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Imagined Economies: The Sources of Russian Regionalism (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
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This book examines the economic bases of regional sovereignty movements in the Russian Federation from 1990–1993. The analysis is based on an original data set of Russian regional sovereignty movements and the author employs a variety of methods including quantitative statistical analysis, as well as qualitative case studies of Sverdlovsk and Samara oblasts using systematic content analysis of local newspaper articles. The central finding of the book is that variation in Russian regional activism is explained not by differences in economic conditions but by differences in the construction or imagination of economic interests; to put it in the language of other contemporary debates, economic advantage and disadvantage are as imagined as nations. In arguing that regional economic interests are inter-subjective, contingent, and institutionally specific, the book addresses a major question in political economy, namely the origin of economic interests. In addition, by engaging the nationalism literature, the book expands the constructivist paradigm to the development of economic interests.
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This book examines the economic bases of regional sovereignty movements in the Russian Federation from 1990-1993. The analysis is based on an original data set of Russian regional sovereignty movements and the author employs a variety of methods including quantitative statistical analysis, as well as qualitative case studies of Sverdlovsk and Samara oblasts using systematic content analysis of local newspaper articles. The central finding of the book is that variation in Russian regional activism is explained not by differences in economic conditions but by differences in the construction or imagination of economic interests; to put it in the language of other contemporary debates, economic advantage and disadvantage are as imagined as nations. In arguing that regional economic interests are inter-subjective, contingent, and institutionally specific, the book addresses a major question in political economy, namely the origin of economic interests. In addition, by engaging the nationalism literature, the book expands the constructivist paradigm to the development of economic interests.
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Historic Tours: The Denver Mint
David Eitemiller
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Commonspace: Beyond Virtual Community
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Commonspace: Fact or Fiction.......2005-04-14
Commonspace was a very interesting read. I enjoyed all of the the theories that Surman and Wershler-Henry produced for the reader, but the book has its downfalls. The main two problems with Commonspace, is that the authors are very repetitive of their content and they provide highly elaborated situations that would never occur in real life. The main aspect that kept me reading this book to the end, was that I felt as if the text from the book had been taken directly from an interactive web forum. It was this feeling of being included in the discussion that keeps the reader from dropping this book for something else. All in all I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to get a new perspective of community on the internet.
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Tips and Tactics for Using the Internet to Run Your Business
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Tips & Tactics for Using the Internet to Run Your Business will jump-start your application of cutting-edge business technology--regardless of the size of your business. This book is chock-full of ideas for taking advantage of the management tools found on the Internet--when you know where to look. You'll learn the importance of backup electronic files and finding a financial accounting program that your business can grow with. You'll discover where to click for management tools like:
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Learn easy, proven techniques that keep you in control of your meetings. This complete guide to effective meetings will show you how to prepare for success and end with results. It includes structured activities that keep everyone focused on your issues, practical techniques for dealing with unproductive participants, and essential considerations for high tech meetings. If you hold meetings, this book is a must!
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Industries & Careers for MBAs profiles a host of industries and careers that hire newly minted MBAs. It'ss the perfect starting point for MBAs ready to research their next career. This WetFeet Insider Guide covers 19 industries and 10 career functions; key jobs for MBAs, with current salary ranges and overall job prospects; top-ranked companies; and common career tracks.
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No Value Added.......2007-05-01
I am an upcoming MBA student and career switcher. I was looking to get an overview of the different careers for MBA graduates but the book did not deliver. The reviews of different career options were vague and the careers were not specifically geared towards MBAs. It didn't clear up any questions I had about different careers. It didn't address number of hours/week associated with a typical career, nor travel requirements or work experience required. The book was definitely not helpful.
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WetFeet brings to you this brand new guide -- a compilation of industry and career profiles geared toward the MBA jobseeker. The purpose of this guide is to provide you with a broad range of information about careers and industries, so that you can consider the full range of career options when thinking about what you want to do when you move back into the working world. Some of the things you'll find in this hefty guide are:
- 20 industry profiles from biotechnology to venture capital.
