Services and Employment: Explaining the U.S.-European Gap
ISBN: 9780691130866 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? This "jobs gap" has typically been blamed on the rigidity of European labor markets. But in Services and Employment, an international group of leading labor economists suggests quite a different explanation. Drawing on the findings of a two-year research project that examined data from France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, these economists argue that Europe's 25 million "missing" jobs can be attributed almost entirely to its relative lack of service jobs.... Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? This "jobs gap" has typically been blamed on the rigidity o... |
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Commercial Networks in Modern Asia
ISBN: 9780700714193 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume brings together an international team of scholars who examine the development of commercial networks in Asia from the 18th century to the 20th century on a stage that stretches from Yokohama and Pusan to Istanbul. The studies, based on extensive archival research, focus on the trading firms and merchant groups that were the chief actors in the creation of the commercial networks that crisscrossed Asia, linking the various Asian economies to each other and to Europe and the Americas. While some of this work has been available in Japanese, Chinese and Dutch, this is the first... This volume brings together an international team of scholars who examine the development of commercial networks in Asia from the 18th century to t... |
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713,61 zł |
The Making of Global Enterprises
ISBN: 9780714641034 / Angielski / Miękka / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides new insights to the history of international business. It addresses two main themes: how has global business developed over the 20th century? And what has been its impact on host economies?
This volume provides new insights to the history of international business. It addresses two main themes: how has global business developed over the 2...
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239,52 zł |
Military Power, Conflict and Trade: Military Spending, International Commerce and Great Power Rivalry
ISBN: 9780714654423 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wherever international commerce flows in world politics, military power often flows with it - sometimes as a protector of commerce, sometimes as its promoters and sometimes as a tool of aggression against it. How are military power and international trade related? Do military power and commerce expand together or does military power decline as commerce (and perhaps interdependence) increases? Does this relationship vary across countries and, if so how? Power, Conflict and Trade is a study of the relationship between military power and international commerce among the Great Powers...
Wherever international commerce flows in world politics, military power often flows with it - sometimes as a protector of commerce, sometimes as its p...
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739,10 zł |
The American Nightmare: Politics and the Fragile World Trade Organization
ISBN: 9780739102411 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a participant in and negotiator of NAFTA and the World Trade Organization, Thomas A. Hockin provides a unique insider's look at the political challenges to free trade and U. S. trade policy. In this timely and important book, Hockin explores the fragile ecosystem of multinational trade alliances in the face of insurgent political protests from both the left and the right. The American Nightmare takes a close look at WTO obstacles such as the failure of member countries to follow dispute settlement arrangements; the conflict surrounding the membership of China; and, the mercurial...
As a participant in and negotiator of NAFTA and the World Trade Organization, Thomas A. Hockin provides a unique insider's look at the political chall...
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536,55 zł |
The American Nightmare: Politics and the Fragile World Trade Organization
ISBN: 9780739105252 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a participant in and negotiator of NAFTA and the World Trade Organization, Thomas A. Hockin provides a unique insider's look at the political challenges to free trade and U. S. trade policy. In this timely and important book, Hockin explores the fragile ecosystem of multinational trade alliances in the face of insurgent political protests from both the left and the right. The American Nightmare takes a close look at WTO obstacles such as the failure of member countries to follow dispute settlement arrangements; the conflict surrounding the membership of China; and, the mercurial...
As a participant in and negotiator of NAFTA and the World Trade Organization, Thomas A. Hockin provides a unique insider's look at the political chall...
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219,99 zł |
Energy and Conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus
ISBN: 9780742500631 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely study is the first to examine the relationship between competition for energy resources and the propensity for conflict in the Caspian region. Taking the discussion well beyond issues of pipeline politics and the significance of Caspian oil and gas to the global market, the book offers significant new findings concerning the impact of energy wealth on the political life and economies of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. The contributors, a leading group of scholars and policymakers, explore the differing interests of ruling elites, the political opposition, and minority...
This timely study is the first to examine the relationship between competition for energy resources and the propensity for conflict in the Caspian reg...
