Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism
ISBN: 9780226080383 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the 1930s, industrial sociologists have tried to answer the question, Why do workers not work harder? Michael Burawoy spent ten months as a machine operator in a Chicago factory trying to answer different but equally important questions: Why do workers work as hard as they do? Why do workers routinely consent to their own exploitation?
"Manufacturing Consent," the result of Burawoy's research, combines rich ethnographical description with an original Marxist theory of the capitalist labor process. "Manufacturing Consent" is unique among studies of this kind because Burawoy has been... Since the 1930s, industrial sociologists have tried to answer the question, Why do workers not work harder? Michael Burawoy spent ten months as a mach...
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Information Technology, Innovation System and Trade Regime in Developing Countries: India and the ASEAN
ISBN: 9780230004924 / Angielski / Twarda / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing from the detailed case studies of India and five ASEAN countries, this volume establishes the complementary role of innovation system and trade regime in promoting production and use of ICT and draws lessons for other developing countries that adopted a liberal trade regime to catch up with the ICT revolution.
Drawing from the detailed case studies of India and five ASEAN countries, this volume establishes the complementary role of innovation system and trad...
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389,98 zł |
The Theory and Practice of Local Governance and Economic Development
ISBN: 9780230500600 / Angielski / Twarda / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comparative study of the use of partnerships and new forms of governance to achieve policy goals that promote economic and social development. In addition to a consideration of the theoretical challenges posed by these institutional developments, the book reviews recent experiences in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.
This book provides a comparative study of the use of partnerships and new forms of governance to achieve policy goals that promote economic and social...
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389,98 zł |
The Maquiladora Industry: Economic Solution or Problem?
ISBN: 9780275933579 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Established by the Mexican government in 1965 to provide employment for Mexican citizens in the cities along the U.S. border, the maquiladora program is now one of the fastest growing industries in that area. This pioneering volume presents an in-depth examination of the maquiladora phenomenon written by experts on the subject. The contributors focus on three vital dimensions of the maquiladora issue: the impact of the maquilas on workers and economic development in both the United States and Mexico; the success or failure of the maquilas on an industry by industry basis; and the strategic... Established by the Mexican government in 1965 to provide employment for Mexican citizens in the cities along the U.S. border, the maquiladora progr... |
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577,47 zł |
Cooperation and Conflict in Occupational Safety and Health: A Multination Study of the Automotive Industry
ISBN: 9780275935306 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The result of an eight-year, international research study, this volume examines the methods used to promote occupational safety and health in the automotive industries of the United States, West Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Kenya. The author pays particular attention to the ways in which the broad national social, economic, political, and legal environments influence occupational safety and health activities and outcomes. The study also focuses on the differing degrees of cooperation and conflict exhibited among involved parties in the handling of occupational safety in... The result of an eight-year, international research study, this volume examines the methods used to promote occupational safety and health in the a... |
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577,47 zł |
Telecity: Information Technology and Its Impact on City Form
ISBN: 9780275938147 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examines the growth of the information society and the impact of its technologies on city form and urban life. It establishes a theoretical framework that integrates the consequences of technology on the physical city, the dynamics of its economic activities and location decisions, and its social processes. Tarik A. Fathy's main concern in this work is the relationship between socioeconomic forces of social change and the physical transformation process of the existing city in Western countries. The focus is on the influence of technology, not as an autonomous or... This study examines the growth of the information society and the impact of its technologies on city form and urban life. It establishes a theoreti... |
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457,22 zł |
Market Dominance: How Firms Gain, Hold, or Lose It and the Impact on Economic Performance
ISBN: 9780275956042 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Economic theorizing suggests that firms can acquire and maintain market dominance in a number of ways. Some economists argue that firms attain dominance only by being relatively more efficient than their rivals and retain leadership only by staying more efficient than their rivals. Others argue that efficiency is not the only source of dominance and that leaders can retain preeminence even if they are inefficient. This book attempts to sort out the relevant points by exploring market dominance experienced by firms in ten different industries. It examines factors that led to acquiring,... Economic theorizing suggests that firms can acquire and maintain market dominance in a number of ways. Some economists argue that firms attain domi... |
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577,47 zł |
Employment Relations in France: Evolution and Innovation
ISBN: 9780306463334 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thisbook is the fruit of a number of years of assimilating another culture and learning about the evolution of its institutions, altogether an incr- iblyrich andrewarding experience. Ihopetopassonto the reader some of that richness in the belief that, even in a globalizing context, learning about other nations and cultures is more and more necessary. The reasons andvalues behind this belief are perhaps evident, but I amconvincedthat they bear repeating here. To begin with, the hasty generalizations that often liebehind the cynicism and ultimately the violence of ethnocentrism and xe- phobia...