- Ten career profiles including asset management, information technology, and marketing.
- Job descriptions geared toward the MBA graduate.
- Rankings of the top players in each category.
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WetFeet brings to you this brand new guide -- a compilation of industry and career profiles geared toward the MBA jobseeker. The purpose of this guide is to provide you with a broad range of information about careers and industries, so that you can consider the full range of career options when thinking about what you want to do when you move back into the working world. Some of the things you'll find in this hefty guide are: 20 industry profiles from biotechnology to venture capital. Ten career profiles including asset management, information technology, and marketing. Job descriptions geared toward the MBA graduate. Rankings of the top players in each category. Information on recent industry and career trends.
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Overly simplistic.......2004-02-18
As a business school student, I was hoping this would provide some detailed information about potential careers but was disappointed.
How flattering--A guide just for me.......2003-04-11
How great to see a guide out there just for MBAs. It really showed just how many options are available to me with this degree. I appreciate that all the big firms are profiled in one spot. It's made my job research a lot more efficient.
Fellow MBA grads: You can't go wrong with this guide. Give it a try!
THE career guide for MBA students.......2003-02-20
As a fellow MBA, I know how much time and effort my peers have and will put towards their job searches. This guide has been a great resource in getting me thinking about the many options open to me, more than I even thought. This is the best place to start if you're at the beginning of your career exploration, or even if you've been floating for a while. It provides a range of information at your fingertips and saves a lot of time you might spend surfing the net to find out about different industries and careers. The listing of main companies and additional resources provided with each section were also helpful in taking my own research further. I strongly recommend this guide. It is a great investment.
Getting my feet wet.......2003-02-20
It's good to read up on the wide variety of opportunities available to a first-year MBA student such as myself. It's encouraging to know that the possibilities are out there in a range of industries. Now I'm following up by looking at a few of Wetfeet's specific industry guides -- particularly the Careers in Investment Banking and Careers in Asset Management & Retail Brokerage guides.
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Industries Careers for MBAs profiles a host of industries and careers that hire newly minted MBAs. Its the perfect starting point for MBAs ready to research their next career. This WetFeet Insider Guide covers industries and career functions key jobs for MBAs, with current salary ranges and overall job prospects top-ranked companies and common career tracks.
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While probate is a complicated court process, Probate and Settle an Estate in California can help you understand, prepare for, and work through the steps necessary to handle both property that is subject to probate and property that is not subject to probate in the state of California.
Written in an easy-to-understand manner, this book will give you confidence as you navigate the probate court system. From dealing with creditorsi claims and changing property ownership to transferring assets and handling estate taxes, Probate and Settle an Estate in California covers the essentials you need to close an estate.
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While probate is a complicated court process, How to Probate and Settle an Estate in California can help you understand, prepare for, and work through the steps necessary to handle both property that is subject to probate and property that is not subject to probate in the state of California.
Written in an easy-to-understand manner, this book will give you confidence as you navigate the probate court system. From dealing with creditors' claims and changing property ownership to transferring assets and handling estate taxes, How to Probate and Settle an Estate in California covers the essentials you need to close an estate.
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Not for the complicated estate.......2005-02-11
This book is an excellent guide if you are settling an estate where there is a will, no messy record keeping, and no lack of attention by the dead person to their assets, and absolutely no complications. If anything is outside the perfect Stepford-like world then this book is likely to mislead you. It is too simplified to make you aware of the nuances of California Probate Law. A better resource is How to Probate an Estate in California by Julia Nissey.
This book can save you thousands of dollars.......2002-07-22
If you have the patience to go through a loved ones mail, keep track of all the phone calls and paper work, this book is for you. Instead of paying an attorney thousands of dollars to do "paperwork" this book will guide you through the tedious probate process. Even if you make a mistake, the court will let you know what was incorrect. (The courts paralegal may even assist you at no charge.) You can then go back to the book and correct the error and resubmit your paperwork. Think about it... you will have to provide an attorney with the loved ones documents and then the attorney gets paid to fill in the blanks. But if YOU file for probate, you can be fully in charge, keep track of information and keep the money the attorney probably has a paralegal prepare. This book is easy to follow and well worth the investment. This book can not be rated high enough.
