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The best business writing 2015
Corporate monopolies, gross mismanagement, retail delivery drones, the growing app economy—2015 was a year of profound changes in the world of business and finance. Offering clear-eyed assessments of these developments along with compelling profiles and muckraking reports, the incisive articles i...
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The dynamics of korean economic development
One of Korea's most distinguished economists and teachers offers a new and critical appraisal of his country's postwar development. Dr. Cho argues that Korea's development strategy since 1960 achieved extraordinary growth rates, but it also contributed to structural imbalances that will impede Ko...
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Capitalism, colonialism & globalization
The global crisis that broke out in 2008 raised many fundamental questions about the present economic order. This collection of articles from authors who include some of India's leading economic historians consists of studies in the growth of capitalism, the impact of colonialism, and the implica...
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The paradox of risk
The Paradox of Risk contends that central banks’ fear of inflation and risk taking has hampered their efforts to revive global prosperity. Ángel Ubide mobilizes a wealth of research on the experience from the last decade, urging policymakers to leave their "comfort zone," embrace risk taking, and...
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Modes of production
This book challenges the predominant notions of professionalization that have underpinned theatre training practices.
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Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills in europe
The labour markets and European societies as a whole are subject to constant change. One way to face these challenges is the application of “entrepreneurial skills” such as self-motivation, time management etc. The authors give examples of entrepreneurship in the fields of digitalization, social ...
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Hidden politics in the un sustainable development goals
This book presents a critical political analysis of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and counters mainstream feelgood accounts of this agenda.
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The development and challenges of russian corporate governance i
Despite increasing attention toward Russia’s economy, corporate governance norms of Russian public firms are rarely analyzed. This project presents and interprets evidence regarding governance mechanisms including director independence, nationality and gender diversity, dismissal of CEOs, and cro...
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The aftermaths of participation
Based on interviews with museum practitioners, mediators and project participants, Susanne Boersma brings together unique insights into museum work with forced migrants. She assesses projects in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK to illustrate how museums' (post)colonial infrastructures limit th...
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U.s. national security and foreign direct investment
Although a vital part of the US economy, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States periodically raises public and congressional alarms—as witnessed during Dubai Ports World's recent bid to acquire US port operations and Chinese firm CNOOC's attempt to buy US energy firm Unocal. Drawing...
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Inside the euro crisis
In mid-2009 Simeon Djankov, who had dealt with a variety of economic and financial crises as chief economist for finance and private sector development at the World Bank, was suddenly thrust into the job of finance minister of his native Bulgaria. For nearly four years in that post, he attended m...
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The people’s money
The People's Money introduces readers to China's monetary system, mapping its evolution over the past century and, particularly, its transformation since Deng Xiaoping took power in 1978. Paola Subacchi shows that the key to understanding China's economic predicament lies in past and future strat...
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Parental supervision
Parental Supervision amplifies the research Theodore Moran first presented in Foreign Direct Investment and Development (1998), assessing the opportunities and dangers that foreign direct investment may present to the growth of developing countries. Moran uses almost 50 percent more case studies ...
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Arguing about tastes
Arguing About Tastes makes the case that economists should abandon the principle that preferences are fixed and instead incorporate into their work how context and experience shape individual tastes.
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Land value taxation in britain
Attempts at introducing land value taxation in the United Kingdom demonstrate a long and varied history. This book considers this history and how the tax is particularly relevant today. It explores past debates over different forms of the tax, its role in generating government revenue, its practi...
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To protect their interests
To Protect Their Interests is a groundbreaking historical account of how corporate bankruptcy became what it is today—a forum for battles between well-heeled insiders.
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U.s. corporate governance
Corporate governance constitutes the internal and external institutions, markets, policies, and processes designed to help companies maximize their efficiency and value. In this collection of classic and current articles from the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, thought leaders such as Micha...
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How to create an idea if you are not ogilvy
Why are recommendations like "Think outside the box!" the real killers of creative thought? How do you force competitors to advertise your services? What useful insights can an advertiser learn from a taxi driver? Alexey Ivanov, one of the best advertisers and copywriters in Russia, gives convinc...
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C. fred bergsten and the world economy
This engaging and informative book covers the range of issues on which C. Fred Bergsten and the Peterson Institute have distinguished themselves over the last 25 years, including trade liberalization, exchange rate regimes, international financial architecture, debt, economic sanctions and the im...
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More than you know
Since its first publication, Michael J. Mauboussin's popular guide to wise investing has been translated into eight languages and has been named best business book by BusinessWeek and best economics book by Strategy+Business. Now updated to reflect current research and expanded to include new cha...
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Hong kong taxation
Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice, 2010-2011 is a comprehensive yet practical guide to the Hong Kong tax system. The volume explains the three main types of taxes in Hong Kong, namely property tax, salaries tax, and profits tax, and details all related information dealing with the administrati...
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Doing community economic development
Challenging traditional notions of development, these essays examine bottom-up, community economic-development strategies in a wide variety of contexts—as a means of improving lives in rural, and inner-city settings, shaped and driven by women and by Aboriginal people, and aimed at employment cre...
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Media management
This book compares American and European media management systems, emphasizing both practical and theoretical implications for successful media organizations. Peter Drucker said the twenty-first century's most important resource would be information, and that, contrary to traditional economics, t...
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