Thisbook is the fruit of a number of years of assimilating another culture and learning about the evolution of its institutions, altogether an incr- i...
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Understanding and Regulating the Market at a Time of Globalization: The Case of the Cement Industry
ISBN: 9780312226220 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How does a market globalize? How do antitrust and trade policies speed up or slow down the process? How do firms take part in it? The book offers a comprehensive appraisal of the phenomenon from a thorough study of the cement industry. Considered as a model of spatial competition in economic textbooks and inherently local, the industry globalized in the 1980s. Hence, the originality of the book to deal with an extreme case that highlights the fundamental characteristics of globalization.
How does a market globalize? How do antitrust and trade policies speed up or slow down the process? How do firms take part in it? The book offers a co...
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389,98 zł |
The Life Cycle of Entrepreneurial Ventures
ISBN: 9780387321561 / Angielski / Twarda / 586 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. about nascent entrepreneurship distilled from recent research. Wagner ?rst summarises evidence about the incidence of nascent entrepreneurship before surveying the start-up activities of nascent entrepreneurs. He then goes on to provide a birds-eye view of the characteristics of nascent entrepreneurs; the factors associated with becoming a nascent entrepreneur; and the outcomes of nascent entrepreneurs, in terms of whether they start, quit or continue preparing for eventual business entry. Wagner s chapter provides a wealth of information about nascent entrepreneurship, summarising key...
about nascent entrepreneurship distilled from recent research. Wagner ?rst summarises evidence about the incidence of nascent entrepreneurship before ...
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1170,03 zł |
Trade Unions: Resurgence or Demise?
ISBN: 9780415284110 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can private sector unions survive in Great Britain?
How can unions respond to the challenges posted by performace-related pay, public-private partnerships and the internet? What lessons can be learned from trade unions' experience in Germany and the US? "Trade Unions: Resurgence or Decline?" is the third book in the innovative "Trade Unions in Britain" series. Featuring substantial and original research, this book takes a hard disciplinary approach--economics, organizational theory, history and social psychology--to offer readers a comprehensive analysis of unions' prospects in... Can private sector unions survive in Great Britain?
How can unions respond to the challenges posted by performace-related pay, public-private part... |
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Constraint Management in Manufacturing: Optimising the Supply Chain
ISBN: 9780415285193 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on making money out of the supply chain, this book describes how to successfully manage manufacturing companies in today's global context. The text explores how constraint management, with roots in the Theory of Constraints, produces wealth through the development of manufacturers' strengths.
Constraint Management in Manufacturing: Optimising the Global Supply Chain is for both practitioners and researchers alike. It is an instructional tool for anyone teaching operations management and related subjects, and is a valuable guide for those striving to improve the performance of... Focusing on making money out of the supply chain, this book describes how to successfully manage manufacturing companies in today's global context. Th...