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- Whisky-the life behind the bottle
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These are the memoirs of one of Scotland's best known whisky distillers and cover his time in the industry from 1963 until the present day. In that time John McDougall has worked in some of Scotland's most famous distilleries in Speyside, Ayrshire, Islay and Campbeltown as well as holding head office posts in Glasgow before setting up his own whisky brokering business based in Kelso. These memoirs are all about the characters that John has dealt with in the many differing places he has worked and portray as complete a picture of the distillery shop floor, the stillroom and the mashroom and the changes that have been made in them over the past 35 years as possible. Co-authored by whisky authority Gavin D. Smith (A-Z of Whisky) this revealing evocation of the true goings-on in the whisky trade will delight and surprise anyone with an interest in the subject.
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Whisky-the life behind the bottle.......2004-06-03
This is a fantastic book! No one has ever published a tell all book about the Whisky industry let alone a biography. John McDougall is truely a Scottish Legend. His life experiences are things one would never read in a distillery brochure.
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Single Malt Success.......2002-11-20
If you love Single Malts, then this book is a value to add to your collection. It gives you a look inside the industry as it has developed over the last 40 years from a personal perspective. That being said, it is not a be all-end all-tell all book of the industry. So do not look at this as a great history of Whisky making these last 40 years. Just as a reflection on one man's journey within the industry.
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Dangerous Oversimplification.......2001-11-18
Dangerous Oversimplification
If the Hispanic Market were a music CD, this book would be only the cover...and an oversimplified and dangerously traditional one at that.
This book regurgitates (or maybe CREATED) the standard image of a Latino consumer.
If you know nothing of the Hispanic Market, you might want to read it. But if you don't follow it with a serious study of the subject (like Arlene Dávila's, Latinos INC) you'll be left soaking in stereotypes that will inhibit your true understanding of this complex market.
The main problem is that as she slams obvious stereotypes (sombreros, burros etc..) she ignores (and perhaps was instrumental in creating) conceptual stereotypes.
Blanket comments like -Hispanics are not individualistic- have lead marketers down the wrong path for years. Valdes' is great at pointing out the differences of Latino's, but in doing so, completely ignores their similarities to the General Market, thereby giving marketers a dangerously PARTIAL understanding of this consumer.
Watch some Spanish television for a few hours. You'll notice some repulsively traditional commercials here and there. These are the fault of Valdes and "researchers" and "marketers" like her. (I must admit that these commercials have been effective in the past, but as advertising muscle increases against Hispanics, they've become all but useless. Why? They don't represent the `whole Hispanic' and reach the consumer on an equally partial level.)
Valdes' understanding of Hispanics is probably what Dávila would accuse of "...selling and promoting generalized ideas about `Hispanics' to be readily marketed by corporate America."
Read the book. But beware of falling into the trap...
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An author who tries to write an engaging book about the International Monetary Fund faces a daunting task. Who besides devoted readers of The Financial Times would want to read it? With The Chastening, however, Paul Blustein offers a remarkably accessible account of this off-putting institution and its importance to the world economy. "The IMF cultivates its mystique, seeking to appear all-knowing, scientific, and detached. To outsiders, it often comes across as a high priesthood with pretensions of divine powers and insight," he writes. Blustein tears down this façade as he recounts some of the epic struggles of recent years: "As markets were sinking and defaults looming, the guardians of global financial stability were often scrambling, floundering, improvising, and striking messy compromises." Through dozens of interviews with IMF insiders, Blustein reveals how the institution really works--and how it often doesn't. There are fast-paced stories of success and failure on these pages, as Blustein describes efforts to bail out faltering economies in Korea, Russia, and elsewhere. Best of all, readers don't need economics degrees to keep pace: anybody who simply wants a primer on global financial systems will be well served by Blustein. --John Miller
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"Gripping, often frightening...should be read by anyone wanting to understand, from the inside, how the international financial system really works." --The Economist
Lauded by reviewers and scholars alike, Paul Blustein's The Chastening examines the role of the International Monetary Fund in the series of economic crises that rocked the globe in the last decade. Based on hundreds of interviews with officials at the IMF, the World Bank, the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve, the White House, and many foreign governments, The Chastening offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Fund during an extraordinarily turbulent period in modern economic history and at a time when the IMF has become the object of intense political controversy.
