Innovation and Social Learning: Institutional Adaptation in an Era of Technological Change
ISBN: 9780333752845 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How well suited are the institutions of a region, nation or international regime to the task of coping with the dramatic changes currently underway in the global economy? This volume examines this issue.
How well suited are the institutions of a region, nation or international regime to the task of coping with the dramatic changes currently underway in...
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192,74 zł |
The Economics of Sport: An International Perspective
ISBN: 9780333792711 / Angielski / Twarda / 347 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text, by three distinguished authors, applies the theories and techniques of economic analysis to sport and topics related to the business of sport. It builds on a basis of introductory microeconomics and continues the discussion, generally at an intermediate standard. The text has an international perspective, primarily the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, and contains relevant and entertaining case studies. The text suits both undergradute and postgraduate students in that while it provides a clear progression of topics throughout, it also incorporates optional sections in each...
This text, by three distinguished authors, applies the theories and techniques of economic analysis to sport and topics related to the business of spo...
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207,08 zł |
Asian Post-Crisis Management: Corporate and Governmental Strategies for Sustainable Competitive Advantage
ISBN: 9780333949641 / Angielski / Twarda / 451 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the key issues faced by the managers of multinational companies, and contains cutting-edge strategies and practices designed to enable managers and policy makers to weather the Asian financial and economic storms. Asian Post-Crisis Management shows how to position companies and governments in Asia for sustainable competitive advantage, and will be of interest to top management leaders, senior economic analysts, policy makers, academic scholars and students of international management.
This book examines the key issues faced by the managers of multinational companies, and contains cutting-edge strategies and practices designed to ena...
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578,30 zł |
The Military as an Economic Actor: Soldiers in Business
ISBN: 9780333999288 / Angielski / Twarda / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Armed forces across the globe engage in economic activities both in times of war and peace. This book provides a critical analysis of this phenomenon, comparing experiences with 'military business' from four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America). Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the volume shows the implications of 'military business' for civil-military relations, good governance and international development policies.
Armed forces across the globe engage in economic activities both in times of war and peace. This book provides a critical analysis of this phenomenon,...
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385,52 zł |
China's Emerging Global Businesses: Political Economy and Institutional Investigations
ISBN: 9780333999349 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China is well-known as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment among developing countries. Little is known so far of the fact that China has become (quietly) one of the most significant third world investors in the global economy. This book traces the evolutionary path of China's outward investment activities and examines the political economy of the rapid rise of China's global businesses in the context of the economic reforms since 1978. The analysis of changing policy regimes for China's outward investment is complemented by detailed investigations of the rise and operation of...
China is well-known as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment among developing countries. Little is known so far of the fact that China ha...
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385,52 zł |
Using Health Economics in Health Services
ISBN: 9780335209835 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title examines the impact of attempts to use rational health economic analyses on local decision-making in the National Health Service. It presents findings from an ethnographic study of one Health Authority and one Primary Care Group to present a picture of the processes and contexts of healthcare resource allocation at local level. co nclusion of the book is that it is extremely difficult to use rational solutions to resource allocation dilemmas at local level in the modern state. The adoption by local decision-makers of what appear to be non-rational coping strategies is essential to...
This title examines the impact of attempts to use rational health economic analyses on local decision-making in the National Health Service. It presen...
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315,85 zł |
Advanced Robust and Nonparametric Methods in Efficiency Analysis: Methodology and Applications
ISBN: 9780387351551 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing a systematic and comprehensive treatment of recent developments in efficiency analysis, this readable book makes available an intuitive yet rigorous presentation of advanced nonparametric and robust methods. This flexible toolbox can be used in theories based on the neoclassical theory of production and its alternatives, including evolutionary theories. The methods are complemented by empirical analysis of three different economic fields: scientific research, mutual funds industry and the insurance sector. The research demonstrates the utility of the toolbox for a wide range of... Providing a systematic and comprehensive treatment of recent developments in efficiency analysis, this readable book makes available an intuitive y... |
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578,30 zł |
The Finest Kind: The Fishermen of Gloucester
ISBN: 9780393322194 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This powerful work brings the reader along with the fishermen as they plow the treacherous sea in search of the elusive and dwindling schools of fish. Kim Bartlett lets us hear the men speak and puts us right on the boat with them.
This powerful work brings the reader along with the fishermen as they plow the treacherous sea in search of the elusive and dwindling schools of fish....
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96,57 zł |
Men's Lives
ISBN: 9780394755601 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An eloquent portrayal of a disappearing way of life of the Long Island fishermen whose voices--humorous, bitter and bewildered--are as clear as the threatened beauty of their once quiet shore.
An eloquent portrayal of a disappearing way of life of the Long Island fishermen whose voices--humorous, bitter and bewildered--are as clear as the th...
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92,39 zł |
Sea Bass: Biology
ISBN: 9780412400902 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book covers the biology, exploitation and conservation of the sea bass, a species of major commercial importance. Sea Bass will be an invaluable reference work for fisheries workers, fish biologists and aquaculturists involved and interested in the biology and exploitation of this important species.
This book covers the biology, exploitation and conservation of the sea bass, a species of major commercial importance. Sea Bass will be an in...
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771,08 zł |
International Logistics
ISBN: 9780412992216 / Angielski / Twarda / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Both academia and the real world are showing a vastly increased interest in international logistics. Although this book covers the entire topic, it may not contain sufficient detail to answer all questions. The topic-and the challenge is much larger than any single book can cover A number of people helped us, and their assistance should be recognized. They include Robert L. Argentieri, Eunice Coleman, Patricia J. Daugherty, Robert Derbin, Robert Hannus, Ken Knox, Douglas Long, Eugene L. Magad, Dale S. Rogers, Robert Rouse, John Silvey, and Clyde Kenneth Walter. This book is designed for both...
