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The future of economic growth : as new becomes old
Boyer, Robert - 2004
Internet bubble -- 8. The emergence of an anthropogenetic model -- 9. Conclusion …
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Information technology policy and the digital divide : lessons for developing countries
Giovannetti, Emanuele (contributor);  … - 2004
The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850760
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The network society : a cross-cultural perspective
Castells, Manuel (ed.) - 2004
Manuel Castells--one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists--has drawn together a stellar group of contributors … analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical … -- pt. 3. The network economy -- pt. 4. Sociability and social structure in the age of the Internet -- pt. 5. The Internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851279
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Understanding the dynamics of a knowledge economy
Soete, Luc (contributor); Dolfsma, Wilfred (contributor) - 2006
The "knowledge economy" is a concept commonly deemed too ambiguous and elusive to hold any significance in current economic debate. This valuable book seeks to refute that myth. Presenting an important collection of views, from a number of leading scholars, this innovative volume visibly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850947
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Fiscal reforms in the Middle East : VAT in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Ahmad, Ehtisham (ed.); Faris Al-Faris, Abdul-Razak (ed.) - 2010
Although oil windfalls have opened a window of opportunity for the Gulf States, at the same time they have created numerous problems. In particular, the uncertainty associated with periods of boom and bust in the oil market has made the formulation and implementation of sound fiscal policies a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851725
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Local government finance : the challenges of the 21st century : second global report on decentralization and local democracy : GOLD II 2010
World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments - 2011
This book, compiled from the 2nd Global Report of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) on Decentralization and Local Democracy, analyzes the architecture of fiscal decentralization in one hundred and ten countries as well as in major metropolitan areas. In the majority of these countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850578
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Greening the budget : budgetary policies for environmental improvement
Clinch, J. Peter (contributor) - 2002
Greening the Budget regards the fundamental cause of environmental degradation as government and market failure and proposes the use of budgets as an instrument of environmental policy to rectify this problem. The book focuses on the elements of the public budget which currently affect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850982
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Regulation and the performance of communication and information networks
Faulhaber, Gerald R. (ed.); Madden, Gary (ed.);  … - 2012
Digital markets worldwide are in rapid flux. The Internet and World Wide Web have traditionally evolved in a largely … organization of broadband ISPs, Internet backbone providers and content/application providers are in such turmoil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850660
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Knowledge in the development of economies : institutional choices under globalisation
Sugden, Roger (contributor); Sacchetti, Silvia (contributor) - 2009
This innovative book offers a critical perspective on the state of the current global economy, making sense of knowledge-related issues by critically assessing existing institutional choices, as well as pointing to new ways forward
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851893
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The shape of the division of labour : nations, industries and households
Solow, Robert M. (ed.); Touffut, Jean-Philippe (ed.) - 2010
/ Valentina Meliciani -- 5. How integrated are Chinese and Indian labour into the world economy? / Richard N. Cooper -- 6. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852060