Economics
mobi |eng | 2014-12-01 | Author:Sven Beckert

Famine victims, probably 1899, India (Credit 11.12) — Experiencing a new kind of uncertainty thanks to world market integration, and squeezed by moneylenders, cotton growers in India, Brazil, Mexico, and ...
( Category: Economics December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2010-05-26 | Author:Roger D. Silk & James W. Lintott

Even if a donor doesn’t have specialized business expertise, he or she can be actively engaged. Lois B. Pope is neither a doctor nor a business executive, but a former ...
( Category: Politics & Government December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2012-02-14 | Author:Shaun Rein

One of the biggest problems facing China today is forced land appropriations and the eviction of peasants, done to allow real estate developers to build more housing units or so ...
( Category: International December 2,2017 )
mobi, pdf |eng | 2014-07-11 | Author:Russell Roberts

"I have some important news." Erica Baldwin is talking at the regular Monday morning meeting of the OCR. She has been quiet, listening to Marshall Jackson, the lead staffer on ...
( Category: Economics December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2013-06-09 | Author:George Gilder [Gilder, George]

In the lead-up to the collapse, Greenspan “created a structure of negative real interest rates,” forcing rates down to 1 percent, encouraging and providing incentives to banks and borrowers to ...
( Category: Politics & Government December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2015-11-13 | Author:John Maynard Keynes

II Whilst the amount of cash which an individual decides to hold to satisfy the transactions- motive and the precautionary-motive is not entirely independent of what he is holding to ...
( Category: Economics December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2013-09-23 | Author:Harvard Business Review

broadband boosts well-being as effectively as a robust economy A 10-percentage-point increase in broadband penetration produces the same lift in the population’s subjective well-being as a 2.89% increase in GDP ...
( Category: Education & Reference December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2013-09-22 | Author:Paul M. Rand [Rand, Paul M.]

Owned Media Owned media is content created and controlled by a brand, whether it’s a website, blog, or the brand’s own social media channels. Owned media is about brand control, ...
( Category: Industries December 2,2017 )
mobi, pdf |eng | 2015-10-26 | Author:Matt Ridley

The technology of education The impact of profit-seeking education is not confined to poor countries. In Sweden, profit-making schools have been a competitive spur to state schools, raising standards and ...
( Category: Social Sciences December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2015-07-13 | Author:Margaret A. Neale & Thomas Z. Lys

CHAPTER NINE CONCEDE OR ELSE! The Influence of Promises and Threats Negotiators often attempt to influence their counterparts by issuing threats or making promises. For example, they might threaten to ...
( Category: Management & Leadership December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2008-10-07 | Author:Karen Berman & Joe Knight [Berman, Karen]

The list goes on. Maybe your plant manager is always recommending buying more equipment, just in case the orders come in. Perhaps whoever runs your IT system feels that the ...
( Category: Accounting December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2012-08-27 | Author:Paddy Hirsch [Hirsch, Paddy]

* * * A MODERN-DAY BANK RUN Those who thought the computer age had put an end to old-style bank runs were given a rude awakening on June 27, 2008. ...
( Category: Personal Finance December 2,2017 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2010-09-21 | Author:Stewart, Thomas A. [Stewart, Thomas A.]

How to Escape the Old Trade-off: Speed Versus Expertise Think of the words “structure” and “organization.” What comes to mind? This, probably: The grand old functional organization has so many ...
( Category: Processes & Infrastructure December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2009-04-28 | Author:John Lusk & Kyle Harrison [Lusk, John]

THE ART OF LOW FINANCE At the end of 1999, while most people prepared for the dawn of the new millennium, our crack team of accountants (Kyle and I) met ...
( Category: Economics December 2,2017 )
azw3, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Smith, T.M. [Smith, T.M.]

“You guys want the five cent tour?” Tristan asked, grinning. Micah and Gabe nodded. “As you can see, it’s not much. But it’s home. Straight back behind the kitchen is ...
( Category: Economics November 30,2017 )