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The future of economic growth : as new becomes old
Boyer, Robert - 2004
In this book, Robert Boyer follows the origins, course and collapse of the "new economy" and proposes a new interpretation of US dynamism during the 1990s. He argues that the diffusion of information and communication technologies is only part of a story that also requires understanding of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851599
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Organizational innovations and economic growth : organosis and growth of firms, sectors, and countries
Sanidas, Elias - 2005
Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … the USA and Japan -- 7. Empirical evidence on the links between industrial sectoral growth and the Lean Production System …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851066
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Long-run growth and short-run stabilization : essays in memory of Albert Ando
Ando, Albert (contributor);  … - 2006
system and private savings in Italy -- Do the elderly dissave in Japan? -- On robust monetary policy -- The euro and the … account -- Land prices and business fixed investment in Japan -- Rationality, behavior and switching idiosyncracies in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851839
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Recruitment, retention, and retirement in higher education : building and managing the faculty of the future
Ma, Jennifer (contributor); Clark, Robert Louis (contributor) - 2005
, rapid increases in health care costs and trends in retiree health insurance, and adoption of phased and early retirement … health plans on faculty retirement decisions -- 8. Faculty recruitment, retention and retirement : a case study of human … resources policymaking at Syracuse University -- 9. The value of phased retirement -- 10. Faculty retirement inventives by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851394
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Climate and trade policy : bottom-up approaches towards global agreement
Carraro, Carlo (ed.); Egenhofer, Christian (ed.) - 2007
Bottom-up approaches towards a global climate agreement : an overview -- Carlo Carraro, Christian Egenhofer and Noriko Fujiwara -- Regional and subglobal climate blocs : a cost-benefit analysis of bottom-up climate regimes / Barbara Buchner and Carlo Carraro -- Do regional integration approaches...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420021
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Limits to free trade : non-tariff barriers in the European Union, Japan and United States
Hanson, David - 2010
This book explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the … -- 7. Background to trade policy in Japan -- 8. Issues concerning Japanese trade practices -- 9. A comparative perspective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851990
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852048
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Entrepreneurial competition and industrial location : investigating the structural patterns and intangible sources of competitive performance
Peneder, Michael - 2001
implications are tested in a comparative study of competitive performance in the EU, Japan and the USA. Typical mechanisms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473757
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Institutional competition
Bergh, Andreas (contributor); Höijer, Rolf (contributor) - 2008
Why is competition between institutions usually viewed in a negative light, when competition is considered positive in most other economic contexts? The contributors to this volume introduce new perspectives on this issue, analytically and empirically exploring reasons for this perception
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851312
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Entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth
Arauzo-Carod, Josep Maria (ed.);  … - 2007
This book examines the interrelations between entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth. Thus, it covers a wide range of topics, including: the economic impact of entrepreneurship; industry dynamics; growth and survival of firms; firm location and globalisation patterns; and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474046