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| Author | : Gunnar Eliasson |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 490 |
| Release | : 2017-11-16 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3319669931 |
This book examines the historic role of professional and demanding military customers in industrial development. Particular emphasis is paid to public procurement of military equipment as a catalyst for innovation; and the civilian commercialization of military technologies (from gunpowder and cannons to submarines, missiles and aircraft) is documented by many case illustrations that show how macro-level productivity advance has been generated. A complementary volume to Advancing Public Procurement as Industrial Policy (2010), which focused on the spillover effects of the Swedish combat aircraft, Gripen, in this book Gunnar Eliasson widens the perspective to cover product development across the Swedish defense industry, with an emphasis on regional economic development and macro-economics, inter alia through the involvement of Saab (aircraft) and Kockums (submarines) in partnership ventures in Australia, Norway and Brazil. The volume is organized into four parts. Part one examines the historical transformation of the Swedish economy over the past three centuries from agriculture and raw materials to an advanced industrial economy. Part two presents detailed case studies to illustrate the spillover effects of procurement projects and military-industrial partnerships. Part three explains the spillover phenomenon theoretically within a dynamic micro- to macro-economic perspective. Particular emphasis is placed on the empirical credibility of model-based economy-wide and dynamic cost-benefit calculations. The book concludes with a section on fostering industrial development through public procurement. The result is a book that will appeal to economists in the industrial economics and management fields; to technical, marketing and purchasing executives in business; and to policy makers in public procurement concerned with innovation and long-run industrial development.
| Author | : Paul Beynon-Davies |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 464 |
| Release | : 2017-09-16 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1137292660 |
The second edition of eBusiness provides a balanced coverage of electronic business and its role in the transformation of organisations. It takes a worldwide perspective and discusses the increasing role of information and communication technologies within both private and public sector organisations. A strong underpinning in theory is used throughout to help understand the practical implications of this important phenomenon. Chapters are integrated around an overview model of eBusiness and contain case material, exercises and reflective points. New to this Edition: - Revised structure which builds a conception of eBusiness from first principles - Integrated chapter case studies and revised free-standing international case studies - Coverage of new topics including mobile commerce, electronic government and cloud computing - Increased range of learning material in each chapter as well as fully updated online resources eBusiness is an ideal text for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students of e-business.
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| Total Pages | : 642 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Economic history |
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| Author | : Richard P. F. Holt |
| Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1849802084 |
This book argues that mainstream economics, with its present methodological approach, is limited in its ability to analyze and develop adequate public policy to deal with environmental problems and sustainable development. Each chapter provides major insights into many of today s environmental problems such as global warming and sustainable growth. Building on the strengths and insights of Post Keynesian and ecological economics and incorporating cutting-edge work in economic complexity, bounded rationality and socio-economic dynamics, this book provides an interdisciplinary approach to deal with a broad range of environmental concerns. The contributors show how and where the two traditions share common ground concerning environmental problems and shed light on how the two schools can learn from one another. The book will be of great value to Post Keynesian and ecological economists as well as to those interested in new approaches to important global environmental issues.
| Author | : Ganesh Sitaraman |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 185 |
| Release | : 2021-07-01 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1108800270 |
A public option is a government-provided social good that exists alongside a similar privately provided good. While the public option is typically identified with health care policy, public options have been a longstanding feature of American life in a variety of sectors, ranging from libraries to swimming pools. Public schools, for example, coexist alongside private schools. However, there is surprisingly little research on 'public options' as a general category. Rather, over the last few decades, considerable scholarly and popular efforts to ensure access to important social goods have focused on market subsidies (like vouchers) or privatization – which both face increasing criticism. Uniting scholars from across disciplines, this volume delves into the theory of the public option, explores several important case studies, and shows how public options could be a corrective to the trend toward privatization and subsidies. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
| Author | : William A. Rushing |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9400942311 |
Statistics published by the U. S. Department of Commerce (1980) indicate that in 1977 we spent 8. 1% of our gross national product (GNP) on life, health, property-casualty, and other forms of insurance. An additional 5. 7% was used to pay the Social Security tax, which is another form of insurance premium, for a total of 14. 8% of the GNP. \ Although insurance had its historical origin in marine insurance, it has now developed into one of the major industries of the American economy and extends into many areas of economic activity. One area where growth has been particularly strong is the medical sector. Health insurance is a major institution in all industrialized countries. It became a government responsibility in 1883 when Bismarck intro duced a compulsory program of health insurance for industrial workers in Germany. Programs for workers in various industrial and income categories soon followed in other European countries-Austria (1888), Hungary (1891), Norway (1909), Servia (1910), Great Britain (1911), and Russia and Romania (1912) (Rubinow, 1913:250). Programs in these countries were extended in subsequent years, and other countries in Europe followed with their own programs. Consequently, today most industrial countries have universal or near-universal health insurance coverage. In the United States the issue of national health insurance has been seriously debated since just prior to World War I, and polling data since the 1930s show that a substantial majority of the public has been supportive of such a program (Erskine, 1975).
