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UMTS as a technology allows for exciting new applications of some of the best ideas of services in the fixed telecoms, cellular/mobile telecoms, and internet environments, with many revolutionary new possibilities which simply do not exist in the current media and communications vehicles.The current worldwide interest in UMTS/3G is driven partly by the iminent roll-out of the new infrastructure during 2002/3. The general consensus in the telecoms industry is that that services will be driving this new UMTS/3G industry, and with no historical reference points, a large worldwide demand exists for this type of book. m-Profits: Making Money from 3G Servives will discuss 3G services from the view of what is needed for the service to provide value to the user, which technical features of the 3G network will be used, what is the value proposition for the user, how will money be made out of delivering the service, and discussions on how revenue sharing propositions might work to benefit content providers and network operators.
- Addresses subject from the viewpoints of network operator, virtual operator, service provider, content provider, and end-user
- Explains how will money be made out of delivering 3G services
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Essential reading for mobile operators dealing with marketing, product development, 3G people, content providers, business Development, mobile Services people, consultants, bankers and media professionals.
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UMTS as a technology allows for exciting new applications of some of the best ideas of services in the fixed telecoms, cellular/mobile telecoms, and internet environments, with many revolutionary new possibilities which simply do not exist in the current media and communications vehicles.The current worldwide interest in UMTS/3G is driven partly by the iminent roll-out of the new infrastructure during 2002/3. The general consensus in the telecoms industry is that that services will be driving this new UMTS/3G industry, and with no historical reference points, a large worldwide demand exists for this type of book. m-Profits: Making Money from 3G Servives will discuss 3G services from the view of what is needed for the service to provide value to the user, which technical features of the 3G network will be used, what is the value proposition for the user, how will money be made out of delivering the service, and discussions on how revenue sharing propositions might work to benefit content providers and network operators.
- Addresses subject from the viewpoints of network operator, virtual operator, service provider, content provider, and end-user
- Explains how will money be made out of delivering 3G services
- Covers the key issues of revenue sharing and competition
- Includes 12 service vignettes
Essential reading for mobile operators dealing with marketing, product development, 3G people, content providers, business Development, mobile Services people, consultants, bankers and media professionals.
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Excellent Insights.......2003-02-19
Tomi Ahnonen provides an excellent collection of thoughts and ideas to monetize 3G. Even though the telecom industry is struggling, 3G is going to happen. This is a must read for the planners at wireless carriers to chart out a plan for rolling out 3G services. Application developers will have a better appreciation of the value chain and how they fit in to the bigger picture. Coverage of topics is pretty good as well. I hope author maintains a website to update information in the book as things are bound to change and new strategies likely to emerge. In anycase, if you are someone who has anything to do with 3G, I would recommend the book. Thanks.
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This book expounds trade theory emphasizing that a trading equilibrium is general rather than partial, and is often best modelled using dual or envelope functions. This yields a compact treatment of standard theory, clarifies some errors and confusions, and produces some new departures. In particular, the book (i) gives unified treatments of comparative statics and welfare, (ii) sheds new light on the factor-price equalization issue, (iii) treats the modern specific-factor model in parallel with the usual Heckscher-Ohlin one, (iv) analyses the balance of payments in general equilibrium with flexible and fixed prices, (v) studies imperfect competition and intra-industry trade.
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A good book for international trade, but not perfect.......2004-02-02
The book gets into rather good discusion of basic models, equilibrium and more advanced topics. The math level of the book is at a graduate level and many of the results are done with enough details, discussion and algebra. However, the book suffers from lack of algebra and enough reasoning in the first chapters where it is describing basic models. The notation of the book is sometimes confusing too (I think this problem exists in all of the books about international trade). Besides, the book is rather old and may be missing some topics. A complementarity text for this book is recommended.
