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Informality and Monetary Policy in Japan: The Political Economy of Bank Performance
ISBN: 9780521039444 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The success as well as the recent misfortunes of the post-war Japanese economy has been one of the most debated points in economics. Many explanations focus on cultural and institutional factors, and in particular the role of "Informality" in networks organizing business activity and government policy. This book provides the first quantitative and qualitative assessment of Informality in the formation of Japanese monetary policy. The author spent two years at the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies at the Bank of Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Finance and offers a unique...
The success as well as the recent misfortunes of the post-war Japanese economy has been one of the most debated points in economics. Many explanations...
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237,79 zł |
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Informality and Monetary Policy in Japan: The Political Economy of Bank Performance
ISBN: 9780521781794 / Angielski / Twarda / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The success as well as the recent misfortunes of the post-war Japanese economy has been one of the most debated points in economics. Many explanations focus on cultural and institutional factors, and in particular the role of "Informality" in networks organizing business activity and government policy. This book provides the first quantitative and qualitative assessment of Informality in the formation of Japanese monetary policy. The author spent two years at the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies at the Bank of Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Finance and offers a unique...
The success as well as the recent misfortunes of the post-war Japanese economy has been one of the most debated points in economics. Many explanations...
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532,29 zł |
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International Business Etiquette: Europe
ISBN: 9780595323319 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Concise, to-the-point advice about the best ways to conduct business through Europe "International Business Etiquette: Europe" shares the do's and don'ts of interacting with individuals in every country throughout Europe. Each of the 25 country-specific chapters begins with a summary of statistics. What follows are countless tips about what to do and when to do it, whether you are interacting with your international client for the first time or the fourth time. Each chapter closes with "Whatever you Do...Don't" tips for avoiding the most commonly made faux pas for both business and leisure...
Concise, to-the-point advice about the best ways to conduct business through Europe "International Business Etiquette: Europe" shares the do's and don...
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84,84 zł |
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Quest for the Perfect Strawberry: A Case Study of the California Strawberry Commission and the Strawberry Industry: A Descriptive Model for Marketing
ISBN: 9780595675470 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Baum's book provides a wealth of heretofore unavailable information on marketing in the strawberry industry. It contains invaluable insights by an insider gleaned from many years of experience. It is required reading for anyone with an interest in the industry." -Dr. George Tolley, professor emeritus, University of Chicago '"Quest." is an important resource for anybody involved in production and marketing of strawberries. It] provides a needed analysis of commodity board marketing plans, but it also chronicles much history of California agriculture by recording the development of the...
'Baum's book provides a wealth of heretofore unavailable information on marketing in the strawberry industry. It contains invaluable insights by an in...
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127,37 zł |
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Power, Trade, and War
ISBN: 9780691044828 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents the first attempt to model the relationships among the distribution of power, international trade, and war. Edward Mansfield dispels the widespread belief that a monotonic relationship exists between the distribution of power and patterns of both war and trade. This book presents the first attempt to model the relationships among the distribution of power, international trade, and war. Edward Mansfield dis... |
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318,78 zł |
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Municipal Waste Management in Europe: A Comparative Study in Building Regimes
ISBN: 9780792358855 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nicolas Buclet and Olivier Godard In terms of economic scale, waste management is one of the two most important environmentally oriented sectors. 1 It stands at the cross-roads in the material organization of society, resource management, changing lifestyles and consumption patterns, and ecological issues. For many years waste management has been perceived as aresources and health issue, confined mainly to dense urban areas, and not an environmental issue. In contemporary affiuent societies, however, the scale reached by waste flows, the inheritance of accumulated deposits in soils from the...
Nicolas Buclet and Olivier Godard In terms of economic scale, waste management is one of the two most important environmentally oriented sectors. 1 It...
