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European Migration: What Do We Know?
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0199257353 |
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Developed countries, especially in Europe, face a number of issue related to migration: social and economic disruptions caused by the declining demand for unskilled labour and resulting unemployment, a shortage of skilled labour in many professions, increasing international competition for highly qualified human capital, radical demographic changes, and the forthcoming expansion of the European Union, which will trigger further immigration into major European countries and create new market opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe. This suggests a need for a deeper knowledge of the causes and consequences of increased labour mobility. This is especially important when it is associated with tension and fears among native populations. This book brings together analyses of migration issues in major European countries, and compares evidence with more countries that have traditionally seen the most immigration. First, it studies migration streams since World War II, and reviews major migration policy regimes. Second, it summarizes the empirical evidence measuring wages, unemployment, and occupational choices. Third, it investigates how migrants affects the labour markets of their host countries, and evaluates econometric studies into the wage and employment consequences of immigration. Surprisingly, there is wide evidence that immigration is largely beneficial for receiving countries. There might be phases of adjustment, but there is no convincing evidence that natives' wages are depressed or unemployment increases as a consequence of migrant inflow. However, there is a growing impression that migration does serve less and less the needs of the labour market. This suggests a stronger focus on economic channels of immigration, for which the book provides a conceptual basis and the required empirical facts and institutional background.
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European Migration: What Do We Know
Klaus F. Zimmermann Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OLMKZI |
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A Strategic Profile of Anguilla, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
The Anguilla Research Group , and The Anguilla Research Group Manufacturer: Icon Group International ProductGroup: Book Binding: Ring-bound ASIN: 0741822881 |
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Anguilla has recently come to the attention to global strategic planners. This report puts these executives on the fast track. Ten chapters provide: an overview of how to strategically access this important market, a discussion on economic fundamentals, marketing & distribution options, export and direct investment options, and full risk assessments (political, cultural, legal, human resources). Ample statistical benchmarks and comparative graphs are given.
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Stability of International Exchange: Report on the Introduction of the Gold-Exchange Standard into C
Commission on International Exchange Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0898754704 |
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Stability of International Exchange is a report on the introduction of the gold-exchange standard into China and other silver-using countries.Originally published in 1903, this was a special report to Congress on the efforts requested by Mexico and China for U.S. cooperation to bring about a fixed relationship between the moneys of the gold-standard countries and the silver-using countries. The subjects covered included the benefits of establishing a gold-exchange standard in China, the adoption of a common ration between the gold unit and the silver coins of countries considering changes in their monetary systems. At the time the United States was strongly pushing for adoption of the gold standard by other countries.
Measures to put an end to the fluctuations of exchange in China appear to be desired equally by the people and Government of China and by the foreign merchants doing business there. The representatives of the Imperial Government, under instructions from Peking, have supported the representatives of the United States and Mexico at the principal capitals of Europe, and assurances of approval of the objects to the Commission have communicated to our minister at Peking.
Great benefits to the trade of the United States and other exporting and manufacturing nations would result from the adoption of a stable exchange in China in place of the fluctuating silver standard upon which her transactions are now conducted.
In submitting the report to Congress, then Secretary of State John Hay said, "The experience of Russia and Japan indicates that the introduction of the gold standard increases foreign trade and the investment of foreign capital, while the importations into China from the United States during the past year have greatly fallen off, partly as the result of the violent fluctuations in silver during this interval."
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Permanent Waves: The Making of the American Beauty Shop
Julie Willett Manufacturer: NYU Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0814793576 Release Date: 2000-06-01 |
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"A cut above most workplace histories. Looking at the separate but sometimes overlapping development of European and African-American hairdressing from the early twentieth century to the present, Willett shows how race shaped different trajectories for black and white salons."
Lingua Franca
"Offers an unusually comprehensive look at a significant twentieth-century industry and female preoccupation"
American Historical Review
"Carefully nuanced and [a] compelling history."
Nan Enstad, The Journal of American History
Throughout the twentieth century, beauty shops have been places where women could enjoy the company of other women, exchange information, and share secrets. The female equivalent of barbershops, they have been institutions vital to community formation and social change.
