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Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long Term Economic Growth
Richard G. Lipsey , Kenneth I. Carlaw , and Clifford T. Bekar Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 019929089X |
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This book examines the long term economic growth that has raised the West's material living standards to levels undreamed of by counterparts in any previous time or place. The authors argue that this growth has been driven by technological revolutions that have periodically transformed the West's economic, social and political landscape over the last 10,000 years and allowed the West to become, until recently, the world's only dominant technological force. Unique in the diversity of the analytical techniques used, the book begins with a discussion of the causes and consequences of economic growth and technological change. The authors argue that long term economic growth is largely driven by pervasive technologies now known as General Purpose (GPTs). They establish an alternative to the standard growth models that use an aggregate production function and then introduce the concept of GPTs, complete with a study of how these technologies have transformed the West since the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution. Early modern science is given more importance than in most other treatments and the 19th century demographic revolution is studied with a combination of formal models of population dynamics and historical analysis. The authors argue that once sustained growth was established in the West, formal models can shed much light on its subsequent behaviour. They build non-conventional, dynamic, non-stationary equilibrium models of GPT-driven growth that incorporate a range of phenomena that their historical studies show to be important but which are excluded from other GPT models in the interests of analytical tractability. The book concludes with a study of the policy implications that follow from their unique approach.
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General Purpose Technologies and Economic Growth
Manufacturer: The MIT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0262082632 |
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Traditionally, economists have considered the accumulation of conventional inputs such as labor and capital to be the primary force behind economic growth. Now, however, many macroeconomists place technological progress at the center of the growth process. This shift is due to new theoretical developments that allow researchers to link microeconomic aspects of the innovation process with macroeconomic outcomes.Customer Reviews:
comprehensive outline of the importance of GPTs.......1999-03-16
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Was 19th century British growth steam-powered?: the climacteric revisited [An article from: Explorations in Economic History]
N. Crafts , and T.C. Mills Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000RR09FC |
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This digital document is a journal article from Explorations in Economic History, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long Term Economic Growth, by Lipsey
Richard G./ Carlaw, Kenneth I./ Bekar, Clifford T. Lipsey Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OLCVOI |
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General Purpose Technologies and Economic Growth
Elhanan Helpman Manufacturer: The MIT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OQ9O48 |
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General purpose technologies: "engines of growth?" (NBER working paper series)
Timothy F Bresnahan Manufacturer: National Bureau of Economic Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006OVPF4 |
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A time to sow and a time to reap: Growth based on general purpose technologies (NBER working paper series)
Elhanan Helpman Manufacturer: National Bureau of Economic Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006PA7B6 |
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The Stability of Currency Boards
Kai Stukenbrock Manufacturer: Peter Lang Pub Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 363152031X |
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Straining at the Anchor: The Argentine Currency Board and the Search for Macroeconomic Stability, 1880-1935 (National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Dev)
Gerardo della Paolera , and Alan M. Taylor Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0226645568 |
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When history fruitfully enlightens the current debate.......2003-07-16
Not only is this book a magnific contribution to understand the monetary and banking history of Argentina, but also a contribution that informs present-day debates in macroeconomics (e.g. the choice of optimal exchange rate regime, various generations of financial and currency crisis, bank runs). The authors make a significant effort to formalise major stylised facts across different crisis episodes, through the lens of modern monetary and banking theory. Moreover, they offer a fresh look at issues concerning crisis management and resolution and policy evaluation in the "first" era of economic globalisation (1880-1914) as well as during the interwar period all the way down to the 1930's depression.
Modern tools help test the hypothesis laid out generally at the beginning of the theoretical framework introduced in each chapter. Ranging from accounting exercises (fiscal solvency, banking balance sheets, as a few examples)to cutting-edge time series econometric modelling, the evidence found by the authours sheds light on crucial empirical issues. Some examples may illustrate this point:
a) The Purchasing Power Parity assumption (PPP, in a single equation cointegrating framework);
b) Money supply and demand, and exchange rate determinants in 1884-1913;
c) The Internal-External Convertibility dynamics (phase diagram, Vector Error Correction Model estimation)
Finally, the lessons drawn by Della Paolera and Taylor are, in my view, very telling to the way Argentina got into the path to the collapse of the currency board 1991-2001.
