Online Resource
    Oxford : Berg
    ISBN: 1859737250 , 185973720X , 184788895X , 9781847888952
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiii, 220 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Dress, body, culture
    Parallel Title: Print version Unzipping Gender : Sex, Cross-Dressing and Culture
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    Keywords: Transvestites ; Transvestism Cross-cultural studies ; Transvestites ; Transvestism Psychological aspects ; Transvestism ; Transvestism Cross-cultural studies ; Transvestites ; Transvestism ; Transvestism Psychological aspects ; Transvestites
    Abstract: How does culture shape notions of sexuality and gender? Why are transvestites in the West so often seen as deviant or perverse, while they are accepted in other societies? What are the implications for the categories of male and female when consideri ng transvestism? Transvestism, and its cultural practice, is a useful lens through which we can view and thus debate models of sex, gender and sexuality. Drawing on primary fieldwork, Unzipping Gender offers a cross-cultural study of transvestism thr ough an examination of transvestites in Britain and the Hijras of India. The author tackles the cr
    Description / Table of Contents: Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Clothing Sex, Sexing Clothes; 3 Transvestites in the UK; 4 Disorder Within the Pattern; 5 Crossing Gender Boundaries in Cultural Context; 6 Dressing Up/Dressing Down: Reconsidering Sex and Gender Culture; 7 Thinking of Themselves; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
    Description / Table of Contents: The doctrines of gender. The prevalence of transvestism. Clothing as gender landscapeClothing sex, sexing clothes : transvestism, material culture and the sex and gender debate. The importance of sex and gender. Dress and identity : transvestism and material culture. 'Is gender to culture as sex is to nature?' : transvestism and the discourses of sex and gender. Corporeality and the politics of sex. Clothing the brain -- Transvestites in the UK : the dream of fair women. Are those women's clothes? Fieldwork in the UK. Becoming extraordinary : the experience of the transvestite in Western societies. Becoming 'the other.' UK transvestites : interviews with Anthony/Suzanne, John/Joy, Dan/Shelly, Gavin/Gina and Simon/Sandra. The range of possibilities. Clothing choices. Some conclusions about UK transvestites -- Disorder within the pattern : the hijras of India. Fieldwork in India. Hijras in context : who are hijras? Why the hijras? The need to categorise : studies of the hijras. Becoming a hijra. Hijras and the principle of male and female union. Hijras and religion -- Crossing gender boundaries in cultural context : fieldwork comparisons and cultural influences. cross-dressing and clothing choices. Differences in lifestyle. Transvestism within contrasting cosmological contexts -- Dressing up/dressing down : reconsidering sex and gender culture. Woman=soft, man=hard : concepts of language made material. Gendered emotions and the ceremony of naven. Masculine representation of the feminine. Jung and the inner world of opposites. sex, gender or sexuality? Crossing gender as an 'institutionalised' role. The Brazilian travestis. Binary categorisation as 'common sense.' Masculinity, femininity ; genetics and mosaics. The correlates of gender culture-transvestism as material objectification. Cross-cultural evidence and the conceptualisation of gender crossing. Marking gender -- Thinking of themselves : transvestism and concepts of the person. Transvestism as a social phenomenon. Concepts of the person, individual and society in India and England : cultural contexts of transvestites and hijras. Contrasting concepts of self within the Hindu and Western traditions. Individuality and identity. Personhood and transvestism in cross-cultural perspective. Blurring the boundaries : deconstructing theories of the self. Transvestites, constructed selves, and issues of sex and gender. A broader conceptualisation of transvestism. 'This is an absurd ordination for people to live in, in 2002'.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 102
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035306138
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (400 pages)
    Series Statement: Selected essays of Peter Nijkamp volume 1
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Nijkamp, Peter, 1946 - Selected essays of Peter Nijkamp ; Vol. 1: Innovation, space and economic development
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Space in economics ; Regional planning ; Economic development ; Macroeconomics ; Space in economics ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Transportation and state
    Abstract: This collection brings together Peter Nijkamp's work in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, growth and spatial development. The first part comprises work of a theoretical nature and addresses issues such as the micro-economic foundation of spatial development, the relevance of spatial innovation and urban incubation theory, the role of network growth, policy and the importance of novel evolutionary perspectives for understanding regional economic dynamics. The second part focuses attention on empirical macro and meso dimensions of economic development, dealing inter alia with the economic growth impact of public policy, the local factors critical for successful innovation, the importance of networks for regional growth and the implications of the rational expectations paradigm for industrial dynamics. The third part focuses on empirical micro-studies of economic performance and the final part emphasises the scope and effect of public policy for spatial-economic performance, including policies for ICT, regional development, urban sustainability and learning capabilities. This collection will be essential reading for scholars and students interested in regional science, innovation studies, entrepreneurship and economic development
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Theory -- 1. Spatial perspectives on new theories of economic growth -- 2. Endogenous production of r&d and stable economic development -- 3. Spatial dispersion of technological innovation: A review -- 4. Entrepreneurship in a modern network economy -- 5. Resilience: An evolutionary approach to spatial economic systems -- Part II: Macro and regional studies -- 6. Growth effects of governmental policies: A comparative analysis in a multi-country context -- 7. Local opportunities and innovative behaviour: A meta-analytic study of European cities -- 8. Spatial dynamics and government policy: An artificial intelligence approach to comparing complex systems -- 9. Regional variations in production network externalities -- 10. Industrial dynamics and rational expectations in a spatial setting -- Part III: Micro studies -- 11. Information use and company performance: An application to the retail electrical appliances sector -- 12. Entrepreneurship and innovation in the sme sector -- 13. Investment expectations of entrepreneurs: An empirical analysis at the firm level -- 14. A flow approach to industrial sites, firm dynamics and regional employment growth: A case study of amsterdam-north -- Part IV: Policy -- 15. Information-communications technologies (ict) and transport: Does knowledge underpin policy? -- 16. A comparative industrial profile analysis of urban regions in western Europe: An application of rough set classification -- 17. A meta-analytical evaluation of sustainable city initiatives -- 18. Comparative regional policy impact analysis: Ex post evaluation of the performance of the European regional development fund -- 19. The learning capabilities of regions: Conceptual policies and patterns -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 103
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305131
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 283 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The new knowledge economy of Taiwan
    DDC: 338.95124906
    Keywords: Strukturwandel ; Informationstechnik ; Wissen ; Taiwan ; Information technology Economic aspects ; Knowledge economy ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Taiwan ; Technology and state Taiwan ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Taiwan ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1990-2003 ; Taiwan ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1990-2003
    Abstract: Taiwan, once one of the world's leading manufacturing economies, is now transforming into a service economy, with an emphasis on knowledge-based services. This metamorphosis has not been easy. As well as major changes in the industrial sector, human resource and policy development have been required, the experiences and implications of which are addressed in this book. Although Taiwan is only in the initial stage of transition from a material- or capital-based economy to a knowledge-based economy, the process has already provided valuable lessons to be learnt. The ramification of transformations in manufacturing, agriculture, finance, services, and the information technology industry are examined and discussed. Tain-Jy Chen and Joseph S. Lee go on to reveal the problems and difficulties that Taiwan has encountered in creating itself a new knowledge based economy, including its outmoded service sector, the inability of businesses to pursue global production and services, and the lack of capacity to create knowledge and to innovate. Providing a discernible insight into the transformation of one of the most prominent newly industrialized countries into a knowledge-based economy, this book will greatly appeal to academics, researchers, and those with a specific interest in knowledge management or Asian economies, as well as to economic analysts
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. The challenges of the knowledge-based economy -- 2. Taiwan's responses to the challenges of the twenty-first century -- 3. The role of the government in a knowledge-based economy -- 4. The transformation of Taiwanese agriculture -- 5. The transformation of traditional manufacturing industries -- 6. The road to financial globalisation -- 7. The globalisation of business in Taiwan -- 8. Taiwan's knowledge-based service industry -- 9. Us semiconductor patents granted to Taiwan, south Korea and Japan -- 10. Knowledge intensification in Taiwan's it industry -- 11. The changing economic matrix between Taiwan and China -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 104
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305223
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 139 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Lemmens, Charmianne E. A. V., - 1975- Innovation in technology alliance networks
    DDC: 338.8/7
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    Keywords: Strategische Allianz ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Forschungskooperation ; Innovationsdiffusion ; Hochtechnologie ; Theorie ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Soziale Beziehungen ; Strategic alliances (Business) ; Business networks ; High technology industries ; Bibliografie ; Unternehmen ; Technologiemanagement ; Strategische Allianz ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Innovationsfähigkeit
    Abstract: This book studies the dynamics of alliance group formation in technology-based networks. The author attempts to develop the concept of alliance blocks from a social network perspective, and explores the relationship between alliance block membership and innovative performance in a changing technological environment. The book demonstrates that as an alliance network grows, the likelihood of alliance block formation also increases. The author presents evidence that pursuing a block membership strategy favourably affects innovative performance. This is true for conditions of both cumulative and disruptive technological change. However, over time the technology profiles of alliance block members tend to become more similar, which can eventually lead to a reduction in innovative activity. She also reveals that, when compared to their non-member counterparts, firms in alliance blocks are likely to apply for more patents, hold more central positions in the network, have larger revenues and undertake more R&D intensive research. In addition, they are also inclined to originate from an Asian background. This is the first book to propose a well-developed theoretical framework, supported by empirical evidence, to explain alliance block formation processes and their effect on innovative performance. As such, it fills a substantial gap in the literature on competitive rivalry among alliances, an increasingly important area of research. It will be essential reading for academics and practitioners in the fields of industrial organization, strategic management, technological alliances, competition and innovation studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction to the study -- 2. Definitions, data and methodology -- 3. The enabling effect of embeddedness -- 4. The constraining effect of embeddedness -- 5. Alliance block members: Who are they? -- 6. The innovative performance of block members -- 7. Technological change and performance of block members -- 8. Discussion and conclusions -- 9. Summary -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-136) and index
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  • 105
    ISBN: 9781781958216
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (448 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Corporate governance in Russia
    DDC: 338.6/0947
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    Keywords: Corporate Governance ; Russland ; Corporate governance ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Russland ; Corporate Governance ; Russland ; Corporate Governance
    Abstract: Given the past decade of abuse of shareholder rights, corporate governance is essential for Russia's future. In this comprehensive volume, an international group of contributors - academics, corporate executives, government officials, policymakers, specialists from nongovernmental organizations, and legal experts - examine the crucial role of corporate governance as well as the external institutions and forces that affect it. Offering coverage from numerous perspectives, the contributors explore external and institutional influences on corporate governance, its workings within corporations, and the relationships between boards of directors, managers, shareholders, and the government. Case studies of three major companies illustrate the challenges and opportunities involved in creating sound practices. The concluding section provides a summary of the current situation and discusses implications for the future of Russia's corporate governance. A valuable source of information, Corporate Governance in Russia is a must-read for business people, government officials, academic researchers, students, and all those interested in Russia and what the future holds
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. The political, economic, and cultural context of corporate governance -- 1. The emergence of corporate governance in Russia / Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. McCarthy -- 2. Corporate Governance in Russia: A Framework for Analysis / Daniel J. McCarthy and Sheila M. Puffer -- 3. View From the Duma: An Interview with Sergey Generalov / Sergey Generalov and Stanislav V. Shekshnia -- 4. Troika Dialog's Ruben Vardanian on Corporate Governance and Attracting Investment / Sheila M. Puffer, Stanislav V. Shekshnia and Daniel J. McCarthy -- 5. Changes and Challenges in Regulating Corporate Governance / Igor V. Kostikov and Igor V. Belikov -- 6. Corporate Governance in a Cultural Context / Anatoly V. Zhuplev and Vladimir Shein -- Part II. Implementing corporate governance in Russian corporations -- 7. Corporate governance and business education / Abel G. Aganbegyan -- 8. A Strategic Approach to Improving Corporate Governance / Ruth C. May -- 9. The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Developing Corporate Governance Practices / James Gillies, Rein Peterson and Alina Pekarsky -- 10. Private Enterprise Owners and Corporate Governance / Andrey Mikhaylenko -- 11. Roles, Responsibilities, and Independence of Boards of Directors / Stanislav V. Shekshnia -- 12. Challenges of Implementing Transparency and International Accounting Standards / Alexey Zheltov -- 13. The Impact of Information Technologies on Corporate Governance / Nikolai Ermochkine -- 14. Privatization: Buy-outs, Corporate Governance Abuses, and Challenges / Mike Wright, Trevor Buck and Igor Filatotchev -- Part III. Company cases -- 15. VimpelCom: From Start-up to the New York Stock Exchange / Stanislav V. Shekshnia and Augie K. Fabela II -- 16. Ilim Pulp Battles a Hostile Takeover / Daniel J. McCarthy and Sheila M. Puffer -- 17. Yukos and Mikhail Khodorkovsky: An Unfolding Drama / Bruce W. Bean -- Part IV. The future of corporate governance in Russia -- 18. Russia's Corporate Governance Scorecard in the Enron Era / Daniel J. McCarthy and Sheila M. Puffer -- 19. Corporate Governance: Is There a Village Behind the Facade? / Richard N. Dean -- 20. Corporate Governance in Russia: Towards a European, US, or Russian Model? / Daniel J. McCarthy and Sheila M. Puffer -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 106
    ISBN: 9781781959602
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 352 pages) , illustrations, maps
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Entrepreneurship and regional economic development
    DDC: 338/.04
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionalökonomik ; Standortwahl ; Entrepreneurship ; Regional planning ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unternehmer ; Regionalentwicklung ; Raumwirtschaftstheorie ; Standortplanung
    Abstract: In a shrinking and increasingly globalised world, it is vital for any entrepreneur to carefully select the location at which production or other economic activities will occur. This book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of entrepreneurial behaviour in a spatial context, and links it to important new fields in economics such as endogenous growth theory, the new economic geography and evolutionary theory. Although most of the literature to date has failed to study the geographic element of entrepreneurship, this book redresses the balance by examining the spatial variation in entrepreneurial activity and the implications of this for regional policy. The authors provide an in-depth analysis of the role of the entrepreneur in fostering economic development, document the most important recent theoretical and empirical developments, and explain the reasons why some regions grow whereas others stagnate. They also present a number of empirical analyses including case studies from the manufacturing and ICT sectors, as well as an examination of the role of university-based knowledge transfer and entrepreneurial behaviour. Throughout the book, the role of knowledge, knowledge transmission and knowledge spillovers are considered as they relate to entrepreneurial activity and location decisions. This book presents many important new findings on the relationship between entrepreneurship, agglomeration and economic growth. It will make a substantial addition to the literature and will be essential reading for regional economists, geographers, business and management analysts, and development practitioners and policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Entrepreneurship and economic development -- 2. Firm behaviour and organisation from an evolutionary perspective -- 3. The roles of entrepreneurship in economic growth: Toward a theory of total factor productivity -- 4. Technocapitalism and the new ecology of entrepreneurship -- Part II: Spatial variation in drivers of economic development -- 5. Spatial variation in social capital among uk small and medium-sized enterprises -- 6. The institutionalization and endogenization of venture capital: A regional analysis of northern virginia in the 1990s -- 7. Human capital and regional socio-economic performance: Differential patterns across australia's cities and towns -- Part III: Empirical case studies -- 8. A knowledge-based view on innovation in regional networks: The case of the kic project -- 9. The role of collective learning in ict adoption and use -- 10. Industrial clusters and regional development: A transactions-costs perspective on the semiconductor industry -- 11. Academic knowledge and fostering entrepreneurship: An evolutionary perspective -- Part IV: Theoretical approaches -- 12. Location of engineering and designer services in the information economy -- 13. Firm dynamics and self-organised criticality -- 14. Knowledge, capital formation and innovation behaviour in a spatial context -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 107
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781781008782
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 385 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Draho, Jason The IPO decision
    DDC: 658.15/224
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    Keywords: Börsengang ; USA ; Welt ; Going public (Securities) ; Bibliografie ; Going Public ; Börsenzulassung ; Going Public
    Abstract: The IPO Decision is an exciting new book that clarifies how the initial public offering (IPO) process actually works. It separates fact from fiction and imposes a logical structure on the most up-to-date IPO-related research. All major topics pertaining to the going-public process are included: IPO timing, the financial, strategic, and corporate governance benefits and costs of public ownership, corporate restructuring, valuation, the role of the investment bank in the primary and secondary markets, the optimality of IPO mechanisms (book-building vs. auctions), analyst coverage, and the long-run performance of IPOs. IPOs garnered unprecedented positive attention in the 1990s for their spectacular returns and central role in entrepreneurial activity. Subsequent revelations of unscrupulous IPO allocation and promotion practices cast a less favorable shadow. The latest significant event in the IPO market is Google's unconventional use of an auction for its offering. Public discussion and debate about these developments has often taken place in an information vacuum, leading to misunderstandings and false conclusions. Unparalleled in its scope, The IPO Decision presents the findings from theoretical and empirical research in a rigorous yet accessible manner. In doing so, it develops the intellectual foundation necessary for a constructive dialogue about reforming the IPO process. Scholars, students and industry professionals interested in the economics of IPOs will find this volume a comprehensive and engaging addition to their library
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ipo timing and information -- 3. Financing options and costs -- 4. Strategic behavior -- 5. Control, monitoring and governance -- 6. The external market: An international comparison -- 7. Corporate restructuring -- 8. Valuation -- 9. Preparing for the ipo -- 10. Ipo mechanisms: Allocations and pricing -- 11. The ipo aftermarket -- 12. Post-ifo financing -- 13. Long-run performance -- 14. Final thoughts -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-375) and index
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  • 108
    ISBN: 9781035305186
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 648 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Agricultural policy reform and the WTO
    DDC: 338.1/81
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    Keywords: World Trade Organization Congresses ; Agrarreform ; WTO-Recht ; Agraraußenhandel ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Welt ; Agriculture and state Congresses ; Produce trade Congresses ; Agriculture and state Congresses ; Produce trade Congresses ; Konferenzschrift ; Übereinkommen zur Errichtung der Welthandelsorganisation 1994 April 15 ; World Trade Organization ; Agrarhandel ; Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ; Agrarpolitik
    Abstract: Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO provides insights into the effects of the Uruguay Round WTO agreement on agricultural policy and global markets, and considers what is at stake in the Doha Development Agenda Round. The contributors to the book deal with a broad range of topics, including the evolution of domestic and trade policies in the last ten years across developed and developing countries and proposals made in the agricultural negotiation regarding market access, export subsidies and domestic support; new issues emergent in agricultural trade negotiations are also explored, including: * interaction between national regulatory systems and the deepening integration of the international trade regime * intellectual property rights protection * food safety * quality regulations * antidumping trade protection. Finally, the future of international trade relations is discussed, in particular the implications of enforcing domestic regulations to comply with international rules. This rich collection of research and analysis will be invaluable to researchers, academics and policymakers with an interest in agricultural policy analysis and international economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Agricultural policy reform: Past present and future -- Part I: Agriculture and agricultural policy changes ten years after the uruguay round -- Part II: The three pillars of the WTO negotiations on agriculture -- Part III: Agricultural trade relations, WTO negotiations on agriculture and the developing world -- Part IV: The WTO and the future of international trade relations -- Index.
