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Yours FREE with your paid order for Managing Diversity The diversity trainer's survival kit. Now, all the ready-to-use materials, tools and advice you need to plan and conduct effective diversity-related seminars and workshops are at your fingertips in The Managing Diversity Survival Guide: A Complete Collection of Checklists, Activities and Tip. This start-to-finish diversity trainer's resource kit guides you through every phase of a successful training program. It's chock-full of reproducible activities. checklists and questionnaires... charts and worksheets... overhead transparency masters and sample agendas... plain-English answers to common questions... hints for dealing with participant resistance... suggestions for customizing your training agenda for best results-everything you need to maximize receptivity, openness and learning and to minimize trainer stress and participant resistance. Best of all, each of the 84 tools and activities-and 46 overhead transparenciues-are loaded into one handy diskette... ready for you to print out and use intantly!
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Foucault, Management, and Organization Theory draws together critical assessments of the contribution of Michel Foucault to our understanding of the making and remaking of the modern organization. By applying Foucauldion concepts such as discipline, surveillance, and power/knowledge, the authors shed new light on the genesis of the modern organization and raise fresh questions for organization theory. The bureaucratic career is, for example, analyzed as a disciplinary device that superseded corporal forms of control, mechanisms that sought to alter rational choices rather than constrain bodies. In turn, historical investigation raises questions about FoucaultÆs identification of the birth of the modern organization with the enlightenment. Other contributions review the impact of totalizing managerial discourses and the limits and possibilities of resistance. Here empirical research questions the profound pessimism of Foucault whose projects rely exclusively on, for instance, the designers of prisons and completely neglect the forgotten voices of inmates. Foucault, Management, and Organization Theory will provide students and lecturers with a valuable summary of FoucaultÆs contribution to organization theory while challenging some of the convention of traditional organizational analysis.
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Foucault, Management and Organization Theory : From Panoptic.......2000-06-15
This book comprises of 13 essays by leading organisational development researchers and academics. The focus is on Foucault's notion of power relations in the context of modern organisations. A Foucaultian perspective exposes an important but rarely discussed dimension of organisational dynamics - the manifestation of power and its effects. Each essay looks from a different angle at power in organisations. All are clearly written and approachable by non-academics. Essential reading for managers and management students.
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Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, published by Soil & Water Conservation Society on July 1, 1994. The length of the article is 516 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy. (book reviews)
Author: Ann Robinson
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Date: July 1, 1994
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really disappointing.......2004-01-11
Having read and enjoyed a number of the other books in the "for Beginners" series, I was amazed at how vastly inferior this one was. The comments in another reviewer's one-star review about the apparent lack of editing by anyone familiar with the English language and the absurdity of the illustrations were right on the mark. In the other books I've read from this series, the artwork is used to illustrate concepts in an amusing yet informative way. Here, however, most of the sketches are crude portraits of Fritz Perls, or (not kidding) other people drawn with big, angry scribbles in place of their faces.
On the other hand, the lack of art illustrating concepts may very well be due to the almost total lack of any concepts to illustrate. Most of the book consists of a not particularly illuminating biography of Fritz Perls, then there's some other material about the history of gestalt therapy centers in various cities and countries (which looks like it may have come from a promotional pamphlet put out by one of those centers.) There's very little on the actual theory and practice of gestalt therapy itself.
Overall, readers looking for biography and history and not overly sensitive to horrible writing and artwork may find some slight use for this; readers hoping to understand something about gestalt therapy itself most likely will not.
A complete waste of time.......2003-01-11
If you live in South America and can get the book in its original language, it might be a reasonable introduction to the subject at a really basic level. As it is, the book appears to have been translated into English using a very poor computerised translation program, and much of it is simply unreadable. On top of this, it's littered with spelling errors and typos, and in the copy I have, even Fritz Perls's name is misspelled on the back cover. The artwork is pretty risible too. Avoid.
On the Whole - A Great Place to Start.......2000-02-04
Gestalt for Beginners, (gestalt, which is incorporating the whole) is a great and fun book for anyone starting out in psychology or looking more into the Gestalt Theory which was made famous by Fritz Pearls. Author Sergio Sinay made a accessible approach inderstanding Pearls theories as well as close to being able to apply them. Giving a wonderful biography of Fritz from his many downs in his life to his peak moments near the end. Explaining the Gestalt approach in a lucid and simple style, I found this book to be one of the best written books in the Writers and Readers Beginners Books. Definately reccomended.
