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  • 2005-2009  (106)
  • Edward Elgar Publishing  (106)
  • Nickel, Johanna (1916-1984)
  • Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing  (106)
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  • 1
    ISBN: 9781035305407
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 428 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Entrepreneurship and innovations in functional regions
    DDC: 338/.04
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Technological innovations ; Industrial location ; Unternehmen ; Innovation ; Forschung und Entwicklung ; Know-how-Transfer ; Regionalentwicklung ; Kongress
    Abstract: In recent decades, the world has witnessed the emergence of a global knowledge economy in which functional regions increasingly play a role as independent and dynamic market places. These are integrated with other functional regions by means of flows of information, knowledge, and commodities. This contemporary and illuminating book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on innovation and entrepreneurship in functional regions. There are numerous questions regarding entrepreneurship and innovation in functional regions that have not yet been answered - until now. Some of the issues that the expert contributors in this field question are - How do firms compete and how do they develop their competitive strategies? How important are entrepreneurial actions and innovation? How important are firm size, firm maturity and corporate structure for innovation? Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Functional Regions will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of entrepreneurship, business economics, innovation and regional science
    Note: "The contributions forming the different chapters in this book were first presented and discussed at the Eight Uddevalla Symposium 2005 ... held at and hosted by the University West, Uddevalla, Sweden"--Pref , Includes bibliographical references and index , Introduction - Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Functional Regions / , Engineering Culture, Innovation, and Modern Wealth Creation / , Swedish Paradox Revisited / , Firm Location, Corporate Structure and Innovation / , Firm Size, Firm Maturity and Product and Process R&D in Swedish Manufacturing Firms / , University Educated Labour, R&D and Regional Export Performance / , Magnitude and Destination Diversity of Exports - the Role of Product Variety / , Differences in Survivor Functions according to Different Competitive Strategies / , Resource-Based Analysis of Bankruptcy Law, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Recovery / , Agglomeration Economies, Learning Processes, and Patterns of Firm Spatial Clustering / , Assiduous Firms in a 'Learning Region' - The Case of East-Wurttemberg, Germany / , Cluster Dynamics: Insights from Broadcasting in Three UK City-Regions / , Technology, Innovation and Latecomer Strategies: The Case of Mobile Handset Manufacturing Sector in China / , Enterprise Development Policy: Modelling the Policy Context / , Entrepreneurial Business Support Networks: A Leader Institution Perspective /
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  • 2
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    ISBN: 9781035305704
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (v, 177 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Organizing in the face of risk and threat
    DDC: 658.4056
    Keywords: Organizational behavior ; Industrial organization ; Risk management ; Crisis management
    Abstract: Barbara Czarniawska is a distinguished scholar and author in the field of organization. Drawing on her extensive knowledge she has gathered together other leading experts to apply organization theory to yet another relevant field of practice - risk management. There are no prescriptions for organizing in the face of risk and threat, but the accumulating experience shows that a well-rehearsed improvisation brings much better results than planning and construction of formal organizations. This timely book contains cases of risk and threat where the former strategy succeeds and the latter fails. The wealth of cases presented includes the Marburg virus outbreak in Angola, bird flu, health insurance after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and the Tjörn bridge catastrophe in Sweden. Graduate and postgraduate students in business and management schools, as well as academics teaching courses in risk management across disciplines should not be without this book. Risk management specialists will also find this book invaluable
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction: Action nets / Barbara Czarniawska -- 2. Risk and organizing - the growth of a research field / Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist -- 3. Marburg virus, or a story of preparedness / Andreas Diedrich -- 4. Bird flu - threat or opportunity? / Kajsa Lindberg -- 5. Welfare services - an area for risk management? / Lars Norén -- 6. Adventure tourism: Making risk safe / Eva Gustavsson -- 7. A net of actions in the tracks of storm gudrun / David Renemark -- 8. The tjörn bridge catastrophe - on building a new bridge out of an old one / Lars Walter -- 9. Small time breaks / Tobias Engberg -- 10. The aesthetic threat / Peter Zackariasson -- 11. Conclusions: Plans or well-practiced improvisations? / Barbara Czarniawska -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-175) and index , Translated from the Swedish
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  • 3
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    ISBN: 9781035305476
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 336 pages) , illustrations
    Edition: Rev. ed
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jastram, Roy W., 1915 - The golden constant
    DDC: 332.4/2220941
    Keywords: Gold History ; Prices History ; Prices History
    Abstract: The Golden Constant is a unique examination of how gold's purchasing power has remained consistent over the centuries. First published in 1977, this new edition has additional material to bring it up to date. The book is the only in-depth examination of how the purchasing power of gold has performed over the centuries in both England and the USA. It contains a thorough explanation of how the gold market evolved and how this is related to economic and political developments, from 1560 in England, and from 1800 in the USA, up to 2007. The book also contains detailed historical statistics on gold, wholesale and consumer prices and the real price of gold. This important book will be an essential resource for institutional and individual investors in the gold industry. Academics, economic historians and economists interested in monetary and financial history will find this book to be a fascinating read
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: About the new edition -- Preface previously written / by Roy W. Jastram -- Foreword to the new edition / by Pierre Lassonde -- Introduction -- Part I: The English experience -- 1. The price of gold -- 2. Historical fluctuations in the price of gold -- 3. Commodity prices and the construction of Indexnumbers -- 4. The purchasing power of gold -- 5. The purchasing power of gold in inflation and deflation -- Part II: The American experience -- 6. The evolution of the gold standard and historical fluctuations in gold prices -- 7. The purchasing power of gold -- 8. Reflections on the golden constant -- Part III: After the gold price was freed, 1971-2007 -- 9. The gold market and the purchasing power of gold, 1971-2007 -- 10. Further explorations into the gold price and its purchasing power -- Appendices -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 4
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    ISBN: 9781035305247
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 400 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Purchasing power parities of currencies
    Keywords: Purchasing power parity
    Abstract: This up-to-date book demonstrates how the purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies are being increasingly used in place of exchange rates for a variety of purposes. These include: comparisons of real income, measurements of global inequality and poverty, calculation of the human development index and assessment of nations economic performance. Despite the increasing popularity of PPPs, many users have very little appreciation of the data and methods used in their derivation. This timely monograph brings together a number of significant contributions from leading researchers in the field, offering a comprehensive review of the latest methods used in the construction and application of PPPs. The authors provide a broad overview of the current state-of-the-art both in terms of techniques as well as current practice with various international organisations. Given the increasing application of PPPs in this truly globalised world, this book will be a stimulating read for researchers and academics involved in international comparisons and development economics, general economists and economist statisticians
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- / d.s. Prasada rao -- 2. The compilation of purchasing power parities: The eurostat-oecd purchasing power parity programme -- / david roberts -- Part II: System methods for ppp computation -- 3. Aggregation methods in international comparisons: An evaluation / Bert Balk -- 4. Generalised eltetö-köves-szulc and country-product-dummy methods for international comparisons / D.S. Prasada Rao -- 5. True international income comparisons correcting for substitution bias / Steve Dowrick -- 6. Additivity, matrix consistency and a new method for international comparisons of real income and purchasing power parities / Itsuo Sakuma, D.S. Prasada Rao and Yoshimasa Kurabayashi -- 7. Implicit data structures and properties of selected additive indices / James Cuthbert -- Part III: Methods for spatial linking and analysis of price structures -- 8. Similarity Indexes and criteria for spatial linking / Erwin Diewert -- 9. Comparing per capita income levels across countries using spanning trees: Robustness, prior restrictions, hybrids and hierarchies / Robert Hill -- 10. Chaining methods for international real product and purchasing power comparisons: Issues and alternatives / Bettina Aten and Alan Heston -- 11. Aggregation methods based on structural international prices -- / sergey sergeev -- Part IV: Applications -- 12. Purchasing power parities and their policy relevance / Michael Ward -- 13. Purchasing power parity adjustments for productivity level comparisons / Bart van Ark and Marcel Timmer -- 14. Ppps and the price competitiveness of international tourism destinations / Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and D.S. Prasada Rao -- Index.
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  • 5
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    ISBN: 9781035305636
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 310 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Microfoundations of economic success
    DDC: 338.94798
    Keywords: Estonia Economic conditions 1991- ; Estonia Economic policy 1991-
    Abstract: This book explores the nature of the flexibility of Estonia's rapid growth, that enables it to swiftly seize opportunities and weather crises without undue cost. The distinguished cast of contributors draws upon detailed data on individual firms and households to explore the basis for Estonia's record as the most successful of all the EU accession countries over the last decade. They conclude that much of this accomplishment can be attributed to the greater flexibility of the Estonian economy, both in price setting in employment and wages, and in consumption. The book also reveals that Estonia is able to adjust to shocks more rapidly and with less real impact than other countries. Coupled with a favourable macroeconomic policy and a good institutional structure and legal framework, this indicates that Estonia will be an excellent example to other countries despite the recent downturn. This unique book will be of great interest to researchers and students of the economics of transition, and will prove invaluable to policy-makers and their advisors in both transition countries and the rest of the EU, as well as graduate students studying microeconomics and monetary policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- 1. The path of transition in Estonia / David G. Mayes and Martti Randveer -- 2. Comparison of pricing behaviour of firms in the euro area and Estonia / Aurelijus Dabusinskas and Martti Randveer -- 3. The principles of wage formation in Estonian companies / Tairi Rõõm and Lenno Uusküla -- 4. Productivity in Estonian enterprises: The role of innovation and competition / Priit Vahter -- 5. Liquidity and productivity shocks: A look at sectoral firm creation / Lenno Uusküla -- 6. A microeconometric analysis of household saving in Estonia: Income, wealth and financial exposure / Dmitry Kulikov, Annika Paabut and Karsten Staehr -- 7. Estimates of employment and welfare effects of personal labour income taxation in a flat-tax country / Karsten Staehr -- 8. Outlook / David G. Mayes and Martti Randveer -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9781035305728
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 299 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Creedy, John, 1949 - Population ageing, pensions and growth
    DDC: 331.252
    Keywords: Age distribution (Demography) Economic aspects ; Older people Government policy ; Economic aspects ; Pensions ; Expenditures, Public ; Social policy ; Economic development
    Abstract: This highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare. Societies face long-term phenomena, such as demographic change and climate change that impose costs and benefits far into the future. These present challenges for policymakers in planning intertemporal consumption paths that balance the goals of efficiency and equity. An exploration of these issues, with respect to population ageing in particular, is the primary motivation for this book. John Creedy and Ross Guest evaluate these problems with a particular focus on the role of concepts, assumptions and value judgements. This book will be a fascinating read for researchers interested in the social evaluation of population ageing and climate change. Public policy makers and advisers will find the analysis of practical policy questions such as alternative regimes for taxing public pensions of special interest. Graduate students of macroeconomics and public economics will also find helpful discussions of social discounting, the efficiency and equity effects of tax smoothing, and potential new effects of population ageing on labour productivity
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- Part II: Discounting and time preference -- 2. Discounting and time preference -- 3. The elasticity of marginal valuation -- 4. Sustainable pReferences -- 5. Representative agent and social planner -- Part III: Pensions and taxation -- 6. Pension tax, savings and labour supply -- 7. Private pensions and savings -- Part IV: Population ageing -- 8. Tax smoothing and population ageing -- 9. Demographic change in oecd countries -- 10. Capital intensity and productivity -- 11. Extensions and sensitivity analyses -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9781035305650
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 271 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New directions in modern economics series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Monetary policy and financial stability
    DDC: 332.46
    Keywords: Monetary policy ; Keynesian economics ; Economic policy ; Banks and banking, Central ; Kaleckian Model of Growth and Distribution
    Abstract: This book provides an enlightening glimpse into the deep theoretical traditions of post-Keynesian theory whilst also illuminating the richness and uniqueness of post-Keynesian economic policy. The editors have gathered together leading scholars and researchers to push the boundaries of post-Keynesian thinking. They address a number of important issues dealing with wage determination, income distribution and central bank governance. Many of these chapters share a common theme including a criticism of the usefulness of monetary policy in fighting or targeting inflation and the questions this raises for central bank governance. The book also focuses on open economy issues such as capital flows, globalization, FDI and the Washington Consensus. Monetary Policy and Financial Stability is required reading for students, scholars and researchers of economics, and for policymakers seeking rational alternatives to the current neo-classical orthodoxy
    Description / Table of Contents: Wage bargaining and monetary policy in a Kaleckian monetary distribution and growth model : making sense of the NAIRU / Eckhard Hein -- Price and wage determination and the inflation barrier : moving beyond the Phillips curve / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- Central bank governance, the euthanasia of the rentier and interest rate policy : a note on post-Keynesian monetary policy after Taylor / Louis-Philippe Rochon -- The macroeconomic governance of the European Monetary Union : a Keynesian perspective / Angel Asensio -- Inflation targeting and monetary policy governance : the case of the European Central Bank / Sergio Rossi -- Enforcing the IMF in the global economy : an institutional analysis / Jean-Pierre Allegret and Philippe Dulbecco -- Too much consensus could be harmful : assessing the degree of implementation of stabilization and structural policies and their impact on growth / Eric Berr, François Combarnous and Eric Rougier -- The political economy of global economic disgovernance / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira -- Tobin, globalization and capital flows / Robert W. Dimand -- The impact of FDI on capital formation : the case of Mexico / Claudia Maya -- Financial liberalization, economic growth and rents / Domenica Tropeano -- The Argentine Jefes program : from a post-financial crisis emergency safety net to a long-run policy promoting development / Corinne Pastoret.
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  • 8
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    ISBN: 9781035305698
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 203 pages) , illustration
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dringoli, Angelo Creating value through innovation
    DDC: 658.4012
    Keywords: Economic value added ; Strategic planning ; Technological innovations Management ; Creative ability in business ; New products Decision making
    Abstract: In open and dynamic markets, only innovation can give a firm a competitive advantage and with it the superior cash flows that generate value. This book offers a new conceptual structure and applicable analytical models for evaluating a firm's innovation strategies in highly competitive environments and for estimating firm value. Using analytical models, Angelo Dringoli examines the conditions under which innovation strategy can create and maintain value, based on different environmental dynamics. Quantitative models are used to determine the value of innovation strategies in highly dynamic and competitive industries. These clearly reveal the economic variables and relations upon which the strategy depends, and the conditions for creating sustainable value within the firm. This stimulating integrated analysis will appeal to researchers and postgraduate students with an interest in economics, finance and business administration, as well as managers and professionals involved in strategic management and firm evaluation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. The value of the firm in highly competitive industries -- 2. Main determinants of operating cash flows -- 3. Fundamental environment trends and innovation strategies -- 4. Creating value through process innovation strategies -- 5. Creating value through product innovation strategies -- 6. Creating value through integrated innovation strategies -- 7. Designing the r&d system of innovation -- 8. The sustainability of value in highly competitive industries -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-190) and index
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9781035305414
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (400 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Technological change and mature industrial regions
    Keywords: Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technological innovations Political aspects
    Abstract: Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions explicitly adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to analysing the structural transformation of mature regions. The major focus of the book is from an economics perspective, but it also employs sociological analyses, business history approaches and technological analyses. It critically considers the identification and development of regional capabilities and regional policy initiatives for mature industrial areas in the context of globalisation and technological change. Specific cases from a range of different countries help to distinguish which aspects of mature regions' technology, knowledge or structure are region-specific, and which are more generally applicable to mature industrial regions throughout the world. The book will prove to be invaluable for academic researchers as well as government and policy communities
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Mature regions: Technology, society and industrial structure -- 1. The problems of mature regions: An Introduction and overview / Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann -- 2. Regional capabilities and industrial regeneration / Nick von Tunzelmann -- 3. Multinational firms and technological innovation: The 'global versus local' challenge / Simona Iammarino, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann -- 4. Interdependence among the Brazilian states: An input-output approach / Fernando Salgueiro Perobelli, Eduardo Amaral Haddad and Edson Paulo Domingues -- 5. The changing structure of trade and interdependence in a mature economy: The us midwest / Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and John B. Parr -- 6. Mature industries and declining regions: An analysis of the Spanish case / Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal -- Part II: Mature region-industry case studies -- 7. Birmingham's marshallian knowledge: A constraining geo-historical context for domestic saloon manufacturers? / Peter Clark -- 8. Life after longbridge? Crisis and restructuring in the west midlands auto cluster / David Bailey and Seiji Kobayashi -- 9. Massachusetts medical devices: Leveraging the region's capabilities / Michael H. Best -- 10. Economic restructuring, regional 'visioning' and the role of universities: The outcomes of an automobile plant closure in southern adelaide, australia / Andrew Beer and Holli Thomas -- 11. Maturity or decline of Italian industrial districts / Ivana Paniccia -- 12. Knowledge spillovers and industrial transformation: The west midlands and saxony automotive clusters / Odile E.M. Janne and Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi -- Part III: Regional policy and mature industrial regions -- 13. A cost-benefit approach to the assessment of regional policy / J. Kim Swales -- 14. Regional policies in Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: A shift in paradigm? / Ilaria Mariotti -- 15. Innovation policy after the 'celtic tiger' / Declan Jordan and Eoin O'Leary -- 16. Grants and the location of foreign direct investment: Evidence from the UK regions / Colin Wren and Jonathan Jones -- 17. Cluster policy implementation and evaluation in Slovenia: Lessons from a transition economy / Anja Cotič Svetina, Marko Jaklič and Hugo Zagorsek -- 18. Lagging regions and policy options: The case of greece in the European context / Yannis Psycharis and George Petrakos -- Index.
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9781035305674
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 599 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rose, Adam Economics of climate change policy
    DDC: 363738/74
    Keywords: Environmental economics ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Global warming Economic aspects ; Carbon dioxide mitigation Economic aspects ; Greenhouse gas mitigation Economic aspects ; Energy policy Economic aspects
    Abstract: This important collection embodies the author's pioneering and on-going efforts to incorporate equity and efficiency principles into the economics of climate change policy. It represents a valuable compendium of work, both previously published and original, the range of which is not otherwise readily accessible. Adam Rose was one of the first both to identify the central role of equity among nations and regions in addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and to quantify many equity principles so that they could be incorporated into formal models. Comprising classic explorations into GHG emission trading design with respect to burden-sharing, borrowing and banking, and political constraints, the papers contained in this volume provide guidance on coalition choices for individual states of the US and partnership choices for developing countries involved in the Clean Development Mechanism today and in emission allowance trading in the future. The impacts of mitigation policy across industries and socioeconomic groups are also analysed, using computable general equilibrium models to examine the economic implications of carbon taxes, fuel taxes, tradable emission permits, and strict regulation. In addition, the book establishes a firm grounding for policy analysis by providing a basic understanding of the carbon cycle, drivers of GHG emissions, and some economic impacts of climate change. The Economics of Climate Change Policy will be of great interest and value to academics and students of environmental economics and policy and will be welcomed by environmental policy-makers involved in climate change issues at the local, regional, national and international level
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction: A personal, professional and policy odyssey -- Part I: Introduction and overview -- 1. 'Introduction: Nature of the issue and policy options' -- 2. 'What are the options that could significantly affect the North American carbon cycle?' -- 3. 'An international system of tradeable co2 entitlements: Implications for economic development' -- 4. 'Global warming policy: Who decides what is fair?' -- 5. 'Greenhouse gas mitigation action planning: An overview' -- Part II: Greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts -- 6. 'A greenhouse gas emissions inventory for pennsylvania' -- 7. 'Carbon dioxide emissions in the us economy: A structural decomposition analysis' -- 8. 'Characterizing regional economic impacts and responses to climate change' -- 9. 'Simulating the economic impacts of climate change in the mid-atlantic region' -- 10. 'Global climate change and the value of solar energy in us agriculture' -- Part III: Efficiency considerations in policy design -- 11. 'The efficiency and equity of marketable permits for co2 emissions' -- 12. 'Regrets or no regrets - that is the question: Is conservation a costless co2 mitigation strategy?' -- 13. 'The changing role of transaction costs in the evolution of joint implementation' -- 14. 'An economic analysis of flexible permit trading in the kyoto protocol' -- 15. 'A dynamic analysis of the marketable permits approach to global warming policy: A comparison of spatial and temporal flexibility' -- Part IV: International equity and global cooperation -- 16. 'Reducing conflict in global warming policy: The potential of equity as a unifying principle' -- 17. 'Equity in environmental policy with an application to global warming' -- 18. 'Long-run implications for developing countries of joint implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation' -- 19. 'International equity and differentiation in global warming policy' -- 20. 'Greenhouse gas emissions trading among Pacific rim countries: An analysis of policies to bring developing countries to the bargaining table' -- Part V: National impacts of mitigation policy -- 21. 'Motor-fuel taxes and household welfare: An applied general equilibrium analysis' -- 22. 'Global warming policy, energy, and the Chinese economy' -- 23. 'Greenhouse gas reduction policy in the United States: Identifying winners and losers in an expanded permit trading system' -- 24. 'Interregional burden-sharing of greenhouse gas mitigation in the United States' -- 25. 'Regional carbon dioxide permit trading in the United States: Coalition choices for pennsylvania' -- Part VI: Regional impacts of mitigation policy -- 26. 'Global warming policy and the pennsylvania economy: A computable general equilibrium analysis' -- 27. 'The impact of a carbon tax on the susquehanna river basin economy' -- 28. 'Assessing the impacts of carbon emission reduction policies on the mid-atlantic regional economy: A dynamic computable general equilibrium analysis' -- 29. 'Income distribution impacts of climate change mitigation policy in the susquehanna river basin economy' -- 30. 'Climate change policy formation in minnesota: The case for a regional approach' -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305001
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 384 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mazzarol, Tim, 1957 - The strategy of small firms
    Keywords: Small business Management ; Strategic planning ; Business planning ; Organizational effectiveness
    Abstract: Throughout the book, the authors offer a conceptual framework supported by original case study data to explain how and why a small firm should approach strategic planning, the forces influencing the planning process, and the nexus between innovation and planning. The majority of all businesses throughout the world are small firms, which play a crucial role in the growth of the world's economies. Tim Mazzarol and Sophie Reboud address questions such as: what is the value of planning for small firms, and how should these firms approach strategic planning? This book provides an in-depth analysis of the theory and conceptual frameworks associated with planning and strategy in small firms. It also explores key issues linked with why and how small firms should plan and the benefits they gain. This timely book will be invaluable to academics, postgraduate research students and professional advisors working in the field of small business management and entrepreneurship. Supported by original research and comprehensive key theories, entrepreneurs and practicing managers with an interest in understanding the foundations of planning and strategy will find this book of great importance to them
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The conceptual structure of the book -- 3. A review of the literature Part 1 -- 4. A review of the literature Part 2 -- 5. Entrepreneur versus owner-manager -- 6. The strategic myopia of small firms -- 7. The strategic management process -- 8. Strategic options for small firms -- 9. Innovation as competitive advantage -- 10. Applying the innovation framework -- 11. Strategic networks and outsiders -- 12. Managing the strategic triangle -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-378) and index
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 482 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Salzberger, Thomas Measurement in marketing research
    DDC: 658.83
    Keywords: Marketing research Methodology ; Rasch models
    Abstract: Measurement in Marketing Research investigates latent variables in marketing, focusing on current paradigms as well as recently suggested alternative concepts. The book proposes a unified scientific definition of measurement that allows for testing the hypothesis of the real existence of a latent variable. Thomas Salzberger analyses current measurement approaches in terms of their compliance with the scientific requirements of measurement. He reaches the conclusion that the predominantly applied practices, to a varying extent, suffer from substantial shortcomings, and suggests an alternative framework of measurement based on the philosophy of Rasch modelling. In the Rasch model great importance is attached to the mathematical principles of measurements, which take precedence over 'flexibility' in terms of accommodating idiosyncrasies of the data. The Rasch model promises to narrow the gap between the quality of measurement in the natural sciences and in the social sciences. The future of measurement in marketing is about to be set. This book aims to raise researchers' awareness of measurement issues and to contribute to a transfer of knowledge from psychometrics into marketing research. Marketing researchers and postgraduate students will find this book invaluable
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Quantitative research in marketing -- 2. Contemporary measurement in marketing research -- 3. New contributions on measurement in marketing -- 4. The requirements of measurement -- 5. A new agenda of measurement in marketing -- 6. Scientific and practical marketing research -- 7. Empirical examples -- 8. Conclusions and discussion -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-464) and indexes
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  • 13
    ISBN: 9781035306183
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 310 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kodama, Mitsuru, 1957 - Innovation networks in knowledge-based firms
    DDC: 658.4/063
    Keywords: Knowledge management ; Strategic planning ; Technological innovations
    Abstract: Innovation Networks in Knowledge-based Firms explores corporate strategic management in an information and communication technology (ICT) environment, and illustrates the significance of new business models based on 'boundary innovation' management through broadband networks as fixed and mobile wireless infrastructures. The author bridges theory and practice and provides international scope; he seeks to make transparent the mechanisms behind the processes that generate product and service innovation in ICT industries, such as search and advertising (Yahoo, Google), music distribution (Apple iPod) and gaming (Sony Playstation, Nintendo DS). He develops new business models based on 'boundary innovation' management and explains the innovation networks formed via three types of knowledge innovator - platform, process, and content. These knowledge innovators play an important role in merging different technologies (including ICT) and business models to develop new business value chains and new industries that span various industrial fields. Highlighting new theoretical and managerial insights and implications in the realm of ICT, this book will be invaluable to academics, students and practitioners with an interest in business, management, ICT and high-tech industries
