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Local Enterprises in the Global Economy
Edited by Hubert Schmitz
This book opens a fresh chapter in the debate on local enterprise clusters and their strategies for upgrading in the global economy. The authors employ a novel conceptual framework in their research on industrial clusters in Europe, Lati...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries
Edited by David Pearce, Corin Pearce, Charles Palmer
In this book, the first of two volumes, the authors provide detailed case studies of valuation techniques that have been used in developing countries. They demonstrate that valuation works and that it can yield significant insights into ...eBook:Find out more$79.16
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Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy
Edited by Andrea Baranzini, Philippe Thalmann
Voluntary approaches (VAs) are increasingly implemented in different countries as the main instrument in environmental policies. The authors focus on the economics of (VAs), their advantages and disadvantages and how they compare with ot... -
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Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide
Edited by Mitsuhiro Kagami, Masatsugu Tsuji, Emanuele Giovannetti
The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for policymakers as to how developing countries can benefit from their diffusion. This important volume compares the advantages an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Human Resource Management
Willy McCourt, Derek Eldridge
This book presents Human Resource Management (HRM) as a tool for improving the performance of organizations in developing and transitional countries. It does this through the presentation of an integrated model of human resource manageme...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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![Environmental Regulation in the New Global Economy]()
Environmental Regulation in the New Global Economy
Rhys Jenkins, Jonathan Barton, Anthony Bartzokas, Jan Hesselberg, Hege Merete Knutsen
This book attempts to answer these questions using case studies of three pollution-intensive industries: iron and steel, leather tanning, and fertilizers. Based on in-depth interviews with managers and regulators in Western and Eastern E...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Rural Poverty, Risk and Development
Marcel Fafchamps
This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author’s work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Towards Sustainable Development in Industry?
Edited by Ralph A. Luken, Paul Hesp
Many developing and transition economies have not yet undertaken the policy integration measures needed to enhance the impact of industry on sustainable development. In this original and insightful book, national experts from Chile, Chin...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Restructuring Local Government Finance in Developing Countries]()
Restructuring Local Government Finance in Developing Countries
Edited by Roy Bahl, Paul Smoke
Examining cutting-edge issues of international relevance in the ongoing redesign of the South African local government fiscal system, the contributors to this volume analyze the major changes that have taken place since the demise of apa...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Shadow Prices for Project Appraisal
Elio H. Londero
Capitalizing on the extensive experience of the author in estimating shadow prices, Shadow Prices for Project Appraisal forges a bridge between theory and practice, explaining what shadow (or accounting) prices are, how they are used, an... -
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Capital Liberalization in Transition Countries
Edited by Age F.P. Bakker, Bryan Chapple
This significant new book provides a succinct overview of the essential policy issues surrounding capital liberalization. The book compares the experiences of transition economies in Europe with those of advanced nations, allowing the re...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Bridging the Global Digital Divide
Jeffrey James
Employing a rigorous analytical framework, the author bases his analysis on the concept of international technological dualism. He argues that one possible solution to the problem is the availability of affordable technologies, such as l...eBook:Find out more$40.00
