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    • Handbook of Commercial Policy

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 1A
      • November 2, 2016
      • Kyle Bagwell + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 2 8 0 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 3 7 6 7
      Handbook of Commercial Policy explores three main topics that permeate the study of commercial policy. The first section presents a broad set of basic empirical facts regarding the pattern and evolution of commercial policy, with the second section investigating the crosscutting legal issues relating to the purpose and design of agreements. Finally, the third section covers key issues of commercial policy in the modern global economy. Every chapter in the book provides coverage from the perspectives of multilateral, and where appropriate, preferential trade agreements. While most other volumes are policy-oriented, this comprehensive guide explores the ways that intellectual thinking and rigor organize research, further making frontier-level synthesis and current theoretical and empirical research accessible to all.

    • Law in the Study of Business

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • Derek Roebuck
      • R Brown + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 2 6 8 2 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 5 9 2 4 9
      Law in the Study of Business deals with the relationship between the field of law and the study of business. The text specifically discusses the program's courses, the criticisms, and the different problems that have emerged. The book begins by enumerating the various courses or subjects that business studies include. It also talks about other programs that require the study of law. The syllabus is listed and a breakdown of the program's first three years is discussed. The book also lists critics of the program and discusses what the criticisms are. Opinions of other business professionals as well as the author's personal take on the matter are given in the same chapter. The last parts of the book talk about variations in teaching law, law teaching methods, and the author's conclusions regarding the business study program. The reference material provides excellent information for those who are interested in entering either law or business programs and for those who teach business.

    • Innovation and Employment

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • David Foster
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 2 2 5 0 0 5
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 3 3 0 6 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 6 5 4 8 6
      Innovation and Employment is a comprehensive study of the various aspects and principles of the problem of unemployment in Great Britain. It aims to provide new approaches and newfangled proposals that delineate from traditional methods of solving the problem of unemployment. The formulation of a practical solution to the problem of unemployment is the main objective of the book. Prior to the presentation of the solution, correct facts and figures are gathered and the basic principles of employment are identified and explained. Finally, the author suggests the creation of a National Work Service to find a special job-fit between the self-starters and the unemployed, which hopefully can create a parallel economic arrangement of continuous economic growth. Economists, labor planners, demographers, politicians, and students of economics and sociology will find this book invaluable.

    • Flexible Benefits and Employee Choice

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • David E. Bloom + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 2 9 5 1 8 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 4 0 5 6 8
      Flexible Benefits and Employee Choice summarizes literature on a series of issues related to flexible compensation. Both academic and practical pieces published in the areas of economics, demography, business, sociology, psychology, law, and administration are included. The review is divided into five main sections. The first section presents an overview of the literature on flexible compensation. Within this broad overview, subsections focus on (1) the advent and growth of flexible compensation; (2) the present legal status of flexible compensation; (3) the design, structure, and operation of flexible compensation plans; (4) the advantages and disadvantages of flexible compensation plans; and (5) the future outlook for flexible compensation. The second section presents seven organization case studies. The organizations were chosen so as to capture a range of industries, flexible compensation plans, and experiences with those plans. The third section presents 56 abstracts of the main published pieces on this subject. References to the abstracted material plus some additional pieces relating to fringe-benefit systems and benefit planning are listed in the section entitled "Recommended Reading." The section on "Additional Reading" lists many older pieces on flexible compensation and fringe benefits which might be of some use to practitioners and other individuals trying to develop a deeper and more historical understanding of the development of the literature on this subject.

    • The Service Hub Concept in Human Services Planning

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • Michael Dear + 1 more
      • D. R. Diamond + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 4 2 5 4 3 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 0 6 2 8 1
      The Service Hub Concept in Human Services Planning examines how the concept of a 'service hub' could assist in the delivery of human services. The monograph covers the problematic of human services planning, including difficulties associated with effective client assessment and assignment; overcoming the opposition sentiments that commonly block human services provision; and questions associated with socio-spatial justice. The book also tackles the service hub concept and service hubs in practice. The bases for community opposition to human service facilities; fair-share approach to service provision; and the impact of difference and social justice in human services planning are also described. Geographers and those involved in urban and regional planning will find the monograph invaluable.

    • Political Pressure and Economic Policy

      • 1st Edition
      • June 23, 2016
      • Martin Holmes
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 3 1 1 0 8
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 6 3 5 2 9
      Political Pressure and Economic Policy: British Government 1970-1974 discusses the shift in British economic policy following the electoral victory of the Conservatives in 1970. It attempts to explain not just the immediate reasons for the policy reversals, but also the political context in which they were made in terms of the difficulty of sustaining the “Quiet Revolution” policies when they so clearly appeared to contradict the post-war Keynesian consensus to which the Conservative Party was still committed. The book is organized into three parts. Part I discusses the events leading up to the “Quiet Revolution,” which involved major policy reversals that led the Conservative Party towards a path radically different from the status quo. Part II examines specific policy changes such as passage of the Industrial Relations Act; the U-turn over industry policy; the “N minus 1” policy; and the “Health dilemma” strategy. Part III focuses on Mr. Edward Heath's Prime Ministerial style of Government.

    • British Trade Unions Today

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2016
      • Clive Jenkins + 1 more
      • R Brown + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 4 7 1 1 6
      British Trade Unions Today is concerned with the trade union movement in Britain, how it operates, and how it strives constantly to achieve its objectives. This text examines why the British people hold trade union membership cards, why they do it, how they do it, what they expect from their unions, and how the trade union movement affects the citizens of Britain. This book consists of nine chapters and begins by discussing the history of trade unions in Britain, with emphasis on how various forms of organization came about and how they are now. The next chapter focuses on the legal battles faced by British unions to fight for their right of formal existence and compares the legal framework for industrial relations in the United Kingdom with that in the United States. The reader is then introduced to the societal goals of trade unions and what they have achieved so far, particularly with respect to improving wages and employment conditions. The chapters that follow consider the rationale for the unions' establishment of a national center, the election and selection of union officers, and union communications and publicity. This book also examines how trade unions conduct collective bargaining, along with their finances, and concludes by assessing the future of the unions in the context of the social environment in which they operate. This reference material will be useful to trade union leaders and members as well as companies and policymakers who deal with unions.

    • The Mathematical Brain Across the Lifespan

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 227
      • June 20, 2016
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 6 9 8 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 7 0 2 4
      The Mathematical Brain Across the Lifespan is the latest volume in the Progress in Brain Research series that focuses on new trends and developments. This established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within the neurosciences, as well as popular and emerging subfields.

    • Psychology of Learning and Motivation

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 65
      • July 15, 2016
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 0 5 1 8 2 5
      Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving. Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors, who present and discuss significant bodies of research relevant to their discipline. Volume 65 includes chapters on such varied topics as prospective memory, metacognitive information processing, basic memory processes during reading, working memory capacity, attention, perception and memory, short-term memory, language processing, and causal reasoning.

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