The Origins of Law And Economics: Essays By The Founding Fathers (The Locke Institute)

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'This book of specially commissioned, original papers, by two major scholars, Francesco Parisi and Charles Rowley, is essentially an intellectual history of the L&E school. . . This book is one of the many valuable collections Edward Elgar has offered in many fields of economics, most of them being very handy, especially when they gather important contributions otherwise scattered across various reviews and journals, sometimes in obscure volumes. . . On the whole, this book is a valuable contribution to the intellectual history and the methodology of L&E. It gathers some of the most important essays on these questions, and it is a must-read for L&E scholars, legal theorists and economists with broader interests.'
- Aristides N. Hatzis, The Law and Politics Book Review

This unique collection of largely unpublished papers brings together the founding fathers of law and economics to provide their own views on the origins and intellectual history of the field. Law and economics emerged as a separate field of scholarship during the early 1960s, fueled by two seminal papers, one by Ronald Coase and one by Guido Calabresi. The ideas generated by scholars researching in the field have deeply influenced the major disciplines of economics and the law.

These 16 essays (including three by Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences) provide an impressive blend of differing experiences and varying perspectives, reflecting on the intellectual foundations of the field, its early struggles for recognition, and its remarkable advance during the last four decades of the twentieth century, and into the twenty-first. The essays clearly outline, and contribute new insights into, all of the central issues of this still vibrant research program. A unifying theme of the book is the central importance attached by each scholar to scientific analysis, rather than to any particular ideology or dogma.

This book provides an absorbing intellectual history of law and economics, and will be a fascinating read for academics and researchers with an interest in law and economics, the history of economic thought, public choice and public policy.

Contents: Part I: Introductory Essays Part II: Essays by the Founding Fathers Index

Contributors: G.S. Becker, J.M. Buchanan, G. Calabresi, R.H. Coase, R.D. Cooter, H. Demsetz, R.A. Epstein, E.W. Kitch, W.M. Landes, H.G. Manne, F. Parisi, R.A. Posner, G.L. Priest, C.K. Rowley, P.H. Rubin, S. Shavell, M.J. Trebilcock, G. Tullock, O.E. Williamson

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Nearly 40% percent of all U.S. businesses are women-owned, and by 2025 the Census Bureau projects it will rise to 55%. The trend is new, dating back just to the 1980s, but its impact is already felt. Not only are women achieving empowerment and bettering their lives in many different ways, but the beneficial affect on the economic well-being of the entire country is also clear. Coughlin examines the fundamental problems that face women entrepreneurs globally; identifies, documents, and explains how they cope with and solve them; profiles the more successful entrepreneurs today and explains how they got where they are; and delineates the traits of a successful entrepreneur. (There is also a metric that funders can use to evaluate how their entrepreneur clients are doing, useful for entrepreneurs too as a way of benchmarking their own progress.) Research based, well written, with a useful list of organizations that offer help to owners and prospective owners of new businesses, plus real life accounts that get to the heart of what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur, Coughlin's book is welcome, necessary reading for anyone fascinated by business--and eager to create a business of one's own. Coughlin's book is divided into three sections. In the first, she documents the phenomenal growth of women-owned business, and the affects that globalization is having on them. She discusses the age-old problem of female equality, and puts the growth of their businesses into the context of women's empowerment. Section two focuses on the entrepreneurs themselves. Coughlin tells what we know about them, who they are, the kinds of businesses they start, and then categorizes and explains their motivations, economic as well as social. In Section Three she describes the process of business formation, the challenges women face, and the solutions to problems, often extreme, they have found. Included here are sections on evaluating organizations that offer help, and a new viewpoint on how the efficacy of help can and should be measured. A comprehensive resource guide for anyone interested in learning more about female entrepreneurs, and a sample business plan to use in seeking financial aid, are included in an appendix.

Customer Reviews:

About time somebody identfied the trend!!!.......2003-10-23

As a women business owner, I was glad somebody finally wrote the book about what a lot of us have known has been the case for a long time. Women SMEs are here to stay, and this book tells everybody why!

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Bigwig Briefs: Venture Capital is the first ever in-depth look at the inner workings of venture capital. The book, written by leading venture capital lawyer Harrison Smith from the firm of Krooth & Altman, covers topics such as the management team, the business plan, networking, raising capital, term sheets, valuations and other important topics. A must have book for every entrepreneur, corporate lawyer and financial professional.