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Dna Damage And Repair In Human Tissues (BASIC LIFE SCIENCES)
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The twentieth-anniversary edition of Hatches II celebrates the enduring value of this complete guide to fishing the hatches of North American trout streams. Chosen by Trout Unlimited as one of the most important fly-fishing books of the past thrity-five years, Hatches II remains the most complete book on the subject of mayflies and their identification. Hundreds of photographs depict the genera and species of the mayfly in all stages of its development, and the authors provide critical information on mayfly biology, tactics, presentation, and imitation. In fact, the Comparadun style of tying, with variations, remains one of the most important innovations of our time.
Special features of Hatches II include Quick Reference Charts for the East/Midwest and western United States hatches; discussions of the mayfly-trout relationship; stream and lab research; photomacrography; tying instructions; emergence calendars; identification charts; and a valuable phonetic table.
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Hatches II.......2006-07-21
A beautiful reference book with great info for the fly fisherman. This book could serve as a college entomology reference, so complete is its information. It belongs in the collection of every fly fisherman. The book starts with an introduction to the Mayfly, which gives the neophyte a very detailed overview of the insects and their life cycles. From there, the book moves on to the general hatches for North America, covered in very useful chart form. These charts give times, sizes, imitation guides with names of flies to use. The book moves on to more detailed infomation about the various mayflies, including their characteristics and how to tie the flies that imitate them. The latter part of the book contains a lot of specific info about mayfly imitation and tying which will be helpful in all aspects of fly fishing.
I think if you could have but one book about insects important to fly fishing, this would be the one. It eliminates the guesswork and is simply a great book that I highly recommend.
Hatches II is an Excellent read as well as Reference book.......2002-05-13
Outstanding work on the Mayfly - the life cycle, location of specific hatches (and importance in the region), and even recommendations for flies to be used. There is a section of color photographs of nymphs, duns, and spinners of almost every species covered (noted if male or female) and tying instructions for some of the recommended flies. Bottom line, for the money, this is an excellent book you'll be thoroughly happy with. When you've read it though once you'll have a much better understanding of the subject and almost feel like a pro.
If you flyfish and/or tie flies this is book is a must.......2000-05-06
Caucci and Nastasi provide a detail study and examination of the mayfies of interest to trout flyfishermen in North America. Hatches can be read cover to cover and continue to be used as a reference for years to come. I reference this book at least weekly as I flyfish my way though life.
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"This classic guide to fishing the hatches of North American trout streams is truly a treasure for fly fishermen of all skills." --The International Angler
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* Employers rate effective on-the-job communication skills as the most important skills for job success!
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Communicating Well: A Key to Success in Work and in Life
Communicating is simply sending and receiving messages. Poor communication can affect your ability to get and keep a job. It can lead to confusion, business losses, missed appointments, and missed opportunities.
Learning to communicate well lets others understand your ideas and needs. Equally important, you can understand the messages others are sending to you.
Improve Your Ability to Speak, Write, and Share Ideas
"Effective Communication Skills" covers the basics of getting your message across in casual conversation or public speaking, in e-mails or letters, at work or with friends. Author Marsha Ludden covers the different ways people communicate:
* By speaking
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* Through electronic media
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* With body language and expressions
Ludden provides specific life and work examples of each type of communication, as well as tips for improving your communication skills.
Tools and Quizzes to Sharpen Your Skills
"Effective Communication Skills" includes quizzes and practice exercises to help you sharpen your communication skills:
* In "Check It Out" exercises, readers can rehearse basic skills, from talking with new acquaintances to writing and sending e-mails and faxes.
* Vocabulary reviews reinforce key terms in each chapter.
* Sample conversations, letters, and phone messages show communication put to practical, real-life use.
The lessons in this book become building blocks for additional improvement. Mastering these skills will help others see you in a more positive way and build your self-confidence.
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Communication Book not Effective.......2007-03-28
I purchased this book for my staff to read as part of improving the communication in our group. It was pretty basic; nothing in there we didn't already know. Even thought the author wrote it for adults in mind, it seemed like it was more on a child's level. It was not helpful at all. The group didn't finish the last two chapters: "Getting a Letter to Its Destination" and "Communicating Using Technology" - not worth the money.
Mastering Communication.......2007-01-02
The book discusses skills that are invaluable tools to interacting with people. Effective communication skills are essential for success in business and personal lives.
What the author writes sounds obvious but we tend to forget, communicate badly, and often make a bad situation worse by the way we communicate. Those wishing to learn the basics of communication or just want to refresh their expertise in this field will find the book useful and helpful.
The book will help the reader to understand effective communication, and it explains how to communicate your message in the best possible way. After reading the book, you should have a better understanding of how to communicate effectively, to people and groups, through spoken, written and non verbal communications.
