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The economic costs and consequences of terrorism
Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor);  … - 2007
Terrorism : considering new policies / Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger -- An empirical analysis of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) / Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan -- Airport security : time for a new model / Robert W. Poole, Jr. -- Cost-effective strategies to address...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851656
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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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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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Economics and the future : time and discounting in private and public decision making
Pannell, David J. (contributor);  … - 2006
Economics and the Future tackles the discounting issue from a number of angles, ranging from relatively short-term private financial decisions, to very long-term public issues spanning generations. The authors present differing perspectives and original ideas in a style that remains accessible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851501
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The economy as a process of valuation
Samuels, Warren J.; Medema, Steven G.; Schmid, Alfred Allan - 1997
The Economy as Process of Valuation sheds new light on the potential benefits of concept and theory formation along dynamic and evolutionary lines for understanding economic processes. The emphasis is on aspects of the economy as a process of valuation rather than as a mechanistic result of...
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Modelling the costs of environmental policy : a dynamic applied general equilibrium assessment
Dellink, Rob B. - 2005
This important new book enhances our understanding of the dynamic interactions between economic activity, economic growth, pollution abatement and environmental policy. It addresses one main policy problem: how can the direct and indirect costs of environmental policy for multiple pollutants be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474004
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Women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics : upping the numbers
Burke, Ronald J. (contributor); Mattis, Mary C. (contributor) - 2007
pt. 1. Women and minorities in STEM : the big picture -- pt. 2. Experiences of women and minorities in STEM -- pt. 3. Building interest and commitment to STEM -- pt. 4. Enriching the educational experience -- pt. 5. Improving the professional experience.
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Failing to compete : technology development and technology systems in Africa
Lall, Sanjaya - 2002
1. Competitiveness and national technology systems : an introduction -- 2. The relative competitive and technological performance of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Kenya -- 4. Tanzania -- 5. Uganda -- 6. Ghana -- 7. Zimbabwe.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420099
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The political economy of intellectual property rights
May, Christopher - 2010
Society of the USA, 54 (2), Winter/Spring, 253-84 -- James Boyle (1997), 'A Politics of Intellectual Property … Public Domain, Chapter 15, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 211-25 …) (eds), Information Law Towards the 21st Century, Deventer, The Netherlands and Boston, MA, USA: Kluwer Law and Taxation …
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