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I got the job!.......2002-06-24

Very helpful! Gave me confidence! It can be used by interviewee's and interviewer's.

for the generic job huntress.......2001-12-25

This book is for somebody looking for a job in Corporate America. I also suspect that this book was meant to be read alongside the rest of the Knock 'Em Dead series, which I will admit to not having read. There is a lot of helpful advice on interview tactics and negotiating, but the chapters on job hunting (what to do?) and selling yourself on paper (resume!) are thin and sparsely detailed. However, this would probably be a stellar book for somebody well-versed in resume construction who knows what job she wants, but has difficulty with phone calls and interviews.

GREAT Resource, no matter what you hear.......2001-07-11

The people who did not like the book aren't realizing the value it has. Not every section of the book is going to be what you need, and if you read cover to cover, you will not come away feeling like it was useful. Many people may fail to realize too, that the answers he gives to questions are "examples". You should in no way take them word-for-word. Martin Yate just helps get your thought process going on what you should say and maybe his examples will spark something within you to where you say, "oh right, I have a situation similar to that" and you can spawn an answer off from there.

My suggestion, and how I used the book, was that I read the sections that applied to me. The book is invaluable in giving you an insider's look at what the interviewers and looking for. Then, after interviews, I would check the section about what is to be done next.

The book sincerely helped me in being PREPARED for an interview, which is the key to landing a job.

I got the job, thanks to THIS book!!!!!.......2001-07-11

I had NEVER interviewed for a company position in my life. During HighSchool and College, I spent summers doing construction work and side jobs to earn money towards my Industrial Engineering degree.

You know what really got me ready for my interviews, more than anything else? The book called "Knock 'em Dead" by Martin Yate (would never forget it). My VERY intellegant (and rich, I may add) college professor let me borrow his copy.

Anyways, my point is this is the guy who helped me with my resumè and who recommended the book. I read the thing, and studied various chapters before every interview. After I used the book (after having NEVER done an interview for a company in my life), I was totally prepared for the interviews I was to have with Accenture (then Andersen Consulting), a "Big 5" Consulting Firm. This book goes through countless questions that can and are asked, giving very detailed answers and explaining the keys to what the interviewer is looking for. It has chapters on what to wear, what it is like "on the other side of the desk" (the interviewer), how to discuss salaries, etc. If I ever will switch jobs, I will buy the book for sure to have my own copy available to me. It is like the Bible of interviewing.

I cannot stress enough how prepared I was for interviews with this book. Again, I had NEVER done an interview in my life, and then I was able to go in and land a job with the first company I ever interviewed with, a "Big 5" Consulting Firm nonetheless!

I "knocked 'em dead!".......2001-07-07

I was telling a colleague of mine that I had been turned down on 3 interviews for similar positions within a period of 2 months. I have excellent qualifications for all 3 of the jobs I didn't get. I had a vague feeling that my lack of success had something to do with my interviewing skills, but couldn't figure out exactly what I was doing wrong.

This colleague suggested I read "Knock 'em dead!" She told me that since reading that book she has gotten every job she has applied for, so that evening I went to the bookstore and bought it.

The day before my next interview, I spent the whole day reading the book. I knew in advance that I did not meet one of the most important qualifications for the job, namely, experience with a Linux server. As a matter of fact, I know nothing about Linux. Before I started reading, I was already telling myself to just give up! I was wasting my time by interviewing without knowing Linux. However, the book explained how to work around problem areas like this, and reminded me to remain confident, no matter what! I put everything I read into practice during the interview. I really didn't think I would get the job, so I was just testing out the book to see if it worked like my colleague said it did.

Well, IT CERTAINLY DID WORK! In fact, I was interviewed by a committee of 6, and was hired on the spot, regardless of my lack of knowledge of Linux! I was astounded, as it is virtually unheard of to be hired on the spot after an interview by a hiring committee!

I later found out that they began interviewing for this position 6 months ago, and there was a lot of competition, including some "insiders!" And to think I was hired on the spot!

In some interviews, outstanding qualifications are not enough. If you don't present these qualifications in a very appealing manner, you may be overlooked. This book actually put my dream within my own reach by providing me with the skills I needed to capture that dream. "Knock 'em dead!" is a masterpiece, and I highly recommend it to anyone who needs a strong edge on the competition!