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Dual currency boards: A proposal for currency stability (IMF working paper)
Stefan E Oppers Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund, Office in Europe ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006RKGF6 |
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Institutions for monetary stability (NBER working paper series)
Christina Romer Manufacturer: National Bureau of Economic Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006QFT68 |
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Straining at the Anchor: The Argentine Currency Board and the Search for Macroeconomic Stability, 1880-1935 (National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Dev)
Gerardo della; Taylor, Alan M. Paolera Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OPTVAQ |
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STRAINING AT THE ANCHOR: THE ARGENTINE CURRENCY BOARD AND THE SEARCH FOR MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, 1880-1935. National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Development
Gerardo della & Alan M. Taylor. Paolera Manufacturer: Univ. of Chicago Press, ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NOZF7G |
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XML: eCommerce Solutions for Business and IT Managers
Solomon H. Simon Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Trade ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0071371885 |
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"Big Picture" insights into one of the hottest, most promising eCommerce technologiesIf your company uses massive amounts of data from different sources, XML could be the Holy Grail. Using today's conventional programs and processes, data may have to be translated and reformatted more than five times during data exchange and eCommerce. XML has the potential to speed up ebusiness applications and integration efforts, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data. In XML: eCommerce Solutions for Business & IT Managers, author Solomon Simon helps you:
* Learn what XML is and where it came from
* Explore the advantages of using XML to solve business integration issues
* Apply proven strategic planning models to determining when, and how best to implement XML
*Understand the risks as well as the benefits associated with XML as a business enterprise solution, as well as common organizational obstacles to XML implementation
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In this volume in the Emerging Business Technology Series, Hank Simon provides managers with the "big picture" of one of the hottest and most promising of emerging ecommerce technologies.Customer Reviews:
The worst tech book I've ever read..........2003-07-14
This book is pretentious, repetitious, phenomenally boring, and completely useless. It consists of little but vacuous management-speak sentences. For example what is one to make of
"A process is something that someone wants to accomplish, including the flow of actions from start to completion"? In the world of normal people, a process is a means to an end, not an end in itself. But the book is riddled with this sort of meaningless juxtaposition of jargon.
There is no point so trivial that this book doesn't feel it's worth repeating at least ten times. There is no technical detail about XML so trivial that this book feels it should include. If you feel that saying that XML uses a tree structure is well illustrated with a picture of what looks like an actual christmas tree (as opposed to something with nodes and edges) then this is probably the book for you. But if you have the slightest interest in the technicalities of XML (even if your interest is limited to ecommerce and management level issues), don't waste your time. Typing XML into google and reading ten random hits will teach you more.
Insufficient.......2003-02-12
Well worth reading...........2001-07-25
A business approach.......2001-04-25
Dry Sense of Humor.......2001-04-18
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Safety and Health in the Salon Training System
Dennis G. Nelson Manufacturer: Delmar Thomson Learning ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1562537091 |
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With "Health and Safety in the Salon", Milady Publishing has created a much-needed tool for training in the requirements for OSHA compliance. Included in this system are a comprehensive Leader's Guide, complete with handout masters, and a 30-minute video that takes viewers on a tour of all salon stations and points out the most frequently found hazards in each. Together with the concise Leader's Guide, the accompanying 30-minute video provides a safety and health perspective that will help educators, salons and beauty professionals develop policies and procedures, hazard awareness and control, training, record keeping, and other practices that meet OSHA and health-related licensing requirements.
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National Business Employment Weekly: Networking
National Business Employment Weekly Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0471310271 |
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A user-friendly book offering a proven system for developing and using personal and business contacts in a strategic, systematic and structured manner as a crucial part of any job search or career change. Describes how to refine your focus; get more names to expand your network; understand the difference between technical skills, transferable abilities and personal qualities; bypass secretaries and much more. Packed with examples and case histories.Customer Reviews:
A great book that provides actual techniques for networking........1998-02-05
The best book available on the subject........1997-08-28
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The Potato Chip Difference : How to Apply Leading Edge Marketing Strategies to Landing the Job You Want
Michael A. Goodman Manufacturer: Dialogue Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0970208804 |
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In The Potato Chip Difference, the author shows you how to apply the same strategic approach to job seeking and career planning that top management consulting firms use with major clients. And the author's personal experience adds practical real-world examples that make this book a "must read" for everyone in the workforce today.Customer Reviews:
Finally! A Job Seekers Book That Works!.......2003-08-19
The title, "The Potato Chip Difference", refers to how Frito-Lay is able to differentiate itself from other potato chip companies by knowing (studying) the market and itself, and how to market itself by understanding what the market will need and transforming into that. That is, he distinguishes between "selling" ("pushing what you have onto customers") and marketing ("understanding future needs and delivering upon that"). This distinction is critical, as often we are told that effective resumes and interviews "sell YOU" -- you try to convince the prospective employer to take what you've got.
