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The Rainy Spell and Other Korean Stories
By Ji-Moon Suh. 1998
This anthology of short stories reflects the writers' shared core experience of Korea's trajectory from an inward-looking feudal state, through…
Japanese colony and battle-ground for the Korean War, to a modernizing society. Three stories have been added to the original edition.This book, first published in 1998, is an attempt to better understand the human resource programs utilized by small firms…
and the basis for their choice. Much of the study is designed to provide a working framework from which to begin to understand the myriad of human resource decisions made in these companies on a daily basis. In this way the research seeks to make some contribution to the development of a theoretical grounding for human resources in the small business area. This title will be of interest to students of business studies and human resource management.Transnational Marketing in the Information Age (Transnational Business and Corporate Culture)
By Diane M. Desimone. 1999
The International Politics of Eurasia: Vol 7: Political Culture and Civil Society in Russia and the New States of Eurasia
By Karen Dawisha, Bruce Parrott. 1998
ISO 14001: A Missed Opportunity for Sustainable Global Industrial Development
By Harris Gleckman, Riva Krut. 1998
ISO 14001 is the new international standard for environmental management systems. But what difference will it make to the environmental…
performance of companies that receive it? Will it do anything to further sustainable industrial development? This edition seeks to argue that it will not and further that it does not have a legitimate practice in discussions of sustainable industrial development.;The authors point to a massive democratic deficit in the process of establishing the standard in which small and medium-size enterprises, developing country officals, public opinion and environmental groups may have trouble participating. They aim to argue that this has put up barriers to the full participation of these parties. Moreover, they seek to describe how the standard reverses the trend for firms to innovate to meet the challenge of sustainability.Development Crises and Alternative Visions: Third World Women's Perspectives
By Caren Grown, Gita Sen. 1998
More than half of the world's farmers are women. They are the majority of the poor, the uneducated and are…
the first to suffer from drought and famine. Yet their subordination is reinforced by well-meaning development policies that perpetuate social inequalities. During the 1975-85 United Nations Decade for the Advancement of Women their position actually worsened. This book analyses three decades of policies towards Third World women. Focusing on global economic and political crises - debt, famine, militarization, fundamentalism - the authors show how women's moves to organize effective strategies for basic survival are central to an understanding of the development process.Legalized Casino Gaming in the United States: The Economic and Social Impact
By Cathy Hc Hsu. 1999
Covering the entire United States gaming market, Legalized Casino Gaming in the United States provides gaming researchers, policymakers, and hospitality…
students comprehensive overview of the history, development, legislation, and economic and social impacts of riverboat, land-based, and Native American casino gaming. Containing national and regional research about the industry, this book will provide students with a historical view on gaming and the hospitality industry, offer researchers data and current market status of the industry; and will give policymakers information about the advantages and disadvantages of a gaming industry in their community.Comprehensive and thorough, Legalized Casino Gaming in the United States is full of case studies, data, and surveys that provide you with credible information on community incomes, residents’attitudes about gaming, and gaming taxes in certain states. This fact-filled book will help you evaluate and learn about the pros and cons of the industry, including: reviewing changes in the gaming laws and regulations in particular regions and segments of the industry explaining laws and regulations by state for riverboat and other Native American land-based gaming examining negative and positive social impacts of gaming, including crime; quality of life; community services; availability of entertainment, recreation, and cultural activities; community attractiveness, such as reputation, appearance, cleanliness, and traffic; local resident attitudes; and pathological gaming explaining Nevada’s gaming regulatory system, including the roles of the Nevada Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board, and discussing issues related to currency transactions, exclusion lists, work permits, customer disputes, and underage gambling discussing positive economic aspects of Native American gaming, such as tax benefits, in Connecticut, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Minnesota, and how the industry impacts surrounding communitiesExamining the industry from ethical, economic, and social standpoints, the contributors offer you several perspectives of a situation, not just one side of an issue, to help you make educated decisions or opinions about gaming. Bolstered with charts, graphs, tables, and future research recommendations, Legalized Casino Gaming in the United States offers you an in-depth and comprehensive look at the gaming industry, helping you weigh the positive and negative effects of one of the most popular areas of hospitality.Quality Costing
By Barrie G. Dale, J. J. Plunkett. 1999
Quality costs help to show the importance of quality-related activities to management; they demonstrate the cost of non-quality to an…