| Author | : Alan M. Dershowitz |
| Publisher | : All Points Books |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2019-09-03 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1250179971 |
World-renowned lawyer Alan Dershowitz recounts stories from his many years of defending the state of Israel. Alan Dershowitz has spent years advocating for his "most challenging client"—the state of Israel—both publicly and in private meetings with high level international figures, including every US president and Israeli leader of the past 40 years. Replete with personal insights and unreported details, Defending Israel offers a comprehensive history of modern Israel from the perspective of one of the country's most important supporters. Readers are given a rare front row seat to the high profile controversies and debates that Dershowitz was involved in over the years, even as the political tides shifted and the liberal community became increasingly critical of Israeli policies. Beyond documenting America's changing attitude toward the country, Defending Israel serves as an updated defense of the Jewish homeland on numerous points—though it also includes Dershowitz's criticisms of Israeli decisions and policies that he believes to be unwise. At a time when Jewish Americans as a whole are increasingly uncertain as to who supports Israel and who doesn't, there is no better book to turn to for answers—and a pragmatic look toward the future.
| Author | : Andreas Pyka |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 532 |
| Release | : 2017-11-15 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3319620096 |
The book illustrates the considerable advances in modern evolutionary economics and addresses core questions of economic behaviour, interaction of heterogeneous actors in uncertain environments and the possibility of aggregating observations on a macro-economic level. It presents the foundations of economic change as the major building blocks of an economic approach that focusses on complex processes driven by endogenous innovation as well as crisis. The theoretical considerations are complemented by econometric studies to demonstrate the relevance of evolutionary-economic thinking to improve our understanding of the most challenging issues related to economic growth and development.
| Author | : Paul Beynon-Davies |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 425 |
| Release | : 2021-05-05 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3030679624 |
This textbook offers an essential introduction to design orientation in business, which impacts the way management is undertaken world-wide. Design orientation, as it applies to business, is the process through which a designer analyses business as a system, identifies motivation for changing the system, and designs improvement for the organisation, as well as ways of implementing this improvement. It involves strategic and innovative thinking, communication with key stakeholders, and change management. This book provides coverage of critical tools for design which enable business professionals to analyse existing ways of organizing and to design new ways of organizing. The reader will learn how to develop a digital business model to organize private, public or voluntary work. In doing so, the reader will learn to critically evaluate the notion of digital innovation and understand the proper place of ICT within organization. The reader will learn how to: critically evaluate the relevance of digital innovation to domains of organisation develop digital business models to organize private, public or voluntary work construct business strategy and relate it to business models, motivation models, innovation management and change management Written by an expert in the field, this book is designed for both students and professionals. Each chapter contains an introduction, a section of key reading, and a summary, while a number of cases based on real-life examples are worked through as examples in the text, demonstrating the real-life application of the design theory discussed.
| Author | : F. A. G. den Butter |
| Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1781001316 |
This timely book presents practical applications of modern economic theories to trade, transaction costs and institutions within both business and governmental realms. Frank A.G. den Butter explains the importance and means of keeping transaction costs as low as possible. He illustrates how this transaction management can contribute to making firms and nations more competitive by exploiting gains from the division of labour and international fragmentation of production, and uses relevant case studies to illustrate how value is created by reducing transaction costs. Policy recommendations for strengthening the competitive position of trading nations and reducing implementation costs of government policy are presented, and management methods for creating value in organizing production on a global scale are prescribed. A wide-ranging audience encompassing economists in academia, government and business; managers in industry and government; and students of economics, business and globalization will find this book to be a crucial reference tool.
