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German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Plumpe, Werner - 2016
German economic history in the industrial age has classically formed an important basis for the study of economic growth and industrialisation more generally. This book aims to introduce English-language readers to modern German economic history based on a selection of work by one of Germany's...
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A Feasible Basic Income Scheme for Germany : Effects on Labor Supply, Poverty, and Income Inequality
Sommer, Maximilian - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
This book analyzes the consequences that would arise if Germany’s means-tested unemployment benefits were replaced with an unconditional basic income. The basic income scheme introduced is based on a negative income tax and calibrated to be both financially feasible and compatible with current...
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Deutschland 20 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall : Rückblick und Ausblick
Keuper, Frank - 2010
-- „Finanzplatz Deutschland“ versus deutsches Bankensystem – Zwei politökonomische Perspektiven für die Zukunft -- Die … -- Innovationen der letzten 20 Jahre – Fortschritt durch Überwindung von Barrieren -- Der Business-Development-Plan für Deutschland … vereinte Deutschland für die Herausforderungen der Zukunft zu wappnen, ist es wichtig, nicht nur die Chronologie der Ereignisse …
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Friedrich List (1789-1846) : Ein Ökonom mit Weitblick und sozialer Verantwortung
Wendler, Eugen - 2013
und Eisenbahnpioniers, der den Liberalismus in Deutschland maßgeblich prägte und als Mitbegründer der Nationalökonomie …
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The House of Tata Meets the Second Industrial Revolution : An Institutional Analysis of Tata Iron and Steel Co. in Colonial India
Nomura, Chikayoshi - 2018
1 Introduction -- 2 The development of the modern business corporation in 19th century India: Building the foundations for the emergence of TISCO in the 20th century -- 3 TISCO during the decade of the 1900s: The Formation period -- 4 Initial failure to produce competitive steel, capitalization...
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The Story of Indian Manufacturing : Encounters with the Mughal and British Empires (1498 -1947)
Seth, Vijay K. - 2018
This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route...
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Modern Global Trade and the Asian Regional Economy
Shiroyama, Tomoko (ed.) - 2018
This volume undertakes the important task of envisioning a regional history of Asia based on its unique internal characteristics, going beyond the usual West/non-West dichotomy. The “regional trade zone of modern Asia” was debated in the 1980s. Since then, Japanese historians of the...
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Botswana – A Modern Economic History : An African Diamond in the Rough
Hillbom, Ellen; Bolt, Jutta - 2018
“Many people have tried to draw lessons from Botswana’s apparent economic success, and linked it to unique features of the country’s history. In this book, Bolt and Hillbom have used detailed historical research to tell the story of that success, and suggest that it is perhaps not so...
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Imperial Theory and Colonial Pragmatism : Charles Harper, Economic Development and Agricultural Co-operation in Australia
Gilchrist, David J. - 2017
This book considers the role played by co-operative agriculture as a critical economic model which, in Australia, helped build public capital, drive economic development and impact political arrangements. In the case of colonial Western Australia, the story of agricultural co-operation is...
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Colonial theories of institutional development : toward a model of styles of imperialism
Oto-Peralías, Daniel; Romero-Ávila, Diego - 2017
This book analyzes the role played by initial endowments and colonizer identity in seeking to explain institutional development in former colonies. It presents a model of two styles of imperialism that integrates the colonial origin and endowment views explaining current institutions. The...
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