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Network innovation in the knowledge-based society -- 1. Network innovation for knowledge-based firms -- 2. Network innovation through real and virtual space: Theoretical frameworks -- Part II: Platform innovators -- 3. Ict innovation through co-creation and co-evolution -- 4. Boundaries innovation through ict development -- Part III: Process innovators -- 5. Dynamic collaboration through broadband innovation -- 6. Ict-based integrative competences through the balance of process, practice and ict -- Part VI: Content innovators -- 7. Mobile phone business innovation for business ecosystems through co-creation and co-evolution -- 8. Virtual service through collaboration between innovative customers and platform innovators -- Part V: Network innovation through co-creation and co-evolution -- 9. Process view of the knowledge-based firm -- 10. Conclusion: The network innovation-based firm in the knowledge-based society -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-303) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305599
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 354 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economics of digital markets
    DDC: 338.761004
    Keywords: Information technology Economic aspects ; Computer software industry
    Abstract: This innovative book provides state-of-the-art analyses of the current condition of the economics of digital markets. The most recent developments in web technology are evolving, creating an increasingly deregulated environment. Much of the impetus for liberalisation is in response to multimedia convergence and the globalisation of markets, leading to uncertainties in the sector. Gary Madden and Russel Cooper examine the microeconomics of platform structure and firm competition within and between digital markets, modern theoretical treatments of regulatory intervention in digital markets and the consideration of forward-looking experimental analysis of demand for yet-to-be provided services. Bringing together a highly focused group of eminent scholars, this book will appeal to academics, postgraduate students, and both international treaty and national government agencies as well as market analysts
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Policy towards standardisation in wireless telecommunications / Luís M.B. Cabral and David Salant -- 2. Assembling platforms: Strategy and competition / Eric Brousseau and Thierry Pénard -- 3. Fines, damages and the technological protection of information goods / Claude Crampes, Abraham Hollander and Charbel Macdissi -- 4. Vertical relationships and horizontal mergers in the internet / Edmond Baranes and Thomas Cortade -- 5. Strategic commitments and the principle of reciprocity in interconnection pricing / Nicholas Economides, Giuseppe Lopomo and Glenn Woroch -- 6. International sourcing in European telecommunications: Capability development and resource interactions / Carsten Zimmermann, Philipp Zimmermann and Dieter Lange -- 7. Network economic externalities in the media and telecommunications industries / Armando Calabrese, Massimo Gastaldi and Nathan Levialdi Ghiron -- 8. Forecasting ict business markets: A simultaneous equation modelling approach / Moshen Hamoudia and Miriam Scaglione -- 9. A demand system approach to network technology expenditure forecasting with short time-series / Russel Cooper and Gary Madden -- 10. Estimating wireless-only household penetration: A local perspective / Paul Rappoport, James Alleman and Lester Taylor -- 11. Korean mobile number policy and provider switching behaviour / Moon-Koo Kim, Jong-Hyun Park and Kyoung-Yong Jee -- 12. The economic impact of alternative interconnection arrangements among network operators / Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi and Nathan Levialdi Ghiron -- 13. Access-usage complementarity, the waterbed effect and mobile termination charges regulation / Aniruddha Banerjee -- 14. Network neutrality and its potential impact on digital content platforms / Rob Frieden -- 15. Technological advance and the changing structure of transnational standards organisations / D. Linda Garcia and Madhura K. Kale -- 16. Municipal broadband internet initiatives: Lessons from us history / Carol Ting -- 17. Network neutrality: Theory and practice / Gerald R. Faulhaber -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305629
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 332 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Twenty-first century macroeconomics
    Keywords: Economic development Environmental aspects ; Macroeconomics ; Global warming
    Abstract: The authors and editors of this book challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and social equity. Policies including carbon trading, revenue recycling, and reorientation of private and social investment are analyzed, providing insight into new paths for economic development with flat or negative carbon emissions. These issues will be crucial to macroeconomic and development policies in the twenty-first century. What are the likely economic effects of climate change? What are the costs of substantial action to avert climate change? What economic policies can be effective in responding to climate change? The debate has broad implications for public policy. However, it also raises fundamental questions about economic analysis itself, and moves issues of environmental policy from the microeconomic to the macroeconomic level. Taking global climate change seriously requires a re-examination of macroeconomic goals. Economic growth has been closely linked to expanded use of energy, primarily fossil fuels. The assumption of continuing economic growth, in turn, leads economists to discount future costs, including the generational impacts of climate change. Challenging conventional concepts of growth implies different development paths both for rich and poor nations. This volume brings together contributions from scholars around the world to address these issues. Scholars, researchers and students of economics and development studies along with policymakers and non-governmental organizations will find this insightful book of great interest
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / Jonathan M. Harris and Neva R. Goodwin -- Part I: The scope of the challenge -- 1. Understanding the challenge of global warming / Lloyd J. Dumas -- 2. The new climate economics: The stern review versus its critics / Frank Ackerman -- 3. Economics and climate change: Resilience, equity, and sustainability / Neva R. Goodwin -- 4. The right to development in a climate-constrained world / Paul Baer, Tom Athanasiou and Sivan Kartha -- Part II: Macroeconomic theory perspectives -- 5. The economic fundamentals of global warming / Duncan K. Foley -- 6. Energy productivity, labor productivity, and global warming / Lance Taylor -- 7. Macroeconomics and sustainable development: Applying the sustainomics framework / Mohan Munasinghe -- 8. Ecological macroeconomics: Consumption, investment and climate change / Jonathan M. Harris -- Part III: Policy options for responding to climate change -- 9. Cap and dividend: How to curb global warming while promoting income equity / James K. Boyce and Matthew Riddle -- 10. Policies for funding a response to climate change / Brian Roach -- 11. The new EU emissions trading scheme: A blueprint for the global carbon market? / Christian Egenhofer -- 12. Implementation of sustainable development in Poland / Andrzej Kassenberg -- 13. Climate change from the investor's perspective / Adam Seitchik -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305711
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xlii, 209 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Taxation and the promotion of human happiness
    DDC: 336.2001
    Keywords: Taxation
    Abstract: George Warde Norman was a Director of the Bank of England from 1821 to 1872, a key figure behind the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and one of the founders of the Political Economy Club. In 1821 G.W. Norman began an essay on taxation as part of the utilitarian programme. His vision was for increased human happiness through a wholesale reform of the revenue system founded upon direct taxation in the form of a comprehensive property tax. He continued to work on the essay over many years, never losing his faith in the utilitarian ideal or his belief in the property tax solution as the key to fiscal happiness. This book represents G.W. Norman's final thoughts, themselves a manifestation of a significant element in the development of 19th century policy and institutions. This edition of a hitherto unknown work demonstrates the importance of utilitarianism to liberal thinking on taxation. As such, this unique book will appeal to specialists in the history of economic thought and to historians, especially those with an interest in the history of public finance, an area in which G.W. Norman's contribution has been almost entirely overlooked. Providing a new and previously unexploited source, it should also prove to be a fascinating read for postgraduates working in these fields
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Political economy and taxation -- 2. Advantages of taxation -- Part II: Qualities of taxation -- 3. Taxes and other sources of revenue -- 4. Computability -- 5. Simplicity -- 6. Frugality in collection -- 7. Constancy -- 8. Divisibility -- 9. Popularity -- 10. Noninterference -- 11. Equality -- 12. Uncorruptiveness -- 13. Unvexatiousness -- 14. Unevasibility -- Part III: Review of existing or supposed taxes -- 15. Motive influencing the framers of taxes -- 16. General observations on indirect taxes -- 17. Custom house duties -- 18. The excise monopolies -- 19. Taxes on particular classes or persons -- 20. Direct taxes on objects of luxury -- 21. Taxes on travelling and the conveyance of intelligence -- 22. Taxes on justice -- 23. Taxes on the transfer of property, on knowledge, on prudence, on ingenuity, and on health -- 24. Taxes on rent, tythe, land tax -- 25. Continuation of taxes on rent, poor rate, house and window tax -- 26. The poll-tax -- 27. Legacy duty and stamp duty on probates of wills -- 28. The assessed taxes and stamp duties -- 29. Turnpike and bridge tolls, barrières and harbour and light dues -- 30. Taxes on vices -- 31. The income tax in England -- 32. An improved property tax -- 33. Proposals for reform -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages xli-xlii) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305483
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 320 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Doi, Takerō, 1970 - The public sector in Japan
    DDC: 351.52
    Keywords: Public administration
    Abstract: This book provides the reader with the basis for a theoretical understanding of public-sector finance in general - and more specifically, a comprehensive, policy-oriented application of that understanding to Japanese public finance. Particular emphasis is placed upon developing tools which can be used both theoretically and empirically to clarify essential economic concerns in Japan's public sector. These include the macroeconomic incidence of fiscal decentralization, dependence on government bonds for covering fiscal deficits, and social security reform. In analyzing Japan's underperforming public sector, the authors develop and recommend policy solutions aimed at achieving Japan's growth potential, improving the quality of the public sector, and strengthening the sector's contribution to the Japanese economy. Guiding the reader toward an overall understanding of public-sector reforms, decentralization and fiscal policy in Japan, this book will strongly appeal to academics, students and researchers with an interest in modern public finance theory and macroeconomic analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. History of postwar public finance -- 3. The central government budget and fiscal policy -- 4. Aging and intergenerational conflict: Social security benefits and burdens -- 5. Restoring fiscal balance in an aging Japan -- 6. The tax system and its reform -- 7. Local public finance and the soft-budget problem -- 8. Decentralization reform -- 9. The management and sustainability of government debt -- 10. Reform of the public sector -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035306152
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (304 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Migration and human capital
    Keywords: Migration, Internal ; Emigration and immigration Economics aspects ; Emigration and immigration Political aspects
    Abstract: Throughout the world, migration is an increasingly important and diverse component of population change, both at national and sub-national levels. Migration impacts on the distribution of knowledge and generates externalities and spillover effects. This book focuses on recent models and methods for analysing and forecasting migration, as well as on the basic trends, driving factors and institutional settings behind migration processes. Migration and Human Capital also looks at many current policy issues regarding migration, such as the creative class in metropolitan areas, the brain drain, regional diversity, population ageing, illegal immigration, ethnic networks and immigrant assimilation. With specific reference to Europe and North America, the book reviews and applies models of internal migration; analyses the spatial concentration of human capital; considers migration in a family context; and addresses the political economy of international migration. This book will be invaluable for researchers and policy makers in the fields of internal and international migration. It provides up-to-date readings for advanced courses that focus on migration and population change in a global context
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Introduction and overview -- 1. Migration in a globalised world: A new paradigm / Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf and Leo van Wissen -- Part II: Internal migration -- 2. Inter-regional migration modelling: A review / John Stillwell -- 3. In search of a modelling strategy for projecting internal migration in European countries / Leo van Wissen, Nicole van der Gaag, Phil Rees and John Stilwell -- 4. Internal migration between us states: A social network analysis / Gunther Maier and Michael Vyborny -- Part III: Human capital -- 5. Regional concentration of highly educated couples / Signe Jauhiainen -- 6. The emergence of a knowledge agglomeration: A spatial-temporal analysis of intellectual capital in Indiana / Brigitte Waldorf -- 7. Knowledge spillovers: Mobility of highly educated workers within the high technology sector in Finland / Kirsi Mukkala -- 8. Rural-urban income disparities among the highly educated / Audrey Muhlenkamp and Brigitte Waldorf -- Part IV: International migration -- 9. The impact of immigration on the employment of natives in regional labour markets: A meta-analysis / Simonetta Longhi, Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot -- 10. Ethnic network externalities and labour market integration / Thomas de Graaff, Cees Gorter, Henri L.F. de Groot and Peter Nijkamp -- 11. International economic integration and migration: The case of Romania / Daniela L. Constantin, Valentina Vasile, Diana Preda and Luminita Nicolescu -- 12. Migration policies, illegal immigration and the underground economy / Jesús Clemente, Gemma Larramona and Fernando Pueyo -- 13. Brain drains, brain gains and migration policies / Natasha T. Duncan -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305735
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 184 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: INFER advances in economic research
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Integration and globalization
    Keywords: International economic integration Congresses ; Globalization Congresses Economic aspects ; Europe Congresses Economic integration ; Developing countries Congresses Economic integration
    Abstract: The main challenges the European Single Market is facing in the 21st century result from the enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe, the EMU, and the globalization of trade and investment that has aided the rise of competitive emerging markets. This state-of-the-art book provides fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on the challenges presented by integration and globalization for both developed and developing countries. The authors demonstrate how the European Single Market remains a work in progress with many critical issues still to be addressed. These include the rigidities in product and labor markets, the need for innovation and quality upgrading, and the rapid catch-up of new member countries. They go on to show how firms use the opportunities provided by integration and globalization to fragment their production processes internationally, which brings gains but also requires structural adjustment. The book also argues that global environmental coordination may be less detrimental to the growth prospects of developing countries than is commonly believed. Illustrating a number of methodologies, this book will be a great resource tool for postgraduates and undergraduates in the fields of international economics and business, as well as researchers and policy-makers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Overview -- 1. Integration and globalization: An overview / Helena Marques, Elias Soukiazis and Pedro Cerqueira -- Part II: European economies and integration -- 2. Challenges for the internal market in the 21st century / Fabienne Ilzkovitz, Adriaan Dierx, Viktoria Kovacs and Nuno Sousa -- 3. Testing nominal rigidities in an integrated economy: An application to Spain / Maria Ángeles Caraballo and Carlos Usabiaga -- 4. Innovation, competitiveness and growth: The case of central and eastern European countries / Eleonora Cavallaro and Marcella Mulino -- 5. Price convergence in the new EU member states: Selected aspects and implications / Václav Zd'árek -- Part III: Developing economies and globalization -- 6. Outsourcing: A story of metamorphosis / Soumodip Sarkar -- 7. International spillovers and learning by doing in a regionalized model of climate change: A post-kyoto analysis / Nicola Cantore -- 8. Assessing exchange rate pass-through in India during recent globalization / Sushanta Mallick and Helena Marques -- 9. A dynamic cge analysis of the eu-jordan fta: Welfare and policy implications / Omar Feraboli -- Index.
    Note: "The contributions in this volume result from the 6th Workshop in International Economics of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER), held at the University of Coimbra in June 2007."--Preface , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781782541912
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 277 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Knowledge policy
    DDC: 303.48/33
    Keywords: Information policy Economic aspects ; Information policy Social aspects ; Information policy Forecasting ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Information society ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Knowledge Policy illustrates how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the 21st century market place is characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. Does this therefore render cultural and social knowledge unimportant? The contributors attempt to answer this and other important questions using a broader epistemological base for the term 'knowledge'. Policy implications are then developed from this perspective. By examining long-term challenges, this unique book explains what we actually mean by the term 'knowledge' and raises fundamental critiques of existing conceptions of knowledge. It argues that fresh policy thinking is needed not only in more obviously knowledge-intensive sectors, but also across all areas of knowledge production. By way of illustration, the effects of the different dynamics of the knowledge era on defence, health, employment, environment, indigenous and international relations, multiculturalism and urban policy are explored. The book then addresses the enduring question of whether it is possible to produce too much knowledge at the expense of wisdom. Providing a thorough treatment on the meaning, production and application of knowledge, this book will provide a fascinating read for academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policymakers with an interest in public policy and knowledge-based economies
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction / Greg Hearn, David Rooney -- Knowledge services / Ian Miles -- Education and the knowledge economy / Michael A. Peters -- Women and cognitive authority in the knowledge economy / Juli Eflin -- Cultural and creative industries / Terry Flew -- From creative industries to creative economy / Stuart Cunningham -- Information society policy / Lee Komito -- The role of media in the knowledge economy / David Rooney, Bernard McKenna, Rhonda Breit -- Science and technology policy futures / Neal Ryan, Michael Charles -- Justifying science : the need for macroeconomic knowledge policy / Steve Fuller -- The new biology : implications for knowledge policy / Sigrid A. Lehnert -- Copyright 2010 : the need for better negotiability/usability principles / Brian Fitzgerald -- Industry policy as innovation policy / Kate Morrison, Jason Potts -- Employment and innovation in the information economy / John Quiggin -- Environment, water, and energy in the 21st century : the role of deliberative governance for the knowledge society / Richard Hindmarsh -- Citizenship, migration, and multiculturalism after 9/11 : towards new policies for naturalization / Dora Kostakopoulou -- A new paradigm for ethical and sustainable indigenous knowledge policy / Hitendra Pillay -- International relations and geopolitics / Rosita Dellios -- Knowledge policy and the future of war, defence, and peace / Emma N. Kennedy da Silva, Rod B. Lyon -- Conclusion : towards integrated knowledge policy / Greg Hearn, David Rooney.
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    ISBN: 9781781956380
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 236 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kafouros, Mario I. Industrial innovation and firm performance
    DDC: 338/.064
    Keywords: Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Research, Industrial ; International business enterprises
    Abstract: It has long been recognized that R&D plays a key role in the global battle for technological leadership. However, due to intense competition and rivals' imitations, firms are not always able to reap rewards from their innovations. Mario Kafouros theoretically and empirically examines the impacts of innovation and scientific knowledge on the productivity performance of multinational corporations, and the conditions under which companies benefit from their technological discoveries. The book also investigates the extent to which the research efforts of other companies can contribute to a firm's productivity, and how multinationals build on external inventions, ideas and knowledge. The results confirm that not all firms can benefit from innovation, and indicate that whilst some companies can turn technological advances into a powerful competitive weapon, innovation for others is merely a defense mechanism. To provide a clearer understanding of the relationship between innovation and firm productivity performance, the book also investigates a number of additional issues including the costs of R&D, the association between the Internet and R&D efficiency, and the role of competition, internationalization, firm size and technological opportunities. This book will appeal to academics and researchers in the fields of international business, innovation and R&D, productivity and firm performance, the economics of technological change, and knowledge management. As the author examines the conditions under which firms benefit from innovation, managers, R&D directors, economists and government agents may also use the research findings in order to develop strategies and policies to maximize the impacts of innovation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- Part I: The value of innovation -- 2. The process and types of r&d and the role of scientific knowledge -- 3. Innovation: A competitive weapon or a defense mechanism? -- 4. Evaluating the economic payoff of industrial research: A review of past findings -- Part II: Conceptual and methodological issues -- 5. The cost of industrial research and development -- 6. Modeling the effects of research and development -- 7. The data: Measuring innovation and other firm inputs and outputs -- Part III: Empirical findings -- 8. The impact of scientific knowledge on the performance of multinational corporations -- 9. The effects of innovation over time -- 10. The role of knowledge spillovers -- 11. The role of the internet in explaining innovation performance -- 12. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305643
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 173 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lütken, Søren Ender Corporate strategies and the clean development mechanism
    DDC: 363.738/74091724
    Keywords: Sustainable development ; Social responsibility of business ; Emissions trading
    Abstract: This book assesses the structure of projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. It explains why, instead of the expected bilateral structure where a company from an industrialized country invests in a project in a developing country and receives the emission reduction credits in return, a unilateral structure prevails whereby a company from a developing country finances the emission reduction project itself and sells the emission reduction credits. The book arrives at three fundamental, interconnected, conclusions: CDM is logically a unilaterally driven investment activity; CDM investment is an irrelevant compliance instrument for companies from industrialised countries and that this state of affairs is unlikely to change post 2012; and CDM thrives in less equal and less ambitious post-2012 climate regimes. Unique in its analysis of corporate views on investment in CDM projects, this book will find widespread appeal amongst climate policy analysts, company representatives involved in developing CDM acquisition strategies and climate policymakers. It will also be of interest to anyone involved in the study of climate change, emissions reduction and trading and carbon markets
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword by hans jürgen stehr -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction to global climate policy -- 2. The clean development mechanism's role in global climate policy -- 3. Corporate strategic responses to emissions reduction -- 4. A unilateral future for the cdm? -- 5. Perspectives for cdm post 2012 - will it survive? -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-191) and index
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    ISBN: 9781782542483
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 372 pages) , illustrations, maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ecological economics of the oceans and coasts
    DDC: 333.9164
    Keywords: Coastal zone management ; Oceanography Economic aspects ; Environmental economics ; Marine resources development
    Abstract: This timely book offers a fresh view on how oceans and coasts are, and should be, managed. The urgency of this issue is increasingly being recognized, as critical limits to the economic exploitation of our oceans and coasts are reached. The authors argue that ecological economics is in a unique position to address this problem given its particular focus on interconnected ecological and economic systems. Four 'cornerstones' of this ecological economics approach to the oceans and coasts are presented; most importantly, sustainability is the overarching policy goal, rather than economic efficiency, as I soften emphasized in mainstream economics. Secondly, recognizing the biophysical limits and thresholds of marine systems is fundamental. Thirdly, a complex systems view is adopted, which has profound implications for managing marine systems in the face of intrinsic uncertainty, irreversibility and interdependent behaviour. Finally, the approach is necessarily methodologically pluralistic, given the complexity and multi-faceted character of marine ecological-economic systems. Ecological Economics of the Oceans and Coasts is a unique book that will be warmly welcomed by ecological economists, researchers and academics of coastal and marine management and policy as well as natural resource and environmental economists. Policy advisors on oceans and coasts, coastal and marine managers will also find this book of great interest and value
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Towards an ecological economics of the oceans and coasts / Murray Patterson -- Part I: Foundational ecology, complexity and science issues -- 2. Global ecology of the oceans and coasts / Ben McNeil -- 3. Biodiversity of the oceans / Murray Patterson, Garry McDonald, Keith Probert and Nicola Smith -- 4. Oceans and coasts as complex adaptive systems / Mark Gibbs and Anthony Cole -- Part II: Economic and other values of the marine environment -- 5. Neoclassical frameworks for optimizing the value of marine resources / Basil Sharp and Chris Batstone -- 6. Non-market value of ecosystem services provided by coastal and nearshore marine systems / Matthew Wilson and Shuang Liu -- 7. Ecological shadow prices and contributory value: A biophysical approach to valuing marine ecosystems / Murray Patterson -- 8. The open horizon: Exploring spiritual and cultural values of the oceans and coasts / Charlotte Šunde -- Part III: Marine sustainability: Integrating ecology, economics and social dimensions -- 9. Economic drivers of change and their oceanic-coastal ecological impacts / Murray Patterson and Derrylea Hardy -- 10. Integrative economy-ecology models for marine management / Matthias Ruth -- 11. Poverty and inequality at sea: Challenges for ecological economics / Bruce Glavovic -- Part IV: Implementing an ecological economics of the oceans and coasts / 12. Minimum Information Management: Harvesting the Harvesters' Assessment of Dynamic Fisheries Systems / Chris Batstone and Basil Sharp -- 13. Designing property rights for achieving sustainable development of the oceans / Basil Sharp -- 14. Ocean and coastal governance for sustainability: Imperatives for integrating ecology and economics / Bruce Glavovic -- 15. Summary and future challenges for an ecological economics of the oceans and coasts / Murray Patterson and Bruce Glavovic -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305575
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 265 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kwon, O-yul, 1936 - International business in Korea
    DDC: 338.88095195
    Keywords: International business enterprises ; Globalization Economic aspects
    Abstract: O. Yul Kwon uses an institutional framework to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the environmental and operational dynamics of international business in South Korea from the rapid growth period 1963-1996, through recovery from the 1997 financial crisis, to the present. The study assesses that the South Korean market and business practices will maintain some sui generis characteristics because of the country's idiosyncratic culture and singular form of institutional development in the recent past. The book contains comprehensive analysis of macro-level topics (such as business opportunities, cultural influence, country risk and market configuration) and micro-level topics (including business negotiation, business ethics, management of international joint ventures and the management system). This book delivers a wealth of valuable information for a scholarly audience including undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics in international business, as well as for firms considering market entry into South Korea
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The international business environment in korea -- 1. Business opportunities: Korea's economic prospects -- 2. An assessment of political risk of korea: Inter-korea economic relations, politics and state-business relations -- 3. Korean society and culture in transition -- 4. Configuration of the korean market in transition -- 5. Foreign direct investment in korea: Changes in the regime and prospects -- Part II: Business operation and management in korea -- 6. Business negotiation in korea: Cross-cultural aspects -- 7. Business ethics in korea -- 8. The korean management system in transition -- 9. Korea's labor market and human resource management in transition -- 10. International joint ventures in korea: Salient characteristics and management -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304530
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 268 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge, 1948 - Tax reform in Russia
    DDC: 336.2/050947
    Keywords: Taxation
    Abstract: The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 brought enormous political, economic, and social challenges. Since 1991 fiscal reform has been a pillar of Russia's reform agenda. This book analyzes the effort to adopt a modern tax code where previously there were few recognizable taxes, establish an efficient tax administration where taxpayers had never paid taxes directly, and decentralize the system of governance where power had been centralized and dictatorial. Despite the remarkable achievements, many old and new challenges remain. The authors bring an analytical approach to fiscal reform in Russia, providing a detailed analysis of the tax system and estimates of tax compliance and evasion. The book offers a careful examination of the fiscal architecture of Russia and concludes with a presentation of remaining reform needs and options for Russia. Based on Russia's reform experience, the authors also draw lessons for fiscal reform in other developing and transitional countries. Given the dynamic nature of Russia's economic development, this book will prove a timely and informative resource for academics in economics, public finance, political science and public administration as well as for policy makers. Its lessons will also be useful for officials involved with finance in transition and developing countries
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Achievements and failures during the Yeltsin years -- Tax reform under Putin -- Performance of the tax system before and after the reform -- The structure of taxes -- The evolution of tax administration and tax morale -- Tax policy development and intergovernmental fiscal relations -- The next decades of reform.
