Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Case studies    3. Community development    4. Development - Economic Development    5. Economic development projects    6. Economics - Comparative    7. Political culture    8. Public Policy - Economic Policy    9. Social Science    10. Sociology    11. Sociology - Urban    12. United States    13. Business & Economics / Economic Development    14. Canada    15. Development economics    16. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Comparative management    5. Corporate governance    6. Economics - Comparative    7. Handbooks, manuals, etc    8. International - Economics    9. Law and legislation    10. Reference - General    11. Business & Economics / Economics / Comparative    12. Business & Economics / Management    13. Business & Economics/International - Economics    14. Business & Management   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Economics - Comparative    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Health & Fitness / General   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economics - Comparative    5. Economics - Theory    6. Management - General    7. Economics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economic policy    5. Economics    6. Economics - Comparative    7. Finance    8. Business & Economics / Economics / Comparative   

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Excellent Book on Benchmarking

Excellent how-to book on benchmarking - worth every minute
Camp does a marvelous job of providing the reader with the why's and wherefore's of the benchmarking process. Very easy reading yet quite complete and informative on the methodology and the use of benchmarking analyses. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economics - Comparative    5. Entrepreneurship    6. Finance    7. Leadership    8. Management - General    9. Quality Control    10. Business strategy   

Subjects:  1. Africa    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Development - Economic Development    6. Economic conditions    7. Economic policy    8. Economics - Comparative    9. Economics - General    10. Economics - Macroeconomics    11. Business & Economics / Economics / Comparative    12. Development economics   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Cost and standard of living    3. Economic History    4. Economics - Comparative    5. Economics - General    6. History    7. Middle class    8. Social Classes    9. Social History    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. United States    13. United States - 20th Century    14. 20th century    15. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Economic Conditions    2. Economics - Comparative    3. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    4. Political Science    5. Human rights   

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Useful concise book
As admitted in the book there is an overemphasis on American governance systems due to the many high quality research papers available by leading US academics.The strong point of this book is that the research has been condensed into concise short papers easily understood by corporate accountants (like myself).It gives a broad view of Agency Theory and the associated costs and benefits of various governance models and real life examples. As I am working in Japan, my interest was in the comparision of systems between Japan & US (as an Australian I was dissapointed at no analysis of the Australian perspective).However, the rapid change in the Japanese corporate environment in the last 1-2 years makes some of the discussions marginally out of date.A lot of the analysis though is so fundamental it is unlikely its basis will change much in the next 10 years. A good read and very thought provoking.

Written by top finance professors
This book was written by a number of famous finance professors including several Novel Prize winners.Each chapter was written by the world classacademics and this contains comprehensive topics relating to internationalfinance and governance system.This book is not expensive at all but youcan learn a lot. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate Finance    5. Corporate governance    6. Corporations    7. Economics - Comparative    8. Finance    9. International - Accounting    10. Japan    11. United States    12. Budgeting & financial management    13. Business & Economics / Corporate Finance    14. Business | Management    15. Europe    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. 1960-    2. Africa    3. Africa - General    4. Democracy    5. Economic conditions    6. Economics - Comparative    7. History    8. History & Theory - General    9. History: World    10. International Relations - General    11. Politics - Current Events    12. Politics / Current Events    13. Politics and government    14. African studies    15. Development economics    16. Development studies    17. History / Africa    18. Political structures: democracy   

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Brilliant and timely
"Diversity Advantage" is an updated version of Zachary's 2000 "the Global Me." Zachary makes the case for why diversity can be a resource for companies, institutions, and states. Briefly, hybrids-- such people of mixed ethnic or social backgrounds, and immigrants-- today are growing in numbers, public prominence, and economic importance: they jump-start regional and national economies, give industries a critical edge, strengthen states, and diversify the intellectual capital of corporations. Indeed, hybridity is the modern philosopher's stone, the key to economic vitality among global corporations and advanced nations. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economics - Comparative    5. Ethnic Sociology    6. Ethnic Studies - General    7. International - General    8. International Economics (General)    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Current Events    11. Ethnic Studies   

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A key text defining an alternative to capitalism.
Is there an alternative to the exploitation, I will, I won't, decide my indecision.
I buy a product because I find it useful and if someone makes something better then I spend my money on that instead. There's a simplicity to that system I can understand. Instead, these guys say classlessness is more important, so dump the market and have a committee of self managing workers decide on the product's worth and then mediate and refine their desires in the light of feedback by other committees taking into account issues of classlessness, race and environmental impact. Pay will be decided on the basis of who has made the most effort and sacrifice in making the product. As far as books are concerned, the committee of self participatory workers will decide the worth of the book and whether or not it is worth making the neccessary sacrifice to make the book and then presumably send it to the printers so they can have a meeting as to whether they wish to participate in printing the book and send back their imput as to their desires and the commitee will have another participatory self managing meeting to take this into account and come to a mutually beneficial agreement on whether or not to proceed. This simpler system falls apart over one unanswerable question. What the hell are we going to do about Oliver Stone? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Comparative economics    4. Distributive justice    5. Economic Conditions    6. Economics    7. Economics - Comparative    8. Industrial management    9. Political Science    10. Public Policy - Economic Policy    11. Welfare economics    12. Business & Economics-Economics - Comparative    13. Political Science / Economic Conditions    14. Political Science / Economic Policy    15. Political Science-Public Policy - Economic Policy   

Subjects:  1. Age distribution (Demography)    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Economic Conditions    6. Economic aspects    7. Economics - Comparative    8. Economics - General    9. Economics - Theory    10. Government policy    11. Life span, Productive    12. Pensions    13. Business & Economics / Economics / General    14. Labour economics   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Economic policy    3. Economics - Comparative    4. European Union    5. European Union countries    6. Government - Comparative    7. International - Economics    8. International Relations - General    9. Mediterranean Region    10. Political Science    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Public Policy - Economic Policy    13. EU & European institutions    14. EU (European Union)    15. Eastern Europe    16. Political Science / International Relations    17. Southern Europe   

Subjects:  1. Asia    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Ethics    4. Business enterprises    5. Case studies    6. Corrupt practices    7. Development - Economic Development    8. Economics - Comparative    9. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    10. Political Science    11. Political corruption    12. Politics/International Relations    13. Central government    14. Development studies   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Congresses    5. Currency question    6. Developing countries    7. Economics - Comparative    8. Financial crises    9. Foreign Economic Policy    10. Foreign Exchange    11. International - Economics    12. Money & Monetary Policy    13. Public Policy - Economic Policy    14. Business & Economics / Economics / International    15. Development economics    16. Monetary economics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Development - Sustainable Development    5. Economics - Comparative    6. Social responsibility of busin    7. Social responsibility of business    8. Management & management techniques   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economic Conditions    5. Economics - Comparative    6. Economics - General    7. Emigration & Immigration    8. International Relations - General    9. Business & Economics / Economics / General    10. Europe    11. Immigration & emigration    12. International relations    13. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    14. Political economy   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Economic History    6. Economics - Comparative    7. Energy industries    8. Europe    9. History    10. Telecommunication    11. Transportation    12. Business & Economics / Economic History    13. Energy industries & utilities    14. Postal & telecommunications industries    15. Transport industries