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Offers a reassessment of the haphazard and regionally diverse process of state formation and market integration in early modern Spain, showing how local and regional agency paradoxically led to legitimate governance but economic backwardness.

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People join organizations to bring about a desired future. But to succeed, they must be able to predict the behavior of those around them. This title presents an argument for predictability as the most powerful of management tools. It says that - it's mutual predictability that helps people (and organizations) eat - not get eaten.

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Shows how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges.

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FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH: John Abele, Boston Scientific Sir David Bell, Pearson Sir Michael Rake, BT Group Dame Anita Roddick, The Body Shop International And other top business leaders

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A guide that takes you through the basics of Chinese etiquette and gives an insight into the way Chinese executives approach negotiations with foreign companies. It shows you how to prepare and conduct yourself in order to significantly increase your success rate when doing business in China.

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Staughton Lynd challenges academics to see American history through eyes of the poor and working class participants in history.

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This work provides a revealing history of the venture capital industry as told through first-person accounts. It chronicles the industry's beginnings and highlights the differences between America's West and East coast firms.

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The competitive advantages of good environment practices.

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Exposing the strategies, strengths, and weaknesses of Chinese competitors, this book surfaces the underlying logic that enables Chinese firms to attack high-end industries. It also provides insight into these very different competitors.

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What really underpins economic growth and prosperity in the world - and what do these new realities imply for organizations around the globe This anthology attempts to debunk several myths around what makes economies and companies grow, and helps you assess the potential impact of growth drivers such as information technology and innovation.

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The new edition provides reliable, current information on the legal issues and the technology of drug testing in the workplace, and shows step-by-step how to set up a testing program.

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Challenging dominant accounts of East and Southeast Asian economic development, Jim Glassman shows the extent to which the "East Asian miracle" was shaped by the geopolitics of war and military spending.

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Shows you how to embed sustainability into things your company does - profitably. Providing prescriptive steps that inform your business decisions, this title helps you launch your company into eco-minded practices. It features the author's five Biosphere Rules that apply the laws of nature as a guide for efficient business operations.

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Economic forecasting involves choosing simple yet robust models to best approximate highly complex and evolving data-generating processes. This poses unique challenges for researchers in a host of practical forecasting situations, from forecasting budget deficits and assessing financial risk to predicting inflation and stock market returns. Economi

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Takes econometrics to a fresh level by demonstrating how to combine modern economic theory with the statistical inference methods to get the most out of economic data. This title draws applications from both microeconomics and macroeconomics, paying special attention to financial and labor economics.

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In the 20th century, privatization and market capitalism have reconstructed Eastern Europe and lifted 800 million people - in China, Brazil, and India - out of poverty. This book reveals that behind this unprecedented growth is not only the collapse of state socialism but also a scientific revolution in economics.