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  • 109
    ISBN: 9781782542001
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 300 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Human capital, trade, and public policy in rapidly growing economies
    DDC: 330.95
    Keywords: Humankapital ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Produktivität ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Theorie ; Ostasien ; Human capital Congresses ; East Asia Congresses Economic conditions ; East Asia Congresses Commerce ; East Asia Congresses Foreign economic relations ; East Asia Congresses Economic policy ; Konferenzschrift ; Ostasien ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: Human Capital, Trade and Public Policy in Rapidly Growing Economies argues that only two centuries ago, no society had ever enjoyed sustained growth in living standards. The contributors to this book aim to discover why the world today exhibits a predilection for perpetual self-improvement. In particular, the book focuses on the forces underlying long-lasting growth in East Asia's Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs). Drawing from the experiences of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, it questions whether public policy can contribute to removing barriers towards accumulation of wealth, and if so, what development policy should be put in place to remedy the existing distortions or market failure problems. Theoretical and empirical analyses are also used to broach other important issues, such as: * Why do some economies experience growth while others decline? * What are the major determinants of long-term growth and development? * Is human capital the main driving force? * Does international trade play a crucial role? This book will appeal to those with an interest in development and public policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- 1. Introduction: A quick reference to growth theory -- Part I: Human capital -- 2. Market structure and innovation revisited: Endogenous productivity, training and market shares -- 3. Human capital formation and patterns of growth with multiple equilibria -- 4. On the relationship between fertility and public education in different stages of development -- 5. Productivity growth and catch-up in less-developed economies -- Part II: Trade -- 6. Total factor productivity and the catching-up process -- 7. Indeterminacy in a dynamic general equilibrium model of international trade -- 8. Evaluating the quantitative effects of import restrictions - an almost neoclassical benchmark -- 9. Innovation in a shrinking world -- Part III: Public policy -- 10. Long-run effects of financial policy in an endogenously growing economy -- 11. Credit rationing, public borrowing and endogenous growth -- 12. Government expenditure and social status in a two-sector model of endogenous growth -- 13. Economic growth and the environmental kuznets curve in Taiwan: A simultaneity model analysis -- Index.
    Note: A collection of original papers, the majority presented at the International Conference on Economic Growth held at the Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, in December 2000 , Examines the forces underlying economic growth in the East Asian newly industrialized countries of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 110
    ISBN: 9781782543824
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 324 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The Korean economy
    DDC: 330.95195
    Keywords: Volkswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Südkorea ; Economic stabilization ; Korea (South) Economic conditions 1960-1988 ; Korea (South) Economic conditions 1988-2002 ; Korea (South) Economic policy 1960-1988 ; Korea (South) Economic policy 1988-2002 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Südkorea ; Volkswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Korea ; Wirtschaft ; Geschichte 1945- ; Wirtschaft ; Südkorea
    Abstract: Korea has played, and will increasingly play, an important role in the future development of the South East Asian region, including the expansion of regional economic cooperation and interregional trade. Indeed Korea has been a leading proponent of the idea of ASEAN+3. Clearer understanding of this economy, its major contemporary policy and reform issues and its future, are of particular interest from both regional and global perspectives. A remarkable recovery of the post-crisis Korean economy occurred, but questions over its sustainability remain. Korea, therefore, stands at an important economic crossroads. This opportune book draws upon the knowledge of a wide range of experienced Korean economists and specialists to cover in detail many specific sectors and policy areas, ranging from the key reform sectors - financial, corporate, and public and the labour market, to that of monetary and exchange rate policies. The role and contribution of the 'new economy' is also examined along with developments in Korea's trade and foreign direct investment, free trade agreement policy, inter-Korean economic relations, and the core ingredients of a 'new' growth and economic development paradigm. Scholars and researchers of comparative economics as well as more specifically contemporary Korean and Asian economic, development and financial studies will find this book of great interest
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lessons from the Korean financial crisis -- Part II: Reform and policies -- 3. Financial sector reform -- 4. Corporate restructuring in the wake of the financial crisis -- 5. Reforming the Korean labour market and social safety net: Key pending issues -- 6. Public sector reforms -- 7. Monetary and exchange rate policies -- Part III: Other issues -- 8. A new economy for Korea -- 9. Post-crisis foreign trade and foreign investment in Korea: Korea's recovery and challenges ahead -- 10. Korea's embrace of regionalism and economic effects of its bilateral ftas with Chile and Japan -- 11. A development strategy for the north Korean economy -- Part IV: Prospects -- 12. A new paradigm for the Korean economy: Advanced state development (asd) model approach -- 13. Towards a new economic development model for Korea -- Index.
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  • 111
    ISBN: 9781035305216
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 377 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Financial intermediation in the new Europe
    DDC: 332.1/78
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    Keywords: Finanzintermediation ; Bank ; Internationale Bank ; Bankenregulierung ; EU-Mitgliedschaft ; EU-Staaten ; Banks and banking ; Intermediation (Finance) ; Monetary policy ; Europe Economic integration ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Erweiterung ; Osteuropa ; Kapitalmarkt
    Abstract: What role will the current evolution of banking systems play in the newly adopted EU countries during the historic challenges following enlargement? This book, a blend of economics and political economy, offers a systematic analysis of the current trends in financial intermediation in the countries of the newly enlarged Europe, with particular focus on those policies taken by foreign banks on the one hand, and by regulatory and supervisory authorities on the other. The authors argue that their research has led to one conclusion; in order to enter the EU, the accession countries needed to increase the efficiency of their economic systems rapidly through liberalization and privatization. The book assesses whether the presence of foreign banks will contribute to long term economic growth and financial stability, and how the architecture of banking regulations and supervision should be designed. As a multidisciplinary work, though principally economics, the book will appeal to scholars and academics of politics and law. It also has particular relevance for regulators and supervisory institutions, as well as professionals including bankers, financial operators and also legal compliance officers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Intermediation, firms and financial markets -- 1. Banking industry in central and eastern Europe: The unexpected leader in the transition and integration with the EU -- 2. Deepening financial intermediation in the new Europe: The role of banks -- 3. Financial structures and private sector development in the new Europe -- 4. Financial risk in accession countries -- Part II: Foreign banks -- 5. Who needs foreign banks? -- 6. New Europe banking: The role of international players -- 7. Financial intermediation in accession countries: The role of foreign banks -- 8. Foreign banks and financial stability in the new Europe -- 9. Eastern passages for Italy's banks and industrial districts: Are the two related or independent? -- Part III: Regulation, supervision and monetary policy -- 10. Financial regulation in the new Europe -- 11. Single authority in financial markets supervision: Lessons for EU enlargement -- 12. Deposit insurance in the new Europe -- 13. Interest rate pass-through in EU acceding countries: The case of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305155
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 368 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Blind, Knut, 1965 - The economics of standards
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Standardisierung ; Theorie ; Standardization Economic aspects ; Normenwesen Technologie Wirtschaftstheorie ; Bibliografie ; Standardisierung ; Wirtschaftlichkeit
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the important topic of standards, which remains a vastly under-researched field of empirical inquiry. It presents a variety of interesting empirical analyses which reveal the driving forces and the economic impacts of standardization both in the manufacturing and the service sector. The author begins by providing a detailed outline of the various types of standards and their possible economic impacts. Before providing empirical validation of the theoretical arguments, he discusses the influence of standards within the regulatory system. Among the other actors in the standardization process, the author focuses in particular on the role of the firm, which acts as the main impetus for the development and implementation of new standards. He also examines the fundamental link between technical change and standardization, to assess whether this relationship is a virtuous or vicious cycle. In this context, the impact of intellectual property rights within standardization is also highlighted. Another significant aspect is the consequences of standards for trade and their role in fostering or inhibiting international trade flows. Finally, the author investigates the effect on macroeconomic growth where, especially in the new economy, formal standards are a crucial source of codified and publicly available knowledge. The analysis is based on extensive microeconomic, sectoral and macroeconomic data, which allows the author to compare the various economic impacts of standards and derive important policy conclusions. This book is a comprehensive and scholarly treatment of the economics of standards which will undoubtedly inspire further research in the field. It will be required reading for industrial economists, R&D managers and policymakers involved with innovation and trade policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. General Introduction -- Part I: The economic impacts of standards: theory -- 2. Introduction to Part I -- 3. A classification of standards by their economic effects -- 4. Specific economic impacts of standards -- Part II: The supply side of regulation: Definitions, legal implications and institutional framework of standards -- 5. Introduction to Part II -- 6. Definitions -- 7. Legal implications of formal standards -- 8. Institutional framework for the elaboration of formal standards -- Part III: The demand for standardization at standardization development organizations -- 9. Introduction to Part III -- 10. Theoretical hypotheses concerning the driving forces of standardization activities -- 11. Test of the sectoral model -- 12. Special focus: The impact of intellectual property rights on the propensity to standardize at standardization development organizations -- 13. Empirical test at the firm level -- 14. The role of standards in the service sector -- Part IV: The economic impacts of standards: Empirical evidence -- 15. Introduction to Part IV -- 16. The relationship between technical change and standardization: Virtuous or vicious circle? -- 17. The impact of technical standards on foreign trade -- 18. The macroeconomic impacts of innovation and standardization -- 19. Overall summary, future research and policy considerations -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-348) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781958667
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (224 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Modelling in ecological economics
    DDC: 333.7/01/1
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomik ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Mathematik ; Theorie ; Ökonometrisches Modell ; Environmental economics Methodology ; Environmental economics Econometric models ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltökonomie ; Ökonometrisches Modell
    Abstract: This book focuses on modelling in ecological economics and offers a comprehensive overview of current and emerging methods of applying mathematical, computational and conceptual methods to environmental issues. Following a detailed introduction, the authors investigate various modelling techniques including: * evolutionary modelling * input-output modelling * neo-Austrian modelling * entropy in ecological economics * thermodynamic models * multi-criteria evaluation * agent-based modelling * the environmental Kuznets curve. In each of the specially commissioned chapters, the expert authors have tried to limit the level of complexity to create a unique and accessible resource. As such, this book should have a wide appeal amongst scholars, researchers and students with an interest in modelling techniques and their use in ecological and environmental economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. An Introduction to modelling in ecological economics -- 2. Evolutionary models -- 3. Input-output models -- 4. Neo-austrian models -- 5. Entropy in ecological economics -- 6. Thermodynamic models -- 7. Multi-criteria evaluation -- 8. Agent-based models -- 9. The environmental kuznets curve -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035306145
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (v, 168 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Roth, Timothy P., 1943 - Equality, rights and the autonomous self
    DDC: 174
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsliberalismus ; Utilitarismus ; Konservatismus ; Philosophie ; Wirtschaftsphilosophie ; Kritik ; Soziale Gerechtigkeit ; Free enterprise Moral and ethical aspects ; Libertarianism Moral and ethical aspects ; Conservatism Moral and ethical aspects ; Economics Moral and ethical aspects ; Wirtschaftsethik ; Wirtschaft ; Liberalismus ; Konservativismus
    Abstract: Modern liberalism asserts the transcendental, autonomous self's 'natural rights' against others' moralistic and political preferences, and regards the economist's utilitarian social welfare theory as instrumental to the achievement of 'social justice'. Timothy Roth argues that the liberal enterprise ignores Kant's 'two points of view', confuses Kantian autonomy with moral and political license, mistakes utilitarian impersonality for impartiality, and takes no account of the indeterminacy of social welfare theory's fundamental theoretical constructs. In contrast, the author shows that Kant's 'two points of view' inform the conservative's constitutive political position and animate the consequence-detached, explicitly normative work of the conservative, constitutional political economist. He shows that, unlike modern liberalism, conservatism is grounded in Kant's 'two points of view', that utilitarian social welfare theory cannot be instrumental to the achievement of social justice, and that constitutional political economy is conservative economics. Economists interested in political economy, methodological issues, social welfare theory, public choice theory, or the moral foundations of economics will find much of interest in this thought-provoking volume. Political scientists interested in the philosophical foundations of modern liberalism and conservatism will also want to add this title to their library
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. The first-person self: The liberal's view -- 2. Derivative political positions -- 3. Equal treatment, natural rights, and social justice -- 4. Liberalism's utilitarian connection -- 5. The first-person self: The conservative's view -- 6. Derivative political positions -- 7. Toward a conservative economics -- 8. A postscript on law -- References -- Index.
