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International handbook on economic regulation

Parker, David (contributor); Crew, Michael A. (contributor) - 2006

Michael Crew and David Parker have compiled a comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed analytical work on leading research issues in the economics of regulation. With contributions from international specialists in economic regulation, the Handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of major...

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Strategic behaviour in network industries : a multidisciplinary approach

Heuvelhof, Ernst F. ten (contributor) - 2009

This in-depth book explains how institutional changes such as the privatization and liberalization of network industries, for example transport, energy or telecommunications, can frequently be disappointing. The expected benefits such as lower prices, innovation and better services fail to...

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Technological learning : a strategic imperative for firms in the developing world

Marcelle, Gillian M. - 2004

This book investigates how individual firms in developing countries undertake technological learning and capability building (TCB) efforts and explains why some developing country firms are world-class and others struggle with these important processes

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Microfinance : emerging trends and challenges

Sundaresan, Suresh M. (contributor) - 2008

This book takes a solid step toward a systematic analysis of the implications of microfinance for the role and regulation of capital markets. The authors address integration of capital markets with microfinance, technological innovations such as the use of mobile phone technology, the...

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Progress in the competitive agenda in the postal and delivery sector

Crew, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2009

Regulation continues to be an important issue in the postal and delivery sector of the global economy. This latest volume of the series covers progress made in the competitive agenda in the industry. It is global in scope and addresses topics of great importance to scholars and practitioners of...

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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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Elgar encyclopedia of healthcare management

Lega, Federico (ed.) - 2023

"Management practices within the healthcare sector are shaped by a multitude of professional, social, political and technical factors. This Elgar Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management provides insights and definitions on essential themes that clarify complexity and specificity of leading within...

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China's telecommunications market : entering a new competitive age

Lu, Ding; Wong, Chee Kong - 2004

Before the 1990s, China's telecommunications sector was a lacklustre monopoly featured by poor-quality service and … network and user-base with over 460 million telephone subscribers. China's accession to the WTO in 2001 has opened this huge … experience in building up its extensive telecommunications network in merely a decade, by reviewing China's national industrial …

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MicroFranchising : creating wealth at the bottom of the pyramid

Fairbourne, Jason S. (contributor); … - 2007

Why microfranchising is needed now : introduction and book overview / Jason S. Fairbourne -- Microfranchising : the next step on the development ladder / Stephen W. Gibson -- The informal economy and microfranchising / Michael Henriques and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools...

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Utility regulation in competitive markets : problems and progress

Robinson, Colin (contributor) - 2007

Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald coase and the spectrum question / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Comment / Leonard Waverman -- 3. European energy liberalisation : progress and problems / Jorge Vasconcelos -- Comment /...

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