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Poverty, progress and population

By the early nineteenth century England was very different economically from its continental neighbours. It was wealthier, growing more rapidly, more heavily urbanised, and far less dependent upon agriculture. A generation ago it was normal to attribute these differences to the #industrial revolution# and to ...

The French economy in the Twentieth century

Is France still proving itself to be an exception to European economic development? Jean-Pierre Dormois surveys France's spectacular economic transformation over the past century. His general introduction to the major transformation of French society tackles the key themes associated with France, such as "Malthusianism ...

Introduction to marketing

theory and practice

'Introduction to Marketing' provides a concise introduction to the principles of marketing, offering both critical analysis and applied case studies. Combining academic credibility with an established reputation for his clear writing style, Palmer's book is ideal as a one- semester introductory title for students ...

The modern firm

organizational design performance and growth

The Modern Firm develops powerful conceptual frameworks for analyzing the interrelations between organizational design features, competitive strategy and the business environment. Written in a non-technical language, the book is nevertheless based on rigorous modeling and draws on numerous examples from the eighteenth century fur trading ...

Architectures of knowledge

firms, capabilities, and communities

Architectures of Knowledge seeks to demonstrate that a recognition of the importance of the role of knowledge in ecnomics may lead to a new conception of the firm and public policy. To construct an alternative theorisation of knowledge formation and knowledge governance in firms, the ...

Models for dynamic macroeconomics

This is a textbook for advanced students in macroeconomics. It provides a clear guide to the techniques and tools used in modern macroeconomic analysis without requiring advanced mathematical training. It covers the core topics of consumption and investment, employment and unemployment, and economic growth. Each ...

European company and financial Law

texts and leading cases

As with previous editions, the third edition of this book contains every piece of European legislation affecting companies and the financial sector. This edition will be even more valuable to the reader as it also features commentaries on the leading cases decided by European and ...

Data protection

A practical guide to UK and EU law

Building the UK's new Supreme Court

national and comparative perspectives

English Public Law

Principles of medical Law

Now in its second edition, this classic reference text has been expanded and fully revised to bring the work up to date to Summer 2003. Written and edited by a team of experts, it covers all aspects of medical law from the regulation of the ...

Understanding economic recovery in the 1930s

Endogenous propagation in the Great Depression

One of the watershed periods of the twentieth century, the Great Depression was the defining event for at least one generation of world citizenry. Although much has been written about the almost four-year economic collapse that began in mid-1929, very little has been written about ...

Economics in real time

a theoretical reconstruction

This book offers a new model for contemporary economic behavior that accounts for changes since neoclassical and Marxian microeconomics were formulated over a century ago. By incorporating real time into the analysis of sales and purchases, the phenomena of product innovation, advertising and distribution, the ...

Social science knowledge and economic development

an institutional design perspective

Growth, trade, & systematic leadership

In Growth, Trade, and Systemic Leadership, Rafael Reuveny and William R. Thompson propose an innovative argument for the existence of world governance. Using a "lead economy" approach, they link questions about the global trade system to debates about hegemonic stability and the balance of power ...

Miller GAAP guide

2004 : restatament and analysis of current FASB standards

Miller GAAP Guide analyzes authoritative GAAP literature contained in Level A of the GAAP hierarchy, established by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 69. Pronouncements in this level include FASB Statements and Interpretations, as well as APB Opinions and Accounting Research Bulletins. Accounting pronouncements are organized ...

Computational finance

numerical methods for pricing financial instruments

Computational Finance presents a modern computational approach to mathematical finance within the Windows environment, and contains financial algorithms, mathematical proofs and computer code in C/C++. The author illustrates how numeric components can be developed which allow financial routines to be easily called by the ...

Management teams

why they succeed or fail

Meredith Belbin's work on teams has become part of everyday language in organizations all over the world. All kinds of teams and team behaviours are covered. At the end of the book is a self-perception inventory so that readers can match their own personalities ...

Sufi poems

a mediaeval antology

Constructing corporate America

history, politics, culture

This collection of cutting- edge research reviews the evolution of the American corporation, the dominant trends in the way it has been studied, and at the same time introduces some new perspectives on the historical trajectory of the business organization as a social institution. The ...