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Presents two articles on Adam Smith, one on his use of the concept of the invisible hand, and another on his use of Isaac Newton's methodology. This book also includes an article on rival conceptions of distribution in the 20th century and introductory notes to the study of the history of economic thought.

Include papers that represent some of the leading work on intellectual property and address the question of how to create incentives to develop new technologies and how to protect those technologies once developed from theft. This title contains papers that ask when valuable property might be developed even under weak ownership conditions.

The result of the selection of papers presented at a special session entitled 'Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Economics and Finance' at the '2003 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence'. This volume will appeal to economists interested in adopting an interdisciplinary approach to the study of economic problems.

Examines the topic of managing multinationals in a knowledge economy. This book concludes that, despite all the technological advances in cross-border communication and coordination, social capital and human resources are the most critical factors possessed by multinationals.

The "Advances in Group Processes" series publishes theoretical analyses, reviews and theory-based empirical chapters on group phenomena. Volume 19 includes papers that address fundamental issues of solidarity, cohesion and trust.

This volume presents a collection of papers written by senior marketing scholars based on their presentations upon receiving the "Society for Marketing Advances Distinguished Marketing Scholar Award".

This work gives practical voice to the theoretical questions and research designs of an emerging agenda for organization theory that engages questions about broader social structure and organizations with theory in cultural analysis, stratification, and entrepreneurship.

The papers in this volume were presented in May 2000, at a conference held at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. The purpose of the conference was to explore individual motivation and sensemaking in the context of group membership.

Financial risk variables arise in the form of interest rate, foreign exchange, equity and commodity risk. This book provides insight on those risk variables. It aims to provide the laymen and professionals with analysis, theoretical risk measurement models and findings that will extend their understanding of the financial risk environment.

Political sociology continues to be the most significant place for the study of the relationship between society and politics. The study of political participation has always formed an important part of this research. This volume presents a diverse collection of works dedicated to assessing the research and future directions in the field.

The financial crises are not confined to a financial market or a financial institution, or a country or a region. The financial crises moved from one market to another, across geographical locations, as well as across segments of financial systems. This volume is devoted to exploring various aspects of this issue.

Continuing to provide forward-thinking industrial relations research, this volume includes studies of EEOC and FMCS mediation approaches and effectiveness; union organizing, political effectiveness and internal democracy; and 21st century prospects for a new baby boom generation.

Presents an array of articles that examine the many ways citizens learn about law, law beyond the nation-state and the relationship of law and labour.

Contains articles on Adam Smith, Antonio Horta Ororio, John Maynard Keynes, and on methodological, interpretive and policy issues of economic development in Ghana. This work also includes review essays on twenty-two books on the history and methodology of economics.

Asset price bubbles have been and continue to be an area of major public policy concern in many countries. While we know that the bursting of such bubbles is painful and destructive to the economy, little is known of their causes. This volume examines aspects of asset price bubbles from the perspective of different times and different countries.

The second volume of the series contains a combination of theoretical and empirical studies of issues in financial economics, investments, and banking authored by leading researchers in the US and Europe. Topics examined include asset pricing, corporate governance, and dividend policy.

Includes seven researched papers blending research with consideration of theoretical and analytical issues.

Includes conceptual papers that are designed to promote theory and research on important substantive and methodological topics in the field of human resources management.

This volume faithfully reproduces the public correspondence between Mr. Thomas A. Murphy, former Board Chairman of General Motors Corporation, and two accounting leaders, during the latter two's term of service as Chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB].

How do workers fare in a continually changing labor market? This volume contains fifteen original scientific papers each examining how socio-economic changes affect worker wellbeing.

Considers effects on capital and goods markets of monetary union in general and European Monetary Union (EMU) in particular. This volume addresses the effects of monetary union, which fall into three categories - adjustments in goods and labor markets, adjustments in money and capital markets, and institutional adjustments.

The theoretical frames outlined in this volume on research in organizational change and development in the range from perspectives that are relatively undeveloped (for example chaos theory), to perspectives and ideas that have been in widespread use for many years (such as action research).

Contains thirteen papers that deal with the issue of Financial Analysis, Planning and Forecasting, which are classified into two major groups - Risk Analysis and Financial Evaluation Models. In addition to these two groups, this title contains a paper using survey approach to banking operations.

Part of the "Advances in Applied Microeconomics" series, this volume contains 11 chapters, which cover theoretical and empirical contributions. It examines theoretical models of incomplete information; product innovations in services; and both advertising and product differentiation, including generic advertising, advertising bans and more.

The performance of economies depends upon entrepreneurship. Yet, little is understood of the institutional structure that supports entrepreneurship or of the economic and sociological factors that encourage entrepreneurial activity. The papers in this volume represent research on these issues.

This volume offers empirical evidence on the nature and life of social capital across diverse ethnic groups and cultural settings. These fresh studies delve into the resources embedded in Latino and Asian-American peer groups and how immigrant parents' networks and norms variably push their children to achieve in school.

This volume examines exercise of power at the intersection of gender and sexuality. The collected articles offer insights into some of the ways in which gender can be used to challenge the exercise of sexual power, as well as the ways that it can reify patriarchal, heteronormative sexual relations.

Reform initiatives in public education have included concerns with large scale, systemic reform in which the superintendent was a pivotal player. This volume aims to redress the usual focus of research by stimulating conversations about new ways to conceive of the superintendency role.

In this volume, recent advances in technological applications for individuals with learning and behavioural disabilities are described and discussed, in a collection that includes reviews of research, and original research reports.

This volume addresses two major areas of inquiry in the field of early childhood education and care. The first section of the book includes scholarly reviews on early childhood education and care and its conceptual bases. Section two presents the first in a series on reconceptualizing play.