Customer Reviews:

outstanding times two!.......1999-08-14

i bought the book, read it cover to cover, picked three projects and made $285 the following weekend offering products and my services to local businesses. When does the next one come out?

The best I could find on the subject!.......1998-10-25

I don't understand the comment "out of date". While there are projects on printing, there are lots of projects that involve other things and none of the content, including the printing projects are out of date. As long as there is software to do the project and someone like this telling us how to do it, books like this will never be out of date.

I have read much better books on home businesses........1998-09-05

This book seemed very out of date. It contained mostly information on printing businesses. In this day and age almost everyone has a computer and can do most of the business ideas in here.

**** 4-Star Book.......1998-03-02

This book is absolutely fantastic.
Mr. Philcox has done a valuable service to society. He evens email you back if you write him. I have not started on any of the ideas yet, but that's my fought, not the book's. I am researching the ideas and tailoring them to my interest and the needs of my community.
There's truely something in this book for everyone interested. Can't rave about this book more than I have. Glad to read that others are making MONEY after reading this book.

Way to Go! Not every book, like this one, DELIVERS.

very good.......1997-08-17

i started four of these projects and two didn't work out but two did. i now work only weekends and have been earning an average of $200 for those two days. i work fulltime elsewhere so my extra money time is limited.i hope to build this up to fulltime business so i can work with computers - my main interested. robert polman, albany ny.

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International Paper, the richest paper company and largest landowner in the United States, enjoyed record profits and gave large bonuses to executives in 1987, that same year the company demanded that employees take a substantial paycut, sacrifice hundreds of jobs, and forego their Christmas holiday. At the Adroscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine, twelve hundred workers responded by going on strike from June 1987 to October 1988. Local union members mobilized an army of volunteers but International Paper brought in permanent replacement workers and the strike was ultimately lost. Julius G. Getman tells the story of that strike and its implications--a story of a community changing under pressure; of surprising leaders, strategists, and orators emerging; of lifelong friendships destroyed and new bonds forged.

At a time when the role of organized labor is in transition, Getman suggests, this strike has particular significance. He documents the early negotiations, the battle for public opinion, the heroic efforts to maintain solidarity, and the local union's sense of betrayal by its national leadership. With exceptional richness in perspective, Getman includes the memories and informed speculations of union stalwarts, managers, and workers, including those who crossed the picket line, and shows the damage years later to the individuals, the community, and the mill. He demonstrates the law's bias, the company's undervaluing of employees, and the international union's excessive concern with internal politics.

Customer Reviews:

An interesting look at labor from the view of the rank and file as reflected through the eyes of a scholar. .......2007-05-13

I had Getman for labor law and that's why I bought this book. I'm passing it on to my sister who practice labor and employment law because I know she'll really enjoy it. It's a good book for someone who wants to get a picture of how unions work, internal politics and all, and the emotions involved in a labor strike. An objectiver look from an interesting guy who really knows this area of law.

Workers on the Paper Plantation Fight Back.......1999-11-30

This is an insightful and readable account of an important strike. The local leadership did not go looking for this strike, International Paper did. What they did not count on was the innovative tactics of the workers, and their leadership and advisors, who inflicted a lot of pain on the company. When I lived in Maine, the paper companies got everything just they way they wanted it. When they said jump, everyone from the Governor to the media said how high? And if the paper companies wanted fewer restrictions from environmental laws, even the unions went along with it. But in 1987-8, workers in Jay stood up. And a lot of Mainers stood by them. The strike shook things up in the state. This book is a useful reminder that workers can stand up for what they believe in. They can fight and make a difference. By the way. In other countries, like France, it is illegal to bring in permanent replacement scabs. It should be here.

While accurate, the book only told one side of the story........1999-08-31

Mr. Getman does a good of telling the local union's side of the strike at Internatioal Paper's Jay, Maine mill, however his lack of balance causes him to miss the point. I worked as a consultant at the Jay mill for a year prior to the strike and know all the main characters Mr. Getman describes. He has omitted some key relationships. For example the deep personal dislike between the mill manager and the local president was an important element in the strike. But more important Mr. Getman missed the point he was trying to make. While he concludes that International Paper, the international union, and the law betrayed Local 14, the fact is the real betrayers of Local 14 were the idealists who turned a local labor disput into a crusade. He is correct in that the strike bitterly divided the town of Jay and it is divided to this day. I hope every union official reads this book before they ask their members for a strike vote.