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  • 115
    ISBN: 9781782542285
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 201 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Coleman, William D., 1950 - Agriculture in the new global economy
    DDC: 338.1
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    Keywords: Landwirtschaft ; Globalisierung ; Agraraußenhandel ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Globalization ; International trade ; Weltwirtschaft ; Globalisierung ; Landwirtschaft
    Abstract: Agriculture in the New Global Economy examines the extent to which the political economy of agriculture and the food chain is being transformed by globalisation. This book highlights the important changes that have taken place in the agriculture and food system with the spread of globalisation to this traditionally local sector. Structural change and emerging technologies have contributed to this transformation, which has extended to the political environment in which agriculture operates. The authors identify four paradigms that have characterised the governance of agriculture: a traditional dependent-agriculture paradigm; a neo-liberal competitive paradigm; a multifunctional paradigm; and an emergent globalised-production paradigm. The tensions among these paradigms are developed with reference to evidence from the United States and Canada, the EU, Australia, Japan and the Global South. The book analyses the controversy over genetic modification of foodcrops, developments in agricultural trade policy at the multilateral and regional levels, changing national food policy systems, and emerging global governance arrangements for the sector. Illustrating contemporary policy debates using both theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence, this book will appeal to academics, researchers and students specialising in political science, environmental studies, agricultural economics, management and food policy. The book will also be of interest to government practitioners in agriculture and environment departments as well as international organisations such as the EU, FAO and WTO
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Economic globalisation: Changing patterns of trade, industry structure and farming -- 3. Technology and political resistance -- 4. The globalisation of ideas -- 5. Globalisation, regionalisation and trade rules -- 6. A transnational policy space: The actors -- 7. A transnational policy space: Structure -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782543237
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 278 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Competition and corporate governance in Korea
    DDC: 338.095195
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    Keywords: Konglomerat ; Corporate Governance ; Wettbewerbspolitik ; Regulierung ; Südkorea ; Corporations Finance ; Corporate governance ; Corporations Government policy ; Competition ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Südkorea ; Konzern ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Mischkonzern ; Corporate Governance ; Geschichte 1997-2004 ; Südkorea ; Konzern ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ; Corporate Governance
    Abstract: The business environment of the chaebol (large corporations in Korea) has changed drastically since the outbreak of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. This book discusses the attempts of the Korean government to remedy structural weaknesses in the corporate sector by launching an aggressive chaebol reform package, supported by the IMF and other international agencies. Its main objective was to restore competitiveness in the corporate sector and to upgrade business conditions to that of international practices and standards. Competition and Corporate Governance in Korea critically reviews government policy towards the chaebol and provides a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between corporate governance and economic performance as well as the interaction of economic institutions with the chaebols' incentive structure and management behaviour. Policy implications based on objective and rigorous empirical analyses of data on the chaebol are also discussed. Notwithstanding the fact that the chaebol have already undergone considerable governance, capital, and business portfolio restructuring, this volume suggests a road map for further restructuring, and the creation of a new incentive structure to help strengthen chaebol competitiveness. This richly informative book will appeal to academics and researchers of industrial organization, economics and corporate reform as well as those involved in Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Government and chaebols: Institutional perspectives -- 1. The chaebol, corporate policy and korea's development paradigm -- 2. An alternative perspective on government policy towards the chaebol in korea: Industrial policy, financial regulations and political democracy -- Part II: Corporate governance and chaebol reform -- 3. Corporate governance and chaebol reform in korea -- 4. The monitoring role of financial institutions in the korean corporate sector -- 5. Restructuring and corporate governance of the korean chaebol -- Part III: Chaebol restructuring policy and its evaluation -- 6. Chaebol restructuring revisited: A coasian perspective -- 7. Government-led restructuring of firms' excess capacity and its limits: Korean 'big deal' case -- Part IV: Chaebol business structure and survival strategies -- 8. The evolution and restructuring of diversified business groups in emerging markets: The lessons from chaebols in korea -- 9. Portfolio restructuring based on strategic relatedness between businesses: A suggestion for the chaebol -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305032
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 166 pages)
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies series
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Chen, Jianxun, 1933 - Banking and insurance in the new China
    DDC: 332.1/0951
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    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; World Trade Organization ; Finanzsektor ; Bank ; Versicherung ; Wettbewerb ; Handelsliberalisierung ; WTO-Recht ; China ; Banks and banking ; Insurance ; Competition ; Kreditwesen ; Versicherungswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsstruktur ; Wettbewerbspolitik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirkung ; Auswirkung ; Internationale Organisation ; Erweiterung ; China ; Bibliografie ; China ; Kreditwesen ; China ; Versicherungswirtschaft ; China ; World Trade Organization ; China ; Kreditwesen ; China ; Versicherungswirtschaft ; China ; World Trade Organization
    Abstract: Financial reform has been a major concern for China's transitional economy - especially in the realms of banking and insurance - since accession to the WTO in 2001. This book scrutinizes the development and limitations of these industries during the process of institutional transformation, and demonstrates that they are now facing severe challenges as well as opportunities. The relationships between the market structure, behavior and performance of China's banking and insurance industries are analysed. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threat (SWOT) approach is utilized in investigating the impact of WTO accession on Chinese banking and insurance, and strategies for the prevention of future financial crises are prescribed. Exploring the juxtaposition of institutional transformation in China and the financial risk inherent in the old system, the book concludes that with WTO accession and the opening up of financial services to foreign companies, competitiveness will become fiercer, resulting in increased uncertainty, intensifying the level of risk even further. Banking and Insurance in the New China will prove invaluable to multinational enterprise managers, brokers, dealers and investors, business economists, students and academics with a specific interest in the Chinese economy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. China's banking industry during the process of institutional transformation -- 2. The evolution of China's insurance market -- 3. The impact of WTO accession on China's banking and insurance industries -- 4. Empirical analysis of market structure, behavior and performance -- 5. Perspectives -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781008300
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 375 pages) , illustraitons
    Series Statement: New directions in modern economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Petri, Fabio, 1949 - General equilibrium, capital and macroeconomics
    DDC: 339.5
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    Keywords: Allgemeines Gleichgewicht ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Kapitaltheorie ; Theorie ; Equilibrium (Economics) ; Capital ; Macroeconomics ; Equilibrium (Economics) ; Capital ; Macroeconomics ; Bibliografie ; Gleichgewichtstheorie
    Abstract: This book argues that the shift in general equilibrium theory, from its early long-period to the modern very-short-period versions, has had very important consequences which are insufficiently appreciated by large parts of the economics profession. This shift has produced new difficulties, and has undermined central tenets of neoclassical macroeconomic theory (such as the negative dependence of aggregate investment on the interest rate, or the existence of a downward-sloping demand curve for labour) which had their basis in the long-period versions where capital was treated as a single factor. According to the author, what makes it difficult to appreciate these consequences is the current imperfect grasp of the long-period method (an approach common to classical and to the first generations of neoclassical economists, but nowadays often confused with steady-growth analysis). The origins of this problem date back to the 1930s, and to this day still obscure the history and the logic of the neoclassical approach. The book explains the analytical differences between long-period, steady-growth, and short-period general equilibrium analyses, and proves that on this basis considerable clarification can be achieved, not only in many aspects of the history of economic theory, but also in fundamental issues in the theories of value, distribution, capital, investment, employment and money. For example, the reasons for the disagreements in the 'Cambridge controversies' over capital theory become very apparent. This stimulating critique on the present state of economic theory will appeal to academics and researchers with an interest in macroeconomics, the history of economic thought, and the theory of value and distribution. It will also enlighten and inform anyone wanting to understand the reasons behind the current dissatisfaction with neoclassical economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. The long-period method -- 2. The problematic relationship between neo-walrAsian equilibrium analyses and real economies -- 3. Long-period equilibria -- 4. Must long-period equilibria be stationary? With initial observations on investment -- 5. Walras, the shift to neo-walrAsian equilibria, and some confusions -- 6. Reswitching and reverse capital deepening -- 7. Capital theory and macroeconomics i: The theory of aggregate investment -- 8. Capital theory and macroeconomics ii: The labour demand curve -- 9. Summary of the critical argument, and sketch of an alternative approach -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781956465
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 371 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Investment strategies in emerging markets
    DDC: 332.67/3/091724
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    Keywords: Auslandsinvestition ; Internationaler Markteintritt ; Schwellenländer ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Ägypten ; Südafrika ; Indien ; Vietnam ; Investments, Foreign ; Investments, Foreign ; Investments, Foreign ; Investments, Foreign ; Egypt Economic policy ; India Economic policy ; South Africa Economic policy ; Vietnam Economic policy ; Ägypten ; Südafrika ; Direktinvestition ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Indien ; Vietnam ; Direktinvestition ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: Foreign investment has surged across emerging markets. This unique comparative study presents the first systematic evidence on the entry mode, business environment and their interrelationships in emerging markets. It integrates strategic management and economic policy analysis, and provides new insights for both business managers and government policymakers. The book investigates foreign direct investment (FDI) strategies in four important emerging economies: Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam. These countries liberalized their economies in the 1990s with the intention of attracting greater FDI inflows. This book assesses whether they have been successful in achieving this goal. The authors adopt a comparative perspective, and use a large enterprise survey plus three individual case studies in each country. They investigate the strategies of foreign direct investors, focusing on the relationship between the investment climate, the mode of entry (acquisition, greenfield or joint venture), company performance, and spillovers to the host economy. The book outlines how the interactions between international businesses and the local policy environment influence the entry strategies of firms. Academics and researchers with an interest in international business, emerging markets, economic development and strategic management will find this book informative and insightful
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Investment strategies in emerging markets: An Introduction to the research project -- 2. Foreign direct investment in Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam: Comparative empirical results -- 3. Foreign direct investment in Egypt -- 4. Egyptian case studies -- 5. Foreign direct investment in India -- 6. Indian case studies -- 7. Foreign direct investment in South Africa -- 8. South African case studies -- 9. Foreign direct investment in Vietnam -- 10. Vietnam case studies -- 11. Conclusions for management research -- 12. Conclusions for economic policy -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-352) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781958698
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (320 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Central banking in the modern world
    DDC: 332.11
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    Keywords: Geldpolitik ; Zinspolitik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Banks and banking, Central ; Monetary policy ; Interest rates ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Notenbank
    Abstract: Monetarism is dead! Central bankers are all Wicksellians now! They target low inflation rates, with no regard to monetary aggregates whatsoever, by acting upon short-term real rates of interest. This is the New Consensus in monetary economics, or simply the New Keynesian Synthesis. Yet, this synthesis still hinges on variants of the long-run vertical Phillips curve originally proposed by Milton Friedman, the father of old-line monetarism. Contributors to the volume question this New Consensus. While they agree that the money supply should be conceived as endogenous, they carefully examine the procedures pursued by central banks, the monetary policy transmission mechanisms suggested by central bankers themselves, and the assumptions imbedded in the New Consensus. They propose alternative analyses that clearly demonstrate the limits of modern central banking and point to the possible instability of monetary economies. Heterodox and orthodox monetary macroeconomists alike will find this illuminating book of great interest
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: The new consensus -- 1. The new consensus on monetary policy seen from a post-Keynesian perspective -- 2. Central banking, stability and macroeconomic outcomes: A comparison of new consensus and post-Keynesian monetary macroeconomics -- 3. Interest rate operating procedures and income distribution -- 4. Monetary policy when money is endogenous: Going beyond the 'new consensus' -- Part II: Transmission mechanisms -- 5. Monetary dialogue and dogma at the bank of Canada: Inside -- 6. Interest rate policy at the bank of Canada: Setting the agenda -- 7. Modern central banks only have real effects -- 8. Central banking in the monetary circuit -- 9. Long-term interest rates, liquidity preference, and the limits of central banking -- 10. The role of monetary policy in post-Keynesian stock-flow consistent macroeconomic growth models -- Part III: Historical perspectives -- 11. The effectiveness of monetary policy in open economy macroeconomics: Dornbusch versus tobin -- 12. Minsky and tobin on the instability of a monetary economy -- 13. Considerations on allan h. Meltzer's history of the federal reserve -- 14. Central banking in early industrialization -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958605
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 510 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Knowledge spillovers and knowledge management
    DDC: 658.4/038
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    Keywords: Wissenstransfer ; Spillover-Effekt ; Technologietransfer ; Standort ; Theorie ; Welt ; Wissensmanagement ; Technology transfer Congresses Economic aspects ; Knowledge management Congresses ; Technological innovations Congresses Economic aspects ; Technology transfer Congresses Economic aspects ; Knowledge management Congresses ; Technological innovations Congresses Economic aspects ; Konferenzschrift 2002 ; Wissensmanagement ; Wissen ; Spill-over-Effekt
    Abstract: This book reveals the key importance, in terms of international competitiveness, of firms' capability to adapt to, and develop, new technologies. At the same time, the authors argue that the sheer complexity of emerging technologies is such that the knowledge involved in their creation is likely to be dispersed and distributed between many individuals and over numerous locations. The authors argue that even if one assumes that the internal knowledge base is of strategic importance to many companies, most of the knowledge used by the majority of companies is developed outside the company. Since much knowledge is tacit in nature, the location of companies and their different departments become vital in accessing such knowledge, and there are strong reasons to believe that spillover effects are geographically bounded. Hence, it may often be of strategic importance to companies and their competitiveness to be represented in the 'right' industrial clusters. This book highlights a number of issues at the leading edge of both research and policy making, such as knowledge generation/production, knowledge distribution/transfer, knowledge spillovers, learning, knowledge management, information logistics, industrial clusters, industrial networks and regional innovation systems. This book will appeal to academics and researchers of knowledge management, technology and innovation and industrial organisation. Policy makers and planners in international organisations, national and regional governments - in particular those dealing with R&D policies, industrial policies and regional policies - will also find much to engage them
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction: Knowledge spillovers and knowledge management -- Part I: Knowledge spillovers -- Part II: Regional innovation systems -- Part III: Knowledge management -- Index.
    Note: "This book is a result of ... a workshop on Knowledge spillovers and knowledge management, held September 19-21, 2002 at the Centre for Information Logistics in Ljungby, Sweden"--Pref , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781782544005
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 199 pages) , map
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Becattini, Giacomo, 1927 - 2017 Industrial districts
    DDC: 338.6/042
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    Keywords: Industrieregion ; Branchenentwicklung ; Industrie ; Kapitalismus ; Industrial districts ; Bibliografie ; Industriegebiet ; Sektoraler Strukturwandel ; Industrieökonomie
    Abstract: This remarkable book outlines the historical framework and the main concepts of the literature on industrial districts. It illustrates a new approach to the study of industrial development, based on well-known industrial districts analysis. Giacomo Becattini has written an authoritative volume which, starting with the theory of districts, explores key aspects of contemporary capitalism. The book concludes that industrial districts are not a provisory phenomenon but a variant of the capitalist mode of production, where financial relationships are relatively less important, and inter-human ones play an unusually important role. Such is the basis for their specific competitive advantage. Academics, politicians and students interested in local development and also industrial development will find much to learn in Industrial Districts, as will industrial geographers and historians of industry and of economic thought
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword: An invitation to read by brian loasby -- Introduction -- Part I: From the 'sector' to the 'district' -- 1. From the industrial 'sector' to the industrial 'district': Some remarks on the conceptual foundations of industrial economics -- 2. The marshallian industrial district as a socioeconomic notion -- 3. The industrial district as a creative milieu -- 4. Local systems and global markets (with enzo rullani) -- 5. From marshallian to Italian 'industrial districts': A brief critical reconstruction -- 6. Measuring the 'district effect': Reflections on the literature (with Francesco musotti) -- Part II: Industrial districts and beyond -- 7. Thought and places in the works of carlo cattaneo -- 8. Industrial sectors and industrial districts: Tools for industrial analysis -- 9. The conditions of local development -- 10. Rural identities and globalisation (with luigi omodei zorini) -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305063
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 359 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Xu, Yi-Chong, 1951 - Electricity reform in China, India and Russia
    DDC: 333.793/2/095
    Keywords: Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Elektrizitätspolitik ; Reform ; Russland ; Indien ; China ; Electric utilities Government policy ; Electric utilities Government policy ; Electric utilities Government policy ; China ; Indien ; Russland ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Russland ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Indien ; China
    Abstract: Modern liberalism asserts the transcendental, autonomous self's 'natural rights' against others' moralistic and political preferences, and regards the economist's utilitarian social welfare theory as instrumental to the achievement of 'social justice'. Timothy Roth argues that the liberal enterprise ignores Kant's 'two points of view', confuses Kantian autonomy with moral and political license, mistakes utilitarian impersonality for impartiality, and takes no account of the indeterminacy of social welfare theory's fundamental theoretical constructs. In contrast, the author shows that Kant's 'two points of view' inform the conservative's constitutive political position and animate the consequence-detached, explicitly normative work of the conservative, constitutional political economist. He shows that, unlike modern liberalism, conservatism is grounded in Kant's 'two points of view', that utilitarian social welfare theory cannot be instrumental to the achievement of social justice, and that constitutional political economy is conservative economics. Economists interested in political economy, methodological issues, social welfare theory, public choice theory, or the moral foundations of economics will find much of interest in this thought-provoking volume. Political scientists interested in the philosophical foundations of modern liberalism and conservatism will also want to add this title to their library
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. The first-person self: The liberal's view -- 2. Derivative political positions -- 3. Equal treatment, natural rights, and social justice -- 4. Liberalism's utilitarian connection -- 5. The first-person self: The conservative's view -- 6. Derivative political positions -- 7. Toward a conservative economics -- 8. A postscript on law -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781958186
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 222 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Sun, Chia-hung, 1971 - The growth process in East Asian manufacturing industries
    DDC: 338.4/767/095
    Keywords: Industrie ; Branchenentwicklung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Industrieproduktion ; Produktivität ; Ostasien ; Manufacturing industries ; Industrial productivity ; Sustainable development ; Technological innovations ; Production management
    Abstract: Although it has been previously accepted that Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan have achieved the 'economic miracle' of maintaining high economic growth for several decades prior to the Asian financial crisis, recent literature has now cast doubt upon this economic supposed success. Attempting to overcome methodological limitations and underlying assumptions of other studies, The Growth Process in East Asian Manufacturing Industries re-examines the role of total factor productivity (TFP) growth and aims to identify the sources of output growth in these East Asian economies. Chia-Hung Sun aims to explain how TFP growth differs from technological progress, and demonstrates why this study favours the use of the varying coefficients frontier model rather than the conventional scholastic frontier approach. He goes on to statistically test whether manufacturing industries in East Asia homogeneously applied the best practice production technology, and investigates the TFP growth slowdown in East Asian manufacturing sectors. Potential links between technological progress (or technological efficiency change) and structural transformation are considered, and the growth in high-tech and low-tech industries are compared. Using sensitivity tests to consolidate the findings of this study and a comparison with earlier TFP studies for each of the five economies analysed, this book will be a valuable point of reference for economists, researchers and policymakers specialising in Asian economies. Advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students in economic development and economic growth will also find the book of great interest
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review: Total factor productivity studies on east Asian manufacturing industries -- 3. Methodology and data sources -- 4. Characteristics of the five east Asian manufacturing sectors and estimates of varying coefficients -- 5. Sources of output growth -- 6. Sources of tfp growth -- 7. Summary and conclusions -- appendix -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305049
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 296 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Developing an annuity market in Europe
    DDC: 368.3/7/0094
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    Keywords: Altersvorsorge ; Pensionskasse ; Lebensversicherung ; Finanzmarkt ; Soziale Sicherheit ; Europa ; Annuities ; Pensions ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Europa ; Rentenfinanzierung ; Rentenmarkt ; Private Altersversorgung
    Abstract: On the premise that pension provision in Europe will dramatically change over the next few decades, this book concentrates on the funded component of pension wealth, and specifically on annuities - financial products that, on the basis of actuarial equivalence, allow the conversion of wealth into a lifelong stream of income. Developing an Annuity Market in Europe provides an analysis of how longevity and return risks are dealt with, besides considering key features from both household and insurance company perspectives. It takes account of the fact that annuity markets are expected to attract much interest in future years given the prospective cuts in public pension expenditure. In order to fill the gap between shrinking pensions and desired retirement consumption, the authors argue, annuities must be well regulated and supplied with financially attractive products. These conditions hardly exist today: thin markets and scant interest prevail, information is incomplete and imperfect, products show significant disparities. The contributors to this book explore the causes of present malfunctioning and examine the changes that may give annuities a new and vital function, which, along with greater competition and greater regulation may significantly alter the present scene of pension finance. Finally, the book offers an overview of regulatory issues including transparency, prudential provisions, appropriate levels of guarantees, and administrative costs. This important and timely book will be invaluable to anyone interested in annuities, from practitioners through to students, researchers and academics concerned in financial or public economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Annuities for an aging world -- 3. Issues in the regulation of annuities markets -- 4. Annuity risk: Volatility and inflation exposure in payments from immediate life annuities -- 5. Pension annuitization and social security claiming -- 6. Longevity risk in living benefits -- 7. Guaranteed annuity conversion options and their valuation -- 8. The behavior of UK annuity prices from 1972 to 2002 -- 9. Private annuities and public pensions in Germany -- 10. Mandated annuities in Switzerland -- 11. The market for annuities in Italy: Reality or chimera? -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304387
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (200 pages)
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies series
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Lu, Ding, 1957 - China's telecommunications market
    DDC: 384/.041/0951
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    Keywords: Telekommunikation ; Telekommunikationspolitik ; China ; Telecommunication ; Bibliografie ; China ; Telekommunikationswirtschaft ; Telekommunikationspolitik
    Abstract: Before the 1990s, China's telecommunications sector was a lacklustre monopoly featured by poor-quality service and inadequate capacity. Today the country boasts a dynamic telecommunications industry with the world's largest communications network and user-base with over 460 million telephone subscribers. China's accession to the WTO in 2001 has opened this huge developing telecommunications market to foreign participation and investment. The authors examine the singularity of the Chinese experience in building up its extensive telecommunications network in merely a decade, by reviewing China's national industrial policies and institutional reforms within the industry. The reader will find in this volume a unique and in-depth analysis of the interplay between political and economic forces amidst the industry's structural overhaul and regulatory reforms. The accounts of industrial features and market conditions are enriched with up-to-date data, which are extremely useful for appreciating the development and prospects for this fast-growing market, set against the backdrop of China's accession to the WTO. Scholars of China or Asian studies and researchers of information-communications industry and Asian/China studies will find this work of great interest, as will governmental policymakers, both in China and beyond. For foreign business practitioners eyeing this market, this volume provides a helpful guide to understand China's various interests and public welfare considerations that motivate changes in policies towards foreign investment and participation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Foreword / by Hajime Oniki -- 1. A great leap forward to the information age -- 2. Behind the hyper growth -- 3. Opening of a mega market -- 4. Forming a regulatory framework -- 5. The impact of China's WTO membership -- 6. New developments and prospects -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304943
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 239 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: ESRI studies series on ageing
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economic impacts of population ageing in Japan
    DDC: 330.952
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    Keywords: Simulation ; Finanzmathematik ; Japan ; Alternde Bevölkerung ; Aging Economic aspects ; Mathematical models ; Age distribution (Demography) Economic aspects ; Mathematical models ; Population forecasting ; Economic forecasting ; Japan Population ; Economic aspects ; Japan ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Alternde Bevölkerung ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: Whilst all of the major industrialized countries are currently experiencing population ageing, Japan is at the forefront of this demographic trend. This important new book explores the serious economic and social challenges that a rapidly ageing Japanese economy will have to overcome in the first half of the 21st century. Following a comprehensive review of the economics of ageing both in general and in Japan, the authors present a range of future scenarios produced using an integrated economic-demographic model. This unique model integrates demography and the macro-economy, paying special attention to pensions, health care, and long-term care. The results reveal that, even if future demographic trends are more favourable than predicted, Japan will still experience a slowdown of economic growth, reduced savings, and rising costs of pensions, health care and long-term care. However, with appropriate policy measures and rapid implementation, the authors believe that a situation in which both young and old continue to experience long-term improvements in well-being remains possible. This book is arguably the best available English language survey on the economic implications of population trends in Japan. It will be widely read by researchers of economics, demography, public policy and public finance, and will also provide useful supplemental reading for graduate or upper undergraduate courses in economics, social policy, and Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. The economics of population ageing -- 2. Population ageing in Japan -- 3. An economic-demographic simulation model for Japan -- 4. Economic impacts of alternative demographic scenarios -- afterword -- References -- Index.
