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Infrastructure Productivity Evaluation
Av Wouter Jonkhoff, Walter Manshanden
Häftad, 2011
568 kr
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Infrastructure construction and use is at the heart o the current political debate. Not only are European member state governments investing large amounts of money to alleviate the harmful effects of the economic downturn due to the credit crisis, EU accession countries receive large amounts of …
New Collective Bargaining
Av Gary Chaison
Häftad, 2012
568 kr
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This book explains how collective bargaining has changed in important and lasting ways over the past decade. We are now seeing a new and powerful strain of the concession bargaining that traces its roots back to the early 1980s. The collective bargaining of the past decade can be characterized as …
External Influences and the Educational Landscape
Analysis of Political, Economic, Geographic, Health and Demographic Factors in Ghana
Häftad, 2012
536 kr
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While the analysis is not the first to investigate empirically the effects of different individual or household factors on school access and completion of Ghanaians, it extends previous work by simultaneously incorporating individual, household, community, regional and national characteristics and …
College Sports Inc.
How Commercialism Influences Intercollegiate Athletics
Häftad, 2012
569 kr
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For several decades in America, athletic programs in colleges and universities received financial support and resources primarily from their respective schools and such sources as alumni and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). More recently, however, college coaches assigned to …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
569 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
568 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Brazil, Russia, India, China, Korea, and South Africa
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
568 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, and Thailand
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Israel, Jordan, South Africa, and Turkey
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Poland
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in France, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Av Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many …
Quantitative Easing and Its Impact in the US, Japan, the UK and Europe
Av Kjell Hausken, Mthuli Ncube
Häftad, 2013
681 kr
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This volume empirically analyzes the effects of quantitative easing (QE) on interest rates and the economy in the US, Japan, UK and Europe. Using an event-study methodology, the authors find that the measures undertaken by the Federal Reserve and Bank of England, which focus primarily on bond …
Unions’ Response to Globalization
Av Gary Chaison
Häftad, 2014
569 kr
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Globalization is commonly described in trade and cultural terms but its impact on unions and collective bargaining is seldom assessed. The few studies of unions and globalization are mostly collections of cases studies of how unions can work together or with other alliance partners to defend …
Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2018
Av Zoltán J. Ács, László Szerb m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
569 kr
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This brief presents a detailed look at the entrepreneurial ecosystem of nations around the world by combining individual data with institutional components. Presenting data from the 2018 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which measures the quality and scale of entrepreneurial …
Global Business in Local Culture
The Impact of Embedded Multinational Enterprises
Häftad, 2018
607 kr
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This book examines the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on local economies, and presents selected case studies of MNEs operating in low income countries. By balancing external social and environmental costs against its corresponding benefits, the book demonstrates that MNEs can have a …
Building a Cashless Society
The Swedish Route to the Future of Cash Payments
Häftad, 2019
231 kr
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This open access book tells the story of how Sweden is becoming a virtually cashless society. Its goal is to improve readers’ understanding of what is driving this transition, and of the factors that are fostering and hampering it. In doing so, the book covers the role of central banks, political …
World Market Price of Oil
Impacting Factors and Forecasting
Av Adalat Muradov, Yadulla Hasanli m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
569 kr
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This book develops new econometric models to analyze and forecast the world market price of oil. The authors construct ARIMA and Trend models to forecast oil prices, taking into consideration outside factors such as political turmoil and solar activity on the price of oil. Incorporating historical …
Voting Procedures Under a Restricted Domain
An Examination of the (In)Vulnerability of 20 Voting Procedures to Five Main Paradoxes
Av Dan S. Felsenthal, Hannu Nurmi
Häftad, 2019
551 kr
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This book deals with 20 voting procedures used or proposed for use in elections resulting in the choice of a single winner. These procedures are evaluated in terms of their ability to avoid five important paradoxes in a restricted domain, viz., when a Condorcet winner exists and is elected in the …
Analytical Narrative on Subnational Democracies in Colombia
Clientelism, Government and Public Policy in the Pacific Region
Av Andrés Cendales, Angela Pinto m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
551 kr
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This book examines the state-building process in Colombia, specifically in the Pacific Coast region. Using the regionally isolated and historically neglected Pacific Coast as a case study, the authors analyze the Colombian nation-building and democratic processes, applying diverse methodology and …
Economics of Art and Culture
Häftad, 2019
468 kr
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This book studies the relationship between the arts and the economy. By applying economic thinking to arts and culture, it analyses markets for art and cultural goods, highlights specific facets of art auctions and discusses determinants of the economic success of artists. The author also sheds new …
Balanced Development Index for Europe’s OECD Countries, 1999–2017
Av Andrzej K. Koźmiński, Adam Noga m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
569 kr
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This book presents the Balanced Development Index (BDI), measuring socioeconomic development in twenty-two European OECD member countries in a period 1999-2017. Compared to other composite measures of development, BDI looks beyond traditional development indicators, such as GDP, to create an index …
Natural Disasters and Climate Change
Innovative Solutions in Financial Risk Management
Av Juan José Durante, Rafael Rosillo
Häftad, 2020
551 kr
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This book presents a technical approach to promoting the development of disaster and climate change risk financing and transfer strategies, and discusses several practical issues, chiefly focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean. Innovative risk financing and insurance mechanisms are vital for …
Economic Dualism and Agrarian Policies
Land Reforms and Structural Economic Change in Romania, 1864–2000
Av Adina Dabu, Paul D. Aligica
Häftad, 2020
569 kr
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This book offers an in-depth case study of Romania’s land and agricultural reforms from mid-19th century and up to 2000, offering a historical account of agricultural reforms in post-communist Romania in the light of more than a century of social and economic development experiments. Taking a ‘dual …
Strategic Interaction Between Islamist Terror Groups
A Game Theoretic Approach
Av Nina Ismael
Häftad, 2020
551 kr
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This book applies game theory to the phenomenon of terrorism and investigates how the competition for support can influence the attack behavior of terror organizations. In addition, it examines the economics of terrorism. The so-called outbidding theory, which has become increasingly popular within …
China's International Projection in the Xi Jinping Era
An Economic Perspective
Av Lorenzo Bencivelli, Flavia Tonelli
Häftad, 2020
551 kr
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This book illustrates the current state of China’s economic and trade relations from the perspective from different countries in the Xi Jinping era. The content is divided into five parts, the first of which traces the development of the Chinese economy starting with the reforms of the 1980s. The …
Impact of Smart Feature Phones on Development
Internet, Literacy and Digital Skills
Häftad, 2020
551 kr
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This novel book, motivated by the recent introduction of a major innovation in information technology, explores the possibility of the Internet being made available to millions of poor people in developing countries, who are not yet connected. The new technology, known as a smart feature phone, is …