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The Betrayal of Local 14
Julius Getman
Manufacturer: ILR Press/Cornell University
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Bringing together scholars in consumer behavior, history, anthropology, religious studies, sociology, and communication, this is the first interdisciplinary anthology spanning the topic of ritual studies. It offers a multifaceted exploration of new rituals, such as Celebrating Kwanzaa, and of the ways entrenched rituals, such as Mardi Gras, gift giving, and weddings have changed. Moreover, it examines the influence of both cultures and subcultures, and will enhance our understanding of why and how consumers imbue goods and services with meaning during rituals.

In this volume, the first in a new LEA series on Marketing and Consumer Psychology:
*a religious studies scholar talks about the media representation of ritual;
*communication scholars discuss the transformational aspects of rituals surrounding alcohol consumption;
*a marketing scholar demonstrates the relevance of organizational behavior theory to understanding gift-giving rituals in the workplace; and
*a historian describes howthe marketing of Kwanzaa was so integral to its successful adoption.

Research Traditions in Marketing (International Series in Quantitative Marketing)

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Research Traditions in Marketing (International Series in Quantitative Marketing)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0792393880

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This book reviews the past twenty years of research in marketing by considering the different research streams together to understand, evaluate and criticize those various streams and to explore potential overlaps and divergence likely to emerge in the future. In addition, careful attention has been paid to represent a balance of European and North American scholarship in both quantitative and qualitative research traditions. The book is organized into quantitative and qualitative parts. The quantitative articles include such topics as marketing models, econometrics, productivity in marketing, diffusion of innovation and industrial marketing; the qualitative articles include consumer behavior, industrial marketing and industrial marketing networks, and perspectives on marketing from other sciences.

Reviving Traditions in Research on International Market Entry, Volume 14 (Advances in International Marketing)

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Reviving Traditions in Research on International Market Entry, Volume 14 (Advances in International Marketing)

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ASIN: 0762310448

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Hardbound. In contrast to the vibrant development in global market entry activities, extant research on the subject is running out of steam. For example, countertrade, a major form of entry mode, has grown to 15 percent of the world trade but studies on the topic have dwindled to naught. The practice of gray market has expanded to include everything from batteries and cars to computers and mobile phones. However, research on gray market has become scarce. Research stagnancy does not limit to micro-marketing issues. The role of government in market entry has received little attention in spite of the active roles many governments, such as the Chinese and Indian governments, have played in creating a favorable environment to attract foreign direct investment and promote export.

Written by a group of internationally renowned scholars, this volume of the Advances in International Marketing is devoted to bridge a knowledge gap between the practice

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Reviving Traditions in Research on International Market Entry, Volume 14 (Advances in International Marketing)
Tiger Li
Manufacturer: NY
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Some implications of consumer oral tradition for reactive marketing (Applied Anthropology Documentation Project)
John F Sherry
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ASIN: B0007B5MT6

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With contributions from leading figures in the field The International Hospitality Industry looks at both specific sectors of the industry, such as restaurants, cruises, hotels and contract foodservice.

The book moves on to highlight the key issues that will be encountered within every sector of the industry - operations, IT, marketing and HR among others - thereby providing the reader with an all-encompassing and comparative overview of the field.

* Contributions from experts around the world (USA, France, Holland, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Ireland and the UK).
* Matching the issues to the sectors.
* Up-to-date case studies and examples to highlight and illustrate.

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The book that covers latest trends in hospitality industry.......2003-10-21

This is a nice book on the hospitality industry. The book nicely covers all the relevant aspects of the hospitality industry.

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This study guide contains basic information on economy, government, business, history and geography, climate, traditions, people, places to visit. Provides information on government, political organizations, and more... Includes basic statistics, information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.

Afghanistan Foreign Policy and Government Guide (Russian Regional Investment and Business Library)

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Afghanistan Foreign Policy and Government Guide (Russian Regional Investment and Business Library)

Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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ASIN: 0739782258

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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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Afghanistan Investment & Business Guide
USA International Business Publications
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ASIN: 0739717006

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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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Afghanistan Investment & Business Guide
Emerging Markets Investment Center
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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.

Afghanistan Mineral & Mining Sector Investment And Business Guide (World Business, Investment and Government Library)

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Afghanistan Mineral & Mining Sector Investment And Business Guide (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
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