While the IMF and its overseers at the Treasury and the Fed have sought to cultivate an image of economic masterminds coolly dispensing effective economic remedies, the reality is that as markets were sinking and defaults looming, the guardians of global financial stability were often floundering, improvising, and feuding among themselves. The Chastening casts serious doubt on the IMF's ability to combat of investor panics at a time when massive flows of money traverse borders and oceans.
A readable, compelling account of the deeply flawed workings of the international political system, The Chastening is vital reading for students and scholars of international diplomacy, government, and economic and public policy.
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A Primer on Why Third World Debt Is Such a Mess.......2007-01-01
There are many good reasons to bash the IMF but few reasons to do so if you don't know what you're talking about -- this books lets you do both.
I've spent years in social circles that carry on a tragic lament of third world debt to first world countries, a lament I agree with but often find is expressed through oft-repeated anti-globalization mantras with no perception of how hideously complex the situation is.
This book gives you the tools to make cogent criticisms of the IMF while simultaneously learning about the herculean chore the IMF has before it. Blustein describes the mechanics of how financial crises arose in the fateful year of 1997 in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Korea, and later in Russia and Brazil. A combination of cookie-cutter shock therapy schemes, out-of-touch IMF officials, incompetent and often corrupt finance ministry officials and Wall Street Bankers converge to make it nearly impossible for countries to escape the wrath of an increasingly volatile group of investors the author appropriately dubs the "Electronic Herd."
The pattern is now a familiar one -- irresponsible fiscal and monetary policy leaves a country exposed to predatory lenders and currency speculators. Investors and debt holders see the country's dwindling hard currency reserves as sign of imminent collapse and begin to sell off every asset they have there, creating a vicious circle of panic. The IMF is called in to make sure the country doesn't go bankrupt by providing loans of hard currency -- but who's being bailed out, the country itself of the lenders that put their money there?
Blustein explains how this dynamic was repeated in each of the countries of the 1997 and 1998 crises, with the IMF response working in everyone's favor in only two cases among a string of dismal failures. He extensively explores the issue of "moral hazard," or the idea that big loan packages to economies in crisis just reinforces irresponsible behavior on the part of both the lenders and the borrowers.
Can get a little tedious at times, and the sequence of events is sometimes hard to follow because so much is being explained at once -- but overall a well written work by a reporter who covered the subject for years.
A Case Study in the Failure of Political Rationalism.......2006-09-26
The Chastening is a ripping, white-knuckle read. This IS the best single book about the IMF, but it is also a lesson in political theory. Like Milton Friedman's "Monetary History of the United States," David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest," and Robert Conquest's "Harvest of Sorrow," this book is a case study in how superempowered and unaccountable bureaucrats tend make natural disasters incalculably worse. It is an object lesson in how policymaking ambitions are frustrated by human fallibility, especially when the policymaker in question fails to account for that fallibility. At every step, the Fund's planners made horrible missteps with smug confidence, thereby prolonging the suffering of untold millions of people. At every step, they were shocked when reality failed to coorespond to theory and their best intentions backfired. In a subtle way, the doctrinaire rationalist approach taken by the Fund during the Asian crisis presages the failure of the remaking of Iraq. The inherent weakness of theory-laden, top-down political and economic planning is a lesson we must apparently learn over and over again. (For those who appreciate this philosophical dimension to the book, I highly recommend James C. Scott's "Seeing Like a State.")
The IMF is the most powerful single human force on the planet and yet it remains totally almost unknown to public at large. Blustein is to be commended for making the Fund transparent and accessible to all educated people.
