Defence, Welfare and Growth: Perspectives and Evidence

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Defense, Welfare and Growth brings together leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Asia in search of new perspectives on and answers to questions about how a country's defense burden might affect its welfare provision and economic growth, and vice versa. The essays are theoretical in nature, with chapters on methodology and political theory and a comparison of the historical experiences of a variety of developed and developing countries.

The essays explore such topics as the causes for Britain's relative decline, the institutional setting for Japan's pursuit of comprehensive national security, the influence of military spending on the developmental paths of Asia's newly industrializing countries, and the patterns of business cycles and military hostility in the Middle East. These analyses offer new insights and often surprising findings about the relationship between defense burdens and the political economy, and are highly relevant to the ongoing scholarly and policy debates about the prospects of a peace dividend in the wake of the Cold War's demise.

The Economics of Military Expenditures: Military Expenditures, Economic Growth and Fluctuations : Proceedings of a Conference Held by the Internatio

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The Economics of Military Expenditures: Military Expenditures, Economic Growth and Fluctuations : Proceedings of a Conference Held by the Internatio

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Military Expenditures and Economic Growth

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Military Expenditures and Economic Growth
Jasen Castillo
Manufacturer: RAND Corporation
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This study explores the historical relationship between economic growth and military expenditures in five great power countries: Germany, France, Russia, Japan, and the United States. Using statistical and case-study methodologies, the authors examine

The impacts of National security expenditure upon the stability and growth of the American economy (Reprint)

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The impacts of National security expenditure upon the stability and growth of the American economy (Reprint)
George H Hildebrand
Manufacturer: University of California
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Military expenditure, threats, and growth (NBER working paper series)

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Military expenditure, threats, and growth (NBER working paper series)
Joshua Aizenman
Manufacturer: National Bureau of Economic Research
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Military expenditures and economic growth in less developed countries (Economic Research Center Study Series)

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Military expenditures and economic growth in less developed countries (Economic Research Center Study Series)
Basudeb Biswas
Manufacturer: Utah State University ;
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On future trends in economic growth and military expenditure in the Soviet Union

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On future trends in economic growth and military expenditure in the Soviet Union
Haruki Niwa
Manufacturer: Japan Center for the Study of Security Issues
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Soviet growth, resource allocation, and military outlays: Statement submitted to the Subcommittee on Economy in Government of the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress (Rand Corporation)

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Soviet growth, resource allocation, and military outlays: Statement submitted to the Subcommittee on Economy in Government of the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress (Rand Corporation)
Abraham Samuel Becker
Manufacturer: Rand Corp
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What price cold war?: Military expenditures, the accumulation of physical capital, and economic growth : the United States, 1890-1980 (Working paper)

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What price cold war?: Military expenditures, the accumulation of physical capital, and economic growth : the United States, 1890-1980 (Working paper)
Michael Edelstein
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Drawing on research in management decision making and cognitive and social psychology, Schwenk shows how personal and organizational identity affect decision making, learning, and adaptation to change within organizations. His purpose: to help executive decision makers and others in the workplace adapt to the radical changes sweeping through the entire world of today's business. He explains how our personal identities are central to our self-schemas, the models we have of ourselves, and how self-schema impoverishment can occur when a single identity comes to dominate an individual. He then provides ways to attack the problem of knowledge impoverishment at the individual level, and in the larger context of the organization itself. Schwenk's book is about the relationship between self-concepts, identities, and crucial decisions. It asks, how can we conceptualize the self and help individuals achieve collective action in organizations, in the context of a changing world? This is an enlightening, gracefully written book that articulates just how our individual identities relate to our organizations', and how, by taking this first step, we can create benefits for both.

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Excellent study of decision making psychology.......2007-08-23

Professor Schwenk's book is an excellent study of decision making psychology, and the central tenets of his book have a broad application outside the corporate world.