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375,70 zł |
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The Asian Financial Crisis: Origins, Implications, and Solutions
ISBN: 9780792384724 / Angielski / Twarda / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the late 1990s, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia experienced a series of major financial crises evinced by widespread bank insolvencies and currency depreciations, as well as sharp declines in gross domestic production. This sudden disruption of the Asian economic miracle' astounded many observers around the world, raised questions about the stability of the international financial system and caused widespread fear that this financial crisis would spread to other countries. What has been called the Asian crisis followed a prolonged slump in Japan dating from the early 1980s and came...
In the late 1990s, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia experienced a series of major financial crises evinced by widespread bank insolvencies and ...
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751,44 zł |
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Trading Blows: Party Competition and U.S. Trade Policy in a Globalizing Era
ISBN: 9780807849750 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the past two decades, trade policy has been high on the American political agenda, thanks to the growing integration of the United States into the global economy and the wealth of debate this development has sparked. Although scholars have explored many aspects of U.S. trade policy, there has been little study of the role played by party politics. With Trading Blows, James Shoch fills that gap.
Shoch offers detailed case studies of almost all of the major trade issues of the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton eras, including administrative and legislative efforts to curb auto,... For the past two decades, trade policy has been high on the American political agenda, thanks to the growing integration of the United States into the...
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254,51 zł |
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The Future of North American Integration: Beyond NAFTA
ISBN: 9780815733997 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When it came into force in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) joined the economic futures of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with systematic rules governing trade and investment, dispute resolution, and economic relations. However, economic integration among the three countries extends considerably beyond trade and investment. The NAFTA agreement takes a very narrow view of integration, barely addressing such vital issues as immigration policy and labor markets, the energy sector, environmental protection, and law enforcement. The governments of Canada, Mexico,... When it came into force in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) joined the economic futures of Canada, Mexico, and the United Stat... |
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100,89 zł |
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Customs Modernization Handbook
ISBN: 9780821357514 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trade integration contributes substantially to economic development and poverty alleviation. In recent years much progress was made to liberalize the trade regime, but customs procedures are often still complex, costly and non-transparent. This situation leads to misallocation of resources. 'Customs Modernization Handbook' provides an overview of the key elements of a successful customs modernization strategy and draws lessons from a number of successful customs reforms as well as from customs reform projects that have been undertaken by the World Bank. It describes a number of key import...
Trade integration contributes substantially to economic development and poverty alleviation. In recent years much progress was made to liberalize the ...
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274,21 zł |
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Agricultural Growth for the Poor: An Agenda for Development
ISBN: 9780821360675 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The majority of the world's poor depend directly or indirectly on agriculture. Despite the strong linkages between broad-based agricultural growth and poverty reduction, international support to agriculture sharply declined from the late 1980s. The need to raise agriculture's prominence in the development agenda has never been greater. This book seeks to articulate the World Bank's Rural Strategy on agriculture to the wider development community. It provides decision makers with the rationale for supporting agriculture by presenting the lessons learned on the policies, institutions, and...
The majority of the world's poor depend directly or indirectly on agriculture. Despite the strong linkages between broad-based agricultural growth and...
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122,40 zł |
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook
ISBN: 9780821360859 / Angielski / Miękka / 532 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Investing to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction is a central pillar of the World Bank's current rural strategy, 'Reaching the Rural Poor' (2003). This 'Sourcebook' addresses how to implement the rural strategy, by sharing information on investment options and identifying innovative approaches that will aid the design of future lending programs for agriculture. It provides generic good practices and many examples that demonstrate investment in agriculture can provide rewarding and sustainable returns to development efforts. It is divided into eleven self-contained modules. Each...
Investing to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction is a central pillar of the World Bank's current rural strategy, 'Reaching the Rural Poo...
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297,53 zł |
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Global Integration and Technology Transfer
ISBN: 9780821361252 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The importance of international technology diffusion (ITD) for economic development can hardly be overstated. Both the acquisition of technology and its diffusion foster productivity growth. Developing countries have long sought to use both national policies and international agreements to stimulate ITD. The 'correct' policy intervention, if any, depends critically upon the channels through which technology diffuses internationally and the quantitative effects of the various diffusion processes on efficiency and productivity growth. Neither is well understood. New technologies may be embodied...
