Productivity, Volume 3: Information Technology and the American Growth Resurgence

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The American economy has experienced renewed growth since 1995, with this surge rooted in the development and deployment of information technology (IT). This book traces the American growth resurgence to its sources within individual industries, documents the critical role of IT, and shows how U.S. nvestment in IT has important parallels in other developed countries.

In analyzing the experience in the United States, the authors identify four IT-producing industries, 17 IT-using industries, and 23 non-IT industries and show that the IT-producing and IT-using industries play a disproportionate role in the American growth resurgence. These industries account for only about 30 percent of US GDP but contributed half of the acceleration in economic growth. The study finds that differences in the relative importance of IT-producing industries in other G7 countries have contributed to wide disparities in the impact of IT on economic growth.

Productivity, Volume 3 will be of special interest to analysts of the "new economy" and its remarkable persistence through periods of boom and recession.

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Debates over family law are a sensitive subject in the Muslim world, revealing something of the struggle between forces of traditionalism and modernism. The highly disparate tendencies within Islamic "fundamentalism" share a desire to re-institute Shar'ia law, regarded as the last bastion of the Islamic ideal of social relations. This book probes the theory and practice of Islamic family law in the contemporary Muslim world, focusing on the dynamics of marriage and the consequences of its breakdown, and the ways in which litigants manipulate the law to resolve marital and child custody disputes.

Marriage on Trial: A Study of Islamic Family Law Iran and Morocco Compared (Society and Culture in the Modern Middle East)

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Marriage on Trial: A Study of Islamic Family Law Iran and Morocco Compared (Society and Culture in the Modern Middle East)
Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Manufacturer: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1850436851

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The Chinese economy underwent a period of rapid expansion and modernisation during the late 1980s. With information collected by a team of academics and economists at the Chinese Academy of Social Science in Beijing, this book represents a Chinese perspective on the first decade of economic reform.

The Economics of Industrial Modernisation

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The Economics of Industrial Modernisation
Cristiano Antonelli , Pascal Petit , and Gabriel Tahar
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 012059630X

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This text is designed to briefly introduce and synthesize various theories of innovation and modernization. It examines the impact of these concepts on labor, management, investment, and corporate strategies and includes a case study on the international textile industry.

Key Features
* One of the few graduate texts in this area
* Highly international in scope
* Written by well-known continental authors

Le torticolis de l'autruche: L'eternelle modernisation des entreprises francaises (Sociologie)

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Le torticolis de l'autruche: L'eternelle modernisation des entreprises francaises (Sociologie)
Daniele Linhart
Manufacturer: Seuil
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 2020130793

Modernisation and Employment: The Coir Industry in Kerala (Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives series)

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Modernisation and Employment: The Coir Industry in Kerala (Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives series)
T M Thomas Isaac , Pieter Van Stuijvenberg , and K N Nair
Manufacturer: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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The process of modernising traditional `labour intensive' industries is a vital issue for developing countries. The authors document in detail the alternative technologies that are available to Kerala's ailing coir industry and consider their implications in terms of wages, employment and production cost. Their findings point to a set of viable intermediate technologies that minimise social dislocation.

Partnership and Modernisation in Employment Relations (Routledge Research in Employment Relations)

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Partnership and Modernisation in Employment Relations (Routledge Research in Employment Relations)

Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0415304318

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This collection examines the significance of partnership-based approaches to the modernization of employment relations. Drawing from the work of leading researchers, the contemporary interest in partnership is situated within a historical, political and practical context. Particular attention is given to exploring and understanding the practices and experiences of partnership at the workplace.

Modernisation de l'etat et gestion des ressources humaines.(Book review): An article from: Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations

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Modernisation de l'etat et gestion des ressources humaines.(Book review): An article from: Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations
Bernard Galambaud , and Emmanuelle Leon
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000JMKDYM
Release Date: 2006-10-17

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This digital document is an article from Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2006. The length of the article is 1072 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: Modernisation de l'etat et gestion des ressources humaines.(Book review)
Author: Bernard Galambaud
Publication: Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 61 Issue: 2 Page: 362(2)

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Modernisation and Privatisation of Postal Systems in Europe: New Opportunities in the Area of Financial Services

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Modernisation and Privatisation of Postal Systems in Europe: New Opportunities in the Area of Financial Services

Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Hardcover

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The postal systems in Europe, as well as in other industrialised and non industrialised countries, are currently undergoing radical changes in their institutional set-up, competitive behaviors, productive and distributive processes, range of services offered. The study of these changes and of the strategic options that become available to the different operators in this field is interesting. And this is so not only per se for the postal system but also in the perspective of the banking system and for the wider financial field, which interacts with the postal sector within a framework of competion and collaboration.

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Why Salespeople Fail explains how a salesperson's acceptance of unrealistic sales guidelines is largely responsible for sales failure. The book makes a salesperson aware of more realistic sales guidelines, ones that help him handle problems of doubt and pressure.

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Inspired by the Consumer Credit Act 2006, this detailed work offers practical guidance on the legislation. The scope and impact of the regulation is undergoing fundamental change; for example, financial limits on regulation are being partially removed, the OFT are given the power to fine licensees, an Ombudsman scheme is being introduced and agreements can be reopened where the relationship arising is held to be unfair. This book addresses topics of practical concern and examines the areas most relevant to practitioners drafting, securitising or seeking to defend claims under credit or hire agreements. In particular, the book focuses on the outstanding problems and issues arising from the application of the Consumer Credit Act. In-depth commentary is provided by an expert author team who have appeared in many recent cases where enforceability of rights under credit and hire agreements has been in issue.

Agency and hire purchase law: Nigerian perspectives

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Agency and hire purchase law: Nigerian perspectives
K. A Apori
Manufacturer: Emiola Publishers
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ASIN: 9783072536

Consumentenkrediet: Sociaal-juridische beschouwingen, in het bijzonder met betrekking tot huurkoop van roerend goed = Consumer credit : social-juridical ... reference to hire-purchase of movables

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Consumentenkrediet: Sociaal-juridische beschouwingen, in het bijzonder met betrekking tot huurkoop van roerend goed = Consumer credit : social-juridical ... reference to hire-purchase of movables
Nicolaas Jacob Herman Huls
Manufacturer: Kluwer
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 9026812221

Economics of hire-purchase credit;: A study of the economic aspects of hire-purchase credit, its bearing on economic stability and techniques of economic control of such credit

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Economics of hire-purchase credit;: A study of the economic aspects of hire-purchase credit, its bearing on economic stability and techniques of economic control of such credit
Saroj Kumar Basu
Manufacturer: Asia Pub. House
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0210981350

Hire-purchase and consumer credit: The new deal (Crash course lecture)

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Hire-purchase and consumer credit: The new deal (Crash course lecture)
G. F Woodroffe
Manufacturer: College of Law
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007CCCU2

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The law of hire-purchase
Anthony Gordon Guest
Manufacturer: Sweet & Maxwell
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007JHWLO

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