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The economics of health care in Asia-Pacific countries
Hu, Teh-wei (ed.); Hsieh, Chee-Ruey (ed.) - 2002
In order to control ever-increasing health care expenditure, Western and Asian countries are seeking to develop more efficient health care models. Studies on health care that focus specifically on Asian countries are rare, rendering this a unique and welcome addition to the literature. This book...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474098
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Organizational innovations and economic growth : organosis and growth of firms, sectors, and countries
Sanidas, Elias - 2005
Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … the USA and Japan -- 7. Empirical evidence on the links between industrial sectoral growth and the Lean Production System …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851066
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Long-run growth and short-run stabilization : essays in memory of Albert Ando
Ando, Albert (contributor);  … - 2006
There is much confusion in the economics literature on wage determination and the employment-inflation trade-off. Few model builders pay as much careful attention to the definition and meaning of long-run concepts as did Albert Ando. Expanding on years of painstaking work by Ando, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851839
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Limits to free trade : non-tariff barriers in the European Union, Japan and United States
Hanson, David - 2010
This book explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the prospects for significant trade liberalization. The author examines the liability of global free trade through a review of the complaints that these three countries raised about each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851990
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Innovation in public sector services : entrepreneurship, creativity and management
Windrum, Paul (contributor); Koch, Per M. (contributor) - 2008
This groundbreaking book provides new key insights and opens up an important research agenda. The book develops a new taxonomy of the different types of innovation found in public sector services, and investigates the key features and drivers of public sector entrepreneurship. The book contains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852048
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Investing in the United States : is the US ready for FDI from China?
Sauvant, Karl P. (contributor) - 2009
1. Is the United States ready for FDI from China? : overview / Karl P. Sauvant -- 2. Modes of entry by Chinese firms in the United States : economic and political issues / Steven Globerman and Daniel Shapiro -- 3. The US regulatory and institutional framework for FDI / David N. Fagan -- 4. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852080
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Climate and trade policy : bottom-up approaches towards global agreement
Carraro, Carlo (ed.); Egenhofer, Christian (ed.) - 2007
: multilateral versus regional agreements / David Kernohan and Enrica De Cian -- Participation incentives and technical change : from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420021
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Entrepreneurial competition and industrial location : investigating the structural patterns and intangible sources of competitive performance
Peneder, Michael - 2001
implications are tested in a comparative study of competitive performance in the EU, Japan and the USA. Typical mechanisms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473757