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Business & Finance
Hardback. In this volume, several authors consider various aspects and contexts of performance measurement with regard to the public sector. Editor(s): Fox, Kevin J. Series: Studies in Productivity and Efficiency. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 623.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375630
- ISBN
- 9780792375630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.32
€ 195.32
Hardback. Activist business ethics is needed in order to remedy the wrongdoing committed to stakeholders and minority shareholders. This book examines international aspects, the personification of stakeholders, the predominance of values and ethics for CEOs and the inefficient safeguards of the stakeholders' interests. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375661
- ISBN
- 9780792375661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in U.S.Agriculture
. Ed(S): Just, Richard E.; Pope, Rulon D.
Hardback. After the research on agricultural risk, the treatment of risk in agricultural research is far from harmonious. This book is intended to: define the state of the literature on agricultural risk research; provide a critical evaluation of economic risk research on agriculture; and set a research agenda that meets future needs and prospects. Editor(s): Just, Richard E.; Pope, Rulon D. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 600 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJMD; KNAC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1017.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375678
- ISBN
- 9780792375678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.18
€ 261.18
Hardback. This text explains the way in which information and knowledge are treated in contemporary economic theories. It gathers together contributions on the role of information in the various theories covered, including: system analysis; game theory; and the theories of market pricing. Editor(s): Petit, Pascal. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375715
- ISBN
- 9780792375715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.05
€ 132.05
Human Resource Development and Information Technology
. Ed(S): Sleezer, Catherine M.; Wentling, Tim...
Hardback. Describes the changes that are occur as technology plays a more central role in human resource development. This book compares methods and tools that organizations can use to create their own practices for developing their most critical resource-people. Editor(s): Sleezer, Catherine M.; Wentling, Tim L.; Cude, Roger L. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interface S. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375944
- ISBN
- 9780792375944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.75
€ 199.75
Hardback. Proposes the idea of networked business school to cope with the challenges. This book deals with economic and organizational realities which can best be viewed from the perspective of network organization, management knowledge and education which should reflect these transformations to survive. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375951
- ISBN
- 9780792375951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.57
€ 131.57
Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation
. Ed(S): Feldman, Maryann P.; Massard, Nadine
Hardback. This volume provides a collection of theoretical articles and empirical studies on innovation and location by focusing on the institutions and systems that mediate knowledge spillovers. The objective is to provide an international comparison using a variety of approaches. Editor(s): Feldman, Maryann P.; Massard, Nadine. Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376149
- ISBN
- 9780792376149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.62
€ 201.62
Hardback. Addresses the questions, 'What is health risk analysis?' and 'How can its potentialities be developed to be most valuable to public health decision-makers and other health risk managers'. Risk analysis provides methods and principles for answering these questions. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 556 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376156
- ISBN
- 9780792376156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.43
€ 205.43
Hardback. Addresses measurement issues and techniques in agricultural productivity analysis, applying those techniques to data sets for American agriculture. This book provides a guide to using the productivity data available on the website of the US Department of Agriculture/Economic Research Service. Editor(s): Ball, V. Eldon; Norton, George W. Series: Studies in Productivity and Efficiency. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376224
- ISBN
- 9780792376224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.69
€ 200.69
Hardback. Offering insights to problems in postal and delivery economics, this book covers issues including international postal policy, the universal service obligation, regulation, competition, entry, the role of scale and scope economies, the nature and role of cost analysis in postal service, productivity, and interaction of law and economics. Editor(s): Crew, Michael A.; Kleindorfer, Paul R. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 387 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376385
- ISBN
- 9780792376385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.40
€ 202.40
Hardback. Investigates optimal investment problems for stochastic financial market models. This work is intended for academics and students who are interested in the mathematics of finance, stochastic processes, and optimal control, and also for practitioners in risk management and quantitative analysis. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376484
- ISBN
- 9780792376484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. Why do we need to understand audit committees? The Cadbury Committee recommended that UK companies should adopt them in response to financial scandals that have stemmed from dubious financial reporting practices. This book argues that such criticism overlooks the ceremonial function of these committees. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376491
- ISBN
- 9780792376491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.51
€ 131.51
Hardback. Presents models, methods, and techniques for building, managing and using corporate memories. This book is divided into five parts: methods; knowledge-based approaches; ontologies and documents; case-based reasoning approaches; and, distributed and collaborative approaches. Editor(s): Dieng-Kuntz, Rose; Matta, Nada. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376590
- ISBN
- 9780792376590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.38
€ 132.38
Hardback. No antitrust case in history has attracted as much public attention as US v Microsoft Corp. This work constitutes an early effort to analyze some of the central issues and to put the case in the context of the ongoing debate over the role of government in managing markets - especially in technology driven New Economy industries. Editor(s): Evans, David S. Series: The Milken Institute Series on Financial Innovation and Economic Growth. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCLF; KJVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376675
- ISBN
- 9780792376675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.84
€ 203.84
Hardback. Presents computer programs used to implement the methods discussed in the respective chapters. This book is suitable for researchers and graduate students studying complex systems in finance, biology, and physics, as well as those applying such methods to nonlinear time series analysis and signal processing. Editor(s): Soofi, Abdol S.; Cao, Liangyue. Series: Studies in Computational Finance. Num Pages: 488 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 901.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376804
- ISBN
- 9780792376804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 381.14
€ 381.14
hardcover. Without a clear and organized view of where and how entrepreneurship manifests itself, policy makers have been left in uncharted waters without an analytical compass. This book intends to provide such an analytical compass for directing how public policy can shape and promote entrepreneurship. Editor(s): Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Wennekers, Sander. Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376859
- ISBN
- 9780792376859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.03
€ 199.03
Hardback. Research in real estate finance and economics has developed in an exciting way. The resulting theoretical and empirical findings are shining a new light on some of the classic mysteries of the real estate markets. This book is a compilation of the papers presented at the first Maastricht-Cambridge Symposium in 2000. Editor(s): Eichholz, Piet; Patel, Kanak. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFM; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376934
- ISBN
- 9780792376934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.57
€ 131.57
Hardback. Weaves together and applies to Italy the author's two principal interests - the imperative of restoring initiative, enterprise and dynamism in many industrialized economies, and the imperative of extending self-support and involvement in the business sector to a number of marginalized workers. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 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
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376941
- ISBN
- 9780792376941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.57
€ 131.57
Hardback. A reference book on energy economics. It discusses subjects including oil, gas, coal, electricity, and energy derivatives - futures, options, and swaps. It also covers topics such as uranium and capital budgeting, and real option theory and deregulation. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377009
- ISBN
- 9780792377009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.70
€ 199.70
Hardback. Presents the fundamentals of evolutionary adaptive systems before an architectural model for adaptive agents is developed. This book allows support for reactive problem solving by the actors in the logistics network. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377047
- ISBN
- 9780792377047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.50
€ 198.50
Hardback. The large and persistent deficits observed in many countries and the reform efforts undertaken to strengthen fiscal discipline have been the focus of an active and ongoing research program in political economy. This book explains why deficits emerge and persist, the partisan approach and the institutionalist approach. Editor(s): Strauch, Rolf R.; Hagen, Jurgen von. Series: ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KFFD. 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
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377061
- ISBN
- 9780792377061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.28
€ 133.28
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
€ 195.32
€ 195.32
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
€ 255.76
€ 255.76
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
€ 131.57
€ 131.57