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From Jicama to Jackfruit: The Global Political Economy of Food
ISBN: 9781594519307 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What did you have for breakfast? Did you ever stop to think about the people and steps involved with how your banana or cereal got on your plate? Nearly everyone is a part of the global food system, yet few people are aware of how it operates. Kimberly A. Weir starts by evaluating how we are connected with spice farmers, cocoa bean growers, soybean producers, tomato pickers, and tuna fishers not only gives insight into where we fit in the global food chain, but also offers a unique way to understand the aspects and concepts of the global political economy. The book begins by figuring out...
What did you have for breakfast? Did you ever stop to think about the people and steps involved with how your banana or cereal got on your plate? Near...
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Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac 2014 : Health Care Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies
ISBN: 9781608797189 / Angielski / Miękka / 718 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac is the only complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its leading corporations. No other source provides this massive book's easy-to-understand comparisons of national health expenditures, emerging technologies, patient populations, hospitals, clinics, corporations, research, Medicare, Medicaid, managed care and many other areas of vital importance. Features dozens of statistical tables covering every aspect of the industry, including Medicare expenditures, hospital utilization, insured and uninsured populations, revenues and health...
Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac is the only complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its leading corporations. No other sou...
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Automated Organizations: Development and Structure of the Modern Business Firm
ISBN: 9783790828382 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book attempts to characterize a new organizational form that is now visible in many companies as a substitute of previous forms related to mechanized or mechanistic standards. The book is based on the approach of organizational structure and on Henry Mintzberg's work on organizational configurations. As a matter of fact, it attempts to supplement and update" "Mintzberg's organizational taxonomy, taking into account changes in the structure and work organization of business firms. The book is written for all people whose work is related to organizations and who are interested in the... This book attempts to characterize a new organizational form that is now visible in many companies as a substitute of previous forms related to mec... |
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European Economic Integration: The Role of Technology
ISBN: 9789401057448 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gerald R. Faulhaber and Gualtiero Tamburini University of Pennsylvania and Universita Delgi Studi di Bologna This book brings together chapters by a group of European and North American economists, all of which focus on a single aspect of the ongoing plan for European economic integration - the role of technology. Indeed, the plan for European integration has many aspects social, institutional, and political. From a broad standpoint, the program approved by the 12 member states of the European Economic Community (Single European Act) in 1986 addresses these problems. Among other things, the...
Gerald R. Faulhaber and Gualtiero Tamburini University of Pennsylvania and Universita Delgi Studi di Bologna This book brings together chapters by a g...
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The Handbook of Mergers and Acquisitions
ISBN: 9780198703884 / Angielski / Miękka / 784 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its inception at the end of the nineteenth century as a means of consolidation and reorganization, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have since become quasi-institutionalized as one of the primary strategic options for organizations, as they seek to secure their position in an ever more competitive and globalizing market place. Despite the optimism surrounding M&A as strategic moves, research on post-merger company performance suggests that most firms engaging in M&A activity do not achieve the sought-after performance targets, either immediately or in the years following the deal. What is...
With its inception at the end of the nineteenth century as a means of consolidation and reorganization, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have since beco...
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Special Economic Zones in Asian Market Economies
ISBN: 9780415731515 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have proliferated rapidly during the past decade and are set to multiply in the next - embracing not only Asia and Europe but also Africa and the Americas. This book is the first to examine the Asian experience of SEZs in China, India, Malaysia and the Philippines. SEZs are usually clearly defined geographic areas in which national, provincial or local governments use policy tools (such as tax holidays; improved infrastructure; less onerous or differentiated regulations and incentives other than those generally available in the rest of the country) to attract and...
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have proliferated rapidly during the past decade and are set to multiply in the next - embracing not only Asia and Europ...
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Cartelization, Antitrust and Globalization in the US and Europe
ISBN: 9780415746069 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The uncovering of a great number of cartels in the industrialised world has left an unfortunate, yet significant, mark on global economic developments in recent years. Globalization has forced firms into more direct competition; the result has been global price-fixing. This situation has greatly challenged antitrust authorities. Taking a broad yet detailed approach, this work sets a practical explanation of the history of cartels and antitrust law in a sound theoretical framework, as well as providing suggestions as to how potential reforms of antitrust laws could improve the situation going...
The uncovering of a great number of cartels in the industrialised world has left an unfortunate, yet significant, mark on global economic developments...
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Rethinking Innovation: Global Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415748186 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Innovation manifests itself as a key driver of improved productivity and sustainable growth in today's global economic landscape. This book - brings together perspectives and case studies from across the world; - discusses frameworks and actual conditions required for innovation; and - examines a variety of themes, such as technology innovation, research & development, team and human resource management, product and process creativity and entrepreneurship development to augment strategic and competitive advantage. It will prove... Innovation manifests itself as a key driver of improved productivity and sustainable growth in today's global economic landscape. This book ... |
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Multinational Corporations and the Third World (Rle International Business)
ISBN: 9780415751988 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive study of the role of multinational corporations in the economies of the Third World. It begins by providing a comprehensive overview of the activities of multinational corporations and the main areas of research and debate. It goes on to discuss specific sociological, developmental and material effects on Third World countries resulting from involvement with multinational corporations.
A comprehensive study of the role of multinational corporations in the economies of the Third World. It begins by providing a comprehensive overview o...
