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A New Growth Model for the Greek Economy: Requirements for Long-Term Sustaina…
On June 3, 2015, the Greek Parliamentary Budget Office, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Democritus University of Thrace, and the University of Peloponnese sponsored an international conference to address medium- and long-term growth in Greece. This collection presents the strongest papers on the conditions required to revive and maintain economic growth. Leading experts …
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- 978-1-137-58944-6
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A History of Digital Currency in the United States: New Technology in an Unre…
This book presents detailed case studies of the first commercial internet digital currency systems developed between 1996 and 2004. Transactions completed with the new technology circumvented all US financial regulations, an opening that transnational criminals exploited. Mullan explains how an entire industry of companies, agents, and participants turned a blind eye to crimes being committed i…
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- 978-1-137-56870-0
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- Palgrave Advances in the Economics of Innovation and Technology
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- 330 MUL h
Environment, Energy and Climate Change I Environmental Chemistry of Pollutan…
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of advanced research in the field of environmental green chemistry for air, soil and water pollutants, and presents emerging technologies on the chemical treatment of polluted sites and wastes. The 15 chapters, prepared by internationally respected experts, address the following topics: (1) monitoring of indoor and outdoor air pollutants; (2) atmosphe…
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- 978-3-319-12907-5
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- 6 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
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Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and Culture An Institutional Perspective
The aim of this book is to analyze the relationships among entrepreneurship, regional development and culture in the current economy. Using an institutional approach, it examines the main theoretical issues and practices and their effect on different dimensions of society and the economy. Business creation is considered a key element of economic growth, innovation and employment. In recent year…
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- 978-3-319-15111-3
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- 31 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
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Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Regional Development Labor Networks, Kn…
This book makes original contributions to the literature on clusters, human capital, and regional development by focusing on the link between entrepreneurship and economic growth, aiming for a better understanding of the dynamics of growth determined by the entrepreneur’s action in the regional space. The focus is therefore on critical reflection and rethinking the articulation between three …
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- 978-3-319-12871-9
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- 18 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
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A Healthcare Economic Policy for Hearing Impairment
Artem Boltyenkov explores the ways in which the hearing impaired can afford aided hearing. The most humane option for all hearing impaired is full reimbursement healthcare economic policy. Unfortunately, providing free aided hearing for all hearing impaired in the population is very costly. Countries, which cannot afford such generosity, need to know how to spend their limited resources wisely.…
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- 978-3-658-08237-6
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- 362.1 BOL h
Strategic Disaster Risk Management in Asia
This book presents strategies for managing disasters and reducing risks in Asian countries. Given the dynamic changes in the natural environment as well as the patterns of land use and management, the growing populations of the developing nations in Asia, migration patterns, and other social-cultural aspects, the impacts of disasters have increased manifold in Asian countries
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- 978-81-322-2373-3
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Entrepreneurship in BRICS Policy and Research to Support Entrepreneurs
This book presents selected articles that discuss important issues related to entrepreneurship in Brazil, Russia, India and China as well as contributions from authors whose countries have a tradition on entrepreneurship support, such as Italy and the UK. The articles were presented and discussed in a conference on Entrepreneurship in Brazil in November 2013 organized by the Institute of Econom…
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- 978-3-319-11412-5
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Perspectives from Emerging Economies
Economic development is a priority for all nation-states, whether developing or developed. In recent times, a few among the developing nations – often referred to as the emerging economies – have attracted the world’s attention because of their fast pace of economic growth. While the similarities among these nations (for example the BRICS) in the pattern of their economic growth are highl…
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- 978-81-322-2086-2
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Entrepreneurs in Family Business Dynasties Stories of Italian-Australian Fam…
This book is a longitudinal story of seven Italian-Australian family business dynasties, spanning over a hundred years across three generations, and starting with the founding generation who migrated to Australia in the first half of the 20th century. With hard work and sacrifices, they set the foundations of a long-lasting family culture, and the values that form the glue of a multigenerationa…
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- 978-3-319-13918-0
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