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    ISBN: 9781035305506
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 225 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Christian theology and market economics
    DDC: 261.85
    Keywords: Economics Religious aspects ; Christianity
    Abstract: There was a time when theologians and economists knew much more about each other's work than they do today. This book is dedicated to reconnecting two disciplines that study different dimensions of the human condition. The well respected contributors - economists, theologians, some both - explore the interaction of Christian theology and market economics, from the earliest times to the modern day. There is much to surprise, puzzle and edify serious students of theology and economics as well as the merely curious. This unique work has a historical time-span reaching from Aristotle to the modern day, thus appealing to those interested in the history of ideas and economic thought as well as the links between theological and economic thought. Economists studying the intellectual roots of their discipline, as well as Christians researching the links between Christian beliefs and the worldly philosophy governing everyday commercial lives will also welcome it
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg -- Part I: Christianity and the history of economic thought -- 1. Aristotle's science of economics / Ricardo F. Crespo -- 2. Christianity's pre-enlightenment contribution to economic thought / Stephen J. Grabill -- 3. Commercial order and the Scottish enlightenment: The christian context / Samuel Gregg -- 4. Christianity's post-enlightenment contribution to economic thought / Paul Oslington -- Part II: Christianity and economic theory -- 5. Christian theology and economics: Convergence and clashes / Geoffrey Brennan and Anthony M.C. Waterman -- 5. Economics as identity / Gordon Menzies -- Part III: Christianity and modern business -- 7. Business as a moral enterprise / Michael J. Miller -- 8. Modern business and its moral and ethical dilemmas in a globalized world / Philip Booth -- 9. Treating 'affluenza': The moral challenge of affluence / Ian R. Harper and Eric L. Jones -- 10. The role of business in the fight against poverty / Peter S. Heslam -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782543992
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 167 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Knoben, Joris Firm mobility and organizational networks
    Keywords: Business relocation ; Business networks ; Economic geography
    Abstract: Joris Knoben illustrates that the number of firm relocations has grown steadily and considerably over the last decade and, at the same time, relationships between organizations have become more important to firm performance. It is often argued that these relationships require geographical stability, and so the author explores how these two seemingly contradictory observations can be reconciled. Insights from economic geography and organization science are utilized to develop a multidisciplinary firm-level perspective on the causes and consequences of firm relocation. Subsequently, this framework is tested empirically. The results show that incorporating the level of embeddedness as well as the spatial mobility of firms into a single framework leads to significantly better explanations of both the spatial behavior of firms as well as of the outcomes of this behavior. All-in-all, the findings indicate that there is a tradeoff between spatial mobility and inter-organizational stability. This multidisciplinary perspective on the relations between organizational networks, spatial firm mobility, and firm performance will be of great interest to a range of scholars, including organization scientists, regional scientists and economic geographers and, managers of relocating companies as well as consultants in this field
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The effects of firm relocation on firm performance: State of the art and directions for future research -- 3. Radical changes in inter-organizational network structures: The longitudinal gap -- 4. Proximity and inter-organizational collaboration: A literature review and beyond -- 5. Research approach and data collection -- 6. A relational account of the causes of firm relocation -- 7. The effects of firm relocation on firm performance -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305124
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 490 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Local public finance in Central and Eastern Europe
    DDC: 336.01443
    Keywords: Local finance ; Local finance
    Abstract: This book explores the system of financing local governments in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using evidence from the last two decades, the authors, experts on their particular countries, describe the development of the current local government finance system in each nation, and the major challenges and policy options they face. The contributions in this book provide comprehensive coverage of a transitional Europe that encompasses both modern local public finance theory and specific applications in the target countries. The book is a recommended read not only for students of local government and local public finance, but also practitioners and all those who have to deal with the accountability and financial issues at local government level in Central and Eastern Europe
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Local government finance in central and eastern Europe: Whither way? / Zeljko Šević -- 2. Albania: Decentralisation and local government finance - key successes and future challenges / Juliana H. Pigey, Artan Hoxha and Sabina Ymeri -- 3. Local government finance in belarus / Yuri Krivorotko -- 4. Local government finance in bosnia and herzegovina / Jean Tesche -- 5. Strengthening local government finance: The case of Bulgaria -- / svetlana alexandrova -- 6. Local government finance in croatia / Anto Bajo and Ivana Jakir-Bajo -- 7. Fiscal decentralisation in the Czech Republic: Problems and prospects / Phillip J. Bryson and Gary C. Cornia -- 8. Local government finance in Estonia / Kenneth A. Kriz -- 9. Decentralisation under fiscal pressure: Local government finances in Hungary / Gábor Péteri -- 10. Local government finance in Latvia / Mudite Priede and Solvita Klapare -- 11. Local government finance in lithuania / Gerda Zigiene, Jadvyga Ciburiene and Mark W. Chandler -- 12. Financing local self-government in the republic of macedonia / Borce Davitkovski and Ana Pavlovska-Daneva -- 13. Local government finance in moldova / Clare T. Romanik, Eugeniu Hristev and Maria Salabuga -- 14. Local government finance in montenegro / Djordjije Blazic -- 15. Local government finance in Poland / Piotr Bury and Pawel Swianiewicz -- 16. Local government finance in Romania / Claudiu Doltu -- 17. Local government finance in serbia / Thomas Meekel -- 18. Local government finance in Slovakia / Juraj Nemec -- 19. Financing local communities in Slovenia / Davor Savin -- 20. Funding local government in ukraine / Sergii Slukhai -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035306176
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 257 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Freeman, Christopher, 1921 - 2010 Systems of innovation
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Evolutionary economics ; Technological innovations Economic aspects
    Abstract: Books on innovation have proliferated in the last quarter of a century, during what the author describes as 'the Schumpeterian Renaissance'. This volume provides an authoritative account of many of these new developments and represents the foundation of much ongoing research on innovation. This superlative set of essays by Chris Freeman, founder of SPRU and one of the pioneers of innovation studies, will be of interest to anyone wanting to gain a deeper understanding of technical and social change. The wide-scope lens of the author covers topics ranging from business cycles, through National Systems of Innovation to the information technology paradigm. Having this valuable material in a single volume will be welcomed by all those involved in the economics of innovation, be it in theory, policy or practice
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword / by Giovanni Dosi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Technological infrastructure and international competitiveness -- 3. Structural crises of adjustment, business cycles and investment behaviour with carlota perez -- 4. Innovation and growth -- 5. Family allowances, technical change, inequality and social policy -- 6. Continental, national and sub-national innovation systems - complementarity and economic growth -- 7. Rise of east Asian economies and the computerisation of the world economy -- 8. A hard landing for the 'new economy'? Information technology and the United States national system of innovation -- 9. 'Catching up' and innovation systems: Implications for eastern Europe -- 10. The ict paradigm -- 11. A schumpeterian renaissance? -- 12. Conclusions: A 'theory of reasoned history' -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782541066
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 245 pages)
    Series Statement: Studies in evolutionary political economy series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Advances in evolutionary institutional economics
    DDC: 330.1
    Keywords: Evolutionary economics ; Institutional economics
    Abstract: Some famous pioneers together with the most promising new practitioners in the field show within this book how they define their subject. This is an authoritative survey of important branches of evolutionary economics, containing innovative new perspectives on market dynamics and evolutionary institutional mechanisms. The authors also tackle enduring problems in the field such as profound uncertainty and the significance of knowledge in economics. This coherent and focused book will appeal to a wide variety of scholars involved in evolutionary and institutional economics, and evolutionary theory. It will also appeal to researchers and students at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : evolutionary economics in the making / Hardy Hanappi and Wolfram Elsner -- Heuristic twists and ontological creeds : a road map for evolutionary economics / Ulrich Witt -- Generalized Darwinism from the bottom up : an evolutionary view of socio-economic behavior and organization / J.W. Stoelhorst -- Comparative industrial evolution and the quest for an evolutionary theory of market dynamics / Guido Buenstorf -- European contributions to evolutionary institutional economics : the cases "open-systems approach" (OSA) and "cumulative circular causation" (CCC) / Sebastian Berger and Wolfram Elsner -- Institutions as determinants of preference change : a one way relation? / Martin Binder and Uta-Maria Niederle -- Complex individuals : the individual in non-Euclidian space / John B. Davis -- The importance of ignorance : non-knowledge and the limits of Bayesianism / Oliver Kessler -- Strong uncertainty and how to cope with it to improve action and capacity / Paul Davidson -- Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship : an evolutionary learning perspective / Carl Henning Reschke and Sascha Kraus -- The problem of knowledge in economics : prices, contracts and organizations / Stavros Ioannides.
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    ISBN: 9781781008140
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 266 pages) , illustrations
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    DDC: 005.8
    Keywords: Computer networks Security measures ; Business enterprises Computer networks ; Security measures ; Computer security Government policy
    Abstract: Cyberspace is the nervous system of today's advanced economies, linking critical infrastructures across public and private institutions. The authors of this book comprehensively explore the many issues surrounding this unique system, including private sector cyber security investment decisions and implementation strategies, public policy efforts to ensure overall security, and government's role in the process. The authors draw primarily on case-based information and focused survey data to describe and critique the economic strategies and broad technical approaches that private sector organizations adopt to secure their information technology infrastructure. Based on an analysis of these strategies, they propose several public policy responses that go beyond those that have come from recent policy reports. These responses include the construction of a national database of reliable and cost-effective information suitable for benchmarking, and public research and development support for innovations and infrastructures. The authors discuss the goal of such efforts: to shift private investments toward more socially-optimal proactive levels and to develop standards and protocols to ensure a more effective use of cyber security technologies. The first systematic analysis of the economics of cyber security, this insightful book will be of great interest to private and public sector managers and strategists involved in cyber security, as well as academics and researchers in the fields of economics, management, information systems, systems engineering, political science, and public policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Technical and economic framework -- 1. The cyber security imperative -- 2. Cyber security trends and issues -- 3. Vulnerabilities and cyber security technologies -- 4. Cyber security investment and implementation strategies: Theories -- 5. Cyber security investment and implementation strategies: Empirical evidence -- 6. Industry-specific cyber security investment decisions -- 7. Cyber security as a public good: Toward public policy recommendations -- Part II: Public policy: Case studies and recommendations -- 8. Data encryption standards -- 9. Improving internet standards -- 10. Infrastructure for software testing -- 11. Insider threats and the case for role-based access control -- 12. Public policy alternatives -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index
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    ISBN: 9781782543480
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 252 pages) , illustrations, maps
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    Keywords: Sustainable agriculture ; Land use, Rural
    Abstract: In large parts of the world, the reduction in the viability of agriculture and rural areas is an escalating problem. Sustainable Land Management offers a contemporary overview of the strategies employed to cope with the marginalisation of agriculture, through analyses of case studies and regional trends in marginalisation. The authors argue that complexities and driving forces governing marginalisation are not always the same across nations and regions due to climate, geography, economics, legislation and political status. This book illustrates in what form these complexities exist, and how these unravel at the national and regional levels. As the need to understand and cope with marginalisation processes has developed, the concept of multi-functionality has also gained a vital place in the string of coping strategies. This work contributes essential knowledge for the development of marginalisation mitigation policy actions across the globe. Informative and well-documented, this book will appeal to those researching and working in the fields of agricultural and resource economics, rural geography, environmental governance and sustainable development
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction / Floor Brouwer and Teunis van Rheenen -- Pt. I. Understanding Marginalisation and Multifunctionality -- 2. Understanding marginalisation in the periphery of Europe: a multidimensional process / Teresa Pinto-Correia and Bas Breman -- 3. Multifunctionality: what do we know of it? / Patrick Caron and Dominique Cairol -- 4. The clock is ticking for rural America / Michael Duffy -- Pt. II. Efforts to Strengthen Viability of Agriculture -- 5. Northern European features and vulnerability to marginalisation: exploring indicators and modes of coping / Shivcharn S. Dhillion ... [et al.] -- 6. Marginalisation of rural economies in the Czech Republic and Hungary / Alajos Fehér ... [et al.] -- 7. Rural amenities in mountain areas / Thomas Dax and Georg Wiesinger -- 8. Marginalisation in Spanish dry areas: the case of Villafáfila Lagoons Reserve / Jordi Rosell, Lourdes Viladomiu and Anna Zamora -- 9. How visible is marginalisation in Europe? / Teunis van Rheenen and Floor Brouwer -- Pt. III. Sustainable Land Management Practices -- 10. High nature value farming and the agri-food chain in Japan / Yoichi Matsuki and Miki Nagamatsu -- 11. Social capital: a dynamic force against marginalisation? / Georg Wiesinger ... [et al.] -- 12. Understanding the quality of land in agricultural land use systems / Anna Martha Elgersma ... [et al.] -- 13. Emerging perspectives on changing land management practices / Floor Brouwer, Teunis van Rheenen and Shivcharn S. Dhillion.
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    ISBN: 9781782542520
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 470 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Fouquet, Roger, 1969 - Heat, power and light
    Keywords: Energy industries History ; Energy industries Environmental aspects ; Energy consumption History
    Abstract: What happens when a radically-new fuel or technology transforms the energy system? How does the energy system evolve at different stages of economic development? What are the implications for people's lives and their environment? Building on an award-winning article, in this exciting book Roger Fouquet investigates the impacts of technological innovations and economic development over the last seven hundred years on our ability to provide heat, power, transport and light. Using a unique data set, collected over a decade, the analysis identifies the forces driving revolutions in energy services. It highlights the tendency of markets to produce ever-cheaper energy services, which in turn incite greater energy consumption. It also examines how these revolutions affect people's well-being and the environment. The framework, analysis and insights in this book offer an original perspective on future energy markets, transitions to low-carbon economies and strategies for addressing climate change. Heat, Power and Light is an invaluable and unique contribution to this profoundly important topic. As such it will appeal to a wide audience of energy economists, climate change analysts, policymakers, economic and technology historians and economists more broadly
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. The past, present and future of energy services -- 2. Energy demand, technological change and economic development -- 3. Historical data and methods -- 4. Heating -- 5. Stationary power -- 6. Transport -- 7. Lighting -- 8. Producing cheaper services -- 9. Consuming more services -- 10. External costs of cheaper and more energy services -- 11. Policies influencing the trends in energy services -- 12. Future trends in energy services -- 13. Policy discussion related to long-run energy services -- 14. Conclusion.
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    ISBN: 9781035306114
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 442 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Studies of small and medium sized enterprises in East Asia 4
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Small and medium sized enterprises in East Asia
    DDC: 338.6/42095
    Keywords: Small business ; East Asia Economic conditions
    Abstract: This fourth volume in the Studies of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia series focuses on regional and sectoral dimensions in a number of regional economies and economic sectors. The contributors place special emphasis on the importance of SME networking and clustering initiatives and activities. They argue that these initiatives support and nurture the global competitiveness of local SMEs in various economic sectors across the East Asian region. The book goes on to illustrate the increasing recognition that important local, regional and sectoral dimensions of SMEs, activities require their own specific micro policy measures. This is significant as the vitality of many local regional economies depends upon the activities of these local SMEs. The importance and inherent potential of SMEs as small but significant players in national economies and industries is increasingly recognised by policymakers and scholars around the world. Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia will therefore strongly appeal to both academics and practitioners involved with business and management, Asian studies, industrial organization and entrepreneurship
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. General issues -- 1. Introduction and overview - small and medium sized enterprises: Sectoral and regional dimensions / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee -- 2. The SME Policy Framework in ASEAN and APEC: Benchmarks, Comparison and Analysis / Chris Hall -- PART II. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND LINKAGES -- 3. SME Export Competitiveness in Developing Countriesthrough Foreign Investment and Business Linkages / Philippe Régnier -- 4. The Internationalization of SMEs in European Transformation Economies: Lessons for East Asia? / David J. Pollard -- 5. Trust, Dependency and Reciprocity: Interconnections of Key Dimensions of Guanxi / Susan Freeman and Chandler Lim PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- 6. Export Performance in Small and Medium Enterprises: Sectoral and Regional Dimensions in NSW Australia / Ann Hodgkinson and Paul McPhee -- 7. Exploring the Consequences of Delayed Adoption of Electronic Commerce by Regional SMEs in Australia / Lin Crase, Peter Lamb and Evan Patullock -- 8. Reforming China's Cooperative Economy: Issues and Experiences / Jenny Clegg -- 9. SME Development Strategy in Vietnam / Charles Harvie -- 10. Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Study of Businesses in New South Wales Australia / Jane Olsen, Boon-Chye Lee and Ann Hodgkinson -- 11. SME Development in Malaysia: Domestic and Global Challenges / Ali Salman Saleh and Nelson Oly Ndubisi -- PART IV. INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES -- 12. Support Mechanisms for SME Development in Indonesia: A Firm Level Survey in the Metalworking and Machinery Industry / Mitsuhiro Hayashi -- 13. Trade Reforms and the Survival of the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Industries in Australia / Kankesu Jayanthakumaran -- 14. SME Market Entry: Barriers, Positioning and Performance in the Asia-Pacific Oil and Gas Industry / Brian Kenny and Paul Tobin -- 15. Strategic Competitiveness, Human Resource Strategy and Organizational Performance Linkage Amongst SMEs in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector / Za'faran Hassan -- 16. The Role of Government in Fostering Sectoral SME Development: An Analysis of the Tourism Industry in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore / Michael T. Schaper, Jack Carlsen and Ruth Taylor -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781959275
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (320 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Management and innovation in the media industry
    Keywords: Mass media Technological innovations ; Management ; Organizational change
    Abstract: This comprehensive book covers relevant issues on how media companies are currently embracing innovation, the levels at which they are doing so, and how innovation can help media companies to meet their development needs in the future. The primary focus of this study is the relationship between management and innovation in the media industry. The book evaluates the importance and the role of innovation within the media industry and helps identify and evaluate the drivers of innovation. The contributors demonstrate and build upon an understanding of the issues and strategies that bind media firms to new processes and technologies and offer clear guidelines on how media companies can accelerate growth through effective internal and external collaboration. Management and Innovation in the Media Industry highlights those issues that influence strategies, organizational structures, media content management and public interest within media firms. This unique study offers both new theoretical and empirical insights on decision making aspects of innovation relevant for those executives and policy makers operating within the media or related industries. It will be of great interest to academics and students in the fields of communication and journalism as well as innovation management
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Innovation perspectives -- 1. Innovation and creativity in the media industry: What? Where? How? / Lucy Küng -- 2. Understanding innovation in new and young media firms / Alexander McKelvie and Johan Wiklund -- 3. Applying intellectual property rights theory to the analysis of innovation competition in mass media content markets - a general framework and a theoretical application to media formats / Frank Lobigs and Gabriele Siegert -- Part II: Innovation research -- 4. Towards a methodological foundation of media innovation research / Frank Habann -- 5. Promises and challenges of innovation surveys: The German record industry / Christian Handke -- Part III: Strategy and innovation performance -- 6. Transformations in the media industry: Customization and branding as strategic choices for media firms / Ana Andjelic -- 7. Strategies to exploit the advantages of new targeting technologies: Realizing the advertising revenue potential of media audiences / Steven S. Wildman -- 8. Media organizational culture and innovative performance / Richard van der Wurff and Mark Leenders -- 9. Innovation through external sourcing activities: An overview of major trends and patterns of the telecommunications service provider industry / Hans van Kranenburg, Jaqueline Pennings, Cinzia Dal Zotto and John Hagedoorn -- Part IV: Innovation management -- 10. Diffusion of innovation in news organizations: Action research of middle managers in danish mass media / Anker Brink Lund -- 11. Decision making by newspaper editors: Understanding values and change / George Sylvie and J. Sonia Huang -- 12. Social piloting as testing methodology for media innovations / Andreas E. Tasch and Tobias Fredberg -- 13. Managing innovation in audience measurement: The us case studies of bookscan and the local people meter / Philip M. Napoli and Kurt Andrews -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305568
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 234 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cesarano, Filippo Money and monetary systems
    DDC: 332.4
    Keywords: Money History ; Monetary policy History ; Monetary unions History
    Abstract: Monetary theory not only provides the tools to analyse monetary arrangements, it also shapes them in an essential way. The selected papers gathered together in this book deal with a variety of topics concerning both aspects of this twofold relationship. A number of controversial issues regarding the demand for money are empirically investigated and the functioning of a cashless economy is clarified by critically assessing the new monetary economics. Filippo Cesarano shows the important role played by monetary theory in shaping the evolution of monetary arrangements. This principle is illustrated by focusing on several issues relating to both current and future developments of monetary institutions: the optimum quantity of money, the international monetary system and monetary unions. Equilibrium models are viewed as a benchmark against which the actual conditions of the economy must be set. Money and Monetary Systems will be of great interest and value to economists specialising in monetary theory and international monetary economics, postgraduate students in economics and economic historians
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword / David Laidler -- Introduction -- 1. On money and monetary systems -- Part I: The demand for money -- 2. Money and quasi-money -- 3. Financial innovation and demand for money: Some empirical evidence -- 4. Demand for money and expected inflation -- Part II: The new monetary economics -- 5. The new monetary economics and the theory of money -- 6. Legal restrictions theory and the rate-of-return dominance of money -- 7. The new monetary economics and keynes' theory of money -- Part III: Monetary systems -- 8. Monetary systems and monetary theory -- 9. Providing for the optimum quantity of money -- 10. Competitive money supply: The international monetary system in perspective -- 11. The bretton woods agreements: A monetary theory perspective -- Part IV: Monetary unions -- 12. On the viability of monetary unions -- 13. Monetary union: A theoretical perspective -- 14. Currency areas and equilibrium -- 15. The equilibrium approach to optimum currency areas -- 16. Optimum currency areas: A policy view -- Part V: Economics as a social science -- 17. Economic history and economic theory -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782542346
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 176 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Groenewold, Nicolaas, 1949 - Linkages between China's regions
    DDC: 330.951
    Keywords: Regionalism ; China Economic conditions 1976-2000 ; Regional disparities ; China Economic conditions 2000- ; Regional disparities ; China Economic conditions 1976-2000 ; China Economic conditions 2000- ; China Economic policy 1976-2000 ; China Economic policy 2000-
    Abstract: The rate of economic growth in China over the last 50 years has been remarkable. However this has only highlighted the inequalities between regions in China, making for considerable disquiet at the highest levels of Chinese policy-making. Not everyone has benefited from the same levels of prosperity and this book examines the many and varied policy solutions and proposals that have been applied to this thorny problem. The authors find that the industrial core of China (the South East and the Changjiang and Yellow River regions) is reasonably well integrated but not well connected to the remainder of the country. Indeed, evidence suggests that development in coastal areas comes at the expense of that in the interior while much of the policy designed to boost the interior actually flows to the coastal provinces. This original analysis of the linkages between regions in China, and regional policy since 1949, will prove an invaluable and illuminating account to a wide readership. This will include academics and researchers of Chinese studies and regional economics as well as policy-makers in the region
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. China's regions and regional disparities, 1953 to 2005 -- 3. Regional policy in China, 1953 to 2005 -- 4. Literature survey -- 5. An analysis of spillovers: A three-region model -- 6. An exploration of the sensitivity of the three-region results -- 7. Spillovers in a model with six regions -- 8. Spillovers of policy shocks in China -- 9. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-165) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781959527
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 349 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Economists of the twentieth century
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Chipman, John Somerset, 1926 - The theory of international trade ; Vol. 1
    DDC: 382
    Keywords: International trade
    Abstract: John Chipman is one of the most esteemed economists working in international trade theory. This major reference work, presented in two volumes, offers his principal work in an accessible form. Volume I presents Chipman's famous survey articles on the theory of international trade which are generally recognized to be an essential starting point for any serious study of the subject. The papers explore the evolution of thought from classical to new-classical and on to modern theory. The work remains pertinent and lively and will prove invaluable to anyone interested in international trade. The volume closes with two non-survey articles that expand upon ideas first discussed in the earlier works. This landmark book and its companion volume gather together truly seminal articles that are widely scattered through the literature, and will be an essential source of reference for both instructors and graduate students concerned with international trade theory
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: A survey of the theory of international trade -- 1. The survey of international trade: Part 1, the classical theory -- 2. A survey of the theory of international trade: Part 2, the neo-classical theory -- 3. A survey of the theory of international trade: Part 3, the modern theory -- Part II -- 4. International trade -- 5. Balance-of-payments theory from locke to ricardo -- 6. Factor price equalization and the stolper-samuelson theorem -- 7. Product diversification, equalization of factor rentals, and consumer pReferences -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781956489
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 154 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Reissner, Stefanie Narratives of organisational change and learning
    DDC: 658.4/06
    Keywords: Organizational change ; Organizational learning
