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The new economics of outdoor recreation
Hanley, Nick (contributor); Wright, Robert E. (contributor);  … - 2003
This innovative book presents a series of up-to-date analyses of the economics of outdoor recreation. The distinguished group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An extensive introduction by the editors details the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851998
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The economics of tourism and sustainable development
Lanza, Alessandro (contributor); Markandya, Anil (contributor) - 2005
1. An investigation on the growth performance of small tourism countries -- 2. Forecasting international tourism demand … and uncertainty for Barbados, Cyprus and Fiji -- 3. Land, environmental externalities and tourism development -- 4 …. Tourism, increasing returns and welfare -- 5. How to develop an accounting framework for ecologically sustainable tourism -- 6 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420059
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Europe's disappearing middle class? : evidence from the world of work
Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel (contributor) - 2016
1. Is the world of work behind middle class reshuffling? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Rosalie Vazquez-Alvarez and Nicolas Maitre -- 2. Is the world of work stimulating middle class growth in the Baltic states? / Jaan Masso, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg -- 3. Social concertation and middle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419897
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A handbook of economic anthropology
Carrier, James G. (contributor) - 2005
This unique Handbook contains substantial and invaluable summary discussions of work on economic processes and issues, and on the relationship between economic and non-economic areas of life. Furthermore it describes conceptual orientations that are important among economic anthropologists, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852132
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Innovation systems for development : making research and innovation in developing countries matter
Göransson, Bo (contributor); Brundenius, Claes (contributor) - 2016
1. Science, technology and innovation for whom? / Bo Göransson -- 2. The socio-economic context and the millennium development goals / Claes Brundenius -- 3. Emerging innovation systems in developing countries: Bolivia, Vietnam, Tanzania and Mozambique / Claes Brundenius, Carlos Aguirre-Bastos,...
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Contextualizing entrepreneurship in emerging economies and developing countries
Ramírez-Pasillas, Marcela (contributor);  … - 2017
developing countries - copreneurs in the tourism industry: a Bolivian case / Maria José Parada and Alexandra Dawson -- 15. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419922
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Handbook of innovation systems and developing countries : building domestic capabilities in a global setting
Lundvall, Bengt-Åke (contributor) - 2009
This Handbook is the first attempt to adapt the IS approach to developing countries from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promising young researchers to review the literature and push...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850649
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Development economics and structuralist macroeconomics : essays in honor of Lance Taylor
Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor); Ros, Jaime (contributor) - 2003
Lance Taylor is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent development economists in the world and is known for his work on development planning, macroeconomics of development, stabilization policy, and the global economy. He has also been the major force behind structuralist economics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850847
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Social capital and economic development : well-being in developing countries
Isham, Jonathan (contributor); Ramaswamy, Sunder (contributor) - Middlebury College Conference on Economic Issues <(21st … - 2002
The chapters in this volume explore the challenges and opportunities raised by this concept for researchers, practitioners and teachers. Social Capital and Economic Development is based upon a consistent, policy-based vision of how social capital affects well-being in developing countries
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851259
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Institutions, economic performance and the visible hand : theory and evidence
Chakravarti, Ashok - 2012
The book challenges the conventional wisdom on the determinants of economic performance and provides an alternative vision of the functioning of an economic system. The author provides a structured survey which critically evaluates the theory and evidence of neoclassical approaches to growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851396