Goodman also makes some other outstanding points, such as "understand what you determine is 'success'" (noting that some prefer rapid job advancement, while others want a good work/life balance), and points out many mistakes that job hunters make, such as networking improperly (hitting your friends and colleagues up for jobs, which makes them feel "used" and uncomfortable). It's surprising that he is able to be so insightful when other resume/interview preparedness authors/websites spout so much misguided "theoretical" information.
Each chapter is set up in order of the activities related to a job search, from resume writing tips through to accepting an offer, should you get one. One important exercise he suggests is to plot your sense of accomplishment. This will give you a sense of how successful you have felt in your life/career, and ask yourself why. The answers may be surprising. Perhaps early in your life, you felt successful because you were making relatively good money, but find later in life, success is related more toward a happy family life.
The book, which is only 118 pages long, is straightforward and is set up logically, in order of your job search activities. He uses examples, but only to make his points clear. He conserves the words and your time by being succinct and to the point. The only really misused space in the appendices: a rambling (and useless) report on how your brain works and a list of helpful business books (is Ned Herrmann the guy's brother-in-law? He gets two recommends and a generous mention in "how your brain works" piece!).
Strategy - A Key Component of Any Successful Job Search.......2002-02-08
If You Only "Eat" Just One - The Potato Chip Book Is It!!!.......2002-01-24
I found the advice presented very sound and to-the-point. There's no "fluff" here - who has time for that when you're in search mode?Only sound tried and true ideas to help you put together the best search strategy possible to market yourself.
I'm a true believer. As I go through MY search incorporating Goodman's ideas - developing a strategy, networking, positioniing myself, I'm seeing things paying off. This is a VERY helpful book for any jobseeker from the just-out-of-college neophyte to the hardcored veteran jobhunter, from the possible career-switcher to the "back-to-work-after the kids" Mom (or Dad, too!)
Paraphrasing Sinatra, "I've been "rightsized," "downsized," "de-prioritized," and "you-name-it-sized." I've been through big-bucks professional "corporate outplacement" twice. And, even with THAT experience, "TPD" provided me with helpful, useful can-do insights about how a "strategy" can better position me in the marketplace.
Sure, there are hundreds of job-hunting books out there, but, The Big Thing about this book is that this very sound approach can set you apart from the (growing) masses of jobhunters. Hey, I'd rather follow Goodman's advice here than many of the books with conflicting "hints" about number of pages and fonts for my resume - oh, yes, don't forget it's "rag bond stock," OK?
This is a book about MARKETING STRATEGY - marketing YOU. Hey, as Tom Peters said, "You're the brand!" Every great brand emanates from sound marketing strategy - so can you! Michael Goodman's "The Potato Chip Difference" is no snack - reading it will get you to the Main Course! Five Stars.
Disappointed.......2001-11-28
A solid foundation, but needs more.......2001-11-16
This is a good book for introspection, self-examination and figuring out exactly how you operate. What it is not is a step-by-step guide to finding your next job. If you're looking for that, then go elsewhere.
Many of Goodman's ideas are based on his experience as a corporate marketer, and the concept of marketing yourself to your next employer is a solid one. Where this book falls short is translating those concepts into tangible items your can use in your search. I also felt that several times Goodman makes the assumption that you are in a marketing or sales type of career, and some of his suggestions aren't applicable to other industries or positions - which may leave you frustrated at times when you're reading this book.
If you're looking for a book that will help you discet who you are, this is a good read. If you're buying this book because you want the edge over other job candidates, you probably won't be happy - there's no groundbreaking info here. I suggest "Don't Send a Resume" as a better choice, then.
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Body For Sale: An Inside Look At Medical Research, Drug Testing, And Organ Transplants And How You Can Profit From Them
Ed Brassard Manufacturer: Paladin Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0873648587 |
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Whether the bottom line is saving lives or making money, medical technology is a source of life and death, hope and new beginnings, and big bucks. Find out how you can cash in on this lucrative trade. Earn money and get free treatment and cutting-edge drugs.Customer Reviews:
No new information.......2007-07-06
Body For Sale.......2000-06-08
Nice Book..I very much enjoyed his radio show. 101.5 KGB San Diego,California. I had to see this book. I was happy, Nice book. Amazon, made it easy to get this book.. Good work. Like to see more books for this writer.
FANTASTIC, and NEEDED!!!.......1999-04-09
Opened My Eyes..........1998-07-01
Seen it on Oprah. Now 20/20 ABC I had to see it for my self. Found in Amazon.com I learned some things in life I needed to know. There is a need for more books like this out there.
Enlightening & Informative.......1998-03-03
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Transnational Labour History: Explorations (Studies in Labour History)
Marcel Van Der Linden Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0754630854 |
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