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The myth of Japanese efficiency : the world car industry in a globalizing age
Coffey, Dan - 2006
Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency -- Wide selection : a myth encountered -- Production malapropisms : the BMW … totalizing myth : Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851708
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Strategic reconfigurations : building dynamic capabilities in rapid innovation-based industries
Wall, Stuart (contributor) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851986
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Performance of the Chinese insurance industry under economic reforms
Yao, Shujie - 2010
first English language study in the literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presents … a comprehensive review on alternative methodologies for analyzing firm efficiency …ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. China's insurance market - development issues -- ch. 3. Review of efficiency studies in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852093
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Organizational effectiveness
Cameron, Kim S. (contributor) - 2010
Anne S. Tsui (1990), 'A Multiple-Constituency Model of Effectiveness: An Empirical Examination at the Human Resource Subunit Level', Administrative Science Quarterly, 35 (3), September, 458-83 -- Robert E. Quinn and John Rohrbaugh (1983), 'A Spatial Model of Effectiveness Criteria: Towards a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852277
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Transport project evaluation : extending the social cost-benefit approach
Haezendonck, Elvira (contributor) - 2007
This book revisits traditional evaluation methods, such as cost-benefit analysis, to try and find a balance between the ever-increasing demand for transport, the search for sustainable mobility and green transport solutions, and the limited financial resources that governments are able to invest...
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Free to fail : creative destruction revisited
Mandele, Hugh C. van der - 2013
. Public organizations that fail are more often than not protected and allowed to continue even though their efficiency is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420127
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The German state banks : global players in the international financial markets
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 1999
larger than is appropriate for a market economy. This timely book addresses issues of concern for European bankers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473811
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Designing international environmental agreements : incentive compatible strategies for cost-effective cooperation
Schmidt, Carsten - 2000
The international character of today's most pressing environmental problems has become a key challenge for environmental policy making. As regulation by a supranational authority is not a realistic option at present, policymakers have to rely on decentralized approaches to the management of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473876
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Social evolution, economic development and culture : what it means to take Japan seriously
Dore, Ronald Philip - 2001
Social evolution, economic development and culture brings together Ronald Dore's key writings for the first time, making his work accessible across a wide range of social science disciplines. It produces a distinctive perspective with four interlinking themes--technology-driven social evolution,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850609
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China's economy in the post-WTO environment : stock markets, FDI and challenges of sustainability
Xu, Lilai (contributor) - 2011
The book explores the implications of both the extension of the market into key parts of the Chinese economy and the … integration of China into the global economy. The main focus of the book is on the role and nature of China's financial system and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850612