    Note: "In association with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)." , Includes bibliographical references , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305117
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 457 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economic integration and multinational investment behaviour
    DDC: 332.67/3/094
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    Keywords: Auslandsinvestition ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Europa ; Ostasien ; Investments, Foreign ; Investments, Foreign ; Internationale Kapitalbewegung ; Investitionspolitik ; Investition ; Außenhandel ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Ostasien Zentralasien ; Europa ; Internationaler Kapitalverkehr ; Internationale Wirtschaftsintegration ; Investitionspolitik ; Investition ; Direktinvestition ; Internationaler Handel ; Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung ; Europe Economic integration ; East Asia Economic integration ; Zentralasien ; Bibliografie ; Konferenzschrift 2001 ; Europa ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Direktinvestition ; Ostasien
    Abstract: This book presents important and original studies of international trade and investment in relation to regional economic integration, with particular reference to the experiences of Europe and East Asia. The distinguished contributors illustrate and explain how the location decisions of firms, international trade and capital flows can form, stimulate and shape economic regions in the global economy. The authors address several important themes including: * the factors which determine the location choices of multinational firms * location decisions of multinational firms in relation to their global performance * the growing importance of East Asia as a recipient zone for foreign direct investment * the impact of foreign direct investment on Asian host countries * the role of trade and investment in regional economic integration. Economic Integration and Multinational Investment Behaviour will be welcomed by researchers with an interest in economic geography, international economics and business, European and East Asian studies, and globalization
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Location decisions and the global performance of firms -- Part II: Foreign direct investment and economic development of recipient countries -- Part III: International trade and investment in regional economic integration -- Index.
    Note: "Chapters in this volume were originally presented ... at the international conference 'Location of economic activity, regional development and the global economy--European and East Asian experiences' held at ... the University of Le Havre (France) on 26-27 September 2001"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305070
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 179 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Huizenga, Edward Innovation management in the ICT sector
    DDC: 004/.068/4
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    Keywords: Information technology Management ; Technological innovations Management ; Bibliografie ; Computerindustrie ; Innovationsmanagement ; Innovationsmanagement
    Abstract: Edward Huizenga explores how knowledge and service intensive companies can thrive on innovation and entrepreneurship in the ICT sector. He applies new theoretical insights from strategy and organisation theory, and includes case studies of 30 European service companies. These case studies address the key innovation issues and present answers as to why a constant search for innovation improves firms' competitive position. The key success factors are identified together with those differences that define the frontrunners who are able to turn new ideas into profit. With its mix of academic insights, managerial practices and implementations, this book benchmarks company performance in innovation and develops new theoretical strategy insights including; resource-based ideas; firm's innovation styles; strategic timing; the customer's involvement and the management implications. Innovation Management in the ICT Sector is aimed at, and will be of value to, a readership of academics in the area of strategic management, organisation and innovation, policymakers involved in innovation and economic growth at all levels of government as well as managers in the ICT sector
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Part I: Innovation management -- 1. Exploring innovation in the ict sector -- 2. Key success factors in innovation management: Recent contributions -- 3. The nature of strategy -- 4. The organisation of innovation -- Part II: Research design and methodology -- 5. The case survey research method -- Part III: The management practice -- 6. Strategy and innovation performance -- 7. Organisation, process and innovation performance -- 8. What differentiates the frontrunners? -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-177) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305100
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 419 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Oates, Wallace E., 1937 - 2015 Environmental policy and fiscal federalism
    DDC: 333.7/0973
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Finanzbeziehungen ; Gemeindefinanzen ; USA ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Local finance ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Föderalismus ; Fiskalpolitik ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltpolitik ; Steuerpolitik
    Abstract: Wallace Oates is one of the most important scholars in both environmental economics and public finance and this new volume of his essays brings together his recent research in both these areas, covering theory, research and policy. The first half of the book includes papers on the political economy of environmental policy, the analysis of environmental regulation and environmental federalism. The second half deals with fiscal and regulatory competition, state and local government finance and fiscal federalism. This new collection will be essential reading for scholars and students in both environmental economics and public finance
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: The political economy of environmental policy -- Part II: The analysis of environmental regulation -- Part III: Environmental federalism -- Part IV: Fiscal and regulatory competition -- Part V: State and local government finance -- Part VI: Fiscal federalism -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304967
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (456 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Laidler, David E. W., 1938 - Macroeconomics in retrospect
    DDC: 339
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    Keywords: Makroökonomik ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Macroeconomics History ; Bibliografie ; Makroökonomie ; Geschichte
    Abstract: David Laidler is one of the leading scholars in the history of economic thought and macroeconomics. This important collection brings together nineteen of his essays on topics in the history of macroeconomics. It begins with a paper on Adam Smith and ends with a discussion of the implications of Newclassical economists' ideas on the role of economic ideas in conditioning agents' activities. Other chapters deal with the major themes developed by monetary economists in the intervening years. Two of the essays appear in their current form for the first time, and several others are reprinted from difficult-to-obtain sources. They should be of interest not just to historians of economic thought, but also to economists more generally
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. Adam smith as a monetary economist -- 2. Rules, discretion and financial crises in classical and neoclassical monetary economics -- 3. Two views of the lender of last resort: Thornton and bagehot -- 4. Thomas tooke on monetary reform -- 5. Alfred marshall and the development of monetary economics -- 6. From bimetallism to monetarism: The shifting political affiliation of the quantity theory -- 7. Monetary explanations of the weimar republic's hyperinflation: Some neglected contributions in contemporary German literature -- 8. Variations on a two-interest-rate theme -- 9. The austrians and the stockholm school: Two failures in the development of modern macroeconomics? -- 10. Hawtrey, harvard, and the origins of the chicago tradition -- 11. More on hawtrey, harvard and chicago -- 12. Wage and price stickiness in macroeconomics: An historical perspective -- 13. What was new about liquidity preference theory? -- 14. Radcliffe, the quantity theory, and monetarism -- 15. Hicks's later monetary thought -- 16. The emergence of the phillips curve as a policy menu -- 17. Some aspects of monetarism circa 1970: A view from 1994 -- 18. The legacy of the monetarist controversy -- 19. The role of the history of economic thought in modern macroeconomics -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304981
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 141 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Vickrey, William S., 1914 - 1996 Full employment and price stability
    DDC: 339.5
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    Keywords: Vollbeschäftigung ; Preisstabilität ; Makroökonomik ; Employment (Economic theory) ; Full employment policies ; Price regulation ; Macroeconomics ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Makroökonomie ; Vollbeschäftigung ; Preisstabilität
    Abstract: Collecting Nobel Laureate William S. Vickrey's articles on macroeconomic theory and policy written towards the end of his career, this volume demonstrates his enduring commitment to full employment and price stability, and his rejection of conventional macroeconomic theorizing. William Vickrey never lost hope that sensible macroeconomic policy could be understood and implemented, a faith inspired by his humanistic vision of a better world for all and his belief that common sense would ultimately prevail. Advocating sensible economic policies, this collection will offer much of value to heterodox and orthodox economists, graduate economics students and also policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface by David Colander -- Introduction -- 1. Budget-smudget: Why balance what, how and when? -- 2. The need for a direct anti-inflation program -- 3. Design of a market anti-inflation program -- 4. Meaningfully defining deficits and debt -- 5. Chock-full employment without increased inflation: A proposal for marketable markup warrants -- 6. An updated agenda for progressive taxation -- 7. Today's task for economists -- 8. My innovative failures in economics -- 9. The other side of the coin -- 10. Necessary and optimum government debt -- 11. Why not chock-full employment? -- 12. A trans-Keynesian manifesto -- 13. Fifteen fatal fallacies of financial fundamentalism: A disquisition on demand side economics -- 14. We need a bigger 'deficit' -- epilogue by James K. Galbraith -- Index.
    Note: Collection of previously published articles , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781403980502
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 207 p)
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
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    Keywords: Comparative politics ; Religion ; Religion History ; Judaism ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Political science ; Law Philosophy ; Law ; Comparative government.
    Abstract: From 1978-1996 Holocaust denial emerged as a major concern for the liberal democracies of Europe and North America. This period also saw the first prosecutions of Holocaust deniers. But these prosecutions often ran into trouble. Holocaust Denial and the Law relates how courts in four countries (Canada, France, Germany and the United States) resolved the dilemmas posed by Holocaust-denial litigation. It also describes how, in the United States, student editors had to decide whether to run ads denying the Holocaust. The book concludes that a given country's resolution of these dilemmas turns on its specific legal traditions and historical experiences
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    Malden, MA : Blackwell
    ISBN: 1405105941 , 0470999896 , 1405166754 , 9780470999899 , 9781405166751
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 436 p) , 25 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Blackwell companions to sociology
    Uniform Title: Blackwell companion to major social theorists.
    Parallel Title: Print version Blackwell companion to major classical social theorists
    DDC: 301/.01
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    Keywords: Sociology Philosophy
    Abstract: Introduction: narratives, geistesgeschichtes, and the history of social theory / Douglas J. Goodman -- Auguste Comte / Mary Pickering -- Harriet Martineau / Susan Hoecker-Drysdale -- Herbert Spencer / Jonathan H. Turner -- Karl Marx / Robert J. Antonio -- Max Weber / Stephen Kalberg -- Émile Durkheim / Robert Alun Jones -- Georg Simmel / Lawrence A. Scaff -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman / Charles Lemert -- George Herbert Mead / Dmitri N. Shalin -- W.E.B. Du Bois / Charles Lemert -- Alfred Schutz / Mary Rogers -- Talcott Parsons / Victor Lidz
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: narratives, geistesgeschichtes, and the history of social theory / Douglas J. GoodmanAuguste Comte / Mary Pickering -- Harriet Martineau / Susan Hoecker-Drysdale -- Herbert Spencer / Jonathan H. Turner -- Karl Marx / Robert J. Antonio -- Max Weber / Stephen Kalberg -- Émile Durkheim / Robert Alun Jones -- Georg Simmel / Lawrence A. Scaff -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman / Charles Lemert -- George Herbert Mead / Dmitri N. Shalin -- W.E.B. Du Bois / Charles Lemert -- Alfred Schutz / Mary Rogers -- Talcott Parsons / Victor Lidz.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Originally published, together with The Blackwell companion to major contemporary social theorists, as The Blackwell companion to major social theorists in 2000 , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub
    ISBN: 1557865663 , 0470755806 , 9780470755808
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 311 p) , ill., maps , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: The peoples of America
    Parallel Title: Print version Sioux
    DDC: 978.004/9752
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    Keywords: Dakota Indians Government relations ; Dakota Indians History ; Dakota Indians Social life and customs ; Sioux
    Abstract: Perhaps no Indian people are better known than the Sioux. With rigorous scholarship and remarkably clear writing, a leading expert on the Sioux raises questions about their history while synthesizing the historical and anthropological research over a wide scope of issues and periods. This stimulating text includes historical sketches, topical debates, and imaginary reconstructions to engage readers in a deeper thinking of this fascinating people. The Sioux covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, from their emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to the year 2000. As an archaeologist, author Guy Gibbon has studied the material remains of the Sioux for many years. His expertise, his informative and engaging writing style, dozens of photographs, and the comprehensive endnotes and further reading lists make this a compelling and indispensable text for students, scholars, and readers of Sioux history
    Abstract: Perhaps no Indian people are better known than the Sioux. With rigorous scholarship and remarkably clear writing, a leading expert on the Sioux raises questions about their history while synthesizing the historical and anthropological research over a wide scope of issues and periods. This stimulating text includes historical sketches, topical debates, and imaginary reconstructions to engage readers in a deeper thinking of this fascinating people. The Sioux covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, from their emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to the year 2000. As an archaeologist, author Guy Gibbon has studied the material remains of the Sioux for many years. His expertise, his informative and engaging writing style, dozens of photographs, and the comprehensive endnotes and further reading lists make this a compelling and indispensable text for students, scholars, and readers of Sioux history
    Description / Table of Contents: Reading the SiouxThe prehistory of the Sioux, 9500 BC-AD 1650 -- The French and English fur trade, 1650-1803 -- The early American period, 1803-1850 -- Fighting for survival, 1850-1889 -- Assimilation and allotment, 1889-1934 -- Restoration and reorganization, 1934-1975 -- The Sioux today.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-302) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
    ISBN: 9780306482472
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xx, 728 p) , ill
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Series Statement: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
    DDC: 301
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Population ; Sociology ; Psychology, clinical
    Abstract: This comprehensive handbook provides an overview of key theoretical perspectives, concepts, and methodological approaches that, while applied to diverse phenomena, are united in their general approach to the study of lives across age phases. In surveying the wide terrain of life course studies with dual emphases on theory and empirical research, this important reference work presents probative concepts and methods and identifies promising avenues for future research. Included are sections on history and cross-national variability, normative structuring, movement through the life course, transitions in the life course, turning points, connections between life phases, methodology, and the future of the life course. A major reference work and a seminal text, it is essential reading for social scientists studying phases within the life course, social psychologists in sociology and psychology, demographers and academics in the field of the life course as well as students in these disciplines
    Description / Table of Contents: From the contents I: The Life Course PerspectiveII: Historical and Cross-National Variability in the Life Course -- III: Normative Structuring in the Life Course -- IV: Movement through the Life Course -- V: Life Course Construction -- VI: Methods and Interdisciplinary Approaches -- VII: The Future of the Life Course.
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    ISBN: 9789400709775
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (274 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: Social Indicators Research Series 18
    DDC: 301
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Microeconomics
    Abstract: European Welfare Production is of interest to researchers in quality of life research, economists and political scientists interested in welfare regimes and comparative social welfare research, and administrators in social planning and social work. The aim of this book is to identify the variation in welfare regimes (distribution of responsibilities for welfare delivery between the labour market, the family and the welfare state) and the corresponding welfare outcome at the micro level. The research agenda of this report sets out from the tradition of the "social indicator movement", and recent regime research. Combining the data on `welfare production' provides insight into the way living conditions are monitored between the labour market, welfare state and family at national level. It also provides insight into the combined `welfare efficiency' of these institutions, with special focus on distributional features
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    Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781403920027
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 233 p)
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    Series Statement: St Antony’s Series
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    Keywords: Political theory ; European Union ; Political science ; Europe History ; Europe Politics and government
    Abstract: Ilaria Favretto presents a detailed study which traces the origins of the Third Way by comparing the European Left's contemporary neo-revisionism with past revisionist attempts. Focussing its analysis on the British Labour Party and the Italian Left, The Long Search for a Third Way provides new interpretations and insights into the histories of both parties. The book is accessible not only to students and scholars, but also to the general reader interested in contemporary European politics
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    ISBN: 9780230523081
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (ix, 264 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: One Europe or Several?
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    Keywords: Political science ; Europe Politics and government ; European Union ; Politics and war ; Europe-Politics and government.
