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Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
After three decades of economic reform, China is experiencing substantial demographic changes and a steady structural transformation toward a market economy. These phenomena pose major challenges for the Chinese labor market, which are at the center of the booming academic and policy research in recent...
Efficiency in Business and Economics
Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Efficiency as a Source of the Wealth of Nations (ESWN), Wrocław 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
This volume offers a collection of studies on problem of organization’s efficiency, criteria for evaluating the efficiency, tools and methods for measuring the efficiency. The articles included present an interdisciplinary look at efficiency, its essence and the principles of its measurement. The...
From Economic Man to Economic System
Essays on Human Behavior and the Institutions of Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
The essays in this book discuss human behavior and the institutions of capitalism. The essays are non-technical and are written so as to be accessible to students of all disciplines and to all other persons interested in capitalism and in economic behavior. They often present unconventional views...
Internationalization of Japanese Firms
Evidence from Firm-level Data
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
This book takes a comprehensive look at Japanese firms engaging in export and foreign direct investment (FDI) and develops new methods and data to investigate the internationalization of firms, which is a focus issue in international trade. Using micro-level data, the book provides an introduction...
Telecommunication Markets
Drivers and Impediments
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2009
Telecommunication markets are characterized by a dynamic development of technology and market structures. The specific features of network-based markets, convergence of previously separate spheres and the complex task of market regulation put traditional theoretical approaches as well as current regulatory...
Congress’s Own Think Tank
Learning from the Legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972-1995)
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Congress' Own Think Tank recaps the OTA experience?it's creation, operation, and circumstances of its closure? and that of organizations attempting to fill the gap since OTA's closure as well as a number of new forces shaping the current context for science and technology issues facing the Congress.
The Labor-Managed Firm
Theoretical Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
In previous work, Gregory K. Dow created a broad and accessible overview of worker-controlled firms. In his new book, The Labor-Managed Firm: Theoretical Foundations, Dow provides the formal models that underpinned his earlier work, while developing promising new directions for economic research....
Trade Credit and Temporary Employment
How Companies Respond to Capital and Labor Market Frictions
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
This book presents an empirical investigation into the relationship between companies' short-term response to capital and labor market frictions and performance. Two different kinds of performance measures are considered, namely innovation performance and firm performance. The author focuses on two...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Worldwide, postal and delivery economics is the subject of considerable interest. The postal industry’s business model is in drastic need of change. Notably, the European Commission and member states are still wrestling with the problems of implementing liberalization of entry into postal markets,...
Maritime Economics
A Macroeconomic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
This book analyses shipping markets and their interdependence. This ground-breaking text develops a new macroeconomic approach to maritime economics and provides the reader with a more comprehensive understanding of the way modern shipping markets function.
by Robert Robbins, Rogene A. Robbins
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
From writing a business plan and financing an idea to choosing the most cost-efficient production method and best-suited sales approach, Creating a Successful Crafts Business provides a sound blueprint for turning a beloved hobby into a lucrative career. Written by two experienced craftspeople who...
by J. K. Sengupta
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
This book provides detailed empirical analysis of countries in Asia to examine various dynamic models that incorporate the impact of technology and innovations on the industry evolution and overall economic growth.
by Giles Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Do you deliver on time?
On Time Delivery is one of those hygiene factors you get with business life. You expect your products to be shipped on time, just like you expect the quality to be right. When delivery performance is poor then a whole load of chaos can ensue, and this time depleting...
by T. McFall
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
The economics of the NCAA Division I men's basketball league are peculiar because it fails to hire the best college-aged players and does little to enhance competitive balance within the league. The league's policy decisions and its ability to remain economically viable, despite its short-sighted governance decisions, are discussed.