    Abstract: Narratives of Organisational Change and Learning explores how organisations learn from profound change and create new futures through the narrative process of sense-making. Stefanie Reissner investigates change and learning through the comparative and contextual analysis of organisational stories. This timely and important book focuses on: * how organisational actors make sense of, and learn from, profound change as exemplified by three manufacturing firms from Britain, South Africa and Russia * the interaction between organisational change and wider social, economic and political changes in the organisations' environments; their impact on the organisational actors' identity is also examined * the complex responses to organisational change epitomised by patterns of stories prevalent in each of the three organisations, as well as important insights into often unacknowledged narrative processes of learning which result from profound change. This comprehensive, in-depth account will be warmly welcomed by academics and postgraduates, particularly MBA and doctoral students interested in organisational change, learning, and qualitative research, and will also appeal to management educators and management consultants
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Change, learning, narrative and making sense -- 3. Frontiers of change -- 4. The world of organisational stories -- 5. Personal experiences of change -- 6. Competing stories -- 7. Conclusion -- Methodological appendix -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782542575
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 378 pages)
    Series Statement: Advances in ecological economics series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sustainable welfare in the Asia-Pacific
    DDC: 338.95
    Keywords: Economic development ; Economic development ; Sustainable development ; Sustainable development ; Public welfare ; Public welfare
    Abstract: Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a means of describing the wave of GDP growth experienced across the Asia-Pacific region over the past twenty years. Implicit in this description is the assumption that the Asia-Pacific region has progressed at the same rate that GDP has risen over the same period. But is this truly the case? Employing a Genuine Progress Indicator as an alternative measure of sustainable welfare, the contributors to this book aim to answer this question by presenting case studies of seven Asia-Pacific nations. The results reveal that all is not as positive as conventional indicators might suggest. The book shows that the three wealthy nations - Australia, New Zealand, and Japan - have long reached a level of GDP beyond which further growth is detrimental to their sustainable welfare while the four poorer nations - China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam - are fast approaching a similar situation, but at much lower per capita levels of sustainable welfare. In view of these results, it is argued that genuine progress in the Asia-Pacific region requires the wealthy nations to focus on qualitative improvement (development) rather than GDP growth. As for the poorer nations, it is argued that population stabilisation demands urgent attention while the GDP growth required over the next two to three decades must be as clean, efficient, and equitable as possible. Sustainable Welfare in the Asia-Pacific will appeal to a wide audience of academics and researchers in the areas of ecological, environmental and natural resource economics, development, green national accounting, and environmental management. It will also find a readership in policymakers, environmental managers and NGOs, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface / Herman Daly -- Part I: Introduction to the Asia-Pacific region and the genuine progress indicator -- 1. An Introduction to the Asia-Pacific region / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- 2. Why is gross domestic product an inadequate indicator of sustainable welfare? / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- 3. What is the genuine progress indicator and how is it typically calculated? / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- 4. In defence of the genuine progress indicator / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- Part II: Measuring the genuine progress of Asia-Pacific nations -- 5. Genuine progress in australia: Time to rethink the growth objective / Philip Lawn -- 6. Calculating the new zealand genuine progress indicator / Vicky Forgie, Garry McDonald, Yanjiao Zhang, Murray Patterson and Derrylea Hardy -- 7. Genuine progress in Japan and the need for an open economy GPI / Matsuyo Makino -- 8. Genuine progress in India: Some further growth needed in the immediate future but population stabilisation needed immediately / Philip Lawn -- 9. From GDP to the GPI: Quantifying thirty-five years of development in China / Zonggou Wen, Yan Yang and Philip Lawn -- 10. Genuine progress in Thailand: A systems-analysis approach / Matthew Clarke and Judith Shaw -- 11. Genuine progress in Vietnam: The impact of the doi moi reforms / Vu Xuan Nguyet Hong, Matthew Clarke and Philip Lawn -- Part III: Genuine progress across the Asia-Pacific region -- 12. Genuine progress across the Asia-Pacific region: Comparisons, trends, and policy implications / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035306190
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 262 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: INFER advances in economic research series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Regional economic policy in Europe
    Keywords: Regional planning ; European Union countries Economic policy ; Regional disparities ; European Union countries Economic conditions
    Abstract: Regional Economic Policy in Europe presents a tightly focused selection of policy, empirical and theoretical perspectives on contemporary dimensions of regional economic policy in the EU. It concentrates on three areas; the dissimilarities and resulting convergence of disparate regions within the EU; the localisation of economic activities and how regions can understand and manage them and, finally, the experiences and lessons that can be drawn from European regional policy. While exploring EU cohesion and regional development more widely, the book also examines Spanish, Belgian and Eastern European experiences on growth, human capital, foreign investment and technological spillovers. This up-to-date and thoroughly researched study is one that will be appreciated by academics and researchers of European studies and regional economics in Europe. Policymakers will also find the conclusions reached within the pages of this book invaluable
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Overview -- 1. New challenges in regional economics: An overview / Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz, Michael H. Stierle, Frederic B. Jennings, Jr. and Adrian T.H. Kuah -- Part II: The economic landscape in Europe: Regional disparities, catching-up and convergence -- 2. Human capital, growth and inequality in the Spanish regions / Angel de la Fuente and Rafael Doménech -- 3. What helps regions in eastern Europe catch up? The role of foreign investment, human capital and geography / Gabriele Tondl and Goran Vuksic -- Part III: Localisation of economic activities: The role of technology spillovers, clusters and fiscal policy -- 4. Asymmetric economic integration in a two-region model and the effects on unemployment and growth / Pascal Hetze -- 5. Intra-industry trade and technological spillovers: The case of belgian manufacturing / Filip Abraham and Jan van Hove -- 6. Industrial clusters and transaction cost / Hailin Sun and Luoping Sun -- 7. Fiscal design and the location of economic activity / Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz -- Part IV: European regional policy: experiences and lessons -- 8. Do economic models tell us anything useful about cohesion policy impacts? / John Bradley and Gerhard Untiedt -- 9. Conditions for a contribution by the structural funds to real convergence of the recently acceded member states / Michael H. Stierle and Anita Halasz -- 10. Convergence and public investment in Spain: Regional policies revisited / Santiago Lago-Peñas and Diego Martínez-López -- 11. European cohesion policy and the Spanish economy / Simón Sosvilla-Rivero and José A. Herce -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781008508
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 119 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Creedy, John, 1949 - Research without tears
    DDC: 001.4
    Keywords: Dissertations, Academic Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Research Handbooks, manuals, etc Methodology ; Doctor of philosophy degree
    Abstract: Research Without Tears provides a concise and fascinating guide for those starting their first research project and writing a paper, report or thesis. John Creedy, a widely published writer himself in both journals and books, argues that the process of planning and executing a research project, and producing a research paper which communicates results in a clear and succinct way, is far from self-evident even to those with extensive experience of writing other types of report or essay. This unique and invaluable book therefore sets down explicitly some of those points that even experienced researchers often take for granted. The book covers topics including: planning a first research project; writing a first research paper; writing a thesis and the relationship with a supervisor; the differences between journal and book publishing and what to expect from editors of both publishing formats. It also offers invaluable advice on structure, writing clearly and pitfalls to avoid as well as the processes involved in publishing. This highly interesting and valuable book will be essential reading for students and academics in economics and other related disciplines
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction and outline -- Part II: A first research paper -- 2. Starting research -- 3. Writing a research paper -- Part III: Working on a phd -- 4. The phd journey -- Part IV: Publishing research -- 5. Books and journals compared -- 6. Publishing in journals -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305520
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 358 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New dimensions in networks
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cooperative networks
    DDC: 003
    Keywords: System analysis ; Information networks ; Mathematical optimization
    Abstract: Cooperative networks have gained a tremendous amount of attention over the last several years because of their existence not only in biological, social and economic arenas, but because of direct applications in many more areas such as communications, robotics and military sciences. This volume reflects a cross-fertilization of ideas from a broad set of disciplines and creativity from a diverse array of scientific and engineering research. While the benefits of networks in general have been recognized for quite some time, the idea of cooperative networks has several novel implications. Because distributed processing by heterogeneous nodes promises significant increases in system capability, performance and efficiency, research has intensified with a breadth of promising applications. Topics in this volume include networks of unmanned vehicles in uncertain environments, networks subject to eavesdropping and jamming, optimal node task-allocation, network complexity analysis, cooperative search involving multiple unmanned vehicles, and cooperative communications in ad-hoc networks, optimal control and optimization in man-in-the-loop scenarios. A broad array of readers, including faculty, graduate students and researchers interested in optimization, computer science, engineering, the social and behavioral sciences and related applications in cooperative systems will find this volume of great value
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Token-based approach for scalable team coordination / Yang Xu, Paul Scerri, Michael Lewis and Katia Sycara -- 2. Consensus controllability for coordinated multi-agent systems / Zhipu Jin and Richard M. Murray -- 3. Decentralized cooperative optimization for systems coupled through the constraints / Yoshiaki Kuwata and Jonathan P. How -- 4. Consensus building in cooperative control with information feedback / Wei Ren -- 5. Levy flights in robot swarm control and optimization / Yechiel J. Crispin -- 6. Eavesdropping and jamming communication networks / Clayton W. Commander, Panos M. Pardalos, Valeriy Ryabchenko, Oleg Shylo, Stan Uryasev, Grigoriy Zrazhevsky -- 7. Network algorithms for the dual of the constrained shortest path problem / Bogdan Grechuk, Anton Molyboha, Michael Zabarankin -- 8. Towards an irreducible theory of complex systems / Victor Korotkikh -- 9. Complexity of a system as a key to its optimization / Victor Korotkikh and Galina Korotkikh -- 10. Grasp with path-relinking for the cooperative communication problem on ad hoc networks / Clayton W. Commander, Paola Festa, Carlos A.S. Oliveira, Panos M. Pardalos, Mauricio G.C. Resende and Marco Tsitselis -- 11. Optimal control of an atr module - equipped mav/human operator team / Meir Pachter, Philip R. Chandler and Dharba Swaroop -- 12. An investigation of a dynamic sensor motion strategy / Nathan P. Yerrick, Abhishek Tiwari and David E. Jeffcoat -- 13. Market based adaptive task allocations for autonomous agents / Jared W. Patterson and Kendall E. Nygard -- 14. Cooperative persistent surveillance search algorithms using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles / Daniel J. Pack and George W.P. York -- 15. Social networks for effective teams / Paul Scerri and Katia Sycara -- 16. Optimization approaches for vision-based path planning for autonomous micro-air vehicles in urban environments / Michael Zabarankin, Andrew Kurdila, Oleg A. Prokopyev, Ryan Causey, Anukul Goel and Panos M. Pardalos -- 17. Cooperative stabilization and tracking for linear dynamic systems / Yi Guo -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305667
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 281 pages) , illustration
    Series Statement: INFER advances in economic research
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The shadow economy, corruption and governance
    DDC: 338.5
    Keywords: Informal sector (Economics) ; Corporations Corrupt practices ; Political corruption
    Abstract: This book contributes to the current debates on the shadow economy and related issues of tax evasion and corruption. The approach taken here is one that will develop a better understanding of these related issues, which are increasingly seen as impediments to country competitiveness and economic growth. Economists and policymakers are increasingly focused on how the shadow economy operates. The contributors discuss how effective corporate governance may help to reduce both the occurrence and effects of illegal activities. The book begins by considering institutional governance and how issues such as economic growth and development can be better understood by gaining a deeper understanding of the decision-making process. The importance of collective persuasion and collective decision-making in an institutional context is illustrated. The remainder of the work details a series of empirical studies outlining the role of governance and institutional capacity in assessing economic performance, the role of political competition in reducing corruption and measures of, and influences on, corruption in different countries around the world. Institutions such as the WTO, World Bank and the IMF will find much to engage them in this book as will policy makers in government and research policy agencies. It will also hold great appeal to academics (postgraduate and above) in the fields of political economy, economic development and international economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Overview -- 1. Governance and illegal activities: A survey of recent developments and issues / Michael Pickhardt and Edward Shinnick -- Part II: Key issues of institutional governance -- 2. The political economy of governance and development: Towards a new worldview / Ismail Adams -- 3. A dynamic theory of collective persuasion / Athanassios Pitsoulis -- 4. On the optimal sanction structure when individuals are imperfectly informed about the probability of apprehension / Tim Friehe -- Part III: Empirical studies on institutions, governance corruption and the shadow economy -- 5. Institutional capacity and the celtic tiger economy: Ireland in comparative perspective / Frank Barry -- 6. Reducing petty corruption: What role for a more competitive political system? / John K. Wilson -- 7. Shadow economies and corruption all over the world: What do we really know? / Friedrich Schneider -- 8. Determinants of shadow economy in tunisia and algeria: A firm-level analysis / Clara Delavallade -- 9. "it's a lot, but let it stay": How tax evasion is perceived across Italy / Carlo Fiorio and Alberto Zanardi -- 10. Why do individuals evade payroll and income taxation in Estonia? / Kenneth A. Kriz, Jaanika Meriküll, Alari Paulus, Karsten Staehr -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305438
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 504 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Vermeend, Willem Taxes and the economy
    DDC: 330.9
    Keywords: Taxation ; OECD countries Economic policy
    Abstract: This book discusses the impact of taxation on economic growth, employment, investment, consumption and the environment. The public finance literature commonly distinguishes between three major functions of taxation: the traditional function of raising revenue to finance government expenditure; the distributional function as an instrument to alter the distribution of income and wealth amongst households; and the regulatory function that uses taxation at the benefit of stabilization and other economic policies. Especially after the Second World War, OECD countries have increasingly used taxation to achieve a variety of economic and social objectives. Today many governments use the tax system to stimulate economic growth and employment. Fiscal measures also play a role in creating a favourable climate for business investment and to promote a long-term sustainable environmental policy. Currently, in the debate on global warming, the use of tax instruments to tackle climate change is on the top of the international agenda. The authors aim to provide the reader with the necessary empirical information, while at the same time presenting an overview of the latest theory and best practices. In doing so, many relevant policy issues are touched upon. Based on theoretical and empirical studies and practical experiences in OECD countries, the book establishes guidelines for effective tax policy. The book offers tools for tax design in a globalising economy and the world of the internet with increasing tax competition and a growing battle for companies and brains between countries. The book also presents a 'carrot and stick' model to promote clean technologies, reduce pollution and combat climate change. The message from the authors is straightforward: broad, low, simple, and a shift from income to consumption taxation. These principles are illustrated in a concept proposal for a so-called Second Life Tax system
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Principles of taxation -- 1. Taxation and economic policy -- 2. The design of tax systems -- Part II: Key macroeconomic variables -- 3. Taxes, benefits and labour market performance -- 4. Capital markets, investment and taxation -- 5. Taxes on consumption -- Part III: Knowledge-based society and economic growth -- 6. Tax incentives for research and development -- 7. Taxes and human capital accumulation -- Part IV: Sustainable development -- 8. Tax competition -- 9. Greening tax systems -- Part V: Lessons for tax policy -- 10. Summary of findings and recommendations -- Appendices: A1. Economic growth -- A2. Keynesian economics -- A3. Microeconomic topics in commodity taxation -- A4. The oecd classification of taxes -- A5. Revenue statistics -- A6. Relevant web links -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781008768
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 428 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: PRIME series on research and innovation policy
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The handbook of technology foresight
    DDC: 338.064
    Keywords: Technological innovations Government policy ; Technological innovations Forecasting
    Abstract: Foresight has emerged as a key instrument for the development and implementation of research and innovation policy. The main focus of activity has been at the national level. Governments have sought to set priorities, to build networks between science and industry and, in some cases, to change their research system and administrative culture. Foresight has been used as a set of technical tools, or as a way to encourage more structured debate with wider participation leading to the shared understanding of long-term issues. In this comprehensive and critical Handbook, cross-cutting analytical chapters explore the emergence and positioning of foresight, common approaches and methods, organisational issues, and the scope for policy transfer and evaluation. Leading experts and practitioners contribute chapters analysing experiences in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the USA, Japan, China, Latin America, small European nations, Nordic countries and selected developing countries. The book concludes with consideration of the future of foresight itself. This fascinating Handbook will appeal equally to those wishing to apply foresight to their policy or strategy-making activities, and to those studying the theory and practice of foresight. The Handbook will be vital reading for policymakers considering, commissioning, or using foresight, companies eager to use public foresight, as well as academics and researchers in foresight, futures and STI policy and management communities
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: The nature of foresight -- 1. The many faces of foresight / Ian Miles, Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Luke Georghiou, Michael Keenan and Rafael Popper -- 2. From futures to foresight / Ian Miles -- 3. Foresight methodology / Rafael Popper -- Part II: Foresight experience around the world -- 4. Foresight in the United Kingdom / Michael Keenan and Ian Miles -- 5. Foresight in France / Rémi Barré -- 6. Foresight in Germany / Kerstin Cuhls -- 7. Foresight in the usa / Alan L. Porter and W. Bradford Ashton -- 8. Foresight in Japan / Terutaka Kuwahara, Kerstin Cuhls and Luke Georghiou -- 9. Foresight in nordic countries / Annele Eerola and Birte Holst Jørgensen -- 10. Foresight in smaller countries / Patrick Crehan and Jennifer Cassingena Harper -- 11. Foresight in industrialising asia / Ron Johnston and Chatri Sripaipan -- 12. Foresight in Latin America / Rafael Popper and Javier Medina -- 13. Foresight in cee countries / Attila Havas and Michael Keenan -- Part III: Policy and management issues in foresight -- 14. Policy transfer and learning / Luke Georghiou and Jennifer Cassingena Harper -- 15. Scoping and planning foresight / Michael Keenan and Ian Miles -- 16. Evaluation and impact of foresight / Luke Georghiou and Michael Keenan -- 17. New frontiers: Emerging foresight / Ian Miles, Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Luke Georghiou, Michael Keenan and Rafael Popper -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305544
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 208 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 004.0218
    Keywords: Information technology Standards
    Abstract: This book addresses the new field of standards dynamics. It focuses in particular on the tension between standards and change. Standards are points of reference and should therefore be inherently stable (at least to a certain degree). However, technologies change at an increasing pace, particularly in the field of information technology (IT). This requires the development of more standards and more updates, and leads to increased competition between standards. In many situations problems arise, such as how to retain compatibility if standards keep on changing and whether to adopt the new version. If standards are related, how does changing one standard affect the others? The contributing authors gathered here analyse the causes and scale of change in order to demonstrate how to prevent, reduce and cope with its negative impact. Addressing a number of highly up-to-date issues including the sustainability of documents and data, this book will be of great interest to those concerned with innovation, management of technology and the emerging field of standardization studies. In addition, standard-setting organizations and policymakers should be aware of the ambivalence of standards dynamics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- 1. General Introduction / Tineke M. Egyedi and Knut Blind -- Part I: The problem of changing standards -- 2. The sustainability of digital data: Tension between the dynamics and longevity of standards / Kees van der Meer -- 3. An implementation perspective on sources of incompatibility and standards' dynamics / Tineke M. Egyedi -- Part II: Causes of change -- 4. + vs -: Dynamics and effects of competing standards of recordable DVD-media / Stephan Gauch -- 5. Internet addressing standards: A case study in standards dynamics driven by bottom-up adoption / Jos Vrancken, Marnix Kaart and Michel Soares -- 6. Incompatible successors: The failure to graft xml onto sgml / Tineke M. Egyedi and Arjan Loeffen -- Part III: Change in an implementation context -- 7. The IEEE 802.11 WLAN installation at RWTH Aachen University: A case of voluntary vendor lock-in / Kai Jakobs -- 8. A case study of the adoption and implementation of step / Josephine W. Thomas, Steve Probets, Ray Dawson and Tim King -- Part IV: Scale of change -- 9. How stable are it standards? / Tineke M. Egyedi and Petra Heijnen -- 10. Factors influencing the lifetime of telecommunication and information technology standards / Knut Blind -- Part V: Conclusion -- 11. Conclusion / Tineke M. Egyedi -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305421
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 573 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ács, Zoltán J Entrepreneurship, growth and public policy
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Acs, Zoltán J., 1947 - Entrepreneurship, growth and public policy
    DDC: 338.04
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Spill-over-Effekt ; Wirtschaftsförderung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wissenschaftstransfer ; Chefs d'entreprise ; Esprit d'entreprise ; Innovations ; Réformes économiques ; Croissance économique ; Politiques publiques ; Entrepreneurship ; Entreprenörskap ; Ekonomisk tillväxt ; Entrepreneurship ; Economic growth ; Entrepreneurship
    Abstract: Explores how socio-economic transformation is placed within a larger context spanning two centuries of economic growth and development in a capitalist society. This book is suitable for those interested in entrepreneurship, political science and regional science and as well academics, graduate students and economists
    Description / Table of Contents: Innovation and firm size -- Geographically constrained knowledge spillovers -- Entrepreneurship and new firm formation -- Innovation and economic growth -- Entrepreneurship and public policy -- Entrepreneurship and society.
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    ISBN: 9781782542087
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 315 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Corporate strategies in the age of regional integration
    DDC: 658.4/012
    Keywords: International business enterprises Congresses ; International business enterprises Congresses ; East Asia Congresses Economic integration ; Europe Congresses Economic integration ; East Asia Congresses Commerce ; Europe Congresses Commerce
    Abstract: This book presents various empirical analyses of cross border strategies adopted by global firms with a particular emphasis on the European and East Asian experiences. It also provides studies of the trends and prospects of regional economic integration, focusing mainly on East Asia. The book addresses the topic of economic integration from both a corporate perspective and a policy perspective. The contributors illustrate the powerful integrative effects of cross border strategies of global firms and their impact on the increasing economic interdependence between countries, as shown for example by production sharing within multinational corporate networks. For their part, governments and policy makers are endeavouring to influence the path of globalisation by means of international cooperation, among which the shaping of regional economic areas is an outstanding one. While Europe still stands unrivalled in terms of its regional integration achievements, East Asian countries are also trying to forge their own path by building preferential trade and investment links on a regional basis. Such attempts are still in their infancy, but they raise some healthy debates to which this edited book makes a valuable contribution. Corporate Strategies in the Age of Regional Integration will appeal to scholars and researchers of economics, business and regional studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction / Jong-Kil Kim and Pierre-Bruno Ruffin -- Part I: Cross border strategies of global firms -- 2. Sectoral concentration of foreign direct investment in oecd countries / Ysabel Nauwelaerts and Ilke Van Beveren -- 3. European integration and inter-firm alliances: Some evidence from portuguese data / João Dias and Vítor Magriço -- 4. Fragmentation in Europe and east asia: Evidences from international trade and foreign direct investment data / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura -- 5. The determinants of local procurements by Japanese foreign affiliates: An estimation of factor demand function / Kozo Kiyota, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Shujiro Urata and Yuhong Wei -- 6. Outsourcing and skill upgrading in Japanese manufacturing: Destination effects evidenced from the international input-output tables / Iwao Tanaka and Eiichi Nakazawa -- 7. European retailing multinationals: Investment in asia and return effects / Marie-Laure Baron -- 8. Effect of globalization on logistics networks in east asia / Jong-Kil Kim and Jung-Wouk Woo -- Part II: Regional economic integration in east asia and Europe: Trends and prospects -- 9. Free trade agreements in east asian countries: What has been done and needs to be done / Jung Taik Hyun and Jin Young Hong -- 10. A two-hub trading bloc in east asia? / Lurong Chen -- 11. Exchange rate instability and trade integration: The case of asia / Kang-Soek Lee and Philippe Saucier -- 12. Economic power shift in east asia and its political-economic implications / Dong-Chon Suh -- 13. Mutual trade potential of central and eastern European countries: Evidence from hausman-taylor estimations / Fabienne Boudier-Bensebaa and Olivier Lamotte -- 14. The impact of trade integration on fdi flows: Evidence from the EU and asean+3 / Seyed Komail Tayebi and Amir Hortamani -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781959954
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 330 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Business networks and strategic alliances in China
    DDC: 338.8/70951
    Keywords: Business networks ; Strategic alliances (Business) ; Diffusion of innovations Economic aspects
    Abstract: Business Networks and Strategic Alliances in China addresses how knowledge transfer and innovation are interwoven within complex networks and how social capital contributes to the acquisition of crucial resources and business success in multi-type enterprises in China. The book explains how China's remarkable global economic impact in recent years has developed from foreign investment and that the dominant vehicle for economic development has been the International Joint Venture (IJV) between Chinese manufacturers and overseas enterprises. Strict guidelines on FDI mean that foreign firms have been obliged to form relationships with Chinese organizations. The authors illustrate that as a direct result, the quality and nature of the relations, networks, and alliances forged is crucial for the success of Chinese businesses. A sophisticated empirical, theoretical, comparative and historical guide to understanding the nature of business networks in China is provided by this work. As such, it makes a distinct contribution to the furtherance of evidence-based management theory and practice and will strongly appeal to those with an interest in management, international business and Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Business networks and strategic alliances in China / Stewart Clegg, Karen Wang, & Mike Berrell -- The nature of power, control, trust and risk in international joint ventures / Mike Berrell -- The role of culture in international business relations / Jan Selmer -- Social capital and knowledge transfer between subsidiaries of foreign MNCs and local organizations / Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen & Ingmar Björkman -- The adoption of agency business activity, product innovation and performance in Chinese technology ventures / Haiyang Li & Kwaku Atuahene-Gima -- Tacit knowledge and inter-firm learning in China / Richard Li-Hua & Jian Peng -- Inter-firm relations in business groups / Lisa A. Keister -- Creating social capital as a competitive (dis)advantage / Heidi Dahles -- The contextual balance of social capital within hierarchical relations in China / Karen Wang -- Human capital, social capital and firm performance in Chinese SMEs / Stephen T.T. Teo & Karen Wang -- Business networks in China / Emanuela Todeva -- Guanxi and ethical business issues in China / Jos Gamble -- Performance in international joint ventures in China / John Child.
