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    Selected Articles and Commentary

    by Jerry Ellig ...
    In the United States, the express purpose of regulation is, according to a 1993 executive order, to "protect or improve the health and safety of the public, the environment, or the well-being of the American people." However well intentioned, all human action carries with it the potential for secondary, sometimes negative, consequences. In the case of regulation, these consequences may cause harm ... Read more

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  • Government Performance and Results

    An Evaluation of GPRA's First Decade

    Series series ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy
    The complexity of governments today makes the accountability desired by citizens difficult to achieve. Written to address performance policies within state and national governments, Government Performance and Results: An Evaluation of GPRA’s First Decade summarizes lessons learned from a 10-year research project that evaluated performance reports produced by federal agencies under the Government ... Read more

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  • Municipal Entrepreneurship and Energy Policy

    A Five Nation Study of Politics, Innovation and Social Change

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Energy
    Originally published in 1994. The energy crisis of the 1970s provided an opportune climate for public sector entrepreneurship to develop. The authors present case studies from six innovative and diverse municipalities in Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden and the United States. The studies document problems these communities encountered while implementing new ideas in energy conservation and changes ... Read more

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  • The Shareholder Value Myth

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    by Lynn Stout ...
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    Learn easy ways to get free money from Government Grants. Reasons for using grants, avoid Government Grant Scams, and gain key grant benefits. ... Read more

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  • Corporate Governance

    In the wake of the recent global financial collapse the timely new edition of this successful text provides students and business professionals with a welcome update of the key issues facing managers, boards of directors, investors, and shareholders.In addition to its authoritative overview of the history, the myth and the reality of corporate governance, this new edition has been updated to ... Read more

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  • Inside the Boardroom

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    Distinguished governance experts offer cures for what ails our boards of directorsIn light of corporate malfeasance in recent years, the governance of corporations has been receiving great attention from regulators, researchers, shareholders, and directors themselves. Based on Richard Leblanc's in-depth five-year study of 39 boards of directors of both for- and not-for-profit organizations, ... Read more

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  • How the Other Half Banks

    Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy

    The United States has two separate banking systems today—one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of ... Read more

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  • Resource Management for School Administrators

    Optimizing Fiscal, Facility, and Human Resources

    Series series The Concordia University Leadership Series
    Resource Management for School Administrators is the only comprehensive book covering all school resources—fiscal, facilities and human resources. Each chapter has objectives that are aligned with the new ELCC and ISLCC standards on accreditation. Many of the federal and various state policies and laws are included. Everything you need to know on managing school resources are covered: national and ... Read more

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  • Myth and Measurement

    The New Economics of the Minimum Wage - Twentieth-Anniversary Edition

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