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Strategic Conflict Management
Peter-J Jost, Utz Weitzel
Whenever a group of individuals comes together and interact in order to reach a common goal, differing individual preferences can lead to conflict. This book focuses on the management of these internal conflicts within business organizat... -
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Obesity, Business and Public Policy
Edited by Zoltán J. Ács, Alan Lyles
The effects of obesity have become practically ubiquitous in the US. This book aims to provide an alternative framework through which to explore the important and controversial obesity debate that has spilled over from the medical commun...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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Law, Informal Rules and Economic Performance
Svetozar Pejovich, Enrico Colombatto
Capitalism has outperformed all other systems and maintained a positive growth rate since it began. Svetozar Pejovich makes the case within this book that a major reason for the success of capitalism lies in the efficiency-friendly incen...eBook:Find out more$41.56
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Finding Solutions for Environmental Conflicts
Edward Christie
The book has been written to meet the requirements of any environmental professional – lawyer, scientist, engineer, planner – who directly, or indirectly, may be involved in development or planning conflicts when the environment is an is...eBook:Find out more$66.36
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Politicians and Public Services
Kate Jenkins
As a senior official in Mrs Thatcher’s government, the author describes in detail and from the inside the process of planning and introducing ‘executive agencies’, a major change in one of the largest governments in the world. She emphas...eBook:Find out more$49.56
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Educating Economists
Edited by David Colander, KimMarie McGoldrick
The economics major is a central part of a college education. But is that economics major doing what it is meant to do? And if not, how should it be changed? This book raises a set of provocative questions that encourage readers to look ...eBook:Find out more$49.56
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Managing International Financial Instability
Fabrizio Saccomanni
Recurrent instability has characterized the global financial system since the 1980s, eventually leading to the current global financial crisis. This instability and the resultant disruptions – sovereign debt defaults, exchange rate misal...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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Handbook on the Economics of Discrimination
Edited by William M. Rodgers III
Discrimination’s dynamic nature means that no single theory, method, data or study should be relied upon to assess its magnitude, causes, or remedies. Despite some gains in our understanding, these remain active areas of debate among res...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Taxes and the Economy
Willem Vermeend, Rick van der Ploeg, Jan W. Timmer
Since World War II OECD countries have increasingly used taxation to achieve a variety of economic policy objectives of which stimulating economic activity and employment are usually the most important. The tax system is also used to cre... -
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Does Company Ownership Matter?
Edited by Jean-Philippe Touffut
Do modes of management depend on company ownership? Does macroeconomic performance rely on shareholder value? The contributions collected in this book explore these questions from economic, historical and legal perspectives. They examine... -
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Changing Climate, Changing Economy
Edited by Jean-Philippe Touffut
How did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book... -
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![Human Development in the Era of Globalization]()
Human Development in the Era of Globalization
Edited by James K. Boyce, Stephen Cullenberg, Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Robert Pollin
Honoring Keith Griffin’s more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world’s poor majority and his unflinching w...eBook:Find out more$71.16