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    ISBN: 9781782543695
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 166 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in entrepreneurship
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kourilsky, Marilyn L. The entrepreneur in youth
    DDC: 338/.0408350973
    Keywords: Social entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship ; New business enterprises ; Youth Employment ; Business education
    Abstract: The Entrepreneur in Youth offers one of the most comprehensive assessments to date of African American, Latino, and white high school students' aspirations, knowledge, opinions and educational views related to entrepreneurship and philanthropy. A key strength is its longitudinal approach to analysis and interpretations, made possible by extensive surveys of over 11,000 respondents from high school youth and other groups, including adults and business owners. The key findings exhibit an extraordinarily high level of interest in entrepreneurship among youth as well as a strong desire to give back to their communities. However, they lack the knowledge and experience to achieve their aspirations. The book's major recommendations and guidelines include challenges to education and other policymakers to expand and enhance opportunities to access entrepreneurship education and early entrepreneurship mentoring shadowing experiences - especially for those who demand it the most: African Americans and Latinos. Meeting these challenges not only will contribute to economic growth and social reform initiatives but also will increase economic and social mobility and access to opportunity for a still largely untapped pool of future entrepreneurs. This book will appeal to academics in entrepreneurship, economics, business and education, as well as policymakers, educators and business leaders
    Description / Table of Contents: Finding the entrepreneur in youth -- Interest in entrepreneurship -- Giving back to the community -- Entrepreneurial knowledge -- Markets and government -- Entrepreneurship education -- A longitudinal perspective and the major findings -- Implications and extrapolations.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161) and index , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305339
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 482 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: ADBI series on Asian economic integration and cooperation
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The dynamics of regional development
    DDC: 338.9599
    Keywords: Regional planning ; Decentralization in government ; Philippines Economic policy
    Abstract: A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book have undertaken a detailed examination of all aspects of the nation's regional dynamics and policies. Their analysis extends to comparable experiences in East Asia, particularly China and Indonesia. The lessons of this book are relevant not only for an audience interested in the Philippines - a large developing nation with a population soon to exceed 100 million people - but also for many other developing countries now embarking on decentralization programs. The book therefore has broad international appeal. The contributors focus on three main issues: * Centre-region relations. While the decentralization program in the Philippines has been reasonably successful, they argue there is an urgent need for a clear, predictable, and stable regulatory environment that governs centre-region administrative and financial relations. * Infrastructure. This is arguably the most important policy tool in shaping regional development patterns, yet decision-makers are rarely able to develop these investments on the basis of a coherent and integrated policy framework. * The conflict in Mindanao. This deep and protracted conflict must be resolved for the benefit of the local and national population. This enlightening and topical book will appeal to postgraduate students of economic development, regional development/science, rural development, and Asian Studies. It will also attract the interest of researchers and practitioners in international development agencies, NGOs, and policymakers and legislators in developing countries
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- The Philippine regions, 1987 -- The Philippine regions, 2003 -- 1. The Philippines and regional development / Hal Hill, Arsenio M. Balisacan and Sharon Faye A. Piza -- Part I: East Asia and beyond -- 2. Globalization, geography and regional policy / John Weiss -- 3. Regional development: Analytical and policy issues / Hal Hill -- 4. The east Asian experience: The people's republic of China / Ligang Song -- 5. The east Asian experience: Indonesia / Budy P. Resosudarmo and Yogi Vidyattama -- Part II: The Philippines -- 6. Local politics and local economy / Emmanuel S. de Dios -- 7. The quality of local governance and development under decentralization / Joseph J. Capuno -- 8. Regional labour markets and economic development in the Philippines / Emmanuel F. Esguerra and Chris Manning -- 9. Decentralization and the financing of regional development / Rosario G. Manasan -- 10. Infrastructure and regional growth / Gilberto M. Llanto -- 11. Development of the rural non-farm sector in the Philippines and lessons from the east Asian experience / Jonna P. Estudillo, Tetsushi Sonobe and Keijiro Otsuka -- 12. Regional responses to trade liberalization and economic decentralization / Gwendolyn R. Tecson -- 13. Local growth and poverty reduction / Arsenio M. Balisacan -- References -- Index.
    Note: "A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing." , Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-449) and indexes
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    ISBN: 9781782541974
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 199 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Golley, Jane, 1971 - The dynamics of Chinese regional development
    DDC: 338.951
    Keywords: Regional planning ; China Economic conditions 2000- ; Regional disparities
    Abstract: This book surveys the competing, or sometimes complementary, roles of the state and the market in shaping China's pattern of regional development during the Communist era. The uneven pace of industrialisation across China's provinces during its economic transition raises numerous questions regarding spatial patterns of industrial development in a developing, transitional economy. Jane Golley's book answers questions such as: Why have inter-regional inequalities in industrial development come to exist? Why are they tending to increase? How have regional policies and reform strategies impacted on these trends? How, if at all, can these trends be reversed? A comparative economic systems analysis of the Mao and Deng eras, combined with theoretical and empirical evidence of the disequilibrium nature of regional development, depicts the recent trend of rising inequality across China as being both inevitable and ongoing. The central government's 'Western Development Strategy' is assessed in this context. The most novel contribution of the book is the development of a framework for thinking about regional development and policy, which combines two distinct approaches - 'new' economic geography and comparative economic systems analysis - which can be used to understand patterns of regional development anywhere in the world. The application of this framework to regional development during the Mao and Deng eras provides a uniquely holistic and easy-to-read coverage of the topic. The Dynamics of Chinese Regional Development will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Chinese economy. The book will also find an audience in scholars and researchers of Chinese and Asian studies more generally as well as students and scholars of economics, political economy and regional science
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Regional patterns of industrial development in a market economy -- 3. Comparative economic systems and the role of government -- 4. China's manufacturing core -- 5. Mao zedong and nature versus nurture -- 6. Deng xiaoping and nature versus nurture -- 7. Core-periphery dynamics -- 8. The western development strategy -- 9. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305353
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 337 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als A biographical dictionary of Australian and New Zealand economists
    DDC: 330.0922
    Keywords: Economists Biography ; Dictionaries ; Economists Biography ; Dictionaries
    Abstract: This book documents the history of economic discourse in Australia and New Zealand from the early days of European settlement. Many of the early economists were immigrants (William Hearn, Charles Pearson, Catherine Spence, David Syme). A few (such as W.C. Wentworth, born on the First Fleet) were proud natives, self-taught but confident and assertive in their use of economic arguments. The 20th century brought European refugees (Heinz Arndt, Harro Bernardelli, Fred Gruen, Kurt Singer) and a healthy crop of locally-born public servant-economists (Bernard Ashwin, John Crawford, 'Nugget' Coombs, Leslie Melville, Roland Wilson). There were theorists of international renown (Richard Manning, Wilfred Salter, Trevor Swan), some who made important contributions to public policy debates (Ronald Henderson, Eric Russell) or distinguished themselves in econometrics (Rex Bergstrom, Bill Phillips). The 130 entries in this volume have been written by more than 50 international authorities, revealing the depth and diversity of economics in Australia and New Zealand over almost two centuries. This biographical dictionary is a rich and comprehensive original reference work that will appeal to many economists and researchers of history and public policy in addition to those involved in the history of economic thought
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. John Louis Dillon / Jock R. Anderson -- 2. Victor Elie Argy / Fred Argy -- 3. Horace Plessay Brown / Susan Bambrick -- 4. Richard Hal Snape / Gary Banks -- 5. Bernard Edward Murphy / Geoff Bertram -- 6. Horace belshaw; malcolm robertson fisher / Conrad Blyth -- 7. Richard ivan downing / Nicholas Brown -- 8. Sydney james christopher lyon butlin / Judith Butlin -- 9. James bristock brigden; alfred de lissa; lyndhurst falkiner giblin; keith sydney isles; arthur james ogilvy; arthur smithies / William Coleman -- 10. Fred henry george gruen / Max Corden -- 11. Heinz wolfgang arndt; herbert burton; herbert cole coombs; sir leslie galfreid melville; sir richard john randall; sir edward ronald walker; sir roland wilson / Selwyn Cornish -- 12. Thomas michael fitzgerald / Jerry Courvisanos -- 13. Raymond john albert harper / Robert Dixon -- 14. Harro bernardelli; ralph william souter / Mark Donoghue -- 15. Sir bernard carl ashwin; william ball sutch / Brian Easton -- 16. Colin grant clark / Anthony Endres -- 17. Bryan passmore philpott; jan louise whitwell / Lewis T. Evans -- 18. Keith oliver campbell / Brian Fisher -- 19. Sir john grenfell crawford / Ross Garnaut -- 20. Barry lewis john gordon / Moira Gordon -- 21. Sir hermann david black; arthur duckworth; russell lloyd mathews; richard charles mills; morris birkbeck pell; garnet vere portus; graham shardalow lee tucker; william charles wentworth; sidney herbert wostenholme / Peter Groenewegen -- 22. David miles bensusan-butt / Louis Haddad -- 23. Sir timothy augustine coghlan / Alan Hall -- 24. Bryan passmore philpott; jan louise whitwell / Viv B. Hall -- 25. Keith septimus frearson; eric alfred russell; wilfred edward graham salter / G.C. Harcourt -- 26. William pember reeves / Gary Hawke -- 27. James ford cairns; sir stanley roy carver; edward pulsford; sir frederick henry wheeler / John Hawkins -- 28. Allan george barnard fisher; colin george frederick simkin / Warren Hogan -- 29. Ross mcdonald parish / Geoff Hogbin -- 30. Henry george lang; sir alan roberts low / Frank Holmes -- 31. Alexander hunter / Thelma Hunter -- 32. Henry bournes higgins; kingsley middleton laffer; wilfred prest / Joe Isaac -- 33. Herbert heaton / Jack B. King -- 34. Sir francis anderson; william henry archer; meredith atkinson; henry heylyn hayter; christopher ian higgins; maximilian hirsch; william stanley jevons; robert mackenzie johnston; sir george handley knibbs; john andrew la nauze; sir anthony musgrave; godfrey alfred rattigan; walter scott; kurt singer; trevor winchester swan; edward gibbon wakefield; william westgarth / J.E. King -- 35. Charles henry pearson / Marilyn Lake -- 36. Sir james hight / Ralph Lattimore -- 37. Alban william housego phillips / Robert Leeson -- 38. Richard ivan manning / Daniel Leonard -- 39. John bell condliffe / Peter Lloyd -- 40. Kenneth deakin rivett / John Lodewijks -- 41. Catherine helen spence / Susan Magarey -- 42. Austin stewart holmes / Michael McLure -- 43. Richard ivan manning / John McMillan -- 44. Frederic charles courtenay benham; leslie henry ernest bury; sir douglas berry copland; sir alfred charles davidson; edward clarence evelyn dyason; gerald gill firth; john king gifford; torleiv hytten; robert francis irvine; claud victor janes; raymond newton kershaw; clarence edward martin; ronald mendelsohn; donald henry merry; maxwell newton / Alex Millmow -- 45. John simeon elkington; sir john winthrop hackett; william edward hearn; james mirams; david syme; henry gyles turner / Gregory Moore -- 46. Robert torrens / Peter Moore -- 47. Leslie cyril jauncey; james thomas sutcliffe / Greg Patmore -- 48. Frank richard edward mauldon / Ray Petridis -- 49. Albert rex bergstrom / Peter C.B. Phillips -- 50. Ronald frank henderson / Peter Saunders -- 51. Frank geoffrey davidson; donald henry whitehead / Michael Schneider -- 52. Sydney james christopher lyon butlin; albert hamilton tocker / John Singleton -- 53. Neil john vousden / Ben Smith -- 54. Noel george butlin; edward owen giblin shann / Graeme Donald Snooks -- 55. Frank lidgett mcdougall; sir arthur tange / Sean Turnell -- 56. Bruce robinson davidson; alan grahame lloyd / Alistair Watson -- 57. Cornelis weststrate / Kees Weststrate -- 58. Muriel jean polglaze / Lynne Williams -- 59. Donald cochrane / Ross Williams -- 60. Gordon leslie wood / Robert Wilson.
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    ISBN: 9781035305346
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 537 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Snowdon, Brian, 1947 - Globalisation, development and transition
    DDC: 337
    Keywords: International economic relations ; Globalization ; Economic history 20th century
    Abstract: This unique book provides a comprehensive survey of the major economic issues that have helped shape the modern world. It includes discussions of the latest research findings in the international economic development literature and scrutinises some of the most important debates in contemporary economics. Brian Snowdon examines the many controversies relating to long-run growth and development, problems of transitions from socialism to capitalism, international competitiveness and the impacts of globalisation. To shed light on these critical issues Brian Snowdon interviewed eleven leading economists who are featured in this book: Daron Acemoglu, Alberto Alesina, Padma Desai, William Easterly, Stanley Fischer, János Kornai, Michael Porter, Dani Rodrik, Jeffrey Sachs, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Jeffrey Williamson. Globalisation, Development and Transition provides an all-encompassing guide to the contemporary literature on economic development and related fields, as well as an extensive and up-to-date list of references. It will be an essential resource for all scholars and students of economics, especially those with an interest in economic growth and development, economic history, trade and globalisation, and the economics of transition
    Description / Table of Contents: The fall and rise of globalisation -- Introduction -- Globalisation v. 'globaphobia' -- The gains from trade and good governance -- When did globalisation begin? -- The 'great reversal' : international disintegration and recovery -- Financial globalisation -- The benefits and costs of financial integration -- Exchange rate regimes and the 'open-economy trilemma' -- The role of the International Monetary Fund -- Globalisation and the IMF : some lessons from the 1990s -- International labour migration -- The 'offshore outsourcing' controversy -- The size of nations -- Growth, productivity and international competitiveness -- Analysing global competitiveness -- The Growth Competitiveness Index -- The Business Competitiveness Index -- The Global Competitiveness Index -- Improving competitiveness of developing countries -- Conclusion -- Economic development in historical perspective -- Introduction -- The 'great escape' -- Alternative measures of 'progress' -- Income measures -- Beyond income measures of progress : basic needs, the PQLI and life expectancy -- The Human Development Index -- Competitiveness indices -- Measures of freedom -- Anthropometrics -- The economics of obesity -- The economics of happiness and life satisfaction -- The birth of development economics -- From the 'dirigiste consensus' to the 'Washington consensus' and beyond -- Growth and development -- Growth, development and the role of institutions -- Economic history and institutions -- Bandits and kleptocrats -- Barriers to growth and development -- Sub-Saharan Africa's 'growth tragedy' -- From 'Marshall Plan' to Millennium Development Goals -- 2005 : a 'pivotal year' in the development debate? -- The foreign aid controversy -- Aid and poverty traps -- Foreign aid : a 'weapon of mass salvation' -- Conclusion -- The rise and fall of the socialist system and the trials of transition -- Introduction -- The legacy of Marx -- The rise and fall of the socialist system and the Soviet Union, 1917-91 -- From 'golden age' growth to slowdown -- Western perceptions of the socialist system -- Economic analysis under socialism -- From glasnost and perestroika to transition -- The political economy of transition -- A third way : is market socialism feasible? -- Alternative paths of transition : the shock therapy v. gradualism debate -- The political economy of reform -- Conclusion.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-521) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305513
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 380 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth
    DDC: 338/.04094
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship Congresses ; New business enterprises Congresses ; Industrial location Congresses ; Economic development Congresses ; Regional economics Congresses
    Abstract: This book examines the interrelations between entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth. Thus, it covers a wide range of topics, including: the economic impact of entrepreneurship; industry dynamics; growth and survival of firms; firm location and globalisation patterns; and agglomeration and growth. The chapters in the book demonstrate the need to adopt a broad perspective that combines insights from different strands of literature if we are to better understand these complex economic phenomena. In addition, the original empirical evidence from a range of different countries provides a sound foundation for developing appropriate guidance for policymakers. The contributions in this book will appeal to practitioners and policymakers interested in entrepreneurship, industrial location and industry dynamics. It will also be of interest to economic geographers, environmental scientists and local planners
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. Entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth: An appraisal / Josep Maria Arauzo-Carod and Miguel Carlos Manjón-Antolin -- Part I: The economic impact of entrepreneurship -- 2. Entrepreneurial versus routinized regimes: Opportunity and the cost of experimentation / Michael Peneder -- 3. New firms and employment growth: Some empirical evidence / Josep Maria Arauzo-Carod, Daniel Liviano-Solís and Mónica Martín-Bofarull -- Part II: Industry dynamics -- 4. Demography of enterprises in Poland: Entry and exit rates in the manufacturing sector / Wojciech Rogowski and Jacek Socha -- 5. Creative destruction and transition: Evidence on firm demographics from Estonia / Jaan Masso, Raul Eamets and Kaia Philips -- 6. Sunk costs, industry dynamics and firm productivity / José Carlos Fariñas, Ana Martín-Marcos and Sonia Ruano -- Part III: Growth and survival of firms -- 7. Gibrat's law as a long-run regularity: Theory and evidence / Francesca Lotti, Enrico Santarelli and Marco Vivarelli -- 8. Growth, age and location in Spanish hotels / Mercedes Teruel-Carrizosa and Agustí Segarra-Blasco -- 9. A comparison of the determinants of survival of Spanish firms across economic sectors / Paloma López-García and Sergio Puente-Díaz -- 10. Product and process innovations and the likelihood of survival -- Raquel ortega-argilés and rosina moreno -- Part IV: Firm location -- 11. Cross-border business networks: The case of the basque eurocity corridor / Saioa Arando, Mikel Navarro and Iñaki Peña -- 12. Beyond the firm: Innovation and networks of high-technology smes / Rob Winters and Erik Stam -- 13. Accessibility, agglomeration and location / Ángel Alañón-Pardo, Josep Maria Arauzo-Carod and Rafael Myro-Sánchez -- Part V: Location and globalisation patterns -- 14. Individual and regional determinants of r&d location / Corinne Autant-Bernard -- 15. The impact of outward fdi on local employment and skill upgrading: Preliminary evidence from the Italian case / Ilaria Mariotti and Lucia Piscitello -- 16. A survival analysis of manufacturing firms in export markets / Silviano Esteve-Pérez, Juan A. Máñez-Castillejo, María E. Rochina-Barrachina and Juan A. Sanchis-Llopis -- Part VI: Agglomeration and growth -- 17. Innovation, co-operation, and labour mobility / Philip McCann and Jaakko Simonen -- 18. Agglomeration economies and firm survival / Jordi Jofre-Monseny -- Index.
    Note: "The papers collected in this book were presented at the "Workshop on Firm Demography and Industrial Location" held at the Rovira i Virgili University in November 2005 ... [and] hosted by the Grup de Recerca d'Industria i Territori (GRIT)"-- T.p. verso , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305360
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 175 pages) , illillustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ericson, Mona Business growth
    DDC: 658.4/06
    Keywords: Corporations Growth ; Strategic planning ; Industrial management
    Abstract: This book takes up the challenge of promoting a new understanding of growth and how in business it occurs longitudinally. It offers an alternative and supplementary view that is insightful, reflective and provocative. Mona Ericson looks at business growth in relation to developmental growth, which is in turn connected to the dimension of learning. She describes developmental growth as being exposed by, and manifested in, complex, interconnected human activities that reflect social practice in terms of encounters between people. Extending the process-oriented growth literature that focuses on linear explanation of development and change, the thrust of the argument is that growth is 'lived' and cannot be considered an 'object' that presides over the individual. The concept of business growth as 'lived' growth is explored via a musical metaphor. The fugue is used to capture the dynamics inherent in business growth, asserting itself in themes that constitute multifaceted, interwoven activities affording dynamically varying movements. Underpinning this new approach to business growth with examples from a global company that provides complete packaging solutions, Mona Ericson's unique book will provide a fascinating read for those with an interest in strategy, organization, strategic change, management, growth and international business
    Description / Table of Contents: Growth and development -- In the mosaic of growth studies -- A world of practice and a style of composition -- Activities, themes and voices -- Broadening of horizons and fugal movements--the intended contribution.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-166) and index
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    ISBN: 9781782542704
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 309 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Monash studies in global movements series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Globalisation of accounting standards
    DDC: 657.02/18
    Keywords: Accounting Standards ; Financial statements ; Accounting
    Abstract: In this book, Jayne Godfrey and Keryn Chalmers explore the intricacies of the globalisation of accounting standards - arguably one of the most significant business developments of the wider globalisation process during the past two decades. They examine the key issues and implications of this harmonisation of accounting standards from the perspectives of a diverse range of worldwide stakeholders. Globalisation of Accounting Standards shows that globalisation approaches differ significantly because countries seek to maintain varying degrees of sovereignty over their regulations. International differences in economic, political, legal, religious and social characteristics also affect globalisation approaches and, in turn, influence national accounting standard-setting agendas. The book explores why countries relinquish their existing national accounting standard-setting regimes to join the global movement. It also seeks to resolve questions such as: To what extent are national incentives altruistic, economic, political or social? Who are the winners and losers in the process? This authoritative book is thoroughly researched and expertly informed. Written by both academics and regulators, it tackles a critical and controversial issue in the globalisation movement. As such, it will be of great interest to a wide-ranging audience including: international, national, private and public sector standard-setters, economic regulators, accounting academics and political economists and strategists
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- 1. Globalisation of accounting standards: An Introduction / Jayne M. Godfrey and Keryn Chalmers -- 2. Institutional investors and the language of finance: The global metrics of market performance / Gordon L. Clark, Tessa Hebb and Dariusz Wójcik -- 3. The iasb: Some personal reflections / Kevin M. Stevenson -- 4. Globalisation of accounting standards: A UK perspective / David Alexander -- 5. The us role in the globalisation of accounting standards / Donna L. Street -- 6. The place of Canada in global accounting standard setting: Principles versus rules approaches / James C. Gaa -- 7. Too special to go global? Too small to be special? An insight into australia's decision to adopt ifrs and the consequences for its own standard setting and application / Ruth Picker -- 8. The role of national standard setters in the standards developing process: The Italian experience / Angelo Provasoli, Pietro Mazzola and Lorenzo Pozza -- 9. French accounting revolution: Implementing ifrs in french companies / Serge Evraert and Jean-François des Robert -- 10. Accounting regimes and their effects on the German stock market / Hans Peter Möller -- 11. Globalisation of accounting: Implications for australian public sector entities / Keryn Chalmers, Jayne M. Godfrey, Ian Langfield-Smith and Wei Lu -- 12. Convergence of Chinese accounting standards with international standards: Process, achievements and prospects / Wei-Guo Zhang and De-Ming Lu -- 13. Accounting harmonisation and diffusion of international accounting standards: The Japanese case / Chitoshi Koga and Gunnar Rimmel -- 14. The impact of globalisation of accounting standards on India / R. Narayanaswamy -- 15. Globalisation of financial reporting: An Islamic focus / Norita Mohd Nasir and Aniza Zainol -- 16. Globalisation and accounting reforms in an emerging market economy: A case study of South Africa / Iain Edwards, Peter Schelluch, Adel du Plessis, Jean Struweg -- And andrew west -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782542322
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 265 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als O'Brien, Denis P., 1939 - The development of monetary economics
    DDC: 332.4
    Keywords: Monetary policy History
    Abstract: The literature of monetary economics has been characterised by controversy and changes in the received wisdom throughout its history. The controversies have related not merely to the effects on incomes and prices of changes in the money supply, but even to the question of whether causality runs from money to incomes and prices or vice versa. This book begins with the pioneering work of the sixteenth century French writer Jean Bodin, followed by the celebrated John Law, and John Locke (and his eighteenth century critics). It considers both the theory and the evidence involved in the controversy between the Currency and Banking schools. Closely related to this was the work of two writers, Thomas Joplin and Walter Bagehot, both of whom provided perspectives strikingly different from those of the main controversialists and, in so doing, advanced the subject of monetary economics. The book seeks, through the examination of monetary controversies, to provide an historical perspective on modern understanding of monetary policy. It will be essential reading for economists with an interest in monetary economics and the history of economic thought
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- Part II: Early monetary debates -- 2. Bodin's analysis of inflation -- 3. John law: Money and trade considered -- 4. The rate of interest: Locke and his critics -- Part III: 19th century British controversies -- 5. The currency and banking controversy -- 6. Monetary base control -- 7. The lender of last resort concept -- Part IV: Macroeconomic models -- 8. Bagehot and stabilisation -- 9. Joplin's model: A formal statement -- 10. Stability with an inbuilt cycle -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781959732
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 244 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kodama, Mitsuru, 1957 - Knowledge innovation
    DDC: 658.4038
    Keywords: Knowledge management ; Strategic planning
    Abstract: This unique book unveils an invaluable paradigm for companies wishing to create new knowledge. Mitsuru Kodama's new theoretical framework is achieved using a combination of approaches including knowledge sharing, knowledge integration, strategy, organization, corporate culture and leadership. The author presents his new theoretical framework using two models which demonstrate the means for actors both within and outside the company to formulate and implement micro strategies through the structure of dynamic strategic human networks. Detailed case studies are then used to support the theoretical framework. These include specific applications of knowledge innovation from networked strategic communities including large corporations, joint ventures, customer-oriented solution businesses and IT-based management. Research and managerial implications arising from these theoretical frameworks are also explored. Bridging theory and practice and providing international scope, this book will be invaluable to academics and students with an interest in business and management, and to managers in the IT, telecommunications, and electronics industries
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Knowledge innovation -- 2. Practice-based view of strategic management -- 3. Knowledge innovation through strategic activity cycles -- 4. Dynamic creation of networked strategic communities -- 5. Architectural innovation in cross-functional multi-projects -- 6. Business innovation through joint ventures supported by major businesses -- 7. Customer value creation through knowledge innovation -- 8. Customer value creation through community-based information networks -- 9. The innovative leadership of the community leader -- 10. Managerial implications and conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782543411
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 250 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Chinese economy in the 21st century
    DDC: 330.951
    Keywords: Capitalism ; China Economic policy 2000-
    Abstract: China's long-term economic success is driven by new firms, new sectors and new business practices. This book explores the establishment of new private firms and listed companies, the development of knowledge industries, in particular the IT and banking sectors and the co-evolution of public governance and business institutions. The contributors discuss the role of local institutions in coordinating business activities and unleashing entrepreneurship, arguing that the sudden growth of new firms and industries is facilitated by changes in business behaviour and institutions. Initial private exchange and investment in an environment of ill-functioning markets are shown to depend on local networks and local business culture which, in turn, rely on local tax regimes setting incentives for inherited bureaucracies to engage in economic transformation. Finally, the book establishes local institutions and local governance as crucial dimensions of China's emerging business system. Contributing to the theory of endogenous institutional change, The Chinese Economy in the 21st Century will be of great appeal to academics and students interested in management, comparative business systems, transition economics, evolutionary economics, Chinese studies and Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Going public without the public: between political governance and corporate governance / Sonja Opper -- Institutional change, diversity and competition: foreign banks in Shanghai, 1847-2004 / Jeroen Kuilman -- Foreign firms in China: success by strategic choices / Xueyuan Zhang and Patrick Reinmoeller -- The new great leap: the rise of China's ICT industry / Mark Joannes Greeven -- Enterprise ground zero in China / Barbara Krug -- China's emerging tax regime: local tax farming and central tax bureaucracy / Ze Zhu and Barbara Krug -- Narratives of change: culture and local economic development / David S.G. Goodman -- Networks as business networks / Hans Hendrischke -- Whom are we dealing with? Shifting organisational forms in China's business sector / Barbara Krug and Jeroen Kuilman.