But while the beauty shop created community, it also reflected the racial segregation that has so profoundly shaped American society. Links between style, race, and identity were so intertwined that for much of the beauty shop's history, black and white hairdressing industries were largely separate entities with separate concerns. While African American hair-care workers embraced the chance to be independent from white control, negotiated the meanings of hair straightening, and joined in larger political struggles that challenged Jim Crow, white female hairdressers were embroiled in struggles over self-definition and opposition to their industry's emphasis on male achievement. Yet despite their differences, black and white hairdressers shared common stakes as battles were waged over issues of work, skill, and professionalism unique to women's service work.
Permanent Waves traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market," to the present day.
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Spanish for Business Worktext
Guiomar A. Borras Manufacturer: Heinle & Heinle Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 083840765X |
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Spanish for Law Enforcement: Worktext
Maria De Varona Finch , and Paul Summerlin Manufacturer: Heinle & Heinle Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0838407560 |
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Manage Your Time in 12 Easy Steps
Joan Tunstall Manufacturer: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1865082953 |
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Using a system of easy-to-implement ideas, this book provides practical hints for eliminating office disturbances and procrastination in order to free up more productive time to work. Discussed are suggestions for handling the biggest time-eaters in the typical office, including telephones, meetings, drop-in visitors, paperwork, and e-mail. Introduced are strategies for streamlining routine tasks, conquering procrastination, delegating with effectiveness, and managing all the inevitable crises and distractions of daily work. The 12-step program can be customized to fit personal schedules or followed step-by-step over a three-month period for better time management.Customer Reviews:
obvious common sense.......2005-02-05
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Trading Day by Day: Winning the Zero Sum Game of Futures Trading
F. H. Chick Goslin Manufacturer: California Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0974092118 |
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Trading Day by Day is overflowing with the fundamental truths and reliable trading rules every trader needs to be competitive in any market, at any time. The three natural laws of trading, an intelligent approach and method, a sound mathematical system, the spike rule, the mistake rule, divergences, relative strength, the truth about options, businesslike money management, over a hundred "real time," day-by-day chart examples, and much more.While specifically about futures trading, its approach and method are equally applicable to forex, stocks and any other market.
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certainly not automated.......2007-09-07
One of the best futures books I have ever read.......2007-07-26
Beyond belief.......2006-11-10
Best Book on Futures Trading.......2005-10-08
Quality Trading Book.......2005-09-14
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For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It
Mark Pendergrast Manufacturer: Basic Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0465054684 |
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Now fully updated, the classic account of how a bottle of sweetened caramel-colored soda water became synonymous with American capitalismFor God, Country and Coca-Cola is the unauthorized history of the great American soft drink and the company that makes it. From its origins as a patent medicine in Reconstruction Atlanta through its rise as the dominant consumer beverage of the American century, the story of Coke is as unique, tasty, and effervescent as the drink itself. With vivid portraits of the entrepreneurs who founded the company-and of the colorful cast of hustlers, swindlers, ad men, and con men who have made Coca-Cola the most recognized trademark in the world-this is business history at its best: in fact, "The Real Thing."
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Book and Coke are both #1.......2007-05-21
Excellent history, excellent analysis.......2006-12-18
Great insight to the most devine beverage in the world :-().......2006-07-08
And God Created Coke for Stomach Sufferers........2006-06-24
Much more than a history of Coca-Cola.......2005-12-10
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Marketing Channel Development and Management
Russell W. McCalley Manufacturer: Quorum Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0899307809 |
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Managing the entire environment in which products are conceived, manufactured, transported, stored, marketed, sold, and consumed is the marketing channel orientation to marketing management. Marketing managers will not perform product development and manufacturing functions, but they must be a part of the planning that controls these functions in order to reflect the needs of the marketing channel. How to accomplish this important management task is structured step by step in this comprehensive, instructive and practical book devoted to the development and management of the marketing channel. The book starts with a pragmatic approach to the development of a marketing channel structure, the selection and motivation of channel participants and the adoption of management programs and methods to insure the marketing company can reach its objectives with the greatest efficiency. Section One presents the physical distribution and channel structure section. The second section is dedicated to the presentation of creative management methods, skills and systems of analysis. These methods are presented as a way to plan and implement a successful marketing channel management. The primary, full channel, management focus is directed to product and market management. It includes marketing program development, advertising, promotion, marketing planning, pricing strategies and product positioning. People management and methods of motivation embraces all marketing channel members from manufacturers, wholesalers, agents, and retailers to users or consumers. Special attention is given to key topics such as the management tasks involving the collection and analysis of marketing and sales statistics, forecasting and profit planning methods. Product pricing methods and positioning are also emphasized. Effective alternatives for management action to competitive promotions are directed to all levels of the marketing channel. The special needs of product and market managers, who have accepted broad responsibilities without the authority of position power to accomplish them, are accommodated with the "Manager's Authority Profile." This is a method designed to provide these managers with the power to perform without the risk of conflict. The book concludes with what Paul Harvey would call "the rest of the story." It is about the rest of the marketing channel participants we identify as competitors. The competitive analysis system presented incorporates an outline for the development of a unique competitive profile. It also offers a new competitive market share analysis process. This book is intended to be a complete marketing management reference for the development of physical distribution with the creation and management of marketing programs for the entire marketing channel.
