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Small Enterprises and Economic Development: The Dynamics of Micro and Small Enterprises (Routledge Studies in Development Economics #15)
By Carl E. Liedholm, Donald C. Mead. 1999
Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) have been recognized as a major contemporary source of employment and income in a growing…
number of developing countries. Yet, relatively little is known about the characteristics and patterns of change in these enterprises. This volume examines the dynamics of MSEs in the development process. Drawing on a unique set of surveys conducted in twelve countries in Africa and Latin America the authors map the patterns of change in MSEs in the developing world. Subjects covered include: * significance of new start and closure rates of MSEs * factors involved in expansion rates and growth patterns of MSEs * the role of gender in MSEs evolution.Web-Weaving
By Peter Lloyd, Paula Boyle. 1998
Intranets and Extranets are the fastest growing use of internet technology and are being adopted by a large number of…
organizations. `Web-Weaving' is a book for managers which illustrates the benefits and pitfalls of using technology to enhance internal and external connections. The book brings together a number of the hottest subjects in IT and Organizational Development using contributions from innovative thinkers and practitioners in both areas. The first section defines what web-weaving actual is, describing the huge range of communication technology available to organizations at the moment. The second section reviews web-weaving in practice using case studies of companies using intranet and extranet technology. The third section brings together commentaries from leading players in both the IT and Human Resources fields to predict the future of web-weaving and the huge impact it will have on the way organizations and the people within them will work together in the future.Paul Teague explores the macro-economic, productive and institutional pressures faced by Europe's social model and assesses a number of economic…
and political programmes aimed at resolving the crisis. It also considers the role of the European Union building a social dimension to the European economy. The findings suggest that the future of traditional institutions of Social Europe is under threat. However, they also stress that we are not on the threshold of the 'Americanisation' of European life. This study finds that the influential political forces that reject the dismantling of Europe's social model should not be preoccupied with defending inherited institutions. Instead this book argues that they should encourage the construction of new forms of social solidarity compatible with the complexities of modern economic life.Activities Management (Team Leader Development Ser.)
By Cathy Lake. 1998
Activities Management is a comprehensive guide to running a smooth and successful operation. It includes:* practical help on how to…
plan and manage work;* health and safety in the workplace;* environmental considerations that today's supervisor needs to know. The Team Leader Development Series is an essential tool towards gaining the Supervisory Management Award. Consisting of four practical and interactive textbooks, this series will be invaluable not only to students, but also as a guide individuals and organisations seeking to improve their business performance at the first level of management.Key learning features:* Learning Objectives to enable the reader to assess the knowledge gained throughout the series.* Activities to put the learning into practice.* Case studies - 'true-life' scenarios!* Workbased Assignments which will also provide evidence for S/NVQ portfolios.* Language is straightforward and direct, contextualised to relate to team leaders and supervisory managers working in a wide range of industry sectors.* Influential protagonists in the field will be alluded to as appropriate to support the learning.Tutor resource material for each title in the series is available either as hard copy or is downloadable from the BH website. Please contact BH marketing on bhmarketing@repp.co.uk.Knowledge, Institutions and Evolution in Economics (The Graz Schumpeter Lectures)
By Brian Loasby. 1999
Winner of the Schumpeter Prize, 2000 and Winner of the Smith Prize in Austrian Economics, 2000, this book explores how…
the limitations of human knowledge create both opportunities and problems in the modern economy. The growing field of evolutionary economics has developed as a result of the traditional failure of the discipline to explain certain phenomena that impact greatly on the economy. These are:*Evolution - the impact on the economy of natural change over time*Institutions - the impact on the economy of government and/or company policy, rules and regulations*Knowledge - the impact on the economy that is felt when new information becomes availableKnowledge, Institutions and Evolution in Economics is a punchy overview of these topics and one that has become regarded as something of a modern classic that no serious social sciences academic or student should be without.American Investment in British Manufacturing Industry
By John Dunning. 1998
This classic work, first published in 1958, is a seminal text in international business history. This new, substantially updated and…
revised edition is being published on the fortieth anniversary of the first edition. Features of the revised edition include: * a new introduction * a new concluding chapter * amendments and additions to the original text * a new statistical appendix which examines the main features and significance of the US penetration of UK industry over the past four decades. Professor Dunning is one of the most internationally renowned and respected scholars in international business research. The updated version of this highly regarded book is a major contribution to studies in international business history.This original book is a wide-ranging, radical and highly innovative critique of the prevailing orthodoxies within industrial relations and human…
resource management. It covers: central problems in industrial relations the mobilization theory of collective action the growth of non-union workplaces and the prospects and desirability of a new labour-management social partnership an historical account of worker collectivism, organization and militancy and state or employer counter mobilization a critique of postmodernism and accounts of the end of the labour movement Containing a detailed examination of the evolution of industrial relations, it argues that the area is often under-theorized and influenced by the policy agenda of the state or employers, and will prove informative reading for students of industrial relations.Who Benefits from Privatisation? (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)
By Justin Malbon, Moazzem Hossain. 1998
This edited collection examines the impact of privatisation and the lessons to be learnt from it for the purpose of…