    Abstract: This major comparative study examines the development of military-society relations in central and eastern Europe since the collapse of communism. Soldiers and Societies in Post-Communist Europe explores how the interaction of the common challenges of postcommunism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries are shaping patterns of military-society relations in this changing region. Detailed country case studies, written by international experts to a common analytical framework, compare the experiences of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia and Ukraine
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    Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : PALGRAVE
    ISBN: 9781403937520
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 223 p)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Social justice ; International business enterprises ; International relations ; Human rights
    Abstract: Bringing together a diverse group of contributors, this collection addresses the impact of transnational corporations on human rights. Topics covered include corporate social responsibility; the impact of corporations on internal conflicts, and codes of conduct. Case studies range from the negative effects of the Nigerian oil industry to the positive engagement by a logging company with the Nuu-chah-nulth people in Canada. The book uniquely combines the discussion of conceptual issues with an in-depth examination of specific corporations and industries
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781781950784
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 287 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Essays in honour of Charles Goodhart v. 2
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Essays in honour of Charles Goodhart ; Vol. 2: Monetary history, exchange rates and financial markets
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    Keywords: Wechselkurssystem ; Wechselkurspolitik ; Internationaler Finanzmarkt ; Regulierung ; Theorie ; Welt ; Monetary policy Congresses History ; Finance Congresses ; Foreign exchange rates Congresses ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Monetary History, Exchange Rates and Financial Markets is an impressive collection of original papers in honour of Charles Goodhart's outstanding contribution to monetary economics and policy. Charles Goodhart has written extensively on many of these topics and has become synonymous with his field; the chapters within this book offer a summary of current thinking on his own research subjects and include perspectives on controversies surrounding them
    Abstract: 1. The role of the history of economic thought in modern macroeconomics -- 2. Charles Goodhart's contributions to the history of monetary institutions -- 3. Crises now and then : what lessons from the last era of financial globalization? -- 4. Exchange rate regimes in theory and practice -- 5. Is foreign exchange intervention effective? : the japanese experiences in the 1990s -- 6. Customer trades and extreme events in foreign exchange -- 7. Trading activity, volatility and transactions costs in spot FX markets -- 8. Competition and stability : what's special about banking? -- 9. Is there a Goodhart's law in financial regulation? -- 10. Working with market forces
    Note: "This volume and its companion have been compiled from the proceedings of a two-day Festschrift conference in honour of Charles Goodhart at the Bank of England, 15-16 November 2001"--pref , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 170 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economic and monetary union in Europe
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    Abstract: Economic and Monetary Union in Europe brings together contributions from leading specialists which explain and evaluate the most important implications of economic and monetary union. The book examines theoretical aspects of monetary integration, illustrates the historical lessons to be learned from these and discusses the resulting policy consequences
    Abstract: pt. 1. Theoretical considerations of EMU -- pt. 2. Historical precedents -- pt. 3. Policy consequences of a single currency -- pt. 4. The impact upon external relations
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    Series Statement: International handbook of telecommunications economics v. 2
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The international handbook of telecommunications economics ; Vol. 2: Emerging telecommunications networks
    DDC: 384
    Keywords: Telecommunication systems ; Telecommunication ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This major reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date survey and analysis of recent developments in the economics of telecommunications. The Handbook serves both as a source of reference and technical supplement for the field of telecommunications economics
    Abstract: 1. Innovation in advanced telecommunications networks -- 2. Economics of the internet -- 3. Residential demand for access to the internet -- 4. Electronic commerce and industrial organization -- 5. The economics of online retail markets -- 6. Regulation for internet-mediated communication and commerce -- 7. Product bundling and wholesale pricing -- 8. Mobile telecommunications and regulatory frameworks -- 9. Satellite communications services -- 10. Regulated costs and prices in telecommunications -- 11. Universal service in the information age
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    ISBN: 9781781950012
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    Series Statement: New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Globalization and institutions
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Institutionenökonomik ; Regulierung ; International ; Free trade ; Globalization Economic aspects ; International economic relations ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 2000 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Weltwirtschaft ; Globalisierung ; Institutionenökonomie ; Globalisierung ; Wirtschaftskooperation
    Abstract: This volume investigates the relationship between economic globalization and institutions, or global governance, challenging the common assumption that globalization and institutionalization are essentially processes which exclude each other. Instead, the contributors to this book show that globalization is better perceived as a dual process of institutional change at the national level, and institution building at the transnational level. Rich, supporting empirical evidence is provided along with a theoretical conceptualization of the main actors, mechanisms and conditions involved in trickle-up and trickle-down trajectories through which national institutional systems are being transformed and transnational rules emerge
    Abstract: pt. 1. Globalization and national institutional change -- pt. 2. Globalization and transnational institution building
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    ISBN: 9781781950876
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 138 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Niskanen, William A., 1933 - 2011 Autocratic, democratic and optimal government
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    Keywords: Finanzpolitik ; Ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie ; Autoritarismus ; Neue politische Ökonomie ; Government spending policy ; Fiscal policy ; Comparative government ; Democracy ; Electronic books ; Regierung ; Ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie ; Kollektiventscheidung
    Abstract: This book presents simple models of the major alternative types of political regimes, estimates of the parameters of these models, and quantitative estimates of the fiscal choices and economic outcomes of these regimes. William Niskanen provides valuable analysis of the effects of the voting rule, the progressivity of the tax structure, and the length of the fiscal horizon in democratic governments and interesting insights of the effects of alternative regimes on policies, such as war and immigration, that affect the number of people subject to the regime
    Abstract: 1. On the choice of regime -- 2. Models of government -- 3. The parameters -- 4. Autocratic, democratic, and optimal government -- 5. Variations on the democratic model -- 6. Fiscal rules for a democracy -- 7. A constitutional approach to taxes and transfers -- 8. Population issues -- 9. Culture and institutions -- 10. Conclusion
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    ISBN: 9781781951033
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 205 p)
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    DDC: 658.4/012
    Keywords: Management by objectives ; Management ; Women executives ; Performance ; Executive ability ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Despite continuing equal opportunity approaches, women are still significantly under-represented at senior management levels and earn less than male colleagues. The author questions whether competence systems - developed and implemented in the workplace to provide objective measurement of management performance - contribute to, rather than improve, women's disadvantaged position in the workplace
    Abstract: 1. Ways of thinking about women at work : building a theoretical perspective -- 2. A gendered sense of self -- 3. Interpreting organisational life -- 4. The birth of the competent manager -- 5. Competent organisations -- 6. Competence as discipline -- 7. Writing out gender -- 8. Competence : empowerment rather than control -- 9. Finding a way forward : competence as organisational learning -- 10. Embodying the subject : integrating separation and connection
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    ISBN: 9781781008522
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 340 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von State and local finance under pressure
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    Keywords: Öffentliche Finanzen ; Gemeindefinanzen ; Finanzbeziehungen ; USA ; Local finance ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Finance, Public States ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Regierung ; Finanzpolitik ; USA ; Finanzpolitik ; Bundesstaaten ; USA ; Öffentlicher Haushalt ; Reform
    Abstract: State and Local Finances under Pressure explores the future of state and local government fiscal systems given the numerous pressures they face from economic, legal, technological, demographic and political forces. It explores how these multiple forces play out in terms of the changes state and local governments should and are likely to make
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The changing state-local fiscal environment : a 25 Year retrospective -- 3. Changing times : demographic and economic changes and state and local government finances -- 4. Politics, the courts, and the economy : implications for the future of school financing -- 5. Popular processes and the transformation of state and local government finance -- 6. The federal government's impact on state and local government finances -- 7. Prospects and challenges for state and local government in a digital world -- 8. Deregulation of utilities : a challenge and an opportunity for state and local tax policy -- 9. Globalization and state-local government finances -- 10. Urban sprawl and the finances of state and local governments
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    ISBN: 9781781950272
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Gomes, Leonard, 1933 - The economics and ideology of free trade
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    Keywords: Freihandel ; Protektionismus ; Geschichte ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Theorie ; Welt ; Protectionism History ; Free trade History ; International trade History ; Electronic books ; Freihandel ; Geschichte
    Abstract: The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade makes an important contribution to the debate on globalization by providing much needed intellectual and historical perspective on the issue of Free Trade versus Protection
    Abstract: pt. 1. Free trade : the economics -- pt. 2. Free trade : rhetoric, events, policies and ideology
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    ISBN: 9781781951149
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 221 p)
    Edition: Rev. ed
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Smithin, John N., 1951 - Controversies in monetary economics
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    Keywords: Geldtheorie ; Geldpolitik ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Theorie ; Money ; Monetary policy ; Electronic books ; Geldpolitik ; Geldtheorie ; Geldtheorie ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: This influential volume, which has been revised and updated for the twenty-first century, includes both new material and more detailed expositions of existing arguments. Although so-called 'real' theories of business cycles and growth are prevalent in contemporary mainstream economics, Controversies in Monetary Economics suggests that those economists who have instinctively focused on monetary factors in explaining macroeconomic behaviour are more genuinely 'realistic.' The author combines an explanation of past and present monetary controversy with practical proposals for the conduct of monetary policy in the contemporary global economy. Several alternative approaches are discussed, ranging from the traditional quantity theory to post Keynesian theories of endogenous money
    Abstract: 1. Money and economic theory and policy -- 2. The nature and functions of money : a re-examination -- 3. Monetarism and the quantity theory of money -- 4. Short-run non-neutralities, nominal rigidities, misperceptions and the concept of the Phillips curve -- 5. The real bills doctrine, interest rate pegging and endogenous money -- 6. Money, interest rates and output -- 7. An alternative monetary model of inflation and economic growth -- 8. The international economy and alternative exchange rate regimes -- 9. Inflation and the economy -- 10. Concluding remarks
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    ISBN: 9781781950081
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 450 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Development economics and structuralist macroeconomics
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    Keywords: Makroökonomik ; Entwicklungstheorie ; Strukturalismus ; Globalisierung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Development economics ; Finance ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Macroeconomics ; Economic stabilization ; Electronic books ; Developing countries Economic policy ; Bibliografie ; Festschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Entwicklungsökonomie ; Taylor, Lance 1940- ; Entwicklungsländer ; Makroökonomie ; Entwicklungstheorie
    Abstract: Lance Taylor is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent development economists in the world and is known for his work on development planning, macroeconomics of development, stabilization policy, and the global economy. He has also been the major force behind structuralist economics, which is seen by many to be a major alternative to orthodox development economics and policy prescriptions. The essays in this volume, written by well-known scholars in their own right, make contributions to each of these areas while honoring the contributions made by Lance Taylor
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Approaches to development and planning -- pt. 3. Finance and asset markets -- pt. 4. Stabilization, adjustment and growth -- pt. 5. Beyond neo-liberalism : the firm, industrial policy and competitiveness -- pt. 6. The north, the south and globalization
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    ISBN: 9781781951200
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 367 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von New movements in entrepreneurship
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Theorie ; Welt ; Entrepreneurship Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 2001 ; Unternehmenstheorie ; Management
    Abstract: At last, a book that focuses on trendsetting thinking and research in the field of entrepreneurship and sets an agenda for current and future movements in the field
    Abstract: pt. I. Moving the field -- pt. II. Moving concepts -- pt. III. Moving knowledge -- pt. IV. Moving economies
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-352) and index , Papers of a conference sponsored by ESBRI
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    ISBN: 9781781952894
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 349 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Applied evolutionary economics
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    Keywords: Evolutionsökonomik ; Statistische Methode ; Simulation ; Evolutionary economics ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Makrosimulation ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft
    Abstract: The expert contributors to this book examine recent developments in empirical methods and applied simulation in evolutionary economics. Using examples of innovation and technology in industry, it is the first book to address the following questions in a systematic manner: Can evolutionary economics use the same empirical methods as other research traditions in economics?; Is there a need for empirical methods appropriate to the subject matter chosen?; What is the relationship between appreciative theorising, case studies and more structured empirical methods?; and What is the relationship of modelling and simulation to empirical analysis?
    Abstract: pt. I. Empirical studies -- pt. II. Simulation studies
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    ISBN: 9781781952931
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 327 p) , ill
    Series Statement: ESRI studies series on the environment
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Firms, governments and climate policy
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Internationale Umweltpolitik ; Klimaschutz ; Umweltökonomik ; Anreiz ; Environmental policy ; Age distribution (Demography) Environmental aspects ; Sustainable development ; Climatic changes Government policy ; Energy consumption Environmental aspects ; Electronic books ; Klima ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltbezogenes Management
    Abstract: This book analyses the policy mixes that provide the best possible incentives for firms and governments to act on climate change and sign up to international climate agreements. In doing so, the authors address a multitude of related issues including the linkages between flexible mechanisms and voluntary agreements; regulation and taxation; the opportunities and barriers of the Kyoto Protocol for industry; and the incentives for firms to undertake climate-related R&D and investments. As well as illustrating the environmental benefits and cost-effectiveness of alternative policy mixes in reducing GHG emissions, the authors also offer sensible policy prescriptions for increasing the numbers of countries that ratify and implement climate agreements
    Abstract: 1. The compatibility of the Kyoto mechanisms with traditional environmental instruments -- 2. Negotiated agreements and climate change mitigation -- 3. Kyoto flexible mechanisms : opportunities and barriers for industry and financial institutions -- 4. Traditional environmental instruments, Kyoto mechanisms and the role of technical change -- 5. The future evolution of the Kyoto protocol : costs, benefits and incentives to ratification and new international regimes
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    ISBN: 9781781009819
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 182 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Technological change and the environmental imperative
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    Keywords: Kupferindustrie ; Kupferbergbau ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Umweltmanagement ; Umwelttechnik ; Umweltbelastung ; Chile ; Peru ; China ; Russland ; Welt ; Copper industry and trade Environmental aspects ; Copper industry and trade Technological innovations ; Electronic books ; Kupfer ; Hüttenindustrie ; Bergbau ; Umweltverschmutzung ; Umweltschutz ; Kupferbergbau ; Kupfergewinnung ; Hüttenwerk ; Technologie ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Umweltschutz ; Chile ; Peru ; China ; Russland ; Kupferindustrie ; Umweltverträglichkeit ; Kupfer ; Hüttenindustrie ; Bergbau ; Umweltverschmutzung ; Umweltschutz ; Kupferbergbau ; Kupfergewinnung ; Hüttenwerk ; Technologie ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Umweltschutz ; Chile ; Peru ; China ; Russland ; Kupferindustrie ; Umweltverträglichkeit
    Abstract: Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative considers the extent of the success of polluting industries in becoming cost-efficient whilst acquiring less polluting technologies, in the face of fierce competition. The authors also discuss what has been the impact of privatisation on this process and what lessons have been learnt. Against this backdrop, and drawing on case material from Chile, China, Peru and Russia, the book goes on to assess the latest technological breakthroughs, and their possible future impact on cost efficiency and the environment
    Abstract: Economic liberalization, innovation and technology transfer : opportunities for cleaner production in copper mining and processing / Alyson Warhurst and Gavin Bridge -- Technological change and the environmental imperative in Chile : challenges to the largest copper producer in the world / Claes Brundenius -- Technological change and the environmental imperative : the case of copper smelting in China / Bo Göransson -- From nationalization to re-privatization of the Peruvian copper industry : structural changes and impact on environmental sustainability / Claes Brundenius -- Growth, competitiveness and sustainability : technological change in the Russian copper industry / Boris Kuznetsov and Igor Budanov -- Flash technology facing the challenges of the third millennium / Pekka Hanniala and Ilkka V. Kojo
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    ISBN: 9781781950517
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 278 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economics of water management in developing countries
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    Keywords: Wasserpolitik ; Wasserversorgung ; Umweltökonomik ; Entwicklungsländer ; Water resources development Congresses Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wasserwirtschaft ; Kongress ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wasserreserve ; Kongress ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wasserwirtschaft
    Abstract: The increasing scarcity of water resources (in terms of quantity and quality) is one of the most pervasive natural resource allocation issues facing development planners throughout the world. This problem is especially prevalent in less developed countries where the management of this valuable resource has become a critical policy concern. This authoritative new volume outlines the fundamental principles and difficulties that characterise this challenging task. The authors begin by detailing the significant problems of water management which are specific to developing countries. In particular, they highlight the political economy of water management in the context of both pricing and institutional reform
    Abstract: pt. 1. Principles : water management issues surveyed -- pt. 2. Problems : case studies of special difficulties in developing countries -- pt. 3. Policies : a case study of policy making for water management in Cyprus
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Papers presented at the Symposium on Water Resource Management--Efficiency, Equity, and Policy held in Nicosia, September 22-24, 2000
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 152 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Austen, Siobhan Culture and the labour market
