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"This ground-breaking Handbook broadens empirical and theoretical understandings of work, work relations, and workers. It advances a global, intersectional labour studies agenda, laying the foundations for the politically emancipatory project of decolonising the political economy of work. Moving...
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on to explore the continuing globalization of financial markets, including further innovations in information …
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"This fascinating book examines international business and multinational enterprise as part of a bigger picture, considering the importance of two main components: space and time. Summarising the past five years, Mark Casson reviews the changing role of multinational enterprises within the...
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"This innovative book excavates hidden wisdoms from seventeen diverse language cultures around the world, from Arabic … Wisdoms of the World is based on the premise that languages, and especially hard-to-translate terms, reveal assumptions … how these 'wisdoms of the world' enhance leadership literacy and bridge global environments, pursuing a sustainably …
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"This timely book offers an in-depth examination of the changing nature of work and the increasing production of waste in a crisis-ridden era dominated by climate change and worker precarity. Focusing on the future of work and workers, the book explores the crucial relationship between global...
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centuries wine was very much a European product. While that is still the case today--three-quarters of world wine production …, consumption and trade involve Europe and most of the rest involves just a handful of New World countries settled by Europeans …pt. 1. Overview -- pt. 2. The old world -- pt. 3. The new world -- pt. 4. Other emerging markets …
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As the world entered the twenty-first century, global skill shortages in many occupations were evident throughout the … world. While these were mitigated by a global recession, there is no generally agreed upon method for measuring these …1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical aspects of skill shortages -- 3. Globalization and skill shortages -- 4. Skill …
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Three years after the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, economic growth has resurfaced across the world …pt. 1. Heading to 2020 : a new world economic governance? -- pt. 2. Carving out a place for the EU …
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There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon …
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This book deals with the economic consequences of monetary integration, which has long been dominated by the Optimal Currency Area (OCA) paradigm. In this model, money is perceived as having developed from a private sector cost minimization process to facilitate transactions. Not surprisingly,...
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