Entertaining & Imformative.......2006-08-16
Clearly the best book ever written on the IMF & its inner-workings. Great detail on the theater and players within the IMF and those that make policy. The book is a must read for anyone interested in the world economy.
Regarding the crisis that hit the world financial markets the author does an outstanding job in educating the reader on all of the key elements from Nation/States to Hedge Funds.
By taking individual chapters to break down the elements of the distressed finances of Korea, Indonesia, Russia, Brazil, Thailand & wall street the author takes us on a roller coaster ride of international politics, high finance, intrigue & history.
1997.......2006-01-04
1997, S Korea banking system was on the verge of collaspe, as result of violatile banking practices that had destabled the financial system threating the 11th largest economy of the world and created the possibility of financially crippling long term companies like Hyundia, Samsung, and Daewoo. At the time the IMF began analyzing S Korea's financial condition, S Korea bank reserves stood at $24 billion. IMF's, Neiss had no idea how close the S Korean banks were to default and when Neiss arrived in S. Korea the reserves had already fallen to $9 billion and dropping $1 billion a day. Foreign banks were demanding payment on loans come due and the practice of routinely extending payments month after month was canceled causing a massive amount of money due. The short term debt to foreigner was $20 billion. Foreigners on the currency exchange were dumping the won for the dollar and investors were executing a massive selloff of Korean stocks and bonds. When Neiss arrive S Korea was within a week of default. If S Korea defaulted, the default could cause a long and crippling cutoff of loans and neighboring Asian countries might also fall into default and investment confidence could be shattered globally and the world fall into a global recession. The S Korea economic collaspe affected the US economy; in 1998, the bond market ceased to function as a provider of capital to the world; the fed was forced into sharp cuts in the interest rate, but the fed could not tame the savage beast of the global market. The global market beast was enormous. Foreign investment in the selling and buying of stocks and bonds and other securities had reached $17.3 trillion by 1997.
Neiss envisioned three responses to the crisis: 1. acquire a short term loan from Japan 2) gain permission to pay foreign loans in bonds rather than cash 3) stem the panic by showing the market that S Korea banks had plenty of cash. The IMF bailout infused $55 billion and $21 billion from the IMF. S Korea promised to cut budget amounts, raise interest rates, shutdown ailing financial institutions and close the doors, eliminate government direct bank loans, and allow greater freedom for foreign investors to buy stocks and bonds. The IMF bailout followed by a crash in the currency and economy of S. Korea. Financial credibility damage had occurred. IMF bailouts pattern of crashes after loan approval occurred with Thailand ($17 billion loan), Indonesia ($33 billion loan), Russia (1998 - $22 billion loan), and Brazil ($44 billion bailout loan). IMF bailout meant higher interest rates cooling fast growing economies. When a country fails to meet the target goals of the IMF, the IMF blames the government of the country for failing to meet the conditions of the loan. This tactic imposes censurorship and political influence entangling the IMF with the internal policies of the countries political machinery. 1999-2000, the IMF pronounced the Asia financial crisis over.
In fast growing Asian countries, hot money had poured inot these economies. Hot money could be liquidated with a push of a computer button by commerical banks and brokers. Hot money destabilized the S Korean financial systems and increased the violatility in the system.
Criticism of the IMF are it lacks expertise in banking issues, it closes banks and does not consider whether other banks can cover; it can not create money like the fed. In 2001, IMF war chest totaling $137 billion. IMF limitations to financial assets makes it vulnerable to rescuing failsafe countries that could trigger global financial collaspe. Once an IMF bailout is installed, the role of the IMF is too become the financial planner of the country forcing the country to reduce spending and increase income revenue.
Economists On A Mission.......2005-12-23
In Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph Stiglitz claims that the Asian crisis could not have been achieved by market speculators and corrupt politicians alone: it required the involvement of economists, and more specifically of that breed of economists who populate the corridors of the International Monetary Fund, an institution charged with maintaining financial stability and extending credit to countries facing crises.
