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Services Offshoring and its Impact on the Labor Market : Theoretical Insights, Empirical Evidence, and Economic Policy Recommendations for Germany
Winkler, Deborah - 2009
offshoring on German productivity, employment, and employment structure. She provides a well-balanced synthesis of theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521251
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Economics of the Labour Market : Unemployment and the Costs of Unemployment
Junankar, P. N. Raja - 2016
The global crisis has led to dramatic increases in unemployment rates over most of the countries of the OECD. This book provides alternative explanations of this phenomenon. Junankar begins with surveys of the labour market: labour demand, labour supply, and labour force participation. He argues...
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Labour Market and Fiscal Policy Adjustments to Shocks : The Role and Implications for Price and Financial Stability in South Africa
Gumata, Nombulelo; Ndou, Eliphas - 2017
policy uncertainty and employment, government debt thresholds, sovereign yields and debt ratings downgrades, labour …: Is There an Inflation-GDP Growth-Employment Nexus in South Africa Within the 6 per cent Inflation Threshold? -- Part 2 … Inflation Threshold -- 15: Capital Flow Surges and Sudden Stops Impact on the Sectorial Composition of Employment and …
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Nachfragemacht und internationaler Handel : Monopsonistischer und oligopsonistischer Wettbewerb auf dem Arbeitsmarkt
Lewerth, Tobias - 2014
Der Faktormarkt für Arbeit lässt sich aufgrund fortschreitender Spezialisierungsanforderungen, räumlicher Friktionen und sozialer Interdependenzen durch perfekt kompetitive Strukturen nur unzureichend beschreiben. In Analogie zu industrieökonomischen Ansätzen sowie in Abgrenzung zu...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017310
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Managing Development : Measures of Success and Failure in Development
Frankel, Ernst G. - 2005
This book presents a critical view of economic development in the last 50 years and evaluates different approaches taken that led to success or failure. It covers development policies, methods, procedures, as well as development project selection and how the one-size-fits-all approach taken by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053778
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Standardization and Expectations
Langenberg, Tobias (contributor) - 2006
Over the last decades, technological progress has brought about a multitude of standardization problems. For instance, compatibility standards ensure the interoperability of goods, which is of decisive importance when users face positive externalities in consumption. Consumers' expectations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520491
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Understanding the Role of Business Analytics : Some Applications
Chahal, Hardeep (ed.); Jyoti, Jeevan (ed.);  … - 2019
This book encompasses empirical evidences to understand the application of data analytical techniques in emerging contexts. Varied studies relating to manufacturing and services sectors including healthcare, banking, information technology, power, education sector etc. stresses upon the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012395939
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Multiple Criteria Decision Making and Aiding : Cases on Models and Methods with Computer Implementations
Huber, Sandra (ed.); Geiger, Martin Josef (ed.);  … - 2019
This book introduces students on Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding and Making courses to practical, real-world cases. Each case study introduces a problem or situation together with a method, and a description and explanation of a computer application. In this sense each chapter is based on four...
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Controversies in Healthcare Innovation : Service, Technology and Organization
Hoholm, Thomas (ed.); La Rocca, Antonella (ed.);  … - 2018
This book examines healthcare innovation processes, shedding light on the controversies endemic to innovation, which make such processes notoriously challenging. While, in the heat of action, controversies may be seen as barriers to innovation, observations reported in this volume point to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396425
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Service Operations Dynamics : Managing in an Age of Digitization, Disruption and Discontent
Akkermans, Henk - 2018
This innovative book presents an up-to-date account of service operations, spanning topics such as IT-enabled services, service supply chain and volatility of demand and supply. Combining a systems perspective with a focus on service supply chains, the chapters provide a clearly framed set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396483