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Innovation in the U.S. Service Sector
ISBN: 9780415390682 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using a cutting-edge structure, where a current description of the service sector and up-to-date case studies are compared and contrasted with innovative activity in manufacturing, this book contributes towards a better theoretical understanding of innovation in the U.S. service sector. Using a cutting-edge structure, where a current description of the service sector and up-to-date case studies are compared and contrasted with inno... |
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432,61 zł |
Economics of the Firm: Analysis, Evolution and History
ISBN: 9780415395090 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together some of the world's leading experts to present an interdisciplinary, critical perspective on current issues surrounding the economics of the firms. It eschews standard approaches to the economics of the firm (including analysis of transaction costs) in favour of a more interdisciplinary outlook, with evolutionary economics taken into account. Central to this is the concept of trust and the belief that any approach to the firm must recognize cultural and political factors. The chapters emphasize the themes of change and evolution and explore issues arising from the... This book brings together some of the world's leading experts to present an interdisciplinary, critical perspective on current issues surrounding t... |
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Industrial Safety Is Good Business: The DuPont Story
ISBN: 9780471286288 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. High productivity, high quality, high morale, and associated low absenteeism are all products of a strong safety program. In the company's operational meetings, from the office of the chairman down through the daily reports from manufacturing plants, the first item of business is always safety performance. Behind DuPont's commitment to safety is a series of principles and beliefs:
* Management at every level is responsible for preventing injuries and illnesses. * Safety must be a part of every employee's training. * People are the most important element of a safety and... High productivity, high quality, high morale, and associated low absenteeism are all products of a strong safety program. In the company's operational...
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821,17 zł |
Corporate Law and Economic Analysis
ISBN: 9780521022835 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The past decade has brought certain corporate transactions and arrangements to the forefront of public attention and debate. At the same time, a new mode of corporate law analysis has been developed--one that uses economics to identify the consequences and desirable features of corporate law rules. This collection of papers uses economic analysis to study some of the main issues in corporate law. By collecting work at the frontier of this method of analysis, the volume provides a clear picture of the power, current state, and future direction of the economic analysis of corporate law. Written...
The past decade has brought certain corporate transactions and arrangements to the forefront of public attention and debate. At the same time, a new m...
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268,52 zł |
Financial Crisis and Transformation of Korean Business Groups: The Rise and Fall of Chaebols
ISBN: 9780521025195 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the strategies that chaebols--Korean business groups--have pursued by examining their structures and assessing their performance. It highlights the strengths of chaebols that enable their fast growth, as well as the weaknesses that waylaid them when the 1999 Asian crisis occurred. Sea-Jin Chang asserts that the Korean government's restructuring efforts have not been successful and demonstrates why measures that overhaul chaebols' financial structures and strengthen their systems are necessary. He predicts that they will emerge again as stronger, more focused global...
This book explores the strategies that chaebols--Korean business groups--have pursued by examining their structures and assessing their performance. I...
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177,30 zł |
Government Policy Towards Industry in the United States and Japan
ISBN: 9780521026437 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays contained in this volume represent state-of-the-art thinking on many important issues relating to government policies in the Japanese and American economies.
The essays contained in this volume represent state-of-the-art thinking on many important issues relating to government policies in the Japanese and A...
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Innovation and Knowledge Creation in an Open Economy: Canadian Industry and International Implications
ISBN: 9780521037136 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book analyzes how manufacturing firms bring new and improved products and production processes to the market. It examines sources of innovative ideas and technologies; the role of R&D activity; the use of patent protection and other government policies; and the effect of innovation on employment and various performance indicators such as profitability and export performance. It reveals how these processes differ between small and large firms; domestic and multinationals, and across industries. Although the primary focus is on Canadian manufacturing firms, the results are adjusted to...
The book analyzes how manufacturing firms bring new and improved products and production processes to the market. It examines sources of innovative id...
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177,30 zł |
Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics
ISBN: 9780521273671 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Economists have long treated technological phenomena as events transpiring inside a black box and, on the whole, have adhered rather strictly to a self-imposed ordinance not to inquire too seriously into what transpires inside that box. The purpose of Professor Rosenberg's work is to break open and examine the contents of the black box. In so doing, a number of important economic problems be powerfully illuminated. The author clearly shows how specific features of individual technologies have shaped a number of variables of great concern to economists: the rate of productivity improvement,...
Economists have long treated technological phenomena as events transpiring inside a black box and, on the whole, have adhered rather strictly to a sel...
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217,84 zł |