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The Life Cycle of Clusters
Edited by Dirk Fornahl, Robert Hassink
One-size-fits-all cluster policies have been rightly criticized in the literature. One promising approach is to focus cluster policies on the specific needs of firms depending on the stage of development (emergence, growth, sustainment o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Timing of Lawmaking
Edited by Frank Fagan, Saul Levmore
Legal reasoning, pronouncements of judgment, the design and implementation of statutes, and even constitution-making and discourse all depend on timing. This compelling study examines the diverse interactions between law and time, and pr...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How Capitalism Destroyed Itself
William Kingston
Capitalism has been sustained by inherited moral values that are now all but exhausted. A unique combination of a new belief in individualism and a long tradition of property rights had traditionally ensured that self-interested action a...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Crisis and the Failure of Economic Theory
Giancarlo Bertocco
Economists have rightly been criticized for not having foreseen the crisis that exploded in 2007–2008. As Giancarlo Bertocco eloquently argues, responsibility does indeed rest heavily on their shoulders. By developing a theory which excl...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public or Private Goods?
Edited by Brigitte Unger, Daan van der Linde, Michael Getzner
The book explores the core public tasks that the state has traditionally provided but which increasingly are being privatized and subsumed by the private sector. The night-watchman state role of providing security is instead offered by p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Globalisation and Development
Edited by Kenneth A. Reinert
Characterised by conceptual diversity, the Handbook of Globalisation and Development presents contributions from prominent international researchers on all aspects of globalisation and carefully considers their role across a whole host o...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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The University and the Economy
Aldo Geuna, Federica Rossi
This book provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the many ways in which universities contribute to economic development and growth. It demonstrates the causal interactions between universities’ activities and economic outcome...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2017
UNIDO
A unique and comprehensive source of information, this book is the only international publication providing economists, planners, policymakers and business people with worldwide statistics on current performance and trends in the manufac...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Industrial Policy in Developing Countries
Tilman Altenburg, Wilfried Lütkenhorst
Against the backdrop of persistently high levels of poverty and inequality, critical environmental boundaries and increasing global economic interdependence, this book addresses the role and impact of industrial policies in developing co...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Handbook of Water Economics
Edited by Ariel Dinar, Kurt Schwabe
Water scarcity, whether in the quality or quantity dimension, afflicts most countries. Decisions on water management and allocation over time, space, and among uses and users involve economic considerations. This Handbook assembles resea...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Transport Economics and Policy
Edited by Chris Nash
Transport economics and policy analysis is a field which has seen major advances in methodology in recent decades, covering issues such as estimating cost functions, modelling of demand, dealing with externalities, examining industry own...eBook:Find out more$58.36
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Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans
Edited by Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Lisa E. Svensson, Anil Markandya
The trans-disciplinary thematic areas of oceans management and policy require stocktaking of the state of knowledge on ecosystem services being derived from coastal and marine areas. Recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...eBook:Find out more$65.00