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An Uncooperative Commodity : Privatizing Water in England and Wales
ISBN: 9780199253654 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The privatization of water supply is an emotive and controversial topic. The 'British model' of water privatization is unique: no other country has entirely privatized its water supply and sewerage systems. This book analyzes the socio-economic and environmental dimensions in privatization in England and Wales. It examines the implications of privatization for consumers, environmental management, and the water supply industry.
The privatization of water supply is an emotive and controversial topic. The 'British model' of water privatization is unique: no other country has en...
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1002,25 zł |
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The Economics of the European Patent System : IP Policy for Innovation and Competition
ISBN: 9780199292066 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Why does society allow, or even encourage, private appropriation of inventions? When do patents encourage competition, when do they hamper it? How should society design the compromise between the interest of the inventor and the interest of the users of patented inventions? How should the patent system adapt to new technological areas?
These questions and many more are addressed by the authors in this groundbreaking analysis of the economics behind the European patent system. Beginning with the history and principles of the patent system, the book then examines the economic effects of... Why does society allow, or even encourage, private appropriation of inventions? When do patents encourage competition, when do they hamper it? How sho...
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891,70 zł |
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Privatizing the State
ISBN: 9780231134644 / Angielski / Twarda / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In the new global political economy, "privatization" names a transformation of the roles of public and private actors with the goal of reforming government policies and economic aid programs. It is an objective, a slogan, a fetish. But what does it signify? On the one hand, it refers to the process of changing industries, businesses, and services from governmental or public ownership to private agencies. But privatization now also extends to what are normally the prerogatives of national states: taxation, customs, internal security, national defense, and peace negotiations. In much of the...
In the new global political economy, "privatization" names a transformation of the roles of public and private actors with the goal of reforming gover...
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421,89 zł |
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Sound Governance : Policy and Administrative Innovations
ISBN: 9780275965143 / Angielski / Twarda / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The economic, political, and cultural forces of globalization affect every citizen of the world--and the institutions that govern them. Against a backdrop of increasing resistance to these forces, especially in the developing world, this volume establishes a new theoretical and practical framework for analyzing the effects of globalization on nation-states, local governments, nongovernmental and international organizations, and other administrative systems. Invoking a term attributed to Darius the Great over 2,500 years ago--sound governance--editors Ali Farazmand and Rosalyn Carter set... The economic, political, and cultural forces of globalization affect every citizen of the world--and the institutions that govern them. Against a b... |
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482,69 zł |
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The Frankenfood Myth : How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution
ISBN: 9780275978792 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Few topics have inspired as much international furor and misinformation as the development and distribution of genetically altered foods. For thousands of years, farmers have bred crops for their resistance to disease, productivity, and nutritional value; and over the past century, scientists have used increasingly more sophisticated methods for modifying them at the genetic level. But only since the 1970s have advances in biotechnology (or gene-splicing to be more precise) upped the ante, with the promise of dramatically improved agricultural products--and public resistance far out of... Few topics have inspired as much international furor and misinformation as the development and distribution of genetically altered foods. For thous... |
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272,65 zł |
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The Rise of the Anti-Corporate Movement : Corporations and the People who Hate Them
ISBN: 9780275997861 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Against the backdrop of Enron and the other high-profile cases of corporate malfeasance, it is easy to paint today's executives as villains and blame big business, and corporations generally, for a wide array of social ills. Is the criticism warranted? Not quite, says Evan Osborne, as he traces the history of anti-corporate sentiment and assesses the fever-pitch hatred, by some, of all things corporate. While not perfect angels, Osborne argues, corporations confer many more benefits to society than ills. Moreover, they are an essential engine of human progress, and longstanding legal... Against the backdrop of Enron and the other high-profile cases of corporate malfeasance, it is easy to paint today's executives as villains and bla... |
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278,19 zł |
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State-Owned Enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa : Privatization, Performance and Reform
ISBN: 9780415236096 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. World-wide privatization has expanded rapidly, but in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region progress has been markedly slow. The two main obstacles to privatization in the MENA region are seen to be the high level of overstaffing in public enterprises and the inability of economies to create jobs fast enough. This volume is divided into two parts. The first addresses key issues of an institutional and politically economic nature to explain pressures for and against state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform and privatization. The second part of the book presents empirical studies of Egypt,...
