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Essays in economic theory, growth, and labour markets : a festschrift in honour of E. Drandakis

Drandakis, Emmanuel (honouree); Bitros, George (ed.); … - 2002

game theory and applications. The editors focus on a select set of issues that stand high on the agenda of academic … understanding of the dilemmas posed for theory and policy. Readers are offered new empirical evidence on such thorny social problems … as, for example, unemployment, the intergenerational transmission of human capital and the response of wages to price and …

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Foreign direct investment and corporate networking : a framework for spatial analysis of investment conditions

Morsink, Robert L. A. - 1998

the theory of international production and the theory of economic geography. It develops a model for explaining why …

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Aging and working in the new economy : changing career structures in small IT firms

McMullin, Julie Ann (contributor); … - 2010

The case studies and analyses developed in this timely book provide insight into the structural features of small and medium-sized firms in the information technology sector, and the implications of these features for the careers of people who are employed by them

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Obesity, business, and public policy

Ács, Zoltán J. (contributor); Lyles, Alan (contributor); … - 2007

pt. 1. Culture, obesity and institutions -- pt. 2. Obesity and the individual -- pt. 3. Obesity and business -- pt. 4. Obesity and government -- pt. 5. Lessons from the past -- pt. 6. Policy conclusions.

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Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies

Hamada, Kōichi (contributor); Katō, Hiromi (contributor) - 2007

1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor supply of the elderly and females -- 3. Labor force ageing and economic growth in Japan -- 4. Ageing and elderly care in an open economy -- 5. Immigration vs. foreign...

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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States

Storrie, Donald W. (contributor); … - 2003

Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States examines the developments in labour markets in advanced economies in the 21st century, as regards contingent employment. This is defined as employment relationships that can be terminated with minimal costs within a predetermined period of...

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New directions in the study of work and employment : revitalizing industrial relations as an academic enterprise

Whalen, Charles J. (contributor) - 2008

Charles Whalen's book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field's leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations...

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Innovation, growth, and social cohesion : the Danish model

Lundvall, Bengt-Åke - 2002

Written by the scholar who, together with Chris Freeman, first introduced the concept of the innovation system, this book brings the literature an important step forward. Based upon extraordinarily rich empirical material, it shows how and why competence building and innovation are crucial for...

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Inequality, growth and 'hot' money

Bortz, Pablo G. - 2016

Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Growth and distribution: the last 300 years -- 3. Growth and distribution: the Kaleckian perspective -- 4. An integration of the real and the monetary economy -- 5. Financial flows, distribution and capital controls -- 6. Epilogue: challenges and possibilities.

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Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture : the interaction between technology, progress and economic growth

Brown, Terrence E. (contributor); Ulijn, J. M. (contributor) - 2004

European integration -- 5. Schumpeter's theory of economic development revisited -- 6. Skunk works : a sign of failure, a sign …

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