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Searching for information is changing from the traditional library setting to the remote environment. Written from both the librarian's and scientist's perspectives, this comprehensive guide overviews fundamental and advanced methods of conducting scientific, technological, and agricultural literature searches from libraries and remote sites, such as computers at the home or office. Beginners will find this book a useful introduction to search and retrieval techniques. At the same time, the computerization of libraries has been so rapid that the experienced researcher will also benefit from this work. The first part of the book overviews and discusses available information sources. The second and third parts examine ways of finding these information sources in the library, and techniques of searching and retrieving this information via computer from outside the library. The volume explains the pathway of information in literature, methods of identifying and citing literature, the usefulness of the online catalog, the special features of abstracts and indexes, the nature of online searching, and the significance of the Internet to users in scientific and research environments. The final chapter gives special attention to the electronic library and the World Wide Web. A concise bibliography directs the reader to some of the most important aids for literature searching.

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Gives you motivation and encouragement, but falls short...

Good way to motivate yourself, but don't expect any help...

The first book to read before you start your own business

Identifies the problems Entrepreneurs face

Bingo Bango! Sugar in the gastank!

Upstart Start-Ups!: How 34 Young Entrepreneurs Overcame Youth, Inexperience, and Lack of Money to Create Thriving Businesses
Ron Lieber
Manufacturer: Broadway
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What do Dave Kapell of Magnetic Poetry, Amy Nye Wolf of Altitunes, and the brothers Gardner of the Motley Fool have in common? They're all, says Ron Lieber, founders of promising companies and on the road to success despite youth, skimpy track records, and minimal finances. In Upstart Start-Ups, Leiber--a twentysomething who snagged his first cover story in Fortune at age 24--explains how these aspiring moguls formed the ventures that have allowed them to strike out on their own in such impressive fashion. Leiber is both blunt and inspiring as he weaves their stories around solid advice aimed at readers who might like to follow in their footsteps. Tackling the process from idea formation, he describes finding and living with a business partner, capitalizing a venture without selling your soul, standing out in a crowded marketplace, and calling a meeting even if you've never called one before. He also devotes a chapter to the art of summoning the appropriate backup troops when truly necessary, regardless of whether that help must be secured from family members or professional gurus. --Howard Rothman

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You're young and ambitious, with a great idea for a new software program, downtown music 'zine, or a better-than-Snapple beverage--but how do you turn your dream concept into a thriving business?

Forget the ultra-conservative suits who scoffed when you brought your hot idea to their door! As Fortune magazine's Ron Lieber shows, you can actually turn your youth, inexperience, and lack of money to your advantage and capitalize on your assets to trump the corporate system, be your own boss, and turn your entrepreneurial vision into a reality.

Based on interviews with more than thirty young, independent entrepreneurs who have developed some of today's hottest--even revolutionary--companies and products, Upstart Start-Ups! provides essential tips and information that will enable you to get your own Nantucket Nectars or Magnetic Poetry off the ground. Check out:

The myths and realities you need to know about starting a business when you're under 30
How to generate your first "brainstorm" and how to act on a good idea
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How to develop a realistic business plan
Where and how to get the financial backing you need
How to establish credibility for your business or product with consumers
Models that have proved successful, and how to apply them to your own vision

Twenty-six-year-old Ron Lieber writes for Fortune magazine and is the coauthor of the New York Times business bestseller Taking Time Off. He appears regularly on national television and radio to discuss career issues, corporate management, and his recent columns.

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Gives you motivation and encouragement, but falls short..........2003-10-17

The stories about these entrepreneurs give you quite a bit of motivation and encouragement. But the book falls short in terms of knowedge about how to run a business. The author focuses on the people's expiriences throughout the book -- but does show specifics on how they became successful. But since I got it really cheap using a coupon from UnderTag.com, I can't really complain.

Good way to motivate yourself, but don't expect any help..........2003-09-26

This title of the book is a little decieving. The content of the book is only about the experience of several entreprenuers. It doesn't really explain you anything about how to run a business. But it's still worth the money to get yourself motivated. But since I got it really cheap using a coupon from UnderTag.com, I can't really complain.

The first book to read before you start your own business.......2003-01-08

Anyone starting his own business should read this book. The writing is clear and concise. The author is definitely a real writer. And each chapter is loaded with facts that are essential for anyone starting up. To really hit home, the author provides each chapter with examples from real start-ups such as Motley Fool and Kate Spade. The only downside is since this is such a quick read, more resources will be necessary. The chapters on business plan writing and marketing are more like primers which you need to read up on for these mandatory skills. But no worries, the author provides tons of resources in the appendix for additional reading. If you read this and then read "Think and Grow Rich"...it just might be your ticket out of that ka-rappy job.