The importance of international technology diffusion (ITD) for economic development can hardly be overstated. Both the acquisition of technology and i...
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214,67 zł |
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Down to Earth: Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Africa
ISBN: 9780821368541 / Angielski / Miękka / 105 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contributes to the debate about the role of agriculture in poverty reduction by addressing three sets of questions: (1) Does investing in agriculture enhance/harm overall economicgrowth, and if so, under what conditions? (2) Do poor people tend to participate more/less in growth in agriculture than in growth in other sectors, and if so, when? (3) If a focus on agriculturewould tend to yield larger participation by the poor, butslower overall growth, which strategy would tend to have the largest payoff in terms of poverty reduction, andunder which conditions?
This book contributes to the debate about the role of agriculture in poverty reduction by addressing three sets of questions: (1) Does investing in ag...
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95,60 zł |
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Uniting North American Business
ISBN: 9780877193845 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume preserves much of the structure and content of the 1994 publication, NAFTA: Managing the Cultural Differences, but focuses more tightly on business practices. The book identifies organizational, process managerial, and other changes implemented by major corporations doing cross-border business in NAFTA countries. The authors show the positive effects of these changes, and explore the economic significance and numerous opportunities for businesses and people created by NAFTA.
This volume preserves much of the structure and content of the 1994 publication, NAFTA: Managing the Cultural Differences, but focuses more tightly on...
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297,74 zł |
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International Trade: New Ideas for a World of Chaotic Change
ISBN: 9781557861054 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an introduction to the economic analysis of international trade policies, focussing on the effects of various policies and using this positive analysis both to determine which trade policies should be adopted and to explain why existing policies have been adopted.
This book provides an introduction to the economic analysis of international trade policies, focussing on the effects of various policies and using th...
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351,31 zł |
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A Thesis on the Rationales of Import Substitution Industrialization Strategy
ISBN: 9781581120073 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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112,83 zł |
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World Trading System
ISBN: 9781860640582 / Angielski / Twarda / 1650 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years trade has been transformed by significant growth and the increased interdependence of countries. But this very increase in world trade has brought problems, with disputes over markets, tariffs, and profit. Attempts to address these problems led to the foundation of GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Despite successive rounds, GATT has not been the hoped-for success. Disputes over dumping, problems over subsidies, accusations that it is a rich man's club continue. Is an international trade organization ever be possible? The editors of this comprehensive reference...
In recent years trade has been transformed by significant growth and the increased interdependence of countries. But this very increase in world trade...
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3406,97 zł |
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Towards the Information Society: The Case of Central and Eastern European Countries
ISBN: 9783540416432 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Information and knowledge play an increasingly important role in the implementation of public policies, in particular those of the Central and Eastern European Countries. They are involved in many respects in the elaboration of scientific programs. They are more and more present in the political decision making process and as topic for scientific conferences. They are often at the centre of international discussions on related topics, for example, differences in approaches to produce and apply knowledge or different responses to social function of information. A major lesson of these past...
Information and knowledge play an increasingly important role in the implementation of public policies, in particular those of the Central and Eastern...
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187,83 zł |
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Completing Transition: The Main Challenges
ISBN: 9783540428237 / Angielski / Twarda / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Completing Transition: The Main Challenges" was the topic around which the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Joint Vienna Institute organized a high-level conference in 2000, in a continuation of long-standing efforts to promote the dialogue and understanding between various regions in Europe. Given the heterogeneity of the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the heterogeneity of progress toward convergence, the outlook for finishing transition is divergent. However, what will generally be important is corporate governance and institutional reform to sufficiently...
"Completing Transition: The Main Challenges" was the topic around which the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Joint Vienna Institute organized a h...
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375,70 zł |