organization; they track the causes and effects of the problem, enabling the working out of solutions using quality improvement teams, and then monitoring progress. As a technique in the introduction and development of TQM, quality costing is a powerful tool for enhancing a company’s effectiveness. Quality Costing provides pragmatic advice on how to set about introducing and developing a quality costing system and using the data that emerges. This third edition (strengthened by additional data from a range of organizations) provides sound practical guidance on how to define, identify, collect, measure, analyse, report and use quality costs. This established text has proved invaluable to managers and quality professionals, students and academics alike - the new edition ensures its continued position as the leading book in the field.The Concise Dictionary of Business Management
By David Statt. 1999
This second edition of The Concise Dictionary of Business Management has been completely revised and updated to reflect the changing…
world of work and new technology. It has been expanded to include many new terms and buzzwords such as: contracting out, telecommuting, occupational choice, glass ceiling, superwoman, electronic brainstorming, the internet and the virtual corporation. It is the ideal quick reference guide for students and professionals wanting to cut through the jargon of business and management.Hospitality Management Education
By Kaye Sung Chon, Clayton W Barrows, Robert H Bosselman. 1999
Help students succeed now and in the future in any aspect of the hospitality field!Hospitality Management Education focuses on the…
academic aspect of hospitality--the mechanisms of hospitality education programs, their missions, their constituents, and the outcomes of their efforts. This book examines why people study hospitality management, the vast opportunities the field offers, and ways to best prepare students for a career in the industry or in academia. Within Hospitality Management Education, you'll find exhibits, figures, tables, and insight into innovative practice methods that will strengthen your skills as an educator and contributor to the growing success of this discipline.Containing research and first-hand accounts, Hospitality Management Education offers you insight into qualities and strategies that make educators or employees effective and successful in the industry. You'll find useful information to help you better prepare students and enhance your teaching skills, such as: understanding the history and advances of hospitality management education during the past 75 years stressing the difference between the hospitality industry and other industries to help prospective hospitality students understand the unique rigors of hospitality examining degree programs in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States to identify common global teaching trends, differences, and program outcomes enhancing student learning and education programs by linking academic hospitality programs to industry through internships, involvement with industry associations, and advisory councils assuring quality in academic programs through accreditation, certification, outside peer reviews, outside reviews by the industry, and administrative reviews of the faculty preparing for a professional academic career through strategic career planning, networking, and targeting hospitality programsHospitality Management Education discusses educational trends as a whole over the past decade to give you insight into future directions of hospitality such as increased specialization, growing numbers of faculty, more funding, and increased academic focus on research and scholarship. In this valuable volume, you'll find methods and suggestions that will make you a more knowledgeable and effective educator!This book examines the extent of, and motives for, the diffusion of flexible automation (FA) at global level and then…
turns to the local and firm level, bringing together in-depth studies of sixty-two firms in Brazil, India, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey and Venezuela. Research focuses on the impact of computer-numerically-controlled machine tools on scale and scope by exploring changes in lot sizes and product variety (product scale and scope), total plant output (plant scale) and total firm output (firm scale). Barriers to setting up FA-based operations are discussed, as are factors which may affect a decision to locate in a developing country. The contributed studies reveal a relatively slow diffusion of FA in developing countries and it is demonstrated that while FA possibly increases scope, it also requires that plant output be increased in order to maintain efficiency. Alcorta concludes that the location in developing countries will probably only be viable for large domestic firms, multinationals seeking to relocate simple but labour intensive assembly processes and firms in countries with significant domestic markets. This work is unique in addressing the scale and scope issues in developing countries and in the wealth of information regarding machine tools which it provides. The data provided in the appendix includes official United Nations data, previously unpublished. This will be of use for all research into trends in the use of machine tools.Health Reform: Public Success, Private Failure (Routledge Studies in Governance and Change in the Global Era)
By Terry Sullivan, Daniel Drache. 1999
Health Reform explores the challenges facing health care provision in the advanced economies. The book exposes the limitations of market-led…
health reform and demonstrates the indispensable role of a vibrant public authority in the renewal of modern health care systems. Issues covered include: * cost-containment and privatisation strategies in an international perspective * the role of business and the private sector in setting the agenda for health care reform * the restructuring of Anglo-Saxon health systems and the shift in state/market boundaries in Canada, the USA, the UK and Australia * the frontier of health care reform in terms of health and social cohesion *the role of patient choice in health care reform.A History of Portuguese Economic Thought (The Routledge History of Economic Thought)
