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Product Standards, Exports and Employment : An Analytical Study
Acharyya, Rajat (contributor) - 2005
-addition and high-quality goods, export-led growth may not be a poverty-reducing strategy in the short run. …-intensive, high value-addition and high-quality goods, export-led growth may not be a poverty-reducing strategy in the short run …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014130
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The Employment Effects of Technological Change : Heterogenous Labor, Wage Inequality and Unemployment
Rubart, Jens (contributor) - 2007
This book provides an empirical and theoretical examination of the short- and medium run impacts of technological advances on the employment and wages of workers which differ in their earned educational degree. Furthermore, by introducing labor market frictions and wage setting institutions the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520753
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Service Excellence als Impulsgeber : Strategien — Management — Innovationen — Branchen
Gouthier, Matthias H. J.; Coenen, Christian; Schulze, … - 2007
Grundlagen und Strategien der Service Excellence -- Service Excellence -- Insights into Service Excellence -- Competing in the Future: How Can Firms Nurture Service Superiority -- Integrierte Kundenorientierung als Treiber der Service Excellence -- Werteorientierungen von BWL-Hochschullehrern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014359
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The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy : Public Deficits, Volatility, and Growth
Woo, Jaejoon - 2006
fiscal deficits in a number of countries. Despite recent major fiscal reforms around the world, many countries suffer from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520531
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Creating R&D Incentives for Medicines for Neglected Diseases : An Economic Analysis of Parallel Imports, Patents, and Alternative Mechanisms to Stimulate Pharmaceutical Research
Müller-Langer, Frank - 2009
This book is the revised version of a doctoral thesis written at the Graduiertenkolleg Law and Economics at Hamburg University. It addresses the market failure with respect to R&D for medicines for tropical diseases and the lack of access to affordable medicines in poor countries. Tropical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521260
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Handbook on Quality and Standardisation in E-Learning
Ehlers, Ulf-Daniel (contributor);  … - 2006
In building a knowledge society, it is critically important to thoroughly understand quality and standards in e-learning. This book provides a cross-national perspective on these issues and draws a picture of the situation in quality development and standardisation. It covers topics of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520543
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Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards : Challenges for Africa
Gibbon, Peter (ed.); Ponte, Stefano (ed.);  … - 2010
Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053858
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Growing Income Inequalities : Economic Analyses
Hellier, Joël (ed.); Chusseau, Nathalie (ed.) - 2013
pressing issue for all states in the globalized world economy. Comparing the experiences of more and less developed economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106359
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A Violent World : Modern Threats to Economic Stability
Lorenzi, Jean-Hervé - 2016
peaceful world without conflict. In this book, the authors explore how six major constraints are set to fix the trajectory of … one end of the world to the other, and the limitless financialization of the economy. They suggest that like seismic … Decades of a Surplus of Savings -- The World is Changing, Savings decrease -- The World is Changing, Investment incincreases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397882
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Governance of Communication Networks : Connecting Societies and Markets with IT
Preißl, Brigitte (contributor);  … - 2006
Few would doubt the potential of information technology to connect individuals, firms and organisations. Whether this will actually lead to the integration of markets and societies is a different issue. The articles collected in this book shed light on crucial considerations for the success of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520607