regulatory reform. The contributors analyse the benefits and losses of privatisation in a variety of countries from economic, legal and consumer perspectives and address fundamental questions such as whether private ownership necessarily leads to better incentives for management and productivity.The book contains illustrative case studies of the Australian telecommunications industry, the deregulation of the Swedish taxi and postal industries, Californian telecommunications industries as well as discussing consumer responses to the privatisation of key utilities in the UK. The impact of privatisation in developing nations is also addressed, with particular reference to India and Malaysia.The Political Economy of Middle East Peace looks at the political economy of the Middle Eastern peace process with a…
focus on the politics of trade. Contributors investigate the ways new commercial alliances develop as a result of economic agencies established via the Arab-Israeli peace process and look at institutions which contribute to redirection of Arab intra- and inter-regional trade, such as the Palestine Monetary Authority, the Middle East Development Bank and free trade zone agencies in Aquaba and Dubai.Corporate DNA
By Ken Baskin. 1998
Corporate DNA explores what happens when managers think about and run their companies as if they were living things. An…
organic model is at the heart of the transformation of companies like AT&T and EDS, working to redesign the bureaucracies that they were built upon. This book addresses the frustrations felt among corporations by focusing on the role of the organizational models in the transformation process. The book's key perception is that the choice of a mechanical or organic model results in an organizations developing either mechanical or organic structures. Those structures, in turn, lead to certain types of behavior. Corporate DNA provides tools with which managers can replace their old mechanical models with organic ones. Readers will discover how living things use information to create work; how they learn, develop, and govern themselves; and how prototype organic corporations such as 3M and Federal Express apply organic models to their operations.Ken Baskin, Ph.D., is a consultant on communicating quality and culture change. In addition to his own public relations business, he has worked for the US Department of Energy, the New Jersey Department of Education, and Bell Atlantic, including speech writing for CEO Ray Smith. Ken leads workshops on ¦Creating Competitive Advantage in a Market Ecology¦ and ¦Using the Principles of DNA for Problem Solving,¦ among others.Conscious Capitalism
By David A. Schwerin. 1998
Conscious Capitalism shows how the principles of ancient wisdon are directly relevant to modern day business. Drawing on thirty years…
of financial and executive experience, Schwerin addresses contemporary issues faced regularly by people worldwide. Personal experiences, corporate field trip, and interviews with top executives bring both the anguish and the triumph of our business world to life. Conscious Capitalism's most significant contribution is its practical integration of formerly enshrouded principles with todays's frenetic world of investing and commerce.Organizations in Action: Competition between Contexts
By Peter Clark. 1999
This original and ambitious work provides a fascinating examination of organizations from both a post-modern and new organizational economics perspective.…
Combining strategy, international business and organisational theory, it represents a ground-breaking critique of prevailing mainstream modernist theories of organization. Distinctive features include: * a comprehensive analysis of social and organizational theory* discussion and exploration of knowledge capitalism * a critique of core competencies and resource based approaches to strategy, human resource management and organizational behaviour. In an essential area of study for every business undergraduate and reflective manager, this outstanding book pulls together material which is currently scattered and poorly synthesised, and examines high-profile real-world business examples.Public Service Employment Relations in Europe: Transformation, Modernization or Inertia? (Routledge Studies in Employment Relations)
By Stephen Bach, Lorenzo Bordogna, Giuseppe Della Rocca, David Winchester. 1999
The book provides an up-to-date analysis of the restructuring of public service employment relations in six European countries: Germany, France,…
Italy, Spain, Denmark and the UK. Each of the chapters on national systems is organized around a set of themes and policy issues including: * the impact of fiscal crises, and increasing macro-economic integration within the European Union, on the scope and organization of public services* changes in the patterns and status of public service employment* the shift from centralized administration to new models of devolved management* changes in the organization and policies of public service trade unions* reforms in the structure, process and outcome of collective bargaining* patterns of conflict and cooperation between unions, managers and the state. Written and edited by some of the country's primary authorities on public sector industrial relations, this outstanding book on this high profile field is sure to be a valuable resource for those studying this important topic.Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520BC - 1911AD), Gang Deng examines important factors in…
the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment. These factors include: * resource endowments * socio-economic structure * property rights * state and bureaucracy * ideology and values * geo-political environment * internal rebellions * external invasions and conquestsThe Premodern Chinese Economy is a comprehensive analysis of China's economic history and provides essential background to the study of this country's modern struggle for growth and development. Deng's emphasis on comparative analysis offers new insights into the concept of underdevelopment and theories of transitional economics. This will become a major reference work in the fields of Chinese studies, economic history and development studies.Interfirm Alliances: International Analysis and Design
By Bart Nooteboom. 1998
Challenging the current flood of mergers and acquisitions this book presents an alternative, more efficient strategy of inter-firm alliances. In…
the context of recent developments in international business, the discussion takes in alliances between buyers and suppliers, between competitors and between firms in different industries. This theory is illustrated and elaborated with empirical detail from a variety of international case-studies. These studies include the car industry in the US, Europe and Japan, the Dutch photocopier industry and ten European electronic suppliers ... Inter-firm Alliances combines resource-based views, transaction-cost analysis and institutional economics to develop an original and comprehensive theory of inter-firm alliances and a coherent method for managing them.Singular Spectrum Analysis with R (Use R!)
