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Incentives, regulations and plans : the role of states and nation-states in smart growth planning
Knaap, Gerrit-Jan (contributor) - 2007
This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...
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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States
Storrie, Donald W. (contributor);  … - 2003
employment in the USA -- 8. Contingent employment in the Netherlands -- 9. Conclusions : contingent employment in Europe and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850977
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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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Handbook of creative cities
Mellander, Chorlotta (contributor);  … - 2011
With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...
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Cultural mythology and global leadership
Wong-MingJi, Diana J. (contributor);  … - 2009
This ground-breaking book explains how deep-seated cultural mythologies shape contemporary global leaders and provides insights into navigating the dynamics and complexities in today's era of globalization. The authors use myths to uncover core characteristics and values from 20 different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852130
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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 relations. Underlying the issues addressed in this book...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473741
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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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Institutions and trade policy
Finger, J. M. - 2002
This book reprints 18 essays selected from almost 30 years of work by the author as a high level official at the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the US Treasury Department and the World Bank. These essays report some of the core analytical thinking behind positions taken by these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474162
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World finance and economic stability : selected essays of James Tobin
Tobin, James - 2003
Nobel Prize winner James Tobin has made outstanding contributions to modern macroeconomics. In this final collection of his work he examines the economic policies of the United States and its relations with other major economies after 1990. In James Tobin's view, the welfare of populations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851797
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Alliance capitalism for the new American economy
Rugman, Alan M. (contributor); Boyd, Gavin (contributor) - 2003
Alliance Capitalism for the New American Economy advocates engagement with the USA's macromanagement problems in a … spirit of alliance capitalism, for the development of a more integrated, dynamic economy. Whereas most studies of the USA …1. The American political economy -- 2. Problems of governance in the USA -- 3. American structural and policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851914