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarkt ; Kultur ; Lohnstruktur ; Soziale Werte ; Wages ; Labor market ; Culture Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Einkommensverteilung ; Kulturelle Identität
    Abstract: Culture and the Labour Market attempts to define the meaning of culture and the nature of its possible consequences on economic processes and outcomes. In particular, the book examines alternative theoretical and empirical approaches to the economic analysis of cultural effects in the labour market. Using extensive new data from fourteen countries, the author finds tangible evidence of substantial cross-cultural differences in beliefs about wage inequality
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Culture and the labour market -- 3. Approaches to the analysis of cultural effects in the labour market -- 4. A model of the relationship between norms of equity, reference level norms and skill-based wage differentials -- 5. Community attitudes to skill-based wage differentials -- 6. Norms of equality and the wage structure in fourteen countries -- 7. Norms of equality in a changing world : evidence from six countries -- 8. Norms of need and minimum wages -- 9. Summary and Conclusion
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-144) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781008867
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 211 p) , ill
    Series Statement: International institutions and global governance
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The role of international institutions in globalisation
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Internationale Wirtschaftsorganisation ; WTO-Recht ; Basler Akkord ; International economic relations Congresses ; Globalization Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Globalisierung ; Global Governance ; Kongress ; Internationale Wirtschaftsorganisation ; Internationale Wirtschaftsorganisation ; Globalisierung ; Global Governance ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: This book presents a critical analysis of the role of international institutions and their performance in terms of justification, effectiveness and efficiency. The authors begin by discussing the controversies surrounding the Tobin Tax in the context of global governance. They move on to address important global issues where international institutions play a significant role. These include trade and FDI in relation to the WTO, and the reconciliation of order and justice in the international trading system. Further chapters investigate development issues and international institutions, most of which were not designed for the specific needs of developing countries. They assess whether international institutions can actually help to mitigate the tendency of uneven development in the global economy. Finally, the focus switches to the analysis and evaluation of one specific institution and its actions, namely, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
    Abstract: 1. Global market, national sovereignty and international institutions -- 2. The Tobin tax revisited in the context of global governance on capital markets -- 3. The WTO system and foreign direct investment : a policy challenge -- 4. Order and justice in the international trade system -- 5. Some proposals to adapt international institutions to developmental needs -- 6. Globalization, north-south uneven development and international institutions -- 7. Comment on 'globalization, north-south uneven development and international institutions' -- 8. The bank for international settlements : which. activities can be justified from a normative economic perspective? -- 9. Basle II : quantitative impact study on small and medium-sized enterprises in Austria -- 10. Basle accord and macroeconomic activity
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Papers selected from the conference on "The role of International institutions in globalisation" held from Nov. 14-16, 2001 in Innsbruck
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    ISBN: 9781781950364
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 233 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Energy in a competitive market
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    Keywords: Energiewirtschaft ; Wettbewerb ; Großbritannien ; Welt ; Energy industries ; Competition ; Energy industries Case studies ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Energiewirtschaft ; Wettbewerbspolitik ; Regulierung ; Großbritannien ; Energiemarkt ; Energiepolitik ; Wettbewerbspolitik ; Energiewirtschaft ; Energieweltmarkt
    Abstract: This fine collection of original essays is in recognition of Colin Robinson, who has been at the forefront of thinking in energy economics for over 30 years. Energy in a Competitive Market brings together both prominent academics and practitioners to honour his outstanding and unique contribution. The authors cover a wide and fascinating selection of topics incorporating the whole spectrum of energy economics. In doing so, they examine the belief that markets are the key to the effective allocation of resources, a notion which arguably applies as much to energy as it does to any other commodity
    Abstract: 1. Electricity and gas regulation in Great Britain : the end of an era -- 2. Yardstick competition and comparative performance measures in practice -- 3. Yardstick competition and efficiency benchmarking in electricity distribution -- 4. The Swiss electricity industry and the regulation of distribution prices -- 5. Efficiency and performance in the gas industry -- 6. UK coal in competitive energy markets -- 7. Economists and the oil industry : facts versus analysis, the case of vertical integration -- 8. The economics of field cluster developments in the UK continental shelf -- 9. Modelling underlying energy demand trends -- 10. Long-run carbon dioxide emissions and environmental kuznets curves : different pathways to development? -- 11. UK emissions targets : modelling incentive mechanisms
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  • 159
    ISBN: 9781781950258
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 332 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics and the environment
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    DDC: 363.738/74/091822
    Keywords: Climatic changes Social aspects ; Water-supply ; Land use ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The book begins with a broad global overview of the probable economic and social consequences of climate change. The authors then focus on the issue of water resources and assess a range of potential problems such as increasing droughts, adequate irrigation, reduced water quality and population migration due to severe shortages. They move on to examine issues surrounding land use including desertification, degradation, agriculture and waste management. Finally, they investigate the coastal zones of the Mediterranean which are economically vulnerable to variations in climate due to their reliance on tourism. The book integrates methodological and empirical issues, provides interdisciplinary analyses of the effects of climate change and explores policy implications for the future
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The issues : socio-economic impacts, vulnerability and adaptation -- pt. 3. Climate change and Mediterranean water resources -- pt. 4. Climate change and Mediterranean land uses -- pt. 5. Climate change and Mediterranean coastal areas
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  • 160
    ISBN: 9781843766995
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 177 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The new economic analysis of multinationals
    DDC: 338.8/8
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; International business enterprises ; International business enterprises Management ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Multinationales Unternehmen
    Abstract: In this seminal book, a distinguished group of experts pinpoint and rigorously analyse central topics in international business research. This volume will become a major reference tool for understanding the economics of multinational enterprise. The emphasis throughout is on a new dynamic research agenda, for theory, for empirical research and for public policy
    Abstract: 1. Research on international business : problems and prospects -- 2. Models of the multinational enterprise -- 3. Location and the multinational enterprise : a neglected factor? -- 4. Market structure and the multinational enterprise : a game-theoretic approach -- 5. Multinational enterprise and economic analysis : technology and productivity -- 6. Multinationals and the developing countries -- 7. Multinational enterprises and public policy -- 8. Overview and public policy reflections
    Note: Based on a symposium held in 1998 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 161
    ISBN: 9781781951217
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 319 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Urban and regional prosperity in a globalised new economy
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    Keywords: Regionalökonomik ; Stadtökonomik ; Globalisierung ; Theorie ; Welt ; Globalization Congresses ; Economic development Congresses ; Regional economics Congresses ; Electronic books ; Wisconsin Congresses Economic policy ; Konferenzschrift ; Globalisierung ; Regionalwirtschaft
    Abstract: There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon which it is organised. In particular, there is widespread talk of a 'globalised' economy, facilitated by and associated with 'new' technologies and practices. There is a further consensus that within this 'globalised', 'new' economy, regionalisation in some form is important. The aim of this volume is to address these topical issues, presenting perspectives from which they can be analysed and exploring specific aspects in greater detail. The contributors provide a framework for understanding current trends, and suggest approaches that highlight appropriate ways forward in the context of both opportunities and dangers. In doing so, they discuss specific cases and explore detailed policy possibilities, including the prospect of stimulating change through multinational engagement and debate
    Abstract: 1. Economic 'prosperity' and 'globalisation' : an agenda and perspective -- 2. The problem of regional 'hollowing out' in Japan : lessons for regional industrial policy -- 3. Regional prosperity in a globalised economy : evidence from Mexico -- 4. Economic activity, market structure and public policy -- 5. Notes on labour market flexibility : questions for the new economy -- 6. Antitrust issues : global cartels, competition law and the new economy -- 7. Economic gains from regional concentration of business operations -- 8. Why do biotechnology firms cluster? : some possible explanations -- 9. Industrial clusters and districts in the new economy : some perspectives and cases -- 10. The global economy and manufacturing : the case of Wisconsin -- 11. Reflections on a university's role in regional economic development -- 12. International perspectives on the prosperity of a region : a personal reflection
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Published in association with L'institute (Institute for Industrial Development Policy), Universities of Birmingham (UK), Ferrara (Italy) and Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA) , This volume comprises papers that were requested from various authors ... at the First and Second L'Institute-Milwaukee Workshop on Urban and Regional Prosperity in a Globalised Economy
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    ISBN: 9781781950630
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 343 p) , ill
    Series Statement: International handbook of telecommunications economics v. 1
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The international handbook of telecommunications economics ; Vol. 1: Traditional telecommunications networks
    DDC: 384
    Keywords: Telecommunication systems ; Telecommunication ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This major reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date survey and analysis of recent developments in the economics of telecommunications. The Handbook serves both as a source of reference and technical supplement for the field of telecommunications economics
    Abstract: 1. On the subadditivity of cost functions -- 2. Cost function issues and estimation -- 3. Telecommunications productivity -- 4. Competition in local and long-distance telecommunications -- 5. Telecommunications demand -- 6. Retail telecommunications pricing in the presence of external effects -- 7. Vertical integration in telecommunications -- 8. Global competition in telecommunications -- 9. US settlement reform : an historical review -- 10. Telecommunications infrastructure and economic development -- 11. Universal service
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    ISBN: 9781781950098
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 285 p)
    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Ebeling, Richard M., 1950 - Austrian economics and the political economy of freedom
    DDC: 330.15/7
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    Keywords: Österreichische Schule ; Wirtschaftsliberalismus ; Free enterprise History 20th century ; Austrian school of economics History 20th century ; Economics History 20th century ; Electronic books ; Österreich ; Liberalismus ; Wirtschaft ; Wiener Schule ; Wiener Schule ; Ordoliberalismus ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Richard Ebeling's insightful and highly readable book explains and applies the ideas of the Austrian economists to a wide range of contemporary public policy issues. He combines intellectual political-economic history with the modern Austrian theory of the market process to challenge the premises and uses of mainstream neoclassical economics
    Abstract: 1. How economics became the dismal science : the classical economists and 20th century economics -- 2. The significance of Austrian economics in 20th century economic thought -- 3. A rational economist in an irrational age : Ludwig von Mises -- 4. Economic calculation under Socialism : Ludwig von Mises and his predecessors -- 5. Ludwig von Mises and the gold standard -- 6. Classical liberalism and collectivism in the 20th century -- 7. The political myths and economic realities of the welfare state -- 8. The free market and the interventionist state : the political economy of public policy -- 9. The limits of economic policy : the Austrian economists and the German ORDO liberals -- 10. The global economy and classical liberalism : past, present and future
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    ISBN: 9781781951118
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 183 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Saka, Ayse Cross-national appropriation of work systems
    DDC: 338.6/0941
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    Keywords: Arbeitsorganisation ; Auslandsinvestition ; Technologietransfer ; Innovationsdiffusion ; Japan ; Großbritannien ; Kfz-Industrie ; Technology transfer ; Investments, Japanese ; Diffusion of innovations ; Arbeitsbedingungen Arbeitsbeziehungen Arbeitsrecht Auslandsinvestition Fallstudie Grossbritannien Japan Multinationale Unternehmung Standort ; Großbritannien ; Electronic books ; Hochschulschrift ; Japan ; Großbritannien ; Technologietransfer ; Ausländisches Unternehmen ; Arbeitssystem
    Abstract: The diffusion of work processes across countries through foreign direct investment and technological collaborations is an increasingly important practice in today's global economy. Ayse Saka explores this process both by focusing on the role of actors in appropriating different ways of operating and by examining the effects of the institutional environment in the host country
    Abstract: pt. I. Theoretical background -- pt. II. Some Empirical Evidence
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    ISBN: 9781843768579
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 971 p)
    Edition: 4th ed
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Who's who in economics / ed. by Mark Blaug ... ; 4.2003
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    Keywords: Ökonomen ; Welt ; Economists Biography ; Dictionaries ; Electronic books ; Biografie ; Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
    Abstract: This major reference work, now in its fourth edition, is an extensive and authoritative guide to the most frequently cited academic economists throughout the world. As with the previous editions, each of the entries is written by the entrants themselves and gives pertinent biographical data, principal fields of interest, chief publications and a statement of their principal contributions to economics as they--and not the editors--perceive them. This edition includes only living economists whose articles, published in the period 1990-2000, have been most frequently cited and as such it is the most up-to-date biographical dictionary of the leading players in the economics profession
    Abstract: 1. My life philosophy -- 2. My life philosophy -- 3. Thinking about economics -- 4. Pushing for a more humane society -- 5. Not only an economist : autobiographical reflections of a historian of economic thought -- 6. Instead of a philosophy of life -- 7. Sex and the Ivy League -- 8. The story of a reluctant economist -- 9. My life and economics -- 10. Education and its consequences : my philosophy of life -- 11. A roundabout approach to macroeconomics : some autobiographical reflections -- 12. My life philosophy -- 13. Reflections of a policy economist -- 14. My life philosophy -- 15. Political economy, politics and religion : intertwined and indissoluble passions -- 16. Some ethical and methodological convictions -- 17. Trains of thought -- 18. My life philosophy -- 19. Following the indicators -- 20. A view from the midway -- 21. What makes my mind tick -- 22. To push and to be pushed -- 23. An accidental Schumpeterian -- 24. Philosophy and my work life -- 25. Life and philosophy -- 26. A life philosophy
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  • 166
    ISBN: 9781781950616
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 275 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Towards sustainable development in industry?
    DDC: 338.9/27/091724
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltbelastung ; Umweltmanagement ; Umweltpolitik ; Chile ; China ; Tschechien ; Pakistan ; Tunesien ; Türkei ; Simbabwe ; Environmental policy ; Sustainable development ; Sustainable development ; Environmental policy ; Industries Environmental aspects ; Industrial policy ; Industries Environmental aspects ; Industrial policy ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Industrie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Entwicklungsländer ; Industrie ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Transformationsländer
    Abstract: Many developing and transition economies have not yet undertaken the policy integration measures needed to enhance the impact of industry on sustainable development. In this original and insightful book, national experts from Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey and Zimbabwe - countries which all have designated national sustainable development strategies - report on the extent to which recent changes in industrial, environmental and technology policies have more closely aligned industrial development with the aims of sustainable development
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Country reports -- pt. 3. Conclusions
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    ISBN: 9781781008126
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 256 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Contingent employment in Europe and the United States
    DDC: 331.5/42/094
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    Keywords: Atypische Beschäftigung ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Leiharbeit ; Großbritannien ; Schweden ; Spanien ; Deutschland ; USA ; Niederlande ; Temporary employees ; Contracting out ; Contracting out ; Temporary employees ; Labor market ; Labor market ; Electronic books ; Europa ; USA ; Arbeitsflexibilisierung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States examines the developments in labour markets in advanced economies in the 21st century, as regards contingent employment. This is defined as employment relationships that can be terminated with minimal costs within a predetermined period of time. This includes fixed-term contracts, temporary agency work and self-employment. Contingent employment has been the subject of much legislative activity in the last decade, at both the national and European level. Temporary agency work, in particular, has recently been extensively deregulated in most European countries and currently we await the fate of a proposed EU directive on agency work. The book is therefore highly topical
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Beyond atypicality -- 3. Contingent employment in the UK -- 4. The regulation and growth of contingent employment in Sweden -- 5. Contingent employment in Spain -- 6. Contingent employment in Germany -- 7. Flexible employment in the USA -- 8. Contingent employment in the Netherlands -- 9. Conclusions : contingent employment in Europe and the flexibility-security trade-off
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  • 168
    ISBN: 9781843765363
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 282 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Corporate governance, market structure and innovation
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Corporate governance, market structure and innovation
    DDC: 338
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    Keywords: Corporate Governance ; Innovation ; Innovationsmanagement ; Industrieforschung ; Forschungsfinanzierung ; Privatisierung ; Marktstruktur ; Theorie ; USA ; Europa ; Unternehmenswert ; Corporate governance ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Marktstruktur ; Innovationsmanagement ; Corporate Governance ; Corporate Governance ; Marktstruktur ; Innovationsmanagement
    Abstract: This book investigates the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. The editors observe that a number of radical mutations are occurring in industries that have played a crucial role in sustaining and fostering the pace of technological progress
    Abstract: pt. 1. Market structure, corporate governance and innovation -- pt. 2. Privatization, liberalization and R&D activities -- pt. 3. The economic value of R&D activities -- pt. 4. Conclusions
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  • 169
    ISBN: 9781781950920
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 247 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The structural foundations of international finance
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    Keywords: Internationaler Finanzmarkt ; Finanzmarkt ; Finanzsektor ; Internationale Bank ; Banks and banking, International Congresses ; International finance Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift 2002 ; Internationaler Kreditmarkt ; Internationaler Kreditmarkt
    Abstract: The Structural Foundations of International Finance examines the ways in which national economies, especially those of industrialized countries, are affected by the operations of international financial markets. Although these markets provide productive funding, there is also much speculative trading in stocks and currencies which can cause booms, slumps and hinder recovery. The authors advocate entrepreneurial coordination by productive enterprises for balanced and stable growth, with reduced risks of financial crises and recessions
    Abstract: 1. Economic structures and finance -- 2. From overlending to crisis, to a new international financial regime? : lessons from the 1990s -- 3. Analytical perspectives on the varieties of capitalism and structural interdependencies : implications for multinational business finance -- 4. Financial institutions and financial markets : the emergence of a new class of universal banks -- 5. International banking regulation -- 6. Technology, productivity and structural change -- 7. Cracks in the façade : American economic and financial structures after the boom -- 8. Industry and finance in the EU : integration, enlargement and economic performance -- 9. Japanese economic structures and finance : characteristics and causes of the current slowdown -- 10. Real economies and financial sectors in industrializing countries -- 11. International structural cooperation and financial architecture