Although not a professional economist, Paul Blustein provides a more balanced account. Instead of invoking arcane theories and denouncing other people's incompetence to make his point, he sticks to the facts and reconstructs the story of the Asian crisis as people experienced it on the frontline. His most fascinating pages are when he follows IMF economists on rescue missions, from Bangkok and Jakarta to Seoul and back again. You can almost smell the sweat emanating from those figures uniformly clad in white shirts and dark suits, envision the nights spent working on spreadsheets in air-conditioned hotel rooms, feel the tension that reigns once the team has unearthed some unsavory data, witness the embarrassment of the authorities who are asked to spill open their books and confess their best-kept financial secrets, imagine the relief when things fall into place and the program proposal is ready to go to the executive board for approval.
One should not pity IMF economists. They live in poshy Washington, fly business class, stay in five stars hotels and, although they envy the paychecks of their Wall Street colleagues, manage to lead an international bureaucrat's life with a banker's salary. But one also has to acknowledge their high professional standards, their devotion to their tasks and their sense of discipline that contradicts the adage that economists can never agree with one another (remember Winston Churchill, who remarked that "if you put two economists in a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions.")
Here is how IMF staffers are perceived by their colleagues from the World Bank, a sister institution located right across the street in downtown Washington:
"Economists from the World Bank, who sometimes work in joint missions with the IMF, express awe at the almost military manners in which Fund staffers defer to their superiors. This protocol is in stark contrast to the code of conduct at the World Bank, an institution devoted to long-term development loans, whose economists or irrigation specialists or environmental experts might embark on a lively disagreement right in front of, say, a borrowing country's deputy finance minister. When an IMF mission enters a room to conduct a negotiation, it is often easy to tell who ranks where; one World Banker likens it to "a mother duck leading her baby ducks." The mission chief typically sits in the middle of the table and does most of the talking, allowing immediate subordinates to chime in on issues requiring their specialized expertise; lower-level staffers are likely to remain silent."
Four year after its publication, the book still makes an interesting read. It could have been adorned with a more telling title (the "chastening" refers to the jacket of the hardcover edition which shows the IMF pilloried with a dunce's cap, as well as to the sense of awe when faced with the recurrence of financial crises that should chasten us all of any sense of complacency). It would also have benefited from the inclusion of a few pictures, and especially that famous snapshot that shows IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus standing, arms crossed, looking down at President Suharto as he signed the revised multi-billion bailout package that was to provide a short respite to the country as it spiraled into chaos. A tell-tale picture, indeed.
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Inside the IMF (Computers and People Series)
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In this book, Richard Harper uses the International Monetary Fund as a case study to show how thinking differently about IT systems can dramatically improve the manageability and accessibility of documents in organisations. The systems he considers uses search and retrieval applications, the use of hypertext documents and shared database applications like Lotus Notes.
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* Advises how to improve the work processes and computer systems of organizations
* Considers such IT systems as search and retrieval applications, the use of hypertext documents, and shared database applications
* Provides the first study to reveal the inside workings of the IMF
* Utilizes sociological methods to understand the technology which underpins office and commercial life
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Trade Politics: International, Domestic and Regional Perspectives
Brian Hocking
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ASIN: 0415193567 |
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Leading experts provide a clear overview of the evolving environment of trade politics and the current issues surrounding its development. Trade politics is a hot topic this year, particularly since the changes in world economy following the Asian crisis. Written with students in mind this book includes chapters on: *Trade and security *Ideas and policies *Intellectual property *The environment *Regions in world trade *Trade organizations *States and sovereignty
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Iceland Tax Guide (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
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Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
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ASIN: 0739739425 |
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Detailed info on corporate and personal taxation system and regulations
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Basic information on foreign and domestic policy, national security, political system, parties and elections, government and administrative structure. Participation in international organizations, treaties and regional unions. International and foreign policy and more.
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This investment guide contains basic information on economy, business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities, regulations. Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and government. Includes information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.
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This investment guide contains basic information on economy, business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities and regulations. Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and government. Includes information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.
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