Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Statistics

Social accounting grew up as a result of the desire to bring together in a meaningful and comprehensive manner all the available observed facts on the economic and financial activity of a nation. Three social accounting systems of flow have been developed during the last three decades. Each of these systems has been constructed separately and independently. The framework of each system is constructed to tackle specific aspects of the national economy. It is also designed in a manner, which helps in framing policies for future activity. The aim of this book is mainly to describe the anatomy...

• Emphasis is placed on verbalising concepts, problems and results of statistical analysis. This will help students learn how to start a problem, complete the calculations, and...

• Major sources of survey error, examining the origins of each error source most successful methods for reducing errors from those sources
• Methods most often used in practice for evaluating the effects of the...

Most analysts of corporations and industries adopt the focal perspective of a single prototypical organization. Many analysts also study corporations primarily in terms of their internal organizational structures or as complex systems of financial contracts. Glenn Carroll and Michael Hannan bring fresh insight to our understanding of corporations and the industries they comprise by looking beyond prototypical structures to focus on the range and diversity of organizations in their social and economic setting. The result is a rich rendering of analysis that portrays whole populations and...

The STI Scoreboard 2007 provides a comprehensive picture of performance in the areas of science, technology, globalization and industry. This eighth edition brings together the latest internationally comparable data, including all OECD countries as well as key nonmember countries (notably Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), to explore the growing interaction between innovation and economic growth and social wellbeing. Subjects include - R& D and investment in knowledge - Innovation policy, strategies, and performance - Human resources in S& T and ICT, including the...

The second edition of the OECD Environmental Outlook is based on projections of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and even to 2050 in some key areas. It looks at the best policies to tackle the challenges we face today, including climate change, biodiversity loss, toxic chemicals, and water scarcity. The focus has been expanded from the 2001 edition to reflect developments in OECD countries and Brazil, Russia, India, and China, as well as the interactions among them. OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 addresses the following questions: how will economic and social developments...