This is a practical book that I return to often. This is a valuable book for anyone who is having problems in communications.
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Winning the AMA 250cc Supercross Championship is the stuff of dreams. It requires speed, strength, consistency, determination, and skill. Winning the championship seven times in eleven seasons is pure fantasy-unless you're Jeremy McGrath.Hailed as the greatest supercross competitor in the world, McGrath has always had a way with wheels and an obsession with speed. Jeremy's father Jack dubbed him "Showtime" during his BMX competition days and the name stuck through his professional career. McGrath loved to show off, and his style and charisma helped bring supercross to the attention of the mainstream media. He brought major sponsors to the sport-MCI and Budweiser-and made appearances on David Letterman and Jay Leno.Jeremy McGrath: Images of a Supercross Champion uses spectacular photography from the archives of Dirt Rider magazine to trace McGrath's rapid-fire racing career, from his early days in BMX through to his retirement and beyond. Written by McGrath's lifetime friend and motorjournalist Ken Faught, the book includes fresh details on McGrath's rocky relationship with Honda, an insider's take on the deal that put him on a Suzuki for 1997, and the story of how the Chaparral Yamaha team was assembled.About the AuthorKen Faught is the editor-in-chief of Dirt Rider, the world's largest off-road motorcycle magazine. He rode the International Six Days Enduro in 1994, won several amateur titles, and is an accomplished hill climber. He resides in Corona, California.
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Techno-Ready Marketing : How and Why Your Customers Adopt Technology
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"Rapid advances in current technologies and the accelerating emergence of new ones are flooding the marketplace with innovative products and services," write A. Parasuraman and Charles L. Colby at the start of Techno-Ready Marketing. But despite this onslaught and the importance that companies have placed upon it, the authors continue, the marketing of related products and services "is by and large being guided by traditional principles that may not be as effective for high-tech companies as they are for their low-tech counterparts." After four years of research into ways this might be better accomplished, the two developed the concept of Technology Readiness to measure how customers will react to such innovations and provide insight that corporations can use to practice the "techno-ready marketing" necessary to capture the public's attention. Parasuraman, the University of Miami's James W. McLamore Professor of Marketing, and Colby, president of a market research and consulting firm that specializes in technology, present a scholarly discussion of the process followed by a section on its practical use, filled with historical and contemporary case studies. They also include a self-administering Marketing Audit to help readers assess their current corporate status and adjust strategies accordingly. --Howard Rothman
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Conventional techniques for marketing technology products fail primarily because marketers do not truly understand their customers. Do you know what customers really think about your technology? Now, drawing on their award-winning research and case studies ranging from America Online to the Discovery Channel, marketing experts A. Parasuraman and Charles L. Colby demonstrate how the adoption of technology is influenced by unique beliefs that do not apply to conventional products and services.
In the context of a general set of powerful techno-marketing strategies, Parasuraman and Colby introduce "Technology Readiness" (TR), a groundbreaking concept that enables you to measure and assess a customer's predisposition to adopt new technologies. Employing their TR construct -- a psychological amalgam of fears, hopes, desires, and frustrations about technology -- the authors identify five types of technology customers: the highly optimistic and innovative "Explorers," the innovative yet cautious "Pioneers," the uncertain "Skeptics" who need the benefits of technology proved, the insecure "Paranoids," and the resistant "Laggards." Using this typology, you can customize your technology strategies by combining insights from your context-specific assessments with general marketing strategies presented in the book. Essential reading in technology companies will be the chapter devoted to Parasuraman's Pyramid Model, which explains the critical role technology plays in a marketing organization as a link between employees, the organization, and the customer. Finally, the authors have included a self-administered quiz so you can score your own Technology Readiness and a chapter on the "Techno-Ready Marketing Audit" to provide a framework for taking immediate action based on the precepts in this book.
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Disappointed.......2002-11-18
I bought this book based on the reviews from other readers, and ended up really disappointed. I did not find any real-world advice on how to execute, just a few high-level ideas, which were often not very good examples of the subject being discussed. Most useful concepts in this book are found in Crossing the Chasm, which is definitely a must-read.
One of the Best Works of Its Kind.......2002-03-02
Every once in a while a book comes along that not only sets a new standard of excellence in its field, it actually adds a new dimension to the field itself. The outcome of years of technical research and of knowledge derived from actual hands-on ventures, "Techno-Ready Marketing" sets the pace for the marketing of technical products in the 21st century and beyond.
Colby and Parasuraman intrigue the reader with the various levels of technologically ready personalities ranging from the ever-curious "Pioneer" to the overly cautious "Laggard". The authors then go on to show how, once a target market is identified, guidelines can be established and followed to make the release of new technologies successful.
