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This is a new edition - with a substantial new introduction - of a book which has had a significant impact on economics, philosophy and political science. Robert Sugden shows how conventions of property, mutual aid, and voluntary supply of public goods can evolve...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2004-10-01
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International Migration: Prospects and Policies offers a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of global patterns of international migration and the policies employed to manage the flows. It shows that international migration is not rooted in poverty or rapid population...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-03-25
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Grounding its analysis in the historical evolution of financial regulation, this book addresses a range of public policy issues that concern the design of financial regulation and its enforcement, and contributes several new ideas to the debate in this field. Financial...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-03-25
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However much people want esteem, it is an untradable commodity-- there is no way that you can buy the good opinion of another or sell to others your good opinion of them. And yet esteem is allocated in society according to systematic determinants: people's performance,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-03-18
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This book studies the so far unexplored operation of the international monetary system that prevailed before the emergence of the international gold standard in 1873. Conventional wisdom has it that the emergence of gold as a global anchor was both an inescapable and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-03-04
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This book presents startling evidence that state monopolies can produce better outcomes than the free market. It provides an empirical comparison of the property insurance market in five European countries: Britain, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Germany. The market...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-02-26
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Dynamic Approaches to Macroeconomics provides the advanced student with key methodological tools for the dynamic analysis of a core selection of macroeconomic phenomena, including consumption and investment choices, employment and unemployment outcomes, and economic...
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OUP Oxford
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2004-02-05
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The lessons from GM's turnaround can help any business organization change and keep pace with today's turbulent marketplace. This book tells how it was able to change the way that important decisions were made.
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004
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This book shows how losing human knowledge in a technology-intensive era can seriously affect organizational performance. It delivers a detailed action plan to guide leaders and provides a comprehensive framework to help managers.
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004
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The larger message of this book is that fundamentally different labor market models - ranging from the 'American Model' to the much more regulated and coordinated Scandinavian systems - are compatible with low unemployment.
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004
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This book is in response to the many misinformed, often exaggerated arguments leveled against the WTO.
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004
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The mid-1990s saw the rise of an important movement: a recognition that organizational knowledge, in its various forms and attributes, could be an important source of competitive advantage in the marketplace. Knowledge management has become one of the core competencies...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2003-12-04
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Smith's THE WEALTH OF NATIONS was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, the book's publication in 1776 co-incided with America's Declaration of Independence. These volumes includeSmith's...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2003-09-25
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The Wealth of Nations
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In linking workplace integration and connectedness beyond work, Estlund suggests a novel and promising strategy for addressing the most profound challenges facing American society.
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2003
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Professionals and students alike will find this book especially valuable, as it provides readings on the application of social network analysis that reflect managerial concerns.
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2003
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This book is an in-depth discussion of rising inequalities in the western world. It explores the extent to which rising inequalities are the mechanical consequence of changes in economic fundamentals (such as changes in technological or demographic parameters), and to...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-10-24
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This book is an in-depth discussion of rising inequalities in the western world. It explores the extent to which rising inequalities are the mechanical consequence of changes in economic fundamentals (such as changes in technological or demographic parameters), and to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-10-24
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We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind of criteria are...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-08-22
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Written in the entrepreneurial spirit, these essays show economics to be an ambitious, dynamic, and far-from-dismal science.
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2002
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