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The former Soviet Union possessed some of the world's largest reserves of energy and mineral resources. With the dissolution of the country in 1991, the former Soviet republics are now exercising complete control over their mining industries. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674432840Author Jacob SchmooklerFormat HardbackPage Count 309Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 612g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013267697Author Jeroen KoolFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956540904Author Ian EastFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Open Channel Publishing LtdPublisher Open Channel Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 371g

Although the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in developing countries has been the subject of intense academic interest, few studies have attempted a systematic examination of relations between small mineral-producing Third World countries and...

Aims to explain in simple terms how the construction constituents of client, consultants and contractors fit together, as well as providing practical guidance on the decisions necessary to choose a particular procurement route.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013272936Author Babette FahlbruchFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Productivity and Value takes a critical look at the generic concepts of productivity as they are used in most of the conventional literature. In this compelling book, the author challenges the concept of total-factor productivity as a valid indicator of...

... contributing scholars consider the impact that government regulations, policies and other forces--including innovation, tax reform, employee disincentives, academic partnerships, the costs of complying with government stipulations--have actually had...

This book is about actions corporate and government policymakers are taking, their reasons, and how they can be more effective. Authors Erik Arnold and Ken Guy analyze the major sectors of the electronics countries in three groups of OECD...

The book expresses the views of the contributors about the present and future of Central America. Only by becoming more efficient in productivity, or by exporting non-traditional products, can this region meet the challenge ahead. Central American...

"Empirical Studies in Industrial Organization" brings together leading scholars who present state-of-the-art research in the spirit of the structure-conduct-performance paradigm embodied in the work of Leonard W. Weiss. The individual chapters...

This is an edited collection of items on unionism worldwide, recognising the crisis that an informatised and globalised capitalism implies for work, workers and the trade-union movement. It considers radical alternatives for labour organisation and...

Within the first half of the twentieth century the so-called Tri-State mining district of southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma experienced boom and bust. Comprising 1,200 square miles, this area was once the world's...

Production workers continue to be an important group in the economy. Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing is the first long-run annual series of average hourly compensation for U.S. production workers in...

Textiles in Transition contributes a valuable new approach to the study of relocation and wage differentials in the U.S. textile industry during the period 1880-1930. The discussion centers on two major themes: the reasons for the timing of the...

The question of why some companies succeed while others languish prompted the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to sponsor the March 1983 conference on Growth Industries in the 1980s from which this book was derived. Experts from key industries addressed...

The pharmaceutical industry is praised as a world leader in high technology innovation and the creator of products that increase both longevity and quality of life for people throughout the world. At the same time, the industry is also criticized for its...

In Public Goods, Public Gains, Link and Scott discuss the systematic application of alternative evaluation methods to estimate the social benefits of publicly-financed research and development (R&D). The authors argue that economic theory should be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674492721Author Nathaniel H LeffFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 463g

What policies are feasible today and likely to be effective in developing markets and reforming agricultural trade in the 1990s? Outstanding scholars from several disciplines and from various countries evaluate the major alternative policies and...

The standing of industrialization has fallen in the list of social and economic objectives of developing countries in recent years. Turkey provides an ideal example of this beginning with a program adopted in 1980 under the auspices of the IMF and the...

Nearly a century before it became known as Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara Valley was world-renowned for something else: the succulent fruits and vegetables grown in its fertile soil. Virtually all farms were owned by whites, but the soil was largely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780285628311Author Charlie GillettFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Souvenir Press LtdPublisher Profile Books Ltd

Globalization has increased competitive pressures on firms. Together with rapid technological change, it has altered the environment in which firms operate. While globalization offers unprecedented opportunities for firms to act successfully, it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871164909Author Peter StanierFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Dorset BooksPublisher Halsgrove

In the emerging post-Cold War new world order, the economics and politics of the oil industry will be quite different. New approaches and mechanisms are under way to deal with new challenges and old difficulties, such as environmental imperatives and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060973407Author Michael L. DertouzosFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013272776Author Friedrich LeischFormat HardbackPage Count 330Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674188242Author Abram BergsonFormat HardbackPage Count 267Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 558g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674866386Author M Y YoshinoFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 476g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674492219Author Martha DerthickFormat HardbackPage Count 292Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 594g

In this work, Professor Niemi offers statistical evidence as to the dispersal of industry after the Civil War and its later concentration as well as the changes in the structural composition of American manufacturing output.Book InformationISBN...

What led to the financial crisis facing today's farmers? How can policymakers ensure that such a devastating situation will not be repeated in the future? The only book of its kind, The Microeconomic Roots of the Farm Crisis explains how farm management...

This contributed volume examines the far-reaching effects of the weakening of OPEC's cohesion and influence in the 1980s, the resulting decline of oil prices, and the accompanying economic reversals. These events resulted in both fortune and misfortune...

This book deals with the development and fortunes of Inmos, today the largest British-owned semiconductor manufacturer of high volume, standard micro-electronic components. Authors McLean and Rollands provide a detailed history of the company from its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013288579Author Kristoffer Chelsom VogtFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013291135Author Lester M SalamonFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313256561Author Eileen PowerFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

This study inquires into the reliability and general usability of Soviet statistics of the physical output of industrial commodities, with particular reference to the period beginning with the Five-Year Plans.Book InformationISBN 9780313246234Author...