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Economic Crisis, Development and Competitiveness in Southeastern Europe : The…
This book analyzes the foundations and means of overcoming the current crisis in the broader area of Southeast Europe. The contributions make proposals from both theoretical and empirical points of view and discuss the concept, determinants and policies of competitiveness in these countries. The financial crisis became a prolonged fiscal crisis, a bank confidence crisis, and economic recession,…
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- 9783319403229
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- xi, 157 pages, 23 illustrations, 21 illustrations in color
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- 338.7
Economic cycles in emerging and advanced countries : synchronization, interna…
This book contributes to the debate on the decoupling of emerging economies from the advanced economies with a new, empirical investigation approach. Taking counterfactual experiments performed using a time-varying panel VAR model, the author argues that over the last thirty years, emerging economies have become less vulnerable to shocks spreading from advanced economies. This resilience to ext…
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- 9783319170855
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- xviii, 173 pages
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- 338.7
Economic cycles, crises, and the global periphery
This thought-provoking monograph analyzes long- medium- and short-term global cycles of prosperity, recession, and depression, plotting them against centuries of important world events. Major research on economic and political cycles is integrated to clarify evolving relationships between the global center and its periphery as well as current worldwide economic upheavals and potential future de…
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- 9783319412627
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- 338.09
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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- 9783319388601
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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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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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- 005.7 ADV a
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