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  • Capitalist Discipline

    On the orchestration of Corporate Games

    by Arthur Wassenberg ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book is not just about corporate strategies and stratagems: it is about the 'Faustian' pact between real and financial powers, governed by the rules of 'minimizing the costs to oneself of imposing losses upon others'. It is more than about limited rationality and irrationality: it is about unlimited rationalisations and limited accountability. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • The Tyranny of Experts

    Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor

    by William Easterly ...
    In this "bracingly iconoclastic” book (New York Times Book Review), a renowned economics scholar breaks down the fight to end global poverty and the rights that poor individuals have had taken away for generations.In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist William Easterly examines our failing efforts to fight global poverty, and argues that the "expert approved" top-down approach to ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Marketing, 2nd edition

    Priceless Pointers on the Classic "Four P's"-Product, Place, Price, and Promotion

    by Sarah White ...
    From online marketing to old-fashioned word-of-mouth, readers will find a comprehensive update on key marketing basics, as well as such topics as:• Guerilla marketing.• Marketing to Boomers and Latinos.• Online marketing.• Targeted, but affordable direct mail.• Sample marketing plans for several types of small businesses (as well as a couple of larger projects).• Practical, do-it-yourself ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Broadband Strategies Handbook

    by Tim Kelly, Carlo Maria Rossotto ...
    The Broadband Strategies Handbook is a guide for policymakers, regulators, and other relevant stakeholders as they address issues related to broadband development. It aims to help readers, particularly those in developing countries, by identifying issues and challenges in broadband development, analyzing potential solutions to consider, and providing practical examples from countries that have ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • We Do Know How

    A Buyer-Led Approach to Creating Jobs for the Poor

    by James T. Riordan ...
    An insider with practical experience in development work reveals how understanding market realities can more effectively reduce poverty.This book by a practitioner—not an academic, government official, or pundit—has been written for practitioners and offers fresh thinking on how to do international development work. It combines that thinking with practical guidance, in plain English, on what to do ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Chinese Economy

    Dynamic Transitions into the Future

    by Elias C. Grivoyannis ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The most recent account of what is going on in the fast changing world and Chinese economics. Topics in the book include economic development, banking and finance, education reform, consumption patterns, the impact of social networking, population dynamics, policy making, and the challenges ahead for the rising economic global superpower. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Political Economy of State-owned Enterprises in China and India

    Edited by X. Yi-chong ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Focused on unique features of economic development, this edited volume examines the nature and structure of corporate governance of several key state-owned enterprises in China and public sector units in India in five strategic sectors: oil and natural gas, steel, coal, electricity generation, and banking industries. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Germany’s Economic Renaissance

    Lessons for the United States

    by J. Ewing ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    In Germany's Economic Renaissance, veteran European correspondent Jack Ewing of The International New York Times explains how a country with some of the highest labor and energy costs in the world beat the odds to become the third-largest exporter of manufactured goods, after China and the United States. Men and women who manage German companies both big and small explain how any company can ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Economic Theory and Policy amidst Global Discontent

    Edited by Ananya Ghosh Dastidar, Rajeev Malhotra, Vivek Suneja ...
    This book rethinks economic theory and calls for a creative and pragmatic approach to policymaking. It examines what development and sustenance of economic progress mean, and how these may be facilitated. The relevance of this issue has received fresh impetus from the significant changes in the degree and pattern of international economic relations that are unfolding across the world, posing both ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Aid as Handmaiden for the Development of Institutions

    A New Comparative Perspective

    Edited by M. Nissanke, Y. Shimomura ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Through comparative studies of aid-supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist development processes by facilitating development of local endogenous institutions. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Organizations, Civil Society, and the Roots of Development

    Edited by Naomi R. Lamoreaux, John Joseph Wallis ...
    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
    Modern developed nations are rich and politically stable in part because their citizens are free to form organizations and have access to the relevant legal resources. Yet in spite of the advantages of open access to civil organizations, it is estimated that eighty percent of people live in countries that do not allow unfettered access. Why have some countries disallow the formation of ... Read more

    $153.99 CAD

  • Water, Politics and Money

    A Reality Check on Privatization

    by Manuel Schiffler ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book reveals all that can potentially happen when a private company takes over a local water supply system, both the good and the bad. Backed by real life stories of water privatization in action, author Manuel Schiffler presents a nuanced picture free of spin or fear mongering.Inside, readers will find a detailed analysis of the multiple forms of water privatization, from the outright sale ... Read more

    $29.49 CAD