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Trust and entrepreneurship : a West-East perspective
Welter, Friederike (contributor);  … - 2005
In this innovative book, international scholars investigate trust and its role in relation to the entrepreneurial behaviour of small firms across a variety of institutional and cultural settings. The contributors draw on original empirical material from a number of West European and East...
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Migration and human capital
Poot, Jacques (ed.); Waldorf, Brigitte (ed.);  … - 2009
Throughout the world, migration is an increasingly important and diverse component of population change, both at … national and sub-national levels. Migration impacts on the distribution of knowledge and generates externalities and spillover … effects. This book focuses on recent models and methods for analysing and forecasting migration, as well as on the basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474081
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Constructing a market economy : diverse paths from central planning in Asia and Europe
Pomfret, Richard W. T. - 2002
During the 1990s over two dozen countries in Europe and Asia underwent a transition from centrally planned to more market-oriented economies. In Constructing a Market Economy, Richard Pomfret reviews their diverse experiences and assesses the outcome of transition in each case. The book includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420100
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Mixed economies in Europe : an evolutionary perspective on their emergence, transition and regulation
Blaas, Wolfgang (ed.); Foster, John (ed.) - 1992
The end of the cold war has created a new and unprecedented type of mixed economy in Eastern Europe. This innovative up-to-date book questions whether the former Eastern block countries will follow the path of West European mixed economies, or if a quite different economic system will emerge....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473933
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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States
Storrie, Donald W. (contributor);  … - 2003
Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States examines the developments in labour markets in advanced economies in the 21st century, as regards contingent employment. This is defined as employment relationships that can be terminated with minimal costs within a predetermined period of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850977
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Industries in Europe : competition, trends, and policy issues
Johnson, P. S. (contributor) - 2003 - 2nd ed
This important book, a successor volume to European Industries, brings together a number of in-depth and authoritative studies of key European industries, providing fascinating insights into their nature and characteristics
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851763
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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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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 1, Contentious global issues
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2007
This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to urban densification, population mobility, urban inequality and sustainability are analysed in a manner...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850799
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The integration of European labour markets
Ritzberger-Grünwald, Doris (contributor);  … - 2009
pt. I. The effects of migration on labour markets -- pt. II. European migration after EU enlargement -- pt. III. Labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851089
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Global exchange and poverty : trade, investment and migration
Squire, Lyn (contributor); Lucas, Robert E. B. (contributor) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851848