In this elegant critique, Amartya Sen argues that welfare economics can be enriched by paying more explicit attention to ethics, and that modern ethical studies can also benefit from a closer contact with economies. He argues further that even... Zobraziť viac
Bringing together senior central bank economists and leading academic monetary economists, this book offers a state-of-the-art analysis of how the financial crisis has changed the way in which macroeconomic policymakers model longer term interest rates... Zobraziť viac
Hedge funds are one of the most controversial institutions in modern finance. This book explains their workings, their benefits and the necessary policy reforms to curb their most damaging effects. It uses case study material from Hong Kong, Indonesia... Zobraziť viac
The first of three volumes of essays in honour of the distinguished economic theorist Professor Kenneth J. Arrow. Zobraziť viac
Creative Problem Solving • Total Systems Intervention • Robert L. Flood and Michael C. Jackson Department of Management Systems and Sciences, University of Hull, UK In the modern world organisations are faced with innumerable and multifaceted... Zobraziť viac
A fully revised BusinessWeek bestseller that will help even beginning investors cash in on the 21st-century real estate boom. Zobraziť viac
New costing procedures for a new economic age Increasing global competition is causing upheaval in every area of industry and commerce. An explosion in the use of advanced technologies is continuing to fundamentally revolutionize the way we go about... Zobraziť viac
The importance of country risk is underscored by the existence of several prominent country risk rating agencies. These agencies combine information regarding alternative measures of economic, financial and political risk into associated composite risk... Zobraziť viac
Now available in paperback, this excellent book, written by two leaders in the field, provides a rigorous introduction to modern dynamic macroeconomics. The text layout has been updated to make the book more user-friendly and each chapter benefits from... Zobraziť viac
Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change brings together papers from leading international scholars in the field of regional development and policy. The contributors examine the interactions between path-dependent developments, institutions, and... Zobraziť viac
The relatively new field of organizational improvisation is concerned with the pressures on organizations to react continually to today's ever-changing environment. Organizational improvisation has important implications for such subjects as product... Zobraziť viac
For many years asset management was considered to be a marginal activity, but today, it is central to the development of financial industry throughout the world. Asset management's transition from an "art and craft" to an industry has inevitably called... Zobraziť viac
"The adoption of Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) represents significant financial investments, with alternative perspectives to the evaluation domain coming from both the public and private sectors.As a result of increasing IT/... Zobraziť viac
In the 1950s, a method called Material Requirements Planning (or MRP) changed the world of manufacturing forever. But times have changed-customer tolerance times are shorter, product variety and complexity has increased, and supply chains have spread... Zobraziť viac
Mara Einstein exposes how our shopping, political and even dating preferences are unwittingly formed by brand images and the mythologies embedded in them. Advertising: What Everyone Needs to Know helps us combat the effects of manipulative advertising... Zobraziť viac
Exploring the controversies and problems surrounding post-communist transitions, this multi-disciplinary volume develops a strong theoretical framework as it moves between general issues of transitology and specific analyses. Hungary, a state that has... Zobraziť viac
"Boyle's study is essential reading for all students, teachers and researchers of sports journalism... Zobraziť viac
Since the summer of 2007, credit markets in almost all industrial countries have been in substantial turmoil and this has become the focus of intense policy debates. The papers in this volume are contributed by the world's leading financial experts and... Zobraziť viac
" Intertemporal Macroeconomics is the first text to offer a unified and systematic exposition of the key issues, both traditional and new, in dynamic macroeconomics. Based on neoclassical growth theory, the book is designed for graduate and advanced... Zobraziť viac