"Techno-Ready Marketing" will be remembered for generations to come as the book that opened the door to the dynamic concept of Technology Readiness. Future generations will read this book in awe of the foresight and keen perception of the authors. There is little doubt that "Techno-Read Marketing" will retain its position as one of the foremost works of its kind.
Packed with Knowledge!.......2002-01-30
If you want to sell technology, you must understand how and why your customers adopt technology and how they view the experience of getting to know a new tech product. Authors A. Parasuraman and Charles L. Colby provide an invaluable framework for assessing these characteristics of your customer base, along with voluminous data about U.S. national attitudes toward technology. Finally, they suggest specific marketing strategies that you can craft based on this customer data. We [...] recommend this innovative book as required reading for anyone in marketing or any technology-related field.
Techno-Ready Marketing is a valuable resource.......2001-08-15
As an IT professional service provider it is easy to make assumptions about what the marketplace knows about the available technologies and their application. Better understanding some of the customer dynamics going into a marketing engagement can clearly improved your efficiency in getting buy-in. We have embraced aspects of Parasuramanýs and Colbyýs approach. As a firm with a concentration in sophisticated web applications development, this has improved our customer contact efficiencies before, during, and after the sale.
Chief Operating Officer.......2001-08-03
Techno-Ready Marketing provides the kind of common sense approach necessary for business managers to be prepared to make the tough decisions about their technology needs. I found TRM's method of analysis to be both an understanding and insightful recipe for success. Too often technical solutions are presented without knowing all there is to know about the customer's ability to accept a technology solution. TRM's approach goes a long way toward gaining the customers understanding, acceptance, and satisfaction.
As one of the principal owners and business developers in the company, I am always looking for new ways to gage the customer's readiness to receive our solutions. Along with the many variables involved in the sales and marketing cycle, not the least of which is the acute need to quickly determine a prospects dominate buying motive, today's fast pace and evolving technological world makes assessing the technology readiness of a prospect more challenging than ever. This book has armed me with the means to make those assessments both quickly and accurately. That's the kind of edge every technology-marketing professional can use. I look forward to the 2nd edition.
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looking smarter.......2007-10-14
With the fall of the dollar and the rise of China together with the bursting of America's housing bubble this book is looking more presentient.
This book is outdated, but not useless.......2006-07-10
Even being an (unemployed)agronomist here in Brazil, I love to read books about world's situation.I read this book about eight years ago.
This book has many usefull informations.The best in this book is chapter 6.At the same time, this book is now outdated.Japan has no possiblity to be world's leader, in XXI Century.Europe is changing.USA had no big problem after all, with military expending or anything else.After all, this book is outdated, but not useless.
see Pop Internationalism.......2003-09-25
I bought this book, and I really wish I could have my money back!
Another reviewer wrote that Paul Krugman, a very highly respected economist who also writes for popular audiences, had published a refutation of Thurow's thesis in Head to Head. Actually Krugman wrote several in the early nineties, during the NAFTA controversy and Clinton's first term. These are collected in the book Pop Internationalism, which is a fine book for anyone to read, as are Krugman's other books.
Of course you can read Thurow's book, and it has some interesting observations, among its flawed analysis, of business cultures in Japan and Europe; they make interesting comparisons with business culture in the USA. For this I give it one star above the minimum.
Also, it is interesting that this new updated version includes only a new forward; the text remains unchanged. Perhaps this is a little disappointing, since it would be nice to see Thurow's predictions for the future from now. But its nice to see how wrong he was about all his predictions before. His new forward says that he was wrong because America read his book and reacted.
Actually, he was just wrong. So I recommend that you read Pop Internationalism in addition to, if not instead of, Head to Head.
Flawed zero-sum view of the world.......2002-08-07
This book is racy reading , and is made of the stuff non-fiction bestsellers are sometimes made of - a lack of intellectual rigour combined with a hypothesis that appeals to the general public. Tell the world that countries are like corporations , and that America and Japan (or any two countries) are engaged in a competitive game similar to that between Coca Cola and Pepsi - and there is a likelihood that a lot of heads will nod in supposed understanding.
No mention is made of the fact that international trade is NOT a zero-sum game , and that exchange based on comparative advantage will lead to a win-win situation for both countries involved. Instead the book harps on the assumption that somehow at the end of the game there will be winners and losers. In fact, it asserts that a united Europe will be the winner among the US , Japan and Europe. That prediction does not look like being borne out anytime soon , and Japan is languishing in a decade long mild recession - even though Japan did follow a policy of preferentially promoting "strategic" sectors , similar to what the book suggests.
