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  • Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective
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    Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective

    One theme of this volume is whether the complementarity between technology and human capital is a recent phenomenon, or whether it can be traced through history. Different approaches to human capital as well as technology are applied, and besides...
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  • Financial Development and Economic Growth Financial Development and Economic Growth
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    Financial Development and Economic Growth

    The most successful economies have the best working financial markets. While causation obviously runs in both directions, current research has increasingly emphasized the role of finance in promoting growth. Here seven leading financial economists...
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  • The Economic Dimensions of Globalization The Economic Dimensions of Globalization
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    The Economic Dimensions of Globalization

    Dilip K. Das succintly covers the principal normative and positive strands that one needs to be properly familiar with in the area of economic globalization. The selection and rejection of themes for coverage in the book has been carefully done. The...
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  • Economic Development, Inequality and War Economic Development, Inequality and War
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    Economic Development, Inequality and War

    Economic Development, Inequality and War shows how economic decline, income inequality, pervasive rent seeking by ruling elites, political authoritarianism, military centrality and competition for mineral exports contribute to war and humanitarian...
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  • Global Management, Local Labour Global Management, Local Labour
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    Global Management, Local Labour

    Little discussion about 'globalization' has concerned one of the truly global forces - the management of multi-national and large domestic corporations - and the significance of modern management practices for workers in the developing world. This book...
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  • Who Pays for Bank Insolvency? Who Pays for Bank Insolvency?
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    Who Pays for Bank Insolvency?

    How to avoid taxpayers paying for bank failures and banking crises? This book provides a proposal and a critique by twelve independent experts. It is addressed particularly to the threat posed in Europe by having large international banks, a history of...
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  • Singular and Different Singular and Different
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    Singular and Different

    The West cannot afford to ignore China. Not only is China one of the few markets in the world that is still showing healthy signs of growth, but Chinese companies are increasingly coming out into the wider world and competing with Western firms on their...
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  • Ownership and Governance of Enterprises Ownership and Governance of Enterprises
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    Ownership and Governance of Enterprises

    Conventional wisdom recommends the superiority of private ownership of enterprises. The reality confronts it with a rich diversity in ownership and governance structures. This volume examines five types of unorthodox ownership and governance form...
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  • From Capital Surges to Drought From Capital Surges to Drought
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    From Capital Surges to Drought

    This book analyzes the new trends in capital flows to emerging markets since the Asian crisis, their determinants and policy implications. It explains why such flows have declined so dramatically in recent years, emphasising both structural and cyclical...
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  • The Euroarea and the New EU Member States The Euroarea and the New EU Member States
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    The Euroarea and the New EU Member States

    This collection analyses the monetary and exchange rate strategies of the EU accession countries during the EMU (pre-) accession phase and also policy questions that will appear upon Euroarea entry. Written by specialists in the field, it is a must-read...
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  • Third World Multinationals Third World Multinationals
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    Third World Multinationals

    This book evaluates the contribution of third world multinational enterprises to the competitiveness of their home and host countries in the context of Brazilian and Chilean MNE's. Third world MNE's can be important agents of growth, a fact that until...
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  • Korean Automotive Foreign Direct Investment in Europe Korean Automotive Foreign Direct Investment in Europe
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    Korean Automotive Foreign Direct Investment in Europe

    This book examines Foreign Direct Investment of major Korean automotive companies in Europe, with particular reference to how economic integration has affected the motivations and patterns of FDI and industrial location. The book is a valuable source of...
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  • The Challenge of International Business The Challenge of International Business
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    The Challenge of International Business

    This book focuses on the study of International business and more specifically 'Is the international business research agenda running out of steam?' After laying down this challenge, Buckley presents three theoretical developments, which point to ways...
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  • Euro on Trial Euro on Trial
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    Euro on Trial

    Euro on Trial looks back - to the aspirations of the founders - and forward - to the possibility of reform or splitting up. After five years of experience with the new currency, new insights are possible into the old arguments for and against union...
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  • Britain's Productivity Problem, 1948-1990 Britain's Productivity Problem, 1948-1990
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    Britain's Productivity Problem, 1948-1990

    This volume examines attempted changes to industrial relations in Britain during 1948-1990, designed to promote institutional reforms of management and trade unions. Specific focus is given to the Donovan Commission and other trade union reforms, and...
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  • Third Way Economics Third Way Economics
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    Third Way Economics

    The apparent success of a 'new' variant of social democracy has created considerable interest in the Third Way. This book synthesizes a core economic strategy from the most significant Third Way administrations. It explores the theoretical foundations to...
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  • The National Element in the Development of Fiscal Theory The National Element in the Development of Fiscal Theory
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    The National Element in the Development of Fiscal Theory

    Price theory has provided solutions to myriad problems affecting society without invoking any precepts beyond those encapsulated in the standard economic postulate. Fiscal theory, meanwhile, has been closely attentive to the political, sociological and...
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  • Japan and East Asia in Transition Japan and East Asia in Transition
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    Japan and East Asia in Transition

    This book examines how Japan has changed its economic relationship with East Asia since the mid 1990s by looking at its commitments to import relief, regional financial and industrial transformations, and regionalism. While the Japanese government has...
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  • Internationalization Internationalization
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    Internationalization

    This is the 10th volume of The Academy of International Business book series bringing together the latest research on firm strategies and management and the internationalization of the firm from the 29th Academy of International Business UK conference...
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  • Corruption and governance in Asia Corruption and governance in Asia
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    Corruption and governance in Asia

    This book delves into the nature of governance in Asia both at government and corporate level. It reviews the history and suggests potential solutions for years of underperformance due to the corrupt practices that have developed because of a poor...
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  • Living Labour Living Labour
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    Living Labour

