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Hardback. Discussing measures to improve the results of information systems, this book identifies various factors that explain the shortfall of information systems. It provides a discussion of the measures that can be taken to remove the causes of failure. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377849
- ISBN
- 9780792377849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.16
€ 185.16
Hardback. Describes, analyzes, and evaluates the process that is transforming the Japanese financial system. This book addresses various issues relating to the transition of the Japanese financial system from a bank-centered and relationship-based system to a competitive market-based system. Editor(s): Hoshi, Takeo; Patrick, Hugh T. Series: Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377832
- ISBN
- 9780792377832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.52
€ 238.52
Hardback. Analyzing games defined on combinatorial structures, this book is useful to graduate students with some experience in game theory or mathematical programming and professional researchers in game theory, operational research and its applications in economic theory. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377825
- ISBN
- 9780792377825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.13
€ 187.13
Hardback. 'Forecasting Financial Markets' is an international conference on quantitative finance which is held in London in May every year. This work contains articles that were presented at the conference. It is organized around two major themes: advances in asset allocation and portfolio management; and modelling risk, return and correlation. Editor(s): Dunis, Christian. Series: Studies in Computational Finance. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377788
- ISBN
- 9780792377788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.38
€ 187.38
hardcover. Analyzes the international operations of consulting firms. Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377764
- ISBN
- 9780792377764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
hardcover. This handbook offers a broad, advanced overview of the current state of Semidefinite Programming, in nineteen chapters written by the leading experts on the subject. The material is organized in three parts: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications and Extensions. Editor(s): Wolkowicz, Henry; Saigal, Romesh; Vandenberghe, Lieven. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 654 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; PBW; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1133.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 654
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377719
- ISBN
- 9780792377719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.53
€ 235.53
Hardback. An increasing amount of economic research has been done using approaches that allow for discontinuities such as catastrophe theory, chaos theory, synergetics and fractal geometry. This text reviews the applications of these approaches in various subdisciplines of economics. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377702
- ISBN
- 9780792377702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.27
€ 238.27
Hardback. Multicriterion decision making is concerned with choices among a finite number of possible alternatives. This text concentrates on the basic principles in the domain of discrete multicriterion analysis, and examines each of these principles in terms of their properties and their implications. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 395 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 395
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377566
- ISBN
- 9780792377566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.49
€ 188.49
Hardback. Examines the implications of the creation of the Euro, the European currency unit, for the stability of the international monetary and exchange rate system. This book answers questions such as: Is the Euro a strong or weak currency? Can the Euro be a rival to the dollar system? And how can Euro affect monetary cooperation between countries? Editor(s): Mundell, Robert A.; Clesse, Armand. Num Pages: 441 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCBM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377559
- ISBN
- 9780792377559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.72
€ 189.72
Hardback. These revised papers from the Financial Modernization and Regulation Conference, 1998, seek to identify the reasons for changes in the financial services sector, and the implications these changes pose for financial supervision and regulation. Editor(s): Eisenbeis, Robert A.; Furlong, Frederick T.; Kwan, Simon. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377535
- ISBN
- 9780792377535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.30
€ 123.30
Hardback. Presents contributions on empirical environmental policy evaluation. This work includes policy issues including the 'double dividend-hypothesis' of carbon taxation, the political economy of environmental policy development, the voluntary environmental efforts of corporations, and the enforcement of environmental regulations. Editor(s): Maxwell, John W.; Hagen, Jurgen von. Series: ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377528
- ISBN
- 9780792377528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.24
€ 123.24
Hardback. Investigates industrial policy during a time of deregulation, privatization and an interest in small government. This book combines scholarship from different countries, different institutional contexts, and different theoretical perspectives. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 502 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377504
- ISBN
- 9780792377504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.13
€ 250.13