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INRANGE ENABLES LONG DISTANCE SANS W/ FIBRE CHANNEL OVER WAN.(Company Business and Marketing): An article from: Networks Update
Manufacturer: Worldwide Videotex ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008I0AJU Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Networks Update, published by Worldwide Videotex on July 1, 2001. The length of the article is 645 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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The Regionalization of the World Economy (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0226259951 |
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Regionalization in A Globalizing World: A Comparative Perspective on Forms, Actors and Processes
Manufacturer: Zed Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1856497291 |
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Regionalization and Globalization in the Modern World Economy (Routledge Studies in Development Economics , No 12)
Alex Jilberto Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0415181925 |
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Regionalization and Security in Southern Africa (International Political Economy)
Nana Poku Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0333748441 |
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Regionalization of Globalized Innovation: Locations for advanced industrial development and disparities in participation (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy, 27)
Ulrich Hilpert Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 041521730X |
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While processes of innovation are increasingly realized globally, they can also take a highly regionalized expression. In this book, the global networks that link regions are set against the local aspects of innovation. With contributions from international experts, this book examines local 'Islands of Innovation' where research and industrial expertise are concentrated, along with areas where traditional industrial regions have passed through a process of innovative restructuring.
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The World Economy: Challenges of Globalization and Regionalization
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0333628918 |
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Global Competitive Strategies in the New World Economy: Multilateralism, Regionalization and the Transnational Firm (New Horizons in Environmental Economics)
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1858981360 |
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This important new book provides an exhaustive analysis of the strategic responses of transnational firms to current trends in the world economy, specifically the trends towards 'globalization' and 'regionalization'.The primary focus of this book is on the strategy of transnational firms, particularly those from East Asia, in the geographical regions of Europe, North America and Asia, including the European Union, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the ASEAN Free Trade Area. The contributors discuss protectionism and trade agreements, strategic alliances, competitiveness and investment strategy towards Eastern European states and compare business strategies in the triad region. The distinguished contributors are from industry, academia and international organizations and have first-rate, detailed knowledge of the issues raised. Their approach is policy-oriented and they use case studies of Toshiba, Toyota, Samsung and the Notebook PC Consortium to illustrate the investment strategies of East Asian firms.
This book will offer insights to scholars and students seeking to understand East Asian and European firms, the topics of globalization and regionalization. It will also appeal to policy makers wishing to influence and understand the strategies of transnational firms.
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The Regionalization of the World Economy (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)
Jeffrey A. Frankel Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OOX4XW |
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The United States and the Regionalization of the World Economy (Development Centre Documents)
Albert Fishlow , and Stephan Haggard Manufacturer: Organization for Economic ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9264136711 |
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The World Economy: Challenges of Globalization and Regionalization
Marjan; Singer, Hans Wolfgang Svetlicic Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OUOC7I |
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Dinamica y Crisis del Sistema Capitalista Mundial
Jacob Goransky Manufacturer: El Farol ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9872134707 |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis Business Law Handbook (World Business Law Handbook Library)
Igor Oleynik Manufacturer: International Business Publications USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00005R4ZD Release Date: 2006-01-01 |
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Basic business legislation, laws, export-import regulations affecting business, business climate and contacts
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Saint Kitts and Nevis Business Law Handbook
USA International Business Publications Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739720414 |
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This law handbook contains information on basic business legislation, laws and regulatoins affecting export-import, business, foreign investments, property rights, taxation and banking. (Updated annually)Books:
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