Both academia and the real world are showing a vastly increased interest in international logistics. Although this book covers the entire topic, it ma...
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578,30 zł |
Ancient Greek Agriculture: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780415001649 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The initial focus of Ancient Greek Agriculture is firmly on the art of agriculture proper, the tools and the technique, the plants cultivated and the animals reared. Thereafter, Isager and Skydsgaard focus on the position of agriculture in the society of gods and men in the Greek city-states . The arguments of Ancient Greek Agriculture are strengthened by the book's close adherence to contemporary Greek sources, literary as well as archaeological, avoiding the use of later as well as Roman material.
The initial focus of Ancient Greek Agriculture is firmly on the art of agriculture proper, the tools and the technique, the plants cultivated...
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621,24 zł |
Industrialization and Development in the Third World
ISBN: 9780415013802 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Industrialization is seen by most developing countries as their chief development strategy. In this up-to-date and well-illustrated student text, Rajesh Chandra provides a comprehensive introduction to Third World industrialization. He examines current topics such as export processing zones and privatization, providing a variety of case studies which give the book a regional focus. He also presents the varied aspects of industrialization from a balanced perspective, focusing on the influence of historical forces, the current level and structure of industrialization, geographical variations in...
Industrialization is seen by most developing countries as their chief development strategy. In this up-to-date and well-illustrated student text, Raje...
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196,68 zł |
Wine and the Vine : An Historical Geography of Viticulture and the Wine Trade
ISBN: 9780415031202 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The products of the grape vine are amongst the most diverse of any agricultural crop. This is not only the result of differences in soil and climate - it also reflects the labour of countless generations of vine growers and wine makers, each set in their own distinctive human context. It is this interaction of people and environment over time, creating specific cultural identities, that lies at the heart of any understanding of the emergence of viticulture and wine production.
The products of the grape vine are amongst the most diverse of any agricultural crop. This is not only the result of differences in soil and climate -...
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854,21 zł |
Multinational Enterprises in India: Industrial Distribution
ISBN: 9780415043380 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Multinational enterprises play a vital role in the economic activity of most developing countries. In India MNE affiliates dominate whole sectors of industry - such as plastics and pharmaceuticals - characterised by a high degree of product differentiation, complex technology and high skill intensity. Such advantages, combined with intangible assets, centralised decision making and global outlook lead to a divergence of approach between MNEs and their local counterparts in host developing countries.
This book analyses the inter-industry pattern of MNEs in India in the framework of the... Multinational enterprises play a vital role in the economic activity of most developing countries. In India MNE affiliates dominate whole sectors of i...
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750,67 zł |
Public Enterprise at the Crossroads
ISBN: 9780415044721 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In many parts of the world public enterprise is in crisis. Privatization programmes are being widely touted as the solution to many of the problems of inefficiency and slow rates of growth associated with public enterprise. This book discusses the underlying causes of those problems, and critically examines some of the solutions that have been adopted. Its geographical coverage is wide and it cuts across the political spectrum. The experiences of countries in four continents are analyzed in an attempt to shed light on current dilemmas. Recurrent patterns are found; problems are frequently...
In many parts of the world public enterprise is in crisis. Privatization programmes are being widely touted as the solution to many of the problems of...
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802,44 zł |
Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals
ISBN: 9780415048071 / Angielski / Twarda / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years there has been a spectacular growth in the technological capabilities of developing countries and in outward direct investment from firms based in these countries. Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals argues that these phenomena are related. The emerging technological capabilities of Third World firms are allied to the cumulative growth of their outward direct investment. The existence and accumulation of technological capabilities is thus a determinant as well as an effect of their international production activities.
In recent years there has been a spectacular growth in the technological capabilities of developing countries and in outward direct investment from fi...
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227,73 zł |
The Theory of Technological Change and Economic Growth
ISBN: 9780415052382 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this wide ranging exposition of the various economic theories of technological change, Stanislaw Gomulka relates them to rates of growth experienced by different economies in both the short and the long term.
Analysis of countries as diverse as Japan, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom demonstrates that there is an interdependence between technological change and the institutional and cultural characteristics of different countries, which can have a profound effect on their rates of growth. All of the major, relevant models are discussed, including those of Kuznets and Phelps,... In this wide ranging exposition of the various economic theories of technological change, Stanislaw Gomulka relates them to rates of growth experience...
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372,70 zł |
International Business in China
ISBN: 9780415053457 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China has long been a country shrouded in mystery. Today, this enormous nation is a potential giant in the international business arena. Yet the West remains largely ignorant of the inner workings of China's business environment and the many paths open to international business. International Business in China offers an analysis of the real nature of business in China. The major business sectors are examined, including finance and accounting; law; management and marketing; trade; foreign direct investment and the management of foreign subsidiaries. Special emphasis is placed on how political...
China has long been a country shrouded in mystery. Today, this enormous nation is a potential giant in the international business arena. Yet the West ...
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750,67 zł |
The Decline of Industrial Britain: 1870-1980
ISBN: 9780415054652 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This challenging account of Britain's long-term economic performance examines why British economic growth has failed to keep pace with the performance of the other advanced industrial economies since 1870. It addresses both specifically economic questions - did the structure of the British economy undermine the nation's competitiveness? - and broader socio-historical questions - has British culture been hostile to business achievement and whether British education failed British industry? The book combines a survey of recent scholarly work with an original interpretive alternative to...
This challenging account of Britain's long-term economic performance examines why British economic growth has failed to keep pace with the performance...
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238,09 zł |