Hardback. Summarizing the state of the art in risk perception research and core issues of cross-cultural comparisons, this work consists of four cross-cultural studies on public attitudes towards risk in different countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Sweden, Bulgaria, Romania, Japan, and China. Editor(s): Renn, Ortwin; Rohrmann, Bernd. Series: Risk, Governance and Society. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMH; KJMD; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377474
- ISBN
- 9780792377474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.22
€ 185.22
Hardback. Economists and psychologists have, on the whole, exhibited different perspectives on the elicitation of preferences. This book, based on a symposium organized by Daniel McFadden at the University of California at Berkeley, provides a constructive engagement between economists and psychologists on the elicitation of preferences. Editor(s): Fischhoff, Baruch (Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania); Manski, Charles F. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMH; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377436
- ISBN
- 9780792377436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.10
€ 124.10
Hardback. The form and dynamic of wages and salaries are crucial to the shaping of industrial societies. Wage relations are regulated by states both to benefit their economies and to achieve a specific form of freedom, equity and justice. This book informs wage relations in Europe. It is suitable for for those concerned with wage policies. Editor(s): Clarke, Linda; De Gijsel, Peter; Janssen, Jorn. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377429
- ISBN
- 9780792377429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.49
€ 187.49
hardcover. Covers: a brief history of reform in New Zealand, the effect of taxation on economic growth, the marginal cost of taxation, and the employment effects of taxation, income distribution, the hidden economy and taxation, tax compliance, taxation and bankruptcy, and estimates of effective tax rates. Editor(s): Scully, Gerald W.; Caragata, Patrick James. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBN; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377351
- ISBN
- 9780792377351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.89
€ 124.89
Hardback. Real options theory attempts to consider management's flexibility in valuation analysis and corrects the deficiencies of the traditional discounted present-value and decision tree analyses. This book provides an introduction and overview of the subject, and then provides the reader with a primer on real options. Editor(s): Alleman, James E.; Noam, Eli M. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377344
- ISBN
- 9780792377344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.47
€ 124.47
Hardback. This text presents contributions which increase the understanding of the role of services in the development of the division of labour in modern economics. Editor(s): Metcalfe, J.S.; Miles, Ian. Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377306
- ISBN
- 9780792377306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.23
€ 187.23
Public Choice Interpretations of American Economic History
Heckelman, Jac C.; Moorhouse, John C. (Depart...
Hardback. By adding the insights of public choice economists to the traditional tools used to understand economic actors and institutions, this book provides insights into several issues of American history. Each contribution analyzes an episode in American economic history within a public choice framework of rational maximization. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377214
- ISBN
- 9780792377214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.68
€ 122.68
Hardback. This work provides a complete and detailed account of the design, analysis and implementation of parallel algorithms for solving large-scale linear models. Series: Advances in Computational Economics. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377207
- ISBN
- 9780792377207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.79
€ 122.79
Computing Tools for Modeling, Optimization and Simulation
. Ed(S): Laguna, Manuel; Gonzalez-Velarde, Jo...
Hardback. Reflects the need for preserving the marriage between operations research and computing in order to create more efficient and powerful software tools. This book includes 17 papers that cover a range of topics related to the interface between operations research and computer science. Editor(s): Laguna, Manuel; Gonzalez-Velarde, Jose Luis. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; KJ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377184
- ISBN
- 9780792377184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.27
€ 238.27
Public Choice Essays in Honor of a Maverick Scholar
. Ed(S): Fishback, Price V.; Libecap, Gary D....
Hardback. In May 1999, over 50 distinguished scholars from all over the world gathered to honor Gordon Tullock, one of the prolific, original, and versatile scholars of his generation. This book includes contributions that were strongly influenced by Tullock's work. Editor(s): Fishback, Price V.; Libecap, Gary D.; Zajac, Edward E. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377153
- ISBN
- 9780792377153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.43
€ 122.43
Hardback. In this non-random walk through financial and sports gambling markets, parallels are drawn between modelling short term currency movements and modelling outcomes of athletic encounters. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377139
- ISBN
- 9780792377139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.01
€ 182.01
Hardback. The dominant position of the oil-producing countries is challenged in the international oil market by the international oil companies. The private international oil companies, already comparable in size to the largest of the NOCs, have managed to make advances in efficiency in the field of organization, finance, human capital and technology. Series: Studies in Industrial Organization. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377092
- ISBN
- 9780792377092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.37
€ 122.37