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What do we mean by inequality comparisons? If the rich just get richer and the poor get poorer, the answer might seem easy. But what if the income distribution changes in a complicated way? Can we use mathematical or statistical techniques to simplify the comparison...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-01-27
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The informal economy is a dynamic, active, and hotly debated domain in the developing world. Unfortunately, it remains one of the most ignored areas in mainstream economic theory and development economics. In this book, Marjit and Kar provide a detailed theoretical...
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OUP India
Parution :
2011-01-19
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In The Living Company, the man who introduced the revolutionary concept of the learning organization has turned his attention to identifying the critical characteristics of organizational longevity. Arie de Geus reveals the keys to managing for a long and prosperous...
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John Murray Business
Parution :
2011-01-12
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From the most trusted voice on transition, a thoroughly updated and expanded edition of the classic guide to dealing with the human side of organisational change. Directed at managers and employees alike in today's business world, where constant change is the norm and...
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John Murray Business
Parution :
2011-01-11
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This volume analyzes intergenerational solidarity from diverse interdisciplinary angles within the social sciences. It provides analytical tools to advance research and documents how societies are adjusting to major changes that affect the core of the social fabric.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-12-20
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Growth is the central focus of every business, yet many businesses continually find ways to shoot themselves in the foot. In Milkshake Moment, Steven Little shows you how to identify and overcome the stifling behaviors built into your organization and get you back on...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2010-12-17
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Praise for the first edition of Up Your Business! "Dave Anderson has hit another home run! Up Your Business! is an invaluable, highly readable guide that should be on the desk--and in the mind--of anyone demanding top-level performance from themselves and others."...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2010-12-14
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In this era of globalization, every region and country in the world is pursuing some kind of integration to further its economic, geo-political, and strategic interests. This book explores the prospects for and challenges to services integration in South Asia through an...
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OUP India
Parution :
2010-12-01
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The first edition was extremely well received, providing an introduction and insight to this important topic in a comprehensive yet easy to read form. It was chosen to be issued to the representatives of the organizations from the G8 and G20 countries attending the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-12-01
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Too many organizations are currently caught in a “green slump,” struggling to engage in sustainability projects and making far less progress than they should be. Some businesses are striving to lead the way by equipping their facilities with new, energy-saving...
Editeur :
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Parution :
2010-11-26
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Wlliam Gladwell meets Alvin Toffler in this lively, provocative and witty look at our possible futures. Filled with provocative forecasts about how the world might change in the next half century, Future Files examines emerging patterns and developments in society,...
Editeur :
John Murray Business
Parution :
2010-11-26
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Collected here are papers from the conference, Thinking Outward, which dealt with a range of issues related to the key players in this process - firms, home countries and host countries and the book will have a foreword from Jeffrey Sachs. In the wake of the financial...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-10-18
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How well do governments do in converting the resources they take from us - like taxes - into services that improve the well-being of individuals, groups, and society as a whole? In other words: how well do they perform?
This question has become increasingly prominent...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-09-30
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How well do governments do in converting the resources they take from us - like taxes - into services that improve the well-being of individuals, groups, and society as a whole? In other words: how well do they perform?
This question has become increasingly prominent...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-09-30
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Why does poverty persist? A critical, but so far ignored, part of the answer lies in the fact that poverty is regularly created. Large numbers of people are escaping poverty, but large numbers are concurrently falling into chronic poverty.
This book presents the first...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-08-26
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Why does poverty persist? A critical, but so far ignored, part of the answer lies in the fact that poverty is regularly created. Large numbers of people are escaping poverty, but large numbers are concurrently falling into chronic poverty.
This book presents the first...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-08-26
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With increasing population and expanding demand for urban infrastructure services, the capacities of local governments in many developing countries are overburdened. Adequate infrastructure is not only necessary for increasing productivity but also improving the quality...
Editeur :
OUP India
Parution :
2010-08-25
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This study of economic growth in India is both an interpretation of its trajectory since 1950 and an evaluation of its prospects in the near future. It is marked by theoretical integrity, historical perspective, thick description, discriminating use of econometrics, and...
Editeur :
OUP India
Parution :
2010-08-04
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With so many start-ups struggling to survive beyond their first year of trading, what are the key things that will ensure a business makes the right start? Multi-million copy selling author Ken Blanchard returns with much-needed advice on how to create and sustain a...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2010-07-08
ePub
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The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before. Anyone over the age of 30 remembers something of the events - if not the original TV pictures, then Band Aid and Live Aid, Geldof and Bono. Peter Gill...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-07-08
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