Identifies the problems Entrepreneurs face.......2001-07-17

A good read if you are thinking about starting a start up but if you are already have an operating start up, then this book will confirm the obstacles you are facing but no major enlightening answers to overcome these obstacles... only a list of resources in the back of the book.

Bingo Bango! Sugar in the gastank!.......2001-02-05

Awesome. Well, its hard for a BOOK to be AWESOME, but this one is close. Let's just call it "an exceptionally superb read."

This book closed the book for me (pun intended) on whether or not to begin my little business. And the answer is a resounding YES! This is not a book that will teach you how to file with the IRS, or how to write a business plan. What it will teach you is whether or not you are ready to run your own business.

The lessons I got from this book that have stuck with me are A: Don't wait until you're too old to start a business! By then you'll know better. B: It doesn't matter if you don't really know what you're doing; nobody does. These lessons, and many more, are reinforced by interviews and stories of many different entrepreneurs, who range from tiny companies you've never heard of, to the guy who started CDNOW. You will have a notebook full of ideas by the time you're through.

WARNING: If you're over 30, be prepared to feel crappy about how you're spent your years since graduation from college or high school. Although anyone who wants to start a business will benefit immensely from this book, it is written to appeal to young, hip, headstrong gen-whatevers like me. And there are lots of swear words, which makes it seem even more hip and not stuck-up.

One other thing: the resource section in the back is frab-dabulous and zip-zoop-zabulous.

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This book provides a comprehensive, reflective and critical analysis of the far-reaching process of urban transformation, searching beneath the hype to expose the true character of the 'new Manchester'. Has Manchester engineered an urban renaissance, having finally turned its back on the grimy factory economy? Or is it on a slow-motion slide into the post-industrial sludge of economic insecurity and social polarization? Drawing on the work of leading researchers and commentators in the field, this collection provides answers to these and other questions concerning Manchester's changing political economy.

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COTIM-97 Conference Proceedings

Manufacturer: RITIM-University of Rhode Island
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ASIN: 096594400X

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Each year in January, a conference is held in Waidring, Austria, under the auspices of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. This conference places particular emphasis on the interest and needs of the practising lawyer, and as a result a successful formula for it has been developed over the years to archieve this.

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Corporate Rescue (Modern Legal Studies)
Alice Belcher
Manufacturer: Sweet & Maxwell
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ASIN: 0421587504

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Corporate Rescue and Insolvency
Camiel Van Der Heijden
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Corporate Rescue and Insolvency offers practical information on matters of primary import pertaining to the rescue and recovery and the insolvency and liquidation of businesses in various countries. Each detailed country report adheres to a pattern comprising Parties, Common Forms of Financing, Personal Security and Collateral, Forms of Consolidation, Reorganisation and Restructuring, Reorganisation as a Separate Procedure, Suspension of Payments and Comparable Procedures, Insolvency, Alternatives, Liabilities (of company directors, of trustees or administrators), International and Crossborder Issues. This pattern enables readers to predict coverage and to find information more easily. One or more specialists in each jurisdiction prepares each report. Regular updates keep the work current. The main work covers Brazil, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, France, and Germany. Subsequent coverage includes Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. This guide meets the needs of bankers, lawyers, accountants, judges, business managers, and other advisors for a practical, working knowledge of applicable rules and common standards and practices regarding corporate rescue and insolvency in a variety of countries.

Corporate Rescue in Europe: Recent Developments

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Corporate Rescue in Europe: Recent Developments
Katarzyna Gromek Broc
Manufacturer: Kluwer Publications
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Tolley's Taxation in Corporate Insolvency and Rescue

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Tolley's Taxation in Corporate Insolvency and Rescue
Anthony C.R. Davis
Manufacturer: Tottel Publishing
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Corporate Rescue: Law and Practice (Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law)

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Corporate Rescue: Law and Practice (Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law)
Sandra Frisby
Manufacturer: Hart Pub
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Corporate Rescue
Rebecca Parry
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Corporate Rescue: Insolvency Law in Practice (Commerical Law)

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Corporate Rescue: Insolvency Law in Practice (Commerical Law)
David Brown
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