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An examination of multinational location strategy that focuses on the areas of economics, management and policy. It discusses issues such as regionalism and international trade; location patterns, local content rules and foreign direct investment; and, plant location in Eastern European countries.

Setting out the reasons why empirical research and theory are at odds, this book suggests formulations of the relationship between environmental regulation and economic performance. It also presents related research using Southern California as a case study of economic performance in the context of increasingly stringent environmental controls.

Contemporary issues in general economics, growth economics and in the formulation of optimal growth programs, especially the issue of the sustainability of growth, are investigated in this book. A wide range of optimal economic growth models are developed here to address the crucial issues of different branches in economics.

The formal theory of bargaining originated with John Nash's work in the early 1950s. This book discusses the developments in this theory. It uses the tool of extensive games to construct theories of bargaining in which time is modeled explicitly, and also applies the theory of bargaining to the study of decentralized markets.

Describes the major techniques of forecasting used in economics and business. This book focuses on the forecasting of economic data and covers a range of topics, including the description of the Box-Jenkins single series modeling techniques; forecasts from purely statistical and econometric models; nonstationary and nonlinear models; and more.

Part of an annual series dedicated to the discussion of the studies in the application of management science to the solution of significant managerial decision making problems. This volume deals with the applications of mathematical programming to Multi-criteria decision making, Supply chain management, Performance management, and Risk analysis.

Contains seven documents from the history of economics: four sets of lecture notes taken by Victor E Smith, two from courses given by William Jaffe at Northwestern University, on general equilibrium theory and on Keynes, from 1938-39, and one from lectures given at the University of Cambridge during 1954-55.

This text explores some of the key human performance issues facing organizations as they implement or manage automated systems, it deals with a range of topics, such as how to design optional use, avoiding misuse and creating training strategies for automated systems.

This volume presents scholarly work which spans the social sciences, humanities, and law and includes the examination of new perspectives on legal relationships and events and punishment as a literary and philosophical issue.

Advances in Accounting Education is a refereed, academic research annual whose purpose is to meet the needs of faculty members interested in ways to improve their classroom instruction. Contributions include empirical and non-empirical articles and emphasize pedagogy, explaining how teaching methods or curricula/programmes can be improved.

Economic assessment of sustainable agricultural practices has continued to mature and to add to our understanding of how we might design policies to ensure an adequate and diverse food supply. This volume presents some of the developments and applications in this field; and also provides a comprehensive treatment of topics.

Maurice Peloubet was Vice President and Treasurer of the American Institute of Accountants, as well as a National Director of the National Association of Cost Accountants. This autobiography lends an insight into the thinking of an influential practitioner of the early 20th Century American CPA Profession.

Volume 2 of the Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance series demonstrates methodological diversity by presenting quantitative studies, ethnographies and discourse analyses. Through an application of these methodologies, the authors examine sanctions, crime and fear, legal and social control organizations and processes, and theory development.

In addition to two sets of multiple reviews and thirteen single reviews, this work includes three articles on the history of economic thought and one on methodology. It also includes an important paper by Wesley Clair Mitchell on the money economy and economic efficiency.

Despite the growing awareness of globalization, the main bulk of empirical work in the social sciences remains within the frames of what Stein Rokkan termed "national empiricism". The yearbook Comparative Social Research aims at furthering the international orientation in the social sciences.

Contains an archival collection of Selig Perlman's eminent history of the labor movement, pertaining to Institutional Economics at the University of Wisconsin. Included are: Notes from students in Perlman's classes in American Labor History, and Capitalism and Socialism; and more.

Explores a variety of parameters regarding ethical inquiry. This book gives insight into the application of the tenets of Systems Theory, symbolic interactionism and societal "rule breaking" known for the purpose of this context as unethical conduct. It includes information for individuals whose role it is to practice ethics in the public sector.

Contains papers that focus on the issues of public sector reform. They address issue-oriented and comparative research such as: analysis of civil service systems at the theoretical level; reforming the wing of national level governments; the wave of public sector reform; the shortcomings in managerial capacities that trouble the EU; and more.

"Coercion in Mental Health Services: International Perspectives".

Varieties of Community Sociology

This volume is part of a blind refereed serial publication published on an annual basis. The objective of this research annual is to present studies in the application of forecasting methodologies to such areas as sales, marketing, and strategic decision making.

Focuses on the work of Edmund W Gordon, the John M Musser Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Yale University. Gordon had a tremendous influence on contemporary thinking in psychology, education and social policy and the implications of his work for the schooling of lower status youth and children of color, in America.

This is the 18th volume in a series discussing a topics in social theory. It is divided into three parts which address: critical social theory beyond "critical theory"; critical social theory and contemporary social structures; and critical and contemporary social H locies.

Suitable for librarians and library managers in academic institutions, this title covers advances in library administration and organization. It collects articles that draw upon practical situations to illustrate administrative principles.

Provides information and empirically-based papers on group phenomena. This volume includes topics such as status processes, group structure, and decision making, and also considers work on interpersonal behaviour in dyads. The contributors include sociologists and also scholars from disciplines such as psychology and organizational behaviour.

This volume presents studies in the application of management science to the solution of significant managerial decision-making problems. It emphasizes the application of a specific management science technique area (a network, for example) to applications in both the private and public sectors.

Part of a series which offers contemporary work and research in the areas of methodology and the history of economic thought.

Serving as a source of perspectives on law and economics, this volume offers a diverse set of papers. The papers address: how the Supreme Court can clarify and rationalize the payment of pre-judgement interest; what is meant or should be meant by economic efficiency; the length of various statutes of limitations for accident cases; and more.

Part of a series on "Research in Marketing".

This volume presents research focusing on environmental issues, local community and global changes resulting from socioeconomic and political forces in advanced industrialized societies. There are case studies of community problems, and community development efforts are discussed.