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This volume is dedicated to the life work of Ray Chambers, who was continually seeking ways to stimulate and advance the development of a demonstrably rigorous and serviceable system of accounting. This search for an ideal led Chambers into myriad...

This book investigates the motivations behind the adoption of the technique of asset securitization by US commercial banks and its effects on the financial performances.Book InformationISBN 9781138991057Author Lamia ObayFormat PaperbackPage Count...

China's economy, which continues to grow rapidly, is having an ever greater impact on the rest of the world. This impact is likely to be felt increasingly in the financial sector where China's foreign currency reserves, fuelled by the huge trade surplus,...

First Published in 1973. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138990852Author Reginald Lane PooleFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 390g

Taking colonial policy towards West Africa as a case study, Butler shows that, during the 1940s, the Colonial Office evolved a policy of encouraging colonial industry as part of a broad programme of development intended to prepare colonies for...

First Published in 1965. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138990241Author H. Parker WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

If you feel you have a disjointed, or unbalanced, view of the global system of demand and supply, you are probably correct. Most studies leave out a very important part of the system--the marketing channel. That is why Laurens van der Laan developed and...

In this study, the contributors examine the evolution of Japanese direct investment in Europe and explore its determinants. They illustrate how, as multinationals, Japanese firms adapt to local conditions and try to take advantage of a global...

Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include: * rapid economic growth and political conflict * civil war on the island of Bougainville * population...

This study focuses on technology transfer in the steel mini-mill industry. It identifies two central issues: how capacity is built and how demand is sustained, developing a three-dimensional perspective to bring into sharp focus the desirability and...

Drawing on the work of the Austrian School and its heirs, Capital in Disequilibrium develops a modern, systematic version of capital theory in order to suggest a new approach to the subject of economics. Original and provocative in his reflection, Lewin...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138987258Author Sandra J. WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 349g

Class explains much in the differentiation of life chances and political dynamics in South Asia; scholarship from the region contributed much to class analysis. Yet class has lost its previous centrality as a way of understanding the world and how it...

First Published in 1971. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138986831Author Henry MayhewFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138988026Author R. P. T. Davenport-HinesFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

Addresses the question of how to provide for your employees' needs in training and education when they are located on the other side of the globe. This book suggests a systematic process model for transcultural customization of training programs that...

Although there is much interest in poverty reduction, there are few agreed upon strategies to effectively reduce poverty. In this new book, the editors have gathered together various evidences on poverty dynamics, based on panel data from the last few...

This work combines an empirical analysis of productive efficiency change in Newly Industrializing Countries with a theoretical growth model that explores the implications of improvements in productive efficiency on the growth rate of an economy.Book...

This book addresses issues in the current literature on corporate finance using historical evidence. In particular it looks at the role of universal banks in relaxing the credit constraints of firms, supervising managers and stabilizing share prices. The...

This book brings together cutting edge contributions in the fields of international economics, micro theory, welfare economics and econometrics, with contributions from Donald R. Davis, Avinash K. Dixit, Tadashi Inoue, Ronald W. Jones, Dale W. Jorgenson,...

First Published in 1978. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138984936Author Helen LacknerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138984455Author Jon S. WainwrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

A new analytical approach to small firms' cases, which * Uses rich primary source data on modern small businesses * Combines business strategy and industrial organization * Presents detailed Profiles on diverse small businesses * Shows how...

Presently the world is undergoing tremendous social, cultural and economic transformation. For sociologists, the challenge is arriving at a sound mapping of this tumultuous world stage. In this book, the contributing authors consider solidarity as a...

Privatization and Entrepreneurship: The Managerial Challenge in Central and Eastern Europe analyzes the challenges faced by managers in the transforming economies of Central and Eastern Europe and provides penetrating insights into the details of...

The first book to analyze how new technologies are emerging against a background of continuing globalization of research and development activities. This unique book explores how technological communities and networks shape a broad range of new computer...

Australian literature on professional accounting and audit begins in 1880. The two decades to 1900 were a crucial period in Australian history, the boom years of the 1880s being followed by the severe recession of the 1890s and the federation of the...

This book examines the relationship between competitive strategies and the use of temporary employees.Book InformationISBN 9781138982987Author Kay GlasgowFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 209g

First published in 1842, this account has particular reference to the actions of the British Government.Book InformationISBN 9781138982529Author James BandinelFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

Building on the work of labor historians, industrial relations scholars, and institutional labor economists, this book offers not only a comprehensive analysis of the changing nature of shopfloor labor-management relations in the large manufacturing...

This edited collection looks at the emerging relationship between politics and economics. The analysis of power relations - traditionally the focus of political science - is becoming increasingly important to economists in order to understand concepts...

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138978997Author Jeremy WaddingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 499g

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...

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138978683Author John O'DelFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 191g

The increasing volume of remittances and public transfers in rural areas of the developing world has raised hopes that these cash inflows may serve as an effective mechanism for reducing poverty in the long term by facilitating investments and raising...

Discover the successful marketing strategies of programs which have extended the resources of a university to its community. Marketing University Outreach Programs covers all aspects of continuing education program construction and the marketing process...

Examine innovative ways to educate managers to do business with the Chinese!Management education is a big business today in the Greater China countries of Hong Kong, China, Macau, Singapore, and Taiwan as well as in Asian countries such as Malaysia and...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138985803Author Philip W. BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138980020Author Steve DubbFormat PaperbackPage Count 476Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 880g

Ths book examines the efforts made by the British government of the period to lessen its dependence on American oil supplies, the emergence of Venezuela as the largest single British oil supplier in the early 1930s, and the changing structure of the oil...