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Knowledge intensive business services : organizational forms and national institutions
Grimshaw, Damian (contributor); Miozzo, Marcela (contributor) - 2006
This book focuses on the development of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) and the associated market characteristics and organisational forms. It brings together reputed scholars from a mix of disciplines to explore the nature and evolution of a range of Knowledge Intensive Business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851263
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Economic advice and rhetoric : why do consultants perform better than academic advisers?
Bouwmeester, Onno - 2010
This book compares the approaches of consultants and academic advisers and provides an in-depth analysis of their advice argumentation. Both compete on the market for economic advice, with consultants enjoying a larger market share and usually obtaining higher fees. However, academics criticize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852096
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Management consulting
Avakian, Stephanos - 2012
World, Oxford: Blackwell. -- Lewitt, B. and J.G. March (1988), 'Organizational Learning', Annual Review of Sociology, 14 …-116. -- McKenna, C. (2006), The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century, New York: Cambridge …), Consulting Demons: Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting, Chichester: John Wiley. -- Roberts, J. (2003 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852257
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The IMF's data dissemination initiative after ten years
Alexander, William E. (ed.) - Internationaler Währungsfonds - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003677790
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The special data dissemination standard : guide for subscribers and users
2007
The Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) was established by the IMF in 1996 to guide members that already had, or that might seek, access to international capital markets in providing key economic and financial data to the public. In the following year, the IMF established the General Data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003385125
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The special data dissemination standard : guide for subscribers and users
2013
The Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) was established by the IMF in 1996 to guide members that already had, or that might seek, access to international capital markets in providing key economic and financial data to the public. In the following year, the IMF established the General Data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531378
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The economics of standards
Link, Albert N. - 2016
Recommended readings (Machine generated): George V. Thompson (1954), 'Intercompany, Technical Standardization in the …), 'Standardization, Compatibility and Innovation,' Rand Journal of Economics, 16 (1), Spring, 70-83 -- Paul A. David and Shane Greenstein … Standardization', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 8 (2), Spring, 117-31 -- Mark A. Lemley (2002), 'Intellectual Property Rights and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419851
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CE marking, product standards and world trade
Hanson, David - 2005
the European Union (EU). CE Marking, Product Standards and World Trade is one of the first books to analyze the nature and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473793
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The economics of standards : theory, evidence, policy
Blind, Knut - 2004
economic impacts of standardization both in the manufacturing and the service sector. The author begins by providing a detailed … standardization process, the author focuses in particular on the role of the firm, which acts as the main impetus for the development … and implementation of new standards. He also examines the fundamental link between technical change and standardization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474038
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The Special Data Dissemination Standard : Guide for Subscribers and Users
International Monetary Fund / Statistics Dept - 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched the data standards initiatives to enhance member countries’ data transparency and to promote their development of sound statistical systems. The need for data standards was highlighted by the financial crises of the mid-1990s, in which information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411264