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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “laurence ferry”
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  • Holding Government to Account

    Democracy and the National Audit Office

    by Henry C Midgley, Laurence Ferry, Aileen D Murphie ...
    Series series Routledge Public Budgeting and Finance
    The National Audit Office has played an important role in the checks and balances of the UK parliamentary and political system over the last 40 years. This new book, more than just a history of the UK’s supreme audit institution, examines the very definition of accountability through both an historic and an academic lens, critically exploring questions about the role of audit in a democracy and ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Auditing Practices in Local Governments

    An International Comparison

    Edited by Laurence Ferry, Pasquale Ruggiero ...
    Series series Emerald Studies in Public Service Accounting and Accountability
    Public spending accounts for a significant share of national GDP and is perceived as a critically important way for overcoming periods of economic and social crisis, but is often criticised as inefficient and ineffective, giving raise to calls for new processes of reform. Because most public resources are raised through taxation from citizens and businesses, accountability and assurance are key in ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • The Research-Practice Gap on Accounting in the Public Services

    An International Analysis

    by Laurence Ferry, Iris Saliterer, Ileana Steccolini, Basil Tucker ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book considers how the practical and public policy relevance of research might be increased, and academics and practitioners can better engage to define research agendas and deliver findings relevant to accounting and accountability in the public services. To do so, an international comparative analysis of the research-practice gap in public sector accounting has been undertaken. This ... Read more

    $70.49 CAD

  • Public Service Accountability

    Rekindling a Debate

    by Peter Murphy, Laurence Ferry, Russ Glennon, Kirsten Greenhalgh ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    How we manage public services and hold them to account is critically important. Yet austerity, recent changes to accountability frameworks, and the loss of the Audit Commission have created a huge deficit in our understanding of how well services are delivered. The time is thus right to re-examine the state of our vital public services, as well as how we can make them more accountable. This book ... Read more

    $83.29 CAD

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    $11.99 CAD

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  • Platform Capitalism

    by Nick Srnicek ...
    Series series Theory Redux
    What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on. This transformation signals a major shift in how capitalist firms operate and how they interact with the rest of the economy: the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Bandit Capitalism

    Carillion and the Corruption of the British State

    by Bob Wylie ...
    "Comparable with Michael Lewis' The Big Short or indeed Ian Fraser's Shredded, Bob Wylie has done a forensic job . . . a powerful book." — Talk Media PodcastThe collapse in January 2018 of the construction giant Carillion, outsourcer of huge Government building contracts, is one of the great financial scandals of modern times. When it folded it had only £29 million in the bank and debts and other ... Read more

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  • Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

    by Kenneth Dyson ...
    The single European market after 1992 presents a major challenge to small and medium-sized companies in the Community. Whether it is developing exports and/or fighting off new imports, Europe's entrepreneurs will have to `think European'. Moreover, the European Community institutions themselves have developed special policies designed to promote the interests of Europe's smaller companies. This ... Read more

    $193.75 CAD

  • Called to Account

    How Corporate Bad Behaviour and Government Waste Combine to Cost us Millions.

    by Dame Margaret Hodge ...
    In a recent study of 61 hospitals, it was found that they bought 21 different types of A4 paper, 652 different kinds of surgical gloves and 1751 different cannulas.Police forces could cut the cost of their uniforms by over 30 per cent if they all bought the same one. But they disagree on how many pockets they need.Having committed to buy two new aircraft carriers, the MOD realised it didn't have ... Read more

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  • European Union Law

    by James O’Mahony ...
    Series series Blackhall’s Essential Law Revision Series
    The study of law can be an arduous and burdensome endeavour. Students can be overwhelmed by the unrelenting volume and complexity of legal texts. This can result in students failing to adequately understand the basic principles of their relevant study areas. Blackhall’s Essential Law Revision Series strives to take the drudgery and difficulty out of legal studies. The objective of the series is to ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to EU Competition Law

    by Moritz Lorenz ...
    Succinct and concise, this textbook covers all the procedural and substantive aspects of EU competition law. It explores primary and secondary law through the prism of ECJ case law. Abuse of a dominant position and merger control are discussed and a separate chapter on cartels ensures the student receives the broadest possible perspective on the subject. In addition, the book's consistent ... Read more

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  • Key Facts: Employment Law

    by Chris Turner ...
    Series series Key Facts
    Key Facts is the essential series for anyone studying law, including LLB, ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.Key Facts provides the simplest and most effective way for you to memorise and absorb the essential facts needed to pass your exams.Key Features:* User-friendly layout and style* Diagrams, charts and tables to illustrate key points* Summary charts at a basic level, followed by more ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD