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The 15th edition of this classic textbook that offers a comprehensive overview of the background, development and ongoing issues surrounding the economy of Ireland.

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A non-incorporated territory of the United States, Puerto Rico operates under U.S. legal, monetary, security and tariff systems. Despite sharing in these and other key U.

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Written for human resources and training professionals, this book addresses the recurring problem for managers and corporations of how to efficiently cost effectively and humanely motivate employees to work at or near their full potential. The author also develops his own Effort-Net Return model.

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A balance sheet of thirty years of revolutionary experiment, this work is a comprehensive analysis of the failure of the socialist transformation of Egypt during the regimes of Nasser and Sadat. Testing recent theories of the nature of the developing states and their relation both to indigenous class forces and to external pressures from advanced i

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(Hardback)

Egypt experienced an economic shift from a managed economic strategy to one of market-oriented resource allocation starting in the 1970s, and in 1987 signed a stabilization program agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

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What power do you have to influence others More than you know. Discover the key you already possess to unlocking your leadership potential.

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In addition to addressing how and why we work today, he covers a wide range of preoccupations and issues including the increasing fear of big business: 'it is easy to see why many observers think that the big corporations are now both richer and more powerful than many nation states.

(Paperback, Revised edition)

Traces the diversity of globalization to national differences in economic history and social norms, and, paradoxically, to global competition itself. This book enables us to understand comparative management and the relationship between business, society, and the global economy.

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The Emergence of Modern South Africa views economic conflict, specifically the interaction of the state, big business, and labor, as the central issue in the development of South Africa.

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W. Joseph Campbell, longtime newspaper and wire service journalist, examines the wellsprings of independent journalism in francophone West Africa, and challenges the gloomy assessments that typify many studies of the press in Africa.

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The essentials of a high-tech consumer "profile", then dig into the implications this holds for developing successful marketing strategies. They synthesize the current research and its findings, and by taking a multi-specialist approach to their subject, they bring a variety of interlocking and viewpoints to bear on it.

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By the year 2000, annual sales of computer products to China may well reach $15-18 billion, making China one of the largest computer markets in the world.

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Since 1984, relaxed federal guidelines have allowed the natural gas industry to become far more flexible and competitive. The success of open access points to the emergence and evolution of a fluid and informationally rich network of regional markets that form today's single national market for natural gas.

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This critical resource gives managers, HR, and anyone who may come into contact with someone in trauma---including workplace violence, harassment, assault, illness, addiction, fraud, bankruptcy, and more---the tools they need to be prepared for what lies ahead.

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This study explores whether maternal employment leads to emotional maladjustment of children and disruption of traditional marriage patterns.

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Handy reaches here for a philosophy beyond the mechanics of business organisations, beyond material choices, to try and establish an alternative universe where the work ethics can contain a natural sense of continuity, connections and a sense of direction.

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Every day, at work and at home, we are called on to perform, but is it possible to make the important performances outstanding Whether you want to impress people at work or inspire your family and friends, this work shows you how to make your performance bigger, better, bolder ...worthy of an encore.

(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

A comprehensive introductory resource with entries covering the development of money and the functions and dysfunctions of the monetary and financial system.