World-wide privatization has expanded rapidly, but in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region progress has been markedly slow. The two main obs...
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901,50 zł |
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Revolt Against Regulation : The Rise and Pause of the Consumer Movement
ISBN: 9780520050747 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Michael Pertschuk brings an insider's insight to the tumultuous years of the sixties and seventies, when the consumer protection bells rang from Washington throughout the land. An engrossing story of corporate versus consumer battles over health, safety, and the economic rights of Americans. The future of consumer justice is given wisdom by this eyewitness account."--Ralph Nadar "This is a book that should be ready by everyone with a stake in regulation of business by bureaucrats in Washington. Whether you agree or disagree with his point of view--and I often disagree--you can always...
"Michael Pertschuk brings an insider's insight to the tumultuous years of the sixties and seventies, when the consumer protection bells rang from Wash...
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167,36 zł |
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Auctioning Public Assets : Analysis and Alternatives
ISBN: 9780521537575 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Governments are currently privatizing firms that were previously under public control in many countries. Providing an overview of the economic issues involved in this transfer of ownership of public assets, this book combines a theoretical framework with case studies. It asks which allocation mechanism a government can adopt and how the choice of allocation mechanism will affect future market outcomes. Contributions from international experts offer an accessible introduction to auction theory in this invaluable non-technical analysis.
Governments are currently privatizing firms that were previously under public control in many countries. Providing an overview of the economic issues ...
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207,29 zł |
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Auctioning Public Assets : Analysis and Alternatives
ISBN: 9780521830591 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18 dni roboczych. Governments are currently privatizing firms that were previously under public control in many countries. Providing an overview of the economic issues involved in this transfer of ownership of public assets, this book combines a theoretical framework with case studies. It asks which allocation mechanism a government can adopt and how the choice of allocation mechanism will affect future market outcomes. Contributions from international experts offer an accessible introduction to auction theory in this invaluable non-technical analysis.
Governments are currently privatizing firms that were previously under public control in many countries. Providing an overview of the economic issues ...
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494,09 zł |
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Roadkill on the Information Highway
ISBN: 9780595145713 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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61,89 zł |
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Marx's Labor Theory of Value : A Defense
ISBN: 9780595346004 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Karl Marx's ideas have been declared "dead" on more than one occasion, only to emerge with new relevance a few years later. But the "collapse of communism" seemed to be the final nail in his coffin. The end of history had been reached, we were told, and poor old Karl was wrong. -- Or was he?
In "Marx's Labor Theory of Value: A Defense, " Hayashi Hiroyoshi argues that Marx will continue to be relevant as long as capitalism continues to exist. This is simply because no one grasped the nature of capitalism on a more profound level than Marx did. Hayashi presents the most fundamental aspects... Karl Marx's ideas have been declared "dead" on more than one occasion, only to emerge with new relevance a few years later. But the "collapse of commu...
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127,67 zł |
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Intrepid Americans : Bold Koreans--Early Korean Trade, Concessions, And Entrepreneurship
ISBN: 9780595370689 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Intrepid Americans: Bold Koreans-Early Korean Trade, Concessions, And Entrepreneurship" is a fascinating study of noteworthy interactions and significant events in the early development of U.S.-Korean relations. With relevancy in looking at contemporary South Korea, the reader will gain an understanding into how radically Korea's economy has transformed over the last century. Within the book, author Don Southerton provides captivating insights into the birth of modern South Korean entrepreneurialism and commerce. These glimpses presented through numerous photographs, illustrations,...
"Intrepid Americans: Bold Koreans-Early Korean Trade, Concessions, And Entrepreneurship" is a fascinating study of noteworthy interactions and signifi...