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An eye-opening, at-a-glance guide to the myths and realities of the international economy. Highly illustrated with charts, graphs, and political cartoons, The Field Guide to the Global Economy makes the international economy comprehensible for everyone and reveals the harmful effects of corporate-driven globalization. Published in conjunction with the Institute of Policy Studies, a Washington, D.C., independent center for research and education, this guide describes how the global flow of goods and services, money, and people affects communities, workers, the poor, and the environment. Accessible and engaging, The Field Guide to the Global Economy covers what's new about the global economy and who is driving globalization. It also offers an extensive survey of the efforts of workers, shareholders, voters, consumers, students, and artists around the world who are responding to the negative impacts of globalization. The latest in The New Press's highly successful popular guides to economics including The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy, War on the Poor, and Social Stratification, The Field Guide to the Global Economy will appeal to everyone puzzling over the structure and meaning of the international economy.
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Dinner party chatter, term paper template, no help otherwise.......2005-12-19
The reviews by BookwormJDC and P.Murray are on target. They give some excellent examples from the book.
Let me help answer the question that I always want to get out of these reviews: "Should I read this book?"
If you are going to a dinner party hosted by Al Franken or Michael Moore, or need to win favor, respect or envy from anyone on the far left, get this book. Everything that is wrong with America, Capitalism and Free Trade is explained in charts, cartoons and talking points. You will look like a genius as you expound on the ills of the world over a glass of California wine.
It reads like a college term paper (Doesn't rise anywhere near the level of thesis.). There are a plethora of facts, all of which support the theme. It's easy to read and the authors do a good job of staying on point. If you have a term paper due, get this book. Don't plagiarize it, just look at the technique and style.
Here's where I think the term papers get separated from the theses. In a well-written term paper you can get away with presenting a problem and gloss over the solution. I like the term reviewer BookWormJDC used to describe the treatment of solutions offered to address the litany of injustices described in the book, "ill-considered". Simply put, their solutions would not stand up to the same level of scrutiny expended on the problems.
Most of the issues raised are nothing new, but they are well documented and presented. What I found more excruciatingly tedious with each successive chapter was the lack of anything positive in the book. Ok, I get it. There is greed, oppression and injustice in the world, now what? Anytime they felt compelled to site anything positive, it was snuffed out by starting the sentence with "Although" and finishing up with what's wrong with it!
If you want to participate in the global economy, either for the evil corporations, or the oppressed peoples of the world, there is really nothing to help you in this book.
Interesting Yet Incomplete Presentation.......2005-11-28
Quite an interesting read, containing lots of facts that could affect your life (which job categories are most at risk for outsourcing overseas, how Wal-Mart treats its employees badly and taxpayers suffer the consequences, disgustingly excessive pay for CEOs, the invasion of unregulated genetically modified food, ...). Many of the facts are eye-opening and I certainly moderated my personal pro-business views.
Unfotrunately, the book is introductory (almost to a fault) as you can guess from the fact that the jacket brags about the book's cartoons. It is extremely one-sided, and its blatant pro-union propaganda can be annoying. Facts and statistics are presented but I got the feeling that many of the book's arguments could be undermined if the "whole story" were revealed (simply throwing in a citation should not take the place of complete presentation within the text). Finally, there are many completely unsupported statements of opinion inappropriately stuck into otherwise fact-based paragraphs, giving these opinions apparent legitimacy.
Despite its shortcomings, this is an interesting book, and presents an easy way to learn about the World Bank and the IMF as (probably) seen by Third World people. After reading, I agree that the corporate-driven globalization we are now experiencing is flawed, but some of the alternatives promoted by this book (blanket amnesty to illegal aliens, total cancellation of poor-country debt, weakened protection of intellectual property rights, ...) appear equally ill-considered.
The latest facts key to helping students and general audiences understand the elements of the changing international economy.......2005-11-06
The updated, expanded new edition of the Field Guide To The Global Economy presents the latest facts key to helping students and general audiences understand the elements of the changing international economy, and is a 'must' for any who would keep up with change. Charts, graphs and cartoons aid in understanding the latest trends, from the outsourcing of US jobs to the influence of big chains around the world. To add authority, this is published in conjunction with the Institute for policy Studies based in Washington DC and explains how global institutions affect not just monetary policies, but social and economic situations around the world.
