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Digital Integration, Growth and Rational Regulation

Welfens, Paul J. J. (contributor) - 2008

Economic progress in the digital knowledge society will be characterized by enormous structural change and the growth of digital services. This book focuses on the role of information and communication technologies for economic integration, networking and growth. It highlights technological and...

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Service Industry Databook : Understanding and Analyzing Sector Specific Data Across 15 Nations

Elango, Balasubramanian - 2015 - 1st ed. 2015

Introduction -- Potential Sources of Data on the Service Sector -- United States Service Sector Data -- Service Sector Data on 14 OECD Nations -- Global Service Sector Data -- Drivers of Profitability in Service Sector.

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The Political Economy of Neo-modernisation : Rethinking the Dynamics of Technology, Development and Inequality

Baek, Seung Jin - 2018

‘It is of great value to complement the limitations of contemporary mainstream economic growth discourse by exploiting the complex relations between technology, development, and inequality, while concurrently providing a better academic orientation in the era of the upcoming Industrial...

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Explaining Productivity Differences : Comparative Analysis of Automotive Plants in Japan, the United States, Thailand and China

Shibata, Hiromichi - 2016

This book, in contrast with previous research and popular discussions that focus on the productivity of workers …, identifies the critical influence of supervisors and engineers as key drivers of productivity differentials. To do so, it … analyzes productivity at a Japanese car component plant and its three offshoot plants located in the United States, Thailand …

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Persistence Pays : U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R&D Spending

Alston, Julian M. - 2010

CONTEXT -- A Brief History of U.S. Agriculture -- INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND PRODUCTIVITY -- Agricultural Inputs … -- Agricultural Outputs -- Agricultural Productivity Patterns -- AGRICULTURAL R&D FUNDING AND POLICIES -- Research Funding and … Performance -- The Federal Role -- MODELS OF R&D AND PRODUCTIVITY -- Research Lags and Spillovers -- Models of Research and …

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Empowering the Market Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Samli, A. Coskun - 2016

This book argues that the strength of our dynamic society is a market economy, which functions well only if positive and constructive marketing practices are performed. It offers innovative alternatives for achieving economic progress and outlines strategies to create conditions for equal...

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Investing in the Trump Era : How Economic Policies Impact Financial Markets

Sargen, Nicholas P. - 2018

In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, investors and the electorate alike are seeking clarity on a wide range of macro policy issues that will impact the economy and markets in the years ahead. The primary goal of this book is to provide an objective source for investors to learn...

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Getting Globalization Right : Sustainability and Inclusive Growth in the Post Brexit Age

Paganetto, Luigi (ed.) - 2018

Productivity? The Case of Italian Manufacturing -- Is Italy on the pathway for achieving Sustainable Development Goals? -- Incoming …

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The American Economy from Roosevelt to Trump

Valli, Vittorio - 2018

‘This is essential reading for anybody interested in global history.’ -Professor Ugo Panizza, The Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland This illuminating book offers a compact survey and new interpretation of trends and policies in the US economy from the end of the nineteenth century to...

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The Poverty of Slavery : How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy

Wright, Robert E. - 2017

This ground-breaking book adds an economic angle to a traditionally moral argument, demonstrating that slavery has never promoted economic growth or development, neither today nor in the past. While unfree labor may be lucrative for slaveholders, its negative effects on a country’s economy,...

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