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Power in Economic Thought
Mosca, Manuela (ed.) - 2018
This book offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists’ ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active...
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Trust, Institutions and Managing Entrepreneurial Relationships in Africa : An SME Perspective
Amoako, Isaac Oduro - 2019
‘This extremely timely publication addresses an important knowledge gap in this era of shifting economic power and global imbalances. Entrepreneurship is central to the growing success of the wider African economy and understanding the importance of trust within developing relationships can...
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The Classical Liberal Case for Privacy in a World of Surveillance and Technological Change
Berg, Chris - 2018
How should a free society protect privacy? Dramatic changes in national security law and surveillance, as well as technological changes from social media to smart cities mean that our ideas about privacy and its protection are being challenged like never before. In this interdisciplinary book,...
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The Defenders of Liberty : Human Nature, Individualism, and Property Rights
Parvini, Neema - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1. Liberty, Human Nature, Individualism, and Property Rights -- 2. The Machiavellians -- 3. Hobbes and Locke on Human … the tradition of thought that sees human nature as social yet self-interested, methodological individualism as its key … have deviated from an explicitly realist understanding of human nature, individualism and property rights. It argues that …
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Fighting Global Poverty : Economic Policy Strategies for Developing Countries
Oberholzer, Basil - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Are Current Policies on Track to Eliminate Poverty? -- Chapter 3. How Mainstream Economics Works -- Chapter 4. Basic Principles to Understand Macroeconomics -- Chapter 5. Markets Alone Make No Development -- Chapter 6. Developing Countries in Global...
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Design Science Research Methodology : Theory Development from Artifacts
De Sordi, José Osvaldo - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
Chapter 1:-DSR as an innovation accelerator strategy -- Chapter 2:-Core Concepts of DSR -- Chapter 3:-Types of artifacts or knowledge generated by DSR -- Chapter 4:-DSR from the perspectives of different areas or professional schools -- Chapter 5:-Design Science Research Method -- Chapter...
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Persistent and Emerging Challenges to Development : Insights for Policy-Making in India
Bagli, Supravat (ed.); Chakrabarti, Gagari (ed.);  … - 2022
The Macroeconomy: Foreign Trade, Structural Transition and the Environment -- Health and Standard of Living -- Education, Human Capital and Evolution of the Employment Quality in India -- Banking and Credit: Access, Efficiency and Stability.
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Towards Equitable Progress : Essays from a South Asian Perspective
Gunaratna, K. Locana - 2018
This book gathers a collection of essays presented from the perspective of a spatial planner whose working life has been immersed in South Asia. It concerns some of the serious challenges that need to be confronted in the South Asian context, including the externalities and ethical concerns that...
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North-South Globalization and Foreign Direct Investment : Essays in International Economics
Schwab, Jakob - 2018
Jakob Schwab analyzes central mechanisms in the systematic economic interaction between rich and poor countries. He focuses on the drivers and effects of investment in developing countries and shows that predictions of standard economic analysis may turn around when accounting for peculiarities...
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Advances in Finance & Applied Economics
Bhanumurthy, N.R. (ed.); Shanmugan, K. (ed.);  … - 2018
Discussing a wide range of topics of contemporary relevance from the domain of finance and economics, this book presents a collection of twenty-four research papers, which were selected on the basis of their topicality, the novelty of their methods, and the importance of their subject matter....
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