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    ISBN: 9781035305384
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 187 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kim, Wan-Soon The Korean economy
    DDC: 330.9519
    Keywords: Investments, Foreign ; Korea Economic conditions 1945-
    Abstract: The Korean Economy examines how Korea's inward FDI-led globalization, particularly since the financial crisis of 1997, has been experienced, understood, managed and often strongly resisted in various economic, social and cultural domains. It is an in-depth analysis combining perspectives from politics and economics, examining a number of grievances as seen through the eyes of actual foreign investors operating in Korea. The authors argue that it is precisely these obstacles that need to be addressed if Korea is to live up to its full potential in terms of becoming a truly attractive magnet for FDI and comprehensively integrating into the global economy. The authors make a convincing case that the challenges Korea currently faces are by no means limited to institutional and policy reforms, but rather are entrenched in an anti-globalization mindset shared by all sectors of society. This critical examination of the Korean government's inward FDI policies includes the experiences of around 50 CEOs of operating MNCs in Korea including various chambers of commerce and law firms. It also examines both perceptions and realities of the Korean market from in-depth interviews with over 50 foreign CEOs of MNCs operating in Korea, as well as a critical examination of Korea's current efforts to become a Northeast Asian business centre. This book will appeal to academics and postgraduate students of Asian studies and international business, the foreign business community (including existing and potential foreign investors to the Korean market) as well as government and policy makers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Foreign direct investment in Korea: Theoretical considerations -- 3. The end of Korean capitalism? -- 4. Korea's liberalization and globalization -- 5. The paradox of Korea's globalization -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305490
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 329 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The labour market and economic development of Taiwan
    DDC: 331.1095124/9
    Keywords: Labor market ; Taiwan Economic policy
    Abstract: The debate on whether high standards of labour market legislation affect economic growth and the rate of employment is topical and important. The contributors to this book address three main issues: * how Taiwan's labour market was able to work so well prior to 1996, maintaining full employment for the last 40 years, regardless of the rapid change of industrial structure in the 1980s * what factors can be attributed to the rapid deterioration of Taiwan's labour market performance since 1996 * the measures adopted by the Taiwan government in tackling the recent high unemployment rate, how effective these policies are and what lessons scholars and public policy makers in other countries can learn from Taiwan's experience. An integrated labour market model (a revision of the Harris-Todaro dualistic labour market model) is presented which can be used to analyze labour market operation in other developing countries. The effectiveness of various policies adopted by the Taiwanese government in tackling high unemployment rates are examined and the findings shed light on public policies in other developing and newly industrialized countries. The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan will appeal to scholars of Asian studies, public policy, economic development and labour economists
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Part I: Employment development in a flexible labour -- Market -- 1. Labour market flexibility and employment: An overview / Joseph S. Lee -- 2. Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure / Gary S. Fields -- 3. Education and Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure / Gary S. Fields and Amanda Newton Kraus -- 4. Taiwan's private sector labour market prior to 1996 / Gary S. Fields -- Part II: Employment development in a regulated and -- Globalized labour market -- 5. Cyclical employment changes in Taiwanese industry / Christina Y. Liu, Wei-Chiao Huang and Chia-Wei Wang -- 6. Industrial change and structural unemployment in Taiwan / Chung-Chi Wu -- 7. The deterioration of employment: Regional unemployment dynamics / Feng-Fuh Jiang and Paul K.C. Liu -- 8. The role of foreign workers in Taiwan's economic development / Joseph S. Lee -- 9. Involuntary job turnover in Taiwan, 1996-2000 / Ji-Ping Lin -- Part III: Labour market policies in the new knowledge -- Economy -- 10. Employee training programmes and sustainable employability / Joseph S. Lee and Ping-Lung Hsin -- 11. Employment insurance and unemployment in Taiwan / Yang Shih -- 12. Evaluating Taiwan's public service employment programme / Chao-Yin Lin and Mei Hsu -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305278
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 168 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Meier, Stephan, 1972 - The economics of non-selfish behaviour
    DDC: 302.1/4
    Keywords: Altruism Economic aspects ; Helping behavior Economic aspects ; Public goods ; Charity ; Hochschulschrift
    Abstract: In standard economic theory human beings are portrayed as selfish money-maximizing actors. This book investigates the conditions under which people deviate from this prediction and when they are prepared to contribute to the common good in a more altruistic fashion. Based on field experiments from charitable giving, Stephan Meier analyses people's decisions to contribute to public goods. He argues that people are more likely to contribute if their giving is matched by more money - people are generous if their peers also show this trait. He investigates the conditions under which people are willing to voluntarily contribute and draws conclusions on how the empirical findings influence economic theory and policy. Academic economists interested in behavioural economics or public economics will find The Economics of Non-selfish Behaviour of great interest as will the general public interested in developments in economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface by bruno s. Frey -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical considerations -- 2. A survey of economic theories on pro-social behavior -- Part II: Empirical analysis -- 3. Pro-social behaviour in a natural laboratory -- 4. Social comparisons and pro-social behaviour: A field experiment -- 5. Matching donations: Subsidizing pro-social behaviour -- 6. Economic education and pro-social behaviour: Selection or indoctrination? -- 7. Concluding remarks -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781008089
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 318 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Classical, neoclassical and Keynesian views on growth and distribution
    DDC: 339.2
    Keywords: Economic development ; Distribution (Economic theory) ; Classical school of economics ; Neoclassical school of economics ; Keynesian economics
    Abstract: This book reconsiders and analyses the different approaches historically proposed in the literature on growth and distribution. The contributors have achieved, through a comprehensive and cohesive analysis of the approaches of different schools of thought, a wide-ranging interpretation of a variety of important economic phenomena. The book identifies elements characterising each approach and tries to derive from them a range of insights into the complexity of the growth process. Classical, Neoclassical and Keynesian Views on Growth and Distribution is an original, insightful and thought-provoking book which, it is intended, will generate further research in the area of growth and income distribution. The book will appeal to scholars and researchers at many different levels of academe, and in many different schools of thought, interested in the theory of economic growth and in the analysis of the complexity of growth processes
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Carlo panico and neri salvadori -- Part I: Classical views -- 1. Growth and distribution: A return to the classical tradition / Renato Balducci -- 2. Natural wage dynamics in a ricardian growth model / Davide Fiaschi and Rodolfo Signorino -- 3. Co-evolution of population and natural resources: A simple ricardian model / Simone D'Alessandro -- 4. Some aspects of structural change in marx's analysis/ maria daniela giammanco -- Part II: Neoclassical views -- 5. Growth, income distribution and age heterogeneity in the neoclassical economy: A potential conflict between dynamic efficiency and equity / Luciano Fanti and Piero Manfredi -- 6. Distribution and growth in the neoclassical traditions / Mario Pomini -- 7. Reconsidering the early marginal productivity theory of distribution and interest / Arrigo Opocher -- 8. Tobin financial growth models: A reconstruction / Michele Limosani -- Part III: Keynesian views? -- 9. Unemployment and growth: A critical survey -- Enrico bellino -- 10. Growth, unemployment and wages: Disequilibrium models with increasing returns / Luciano Boggio -- 11. Behind goodwin's real wage function: Which kind of labour market? / Giuseppe Mastromatteo -- 12. Entry and stationary equilibrium prices in a post-Keynesian growth model / Antonio D'Agata -- 13. Are kalekian models relevant in the long run? / Pasquale Commendatore -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958957
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 218 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies
    DDC: 363.738/74011
    Keywords: Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Climatic changes ; Energy policy Economic aspects ; Energy policy Environmental aspects
    Abstract: Climate change and energy consumption are at the forefront of current environmental debate. Whilst energy is essential to the functioning and survival of our societies, the environmental impact that energy consumption is having, particularly on climate change, is a growing concern and the design and practicalities of energy and energy-related environmental policies are under constant scrutiny. This innovative new book not only addresses the economic assessment of environmental and energy policies but also discusses the efficiency and distributional consequences these policies have for producers and consumers. With contributions from leading academics in the field, this comprehensive volume uses a variety of methodological approaches with which to explore a number of pertinent issues, including several studies on the EU Emission Trading System, as well as more advanced topics such as indeterminacy and optimal environmental public policies, energy-saving technological progress, oil shocks and energy transitions and policy design. Combining theoretical and empirical work, this timely book is a significant contribution to the existing literature and deals with issues at the frontier of current economic knowledge. Economic Modelling of Climate Change and Energy Policies is a unique and informative book and will have widespread appeal amongst scholars, students and policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction and overview / Carlos de Miguel, Xavier Labandeira and Baltasar Manzano -- Part I: Some fundamentals -- 2. Growth and environment: On u-curves without u-turns / Sjak Smulders -- 3. Pollution markets: Some theory and evidence / Juan P. Montero -- Part II: The EU emission trading system -- 4. European greenhouse gas emissions trading: A system in transition / John Reilly and Sergey Paltsev -- 5. Harmonizing emission allocation. What are the equity consequences for the sectors in and outside the eu-trading scheme / Tim Hoffmann, Andreas Löschel and Ulf Moslener -- 6. The effects of a sudden co2 reduction in Spain / Xavier Labandeira and Miguel Rodríguez -- 7. An assessment of the consequences of the European emissions trading scheme for the promotion of renewable electricity in Spain / Pedro Linares, Francisco J. Santos and Mariano Ventosa -- 8. Efficient verification of firm data under the EU emissions trading system / Frauke Eckermann -- Part III: Advanced issues in climate change and energy policies -- 9. Induced technological change and slow energy capital stock turnover in an optimal co2 abatement model / Malte Schwoon and Richard S.J. Tol / / 10. Indeterminacy and Optimal Environmental Public Policies in an Endogenous Growth Model / Rafaela Pérez and Jesús Ruiz -- 11. Energy-saving technological progress in a vintage capital model / Agustín Pérez-Barahona and Benteng Zou -- 12. Oil shocks and the business cycle in Europe / Carlos de Miguel, Baltasar Manzano and José M. Martín-Moreno -- 13. Energy transitions and policy design in a gpt setting with cyclical growth through basic and applied R&D / Adriaan van Zon and Tobias Kronenberg -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781008683
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 257 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New directions in modern economics series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hayes, Mark, 1956 - 2019 The economics of Keynes
    Keywords: Keynes, John Maynard ; Keynesian economics
    Abstract: In his 'New Guide' to The General Theory, Mark G. Hayes presents Keynes's illustrious work as a sophisticated Marshallian theory of the competitive equilibrium of the economy as a whole. This unique book takes full account of the nature of time and money and illustrates that The General Theory remains highly relevant to the teacher and advanced student of modern macroeconomics. The Economics of Keynes introduces several interpretative innovations to resolve many puzzles presented in the literature of the last 70 years. It is designed to be read in parallel with The General Theory and will allow modern readers to find their bearings before plunging into an in-depth analysis of major themes contained in The General Theory. The key areas in which this 'New Guide' differs from the familiar exposition of current macroeconomics textbooks are also explicitly identified. The author reaches positive and hopeful conclusions for the development of economic theory and policy. Promoting a thorough understanding of the legitimate domain of equilibrium analysis and a renewed commitment to the possibility of genuinely full employment, this book will provide an illuminating and fascinating read for anyone wishing to appreciate fully the value of The General Theory. More specifically, academics and advanced students of macroeconomics across the board - classical, orthodox, Post Keynesian and heterodox - interested in a fresh attempt to connect The General Theory with modern macroeconomics will find this book to be the ideal tool
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Five propositions of the general theory -- Prologue -- 1. Two theories of employment -- 2. Definitions and ideas -- 3. The propensity to consume -- 4. The inducement to invest -- 5. Employment, money and the price-level -- 6. Policy implications -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304820
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 727 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Elgar companion to Alfred Marshall
    DDC: 330.15/7092
    Keywords: Marshall, Alfred ; Evolutionary economics ; Neoclassical school of economics
    Abstract: In light of the recent and ongoing surge of interest in Alfred Marshall's work, this new and original reference volume fills a gap in the literature through a detailed examination of his thought and of his contributions to economics and social science. The Companion places Alfred Marshall's ideas in their historical context, highlighting the many streams of social research originating from them. The contributors form a remarkable cast of leading experts, covering a spectrum of Marshallian themes and issues, including: * his life and work * background and influences * scope and methodology of economics * economic analysis - including distribution theory, industrial economics and money * social and political issues * relations with his contemporaries * the Marshallian tradition * relevance to contemporary economics. This comprehensive and multidisciplinary Companion illustrates the relevance of Marshall to present-day economic reality and as such will prove an invaluable reference tool for general economists and a wide ranging audience: historians of economic thought; economic, political and cultural historians; industrial, regional and development economists; economists interested in institutional, cognitive and evolutionary economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Life and work -- Background and influences -- Scope and method -- Economic analysis -- Social and political issues -- Marshall and his contemporaries -- Marshall's legacy -- Marshall and present-day economics.
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    ISBN: 9781781956366
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 250 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Growth and cohesion in the European Union
    DDC: 337.1/42
    Keywords: European Union ; Monetary policy
    Abstract: This book is a critical review of current fiscal and monetary policy in Europe and presents results of both empirical research and a discussion of the theoretical framework behind the policy of the European Central Bank and the Stability and Growth Pact. Macroeconomic policy is often hotly debated within the EU. However, the majority of policy discussions have started from a shared view of how the economy works. This shared neo-classical view is also known as the 'Brussels-Frankfurt consensus'. According to that consensus, European labour markets are too rigid in comparison to the US labour market. Hence, the prevalent view is that the European unemployment problem can be solved by increasing incentives; improving the returns on schooling and redefining the role and the necessity of labour market institutions. In this volume the authors argue that it is not at all clear which institutions cause labour market rigidities and to what extent. They note that the problem of unemployment requires a much broader set of solutions, including active labour market policies, policies concerning schooling and the development of skills. Growth and Cohesion in the European Union also highlights that these microeconomic policies will not in themselves provide the solution to what is essentially a macroeconomic problem. First and foremost the role of aggregate demand in the determination of unemployment has to be placed at the forefront of the debate. The extensive discussion of a broad variety of topics in the field of macroeconomic policy will ensure this book finds a welcome readership amongst researchers and academics of European studies and macroeconomics. Policy advisors will also find much to engage them as the book provides a critical view on the Brussels-Frankfurt consensus, currently so dominant amongst European policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Monetary policy, fiscal policy and the stability and growth pact -- 1. The brussels-frankfurt consensus: An answer to the wrong question / William Mitchell and Joan Muysken -- 2. Whither stability pact? An assessment of reform proposals / Paola Monperrus-Veroni and Francesco Saraceno -- 3. Alternatives for the policy framework of the euro / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- 4. What drives ecb monetary policy? / Clemens J.M. Kool -- 5. Interest rates, debt, counter-cyclical policy and monetary sovereignty / Jan Kregel -- Part II: Labour markets and labour market policies -- 6. Institutions and the labour market: Examining the benefits / Tom van Veen -- 7. Institutions and unemployment in oecd countries: A panel data analysis / Lucio Baccaro and Diego Rei -- 8. The institutional determinants of labour market performance: Comparing the anglo-saxon model and a European-style alternative / Henri de Groot, Richard Nahuis and Paul Tang -- 9. Enhancing productivity: Social protection as investment policy / Chris de Neubourg and Julie Castonguay -- 10. Labour market adjustments and macroeconomic performance / Anna Batyra and Henri Sneessens -- Index.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 412 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economics of pollution havens
    DDC: 363.73/2
    Keywords: Pollution Economic aspects ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; International trade Environmental aspects ; Industries Environmental aspects ; Environmental economics
    Abstract: A pollution haven may arise if environmental stringency differs between countries, when capital is mobile, and when trade rules allow firms to relocate and still sell their products to the same customers. This cohesive volume analyzes how country characteristics determine environmental rules, how those rules affect production costs, trade, and investment flows, how those flows affect pollution, prices, and incomes, and finally how all of these last considerations feed back into environmental rules. The sixteen papers collected here represent the most recent and significant advancements of knowledge on the subject. The contributors, all well-known scholars in the area, investigate how polluter location decisions respond to pollution policies, how local environmental rules respond to those location decisions, and how trade liberalization affects the incentives of governments to regulate dirty industries. The volume begins with a comprehensive overview by M. Scott Taylor and goes on to explore how the usual effects of pollution havens can be reversed. Also covered are the ways in which managed trade and trade liberalization, the regulation of multinationals, political stability and emissions controls impact pollution havens. Written for a multidisciplinary audience, The Economics of Pollution Havens will be of interest to those working in the areas of economics, international trade, political science, public policy, and environmental studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Unbundling the pollution haven hypothesis / M. Scott Taylor -- 2. Environmental policy, population dynamics and agglomeration / Chris Elbers and Cees Withagen -- 3. Managed trade, trade liberalisation and local pollution / Pierre M. Regibeau and Alberto Gallegos -- 4. Pollution havens and the regulation of multinationals with asymmetric information / Xiaodong Wu -- 5. Trade integration and political turbulence: Environmental policy consequences / Per G. Fredriksson and Muthukumara Mani -- 6. Pollution abatement expenditure by us manufacturing plants: Do community characteristics matter? / Randy A. Becker -- 7. Environmental regulation as export promotion: Product standards for dirty intermediate goods / Carol McAusland -- 8. Unilateral emission reductions and cross-country technology spillovers / Rolf Golombek and Michael Hoel -- 9. Trade liberalization and pollution havens / Josh Ederington, Arik Levinson and Jenny Minier -- 10. Testing for pollution havens inside and outside of regional trading blocs / Matthew E. Kahn and Yutaka Yoshino -- 11. Environmental regulation and international trade: Empirical results for Germany, the Netherlands and the us, 1977-1992 / Abay Mulatu, Raymond J.G.M. Florax and Cees Withagen -- 12. Pollution havens and foreign direct investment: Dirty secret or popular myth? / Beata Smarzynska Javorcik and Shang-Jin Wei -- 13. The unintended disincentive in the clean air act / John A. List, Daniel L. Millimet and Warren McHone -- 14. Trade pessimists vs technology optimists: Induced technical change and pollution havens / Corrado Di Maria and Sjak A. Smulders -- 15. Does trade promote environmental coordination? Pollution in international rivers / Hilary Sigman -- 16. Cross-country policy harmonization with rent-seeking / Patrik T. Hultberg and Edward B. Barbier -- Index.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lambertini, Luca The economics of vertically differentiated markets
    DDC: 338
    Keywords: Industrial organization
    Abstract: This original new book offers a comprehensive and engaging perspective on the theory of vertical differentiation. It enables the reader to grasp the key concepts and effects that product quality has both on firms' behaviour and market structure, and the ways in which this relationship has evolved. With contributions from prominent figures in the field, the book investigates a number of important topics, such as the choice of the optimal product range, profit sharing, the existence of equilibrium in duopoly games, positional effects attached to status goods, international trade, collusion, advertising and the dynamics of capital accumulation for quality improvement and product innovation. Using both static and dynamic approaches, these aspects are assessed in relation to the manifold issues of regulation, competition policy and trade policy. Product differentiation and its influence on consumer behaviour and the performance of firms is a core topic in the existing literature in the fields of industrial organization, international trade and economic growth. This book will be an essential read for researchers, students and professional scholars working in these areas, especially those with an interest in antitrust regulation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: -- Statics -- 1. Does monopoly undersupply product quality? / Luca Lambertini -- 2. Multiproduct monopoly with positional externalities / Luca Lambertini and Raimondello Orsini -- 3. Labour-managed multiproduct monopoly / Chiara Celada and Luca Lambertini -- 4. Endogenous timing in a vertically differentiated duopoly / Luca Lambertini -- 5. Existence of equilibrium in a vertically differentiated duopoly / Giulio Ecchia and Luca Lambertini -- 6. Mqs regulation and predatory behaviour / Luca Lambertini and Carlo Scarpa -- 7. Intraindustry trade and the choice of technology / Luca Lambertini and Gianpaolo Rossini -- Part II: -- Dynamics -- 8. Rjvs for product innovation and cartel stability / Cristina Iori and Luca Lambertini -- 9. Product innovation with sequential entry / Giorgia Bertuzzi and Luca Lambertini -- 10. A differential game with quality improvement / Luca Lambertini -- 11. A differential game of advertising under vertical differentiation / Luca Colombo and Luca Lambertini -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782542230
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 399 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Advances in regulatory economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics (14 : 2006 : Bern) Liberalization of the postal and delivery sector
    DDC: 383
    Keywords: Postal service Congresses ; Delivery of goods Congresses
    Abstract: Worldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest as the delivery sector undergoes rapid change and the debate on liberalization rages. This compendium of original essays has been selected from papers presented at the Rutgers University CRRI 14th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, May 31-June 3 2006. It explores the important new trends and issues in this rapidly changing field. The European Union's plan to open postal markets completely in 2009 has raised questions about t he role of regulation, funding for the Universal Service Obligation, the future of national Postal Operators and the principles that should govern the introduction of competition. The contributors - researchers, practitioners, lawyers and senior managers from around the world - address these questions in chapters that cover postal markets, pricing, efficiency and cost analysis, labor relations, and demand drivers. Examples are drawn from around the world. This timely book will be illuminating to practitioners and managers in the postal, express and delivery industry, as well as economists, regulators, competition lawyers, and marketers
    Description / Table of Contents: Information revolutions and modern postal service / James I. Campbell Jr -- Approaches to the USO under entry / Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer -- Partitioning the mailstream : analysis of an innovative approach to USO / Leon A. Pintsov, Andrei Obrea and Theresa Biasi -- From the size of the box to the costs of universal service obligation : a cross country comparison / Franois Boldron, Denis Joram, Lise Martin and Bernard Roy -- A welfare analysis of price controls with end-to-end mail and access services / Philippe de Donder, Helmuth Cremer, Paul Dudley nad Frank Rodriquez -- Dynamics of downstream entry in postal markets / Axel Gautier -- Economies of scale, density and scope in Swiss Post's mail delivery / Mehdi Farsi, Massimo Filippini and Urs Trinkner -- Measuring scale and scope economies with a structural model of postal delivery / Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin, and Mary K. Perkins -- Efficient work-sharing discounts with mail heterogeneity / John C. Panzar -- Nonlinear pricing and worksharing in the postal market / Etienne Billette de Villemeur, Helmuth Cremer, François Boldron and Bernard Roy -- Efficiency analysis of delivery offices in the postal sector using stochastic frontier and data envelopment analyses / Alan Horncastle, David Jevons, Paul Dudley and Emmanuel Thanassoulis -- Economic analysis of the efficiency of Royal Mail units and the implications for regulatory policy / Richard Moriarty, Sophie Yorke, Greg Harman, John Cubbin, Meloria Meschi and Paul Smith -- From theory to practice : vertical relations in the French postal market / Xavier Ambrosini and Olaf Klargaard -- Postal deregulation and its impact on postal workers : a Canadian union perspective / Geoff Bickerton -- First steps towards new postal economics models for developing countries : learning from the Latin American experience / José; Ansón, Rudy Cuadra, Altamir Linhares, Guillermo Ronderos and Joélle Toledano -- The postal technology market and effects on purchasing strategy / William J. Dowling, Rpbert J. Curry, Robert A. F. Reisner and Bill Worth -- Economics of the U.S. postal service alternate access retail channels / Janet L. Webster, Dennis E. Stoker, Saadia Bukhari, Stephen Deering and Andrea M. Otis -- USO public financing at the crossroad between the "Monti package" and the forthcoming reform of the postal directive / Alessandra Fratini and Fabio Filpo -- Scenarios of mail receipt patterns across generations / Luis Jimenez, Anna Owsiany and Chrystal Szeto -- Microanalyses of mail demand drivers for large business customers / Peter Koppe and Christian Bosch -- Measuring the impact of direct mail on the brand / Joanne McNeish -- Consumer preferences and last mile pricing in the postal sector / Beat Friedli, Christian Jaag, Daniel Kráshenbúhl, Ole Bach Nielsen, Sóren-Michael Pihl and Urs Trinkner -- Microeconomic demand modelling for price elasticities / Frédérique Féve, Jean-Pierre Florens and Sophie Richard -- U.S. postal services as composite goods with hedonic properties / Lawrence Fenster, Diane Monaco, Edward S. Pearsall, Charles Robinson and Spyros Xenakis.
