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Handbook of economic organization : integrating economic and organization theory
Grandori, Anna (contributor) - 2013
pt. I. The micro-foundations of economic organization : extending behavioral assumptions on knowledge, interest, and rationality -- pt. II. The constitution of economic organization between interacting and contracting -- pt. III. The shaping of economic organization between design and evolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420121
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Corporate governance, organization and the firm : co-operation and outsourcing in the global economy
Morroni, Mario (contributor) - 2009
In recent years, applied studies have shown widespread, profound and increasing heterogeneity across firms in terms of their strategy, organization arrangement and performance. This book investigates the diversity of business firms, offering a picture of the different organizational settings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851944
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Trust : forms, foundations, functions, failures, and figures
Nooteboom, B. - 2002
Trust deals with a range of questions such as: what are the roles of trust? What can we trust in? Can trust serve as an instrument for the governance of relations? Is trust a substitute, a precondition or an outcome of contracts? The author then goes on to analyse what trust is based on, what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419965
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Economics and the future : time and discounting in private and public decision making
Pannell, David J. (contributor);  … - 2006
Economics and the Future tackles the discounting issue from a number of angles, ranging from relatively short-term private financial decisions, to very long-term public issues spanning generations. The authors present differing perspectives and original ideas in a style that remains accessible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851501
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Progress in the competitive agenda in the postal and delivery sector
Crew, Michael A. (contributor);  … - 2009
processing operations / A. Thomas Bozzo -- 16. Do differences in facility-specific mail processing unit costs have implications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851656
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The economic costs and consequences of terrorism
Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor);  … - 2007
: initial estimates of indirect costs / Thomas F. Stinson -- The economic cost of disasters : permanent or ephemeral? / Matthew … benefits and costs of prevention / Lester B. Lave, Jay Apt and Granger Morgan -- Risk and economic costs of a terrorist attack …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420039
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The economy as a process of valuation
Samuels, Warren J.; Medema, Steven G.; Schmid, Alfred Allan - 1997
The Economy as Process of Valuation sheds new light on the potential benefits of concept and theory formation along dynamic and evolutionary lines for understanding economic processes. The emphasis is on aspects of the economy as a process of valuation rather than as a mechanistic result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473949
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Modelling the costs of environmental policy : a dynamic applied general equilibrium assessment
Dellink, Rob B. - 2005
costs of environmental policy for multiple pollutants be properly assessed in an applied model? Using an original … to study the costs of various environmental policies including climate change, acidification, eutrophication, smog … cost-effective manner, the economic costs of these policies can be effectively limited through a combination of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474004
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Environmental networks : a framework for economic decision-making and policy analysis
Dhanda, Kanwalroop Kathy; Nagurney, Anna; Ramanujam, Padma - 1999
pollutants, the presence of transaction costs, the availability of investment in production technologies, and the issue of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473829
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Entrepreneurial strategic decision-making : a cognitive perspective
Vermeulen, Patrick Alexander Maria (contributor);  … - 2008
Strategic choices made by entrepreneurs have major consequences for SME performance. This book explores the factors that influence entrepreneurial strategic decisions using a cognitive theoretical framework
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850658