By Anatoly Zhigljavsky, Nina Golyandina, Anton Korobeynikov. 2018
This comprehensive and richly illustrated volume provides up-to-date material on Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA). SSA is a well-known methodology for…
the analysis and forecasting of time series. Since quite recently, SSA is also being used to analyze digital images and other objects that are not necessarily of planar or rectangular form and may contain gaps. SSA is multi-purpose and naturally combines both model-free and parametric techniques, which makes it a very special and attractive methodology for solving a wide range of problems arising in diverse areas, most notably those associated with time series and digital images. An effective, comfortable and accessible implementation of SSA is provided by the R-package Rssa, which is available from CRAN and reviewed in this book. Written by prominent statisticians who have extensive experience with SSA, the book (a) presents the up-to-date SSA methodology, including multidimensional extensions, in language accessible to a large circle of users, (b) combines different versions of SSA into a single tool, (c) shows the diverse tasks that SSA can be used for, (d) formally describes the main SSA methods and algorithms, and (e) provides tutorials on the Rssa package and the use of SSA. The book offers a valuable resource for a very wide readership, including professional statisticians, specialists in signal and image processing, as well as specialists in numerous applied disciplines interested in using statistical methods for time series analysis, forecasting, signal and image processing. The book is written on a level accessible to a broad audience and includes a wealth of examples; hence it can also be used as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on time series analysis and signal processing.Working From Your Core
By Sharon Seivert. 1998
Sport and International Politics: Impact of Facism and Communism on Sport (International Studies In The History Of Sport)
By James Riordan, Pierre Arnaud. 1998
Sociology and history of sport is a fast rising subject. There is a growing interest in issues associated with globalization…
and sport culture across European and North American boundaries. This book fills an important gap. At the forefront of new areas of research in sport studies, it deals with a significant historical period systematically and, above all, internationally. Brought together in a single volume, this work examines the shaping of sport both by the fascist and communist institutions of Europe during the interwar period. It shows how sport was used as an instrument of propaganda and psychological pressure by major political and sporting nations as well as international movements such as the Catholic Church and the International Worker Sport Movement. This volume will be a key reference for researchers and students in sports history, sports sociology, politics and European studies.This book explores the way political economy understands human motivation. In it, the author argues that the assumptions typically made…
by economists regarding want and choice cannot adequately lay a foundation for answering important questions about the design of economic institutions and the appropriate use of markets. This volume offers an exciting and unusual contribution to political economy, offering a novel integration of the insights of political economy, philosophy, and psychology, applying them to vital foundational issues in political economy.Informal Learning in the Workplace: Unmasking Human Resource Development
By John Garrick. 1998
Informal learning has become an extremely important issue as post-industrial workplaces seek to harness its productive potential. Managers and HRD…
practitioners have attempted to deploy informal learning in the design of corporate cultures, however, most discussions of the subject have tended to be uncritical expositions which do not challenge the underlying economic, philosophical and organisational rationale. Uniquely, this book goes against this tendency. It critically examines definitions of informal learning, and focuses on its application in a variety of workplace contexts. It features: * theories of informal learning* the unmasking of contemporary corporate rhetoric * the implications for accounts of workplace learning of poststructuralist and post-modern perspectives. Incorporating case studies based on interviews with practising managers and HRM practitioners, and a detailed glossary of key concepts and issues, this book will be a valuable reference for students of workplace learning.