Anastakis provides a fresh and alternative view of the auto pact that places it firmly within contemporary debates about the nature of free trade as well as North American - and, indeed, global - integration. Far from being a mere artefact of history, the deal was a forebearer to what is now...

Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. Transportation in the Canadian Economy -- 2. The Rate Structure Surveyed -- 3. The General Rate Level -- 4. Rates on Export Grain -- 5. The Maritime Freight Rates Act -- 6. Rates on Particular Commodities -- 7. The Classification -- 8. Adjustment of Rates to...

Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- I -- 1. Comparative Advantage and Factor Mobility -- 2. The Cost of Protectionism with High International Mobility of Factors -- 3. On the High Cost of Maintaining a Tariff -- II -- 4. Comparing the Canadian and American Economies -- 5. Canadian...

Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A review of the record -- 3 A look at the future -- 4 Seasonal patterns -- 5 The dynamics of the market: short-term flows and transition probabilities -- 6 Has the structure of unemployment rates changed? -- 7 On the causes of high youth...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- International human resource linkages: Introduction -- Cultural distinctions, organization and management -- Immigration and economic growth -- Human capital and economic growth -- Implications -- Culture, business organization and managerial behaviour in East...

This is the first book to offer a complete spectrum of the role that operations research has played and can play in the improvement of North American freight railroads. It explores how decisions are made at railroads, contains examples of the mathematical programming formulations to the complex...

The new world of work has created unprecedented challenges for human resource practitioners. This book prompts exciting conversations on the question of: "What is the role of job evaluation". _x000D__x000D_With the developing concepts of blended work, work from anywhere and contingent workers,...