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Economic ethics in late Medieval England, 1300-1500
Drawing on an array of archival evidence from court records to the poems of Chaucer, this work explores how medieval thinkers understood economic activity, how their ideas were transmitted and the extent to which they were accepted. Moving beyond the impersonal operations of an economy to its ethical dimension, Hole socio-cultural study considers not only the ideas and beliefs of theologians an…
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- 174.4
Global Business Strategy : A Systems Approach
The greatest dilemma facing the author of a textbook on international business strategy is estimating readers' knowledge of the domain. Should the author assume that the student already comprehends such subjects as international economics, international trade, and international finance? Or should the book deal extensively with these subjects before tackling management issues? After over fif…
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- 650 OPE g
The Development of the Chinese Financial System and Reform of Chinese Commerc…
The Chinese financial sector, despite having been developed at a much later stage compared with other developed nations, has achieved substantial progresses over the past decades. By the end of 2014, a total of 16 commercial banks had been listed on the stock exchanges, exerting strong impact onto the market indices and contributing significantly to the country's sustained economic growth. This…
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- 978-1-137-45466-9
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- XIII, 247
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- The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series
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Economics of urban externalities : analysis of squatter settlements in Kathma…
This book provides a fresh look at measuring negative externalities in the urbanization process. Meeting the challenges that come hand-in-hand with the contemporary age of rapid urbanization demands more extensive empirical knowledge. While most urbanization research focuses on positive externalities, this book is designed to offer insights into possible sources of negative externalities and th…
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- 9789811005459
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- XIX, 83 pages
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Local Firm Upgrading in Global Value Chains: A Business Model Perspective
Jan Hauke Holste analyzes how a company can innovate and change its business model to the degree that it can climb up the value chain. His research synthesizes a combination of the global value chain and the business model literature to create a new framework of local firm upgrading. The findings of an empirical test of the model indicate that local firms are more than just a link within a glob…
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- 978-3-658-09768-4
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Advances in National Brand and Private Label Marketing: Second International …
This book presents the latest research and recent studies in the field of national brand and private label marketing. It covers a wide range of topics, including retailing, marketing, general business, psychology, economics and statistics. It addresses diverse areas of application, such as brand naming and packaging decisions, price elasticity, positioning, branding, consumer motivation, online…
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- 978-3-319-20182-5
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- XI, 211
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- Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
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- 658.8 ADV a
Advances in Knowledge Management: Celebrating Twenty Years of Research and Pr…
This book celebrates the past, present and future of knowledge management. It brings a timely review of two decades of the accumulated history of knowledge management. By tracking its origin and conceptual development, this review contributes to the improved understanding of the field and helps to assess the unresolved questions and open issues. For practitioners, the book provides a clear e…
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- 978-3-319-09501-1
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- XII, 219
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- Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning
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The Customer Trap
The Customer Trap shows that giving power to a customer who violates "the ten percent rule" sets a company up for ruin. Yet, when presented with the opportunity to push more sales through large customers, most decision-makers jump at the chance. As a result, marketing has come to resemble a relentless quest for efficiency and scale. Demands from mega-customers in the form of discounts, deals, a…
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- 978-1-4842-0385-9
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- XVI, 164
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HCI in Business: Second International Conference, HCIB 2015, Held as Part of …
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on HCI in Business, HCIB 2015, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, which took place in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in August 2015. HCII 2015 received a total of 4843 submissions, of which 1462 papers and 246 posters were accepted for publication after a caref…
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- STEPHANIDIS
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- XIX, 783
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- 004 HCL
The Complexity of Tax Simplification
Simplicity in taxation has considerable potential advantages. However, attempts to simplify tax systems are only likely to be successful and enduring if they take account of the reasons why taxation is complex. There are strong pressures on tax systems to accommodate a range of important factors, as well as complex and changing national and international environments within which modern tax sys…
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