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In this volume, higher education leaders explore the challenges facing colleges and universities operating in today's environment with constrained budgets and discuss a variety of strategies and solutions being employed to help ensure the ongoing vitality of America's colleges and universities
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In this broad and illuminating work, experts on public finance discuss innovations in state and local tax policy that have been implemented or considered over the course of the last three decades. The authors provide original work that analyzes whether state and local governments have 'gone...
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George Warde Norman was a Director of the Bank of England from 1821 to 1872, a key figure behind the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and one of the founders of the Political Economy Club. In 1821 G.W. Norman began an essay on taxation as part of the utilitarian programme. His vision was for increased...
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Sends? Who Benefits?' -- Nazli Choucri (1986), 'The Hidden Economy: A New View of Remittances in the Arab World' -- Mohammed …At a time when remittances are widely recognised as of growing importance for development in many countries, John … Connell and Richard Brown present this comprehensive overview of the role of remittances in economic and social development …
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Contents: Preface -- Introduction: The decentralization -- Part 1 a common ambition -- 1. Blockchain: From ideology to implementation -- 2. Blockchain's toolbox -- 3. Blockchain and darwin -- 4. Decentralization? -- 5. Comes antitrust: The paradox -- Part 2 best frenemies? -- 6. The theory of...
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"This timely Modern Guide offers critical insights into developments in both professional and recreational sports through the lens of the economic forces that determine them. It explores the benefits of the relationship between sports and economics, highlighting ways that economic research can...
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Contents: Part I: Setting the scene -- 1. Introduction to a research agenda for workplace stress and wellbeing / E. Kevin Kelloway and Cary L. Cooper -- 2. Workplace stress and wellbeing: Pathways for future research advances / James Campbell Quick -- 3. The cost of stress to uk employers and...
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Contents: Introduction: Shared foundations and diverse inquiries for advancing creativity and innovation research / Jing Zhou and Elizabeth D. Rouse -- Part I: Foundations of creativity and innovation research -- 1. Conducting rigorous research on individual creativity / Christina E. Shalley and...
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"This timely book evaluates international human capital policies, offering a comparative perspective on global efforts to generate new ideas and novel ways of thinking about human capital. Examining educational reforms, quality of education and links between education and socio-economic...
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