    Note: Based on a conference sponsored by Saint Mary's University, Halifax, in May 2000 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781781009642
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 185 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Monetary union in South America
    DDC: 332.4/566/098
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    Keywords: Economic and Monetary Union ; MERCOSUR (Organization) ; Mercosur ; Europäische Union ; Währungsunion ; Mercosur-Staaten ; Südamerika ; Monetary unions ; Monetary unions ; Währungsunion ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Währungspolitik ; Internationales Währungssystem ; Internationaler Kreditmarkt ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 2001 ; Südamerika ; Mercosur ; Währungsunion ; Europäische Union ; Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion
    Abstract: This book discusses the future of MERCOSUR, focusing on monetary union and macroeconomic policy co-ordination, and addresses a number of important questions including: is it possible, or even desirable, to achieve monetary integration?; what would the pre-conditions be for establishing such a union?; what would the convergence criteria be for joining the monetary union?; and what are the expected economic consequences for the member countries? These questions are all addressed with particular reference to the experience of EMU and the lessons which can be learnt by MERCOSUR countries, in terms of the difficult transitions they may have to face
    Abstract: pt. 1. Lessons from the Euro and EMU for MERCOSUR -- pt. 2. MERCOSUR macroeconomic policy co-ordination -- pt. 3. Exchange rate regimes and monetary dilemmas for MERCOSUR
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  • 171
    ISBN: 9781781954317
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 643 p)
    Series Statement: Handbook of human resource management policies and practices in Asia-Pacific economies v. 2
    Series Statement: New horizons in management series
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    Keywords: Personnel management Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Personnel management Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The strategic value of human resource management (HRM) in successful, sustainable competitive advantage is fully acknowledged and yet, until now there has been little in the way of descriptive analytic profiles of countries and markets outside of the US and Europe. Together with volume 1 this handbook forms a complete codification of HRM policies and practices of all 21 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) member economies
    Abstract: 1. Introduction / Michael Zanko and Matt Ngui -- 2. Brunei Darussalam / Hairuni Mohamed Ali Maricar and Yong Chee Tuan -- 3. Canada / Rickard J. Long-- 4. Chile / Osvaldo Jara -- 5. Mexico / Laura Iturbide Galindo -- 6. New Zealand / Peter Boxall -- 7. Papua New Guinea / Michael Hess and Benedict Y. Imbun -- 8. Peru / Jannet Cano Pacheco -- 9. Philippines / Rene E. Ofreneo -- 10. Russia / Zemjira Kalugina and Olga Fadeeva -- 11. Singapore / Linda Low -- 12. Vietnam / Pham Quang Thao, Nguyen Huu Tu and Nguyen Xuan Nguyen -- 13. HRM issues, trends and implications for APEC / Michael Zanko
    Note: "Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC Human Resources Development Working Group , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 172
    ISBN: 9781781950289
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 271 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Extending the eclectic paradigm in international business
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Produktionsstandort ; Auslandsinvestition ; Theorie ; Welt ; Industrial location ; Globalization ; International business enterprises ; Investments, Foreign ; Electronic books
    Abstract: John Dunning is undoubtedly the world's leading scholar on the subject of multinational corporations and international business. This collection of original essays is designed to honor this work, particularly his achievements during his association with Rutgers University
    Abstract: 1. Dunning's Rutgers years -- 2. A variant of the eclectic paradigm linking direct and portfolio investment -- 3. Why multinationality matters : exploring the 'L' in the OLI paradigm -- 4. The eclectic theory in Latin America -- 5. A theory of systemic adjustment and economic growth : the case of Finland -- 6. Is trade or FDI the more important contributor to globalization? -- 7. Institutions, exclusivity and foreign investment -- 8. Financial versus industrial firms in industrial and regional restructuring -- 9. The multiple dimensions of international involvement : an empirical test -- 10. towards a theory of Hegemon-led macro-clustering -- 11. Understanding the entry strategies of international franchisers with Dunning's envelope OLI paradigm -- 12. Asynchronous political and economic development and the Asian financial crisis : a preliminary analysis -- 13. Multinational theorizing : some methodological comments about John Dunning's eclectic approach. -- 14. Location determinants of foreign MNCs investing at the sub-national level : the role of state government -- 15. The OLI paradigm - an effective framework for assessing global strategic leadership -- 16. The eclectic paradigm and the evolution of the United States public utility industries, 1875-2000
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    ISBN: 9781781009574
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 555 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von International handbook of trade unions
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    Keywords: Gewerkschaft ; Gewerkschaftspolitik ; Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft ; Tarifverhandlungen ; Welt ; Labor unions ; Labor policy ; International labor activities ; Comparative industrial relations ; Labor union members ; Collective bargaining ; Wages ; Arbeitsbedingungen*Einkommen*Fallstudie*Gewerkschaft*Globalisierung*Grossbritanien*Innovation*Lohnpolitik*Mitbestimmung*Produktivität*Streik*USA ; Gewerkschaften ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Arbeitsbeziehungen ; Gewerkschaft ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Kollektivverhandlung ; Gewerkschaft
    Abstract: This Handbook is an authoritative and invaluable reference tool, uniquely analysing the forces governing unionism, union behaviour and union impact from a variety of perspectives, both theoretical and empirical. The 14 chapters are written in an accessible style by acknowledged leading specialists from the fields of economics and industrial relations. They offer a truly international perspective on this important subject
    Abstract: 1. Introduction / John T. Addison and Claus Schnabel -- 2. Determinants of trade union membership / Claus Schnabel -- 3. Economic models of union behaviour / Robin Naylor -- 4. Unions, bargaining and strikes / Peter Cramton and Joseph Tracy -- 5. Unions and productivity, financial performance and investment : international evidence / David Metcalf -- 6. Collective bargaining and macroeconomic performance / Robert J. Flanagan -- 7. Changes over time in union relative wage effects in the UK and the USA revisited / David Blanchflower and Alex Bryson -- 8. Unions and the wage structure / David Card, Thomas Lemieux and W. Craig Riddell -- 9. Unions and innovation : a survey of the theory and empirical evidence / Naercio Menezes-Filho and John Van Reenen -- 10. Trade unions as political actors / Wolfgang Streeck and Anke Hassel -- 11. Unions and unionism around the world / Jelle Visser -- 12. Recent changes in the industrial relations framework in the UK / John T. Addison and W. Stanley Siebert -- 13. Europeanization of collective bargaining / Dieter Sadowski, Oliver Ludewig and Florian Turk -- 14. Contemporary developments in and challenges to collective bargaining in the United States / John Delancy
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    ISBN: 9781781950852
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 324 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The property tax, land use and land use regulation
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    Keywords: Grundsteuer ; Landnutzung ; Bodenrecht ; USA ; Real property and taxation ; Land use Law and legislation ; Real property tax ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Bodenpolitik ; Grundsteuer ; Raumordnungspolitik ; Landnutzung ; USA ; Grundsteuer
    Abstract: Dick Netzer, a leading public finance economist specializing in state and local issues and urban government, brings together in this comprehensive volume essays by top scholars connecting the property tax with land use. They explore the idea that the property tax is used as a partial substitute for land use regulation and other policies designed to affect how land is utilized. Like many economists, the contributors see some type of property taxation as the more efficient means of helping to shape land use. Some of the essays analyze a conventional property tax, while others consider radically different systems of property taxation
    Abstract: 1. Taxes on buildings and land in a dynamic model of real estate markets -- 2. The effect of tax increment financing on land use -- 3. Preferential assessment : impacts and alternatives -- 4. The influence of local fiscal structure and growth control choices on 'big-box' urban sprawl in the American west -- 5. Is zoning a substitute for, or a complement to, factor taxes? -- 6. Taxes versus regulation : the welfare impacts of policies for containing urban sprawl -- 7. Land use regulations and the property tax : cost-benefit analyses -- 8. The rise of the private neighbourhood association : a constitutional revolution in local government -- 9. The rise of private neighbourhood associations : revolution or evolution? -- 10. Frontage tax and the optimally compact city
    Note: "In association with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781843765660
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 271 p) , ill
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    DDC: 615/.19/0941
    Keywords: Drug development ; Drug development ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry traces the discovery and development of drugs in Japan and the UK both historically and sociologically. It includes sixteen case studies of major pharmaceutical developments in the twentieth century, encompassing, amongst others, beta-blockers, beta-stimulants, inhaled steroids and histamine H2-antagonists
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Technological change and the pharmaceutical industry -- 3. Cardiovascular drugs -- 4. Anti-asthmatic drugs -- 5. Histamine H2 antagonists -- 6. LHRH analogues -- 7. Three case studies of pharmaceutical innovation in Japan -- 8. The process of drug discovery and development -- 9. Conclusion
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    ISBN: 9781781008423
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 210 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Bernholz, Peter, 1929 - Monetary regimes and inflation
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    Abstract: This book explores the characteristics of inflations, comparing historical cases from Roman times up to the modern day. High and moderate inflations caused by the inflationary bias of political systems and economic relationships – and the importance of different monetary regimes in containing them are analysed
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Inflation and monetary regimes -- 3. Inflation under metallic monetary regimes -- 4. Moderate paper money inflations -- 5. Characteristics of hyperinflations -- 6. Currency competition, inflation, Gresham's law and exchange rate -- 7. Ending mild or moderate inflations -- 8. Currency reforms ending hyperinflations
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    ISBN: 9781781950531
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 230 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Banking supervision at the crossroads
    DDC: 354.8/28/094
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    Keywords: Bankenaufsicht ; Bankrecht ; EU-Staaten ; Banks and banking, International State supervision ; Financial institutions, International State supervision ; Banks and banking, International Law and legislation ; Financial institutions, International Law and legislation ; Financial institutions State supervision ; Banks and banking State supervision ; Banking law ; Financial institutions Law and legislation ; Banks and banking State supervision ; Financial institutions State supervision ; Financial institutions Law and legislation ; Banking law ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Europäische Union ; Bankenaufsicht ; Europäische Union ; Bankenaufsicht ; Bankenaufsicht
    Abstract: This book charts the consequences for banking supervision of two stylized developments that over the last decade have characterized the global financial landscape: the integration of cross-sector and cross-border financial services. Both developments inevitably call for a supervisory response and the authors discuss what form and direction this should take. They also address a number of other important subjects including the new Capital Accord (Basel 2), the convergence of supervisory practices, procyclicality, financial conglomerates, deposit insurance and a brief history of the interplay between banking supervision and bank behaviour
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Convergence of supervisory practices -- pt. 3. Issues in the theory of banking supervision
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    ISBN: 9781781950197
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 290 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Forssbæck, Jens, 1970 - Money markets and politics
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    Keywords: Eurozone ; Geldpolitik ; Geldmarkt ; EU-Staaten ; Monetary policy ; Monetary unions ; Electronic books ; Europe Economic integration ; Europäische Union ; Geldpolitik ; Währungsunion ; Europäische Union ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Europäische Union ; Währungsunion ; Währungspolitik ; Geldmarkt
    Abstract: The dramatic evolution of financial markets in the 1980s and 1990s, accompanied by increasing institutional integration between nations (most notably in the EU), have fostered a widespread belief that governments - particularly those of small economies - have essentially lost the power to pursue sovereign, independent economic policies. At the same time, it is widely assumed that the loss of monetary-policy control is a major opportunity cost for a country adopting a rigid exchange-rate regime or, in the European context, for countries joining the EMU This book sheds light on these arguments
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Background indicators of economic and financial development and integration -- 3. Money market formation and transformation -- 4. Money market development and monetary policy operations -- 5. External arrangements : exchange rate regimes and capital controls -- 6. Measuring capital mobility : the degree of direct money market integration -- 7. Monetary policy autonomy under different institutional regimes -- 8. Money market development and monetary policy options : concluding remarks
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-273) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781950685
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 262 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Fafchamps, Marcel Rural poverty, risk and development
    DDC: 339.4/6/091734
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    Keywords: Ländliche Armut ; Ländliche Entwicklung ; Risiko ; Entwicklungsländer ; Rural development ; Rural poor ; Risk assessment ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie ; Armut ; Landwirtschaftsentwicklung ; Risikoanalyse ; Katastrophenrisiko ; Entwicklungsländer ; Armut ; Ländliche Entwicklung ; Risikoanalyse
    Abstract: This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk coping strategies among today's poor rural societies. Ways in which these strategies may be re-examined and improved by governments and international organisations are proposed
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Risk and poverty -- 3. The risk coping strategies of the rural poor -- 4. The limits to risk coping -- 5. Risk and inequality -- 6. Risk and development -- 7. Conclusion
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-255) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781950654
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xliv, 443 p) , ill
    Series Statement: International handbook of telecommunications economics v. 3
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The international handbook of telecommunications economics ; Vol. 3: World telecommunications markets
    DDC: 384
    Keywords: Telecommunication systems ; Telecommunication ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This major reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date survey and analysis of recent developments in the economics of telecommunications. The Handbook serves both as a source of reference and technical supplement for the field of telecommunications economics
    Abstract: pt. 1. From telecommunications reform to information social policy -- pt. 2. Corporate experience and visions -- pt. 3. International cooperation and coordination -- pt. 4. Regional developments
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    ISBN: 9781781009703
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 375 p)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Baldwin, John R. Innovation strategies and performance in small firms
    DDC: 658.4/012
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    Keywords: Small business Management ; Strategic planning ; Small business Technological innovations ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Innovationsmanagement
    Abstract: John Baldwin and Guy Gellatly find that the strategic decisions young firms make play a critical role in determining their odds for survival and growth. New small firms survive by developing a core set of business skills – skills related inter alia to management, human resources, marketing and financing. Advanced innovation capabilities related to R&D and technology set high-performance firms apart from other businesses. Industry-level differences in product lifecycle, production activity, competitive intensity and the science base all influence the nature of small-firm innovation
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The importance of new firms -- 3. Strategies pursued by successful entrants -- 4. The breadth of innovation is successful entrants -- 5. Analysis of new-firm survival -- 6. Innovation : the key to success in small and medium-sized firms -- 7. exit -- 8. Innovator types in small and medium-sized firms -- 9. The competitive environment and innovation in dynamic service industries -- 10. Do new firms in science-based industries differ from entrants in other industries? -- 11. Strategic capabilities in innovative manufacturing firms : a comparison of small to large firms -- 12. Financing innovation in new small firms -- 13. Lessons
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    ISBN: 9781781007990
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 327 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in entrepreneurship
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Shane, Scott Andrew, 1964 - A general theory of entrepreneurship
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Theorie ; Entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Unternehmensgründung ; Unternehmensgründung
    Abstract: In the first exhaustive treatment of the field in 20 years, Scott Shane extends the analysis of entrepreneurship by offering an overarching conceptual framework that explains the different parts of the entrepreneurial process - the opportunities, the people who pursue them, the skills and strategies used to organize and exploit opportunities, and the environmental conditions favorable to them - in a coherent way
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The role of opportunities -- 3. The discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities -- 4. Individual differences and the decision to exploit -- 5. Psychological factors and the decision to exploit -- 6. Industry differences in entrepreneurial activity -- 7. The environmental context of entrepreneurship -- 8. Resource acquisition -- 9. Entrepreneurial strategy -- 10. The organizing process -- 11. Conclusions
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    ISBN: 9781781950890
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 325 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Labour markets and employment policy
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Regulating working-time transitions in Europe
    DDC: 331.25/72/094
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    Keywords: Arbeitszeitgestaltung ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; EU-Staaten ; Schweden ; Deutschland ; Frankreich ; Niederlande ; Spanien ; Irland ; Großbritannien ; Hours of labor ; Flextime ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Arbeitszeitgestaltung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Arbeitszeitgestaltung
    Abstract: This book provides an overview of the institutional arrangements affecting labour market transitions through different working-time arrangements in seven European countries. It examines the extent to which social integration through transitional labour markets is possible, assesses the effects of labour market transitions, and prescribes improvements, with the aim of preventing the development of social exclusion from paid employment
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Working-time transitions in Sweden -- 3. Regulating working-time transitions in Germany -- 4. Negotiated flexibility, working-time and transitions in the Netherlands -- 5. Working times in France : institutional methods of regulating and new practices -- 6. Flexibility in the Spanish labour market : working-time and temporary employment -- 7. Working-time flexibility in Ireland -- 8. Re-regulating transitions? continuity and change in the UK
    Note: "Part of a series ... funded under the Fourth Framework Programme of Targeted Socio-Economic Research (TSER) by the European Commission"--P. facing t.p , Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-317) and index
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    ISBN: 1405105852 , 1405105860 , 0470773723 , 9780470773727
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 287 p) , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Antipode book series 2
    Parallel Title: Print version McDowell, Linda, 1949- Redundant masculinities?
    DDC: 305.242/0973
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    Keywords: Men, White Psychology ; Masculinity ; Men, White Employment ; High school dropouts Employment ; Young men Employment ; Minorities Employment ; Großbritannien ; Männliche Jugend ; Arbeiterklasse ; Identitätsentwicklung ; Arbeitswelt
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : young, white, male and working classThe rise of poor work : employment restructuring and changing class and gender identitiesThe contemporary crisis of masculinity : it's hard to be(come) a man or the problem of/for boysLiving on the edge : marginal lives in Cambridge and SheffieldLeaving school : pathways to employment and further educationActively seeking employment : committed workers and reluctant learnersUncertain transitions : accidental and incidental workers, the excluded and escape attemptsPerforming identity : protest and domestic masculinitiesConclusions :What is to be done about boys?
