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Arranged in broad chronological categories, the bibliography lists monographs, periodical articles, and other miscellaneous sources, including pamphlets and maps.

The first chapter includes sources covering more than one time period or the entire history of the spice trade.

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Oil was a basic source of conflict between the United States and Japan. This book examines the role played by the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company in the crisis that led to Pearl Harbor. "Stanvac" was the largest American supplier of oil to Japan and represented the single largest American direct investment in Asia before the war. In the context of Stan

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Traditional organisations are like spiders - if the head is cut off, it dies. But starfish - leaderless - organisations are changing the shape of the business world.

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This study examines the development of capitalism in Israel. To explain capitalism in Israel, a perspective is needed that treats the problems of implanting capitalism in post-colonial states.

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This work goes beyond recent analyses of African development to present a post-dependency framework for the study of Africa's political economy.

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This study offers an unprecedented examination of the state, politics, and bureaucracy from a historical and comparative perspective.

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Mary Ruggie's controversial study of British and Swedish labor market, anti-discrimination, and child care programs argues that gender-based policy alone cannot substantially raise the economic status of women workers. Rather, policies for women must be developed within the context of more general economic and social policies Originally published

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Today, America's nonprofit organizations seem caught in a force field, buffeted by four impulses - voluntarism, professionalism, civic activism, and commercialism. This book offers an overview of the present state of America's nonprofit sector, examining the forces that are shaping its future and identifying the changes that might be needed.

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With the 1965 discovery of oil and natural gas in the North Sea, both Britain and Norway faced the challenge of extracting it. The author explains the factors behind state involvement in offshore petroleum activities, and shows how Britain and Norway have intervened in the oil business.

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Stop losing your most valued employees. The stay interview is the key to retaining your all-star team.

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This book analyzes the causes underlying the decline of the United States steel industry and the impact of that decline on our institutions of procedural democracy.

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Understanding how economic forces work is becoming an imperative for every citizen. Designed to improve business and economic literacy, this book deals with stock market. It features glossary of key terms; charts, graphs, and illustrations; and references and related resources and Index.

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Project management has been practiced for thousands of years, but only recently have organizations begun to apply systematic management tools and techniques to manage complex projects. The Story of Managing Projects showcases cutting-edge research conducted around the world on emerging practices in project management.

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Every website has a long neck' - a small set of tasks that are very important to your customers. If these tasks aren't easy and fast to complete, your customers will go elsewhere. In this book, Web content expert Gerry McGovern offers tried and tested tips to make your website the commercial asset it really should be.

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Shenkman uses insights from the new sciences of Complexity and Flow to help business leaders create the adaptable, flexible and high performance organizations that succeed in today's competitive world.

Part One introduces some of the central themes of the science of complex systems and shows their relevance to growing businesses.

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Shenkman uses insights from the new sciences of Complexity and Flow to help business leaders create the adaptable, flexible and high performance organizations that succeed in today's competitive world.

Part One introduces some of the central themes of the science of complex systems and shows their relevance to growing businesses.

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This is a practical guide for CEOs and corporate managers who want to improve their ability to develop corporate strategy, chart the direction of their organization, and involve their key executives in the successful implementation of that strategy.

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This book examines the managerial issues surrounding the creation and implementation of distribution strategies in the broader context of logistics management.

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Presents the history of the Dutch economy in the nineteenth century. This book shows how institutional factors combined to make the Dutch economy a victim of its own success and traces its subsequent emergence as a modern industrial economy. It argues that the economic and political development of the Netherlands can be understood only in tandem.

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An investigation into the theoretical foundations of ordoliberal thought and its historical and theoretical contexts.