Cranky Anticapitalists.......2001-10-19
The title is catchy enough. I expected lots of facts and figures in tables and graphs that would illustrate international trade and finance. Was I surprised. There are facts and figures there, even pictures and cartoons. But the authors see the world differently. "The problem..." we are told, "...is not so much that the world is so tightly linked now...but that the links converge in such a small number of hands." The hands they're refering to belong to corporate executives and billionaires. An ongoing theme throughout the book is the old cliche' that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer.
One thing different about the current process of globalization, the authors claim, "is that a number of poorer countries, led by China and Mexico, now have the infrastructure to house practically any industrial or service operation...." What's wrong with that? They object that "...Ford, Boeing, and other global corporations are now setting up state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in countries where wages and other costs are kept extremely low through repression." We can all agree that repression is a bad thing. We may differ on where it's happening. For instance, according to the index of economic freedom constructed by the Heritage Foundation (what the authors call a "corporate think tank") and the Wall Street Journal, China is "mostly unfree" (but not "repressed") and Mexico is "mostly free." "Repressed" countries include Zimbabwe, Iran, Cuba, Iraq, and North Korea. Corporate capitalism does not appear to be causing problems in those countries by any stretch of the imagination. Vietnam is among the repressed, but it's difficult to see how workers who produce sneakers for the Nike company would be better off if Nike weren't there.
Much of the book is devoted to criticizing "globalization claims." Although some free traders will justifiably dismiss this criticism, in my view the authors' attacks will work to strenghthen the case for free trade. Put differently, any economist who wants practice defending free trade can find it reading this book. Warning: the bile may rise in you.
To their credit the authors provide an abundance of endnotes to support their case. They offer some criticism a free trader would appreciate. For example they object to export subsidies and IMF bailouts of banks with troubled loans to developing countries. They even profess to reject protectionism. However the alternative they recommend, "fair trade," is better described as "managed trade."
The authors minimize the role of consumers in the process of globalization. Corporations would not achieve their goals if consumers weren't buying their products. The authors also fail to recognize the importance of property rights in economic development. If the governments of poor countries established and protected property rights, the people would get wealthier. Given that these authors reject international trade and investment as a cause of our prosperity and cannot tolerate disparities of wealth, they'll always remain idealists with axes to grind.
Lot of information and easily written.......2001-06-04
That is the first book on economics I read that does not necessarily employ a lot of incomprehensible terminology. Moreover, it is written for the average reader who wants to get a "first introduction" into the topic. It is definitely not written for people who search any detailed infomation. This book explains perfectly the basic correlations in today's global economy.
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The Handbook of Human Resource Management Policies and Practices in Asia-Pacific Economies (New Horizons in Management Series)
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It is becoming increasingly recognized that the way in which human resources are managed is a key source of sustainable competitive advantage for business. Nowhere, Michael Zanko argues, is this seen to be more relevant than in the Asia-Pacific region.
The aim of the Handbook and its systematically codified human resource management (HRM) profiles is to improve knowledge and understanding of HRM policy and practices in the Asia-Pacific region. It serves as a practical guide to predominantly macro-level HRM policies and practices in ten APEC economies, covering Australia, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, People's Republic of China, Thailand and the United States of America.
The Handbook of Human Resource Management Policies and Practices in Asia-Pacific Economies Volume I will be essential reading for teachers, researchers, academics and managers concerned with human resource management, international business, management, and cross-cultural studies. The Handbook will also be of great interest to those involved in industrial and employment relations.