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295,10 zł |
Grounds for Agreement: The Political Economy of the Coffee Commodity Chain
ISBN: 9780742526280 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the popularity of coffee and coffee shops has grown worldwide in recent years, so has another trend--globalization, which has greatly affected growers and distributors. This book analyzes changes in the structure of the coffee commodity chain since World War II. It follows the typical consumer dollar spent on coffee in the developed world and shows how this dollar is divided up among the coffee growers, processors, states, and transnational corporations involved in the chain. By tracing how this division of the coffee dollar has changed over time, Grounds for Agreement demonstrates that...
As the popularity of coffee and coffee shops has grown worldwide in recent years, so has another trend--globalization, which has greatly affected grow...
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600,94 zł |
Grounds for Agreement: The Political Economy of the Coffee Commodity Chain
ISBN: 9780742526297 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the popularity of coffee and coffee shops has grown worldwide in recent years, so has another trend--globalization, which has greatly affected growers and distributors. This book analyzes changes in the structure of the coffee commodity chain since World War II. It follows the typical consumer dollar spent on coffee in the developed world and shows how this dollar is divided up among the coffee growers, processors, states, and transnational corporations involved in the chain. By tracing how this division of the coffee dollar has changed over time, Grounds for Agreement demonstrates that...
As the popularity of coffee and coffee shops has grown worldwide in recent years, so has another trend--globalization, which has greatly affected grow...
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246,81 zł |
Turning the Tables
ISBN: 9780743237901 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the Tokyo stock market collapsed, it became clear that the Japanese bubble had burst and the balance of world economic power had shifted. Now global business expert Burstein--bestselling author of Yen! and Euroquake--explains how America can use Japan's current economic crisis to forge a ne w and profitable economic alliance.
When the Tokyo stock market collapsed, it became clear that the Japanese bubble had burst and the balance of world economic power had shifted. Now glo...
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81,19 zł |
Globalization and the New Regionalism: Global Markets, Domestic Politics and Regional Cooperation
ISBN: 9780745629698 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The European Single Market, NAFTA and Mercosur powerfully shape international relations and economic development; they also symbolize a shift in economic policy towards a world market-oriented and liberalizing strategy. Schirm argues that this new regionalism is essentially aresult of the impact of globalization on domestic politics. The increasing transnational mobility of private economic actors alters the costs and benefits of economic policy options for governments as well as the interests of domestic groups. Globalization stimulates economic reforms whose economic efficiency and...
The European Single Market, NAFTA and Mercosur powerfully shape international relations and economic development; they also symbolize a shift in econo...
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321,93 zł |
Globalization and the New Regionalism: Global Markets, Domestic Politics and Regional Cooperation
ISBN: 9780745629704 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The European Single Market, NAFTA and Mercosur powerfully shape international relations and economic development; they also symbolize a shift in economic policy towards a world market-oriented and liberalizing strategy. Schirm argues that this new regionalism is essentially aresult of the impact of globalization on domestic politics. The increasing transnational mobility of private economic actors alters the costs and benefits of economic policy options for governments as well as the interests of domestic groups. Globalization stimulates economic reforms whose economic efficiency and...
The European Single Market, NAFTA and Mercosur powerfully shape international relations and economic development; they also symbolize a shift in econo...
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101,89 zł |
Drucker on Asia: A Dialogue: Between Peter Drucker and Isao Nakauchi
ISBN: 9780750631327 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text is as a result of extensive dialogue between two leading business figures, which considers the changes occuring in the economic world today and identifying the challenges that free market and free enterprises now face with specific reference to China and Japan. It focuses upon what these economic changes mean for an individual country and its economy, what do these changes mean to Japan and what do these changes mean to society, the individual company, the professional and the executive. It is these questions that Drucker and Nakauchi address in their insight into the future...
This text is as a result of extensive dialogue between two leading business figures, which considers the changes occuring in the economic world today ...
