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Transition: The First Decade
A comparative analysis of eleven transition economies.The former socialist countries' transition to market economies is one of the momentous transformations in modern history. The pace and degree of success have varied widely, and there is increasing divergence in performance, structure, and institutions among the transition economies. These differences are largely determined by country-specifi…
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- 9780262268707
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- 1 online resource (vi, 516 pages) :illustrations
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Leading open innovation
In today's competitive globalised market, firms are increasingly reaching beyond conventional internal methods of research and development to use ideas developed through processes of open innovation (OI). This book describes the ways that OI expands the space for innovation, describing a range of OI practices, participants, and trends. The contributors report on a variety of OI initiatives, off…
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- 9780262312455
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Transnational Politics of the Environment: The European Union and Environment…
A study of the effect of EU membership on Central and Eastern European environmental policy and the interplay of political incentives and industry behavior that determines policy In Transnational Politics of the Environment, Liliana Andonova examines the effect of the Europen Union (EU) on the environmental policies of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Poland. Compliance with EU environmental r…
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- 9780262267168
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- 1 online resource (x, 251 pages) :illustrations.
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The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity
A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262277891
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 425 pages) :illustrations
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Cognitive Science in Medicine: Biomedical Modeling
Cognitive Science in Medicine presents current research that focuses on issues and results in applying techniques from cognitive science to problems in biomedicine. "A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262315791
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 421 pages) :illustrations
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Cognition in the wild
Edwin Hutchins combines his background as an anthropologist and an open-ocean racing sailor and navigator in this account of how anthropological methods can be combined with cognitive theory to produce a new reading of cognitive science. His theoretical insights are grounded in an extended analysis of ship navigation - its computational basis, its historical roots, its social organization, and …
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- 9780262275972
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 381 pages) :illustrations
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Blockheads! :essays on Ned Block's philosophy of mind and consciousness
New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block. Perhaps more than any other philosopher of mind, Ned Block synthesizes philosophical and scientific approaches to the mind; he is unique in moving back and forth across this divide, doing so with creativity and intensity. Over the course of his career, Block has made groundbreaking contributions to …
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- 9780262348973
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- 1 online resource (vii, 634 pages).
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Democracy despite itself :why a system that shouldn't work at all works so well
"Voters often make irrational decisions based on inaccurate and irrelevant information. Politicians are often inept, corrupt, or out of touch with the will of the people. Elections can be determined by the design of the ballot and the gerrymandered borders of a district. And yet, despite voters who choose candidates according to the boxer--brief dichotomy and politicians who struggle to put tog…
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- 9780262301701
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- 1 online resource (245 pages) :illustrations
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Cognitive Modeling
Computational modeling plays a central role in cognitive science. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to computational models of human cognition. It covers major approaches and architectures, both neural network and symbolic; major theoretical issues; and specific computational models of a variety of cognitive processes, ranging from low-level (e.g., attention and memory) to higher-…
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- 9780262281744
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 1270 pages) :illustrations.
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Animal thinking :contemporary issues in comparative cognition
"Eighth Ernst Str?ungmann Forum held Sep. 26-Oct. 1, 2010, Frankfurt am Main.""Do animals have cognitive maps? Do they possess knowledge? Do they plan for the future? Do they understand that others have mental lives of their own? This volume provides a state-of-the-art assessment of animal cognition, with experts from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, ecology, and evolutionary biology addre…
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- 9780262298988
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- 1 online resource (xi, 342 pages) :illustrations (some color).
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