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Public enterprise revisited : a closer look at the 1954-79 UK labour productivity record

Iordanoglou, Chrisafis H. - 2001

The book compares the 1954-79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public sector industries' labour productivity growth was significantly...

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The life and times of J. Neville Keynes : a beacon in the tempest

Deane, Phyllis - 2001

This fascinating biography of an economist who was also a logician and administrator, is based mainly upon his virtually continuous diary. The diary provides an intimate commentary on the academic developments and conflicts in which he was closely involved as well as on his life as...

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The early history of financial economics, 1478-1776 : from commercial arithmetic to life annuities and joint stocks

Poitras, Geoffrey - 2000

Despite being an integral part of modern economic science, the subject of financial economics has deep historical roots. Geoffrey Poitras provides an exhaustive account of the early development of the subject and, in so doing, provides a sound basis for the study of modern financial economics....

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Trading services in the global economy

Cuadrado Roura, Juan R. (contributor); … - 2002

This book provides one of the first interdisciplinary reviews of the relationship between services, globalisation and …Full Contents: Preface 1. The Relationship between Services and Globalisation Part I: Globalisation and Services …: Concepts and Trends 2. Services in the Age of Globalisation: Explanatory Interrelations and Dimensions 3. The Globalisation of …

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Productivity, innovation, and knowledge in services : new economic and socio-economic approaches

Gallouj, Fai͏̈z (contributor); Gadrey, J. (contributor) - 2002

relationships between services, production and innovation. The authors discuss the limitations of current theories to explain …pt. 1. Productivity and performances in services -- pt. 2. Innovation in services and through services …

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Innovation in the service economy : the new wealth of nations

Gallouj, Fai͏̈z - 2002

analysing and understanding innovation in services. He provides interesting and extensive empirical material on the nature and … sources of innovation in various services sectors and countries, and makes an original contribution both to theories of … innovation in services and theories of innovation in general. Taking both an evolutionary and conventionalist stance, he …

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The materials of service design

Blomkvist, Johan; Clatworthy, Simon; Holmlid, Stefan - 2023

"If Design is about forming materials, then what are the materials of Service Design? In this ground-breaking book, Johan Blomkvist, Simon Clatworthy and Stefan Holmlid explore this question by establishing a discourse around the materials of service design, discussing materials as a means to...

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Handbook of research on the global political economy of work

Atzeni, Maurizio (ed.); Azzellini, Dario (ed.); … - 2023

"This ground-breaking Handbook broadens empirical and theoretical understandings of work, work relations, and workers. It advances a global, intersectional labour studies agenda, laying the foundations for the politically emancipatory project of decolonising the political economy of work. Moving...

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Conversations on growth, stability and trade : an historical perspective

Snowdon, Brian - 2002

1. Introduction : the world economy in historical perspective -- 2. Economic growth and development : a very long-run view -- 3. Growth theories : old and new -- 4. Managing aggregate economic instability : from Keynes to Lucas -- 5. International economic integration in the Second Global Age.

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A comparative history of central bank behavior : consistency in monetary policy in the US and UK

Wood, John H. - 2022

"It is widely believed that central banks have grown (the Bank of England) or were established (the Federal Reserve) to pursue the twin objectives of monetary and price stability. But why should they? Central bankers are people, too, whose behavior is presumably determined, like the rest of us,...

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