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Labour market policy and unemployment : impact and process evaluations in selected European countries
Mosley, Hugh (contributor); Koning, Jaap de (contributor) - 2001
This book examines the effectiveness of active labour market policies and their contribution to the prevention of social exclusion. The evaluation studies reported in this volume focus on two aspects of active labour market policies that have been relatively neglected in previous research and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851438
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Economic analysis for EU accession negotiations : agri-food issues in the EU's eastward expansion
Gaisford, James D.; Kerr, William Alexander; Perdikis, … - 2003
, using examples from the most complex sector for both candidate countries and the EU itself - agriculture. The authors … provide a complete set of market configurations with which to analyse harmonisation with the Common Agriculture Policy in both … consultancy firms trading in the EU. Scholars and researchers of European studies, international trade and agriculture will also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474143
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Workforce development networks in rural areas : building the high road
Green, Gary P. - 2007
1. Introduction -- 2. Rural labor markets, networks and workforce development -- 3. Employer training : individual investments in collective goods -- 4. Community colleges in rural America : new roles and challenges -- 5. Workforce development networks : the visible hand at work -- 6. Shoot the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420043
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Brand protection and the global risk of product counterfeits : a total business solution approach
Wilson, Jeremy M. (ed.) - 2022
"Product counterfeits and other brand infringements represent a growing and substantial risk to firms, consumers, and society. While policing such illicit activity is important, there is much that firms can do to protect themselves and their customers. Grounded in field research and practice,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013400359
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A modern guide to the economics of crime
Buonanno, Paolo (ed.); Vanin, Paolo (ed.);  … - 2022
"A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime discusses the evolution of a field, whose growing relevance among scholars … and policymakers is partly related to the persistence of crime and violence around the world and partly to the remarkable … progress made in recent years in the economic analysis of individual and organised crime. Such progress is related to the so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462765
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Unfunding terror : the legal response to the financing of global terrorism
Gurulé, Jimmy - 2008
The book begins with a discussion of how shutting down the pipelines of funding is as important as dismantling the terrorist cells themselves. Next, the book covers the various means and methods used by terrorist groups to raise money, and examines how money is transferred globally to finance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851474
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The economics of the digital society
Soete, Luc (contributor); Ter Weel, Bas (contributor) - 2005
1. Introduction and summary -- 2. World-wide-welfare : a micro-economic analysis of "The new economy" -- 3. Network formation, innovation and IT use -- 4. Adoption and diffusion of e-business and the role of network effects -- 5. Radio spectrum fees as determinants of market structure : the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420088
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Environmental tax reform and the labour market : the double dividend in different labour market regimes
Kratena, Kurt - 2002
During the past decade the issue of a general welfare double dividend (an improvement in environmental quality combined with a positive welfare effect) triggered by a tax shift from labour to energy resources has been extensively debated. In this book, Kurt Kratena studies the employment effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474167
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Entrepreneurship and the growth of firms
Davidsson, Per - 2006
In this book, three leading scholars have integrated some of their most important research in order to answer these questions on firm growth. The result is a volume that builds on studies of many thousands of firms in several different projects. It offers deep insights into the firm growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851464
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Technology and the future of European employment
Soete, Luc (contributor); Petit, Pascal (contributor) - 2001
What is the potential of the new information and communication technologies? This book assesses the relationship between technological change and employment in all its dimensions, focusing on contemporary economies in Europe. The authors discuss patterns of growth, and the type of employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852125