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80,68 zł |
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The IRS-Our Government in Action : Don't Trust Them for Anything!
ISBN: 9780595387526 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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67,97 zł |
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Social Partnering in Latin America : Lessons Drawn from Collaborations of Businesses and Civil Society Organizations
ISBN: 9780674015807 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Can businesses collaborate with nonprofit organizations? Drawing lessons from 24 cases of cross-sector partnerships spanning the hemisphere, Social Partnering in Latin America analyzes how businesses and nonprofits are creating partnerships to move beyond traditional corporate philanthropy. An American supermarket and a Mexican food bank, an Argentine newspaper and a solidarity network, and a Chilean pharmacy chain and an elder care home are just a few examples of how businesses are partnering with community organizations in powerful ways throughout Latin America. The authors analyze why and...
Can businesses collaborate with nonprofit organizations? Drawing lessons from 24 cases of cross-sector partnerships spanning the hemisphere, Social Pa...
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101,16 zł |
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The Making of the State Enterprise System in Modern China : The Dynamics of Institutional Change
ISBN: 9780674017177 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. When, how, and why did the state enterprise system of modern China take shape? The conventional argument is that China borrowed its economic system and development strategy wholesale from the Soviet Union in the 1950s. In an important new interpretation, Morris Bian shows instead that the basic institutional arrangement of state-owned enterprise--bureaucratic governance, management and incentive mechanisms, and the provision of social services and welfare--developed in China during the war years 1937-1945. Bian offers a new theory of institutional change that explains the formation... When, how, and why did the state enterprise system of modern China take shape? The conventional argument is that China borrowed its economic system... |
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286,82 zł |
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Organizational Report Cards
ISBN: 9780674643505 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In recent years, consumers, professional organizations, government officials, and third-party payers have become increasingly concerned about how to assess the quality of the services provided by organizations in both the private and the public sectors. One new approach is the organizational report card, which compares the performance of organizations such as public schools, colleges, hospitals, and HMOs. This book offers the first comprehensive study of such instruments. It discusses the circumstances under which they are desirable alternatives to other policy instruments, such as... In recent years, consumers, professional organizations, government officials, and third-party payers have become increasingly concerned about how t... |
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438,47 zł |
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Embedded Autonomy : States and Industrial Transformation
ISBN: 9780691037363 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. In recent years, debate on the state's economic role has too often devolved into diatribes against intervention. Peter Evans questions such simplistic views, offering a new vision of why state involvement works in some cases and produces disasters in others. To illustrate, he looks at how state agencies, local entrepreneurs, and transnational corporations shaped the emergence of computer industries in Brazil, India, and Korea during the seventies and eighties. Evans starts with the idea that states vary in the way they are organized and tied to society. In some nations, like... In recent years, debate on the state's economic role has too often devolved into diatribes against intervention. Peter Evans questions such simplis... |
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261,99 zł |
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Political Power and Corporate Control : The New Global Politics of Corporate Governance
ISBN: 9780691133812 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Why does corporate governance--front page news with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat--vary so dramatically around the world? This book explains how politics shapes corporate governance--how managers, shareholders, and workers jockey for advantage in setting the rules by which companies are run, and for whom they are run. It combines a clear theoretical model on this political interaction, with statistical evidence from thirty-nine countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America and detailed narratives of country cases. This book differs sharply from... Why does corporate governance--front page news with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat--vary so dramatically around the world? This book... |
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141,55 zł |
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The Procurement Revolution
ISBN: 9780742532731 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The ninth book in the IBM Endowment Series on the Business of Government, The Procurement Revolution continues the tradition of timely and vital information dissemination the series has come to stand for. Focusing on the titular revolutionary changes the government has had and will have to make in its approach to procuring goods and services, this book strives to capture the creativity and energy that can and should be brought to government procurement.
The ninth book in the IBM Endowment Series on the Business of Government, The Procurement Revolution continues the tradition of timely and vital infor...
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289,23 zł |