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DE ONDERNEMENDE STAAT Waarom de markt niet zonder overheid kan Zonder de jarenlange investeringen van de Amerikaanse overheid waren Apple en Microsoft, om twee topbedrijven te noemen, nooit zo groot……続きを見る

In the late nineteenth century, scientists began allying themselves with America’s corporate, political, and military elites. They did so not just to improve their professional standing and win more……続きを見る

The financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession caused a crisis of public confidence in business and American-style capitalism, with its focus on maximizing shareholder value. Corporate leaders……続きを見る

an excellent new book” - Paul Krugman, The New York Times History, not ideology, holds the key to growth. Brilliantly written and argued, Concrete Economics shows how government has repeatedly resh……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1988, examines the impact of multinational companies on the British economy and the British government’s policy responses. It assesses the effects of multinationals bot……続きを見る

Today's financial crisis is the result of dismal failures on the part of regulators, market analysts, and corporate executives. Yet the response of the American government has been to bail out the v……続きを見る

The past three decades have been characterized by vast change and crises in global financial marketsーand not in politically unstable countries but in the heart of the developed world, from the Grea……続きを見る

Until now, research has given us only a limited understanding of how managers actually make sense of and apply management knowledge; how networks of interaction amongst managers help or hinder proce……続きを見る

Unser Sozialsystem ist am Ende. Reformieren lässt es sich nicht, sagt der Hamburger Ökonomieprofessor Thomas Straubhaar. Aber revolutionieren: durch das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen. Wenn alle Mens……続きを見る

While geopolitics has captured global attention, geoeconomics is the often hidden force that governs countries’ relationships. It is the economic psyche that shapes the new world order. Geoeconomics……続きを見る

The government budget should be the financial mirror of society's choices. Yet most people view budgeting as the epitome of eye-glazing subjects, rarely explained in a way that is understandable to ……続きを見る

The book takes as its starting point the crisis of healthcare in the UK: impossible health targets managed through command and control management and a stomach-churning rise in racism, whistleblowin……続きを見る

An insider’s look at the SEC and the changes needed to strengthen the U.S. financial system In 2008, Americans were reeling from the devastating financial crisis that caused the Great Recession. The……続きを見る

Regulatory change is typically understood as a response to significant crises like the Great Depression, or salient events that focus public attention, like Earth Day 1970. Without discounting the i……続きを見る

Given the rapid growth of the public-private partnership program (PPP), the Philippine government has initiated reforms to strengthen the framework for managing contingent liabilities arising from P……続きを見る

How much risk should we take? A Short Guide to Risk Appetite sets out to help all those who need to decide how much risk can be taken in a particular risky and important situation. David Hillson and……続きを見る

Public Private Partnerships are no longer new. They are now a well-established vehicle for delivering large capital projects or managing services. Many organizations are now working with 'multi sect……続きを見る

The last decade has witnessed a transformation in the organization and management of primary care. In Towards Managed Primary Care, the authors examine the background and development of Primary Care……続きを見る

The historic growth in world trade, large container ships and information technology have triggered profound changes in international trade. A few years ago, customs officers at the border were meti……続きを見る

This second edition of Welcome to GoodCo updates the author's critically acclaimed analysis of how the tools of business are being (and ought to be) used to help tackle the great problems of both th……続きを見る

Controlling costs in health care is rarely something that can be tackled in isolation. Cost control invariably interacts with issues of quality and health care access. Thus, this diverse collection ……続きを見る

A first-rate organizational business plan demands an understanding of the dynamics behind remuneration, joint ventures, partnerships, alliances, major contracts; in fact, all of the commercial imper……続きを見る

Following on from the success of the editors' previous book, New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, which examined the public reform process up to the end of the last decad……続きを見る

The Government's e-envoy promised in a recent FT article that 'public services will be on-line by 2005 target'. By the end of 2002 taking these services online will have cost Â〓3 billion. The task ……続きを見る

Despite the pressure for local councils to follow the lead of the private sector and develop shared service and partnership arrangements, the barriers in terms of culture, differences in priorities ……続きを見る

In 2007 Terry Crawford-Browne published the explosive Eye On The Money. It was primarily an account of the international banking sanctions campaign against apartheid during the 1980s, but also dealt……続きを見る

Die Einführung des Euros im Jahr 2000 wurde getragen von der Vision eines starken vereinigten Europas. 17 Jahre später ist diese Vision zum Alptraum geworden: Die strukturellen Unterschiede der Mitg……続きを見る

This is the third volume in the CARE-ing for Integral Development series. It continues to build on the previous two works, Community Activation and Awakening Integral Consciousness, as well as prece……続きを見る

Originally published in 1978, the essays in this text discuss issues surrounding inflation, governmental roles in economic matters and varying economic systems and theories with a particular lean to……続きを見る

This eBook analyses public procurement opportunities, rules and procedures in Serbia, with particular reference to the new legislative framework. It highlights public procurement policy, including c……続きを見る