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Multinationals, Technology & Competitiveness (Rle International Business)
ISBN: 9780415751995 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores some aspects of the interface between technology, competitiveness and the role of multinational enterprises in the world economy. This group of essays stresses the role of asset creation and usage, rather than reliance on natural factor endowments as a basis for national competitiveness and examines the role of multinational enterprises as vehicles for technological transfer, and the efficient co-ordination of economic activity across national boundaries. This book explores some aspects of the interface between technology, competitiveness and the role of multinational enterprises in the world economy... |
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The Multinational Enterprise (Rle International Business)
ISBN: 9780415752008 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume focuses on the major environmental implications stemming from the growth of the multinational enterprise in a multiple currency world; the international transfer of technology; industrial relations and labour utilisation in foreign-owned firms in the UK; multinational companies and trade union interests; foreign direct investment, the balance of payments and trade flows; the multinational enterprise and developing countries; government policy alternatives and the problem of international sharing; and a case study of a multinational enterprise in Europe.
This volume focuses on the major environmental implications stemming from the growth of the multinational enterprise in a multiple currency world; the...
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Strategies in Global Competition (Rle International Business): Selected Papers from the Prince Bertil Symposium at the Institute of International Busi
ISBN: 9780415752039 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume gives some understanding of the concept of 'global competition'. In doing so, the chapters rely heavily on industrial studies. It deals with two different aspects of this change viewed from two different perspectives. One is economic and more macro: the other political and social and more micro, being concerned with the way in which companies have to utilise their various organisational units and integrate information on a fragmented environment into a strategic whole.
This volume gives some understanding of the concept of 'global competition'. In doing so, the chapters rely heavily on industrial studies. It deals wi...
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Transnational Corporations and Uneven Development (Rle International Business): The Internationalization of Capital and the Third World
ISBN: 9780415752046 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is the transnational coporation (TNC) an engine of growth capable of eliminating international economic inequalities or a major obstacle to development through a massive drain of surplus to advanced countries? This book provides a comparative analysis of TNCs and will appeal to students in development studies and international economics.
Is the transnational coporation (TNC) an engine of growth capable of eliminating international economic inequalities or a major obstacle to developmen...
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The Italian Multinationals (Rle International Business)
ISBN: 9780415752084 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, based on extensive, original, detailed research presents a comprehensive overview of the Italian multinationals and their activities during the 1990s. It: surveys the size, geographical and sectoral distribution of Italian multinationals examines why they went international, how and what they gained discusses the strategic position of Italian multinationals in the world economy examines the effect of multinationals investment both inward and outward on the Italian economy provides detail on individual companies
This book, based on extensive, original, detailed research presents a comprehensive overview of the Italian multinationals and their activities during...
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The Large International Firm (Rle International Business)
ISBN: 9780415752107 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International firms face difficult problems in attempting to deal with the conflicts between their own interest as world-wide economic organisations on the one hand, that of the countries in which they operate on the other, and with the conflicts of interest among the countries which are related to the international policies of the firms. The author analyses the underlying problems and points to possible solutions.
International firms face difficult problems in attempting to deal with the conflicts between their own interest as world-wide economic organisations o...
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New Theories of the Multinational Enterprise (Rle International Business)
ISBN: 9780415752121 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume brings together the work of noted authorities in the field of multinational enterprises who explain and debate the merits of internalisation theory as the new general theory of the multinational enterprise. Alternatives to internalisation, such as licensing, joint ventures and other contractual arrangements are also evaluated.
This volume brings together the work of noted authorities in the field of multinational enterprises who explain and debate the merits of internalisati...
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Multinationals and the Restructuring of the World Economy (Rle International Business): The Geography of the Multinationals Volume 2
ISBN: 9780415752152 / Angielski / Miękka / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume charts the ways in which multinational corporations contributed to the restructuring of the world economy, paying particular attention to the spatial consequences of, and responses to, their operations at a number of scales.
This volume charts the ways in which multinational corporations contributed to the restructuring of the world economy, paying particular attention to ...
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Japanese Multinationals in China
ISBN: 9780415845410 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China is poised to gain global importance as a growth engine for the world economy on a par with Europe and the USA. Japanese multinational enterprises are increasingly active in relocating to China their R&D and capital- and knowledge-intensive production for both export-platform and target market reasons. It is at the juncture of the growing impact of China-related activities of Japanese corporations on the transformation of Japanese management philosophies, on the one hand, and the transformation of the Japanese economy more generally, on the other, that this book is situated. As Japanese...
China is poised to gain global importance as a growth engine for the world economy on a par with Europe and the USA. Japanese multinational enterprise...
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Medieval Merchant Venturers: Collected Studies
ISBN: 9780415849531 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1967, this superb collection of essays on trade in the Middle Ages has been a major contribution to modern medieval studies. Professor Carus-Wilson examines: * fifteenth-century Bristol * trade with Iceland * the Merchant Adventurers of London * the thirteenth-century cloth industry (with its highly developed capitalist system) * the export of English woollen cloth * the wine trade. Each paper is firmly rooted in original research and contemporary sources such as customs returns and company minutes, and, in addition, her expose of the dubious accuracy of Aulnage accounts...
First published in 1967, this superb collection of essays on trade in the Middle Ages has been a major contribution to modern medieval studies. Profes...
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The Rise of Modern Industry
ISBN: 9780415850407 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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