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Many economic issues that touch the life of millions of people are more complex than most people thought. From the US financial crisis to regional cooperation, from the oil price shock to climate change, policy conflicts are abound. This book argues that understanding the nature and intensity of trade-offs is a key to resolving the conflicts.

Foreign affairs practitioners and policy analysts claim that international arms embargoes usually fail due to the lack of political will among national governments to implement and enforce these restrictions. This book includes chapters that examine some of the complex cases of arms embargoes such as Iraq, Pakistan, Angola, and Liberia.

Contains seven papers on various issues in the field of human resources management.

A collection of original research papers by a number of industrial organization economists active in the field of Research and Development theory and policy. It covers patent policy, the effects of market structure and the internal organization of the firm on R&D incentives and technical progress, and R&D cooperation and technological spillovers.

An intellectual property (IP) system was established in China in 1985. Systematic studies of the subject are still scarce, especially from a corporate management perspective and this book attempts to fill in the gap.

High-quality research and case studies that focus on the professional responsibilities of accountants and how they deal with the ethical issues they face. This series features articles on a broad range of important and timely topics, including professionalism, social responsibility, ethical judgment, and accountability.

Features a symposium on law and film as well as two articles of general interest. This book addresses central questions in the operation of law and legal systems.

Addresses the influence of research funding on advances in libraries and librarianship from two perspectives: funding agents and specific initiatives.

Illustrates the scope and diversity of modern applications, reviews advances, and highlights many desirable aspects of inference and computations. This work presents an historical overview that describes key contributions to development and makes predictions for future directions.

The Asian Economy with one common Asian Money is a frontier topic of study in supranational macroeconomics. Part of the "CEA Series", this book examines the prospects of, the justification for, and the implications of the development of a common Asian currency.

Examines the underlying root causes of our failure to successfully manage the fishery resources of the world's oceans. This book offers alternative solutions that can allow human society to maximize the long term benefits form ocean resources. It is of interest to academics in economics, business, environmental sciences and sociology.

Consists of essays that discuss and analyze the 19th Century writings of Harriet Martineau (British Author), considered to be early examples of sociology and gender studies. Continuing in the tradition established by the "Advances in Gender Research" series, this title explores gender as a social institution and social construct.

Japan has led the world in urban innovation, design and planning, successfully combining high population with functionality, cleanliness and low levels of crime. This book addresses the social, cultural and physical determinants of the Japanese urban environment, showing how cultural values have influenced the historical evolution of cities.

Offers fresh theoretical and methodological insights into biculturalism as a reality in many socieities. This work presents a variety of methodological strategies and techniques case studies, autoethnography, content analysis, participant observation, the national survey, and structured and unstructured interviews.

South Asia is a distinct geographical entity comprised of seven countries - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives (situated in the Indian Ocean). This book looks at these countries in a historical context, from inter-regional and international perspectives.

Introduces and clarifies, in a structured manner, the possible ethical considerations concerning the provision of educational services and habilitation for young children with hearing losses. This book discusses topics that concern parents and professionals who have and work with young children with hearing losses.

Much of land use and transportation planning aims to reduce traffic congestion. Comprehensive and policy relevant measures useful to land-use and transportation planning need to capture both land use and travel dimensions. This book focuses on the science and policy around the multi-modal concept of accessibility.

What is transparency? What does it do? How much of it do we need, and for what purpose? This book includes chapters that address transparency in different markets and at different levels: from corporate financial disclosure to lobbying; from the risk incentives facing banks to competition and environmental policies.

Derived from the Annual International High Technology Small Firms (HTSFs) Conference, this volume gives a basis for fresh "evidence-based" government policy, although governments in many developed economies have often been seduced by "fads", in circumstances where policy solutions are crudely adopted without convincing evidence of their efficacy.

Deals with Eastern and Central Europe (ECE), and alliances with local partners with different attitudes, beliefs and ways of thinking. This book addresses issues in depth as how to reduce the gaps between Western and Eastern firms and how to make the alliances workable and fruitful. It also looks at development and benefits of networking.

The theme of the 2002 Eleventh International Conference on Management of Technology, held in Miami Beach, Florida, was "The Drive Towards the Internet Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Developed and Developing Regions of the World". The intent was to provide a special focus on the explosion expected in E-commerce.

Addresses the problem of improving public transit systems by taking advantage of various technologies and advanced modelling techniques.

The central argument that Leslie Smith makes in this study is that reasoning by mathematical induction develops during childhood. The basis for this claim is a study conducted with children aged five to seven years in school years one and two.

The articles gathered in this collection address safety-oriented systems interventions and the various ways in which experience can be transferred and corrective measures applied to situations that warrant such attention.

Contains the proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, held in Adelaide in 2002. It covers intelligent transport systems; analytical techniques for road safety; travel demand modelling, congestion pricing; environmental impact analysis and more.

Part of "Advances in Learning and Instruction Series", this book provides a comprehensive and coherent perspective on the processes and outcomes of a meaningful and worthwhile educational experience in adult and higher education. It discusses the core concepts of responsibility and control.

This text presents fundamental concepts and general approaches to City Logistics. City Logistics is the process of totally optimizing urban logistics activities by considering the social, environmental, economic, financial and energy impacts of urban freight movement.

Brings together 12 articles from "Long Range Planning - The International Journal of Strategic Management" dealing with different aspects of the complex process of managing strategic change. This work covers issues such as the development of strategic vision and the creation of a sense of mission, the importance of corporate culture, and more.

Presents research utilizing laboratory experimental methods in economics.

Analyzes factors which may explain, and/or influence the relationship between the competitiveness of multinational enterprises and the countries in which they operate. This book addresses issues such as advances in the determinants and strategy of multinational business activity, and the determinants of location competitiveness of countries.