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privatization * labour market and industrial policy, including an analysis of wage restraint and cost reduction * the prospects for …
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The essays in this volume describe, analyse and compare the achievements and the failures of societies that adopted market-based economies within a democratic polity after a long period of communist rule (Russia and Eastern Europe) or military authoritarianism (Latin America). Together, they...
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Berggren brings together world-leading experts in their respective fields to explore the notion of economic freedom in the …
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, privatization or re-regulation. This affects all traditional infrastructure sectors including communications, energy, transport and …
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This accessible book aims to inform readers interested in assessing privatization and market development concepts on a … international team of contributors, the book traces how privatization concepts have grown in application, and how they have spread … global regulation of markets / George Gilligan -- Conclusions : spreading the privatization family business / Graeme Hodge …
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1. The place of science in society : progress, pragmatism, pluralism -- 2. Thorstein Veblen on the origins and meaning of private property -- 3. Capital and the modern corporation -- 4. Pecuniary institutions : their role and effects -- 5. Veblen's missing theory of markets and exchange, or, Can...
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This encyclopaedic work celebrates the scores of leading pioneers who created the modern economic field of industrial organization, at the heart of which lie competition and monopoly, the two great forces that drive modern markets. Their pioneering work has shaped the field's growing research as...
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During the 1990s over two dozen countries in Europe and Asia underwent a transition from centrally planned to more market-oriented economies. In Constructing a Market Economy, Richard Pomfret reviews their diverse experiences and assesses the outcome of transition in each case. The book includes...
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The essays contained herein span over a decade and reflect David Prychitko's thinking about the role of the market system, and its relation to planning and democratic processes. The collection consists of previously published and unpublished articles written not only for economists but also for...
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Four longitudinal case studies of Russian oil companies are drawn upon to explain the process of organisational transformation. The book highlights how and why this process differs between companies within the same industry, explores the complexity of the change process and discusses the...
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