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The future of economic growth : as new becomes old
Boyer, Robert - 2004
In this book, Robert Boyer follows the origins, course and collapse of the "new economy" and proposes a new interpretation of US dynamism during the 1990s. He argues that the diffusion of information and communication technologies is only part of a story that also requires understanding of the...
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The economic growth engine : how energy and work drive material prosperity
Ayres, Robert U. - 2009
results for the US and Japan -- ch. 8. Growth forecasting -- ch. 9. Economic growth and development : towards a catch-up model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852051
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Industrial agglomeration and new technologies : a global perspective
Tsuji, Masatsugu (contributor);  … - 2007
This book, a collaborative effort by researchers from Japan, Italy and the USA, seeks to explore the reasons for … China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the USA and Vietnam. Significantly, the book provides an interesting split between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420058
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Creating the new economy : the entrepreneur and the US resurgence
Norton, R. D. - 2001
What makes the US different from other advanced economies is the opportunity for newcomers acting as entrepreneurs to start new companies, a few of which will then change the world. This book develops three points. First, the New Economy is real: part micro, part macro, and all digital. Second,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473746
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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 appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and Employment addresses the impact of technical change on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473912
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Corporate technological competence and the evolution of technological diversification
Fai, Felicia M. - 2003
Drawing upon evolutionary economics and resource-based approaches, the author utilises US patent data from 1930-1990 to examine the persistence of corporate technological competencies and their gradual erosion through diversifying incremental change. The book explores the changing nature of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473748
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Organizational innovations and economic growth : organosis and growth of firms, sectors, and countries
Sanidas, Elias - 2005
Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … the USA and Japan -- 7. Empirical evidence on the links between industrial sectoral growth and the Lean Production System …
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Long-run growth and short-run stabilization : essays in memory of Albert Ando
Ando, Albert (contributor);  … - 2006
system and private savings in Italy -- Do the elderly dissave in Japan? -- On robust monetary policy -- The euro and the … account -- Land prices and business fixed investment in Japan -- Rationality, behavior and switching idiosyncracies in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851839
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Limits to free trade : non-tariff barriers in the European Union, Japan and United States
Hanson, David - 2010
This book explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the … -- 7. Background to trade policy in Japan -- 8. Issues concerning Japanese trade practices -- 9. A comparative perspective …
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Innovation in public sector services : entrepreneurship, creativity and management
Windrum, Paul (contributor); Koch, Per M. (contributor) - 2008
This groundbreaking book provides new key insights and opens up an important research agenda. The book develops a new taxonomy of the different types of innovation found in public sector services, and investigates the key features and drivers of public sector entrepreneurship. The book contains...
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