    This book is an important and original account of life in the new lean production workplace - the car industry where it all began. It brings together the two emblematic features of the twentieth century: a working class meant to topple the social order,...
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  • China's Economic Powerhouse China's Economic Powerhouse
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    China's Economic Powerhouse

    The Guangdong province is the forerunner of China's economic reform, it has developed rapidly in the last twenty years since opening up its economy to the outside world. This book covers the evolution of economic reform in Guangdong, its links to Hong...
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  • Ideology and the International Economy Ideology and the International Economy
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    Ideology and the International Economy

    For twenty-five years, the International Monetary Fund administered a worldwide system of fixed exchange rates until their system was destroyed by a combination of market forces and those who advocated market forces. The first destructive element has...
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  • Asia and Europe in the New Global System Asia and Europe in the New Global System
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    Asia and Europe in the New Global System

    This book examines the need for co-operation between Europe and Asia, particularly in view of China's accession to the WTO. It looks at the cultural implications for closer cooperation between the two parts of the world, exploring corporate culture and...
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  • The Emergent Global Information Policy Regime The Emergent Global Information Policy Regime
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    The Emergent Global Information Policy Regime

    There is a struggle over governance of the global information network among national governments and international organizations, corporations and NGOs, elites and civil society. The outcome will determine how we communicate, the extent of our civil...
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  • Reinventing Accountability Reinventing Accountability
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    Reinventing Accountability

    A deepening crisis in accountability in developing democracies has triggered much debate on accountability and the mechanisms needed for overcoming deficiencies of democracy. This book analyzes a wide variety of contemporary efforts to reform...
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  • Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World
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    Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World

    This volume looks at the three dimensions of social exclusion: economic, social and political. Exclusion is analyzed as a new approach to such issues as the 'new' poverty, precariousness, long-term unemployment, social polarization and lack of...
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  • China's Transition to a Global Economy China's Transition to a Global Economy
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    China's Transition to a Global Economy

    How has China approached the global economy? Webber, Wang and Zhu attempt to answer this question through analysis of the concepts of globalization, transition and regionalization. China's approach has been experimental, stressing the liberalization of...
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  • The Big Mac Index The Big Mac Index
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    The Big Mac Index

    PPP is one of the most widely researched areas in international finance and one of the most controversial in the theory of exchange rate determination. This book demonstrates the applications of Purchasing Power Parity in exchange rate determination as...
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  • Foreign Capital Inflows to China, India and the Caribbean Foreign Capital Inflows to China, India and the Caribbean
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    Foreign Capital Inflows to China, India and the Caribbean

    This book takes a unique approach to analysing foreign capital flows. Using the neighbourhood model, it analyzes foreign capital inflows from the perspective of both the source and destination countries. Focusing on China, India and the Caribbean, it...
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  • Labour Market Planning Revisited Labour Market Planning Revisited
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    Labour Market Planning Revisited

    This book enables the reader to understand labour markets and shows how to forecast the need for skills in developing countries. The forecasting of these skills has recently fallen into disrepute with the notion that all forecasting techniques that...
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  • Transition Strategies Transition Strategies
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    Transition Strategies

    The transition process of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which started more than a decade ago, has been the focus of much attention for both practitioners and scholars. Few studies however, address management issues involved in the...
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  • Value and the World Economy Today Value and the World Economy Today
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    Value and the World Economy Today

    Value and the World Economy Today brings together a diverse group of globally renowned scholars of international political economy and critical economics to examine the relevance of value theory for understanding the world economy today. The book is...
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  • Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment
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    Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment

    Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment deals with the fundamental economic problems of our time: employment, inequality, the environment, and quality of life. This exciting new volume is unique in that it is the first book of its kind in...
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  • The Cost of Money The Cost of Money
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    The Cost of Money

    This book explores the Nigerian housing market from a hands-on perspective in a conversational way that can only be described as refreshing. The writer discusses issues like climate change, market trends and the role money plays in defining Africa's...
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  • Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts
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    Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts

    First published in 1998. Adolescent development and well-being are both affected by socio-political change, political violence, immigrant status and various types of cultural, social and institutional diversity. These are realities faced by many...
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  • Approaches to Sustainable Development Approaches to Sustainable Development
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    Approaches to Sustainable Development

    A definition of sustainable development is that of the Brundtland Commission - ...development which meets the needs of the current generation without jeopardizing the needs of future generations. This volume seeks to analyze the economic basis for this...
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  • The Long-Term Adequacy of World Timber Supply The Long-Term Adequacy of World Timber Supply
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    The Long-Term Adequacy of World Timber Supply

    Projecting modest future growth for both prices and harvest levels, this study, first published in 1990, provides theoretical and empirical justification for challenging the conventional wisdom that real timber prices will rise for the indefinite future...
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  • The Haitian Economy (Routledge Revivals) The Haitian Economy (Routledge Revivals)
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    The Haitian Economy (Routledge Revivals)

    This title, first published in 1983, considers the Haitian economy, placing it in its historical context, and explores the reasons why it has performed so badly. Mats Lundahl examines agriculture, which has failed to provide an adequate standard of...
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  • The Green Economy in the Gulf The Green Economy in the Gulf
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    The Green Economy in the Gulf

    Over the course of the book, academics and practitioners from various fields demonstrate why transitioning into a 'green economy' - a future economy based on environmental sustainability, social equity and improved well-being - is not an option but a...
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  • Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice
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    Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice

    The dominant approach to economic policy has so far failed to adequately address the pressing challenges the world faces today: extreme poverty, widespread joblessness and precarious employment, burgeoning inequality, and large-scale environmental...
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  • Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology
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    Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology

    The present macroeconomic crisis has demonstrated that a deeper understanding of the importance of relevant macroeconomic theories and methods is wanting. Additionally, lack of methodological awareness is behind much of the disagreement within...
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