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This volume brings together twenty path-breaking researchers to provide a completely up-to-date survey of the most exciting recent developments in international monetary economics.The Handbook begins with expositions of three different theoretical foundations of open economy macroeconomics: quantity constraints and rationing, imperfect competition and real competitive business cycles. These are followed by surveys on international fiscal policy coordination and on capital taxation in the global economy. After a history of the international monetary system there are expositions on the optimal exchange rate regime, speculative attacks and exchange rate bands. These are accompanied by chapters on stylized facts on nominal exchange rate returns, international capital markets and currency substitution. The final chapters cover sovereign debt, growth and external debt, saving, investment and the current account and endogenous growth and deficits in interdependent economies.The volume is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students who need to keep abreast of the major developments in international monetary economics.
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Up to date and comprehensive.......2000-06-22
If you are looking for up-to-date reviews of various international macroeconomic topics, this book will probably have something to offer. It contains both the relevant theory and literature surveys on a wide range of subjects.
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Handbook on the Globalization of the World Economy
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This authoritative Handbook provides a thorough account and analysis of the important issues relating to the globalization of the international economy. The increasing interdependence of the world's economies has caused a breakdown in national economic boundaries and a freer access to goods, services and labor. This comprehensive book, written by experts in the field, addresses major issues associated with this international economic integration. This reference work considers: Global growth including inequality, saving, foreign direct investment, external debt and multinational corporations. Regionalization and globalization of trade such as the role of international institutions, external economies of scale and trading blocs. Transition to market economies in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and East Asia. Internationalization and integration of markets including the financial, capital, labor and agricultural markets. Global environmental and resource problems including transboundary pollution, the implication of North-South trade for natural resource depletion and environmental degradation, and the impact of energy markets on global growth, pollution and economic stability.
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International Business Risk: A Handbook for the Asia-Pacific Region
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Drawing on the expertise of business professionals and academic analysts, this volume explores country trends in the areas of public policy, government debt, taxation changes, political stability, corruption, and foreign investor risk trends. The handbook enhances its data and analysis through graphs, charts and boxed summaries of key points. It helps business professionals better understand the often volatile investment climates in Asia, and prepare them for the challenges ahead.
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The International Handbook on Financial Reform
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Under growing pressure from within and outside their economies, countries around the world have recently embarked upon wide-ranging programs of financial reform.
This major new Handbook provides country studies of the latest developments in financial reform in a selection of both developed and developing countries from Western Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia, written by acknowledged experts in their fields. The outcome is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive account of the current world-wide attempt to refashion the way in which the financial services industry (and especially the banking sector) is regulated and supervised.
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This comprehensive reference work contains a wealth of up-to-date knowledge, presented in an accessible manner and with a standardized format. It will be of interest to scholars of central banking and international banking reforms as well as policymakers, legislators, practitioners and organizations from the banking world.
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The Regional Handbooks of Economic Development series provides accessible overviews of countries within their larger domestic and international contexts, focusing on the relations among regions as they meet the challenges of the twenty first century.
The series allows the non-specialist student to explore a wide range of complex factors-social and political as well as economic-that affect the growth of developing regions in Asia, Europe, and South America. Each Handbook provides an overview chapter discussing the region's economic conditions within an historical and political context, as well as 20 or more chapter-length essays written by recognized experts, which analyze the key issues affecting a region's economy: its population, natural resources, foreign trade, labor problems, and economic inequalities, and other vital factors.
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Focusing on the international dimension of macroeconomic policy, this handbook covers the main areas of modern macroeconomic policy in open economies. The emphasis is on policy applications rather than the development of economic theory. There are three basic goals: (1) an understanding of how economic theories affect actual policy making, (2) a description of the institutional and conceptual development of the international economy, and (3) an explanation of the way policy-making institutions deal with the so-called international economy. The handbook consists of an introductory chapter and four parts. The first treats macroeconomic policy-making from the "home country versus the rest of the world" perspective. The second part stresses policies among interacting and reacting countries. The third part considers the development of world capital markets and the international monetary system as important parts of the policy environment. The final part details macroeconomic policies in the G7 and Latin American countries.
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