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662,64 zł |
International Cases in Tourism Management
ISBN: 9780750655149 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International Cases in Tourism Management includes: * Profiles of individual companies* Case studies on destination management and marketing* Material on different management functions in tourism, such as marketing and human resource management* Case studies of particular types of tourism, such as ecotourism and cultural tourismThe case studies are supplemented by exercises and questions, which ensure that for students and tutors alike the book is the ideal accompaniment to all tourism courses.
International Cases in Tourism Management includes: * Profiles of individual companies* Case studies on destination management and ma...
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254,81 zł |
Contemporary Hospitality and Tourism Management Issues in China and India: Today's Dragons and Tigers
ISBN: 9780750668569 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book represents a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date analysis of key sectors in the hospitality and tourism industries in China and India, and will address the market's growing need for information on Tourism in China and India. The text will be written in an accessible style drawing on the authors' wealth of theoretical, educational and industry experience. The text will contain inputs from academic colleagues and commercial contacts from the identified region.Case studies will give real life experiences of hospitality and tourism companies and organisations operating in this...
This book represents a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date analysis of key sectors in the hospitality and tourism industries in China and Indi...
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315,98 zł |
International Mergers and Acquisitions Activity Since 1990: Recent Research and Quantitative Analysis
ISBN: 9780750682893 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is now a well-know fact that mergers and acquisitions activity comes in waves. The most recent wave, the 5th takeover wave of the 1990s, was characterized by an unprecedented number of corporate restructurings in terms of mergers and acquisitions (M&As), public-to-private transactions, spin-offs and divestitures, and leveraged recapitalizations. Following the collapse of the stock market in March 2000, M&A activity slumped dramatically, but this pause ended in the second half of 2004 when takeover deals occurred again quite frequently. Indeed, some observers wonder whether the 6th takeover...
It is now a well-know fact that mergers and acquisitions activity comes in waves. The most recent wave, the 5th takeover wave of the 1990s, was charac...
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The Challenges of Globalization: Cultures in Transition in the Pacific-Asia Region
ISBN: 9780761829515 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the products of globalization are far from new, globalization as a process in the Pacific-Asian Region is both dynamic and problematic. Pacific-Asia globalization outcomes at present include: intensification of changes linked to the influences of capitalism; information technology and innovative technological systems; migration, transnationalism, and refugees; tourism for those with newly apparent disposable incomes; altered philosophical and religious perspectives, including the new fundamentalism; paradigm shifts within indigenous languages and cultures; lifestyles that embrace...
Although the products of globalization are far from new, globalization as a process in the Pacific-Asian Region is both dynamic and problematic. Pacif...
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348,11 zł |
Managing Radical Organizational Change
ISBN: 9780761909330 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The breakup of the former Soviet Union has given organizational science scholars the opportunity to study radical changes companies must make in order to adapt to different economic and social goals. The authors of this book examined in depth how companies in central Europe (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) made the unprecedented move from a centrally planned system to a market economy. The results of their analysis, along with new theory they have developed about managing radical organizational change, are presented here.
The breakup of the former Soviet Union has given organizational science scholars the opportunity to study radical changes companies must make in order...
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616,76 zł |
Managing Radical Organizational Change
ISBN: 9780761909347 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The breakup of the former Soviet Union has given organizational science scholars the opportunity to study radical changes companies must make in order to adapt to different economic and social goals. The authors of this book examined in depth how companies in central Europe (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) made the unprecedented move from a centrally planned system to a market economy. The results of their analysis, along with new theory they have developed about managing radical organizational change, are presented here.
The breakup of the former Soviet Union has given organizational science scholars the opportunity to study radical changes companies must make in order...
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387,39 zł |
China 2000: Emerging Business Issues
ISBN: 9780761911814 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive volume brings together leading scholars with extensive business and research experience in China. China 2000 provides in-depth discussion and analysis of a wide range of topics central to understanding the evolving business climate of China.
This comprehensive volume brings together leading scholars with extensive business and research experience in China. China 2000 provides in-depth disc...
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616,76 zł |