By Antonio Almodovar, Jose Luis Cardoso. 1998
A History of Portuguese Economic Thought offers the first account in English of the development of economic thought in Portugal.…
The authors adopt a comparative approach to analyse how economic doctrine, theories and policies have been disseminated and assimilated by Portuguese economists in different periods. They assess the influence on Portuguese economic thought of major economists such as Adam Smith, Keynes and Hayek.Fiscal Federalism in the European Union (Routledge Studies in the European Economy #Vol. 9)
By Amedeo Fossati, Giorgio Panella. 1999
To what extent should local and regional governments in the European Union be allowed to determine their own fiscal policies?This…
book explores the core issues of fiscal federalism in the European context. It combines theoretical and empirical analysis in addressing such questions as:* what sort of fiscal federalism is appropriate in the European Community* what are the dangers of more centralization* what are the costs of greater decentralizationThe International Politics of Sport in the Twentieth Century
By Jim Riordan, Professor Jim Riordan. 1999
There is no better time to take a look back at the political events of the past 100 years as…
seen through the eyes of sport and sports people. Ten key international authorities in their respective fields lead you through the most important political elements of contemporary sport. This book is the first of its kind. It provides a wide ranging perspective through time and place and will be an invaluable tool for students studying sport from an historical and political perspective, and also for those who have a general interest in sport at its interface with politics.Work, Change and Competition: Managing for Bass
By David Preece, Gordon Steven, Valerie Steven. 1999
This book presents an in-depth study of organizational change and innovation in one of the UK's leading retail leisure companies.…
Based on a remarkably deep level of access, the authors provide a fascinating longitudinal study of the management process in action - both the formal, 'on stage' aspects of strategic change and the informal, political behaviour of those involved.Subjects covered include:* the changing contexts of the public house business* from management to managing* change processes and politics* control and empowerment* gender and public house management.Work, Change and Competition will be essential reading for students of organizational change, as well as all readers interested in the changing nature of management/managing and organizations.Knowledge Networking: Creating The Collaborative Enterprise
By David Skyrme. 1999
Knowledge Networking explains the strategic, organizational and human impact of technologies that support knowledge: the internet, groupware, collaborative technologies. It…
shows how they can transform organizational practices and help to improve both individual and team performances. Based on proven experience and includes customised toolkits, cases and action plans. From pooling expertise on a sales bid via computer referencing, to improving customer service using the flexible office, the author demonstrates how potential can become practice.Knowledge management is the big management idea currently influencing organizations, and Knowledge Networking explores the global impact of sharing knowledge and expertise. It is a highly practical text which includes customised toolkits, cases and action plans to enable individuals and teams to improve their performance.Value, Distribution and Capital (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy #Vol. 12)
By Gary Mongiovi, Fabio Petri. 1999
This book explores some of the most important themes in neo-Ricardian economics. It explores the many contributions of Pierangelo Garengnani…
to modern economics, including his work in capital theory, the theory of effective demand and stability analysis. Contributors include Paul Samuelson, John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, Edward Nell, Alessandro Roncaglia and Ian Steedman.Antitrust in Pharmaceutical Markets & Geographical Rules of Origin (LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition)
By Bruce Kilpatrick, Pierre Kobel, Pranvera K llezi. 2017
This book gathers international and national reports from across the globe on key questions in the field of antitrust and…
intellectual property The first part discusses the application of competition law in the pharmaceutical sector which continues to be a focus for anti-trust authorities around the world A detailed international report explores the extent to which the application of the competition rules in the pharmaceutical sector should be affected by the specific characteristics of those products and markets including consumer protection rules the need to promote innovation the need to protect public budgets and other public interest considerations It provides an excellent comparative study of this complex subject which lies at the interface between competition law and intellectual property law The second part of the book gathers contributions from various jurisdictions on the topic of What rules should govern claims by suppliers about the national or geographic origin of their goods or services This section presents an international report which offers an unparalleled comparative analysis of this topic bringing together common themes and contrasting the various national provisions dealing with indications of origin amongst other things The book also includes the resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the International League of Competition Law LIDC following a debate on each of these topics which include proposed solutions and recommendations The LIDC is a long-standing international association that focuses on the interface between competition law and intellectual property law including unfair competition issues