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Economics With and Without the Law, from <i>Lawlessness and Economics: Alternative Modes of Governance</i>

Dixit, Avinash K. - Princeton University Press

How can property rights be protected and contracts be enforced in countries where the rule of law is ineffective or … absent? How can firms from advanced market economies do business in such circumstances? In <I>Lawlessness and Economics … continue under the shadow of the law. Numerous case studies and empirical investigations have demonstrated the variety …

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Offshoring Strategies: Evolving Captive Center Models

Oshri, Ilan - The MIT Press

evolve to meet different business needs. The case studies, all based on the Fortune Global 250, include the development of a …

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Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice

Dalkir, Kimiz - The MIT Press

The ability to manage knowledge has become increasingly important in today’s knowledge economy. Knowledge is considered a valuable commodity, embedded in products and in the tacit knowledge of highly mobile individual employees. Knowledge management (KM) represents a deliberate and systematic...

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Investment under Uncertainty

Dixit, Avinash K.; Pindyck, Robert S. - Princeton University Press

concerning investment; and shows how the theory can be applied to specific industries and to a wide variety of business problems. …

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Privatizing Russia

Boycko, Maxim; Shleifer, Andrei; Vishny, Robert W. - The MIT Press

Privatizing Russia offers an inside look at one of the most remarkable reforms in recent history. Having started on the back burner of Russian politics in the fall of 1991, mass privatization was completed on July 1, 1994, with two thirds of the Russian industry privately owned, a rapidly rising...

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Introduction

Goldin, Ian; Mariathasan, Mike - Princeton University Press

Global hyperconnectivity and increased system integration have led to vast benefits, including worldwide growth in incomes, education, innovation, and technology. But rapid globalization has also created concerns because the repercussions of local events now cascade over national borders and the...

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American Big Business in Britain and Germany: A Comparative History of Two “Special Relationships” in the 20th Century

Berghahn, Volker R. - Princeton University Press

Germany was a common enemy, the American business sector actually had a greater affinity with Germany for most of the … twentieth century. American Big Business in Britain and Germany examines the triangular relationship between the American …, British, and German business communities and how the special relationship that Britain believed it had with the United States …

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Who Is an Entrepreneur?

Ruef, Martin - Princeton University Press

Recent surveys show that more than half of American entrepreneurs share ownership in their business startups rather …

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The Moral Background: An Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics

Abend, Gabriel - Princeton University Press

investigate the history of business ethics in the United States from the 1850s to the 1930s. According to Abend, morality consists … numerous business ethicists and organizations—such as Protestant ministers, business associations, and business schools … of the history of business ethics and a novel framework for understanding and investigating morality in general. …

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The Moral Background: An Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics

Abend, Gabriel - Princeton University Press

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