    Note: "Compendium of original essays ... selected from papers presented at the ... 14th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, May 31-June 3, 2006"--CIP data view , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781781959176
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 324 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Humane economics
    DDC: 300.092
    Keywords: Lavoie, Don ; Economics Philosophy ; Hermeneutics
    Abstract: Don Lavoie's published work encompasses a wide range of subjects - socialism, hermeneutics, information technology, and culture. The subjects appear unrelated, but a close examination of his research reveals an underlying unity of thought and an economics at sharp variance with the post World War II mainstream. The contributors to this volume explore the legacy of his scholarship and its implications for economics. Three themes run throughout Don Lavoie's work and are explored in these chapters, the overarching one being the importance of social intelligence to economics. Second, and related to this, was his belief that certain institutions or practices are better at creating social intelligence than others - what might be termed the primacy of liberty or voluntaryism. Thirdly, he asserted that economics is more closely aligned with the humane disciplines than with the physical. As these essays make clear, if the next generation of economists does integrate economics with the humanities, some of the credit must go to Don Lavoie. Students and scholars of economics, methodology, and the humanities more broadly will find this a provocative and enriching collection
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Introductory -- 1. Humane economics: An Introduction to the work of don lavoie / Jack High -- Part II: Socialist calculation -- 2. Calculation, competition and entrepreneurship / Israel M. Kirzner -- 3. Don lavoie's contributions to comparative economics / Peter J. Boettke and David L. Prychitko -- 4. A typology of interventionist dynamics / Robert L. Bradley Jr. -- Part III: Information technology -- 5. Institutions as abstraction boundaries / Bill Tulloh and Mark S. Miller / / 6. 'New' Collaborative Learning Environments: The Convergence of Hermeneutics and Hypertext / Virgil Henry Storr -- Part IV: Philosophy -- 7. Hermeneutics and liberty: Remembrance of don lavoie / G.B. Madison -- 8. Hermeneutics in economics: On the status of 'as-if' functions / Wayne J. Froman -- 9. Humility and truth in economics / Deirdre McCloskey -- Part V: Cultural studies -- 10. The development of cultural economy: Foundational questions and future direction / Emily Chamlee-Wright -- 11. Innovation of cardio-imaging technology at hewlett-packard and hp/philips / Don E. Kash -- Part VI: Appendix -- 12. Subjective orientation and objective wealth: Entrepreneurship and the convergence of groupware and hypertext capabilities / Don Lavoie -- Bibliography of don lavoie's publications -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781008218
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 427 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic growth and distribution
    DDC: 338.9
    Keywords: Economic development ; Endogenous growth (Economics) ; Distribution (Economic theory)
    Abstract: Economic Growth and Distribution isolates and compares the logical structures and methodological underpinnings underlying the relationship between economic growth and distribution. It carries out an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues connected with growth theory considered from different theoretical perspectives. Its uniqueness is derived from the original contributions by a number of scholars of different persuasions; some within the mainstream and others from Keynesian-Kaleckian-Sraffian positions. The book deals with a wide variety of research topics concerning economic growth and distribution, such as the transition from the epoch of Malthusian stagnation to the contemporary era of modern economic growth; comparisons among the classical tradition, modern theory, and heterodox models; problems of policy; dynamics and business cycles; and the role of institutions. For its emphasis on comparisons and complementariness among alternative theories of growth and distribution, Economic Growth and Distribution complements the work of advanced textbooks on the topic. It is a companion to Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution (edited by N. Salvadori and R. Balducci) and Classical, Neoclassical and Keynesian Views on Growth and Distribution (edited by N. Salvadori and C. Panico). The book will be appreciated by scholars of the theory of economic growth, the theory of distribution, macroeconomics, classical and Keynesian economics, as well as historians of economic thought
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / Neri Salvadori -- 1. Inequality and the process of development / Oded Galor -- 2. The role of income distribution in long run endogenous growth / Amit Bhaduri -- 3. The competition-of-capitals doctrine and the wage-profit relationship / Ferdinando Meacci -- 4. A heterodox growth and distribution model / Duncan K. Foley and Lance Taylor -- 5. Distribution and growth in a post-Keynesian stock-flow consistent model / Gennaro Zezza and Claudio H. Dos Santos -- 6. Technological progress, income distribution and capacity utilization / Fabio Hideki Ono and José Luís Oreiro -- 7. Demand-led growth and the classical approach to value and distribution: Are they compatible? / Graham White -- 8. Macroeconomic volatility and income inequality in a stochastically growing economy / Cecilia García-Peñalosa and Stephen J. Turnovsky -- 9. The saving-investment nexus in the debate on pension reforms / Sergio Cesaratto -- 10. Income distribution and output change: A macro multiplier approach / Maurizio Ciaschini and Claudio Socci -- 11. A dynamic age model from a classical-Keynesian-schumpeterian approach / Oscar De-Juan -- 12. Heterodox business cycles / Lance Taylor, Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho and Codrina Rada -- 13. Technological innovation, financial fragility and complex dynamics / Alberto Russo, Domenico Delli Gatti and Mauro Gallegati -- 14. Growth, history and institutions / Graziella Bertocchi -- 15. Religious culture, institutions and growth / Michele Bagella, Leonardo Becchetti and Stefano Caiazza -- 16. Trade, poverty and growth: Two perspectives, one message? / Gabriella Berloffa and Maria Luigia Segnana -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781008164
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (256 pages)
    Series Statement: New dimensions in networks
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Daniele, Patrizia Dynamic networks and evolutionary variational inequalities
    DDC: 339.5
    Keywords: Equilibrium (Economics)
    Abstract: Exposed to powerful new economic forces, and undergoing dramatic ownership reforms and technological changes, China's industries are modernizing at a breakneck pace. In many industries, the outcomes have been chaotic and poorly aligned with societal objectives. This book analyses the transformation and modernization of China's industries through a detailed investigation of the wool and wool textile industries. The authors argue that to remain internationally competitive in the post WTO accession era, Chinese industries need to confront a critical new phase in the modernization process - that of improving management practices and industry co-ordination. Modernizing China's Industries is a comprehensive, integrated and in-depth investigation of industry transformation and modernization. The extensive first-hand research, across a range of industry segments and participants, spans almost two decades. The analysis reveals much about industry modernization and transition in China for a broad range of industries and therefore provides invaluable information for developing strategies and accessing opportunities within China. This book offers unique insights for academics and researchers in Asian studies, transition studies and industrial transformation, as well as policymakers and industry leaders interested in both the intricacies and mega-forces involved in China's industrial modernization. The comprehensive industry analysis also provides a valuable reference for professionals in the increasingly China-centric world of wool and wool textiles as well as offering insights for other textile industry professionals
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Mega-forces and mega-consequences -- 2. Wool textiles and industry transformation -- 3. Evolving institutions -- 4. Changing marketing channels -- 5. Restructuring the processing sector -- 6. Reformingtrading arrangements -- 7. Redesigning domestic raw material supply chains -- 8. Reorganizing domestic raw material production -- 9. Understanding and improving industry transformation -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958674
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 267 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Monetary and exchange rate systems
    DDC: 332.4/5
    Keywords: Financial crises ; Foreign exchange rates
    Abstract: Combining critical perspectives with a positive contribution to economic policy, both national and international, this book considers the causes and consequences of recent financial crises presenting cutting-edge material. The editors bring together a number of well-known scholars to offer their views and elaborate on alternative solutions with respect to the Washington Consensus on how to restructure the monetary and financial system in order to avoid financial crises in the future. The book deals with a number of issues, such as the Asian financial crises of the 1990s, exchange rate arrangements, financial liberalization and capital controls. The contributors take a critical approach, providing the elements for a new analysis of monetary and exchange rate issues in the modern world. Monetary and Exchange Rate Systems will be extremely useful for researchers and policymakers interested in monetary macroeconomics and in the international financial system
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi -- Part I: Financial liberalization and financial crises -- 1. International financial instability in a world of currencies hierarchy / Andrea Terzi -- 2. Dollarization and the hegemonic status of the us dollar / Jean-François Ponsot -- 3. Reform and structural change in Latin America: Financial systems and instability / Eugenia Correa and Gregorio Vidal -- 4. East Asian monetary and financial cooperation: The long road ahead / Kok-Fay Chin -- 5. Does financial liberalization affect the distribution of income between wages and profits? / Domenica Tropeano -- 6. Crisis avoidance: The post-washington consensus agenda / Louis-Philippe Rochon -- Part II: From financial instability to macroeconomic performance / 7. Reforming the International Payment System: An Assessment / Claude Gnos -- 8. Is there a role for capital controls? / Philip Arestis, Jesús Ferreiro and Carmen Gómez -- 9. Liberalization or regulating international capital flows? / Paul Davidson -- 10. Cross-border transactions and exchange rate stability / Sergio Rossi -- 11. To fix or to float: Theoretical and pragmatic considerations / L. Randall Wray -- 12. Exchange rate arrangements and EU enlargement / Jesper Jespersen -- Index.
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 238 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Entrepreneurship, investment, and spatial dynamics
    DDC: 330.94
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Investments ; European Union countries Economic conditions ; Regional disparities ; European Union countries Economic integration
    Abstract: Enlargement of the EU increases economic diversity and inequality between countries and regions, making cohesion difficult. This book attempts to provide a deeper understanding of the interaction between investment, knowledge spillovers and entrepreneurship; a crucial factor in reducing the economic disparity caused by the geographic expansion of the EU. The book offers new empirical evidence regarding the spatial dimension of investment, entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers, and features both individual and cross-country analyses. FDI in accession countries is examined, as is the effect of EU integration on own-country investment. Innovative methodologies and unique new models are then used to provide lessons and policy implications for economic growth prospects in the recently enlarged EU. Researchers and policy makers working in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, economic growth, economic integration and regional development will find this book to be of great interest. It will also be warmly welcomed by students and academics with an interest in European studies, international economics and regional and urban economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Overview -- 1. Spatial patterns of entrepreneurship and investment: Lessons and implications for the enlarged European Union / Peter Nijkamp, Ronald L. Moomaw and Iulia Traistaru-Siedschlag -- Part II: Investment -- 2. Foreign direct investments in EU accession countries: A case study on Hungary / Peter Nijkamp and Balint Toth -- 3. European integration and Japanese direct investment in the central and east european countries / Andrzej Cieslik and Michael Ryan -- 4. Foreign direct investment profitability: EU firms in Romania / Fazia Pusterla -- 5. Financial integration of investment performance in the European Union / Hasan Vergil -- Part III: Entrepreneurship -- 6. The determinants of regional differences in new firm formation in western Germany / Udo Brixy and Michael Niese -- 7. Rural entrepreneurship success determinants / Maira Lescevica -- 8. The role of socioeconomic factors in entrepreneurship development: A country level analysis / Eric A. Scorsone, Ronald A. Fleming, Margarita Somov and Victoria Burke -- Part IV: Regional spillovers -- 9. Smes and territorial networks: The emerging framework in Romania / Daniela Luminita Constantin -- 10. Research and development, knowledge spillovers and regional growth in Europe / Seyit Köse and Ronald L. Moomaw -- 11. Foreign direct investment and learning regions in central and eastern Europe / Marina van Geenhuizen and Peter Nijkamp -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958070
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (239 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Global divergence in trade, money and policy
    DDC: 337
    Keywords: International trade Congresses ; Foreign exchange Congresses ; Monetary unions Congresses
    Abstract: Although the globalization of markets and the rapid growth in worldwide information technologies supports harmonization and integration between countries, substantial differences still exist throughout the world. Global Divergence in Trade, Money and Policy explores the disparities between a range of countries, arguing that their differences are a major factor in international tensions, and will remain a substantial problem for many decades to come. The book analyses the implications of disparities in the areas of economic power, institutional structures, per capita income, international trade, exchange rate systems, financial markets, monetary policy issues, the development of monetary unions and welfare. Case studies encompassing Asia, India, Greece, Mexico, the US and EU accession countries illustrate how differently the globalization process is regarded and valued by countries depending on their own particular circumstances. Exploring the role of different countries in the processes of globalization and shedding light on the issues surrounding economic divergences, this book will strongly appeal to economists with a special interest in globalization, development and international trade
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- The athenian policy forum -- Introduction -- Part one: Problems of international trade -- 1. Currency misalignments and trade asymmetries among major economic areas / Dominick Salvatore -- 2. Free trade and poverty / Fernando A. Noriega-Ureña -- Part two: Exchange rate aspects and financial markets -- 3. The east Asian dollar standard, fear of floating, and original sin / Ronald McKinnon and Gunther Schnabl -- 4. Integration and convergence of financial markets in the European Union / Bala Batavia, Parameswar Nandakumar and Cheick Wagué -- Part three: Asymmetries in banking sectors -- 5. Asymmetries in us banking: The role of black-owned banks / Nicholas A. Lash -- 6. The extranjerización of the Mexican banking sector: Expectations and results / Carlos A. Rozo -- Part four: Monetary policy issues -- 7. Asymmetries in transatlantic monetary policy relationship? Ecb versus fed / Ansgar Belke and Daniel Gros -- 8. Rethinking monetary stabilization in the presence of an asset bubble: Should the response be symmetric or asymmetric? / Marc D. Hayford and A.G. Malliaris -- Part five: Accession countries and emu -- 9. The internationalization of the euro: Trends, challenges and risks / George Michalopoulos -- 10. Linkages in the term structures of the EU accession countries / Minoas I. Koukouritakis and Leo Michelis -- Index.
    Note: "This book is a compliation of papers from a conference about 'Asymmetries in Trade and Currency Arrangements in the 21st Century' held as one of the main biennial conferences of the Athenian Policy Forum at Deutsche Bundesbank (Frankfurt, Germany) in July 2004." , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305377
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 163 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Amendola, Mario, 1938 - The market way to riches
    DDC: 339.5
    Keywords: Equilibrium (Economics) ; Europe Economic policy
    Abstract: Mario Amendola and Jean-Luc Gaffard argue that all too often, markets and technology are treated as two magic words that will open the door to a wealth of riches. An increasing number of governments appear to be aiming for a pure market economy in order to reap the benefits of a benevolent technology that promises the most spectacular advances. Both markets and technology can certainly be considered essential economic factors, but which market and what technology? Is the current prevailing view of competition without restraints and privatisation at all costs actually the essence of the market? This book maintains that the dominant view mistakes the relationship between growth and technical change and, as a consequence, the role of the market in this context. The authors argue that once the issue is analysed in the proper light, the usual ingredients of the dominant policy recipe - zero inflation, balanced budgets, privatisations, deregulation of all markets, extreme flexibility - may not actually be the appropriate ones. The Market Way to Riches will appeal to academics from many branches of economics including heterodox, evolutionary and macroeconomics and those with an interest in economic growth generally. Policy makers influencing economic growth will also find much to engage them
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Market and technology -- 2. Is technology the heart of the matter? -- 3. Market and competition -- 4. Paradoxes and dilemmas -- 5. Walking a feasible path, not heading for the stars -- 6. Market and the state -- References -- Appendix: Models and simulations -- A1 the benchmark model -- A2 macroeconomic changes -- A3 industry changes -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958797
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (128 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Määttä, Kalle Environmental taxes
    DDC: 336.16
    Keywords: Environmental impact charges
    Abstract: Environmental taxes differ from each other according to the functions they serve and the manner in which they are implemented. This study highlights the appropriateness of different kinds of environmental taxes against a rigorous framework of theory and case study evidence. The purpose of this book is to analyse the way in which environmental taxes are categorized and which factors affect the effectiveness and efficiency of the different kinds of environmental taxes in practice. This pragmatic approach is emphasized along with the multiplicity of regulatory problems such as: At what level should the environmental tax rate be set? What is the proper time schedule for introducing an environmental tax? What are the most appropriate taxable characteristics and how should they be determined? What activities should be exempt from environmental taxation? How can tax relief be implemented? These are only some of the regulatory problems explored in this study, which also encompasses an examination of the theory of regulation. The author argues that economists have often paid too little attention to the administrative and legal issues concerning the implementation of legislation, such as environmental tax laws, which are of course vital to the success of any potential policy. Lawyers too have in turn neglected the theory of regulation, which would assist in analysing problems in a future-oriented way. Environmental Taxes will therefore be of great interest to a wide audience of environmental economists, law and economics scholars as well as policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual framework -- 3. The fallacy of buchanan-tullock theorem -- 4. Regulatory and fiscal taxes: Theoretical considerations -- 5. Incentive environmental taxes -- 6. Financing environmental taxes -- 7. Environmental taxes from the fiscal point of view -- 8. Concluding remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781959152
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 241 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Wu, Yanrui, 1964 - Economic growth, transition, and globalization in China
    DDC: 338.951
    Keywords: Globalization Congresses Economic aspects ; China Congresses Economic conditions 1976-2000 ; China Congresses Economic conditions 2000-
    Abstract: This book addresses a number of important topics and issues associated with China's economic transition, growth and global integration. The chapters, by a distinguished group of scholars, provide a timely assessment of recent developments in the Chinese economy. The authors employ contemporary economic theory and the latest statistics to analyze the sources and spillover effects of China's growth, to investigate the relationship between growth and business cycle, and to shed light on China's growth prospects in the coming decade. In the context of growth, transition and globalization, the chapters also cover issues such as labour economics, urban efficiency, banking and macroeconomic management. Economic Growth, Transition and Globalization in China is a highly focused and unique work of direct policy relevance and is aimed at an international audience. It is an invaluable combination of rigorous theoretical work and empirical material. This timely book should be an important reference for researchers and students of Asian studies, and the Chinese economy, in particular. It will also appeal to business analysts
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction / Yanrui Wu -- Part I: Economic growth and outlook -- 2. Sources of growth / Nazrul Islam, Erbiao Dai and Hiroshi Sakamoto -- 3. Inter-regional output spillovers / Nicolaas Groenewold, Guoping Lee and Anping Chen -- 4. Business cycle and growth / Yanrui Wu -- 5. Growth prospect during 2005-2020 / Shantong Li, Yongzhi Hou, Yunzhong Liu and Jianwu He -- Part II: Urban economy, migration and labour market -- 6. Performance of city economies / Yuk-shing Cheng and Sung-ko Li -- 7. Rural migrants and public security / Ingrid Nielsen and Russell Smyth -- 8. Job-matching efficiency / Sheng Yu -- Part III: Banking, exchange rates and globalization -- 9. Banking reform and macroeconomic management / Michael Thorpe -- 10. The exchange rate debate / James Laurenceson and Fengming Qin -- 11. Globalization and economic development / Abu Siddique -- Index.
    Note: Selected papers from the International Conference on "Transition, Growth, and Globalization in China," held July 7-8, 2005, in Perth, W.A , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781781958407
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 261 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Creedy, John, 1949 - The distributional effects of indirect taxes
    DDC: 336.2/94
    Keywords: Taxation ; Indirect taxation
    Abstract: This book develops a number of analytical models and presents empirical analyses of the equity and efficiency effects of existing indirect taxes from New Zealand. Potential tax reforms including environmental taxes are also examined and the methods presented can easily be adapted to deal with other countries. Policy debates are inevitably influenced by value judgements, which are seldom made explicit either by governments or those engaging in public discussion. By concentrating on the empirical orders of magnitude, and by examining the implications of adopting alternative value judgements, the findings of this book contribute towards rational policy debate, rather than relying on guesswork and rhetoric. The equity and efficiency effects of indirect taxes are examined in detail, using the central concepts of welfare changes, the excess burden of taxation, and money metric utility measures. The indirect taxes examined include a carbon tax designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Distributional Effects of Indirect Taxes develops widely applicable models and will therefore appeal to economists interested in public economics, tax policy, inequality measurement, welfare economics and tax modelling. Economists in government departments and international agencies interested in public finance and inequality and poverty measurement will also find much to engage them in this book, as will policymakers concerned with indirect and environmental tax policy, inequality, and welfare economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. New zealand taxes and data -- Part II: Excise taxes and welfare -- 3. Excise taxation, equity and efficiency -- 4. A petrol tax increase -- Part III: Environmental taxes -- 5. Effects of a carbon tax -- 6. Minimum disruption changes -- Part IV: Tax revenue -- 7. The revenue elasticity of NZ taxes -- Part V: Some measurement issues -- 8. Indirect taxation and progressivity -- 9. The income unit and income concept -- Part VI: Conclusions -- 10. Conclusions -- A. Income and consumption taxes -- B. Welfare changes and tax burdens -- C. The simulation model -- D. Revenue elasticity computations -- E. Progressivity and the les -- F. The almost ideal demand system -- G. Carbon tax tables -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958520
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 393 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The East Asian high-tech drive
    DDC: 338/.064095
    Keywords: Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technological innovations Government policy ; High technology Economic aspects ; High technology industries ; Industries Technological innovations ; East Asia Economic policy
    Abstract: East Asia has been an area of high economic growth for several decades. The East Asian High-Tech Drive argues that to maintain the growth momentum, the more advanced East Asian economies need to pay particular attention to policies designed to upgrade their industrial capabilities. The authors argue that effectively functioning institutions, predictable commercial policies, investments in human capital and infrastructure, openness and macroeconomic stability are essential for growth and technological development. Regarding the two lower income economies in the sample, Indonesia is found to have the smallest improvement in the skill intensity of its exports, while the Philippines has registered the slowest economic growth. For both countries, industrial upgrading issues are not as imperative as achieving or regaining rapid, labour-intensive growth as both recently experienced major political instabilities. Yun-Peng Chu and Hal Hill have gathered together a strong and cohesive collection of papers written by country experts on the issue of high-tech industrialization in East Asia. They present case studies of Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, the PRC and Indonesia. The book uses a new measure of the skill intensity of exports that, it is argued, deepens our understanding of industrialization trajectories in this important and dynamic region. There are also detailed examinations and assessments of government policies in each economy. The editors have prepared an overview chapter that summarizes and integrates the main results of cross-country comparisons in a coherent manner. Academics, scholars and researchers of economic development, industrial and technology studies and Asian studies will all find much to engage them within this book
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. An overview of the issues / Hal Hill and Yun-Peng Chu -- 2. Three paths for high-technology catch-up: Singapore, Korea and Taiwan / Jang-Sup Shin and Yun-Peng Chu -- 3. High-tech industrialisation and local capability formation in south Korea / Jang-Sup Shin -- 4. The political economy of Taiwan's high-tech industrialisation: The 'developmental state' and its mutinous mutation / Yun-Peng Chu -- 5. Moving towards high-tech industrialisation: The case of Malaysia / Tham Siew-Yean and Haji Mat Zin Ragayah -- 6. High-tech industry development in the Philippines: At a dangerous crossroad? / Gwendolyn R. Tecson -- 7. Thailand as a high-tech industrial economy: An impossible dream? / Medhi Krongkaew, with Teeraya Krongkaew -- 8. Indonesian industrial policies: Before and after the crisis / Kelly Bird and Hal Hill / / Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958766
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (416 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Klein, Philip A., 1927 - Economics confronts the economy
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Economics
    Abstract: Economics Confronts the Economy is a challenging and unorthodox look at contemporary economic analysis. Philip Klein presents a highly reasoned and yet personal view of the state of economics today. While his views may be contentious to some, it is an accessible book that will provoke discussion and debate to a wide readership. Professor Klein begins with the assumption that the basic function of economic theory is to provide a sound guide for public policy in assisting society in defining what it means by 'economic progress'. In the words of Thorstein Veblen it involves economic activity as explicit steps to be taken at any given time to enable the economy to play its most effective role in 'enhancing human life'. The book argues that modern mainstream economics is failing in this task in terms of what it teaches young economists, what it contributes to public policy debates and what it has done to the field of economics. This book will have a wide audience throughout the many and varied fields of economics including heterodox economics, micro- and macroeconomics, history of economic thought and economic policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. The unchanging focus of modern economics -- 2. Making progress with theory: Do we get what we want or want what we get? -- 3. Lowering the learning in economics, 1950-2000 -- 4. Trivialization and elegance i: The world of microeconomics -- 5. Trivialization and elegance ii: The world of macroeconomics -- 6. Theory and the role of the public sector -- 7. Focus on 'mainstream economics': Obstacles to the competition for new ideas -- 8. Economics confronts the economy: An alternative view - don't cry for me, economics -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781956410
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 176 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Frenken, Koen Innovation, evolution and complexity theory
    Keywords: Technological innovations ; System theory
    Abstract: The motivation behind this book is the desire to integrate complexity theory into economic models of technological evolution. By means of developing an evolutionary model of complex technological systems, the book contributes to the neo-Schumpetarian literature on innovation, diffusion and technological paradigms. Recent advances in complexity theory provide a new understanding of technological innovation and complex problem-solving. This book offers an approach based on Stuart Kauffman's NK-model of complex systems to better understand and analyse search strategies that firms apply to develop new technologies. The models deal with a range of topics including bounded rationality, myopia, decomposability, modularity and the emergence of technological paradigms. Empirical applications include the evolution of early 18th century steam engine technology, 20th century aircraft and helicopter designs and recent innovations in personal computers. Innovation, Evolution and Complexity Theory makes excellent use of complexity theory and large datasets on technologies with which to complement the analysis. The book will be of great interest to evolutionary and innovation economists and academics as well as scholars in the interdisciplinary field of complexity theory and industrial organisation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Part I: Theoretical contributions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Technology landscapes -- 3. Generalised genotype-phenotype maps -- 4. A model of technological paradigms -- Part II: Empirical applications -- 5. Entropy statistics -- 6. Early evolution of steam engines -- 7. Trajectories in aircraft and helicopters -- 8. The advent of portable computers -- 9. Directions for future research -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-169) and index
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  • 86
    ISBN: 9781781959831
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 429 pages)
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 016.3380951
    Keywords: Investments, Foreign Bibliography ; International business enterprises Bibliography Management
    Abstract: This unique annotated bibliography contains the most important studies of the Chinese business environment, comprising almost 1000 references to articles published in English-language journals in the past fifteen years or so. The editors have sought to focus on those writings that deal fairly directly with the impact of the Chinese business environment on foreign firms doing business in China. Each work is fully referenced in a standard format, has a brief description of its subject matter and has been given a classification code - ensuring quick and easy identification of all articles on any given subject. The indexes include a joint author index and a subject classification index which make the bibliography easily navigable and usable. There is also an introduction by the editors explaining the rationale behind the book and the selection criteria, along with a description of how it may be used most efficiently. This book will serve as an invaluable reference book for scholars and researchers of Asian studies - China most particularly - and international business. Senior executives and middle level managers of multinational corporations who have been operating in, or who wish to do business in and with China would also find this a useful and rich source of information
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 1-415) and indexes
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    ISBN: 9781781956779
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 260 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values
    DDC: 333.33/2
    RVK:
    Keywords: Environmental economics ; Environmental policy Costs ; Environmental policy Evaluation ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Benefit transfer is the practice of estimating economic values at a target site by utilising the results of existing studies for different sites. It is commonly used to estimate values for changes in environmental conditions where time and cost factors constrain the direct application of non-market valuation techniques at the target site. The focus of this unique collection of case studies is the validity and accuracy of benefit transfer using choice modelling, rather than the traditional focus of transferring results from contingent valuation and travel cost models. The book includes a simple guide to using choice modelling results in a benefit transfer process, an overview of the theoretical issues involved, and a number of case studies from Australia, Finland, New Zealand, the UK and the US. The conclusion is that the benefit transfer process is not straightforward, but that use of the choice modelling technique allows for more 'automatic' adjustment of values by the factors that frame the case study of interest. This book will strongly appeal to a wide ranging readership, including academics, students and researchers involved in non-market valuation and benefit transfer research, policymakers requiring the use of benefit transfer in valuation studies, and consultants and researchers performing benefit transfer studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values / Jeff Bennett -- A simple guide to choice modelling and benefit transfer / John Rolfe -- Theoretical issues in using choice modelling data for benefit transfer / John Rolfe -- Stated preference benefit transfer approaches for estimating passive use value of wild salmon / John Loomis -- Valuing New South Wales rivers for use in benefit transfer / Mark Morrison and Jeff Bennett -- Testing for benefit transfer over water quality benefits / Nick Hanley ... [et al.] -- Testing benefit transfer with water resources in central Queensland, Australia / John Rolfe, Adam Loch and Jeff Bennett -- Transferring mitigation values for small streams / Geoffrey N. Kerr and Basil M.H. Sharp -- Transferring the environmental values of wetlands / Stuart M. Whitten and Jeff Bennett -- Generalising environmental values / Martin van Bueren and Jeff Bennett -- Valuing aboriginal cultural heritage across different population groups / John Rolfe and Jill Windle -- The significance of policy instruments in benfit transfer / Paula Horne and Jeff Bennett.