The book's assertion that there are some high value-added sectors that ought to be promoted have been demolished by more careful analyses - notably by Paul Krugman's articles in Foreign Affairs ( March/April 1994) . These analyses show that productivity growth , rather than victory or defeat in some supposed economic Olympics , is the primary causal factor behind continued growth or stagnation.
Someone (I think Jagdish Bhagwati , but not sure) said in response to the assertion that it is better to produce semiconductor chips than potato chips ---- that you can produce sophisticated semicon chips, export them and import potato chips, lie in front of the TV all day long eating potato chips, and become a society of morons. On the other hand, you can produce potato chips , export it and import semiconductor chips, and use them to improve education. The hollowness of a lot of assertions in this Thurow book can be demolished by this silly-sounding but relevant quote.
The doctor's prescription is as follows - if you read this book , read some effective antidotes (like the Krugman articles) - otherwise you may be condemned to a view of the world that is siren-like in its appeal , but lacks even a modicum of truth.
Disappointing conclusion.......2000-10-14
Thurow made a good comparative sytudies between the economic models of Japan, US, and Europe. He illustrate the pros and cons of the three models very well.
However, I am disapointed with his conclusion. I still do not understand how he come to his conclusion that Europe will win the economic race in the future!
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The Coming Economic Battle among Japan, Europe, and America
The central argument in this volume is that the familiar economic alignments of the twentieth century are obsolete. The author evaluates America's position in the coming world order in light of these shifting circumstances. While the United States remains one of the major economic powers, the future will be controlled by those who train and educate themselves and those who invest more money into research in order to develop concrete plans to confront the competition.
Thurow suggests that very different views of capitalism exist between the United States and Britain on the one hand, and Germany and Japan on the other. In order to ensure continued success, better education and national planning, along with increased communication between businesses, unions and the government, become central components of the game.
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A revolutionary look at what America must do today to compete tomorrow in a world where economic competition will determine leadership.
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What an achievement !!!.......1999-06-30
This is the first book wholly in ARABIC, I see offered for sale on Amazon.com. Congratulations to Amazon, and the distributors of this book for this pioneering effort. The book is a translation from English (Head to Head) and all Arabic reading persons interested with the international economic race should read this book. It should be used for teaching economics to Arabic speaking students.
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HEAD TO HEAD: THE COMING ECONOMIC BATTLE AMONG JAPAN, EUROPE AND AMERICA.
Manufacturer: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd
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Head to Head: The Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America
Lester C. Thurow
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The classic text on the post-Cold War economic battle.
Starting with the fall of communism, influential economist and former dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management Lester Thurow deftly explores how head-to-head competition -- not military might -- among Japan, the United States, and the newly united European countries would produce the next world leader.
As Thurow explains, in the 1990s the race for economic supremacy was only just beginning. In a world no longer governed by two military superpowers, the stage was set for a dramatic shoot-out among the world's most powerful national economies. Using analytical data, key insights, and common sense, Thurow presents a solid economic game plan for the United States to follow in order to win this battle and attain dominance in the global economy.
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How can one be wrong so much, and still be called an expert?.......2004-06-08
It is so sad how wrong someone can be proven over and over again and still, he/she is rewarded, called a genius and is allowed to teach our youth. Here is a quote from the author: "Can economic command significantly... accelerate the growth process? The remarkable performance of the Soviet Union suggests that it can... Today the Soviet Union is a country whose economic achievements bear comparison with those of the United States." This was in 1989, just shortly before the Societ Union collapsed. Unfortunately, being this wrong in economics gives one awards and allows you to teach college students while being described a genius. Sad. Mr. Thurow may be a 'genius', but geniuses can be wrong too.
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Emerging Growth Pole: The Asia-Pacific Economy
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Understand the Asia-Pacific economic revolution -- and its extraordinary implications.This book analyzes why the Asia-Pacific region has rapidly emerged as the world's third major trading area, and shows how this region is coming together as a cohesive "growth pole." Understand the role of intra-regional trade and foreign direct investment; learn how the Asia-Pacific economies view world trade. Understand APEC, ASEAN, and the long-term implications of Asia-Pacific interdependence. Learn about Japan's role in leading the Asia-Pacific economic bloc. Finally, take a close look at five of these powerhouse economies: Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand.This book is for any professional or student interested in the Asia-Pacific economies --and the world economy in the 21st century.
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Uk Export-import And Business Directory
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- The Maya of Morganton: Work and Community in the Nuevo New South
- The Measurements of Environmental and Resource Values: Theory and Methods (RFF Press)
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