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Achieving Dynamism in an Anaemic Europe
This book explores the reasons behind Europe’s poor performance in terms of overall growth and its progressively diminishing role in the global context. Recognizing that the big challenge is to restore confidence and hope in Europe, potential solutions are discussed. The volume comprises a selection of contributions to the XXVI Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar (Rome, 2014), the…
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- 978-3-319-14099-5
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- VI, 302
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- 339 ACH a
Rebalancing for Sustainable Growth: Asia’s Postcrisis Challenge
The Asian model of export-led growth served it well in the post-war period, but prolonged sluggish growth of the developed economies following the global financial crisis, together with growing inequality and rising environmental problems, point to the need for a new growth model. The purpose of this book is to describe the challenges facing Asian economies in the post-global financial crisis e…
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- 978-4-431-55321-2
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- 337.1
Geographies of Urban Governance
With a current population inflow into cities of 200,000 people per day, UN Habitat expects that up to 75% of the global population will live in cities by 2050. Influenced by forces of globalization and global change, cities and urban life are transforming rapidly, impacting human welfare, economic development and urban-regional landscapes. This poses new challenges to urban governance, while em…
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- 978-3-319-21271-5
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- XXIX, 235
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- 330 GEO
Geographical Labor Market Imbalances
“The papers analyse the issue of geographical labour market imbalances from a very broad perspective … . the reader will find several empirical facts, new references, research questions, and empirical strategies that will be useful to understand and explore the origins and the consequences of labor market disparities for economies and regions. All regional economists interested in labour ma…
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- 978-3-642-55202-1
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- XII, 370
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- 330 GEO
Access to Justice in Transnational B2C E-Commerce A Multidimensional Analysi…
This book identifies institutional mechanisms that can be used to promote consumer confidence in direct online sales with businesses (B2C e-commerce). It argues that enhancing the access to justice in a multidimensional sense can potentially offer an effective means of boosting consumer confidence. It introduces a conceptual framework for a multidimensional approach to access to justice in the …
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- 978-3-319-11131-5
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- XV, 316
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- 341.7 YUT a
Realistic Simulation of Financial Markets: Realistic Simulation of Financial …
This book takes up unique agent-based approaches to solving problems related to stock and their derivative markets. Toward this end, the authors have worked for more than 15 years on the development of an artificial market simulator called U-Mart for use as a research and educational tool. A noteworthy feature of the U-Mart simulator compared to other artificial market simulators is that U-Mart…
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- 978-4-431-55057-0
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- 332
Accelerated Economic Growth in West Africa
The book provides a detailed analysis of the causes of West Africa’s current economic high-growth episode and proposes ways to extend it sustainably. It examines the potential role of regional integration through the establishment of a common currency union and of other policy options that can enhance economic growth. The authors suggest appropriate methods of coordination between macroeconom…
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- 978-3-319-16826-5
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- XIV, 211
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- Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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- 339 ACC a
Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience': A New Business Case for Disast…
Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the return on investment as uncertain – only realised if a somewhat unlikely disaster event actually happens. This book develo…
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- 978-3-319-40694-7
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- 333.7
Music as Labour : Inequalities and Activism in the Past and Present
This book brings together research at the intersection of music, cultural industries, management, antiracist politics and gender studies to analyse music as labour, in particular highlighting social inequalities and activism. Providing insights into labour processes and practices, the authors investigate the changing role of manifold actors, institutions and technologies and the corresponding s…
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- 9781000615760
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- 650
Motivation in Organisations : Searching for a Meaningful Work-Life Balance
Motivation in Organisations: Searching for a Meaningful Work-Life Balance extends the current motivation models in business education to include motives of human behaviour that have been neglected for decades. It debunks some of the myths about human motivation (self-interest as the dominant factor, amorality and non-spirituality) and explains why this approach to teaching business is erroneous…
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