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-276) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    ISBN: 0631207287 , 0631207295 , 0470773324 , 9780470773321
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (ix, 217 p) , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: RGS-IBG book series
    Parallel Title: Print version Allen, John, 1951- Lost geographies of power
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    Keywords: Human geography ; Power (Social sciences) ; Macht ; Raumverhalten ; Sozialgeografie
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-208) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    ISBN: 9781781951330
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 334 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Waesche, Niko Marcel, 1968 - Internet entrepreneurship in Europe
    DDC: 384.3/094
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    Keywords: Internet ; Electronic Commerce ; Computerindustrie ; Telekommunikationspolitik ; Entrepreneurship ; Europa ; USA ; Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship ; Internet industry ; Internet industry ; Telecommunication policy ; Telecommunication policy ; Electronic books ; USA ; Europa ; Internet ; Computerindustrie ; Telekommunikationspolitik
    Abstract: From its launch in 1997, the Frankfurt technology stock exchange developed spectacularly as did other European technology exchanges. Many Europeans thought that a new age of entrepreneurship had dawned. Following the downturn, however, the search for blame began. Much of this blame was undifferentiated and subjective. Public policy lessons were not drawn. Written by a well-known commentator of the European venture capital community, this book analyses the rise and decline of European internet entrepreneurship. The effects of both the public promotion of venture capital investments as well as the timing of telecommunications reform are examined in detail in various European countries, in particular in Germany and Sweden. The book contains a wealth of unique data on the failure of European internet ventures and draws several technology and telecommunications policy conclusions
    Abstract: pt. I. Global opportunity -- pt. II. National political economy
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    ISBN: 9781781008812
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 170 p)
    Series Statement: New horizons in leadership studies
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    DDC: 174/.4
    Keywords: Leadership Moral and ethical aspects ; Business ethics ; Social capital (Sociology) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Sison studies a wide range of recent management cases from the viewpoint of moral capital: the sorry state of US airport screeners before 9-11, the Ford Explorer rollovers and Firestone tire failures, the battle for the 'HP way' between Carly Fiorina and the heirs of the founding families, the dynamics of Microsoft's serial monopolistic behavior, the pitfalls of Enron's senior executives, the sincerity of Howard Lutnick's commitment to Cantor Fitzgerald families, how Andersen's loss of reputation proved mortal and a fresh look at Jack Welch's purported achievements during his tenure at GE
    Abstract: 1. Understanding labor : from manpower to social capital -- 2. Moral capital and leadership -- 3. Actions, moral capital's basic currency -- 4. Habits, moral capital's compound interest -- 5. Character, moral capital's investment bond -- 6. Lifestyles and moral capital estates -- 7. Measuring and managing moral capital
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    ISBN: 9781781951279
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 294 p) , ill
    Series Statement: The Saint-Gobain Centre for Economic Studies series
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Institutions, innovation and growth
    DDC: 338.94
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    Keywords: Technischer Fortschritt ; Innovation ; Innovationsdiffusion ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Wachstumsbranche ; Welt ; Industrial management Congresses ; Technological innovations Congresses Economic aspects ; Technological innovations Congresses Social aspects ; Labor market Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Institutionenökonomie ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Innovation ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: The first book in this important new series, under the general editorship of Nobel Laureate Robert Solow, Institutions, Innovation and Growth assembles a stellar cast of international contributors. Leading economists join the debate on innovation and economic growth, focussing on a broad spectrum of issues ranging from labour markets to corporate governance. Growth paths within the OECD are also assessed, with particular emphasis on contrasts between US and European models. The book seeks to identify those institutional factors, taking into account different national trajectories, which might serve to promote economic growth in Europe
    Abstract: 1. The transformation of corporate organization in Europe : an overview -- 2. Adapting European labour institutions to global economic and technological change -- 3. Activating labour market policy : 'flexicurity' through transitional labour markets -- 4. Transnational technical communities and regional growth in the periphery -- 5. The mechanisms of information technology's contribution to economic growth -- 6. Empirical estimates of the relationship between product market competition and innovation -- 7. Cooperation, creativity and closure in scientific research networks : modelling the dynamics of epistemic communities -- 8. The diversity of social systems of innovation and production during the 1990s -- 9. An overview of sustainable forms of growth : the economic institutions of a European model
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Texts selected from two conferences of the Saint-Gobain Centre for Economic Studies, Paris, held in November 2000 and June 2001--Preface , Translated from the French
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    ISBN: 9781781950319
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 331 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The new economics of outdoor recreation
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    Abstract: This innovative book presents a series of up-to-date analyses of the economics of outdoor recreation. The distinguished group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An extensive introduction by the editors details the historical background of economists' interests in this subject, and reveals how economics can provide practical insights into improving how we manage our natural recreation areas
    Abstract: pt. 1. The mountains -- pt. 2. Forests -- pt. 3. Rivers and the sea
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    ISBN: 9781781952955
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 223 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Lange, Glenn-Marie Environmental accounting in action
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung ; Ressourcenökonomik ; Mineral ; Forstökonomie ; Fischereiressourcen ; Wasser ; Botsuana ; Namibia ; Südafrika ; Natural resources Case studies Accounting ; Environmental auditing Case studies Accounting ; National income Case studies Accounting ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie ; Südafrika ; Umweltbilanz ; Fallstudiensammlung
    Abstract: Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and water, each chapter provides important lessons about sustainable resource management. As a whole, the case studies demonstrate how to overcome the many challenges of constructing environmental accounts and the mechanics of successful implementation. By providing a transparent system of information about the relationship between human activities and the environment, the accounts have improved policy dialogue among different stakeholders and have played a significant role in environmental policy design
    Abstract: 1. Basic concepts and methods of natural resource and environmental accounting -- 2. Mineral accounts : managing an exhaustible resource -- 3. Forestry accounts : capturing the value of forest and woodland resources -- 4. Fisheries accounts : management of a recovering fishery -- 5. Water accounts : an economic perspective on managing water scarcity -- 6. Managing natural capital and national wealth
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    ISBN: 9781781950449
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 426 p) , ill
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Uniform Title: European industries
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Industries in Europe
    DDC: 338.094
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    Keywords: Branche ; Branchenentwicklung ; Landwirtschaft ; Energiewirtschaft ; Ernährungsindustrie ; Brauerei ; Pharmaindustrie ; Biotechnologie-Industrie ; Metallindustrie ; Kfz-Industrie ; Luftverkehr ; Finanzdienstleistung ; Unternehmensdienstleistung ; Rüstungsindustrie ; Tourismuswirtschaft ; Strukturpolitik ; EU-Staaten ; Industrial policy ; Industries ; Electronic books ; Europe Economic conditions 1945- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Branche ; Europa ; Industriepolitik ; Geschichte 1945-
    Abstract: This important book, a successor volume to European Industries, brings together a number of in-depth and authoritative studies of key European industries, providing fascinating insights into their nature and characteristics
    Abstract: 1. Industry in the EU : trends and policy issues -- 2. Agriculture -- 3. Energy -- 4. Food processing -- 5. Brewing -- 6. Pharmaceuticals -- 7. Biotechnology -- 8. Metals -- 9. Motor vehicles -- 10. Air transport -- 11. Financial services -- 12. Business services -- 13. Defence industries -- 14. Tourism
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Rev. ed. of: European industries. 1993
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    ISBN: 9781843765301
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 307 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The international handbook on financial reform
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    Keywords: Finanzsektor ; Finanzdienstleistung ; Bankenreform ; Finanzsystem ; Zentralbank ; Bankenregulierung ; Finanzmarktregulierung ; Australien ; Brasilien ; Kanada ; China ; Deutschland ; Hongkong ; Italien ; Japan ; Singapur ; Thailand ; Großbritannien ; Vietnam ; Financial services industry Case studies ; Financial institutions Case studies ; Banks and banking Case studies ; Monetary policy Case studies ; Electronic books ; Kreditwesen ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Reform ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Internationaler Kapitalmarkt ; Finanzreform ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: 1. Financial reform in Australia -- 2. Price stabilization, the banking crisis and financial reform in Brazil -- 3. Financial reform in Canada : past, present and future -- 4. Financial system reform in China -- 5. Financial reform in Germany -- 6. Financial reform in Hong Kong -- 7. Financial reform in Italy -- 8. Financial reform in Japan -- 9. Financial sector reforms in Singapore -- 10. Financial reform in Thailand -- 11. Financial reform in the UK -- 12. Financial sector reform in Vietnam.
    Abstract: This major Handbook provides country studies of the latest developments in financial reform in a selection of both developed and developing countries from Western Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia, written by acknowledged experts in their fields. The outcome is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive account of the current world-wide attempt to refashion the way in which the financial services industry (and especially the banking sector) is regulated and supervised
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    ISBN: 9781781009772
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 261 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Growth and development in the global economy
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Economic development Congresses ; International economic relations Congresses ; Electronic books ; Globalization Congresses Economic aspects ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Congresses ; Weltwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Kongress ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: What are the forces behind the increasing globalization of economic life? How does globalization affect the functioning of national economies? What difficulties confront government policymakers in dealing with the global economy? These issues are addressed in this volume by leading specialists. The contributors present a range of unique and varied perspectives from which they consider aspects of the increasing integration of economic life, exploring implications for the functioning of domestic markets in a rapidly changing global economy. The result is a collection of insights that provide a framework for understanding globalization as an economic phenomenon
    Abstract: pt. 1. The process of change -- pt. 2. Production, pricing and wages in domestic markets -- pt. 3. Determinants of economic growth and volatility -- pt. 4. Policy making in the global economy
    Note: "Papers originally prepared for a workshop held at Margaret River, Western Australia in September 2001"--Pref , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781781950777
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 292 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Essays in honour of Charles Goodhart v. 1
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Essays in honour of Charles Goodhart ; Vol. 1: Central banking, monetary theory and practice
    DDC: 332.1/12
    Keywords: 15.11.2001 ; Geldpolitik ; Zentralbank ; Zentralbankunabhängigkeit ; Glaubwürdigkeit ; Theorie ; Welt ; Monetary policy Congresses ; Banks and banking, Central Congresses ; Electronic books ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: Celebrating the contribution that Charles Goodhart has made to monetary economics and policy, this unique compendium of original papers draws together a highly respected group of international academics, central bankers and financial market regulators covering a broad range of issues in modern monetary economics. Topics discussed include: central bank independence; credibility and transparency; the inflation forecast and the loss function; monetary policy experiences in the US and the UK; the implications of Goodhart's Law; the benefits of single versus multiple currencies; and money, near monies and credit
    Abstract: 1. No money, no inflation : the role of money in the economy -- 2. Central bank independence -- 3. The use and meaning of words in central banking : inflation, targeting, credibility and transparency -- 4. The inflation forecast and the loss function -- 5. Six practical views of central bank transparency -- 6. The phases of US monetary policy : 1987-2001 -- 7. UK monetary policy, 1972-97 : a guide using Taylor rules -- 8. Goodhart's law : its origins, meaning and implications for monetary policy -- 9. A cost of unified currency -- 10. Money and the monetization of credit
    Note: "This volume and its companion have been compiled from the proceedings of a two-day Festschrift conference in honour of Charles Goodhart at the Bank of England, 15-16 November 2001"--pref , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 382 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economic welfare, international business and global institutional change
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    Keywords: Institutionenökonomik ; Institutioneller Wandel ; Entwicklung ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Welt ; Comparative government ; International business enterprises ; Comparative economics ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Räumliche Disparität ; Institutionalismus ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Kongress ; Institutionenökonomie ; Wohlfahrt ; Institutionenökonomie ; Weltwirtschaft
    Abstract: The distinguished authors in this volume address the fundamental causes for such heterogeneous international experiences, placing particular emphasis on the role of institutions. They demonstrate how the study of economic development is increasingly linked to the development of institutions, which allow for more complex exchanges to occur in markets and societies. Institutions can be understood as rules or constraints that channel individuals' actions in specific directions, and can be formal or informal depending on their genesis. The book highlights the connection between institutions and economic welfare by examining countries at different stages of development. Although the authors' study material effects, they also look at individual well-being which is more strongly influenced by the non-material products of institutions such as opportunity, freedom and relationships. They move on to highlight the role of institutions in global business, in terms of innovation, entrepreneurship and foreign direct investment. In the concluding chapters they focus on the actual process of transition from one institutional framework to another. Amongst other examples, they examine reforms to international financial institutions and constitutional adjustments in transition countries
    Abstract: pt. I. Institutions, economic growth and individual welfare -- pt. II. Institutions and business activity -- pt. III. Institutional transition
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    ISBN: 9781843765639
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 271 p) , ill
    Edition: 2nd ed
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Casson, Mark, 1945 - The entrepreneur
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Theorie ; Entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Unternehmer ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Unternehmer ; Wirtschaftstheorie
    Abstract: Economics of International Business sets out a new agenda for international business research. Mark Casson asserts that it is time to move the subject on from sterile debates about transaction cost economies and resource-based theories of the firm. Instead of focusing on the individual firm, the new agenda focuses on the global systems view of international business. A static view of the firm's environment is replaced by a dynamic view which highlights the volatility of the international business environment. Coping with volatility requires entrepreneurial skills, flexibility and the need to synthesize information on a global basis. To co-ordinate the global system properly, entrepreneurs must co-operate through social networks of trust, as well as competing. Constructing a network of joint ventures, it is argued, is simply not enough
    Abstract: pt. 1. Theoretical foundations -- pt. 2. The market-making firm -- pt. 3. Synthesis
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    ISBN: 9781781952962
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 200 p) , ill
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    DDC: 371.2
    Keywords: School management and organization ; School improvement programs ; Educational change ; Institutional economics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers), competition (educational choice, often in the form of payment for education by voucher) and threats (introduction of external standards and accountability for performance)
    Abstract: 1. The theoretical framework -- 2. Institutions within schools and school performance -- 3. Rewards for good performance -- 4. Competition -- 5. Threats : external standards and accountability -- 6. Conclusions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-190) and index
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    ISBN: 9781843768715
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 405 p)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The Elgar companion to post Keynesian economics
    DDC: 330.15
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    Keywords: Postkeynesianismus ; Theorie ; Keynesian economics ; Electronic books ; Wörterbuch ; Neokeynesianismus
    Abstract: Agency / Edward J. McKenna and Diane C. Zannoni -- Austrian School of Economics / Stephen D. Parsons -- Babylonian mode of thought / Sheila C. Dow -- Balance-of-payments-constrained economic growth / J.S.L. McCombie -- Banking / Gillian Hewitson -- Bastard Keynesianism / John Lodewijks, Bretton Woods, Matias Vernengo -- Budget deficits / Julio Lopez -- Business cycles / Peter Skott -- Cambridge economic tradition / G.C. Harcourt -- Capital theory / Ben Fine -- Central banks / Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho -- Circuit theory / Riccardo Realfonzo -- Competition / Nina Shapiro -- Consumer theory / Marc Lavoie -- Consumption / David Bunting -- Credit rationing / Martin H. Wolfson -- Critical realism / Andrew Brown -- Development finance / Rogerio Studart -- Dynamics / J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. -- Econometrics / Paul Downward -- Economic policy / Malcolm Sawyer -- Effective demand / Mark Setterfield -- Employment / John Hudson -- Endogenous money / Basil Moore -- Environmental economics / Adrian Winnett -- Equilibrium and non-equilibrium / Donald W. Katzner -- Exchange rates / John T. Harvey -- Expectations / Eric Tymoigne -- Finance motive / Augusto Graziani -- Financial instability hypothesis / Louis-Philippe Rochon -- Fiscal policy / J.W. Nevile -- Full employment / William Mitchell and Martin Watts -- Fundamentalist Keynesians / Bill Gerrard -- Globalization / William Milberg -- Growth and income distribution / Carlo Panico -- Growth theory / Steve Keen -- Income distribution / Thomas I. Palley -- Inflation / John Smithin -- Innovation / Jerry Courvisanos -- Institutionalism / Steven Pressman -- International economics / Robert A. Blecker -- Investment / Tracy Mott -- Joan Robinson's economics / Maria Cristina Marcuzzo -- Journal of post Keynesian economics / Phillip Anthony O'Hara -- Kaldorian economics / A.P. Thirlwall -- Kaleckian economics / Jan Toporowski -- Keynes's general theory / Paul Davidson -- Keynes's treatise on money / Giuseppe Fontana -- Liquidity preference / Stephanie Bell -- Marginalism / Harry Bloch. -- Microfoundations / Steven Fazzari -- Monetary policy / Peter Howells -- Money / Randall Wray -- Multiplier / Andrew B. Trigg -- New classical economics / Athol Fitzgibbons -- New Keynesian economics / Wendy Cornwall -- Non-ergodicity / S.P. Dunn -- Pricing and prices / Frederic S. Lee -- Production / Amitava Krishna Dutt -- Profits / Elizabeth Webster -- Rate of interest / Massimo Pivetti -- Saving / Robert Pollin -- Say's law / Claudio Sardoni -- Socialism / Howard J. Sherman -- Sraffian economics / Gary Mongiovi -- Stagflation / John Cornwall -- Tax-based incomes policy / Laurence S. Seidman -- Taxation / Anthony J. Laramie and Douglas Mair -- Third way / Egon Matzner -- Time in economic theory / John F. Henry -- Tobin tax / Philip Arestis -- Transition economies / Christine Rider -- Traverse / Peter Kriesler -- Treatise on probability / Rod O'Donnell -- Uncertainty / Murray Glickman -- Underconsumption / J.E. King -- Unemployment / Mathew Forstater -- Wages and labour markets / Mario Seccareccia -- Walrasian economics / M.C. Howard.
    Abstract: In this definitive volume, over 80 distinguished contributors from four continents provide authoritative critical discussion of the principal areas of controversy in post Keynesian economics, including all significant issues in methodology, economic theory, applied economics and policy
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    ISBN: 9781781950739
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 315 p)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The Elgar dictionary of economic quotations
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Economics Quotations, maxims, etc ; Economists Quotations ; Electronic books ; Zitatensammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Wirtschaftswissenschaftler ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: Preface -- Notes on appearance -- Acknowledgements -- Dictionary of economic quotations -- References -- Index.
    Abstract: The Elgar Dictionary of Economic Quotations is a unique compendium of quotations on subjects of interest to economists and those who are generally intrigued by the social sciences. The coverage is not merely confined to economists, but includes quotes from essayists, jurists, philosophers, politicians, religious leaders, revolutionaries, scientists, and numerous other important figures who have contributed to our understanding of economic matters. Presented in a highly readable format, this impressive volume contains the thoughts and opinions of hundreds of individuals on issues relating to the economy, government, money, poverty, wealth, and a host of other important topics
    Note: "This collection ... was initiated by a suggestion of Edward Elgar at the January 2001 meeting of the American Economic Association in New Orleans"--T.p. verso , Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-248) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781950845
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 347 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Reinventing functional finance
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    Keywords: Finanzpolitik ; Geldpolitik ; Vollbeschäftigung ; Inflation ; Makroökonomik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Fiscal policy Congresses ; Full employment policies Congresses ; Inflation (Finance) Congresses ; Monetary policy Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 1998 ; Stabilitätspolitik ; Finanzpolitik ; Kongress ; Finanzpolitik ; Stabilitätspolitik
    Abstract: This ambitious book seeks both to revive and revise the idea of 'functional finance'. Followers of this doctrine believe that government budgets should concentrate solely on their macroeconomic impact on the economy, rather than reflecting a concern for sound finance and budgetary discipline. Reinventing Functional Finance examines the origins of this idea and then considers it in a modern context. The authors explore the concept of NAIRU and argue that modern economies can operate at the level of full employment without provoking unmanageable inflation. They also contend that budget deficits do not have the deleterious effects commonly ascribed to them; the belief that they do rests on a misunderstanding of modern money. In this context, they highlight the relevance of Abba Lerner's famous dictum, 'money is a creature of the State'. The authors also debate the merits of various proposals for 'Employer of Last Resort' programs, which combine automatic stabilizers with the buffer stock principle
    Abstract: pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Functional finance : the background -- pt. III. Assessing the inflation barrier -- pt. IV. Fiscal and monetary linkages -- pt. V. Functional finance and full employment -- pt. VI. The final hour
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Papers presented at a conference held in the Spring of 1998 at the New School for Social Research
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