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When China Goes to the Moon...
This book is about China’s ambitions in its most complex and internationally visible space endeavor, namely its human space exploration programme. It provides a comprehensive reflection on China´s strategic direction and objectives in space, including in particular those set forth in its human spaceflight programme and analyses the key domestic and external factors affecting the country’s …
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- 978-3-319-19473-8
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- XVI, 336
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Varieties and Alternatives of Catching-up Asian Development in the Context o…
This book sheds new light on the advancement of various industries in developing Asian countries through an application and re-examination of catch-up industrialization theory. With contributors presenting their own perspectives on the progression of a range of different industries in Asia, this volume provokes readers to reconsider their current understanding of industrialization in latecomer …
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- 978-1-137-59780-9
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- XVIII, 314
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Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems VIII: Post-Proc…
Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emergent approach to the analysis of social and economic systems. It provides a bottom-up experimental method to be applied to social sciences such as economics, management, sociology and politics as well as some engineering fields dealing with social activities. This book includes selected papers presented at the Eighth International Workshop on Agent-Base…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-4-431-55236-9
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- XII, 204
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- Agent-Based Social Systems
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- 338.9 AGE a
Multi-Objective and Multi-Attribute Optimisation for Sustainable Development …
Optimization is considered as a decision-making process for getting the most out of available resources for the best attainable results. Many real-world problems are multi-objective or multi-attribute problems that naturally involve several competing objectives that need to be optimized simultaneously, while respecting some constraints or involving selection among feasible discrete alternatives…
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- 338.1 ZAV m
Economic development in the Middle East and North Africa : challenges and pro…
Using cases on individual countries, Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa offers diverse theoretical and empirical evidence on a variety of issues facing policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders in the region
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- 9781137480668
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- xviii, 227 pages
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- 338.9
Economic growth in developing countries : structural transformation, manufact…
Economic growth across countries during the last 30 years or so has displayed 'dual' divergence between developed and developing countries, and among developing countries. The structural transformation has been either slow or of an anomalous nature. The study addresses these and suggests how they can catch-up with developed world
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- 9781137538079
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- xviii, 263 pages
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- 338.9
Economic systems of innovation in the Arab region
The emphasis on proper institutional settings as a requirement for innovation and the systematic comparative study of (the lack of) these settings in the Arab region leads to a challenging analysis and also provides clear policy recommendations."--Joan Muysken, Professor Emeritus, Maastricht University, Netherlands "Policymakers in Arab countries and all those working on the region need to stud…
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- 9781137462213
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- xxx, 309 pages
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- 338.9
Economic Transformation of a Developing Economy The Experience of Punjab, India
This book traces the development experience of one of India's most dynamic and prosperous states, Punjab, which has provided the country with a much-needed degree of food security. The relative regression of Punjab's economy in the post-economic reforms period and slow current economic growth give cause for concern. The contributions in this book address the question of why the structural trans…
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- 9789811001970
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- 338.9
Economic and Social Development of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Cou…
This book contains a unique collection of studies on key economic and social policy challenges faced by countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region in a short- and long-term perspective. Prepared within the EU funded FP7 project on "Prospective Analysis for the Mediterranean Region (MEDPRO)" conducted in 2010-2013 it takes account on recent political developments in the region (A…
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- 9783319111223
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- 352 pages
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- 338.9
Economic Growth and Development
Growth theory provides a rich and versatile analytical framework through which fundamental questions about economic development can be examined. This book is an introduction to the newer features of growth theory that are particularly useful in examining the issues of economic development. Structural transformation, in which developing countries transition from traditional production in largely…
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- 978-3-319-14264-7
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- X, 272
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