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The Asian Financial Crisis. Origins, Implications and Solutions.
. Ed(S): Hunter, William C.; Kaufman, George ...
Hardback. Presents the papers and discussions delivered at an October 1998 Conference co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the International Monetary Fund to examine the causes, implications and possible solutions to the Asian economic crises. This book offers the causes and preventions of international banking and monetary crises. Editor(s): Hunter, William C.; Kaufman, George G.; Krueger, Thomas H. Num Pages: 526 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KC; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384724
- ISBN
- 9780792384724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.88
€ 250.88
Hardback. Focuses on market mechanisms which protect quality in the provision of services by audit firms. By providing an understanding of these market mechanisms, this book helps in defining the content of rules and the function of regulatory bodies in facilitating and strengthening the protective operation of the market. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFCM; KFCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384731
- ISBN
- 9780792384731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.99
€ 122.99
Hardback. Outlines the application of auction methods for various aspects of power system operation, primarily for a competitive environment. This book provides an introduction to auction basics to explain how auctions have grown in other industries. It compares auction methods to classical techniques for power system analysis, operations, and planning. Series: Power Electronics and Power Systems. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNBL; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384755
- ISBN
- 9780792384755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.32
€ 187.32
Hardback. NAFTA has been described by one expert as being a partial customs union. It is, in any case, a special kind of free trade area because it consists of two highly developed economies and one large third world economy. This book examines the specific interests of the member countries, Canada, Mexico, and the United States in the creation of NAFTA. Series: International Handbooks on Economic Integration. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384823
- ISBN
- 9780792384823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Hardback. Globalization of financial markets and policy changes in the regulation of financial institutions have impacted upon how commercial banks manage risk. These changes prompted an international conference in 1997, on risk management and regulation in banking. This book contains the formal papers. Editor(s): Galai, Dan; Ruthenberg, David (Bank of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel); Sarnat, Marshall; Schreiber, Ben Z. (Bank of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel). Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384830
- ISBN
- 9780792384830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.12
€ 123.12
Hardback. Introduces a modeling method, 'Integrated Enterprise Modelling' (IEM), which is related to ISO standards and provides manufacturing organizations with the means of analyzing, improving, and redesigning their business processes. This book discusses the IEM method and applies it to the concept of 'Quality-Oriented Design of Business Processes'. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; TD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384847
- ISBN
- 9780792384847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.72
€ 184.72
Hardback. The questions that transition economies pose for policymakers and companies seeking to enter and compete in these new markets are considered here. This text offers an examination of issues that have developed as markets in transitional economies become more deregulated and open. Editor(s): Batra, Rajeev. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384984
- ISBN
- 9780792384984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.71
€ 124.71
Hardback. This book aims to give a comparative international perspective on local government accounting innovations, and offers specific cases involving different economic, political and cultural conditions. Editor(s): Caperchione, Eugenio; Mussari, Riccardo. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384991
- ISBN
- 9780792384991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.63
€ 185.63
Hardback. Studies the effects of relationship networks on the ability of corporate players (firms and their members) to attain their professional goals. By explicitly connecting social networks to the goals of corporate players, this book provides a unifying framework to the study of social capital in an organizational context. Editor(s): Leenders, Roger T. A. J.; Gabbay, Shaul M. Num Pages: 562 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 562
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385011
- ISBN
- 9780792385011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.88
€ 242.88
Hardback. All property and casualty insurers are required to carry out loss reserving as a statutory accounting function. This work provides a treatment of loss reserving that reflects contemporary research advances to date. This book covers the conventional techniques used in practice, and specialized loss reserving techniques employing stochastic models. Series: Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385028
- ISBN
- 9780792385028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.10
€ 239.10
Hardback. A collection of papers, each of which focuses on a different way of modelling learning, including the techniques of evolutionary algorithms, genetic programming, neural networks, classifier systems, local interaction models, least squares learning, Bayesian learning, boundedly rational models, and cognitive learning models. Editor(s): Brenner, Thomas. Series: Advances in Computational Economics. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385035
- ISBN
- 9780792385035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.68
€ 239.68
Hardback. Illustrates the impact of upstream technological change in capital goods (aircraft and aircraft engines) on demand, productivity, and cost reduction in the US airline industry for the years 1970-1992. This book aim to separate supply-side technology push from demand pull in determining investment in aircraft in the US airline industry. Series: Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KC; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385059
- ISBN
- 9780792385059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.52
€ 184.52
Hardback. Describes applicable mathematics without using calculus or limits in general. This title presents a review of the solution of systems of linear equations by the use of matrices. It introduces the theory of probability. It deals with developments in mathematics such as linear and dynamic programming, the theory of networks and the theory of games. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385110
- ISBN
- 9780792385110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.69
€ 233.69
Hardback. Addresses the public policy issues underlying liability rules for common carriers in the context of telephone companies. This book offers the industry and policymakers the means and recommendations for designing appropriate liability rules in order to achieve social objectives for the telecommunications industry. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385127
- ISBN
- 9780792385127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.91
€ 64.91
Hardback. Scrutinizes the main features of the Taiwanese development experience under the interrelated themes and domains such as: Outward-orientation vs inward-orientation; Sources of growth; Dynamic balanced growth process; and The role of government in the transition to a more market-oriented economy. Editor(s): Thorbecke, Erik; Wan, Henry. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385134
- ISBN
- 9780792385134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.18
€ 240.18
Hardcover. Provides a description of cross-border project financing as a technique for financing capital-intensive projects, as well as an overview of certain financing and derivative instruments in the global financial markets. This book also provides a comprehensive glossary of terms relating to international finance and project financing. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385240
- ISBN
- 9780792385240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.82
€ 186.82
Paperback. Presents practical ways for companies to be adaptable and flexible whilst operating effectively and efficiently. This book describes an approach for developing knowledge networks in companies. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385301
- ISBN
- 9780792385301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.27
€ 124.27
Multicriteria Decision Making: Advances in MCDM Models, Algorithms, Th...
. Ed(S): Gal, Thomas; Stewart, Theodor J.; Ha...
hardcover. Brings together reviews and the advances by leading experts on the fundamental theories, methodologies and applications of MCDM. This title is aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematics, economics, management and engineering, as well as at practicing management scientists who wish to better understand the principles of this field. Editor(s): Gal, Thomas; Stewart, Theodor J.; Hanne, Thomas. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 558 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385349
- ISBN
- 9780792385349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.57
€ 242.57
Hardback. Analyzes the determinants of firm performance in the life insurance industry by identifying the 'practices' employed by insurers to succeed in this business environment. This book offers a survey of life insurer management practices and strategic choices in distribution systems, mergers and acquisitions, human resources and financial strategies. Editor(s): Cummins, J. David; Santomero, Anthony M. Series: Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFN; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385356
- ISBN
- 9780792385356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.32
€ 239.32
Hardback. The issue of organizational legitimacy is increasingly gaining the attention of researchers and managers. While legitimacy can be described in a number of ways, defined by the harder social sciences it has usually been considered a static, one-dimensional characteristic. This work explores how organizations enact strategies to gain legitimacy. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385455
- ISBN
- 9780792385455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.43
€ 123.43