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Darwin’s Clever Neighbour
D. P. O’Brien, John Creedy
George Warde Norman, 1793–1882, a Director of the Bank of England 1821–72, was an important figure in both the development and the implementation of the theory of monetary control, embodied in the Bank Charter Act of 1844. Norman wrote a... -
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Regulation and the Evolution of the Global Telecommunications Industry
Edited by Anastassios Gentzoglanis, Anders Henten
After decades of liberalization of the telecommunications industry around the world and technological convergence that allows for increasing competition, sector-specific regulation of telecommunications has been on the decline. As a resu...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Great Migration
Edited by Xin Meng, Chris Manning, Li Shi, Tadjuddin Nur Effendi
This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respe... -
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Corporate Governance in Modern Financial Capitalism
Markus Kallifatides, Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall, Sven-Erik Sjöstrand
This insightful book focuses upon corporate governance processes, and explores the conditions required for effective corporate governance and control in 21st century globalized and financialized economies. In presenting a comprehensive s...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2010
Pengfei Ni, Peter Karl Kresl
The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2010 is an empirical study of the competitiveness of 500 cities around the world. This one-of-a-kind annual resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of which are described and assessed. Us...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Rise of China and Structural Changes in Korea and Asia
Edited by Takatoshi Ito, Chin Hee Hahn
This book brings together studies conducted by researchers in East Asian countries who seek to better understand the impact of China’s rise and the consequent policy challenges.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Currency Union and Exchange Rate Issues
Edited by Ronald MacDonald, Abdulrazak Al Faris
This book – written by leading academics and practitioners in the field – brings together cutting edge research on exchange rate regime and monetary union issues. There is a particular focus on the implications for member states of the G...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Deep Complexity and the Social Sciences
Robert Delorme
In this innovative work, Robert Delorme comprehensively explores uncertainty (the irreducibility to numerically measurable probabilities) and ignorance in economics, management and the social sciences through an alternative, systematical... -
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Socialism, Economic Calculation and Entrepreneurship
Jesús Huerta de Soto
This highly topical book presents a new theory on the characteristics of entrepreneurial knowledge. It explores the recent shift among professional economists and scholars in their evaluation of the debate of socialism. Socialism, Econom...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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Christian Theology and Market Economics
Edited by Ian R. Harper, Samuel Gregg
This unique work has a historical time-span reaching from Aristotle to the modern day, thus appealing to those interested in the history of ideas and economic thought as well as the links between theological and economic thought. -
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Performance of the Chinese Insurance Industry under Economic Reforms
Shuji Yao, Zhongwei Han, Dan Luo
The Chinese insurance industry has experienced rapid development during the past decade. This original book is the first English language study in the literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presen...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Migration and the Globalisation of Health Care
John Connell
The international migration of health workers has been described by Nelson Mandela as the ‘poaching’ of desperately needed skills from under-privileged regions. This book examines the controversial recent history of skilled migration, an...eBook:Find out more$40.00