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New directions in the study of work and employment : revitalizing industrial relations as an academic enterprise
Whalen, Charles Joseph (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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851299
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851212
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Employment relations and national culture : continuity and change in the age of globalisation
Pot, Ferrie - 2000
Historically, alternative models of the employment relationship have developed across culturally diverse nation states …. However, the trend towards globalization incorporates a powerful force towards an international uniformity of employment … continue to be. Ferrie Pot analyses the impact of national culture on the way the employment relationship is organized using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473741
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Transatlantic sport : the comparative economics of North American and European sports
Barros, Carlos Pestana (contributor);  … - 2002
This book offers a comparative perspective on the economics of sport and highlights both the similarities and differences in the North American and European models of sport. It tackles policy issues, such as the organising, financing and regulation of team sports alongside theoretical issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852037
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Reflections on the Great Depression
Parker, Randall E. - 2002
This book explores the most prominent economic explanations of the Great Depression and how it affected the lives, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collection of conversations with Moses Abramovitz, Morris Adelman,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852119
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The economics of technology and employment : theory and empirical evidence
Vivarelli, Marco - 1995
The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical … Employment addresses the impact of technical change on employment from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. After an … results are combined to demonstrate that the employment impact of labour saving technologies can only be partially counter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473912
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Sustainable welfare in the Asia-Pacific : studies using the genuine progress indicator
Lawn, Philip A. (ed.); Clarke, Matthew (ed.) - 2008
Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a means of describing the wave of GDP growth experienced across the Asia-Pacific region over the past twenty years. Implicit in this description is the assumption that the Asia-Pacific region has progressed at the same rate that GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474049
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Green national accounting and sustainability
Löfgren, Karl-Gustaf - 2011
.M. (1936), The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, London: Macmillan. -- King, G. ([1688]1936), (a) Natural and …. (2004), Welfare Measurement in Imperfect Markets, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. -- Arrow … Measuring Sustainable Development, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. -- Hartwick, J. and …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420040
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The handbook of service industries
Bryson, John R. (contributor); Daniels, Peter W. (contributor) - 2007
Service activities are now acknowledged as key players in economic development, societal change and public policy worldwide. This exciting Handbook not only contributes to ongoing conceptual debates about the nature of service-led economies and societies; it also pushes back the frontiers of...
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