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Information Systems and the Economics of Innovation
Edited by Chrisanthi Avgerou, Renata Lèbre La Rovere
This book identifies and discusses critical issues of ICT innovation at both the macroeconomic and organisational levels, bringing together two hitherto independent fields of study: economics and information systems. The book takes stock... -
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Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Takuji Hara
Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry traces the discovery and development of drugs in Japan and the UK both historically and sociologically. It includes sixteen case studies of major pharmaceutical developments in the twentieth cent...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Internationalization, Technology and Services
Edited by Marcela Miozzo, Ian Miles
This book examines the way in which the increasing internationalization of services, including the operation of multinationals in this sector, interacts with the process of innovation in services. The book challenges the theoretical trad...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Firms, Governments and Climate Policy
Edited by Carlo Carraro, Christian Egenhofer
This book analyses the policy mixes that provide the best possible incentives for firms and governments to act on climate change and sign up to international climate agreements. In doing so, the authors address a multitude of related iss... -
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Environmental Accounting in Action
Glenn-Marie Lange, Rashid Hassan, Kirk Hamilton, Moortaza Jiwanji
Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and ... -
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Incentives to Improve Education
Robert McMeekin
Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers), competition (educational choice, often in the form of payment for education by voucher) and threats (introduction of ex... -
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Internet Entrepreneurship in Europe
Niko Marcel Waesche
From its launch in 1997, the Frankfurt technology stock exchange developed spectacularly as did other European technology exchanges. Many Europeans thought that a new age of entrepreneurship had dawned. Following the downturn, however, t... -
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From Industrial Districts to Local Development
Giacomo Becattini, Marco Bellandi, Gabi Dei Ottati, Fabio Sforzi
From Industrial Districts to Local Development introduces a set of papers representing the main contribution of the ‘Florence school’ to the recent literature on industrial districts. The authors illustrate that the revitalisation of the... -
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Environmental Research and Development
John T. Scott
John Scott develops, describes, and uses new primary data about US industrial firms’ research and development (R&D) investments to create innovative products and processes that provide goods and services without the by-product of polluti...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Climate Change
Edited by James M. Griffin
This volume is written for policymakers and informed citizenry who want to understand at a general level the complexities of global climate change without becoming enmeshed in technical minutia. The introduction emphasizes the core fact ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Europe in the International Economy 1500 to 2000
Edited by Derek H. Aldcroft, Anthony Sutcliffe
This thorough and compelling book offers a long-run perspective on the European economy from 1500 to the present day, and compares Europe’s position of world dominance in the nineteenth century with its vacillating fortunes in the twenti... -
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Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe
Matt Barnes, Christopher Heady, Sue Middleton, Jane Millar, Fotis Papadopoulos, Graham Room, Panos Tsakloglou
There are estimated to be almost 60 million people living in poverty throughout the European Union. This bleak statistic underlines the value of this important book which explores the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in ...
