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Contemporary Minority Migration, Education and Ethnicity in China
Robyn Iredale, Naren Bilik, Wang Su, Fei Guo, Caroline Hoy
Rural–urban migration is an important aspect in the development of countries. Until the late 1980s China was one of the few countries that controlled population movement both directly and indirectly through policies of economic and socia... -
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Public Enterprise Revisited
Chrisafis H. Iordanoglou
The book compares the 1954–79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public secto...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Asia-Pacific Issues in International Business
Edited by Sidney J. Gray, Sara L. McGaughey, William R. Purcell
This timely book represents the latest research on a selection of key issues in international business in the Asia-Pacific region. In particular the contributors examine the internationalisation process, export expansion and performance...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Foundations of Continuous Time Finance
Edited by Stephen M. Schaefer
This volume is an authoritative collection of 25 key papers in the development of continuous time finance. Its five sections cover the continuous time model, dynamic portfolio selection, equilibrium models, derivative pricing and, finall... -
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The Political Economy of Reform in Post-Communist Poland
Janice Bell
This book assesses the prevailing attitudes of both support and disenchantment among Poles towards transition, in the light of their own experiences. In particular Janice Bell uses statistical indicators on economic well-being, regional... -
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Exchange Rate Regimes in the Twentieth Century
Derek H. Aldcroft, Michael J. Oliver
This book provides the first comprehensive and accessible account of the evolution of exchange rate regimes in the twentieth century. It presents a chronological, non-technical history and in doing so manages to link the past with the pr... -
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The Choice Modelling Approach to Environmental Valuation
Edited by Jeff Bennett, Russell Blamey
The authors contributing to the book show that choice modelling offers considerable potential for the evaluation of environmental goods and services. Its flexibility to cope with a wide range of applications is well demonstrated. The tec...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Growth of Service Industries
Edited by Thijs ten Raa, Ronald Schettkat
Problems arise if budgets for services are held constant whilst prices rise. Education, cultural activities and health services are under constant budgetary pressure. The authors argue that the price of commodities is linked to demand an... -
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The Price of Virtue
Vivien Foster, Susana Mourato, David Pearce, Ece Özdemiroglu
The authors of this pioneering book attempt to address this problem by utilizing survey techniques, originally developed in environmental economics, to place an economic value on the benefits provided by the voluntary sector in the UK.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Intelligent Transport Systems
Edited by Roger R. Stough
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are expected to add considerable productivity to existing transportation infrastructure and to therefore partially reduce the need for more physical infrastructure such as additional lanes of road... -
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Transition and Growth in Post-Communist Countries
Edited by Lucjan T. Orlowski
Transition and Growth in Post-Communist Countries documents the first ten years of economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Competitiveness, Technology and Skills
Sanjaya Lall
This book draws together recent contributions by Sanjaya Lall – a leading authority on international investment, technology and industrial policy – on competitiveness and its major determinants. It draws upon his wide experience of comp...