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    ISBN: 9781781956458
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (384 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Julian, Craig C. International joint venture performance in Southeast Africa
    DDC: 332.6730959
    Keywords: Joint ventures ; International business enterprises
    Abstract: Craig Julian argues that the International Joint Venture (IJV) phenomena represents two opposing trends. On the one hand, an analysis of the number of new IJVs reveals that they are becoming increasingly popular as a mode of overseas market entry and expansion. On the other hand, however, the significance of a robust growth trend is overshadowed by the incidence of high failure. The book examines the factors influencing the marketing performance of IJVs in South East Asia, including market characteristics, conflict, commitment, product characteristics, marketing orientation, control, trust, partner's contributions and partner's needs. A unique composite measure incorporating financial, strategic and perceptual tools is used to determine the marketing performance of IJVs, and directions for future research are provided. Managers are then guided in better managing and improving the success of their IJVs, and the importance of top management team composition to IJV performance is also highlighted. International Joint Venture Performance in South East Asia provides the most comprehensive list of references on joint venture academic research to date with 60 pages of references on joint venture research. As such, this book will be invaluable to both academics and practitioners with an interest in international business research and the management of IJVs
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trends and characteristics of international joint ventures -- 3. Performance of international joint ventures -- 4. Market characteristics and performance -- 5. Conflict -- 6. commitment and performance -- 7. product characteristics -- 8. marketing orientation -- 9. Control -- 10. Trust -- 11. partners' contributions -- 12. Partners' needs -- 13. top management teams of international joint ventures -- 14. Equity joint ventures and the theory of the multinational enterprise -- 15. Investing in thailand via joint ventures -- 16. Legal implications of investing in thailand -- 17. A guide for managers of international joint ventures -- 18. Future research agenda for international joint ventures in South East Asia -- Eeferences -- Index.
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  • 89
    ISBN: 9781035305254
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 461 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rugman, Alan M., 1945 - 2014 Analysis of multinational strategic management
    DDC: 658/.049
    Keywords: International business enterprises Management ; Strategic planning
    Abstract: Characterized by new analytical insights and methods in the field of international business, this collection of articles by Alan Rugman and Alain Verbeke celebrates their long and productive work together on issues facing top managers of multinational enterprises. Fueled by their belief in the need for better theory in multinational strategic management, the authors have explored a number of different facets in this increasingly important realm. They have organized the work into five sections: the foundations of a new theory of multinational strategic management, a radically new examination of multinational strategic management, national competitiveness, the relatively under-researched but increasingly important issue of environmental strategies of multinational enterprises, and the interactions between multinational strategic management and public policy. This outstanding collection, inspired by the occasion of Alan Rugman's 60th birthday, will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of international business and management, as well as to economists and lawyers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: The theory of multinational strategic management -- Part II: New analysis of multinational strategic management -- Part III: Location and multinational strategic management -- Part IV: Environmental regulations and multinational strategic management -- Part V: Public policy and multinational strategic management -- Index.
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  • 90
    ISBN: 9781781959091
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 215 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Advances in ecological economics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hoekstra, Rutger, 1974 - Economic growth, material flows and the environment
    Dissertation note: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Free University, Amsterdam, 2003
    DDC: 333.7/01/5195
    Keywords: Environmental economics Mathematical models ; Sustainable development Mathematical models ; Natural resources Mathematical models ; Materials management Economic aspects ; Hochschulschrift
    Abstract: Rutger Hoekstra examines the complex relationship between the monetary economy and the materials flows that are extracted and emitted by economic activities. These physical flows are responsible for many important environmental problems such as unsustainable resource depletion, waste production and climate change. This book discusses, applies and improves upon techniques which link the monetary and physical economies for environmental analyses. The book uses two sources of analysis: the physical input-output table (PIOT), a macro-economic account for the physical economy, recording material and product flows, including resource extraction, emissions and recycling; and structural decomposition analysis (SDA), which assesses the influence of structural changes, such as economic growth, consumption shifts, export growth and technological change, on environmental indicators. Methodological improvements in the PIOT and SDA systems are then presented by the author, and applied to empirical data. Ecological and industrial economists, along with those with an interest in environmental problems associated with the economy will find this book, with its extensive historical analysis and novel fore- and back-casting models, to be a fascinating read
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Input-output tables and models -- 3. Constructing input-output tables: Theory -- 4. Physical input-output tables -- 5. Hybrid input-output tables for iron and steel and plastics -- 6. Environmental structural decomposition analysis -- 7. Comparing structural and Index decomposition analysis -- 8. Structural decomposition analysis of iron and steel and plastics -- 9. Forecasting and backcasting scenarios -- 10. Summary and conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781958339
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 236 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hanson, David, 1939 - CE marking, product standards and world trade
    DDC: 363.19/02/184
    Keywords: Standardization ; Technology International cooperation
    Abstract: CE Marking, the European system of mandatory product safety standards, has created major obstacles for US exporters to the European Union (EU). CE Marking, Product Standards and World Trade is one of the first books to analyze the nature and dynamics of this major non-tariff trade barrier. David Hanson looks at the patterns of EU decision-making through a functional comparative analysis with the US, and in the context of the institutional alliances and rivalries that shape outcomes. An increasingly important but little understood issue, CE Marking is also an example of a growing problem in international commerce - the impact of inconsistent domestic product requirements on international trade. The author examines the way in which the EU has implemented the CE Marking system, its impact on US exporters, the dynamic of US-EU trade and negotiations, and the political and administrative arrangements that support them. This comprehensive study will be of great interest to students and scholars of industrial economics and international business. Business people and policymakers will also find much of interest in this timely volume
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Background to ce marking -- 3. A new approach to product regulation -- 4. From directives to standards -- 5. From notified bodies to surveillance authorities -- 6. The American system -- 7. Dueling standards -- 8. Building bridges -- 9. New directions -- 10. What can we learn from ce marking? -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958865
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 155 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Chen, Jianxun, 1933 - High-tech industries in China
    DDC: 338.4/76
    Keywords: High technology industries
    Abstract: Following China's accession to the WTO in 2001, reform of its science and technology system has deepened. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the high-tech sector, examining Chinese high-tech industry policy, the emergence of industrial clusters, the R&D activities of multinational corporations operating in China, and the prospect of commercialization of high-tech achievements. The authors argue that since commercialization has become the ultimate objective of innovation activity, the relationship between R&D facilities, the local economy and local enterprises has become closer, thereby boosting the technology innovation capability of the corporate sector. They go on to explore regions with the greatest scale and depth of high-tech industry development: Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Shaanxi; which now serve as models for other regions. The book concludes that although high-tech exports have become an important contributing factor to China's economic growth, the country still has no effective mechanism for high-risk investment, therefore Chinese high-tech enterprises still find it difficult to secure financing. This book will strongly appeal to those affiliated to multinational enterprises: managers, brokers, dealers and investors, as well as academics and researchers specialising in business economics and Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. China's high-tech industry policy under institutional transformation -- 2. R&d and innovation in China's high-tech sector -- 3. Regional disparities in China's high-tech sector -- 4. Regional concentration of multinational corporations' r&d activities in China -- 5. Commercialization of high-tech research results in China -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781958155
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 347 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in the economics of innovation
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Högselius, Per, 1973 - The dynamics of innovation in Eastern Europe
    DDC: 384/.094798
    Keywords: Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Telecommunication ; Estonia Economic policy 1991-
    Abstract: Building strong and dynamic systems of innovation constitutes a key challenge for the post-socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe. This book develops a strong conceptual and empirical foundation for understanding how such dynamic systems may emerge. The Dynamics of Innovation in Eastern Europe explains, in particular, how this has been possible in the case of the Estonian system of innovation in telecommunications. The book shows that the socialist historical heritage, and in particular inherited competencies, may be used in highly creative ways for generating dynamic innovation in the post-socialist context. It also uncovers the complex and multifaceted ways in which the geographical and cultural proximity to Western Europe can be creatively used as a powerful resource in the pursuit of building systems of innovation in the East. Moreover, the book demonstrates that it is possible for East European systems of innovation to develop highly creative domestic dynamics without necessarily imitating Western systems or styles of innovation. Providing a unique empirical analysis of how systems of innovation undergo far-reaching transformation and change, this book will be of interest to economists and scholars involved in issues relating to innovation, technology, economic development and East-West integration. Policymakers in the EU and in Central and East European countries and practitioners involved in innovation-related activities will also find it of great appeal
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualizing the transformation and reorientation of systems of innovation -- 3. Historical case studies: A methodological discussion -- 4. The origins of telecommunications in Estonia (1855-1985) -- 5. Estonia's reorientation toward the west (1985-1993) -- 6. Imitation and experimentation (1993-1998) -- 7. The new dynamism (1998-2004) -- 8. The making of the Estonian telecommunications system of innovation: Analysis and conclusion -- 9. The dynamics of innovation in eastern Europe: Implications for theory and policy -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-337) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781958223
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 305 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dellink, Rob B. Modelling the costs of environmental policy
    DDC: 333.7/01/1
    Keywords: Environmental policy Costs ; Environmental economics
    Abstract: This important new book enhances our understanding of the dynamic interactions between economic activity, economic growth, pollution abatement and environmental policy. It addresses one main policy problem: how can the direct and indirect costs of environmental policy for multiple pollutants be properly assessed in an applied model? Using an original methodology, the author constructs a multi-sectoral dynamic applied general equilibrium model. This new integrated model greatly improves the empirical analysis of the dynamic reactions of economic agents to pollution control, explicitly taking into account the direct and indirect effects of abatement on the economy and the environment. The author goes on to apply the model to study the costs of various environmental policies including climate change, acidification, eutrophication, smog formation and the dispersion of fine dust. He finds that if environmental policies can be implemented simultaneously and in a cost-effective manner, the economic costs of these policies can be effectively limited through a combination of economic restructuring and adopting technical abatement measures. Modelling the Costs of Environmental Policy will prove essential and enlightening reading for scholars, students and researchers of environmental and resource economics, environmental policy and economic modelling
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pollution and abatement in economic modelling -- 3. Dynamic analysis of pollution and abatement in an applied general equilibrium model -- 4. Specification of a dynamic applied general equilibrium model with pollution and abatement for the Netherlands (dean) -- 5. Calibration of the dean model to the Netherlands -- 6. Dynamic empirical analysis of environmental policy -- In the Netherlands using dean -- 7. Alternative specifications of the dean model -- 8. Final discussion and conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-303) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781958704
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (368 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Flexible working and organisational change
    DDC: 331.25/72/094
    Keywords: Work and family Congresses ; Organizational change Congresses ; Sexual division of labor Congresses ; Hours of labor Congresses ; Part-time employment Congresses ; Telecommuting Congresses ; Quality of work life Congresses
    Abstract: Organisations and the nature of work have undergone fundamental changes in recent decades. At the same time, the traditional family pattern in Europe is being challenged by the growing number of dual-income families, and by the rise of women's employment. The central aim of this book is to consider to what extent changes in organisations and in the nature of jobs are compatible with the need, increasingly expressed by employees, for greater integration between work and family life. The book questions what sort of dilemmas modern and future employees face, in terms of shaping their careers and organising their lives at home. The authors formulate answers to these problematic questions by shedding light on relevant developments in the European labour markets, the European workplaces, in (flexible) working patterns, changing preferences for working hours and in gender relations at work. With a focus on future developments, this book will be of interest to labour market researchers and social policymakers in Europe, and also students in the social sciences, management (HRM) and social policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Change in a European context -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Work and family life in Europe: Employment patterns of working parents across welfare states -- 3. Organisational change, gender and integration of work and private life -- 4. New working arrangements and organisational change in the Netherlands -- 5. Occupational sex segregation and societal change -- Part II: Flexible working -- 6. Gender equality and the work-life balance: Policies and practices in the new economy -- 7. Flexibillisation, deregulation and working time: A gendered question: Evidence from Spain -- 8. Long-term effects of flexible work -- Part III: Working time, leave facilities and teleworking -- 9. Employers' and employees' preferences on working time in Finland -- 10. Do dutch employees want to work more or fewer hours than they actually do? -- 11. Internal and external career aspirations of men and women within their organisations -- 12. Assessing the use of parental leave by fathers: Towards a conceptual framework -- 13. It and telework -- Part IV: The integration of work and personal life -- 14. Looking backwards to go forwards: The integration of paid work and personal life -- 15. Flexible work and organisational change from a European perspective: Challenges for future research -- Index.
    Note: Revised papers from an international conference organized in June 2002 and held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, to discuss the outcomes of the Netherlands' Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) funded research programme, "New organisational structures and workers of the future." , Includes index , Includes bibliographical references
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    ISBN: 9781781958278
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (360 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Teranishi, Jūrō, 1942 - Evolution of the economic system in Japan
    Keywords: Japan Economic conditions 20th century ; Japan Economic policy 1989- ; Japan Economic conditions 1989-
    Abstract: The economic system of 'high-growth-period' Japan was characterized by various properties such as its unique banking system, industrial policy and lifetime employment. Juro Teranishi argues that since the 'bubble period' and the subsequent severe downturn of the economy during the 1990s, Japan's economic system has been undergoing extensive changes. This book is informed by a historical evaluation of the 'high-growth-period' economic system in comparison with the preceding Meiji-Taishô economic system, set within a framework incorporating the role of the government and the private sector economic system as well as the government-private sector interface. Factors are identified that determined the emergence of the Japanese economic system, and the nature of, and reasons for, its transformation. Juro Teranishi reveals how the 'high-growth-period' economic system emerged because of the failure of the Meiji-Taishô economic system to adapt to changes in exogenous conditions, and that it is now obliged to change in order to accommodate those changes that took place during the 1990s. The book also includes a valuable evaluation of the performance of the Japanese economic system in terms of not only the growth of GDP, but also income distribution. Juro Teranishi's book will appeal to scholars and students of the Japanese economy, institutional and financial economics, and corporate governance
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: 1. Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Analytical framework -- Part II: Meiji-taishô economic system -- 3. Emergence of the meiji-taishô economic system -- 4. Mechanism and performance of the meiji-taishô economic system -- 5. Decline of the meiji-taishô economic system -- Part III: The high-growth-period economic system -- 6. Emergence of the high-growth-period economic system -- 7. Mechanism and performance of the high-growth-period economic system -- 8. Decline of the high-growth-period economic system -- Part IV: -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
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  • 97
    ISBN: 9781781959053
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (232 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Telecommunication policy ; Broadcasting policy ; Trade regulation
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the complex interrelationship between technological change, globalisation, 'Europeanisation', national institutional structures, and the transfer of ideas in the reform of European telecommunications regulation. Globalisation, Convergence and European Telecommunications Regulation analyses the achievements and limitations of over twenty years of EU efforts to liberalise markets and to harmonise regulation. A key feature is the author's treatment of the EU's regulatory policy response to technological convergence in the information and communications sector, through its new Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework. The book explores in detail the dynamics of the complex relationship between technological and globalisation pressures, economic interests and European and national policy responses. A key finding is persistent Member State diversity in regulatory implementation alongside remarkable policy convergence on a new institutional model for the telecommunications sector. An overarching trend is the emergence of distinct features of a 'regulatory state', at national and EU level, in the telecommunications sector. Contributing to the ongoing debate on the role of the EC and the extent to which EU telecommunications policy can be described as 'supranational', this book will strongly appeal to academics, researchers, students and practitioners involved in the fields of technology, public policy and European studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: -- 1. Introduction: The analytical framework -- 2. Globalisation and the competition state -- 3. Liberalisation and Europeanisation of telecommunications - the emergence of an EU policy framework -- 4. The transposition and implementation of the EU's 1998 regulatory framework -- 5. A new EU regulatory package for converging electronic communications networks and services -- 6. Regulation of communications content and the EU's electronic communications regulatory framework -- 7. The changing global governance of telecommunications and the EU -- 8. Conclusions - globalisation, convergence and European telecommunications regulation -- References -- Index.
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  • 98
    ISBN: 9781781008317
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 322 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Grocery e-commerce
    DDC: 381/.41
    Keywords: Selling Congresses Groceries ; Electronic commerce Congresses ; Grocery shopping Congresses
    Abstract: This book attempts to shed light on why it is so difficult to develop and maintain successful businesses in the grocery e-commerce arena. Within the last five years, grocery e-commerce has experienced both consistent successes such as Tesco.com and irrevocable failures such as Webvan.com. Niels Kornum and Mogens Bjerre bring key researchers together to investigate the factors contributing to the success of grocery e-commerce, particularly in countries that had the earliest and most extensive experiences in this field: the USA, the UK and Scandinavia. The authors argue that grocery e-commerce is especially difficult to implement because it differs from other types of consumer sales in numerous aspects including low profit margins, low value density of products and high frequency purchases. As well as examining these unique characteristics, the authors present research on consumer behaviour, cross country comparisons and new empirical evidence in order to address the long-term prospects for the survival of grocery e-commerce. Recommendations as to how managers should respond to its challenges are also made. Academics, students and researchers focusing on marketing, consumer behaviour, logistics, e-commerce and business strategy will find this book to be a fascinating read
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Grocery e-commerce - consumer behaviour and business strategies: An Introduction -- 2. Competing for the online grocery customer: The uk experience -- 3. To pay or not to pay, that is the question. Conceptual model and empirical results on consumers' view on home delivery -- 4. Household desires on home delivery: An empirical study on attended reception of convenience goods -- 5. A comparison of in-store vs. Online grocery customers -- 6. Understanding consumer adoption of online grocery shopping: Results from Denmark and Sweden -- 7. Behind the values: Understanding consumer behaviour and e-grocery business from a dialectic culture perspective -- 8. Effective e-grocery logistics -- 9. Cost drivers and profitability of dc based grocery home delivery systems -- 10. A reality check on e-grocery delivery options - the Swedish case -- 11. Packaging trends for e-commerce shipments in the United States: A focus on perishables! -- 12. First-movers in the e-grocery sector - a framework for analysis -- 13. Innovative opportunities and strategies for online transactions -- 14. The future of grocery e-commerce - will business be able to meet customers' needs and how? -- Index.
    Note: Selected papers from the First International Workshop on Consumer Behaviour and Distribution in the e-Grocery Sector, held 24-25 May 2004 at the Copenhagen Business School, are the backbone of this book , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781781008058
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 343 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Capital flight and capital controls in developing countries
    DDC: 332/.0424/091724
    Keywords: Capital movements
    Abstract: Capital flight - the unrecorded export of capital from developing countries - often represents a significant cost for developing countries. It also poses a puzzle for standard economic theory, which would predict that poorer countries be importers of capital due to its scarcity. This situation is often reversed, however, with capital fleeing poorer countries for wealthier, capital-abundant locales. Using a common methodology for a set of case studies on the size, causes and consequences of capital flight in developing countries, the contributors address the extent of capital flight, its effects, and what can be done to reverse it. Case studies of Brazil, China, Chile, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the Middle East provide rich descriptions of the capital flight phenomena in a variety of contexts. The volume includes a detailed description of capital flight estimation methods, a chapter surveying the impact of financial liberalization, and several chapters on controls designed to solve the capital flight problem. The first book devoted to the careful calculation of capital flight and its historical and policy context, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars in the areas of international finance and economic development
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Setting the stage -- 1. Introduction -- / gerald epstein -- 2. Capital account liberalization, growth and the labor share of income: Reviewing and extending the cross-country evidence -- / kang-kook lee and arjun jayadev -- 3. Capital flight: Meanings and measures -- / edsel l. Beja, jr. -- Part II: Capital flight: case studies -- 4. Capital flight from South Africa, 1980-2000 -- / seeraj mohammed and kade finnoff -- 5. The determinants of capital flight in Turkey, 1971-2000 -- / anil duman, hakki c. Erkin and fatma gül unal -- 6. Capital flight from Thailand, 1980-2000 -- / edsel l. Beja, jr., pokpong junvith and jared ragusett -- 7. A class analysis of capital flight from Chile, 1971-2001 / Burak Bener and Mathieu Dufour -- 8. Capital flight from Brazil, 1981-2000 -- / deger eryar -- 9. A development comparative approach to capital flight: The case of the middle east and north Africa, 1970-2002 -- / abdullah almounsor -- 10. Capital flight from China, 1982-2001 -- / andong zhu, chunxiang li and gerald epstein -- Part III: Policy issues -- 11. Regulating capital flight -- / eric helleiner -- 12. Capital management techniques in developing countries -- / gerald epstein, ilene grabel and sundaram kwame jomo -- 13. Africa's debt: Who owes whom? -- / james k. Boyce and léonce ndikumana -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 100
    ISBN: 9781781958148
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 237 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 338.4/767731/0951
    Keywords: Industries ; Wool industry ; Textile industry ; China Economic policy 2000-
    Abstract: Exposed to powerful new economic forces, and undergoing dramatic ownership reforms and technological changes, China's industries are modernizing at a breakneck pace. In many industries, the outcomes have been chaotic and poorly aligned with societal objectives. This book analyses the transformation and modernization of China's industries through a detailed investigation of the wool and wool textile industries. The authors argue that to remain internationally competitive in the post WTO accession era, Chinese industries need to confront a critical new phase in the modernization process - that of improving management practices and industry co-ordination. Modernizing China's Industries is a comprehensive, integrated and in-depth investigation of industry transformation and modernization. The extensive first-hand research, across a range of industry segments and participants, spans almost two decades. The analysis reveals much about industry modernization and transition in China for a broad range of industries and therefore provides invaluable information for developing strategies and accessing opportunities within China. This book offers unique insights for academics and researchers in Asian studies, transition studies and industrial transformation, as well as policymakers and industry leaders interested in both the intricacies and mega-forces involved in China's industrial modernization. The comprehensive industry analysis also provides a valuable reference for professionals in the increasingly China-centric world of wool and wool textiles as well as offering insights for other textile industry professionals
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Mega-forces and mega-consequences -- 2. Wool textiles and industry transformation -- 3. Evolving institutions -- 4. Changing marketing channels -- 5. Restructuring the processing sector -- 6. Reformingtrading arrangements -- 7. Redesigning domestic raw material supply chains -- 8. Reorganizing domestic raw material production -- 9. Understanding and improving industry transformation -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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