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China's Economic Powerhouse: Economic Reform in Guangdong Province
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The Guangdong province is the forerunner of China's economic reform, it has developed rapidly in the last 20 years since opening up its economy to the outside world. This book covers the evolution of economic reform in Guangdong, its links to Hong Kong and other parts of China, and developmental strategies in different parts of Guangdong. The book analyzes the many factors that have contributed to economic reform and covers topics such as development of land, human resources, the agricultural sector, and industrialization, and reforms of state-owned enterprises and township and village enterprises.
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General X-Efficiency Theory and Economic Development (Economic Development Series)
Harvey Leibenstein
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This paper analyzes the role of financial development as a source of endogenous instability in small open economies. By assuming that firms face credit constraints, our model displays a complex dynamic behavior (with high-period cycles or even chaotic dynamic patterns) for intermediate values of the parameter representing the level of financial development of the economy. We derive sufficient conditions for global stability and we prove that chaos appears via a border collision bifurcation. The basic implication of our model is that economies experiencing a process of financial development are more unstable than both very underdeveloped and very developed economies.
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This article investigates determinants of China's mortality levels and trends since 1981. Econometric results show that both economic development and social policies matter to survival outcomes, but in different magnitudes for various mortality measures. Economic growth plays a key role in reducing mortality in childhood and especially adulthood, and raises life expectancy. Declining adult illiteracy is a critical factor in reducing child mortality and increasing life expectancy. Stock of health practitioners, share of government expenditure for health and education, and policy biases favoring cities and coastal areas selectively affect survival. Authors propose policies for further reducing mortality in China today.
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Corporate Environmentalism in a Global Economy: Societal Values in International Technology Transfer
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Brown and her colleagues offer an unprecedented analysis of how multinational corporations and developing countries manage, in the face of differing values, to relate as each proceeds in the interest of particular development objectives. Through three case studies involving Du Pont Agrichemical, Occidental Chemical, and Xerox and the countries of India and Thailand, the authors illustrate how the differing values of the host country and the corporation influence decisions. It offers valuable insights into the anatomy of decision-making in a highly sensitive and increasingly scrutinized segment of contemporary business. This is a particularly timely examination of multinational enterprises, of the impact of corporate cultures, sustainable development, hazard management and environmental issues seen in relationship to developing countries' values, needs, and objectives.
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This paper highlights the effect of emissions regulations on in-use emissions from heavy-duty vehicles powered by different model year engines. More importantly, fuel economy data for pre- and post-consent decree engines are compared. The objective of this study was to determine the changes in brake-specific emissions of NO"x as a result of emission regulations, and to highlight the effect these have had on brake-specific CO"2 emission; hence, fuel consumption. For this study, in-use, on-road emission measurements were collected. Test vehicles were instrumented with a portable on-board tailpipe emissions measurement system, WVU's Mobile Emissions Measurement System, and were tested on specific routes, which included a mix of highway and city driving patterns, in order to collect engine operating conditions, vehicle speed, and in-use emission rates of CO"2 and NO"x. Comparison of on-road in-use emissions data suggests NO"x reductions as high as 80% and 45% compared to the US Federal Test Procedure and Not-to-Exceed standards for model year 1995-2002. However, the results indicate that the fuel consumption; hence, CO"2 emissions increased by approximately 10% over the same period, when the engines were operating in the Not-to-Exceed region.
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Economic designs of constrained EWMA and combined EWMA-X control schemes.(Exponentially Weighted Moving Average schemes): An article from: IIE Transactions
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Title: Economic designs of constrained EWMA and combined EWMA-X control schemes.(Exponentially Weighted Moving Average schemes)
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This book is for the professional who longs for independence but can't simply walk away from a regular paycheck and health benefits. Successful consultant Mary F. Cook describes how to build a thriving consulting practice gradually, without leaving your 9-5 job. You'll find out how to:
- Build a healthy client base while working a regular job
- Market your services effectively without spending a fortune
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- Handle non-compete agreements and conflict-of-interest issues
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- Know when the time is right to quit your job and become a full-time consultant.
The sound, practical advice you need on everything from logistics to ethics is right here.
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Build a thriving business while holding down a full-time job.
Do you yearn to strike out on your own, take charge of your destiny, and create a better, more independent lifestyle for yourself? Read this book and learn how to start your consulting business while you still have the security of a regular job.
Consulting on the Side is for the professional who longs for independence but can't simply walk away from a steady paycheck and company health benefits. Successful consultant and business author Mary F. Cook shows you how to build a thriving consulting practice gradually, without leaving your full-time job. Drawing upon her own experiences and those of others who established successful consulting practices on the side, she covers all the bases and offers sound, practical advice on everything from logistics to finances, ethics to personal issues. You'll learn how to:
- Build a healthy client base while working a 9-to-5 job
- Market your services effectively without spending a fortune
- Respond to outside clients while staying productive at your current job
- Set fees and negotiate contracts
- Handle non-compete agreements and conflict-of-interest issues
- Develop an accounting/financial system that keeps your personal and business finances separate
- Set up and run a home office
- Learn to handle the stress of working two jobs
- Know when the time is right to quit your job and become a full-time consultant
Consulting on the Side helps you realize your dreams of financial independence without gambling with the job security you've worked so hard for.
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Don't waste your time.......2007-05-07
Despite some of the negative reviews, I figured that the price was low enough that surely there was something to be gained from the book, even if it was terribly dated. The problem with this book is that in the author's own words, she really never had to deal with this issue. In the first chapter she talks about how she planned to work and consult at the same time, but that she was laid-off right at the moment she was ready to start her consulting practice....uh OK, so the rest of the advice seems very suspect from Chapter 1.
And the rest of that "advice"? Let me sum it up - be careful about legal and ethical conflicts with your current employer and make sure you've got a plan for dealing with working two jobs. That's about it (well, duh!!).
Waste of my time.
Ever heard of the Internet?.......2005-08-22
Although it covers general principles, the book is too dated to be at all useful in a practical sense. I am sorry I bought it. There are no URLs only phone numbers and addresses. The closest this comes to the modern age is a recommendation to get a modem on your computer.
Only downside: some material is dated.......2004-02-18
Considering this book was published in 1996, back when the Web was barely a buzzword, it could be worse, but the reality is that this book's most important flaw has to do with its sheer age. Due to that, it misses on some very useful pieces of information and resources the writer could have offered, if a more recent edition were available.
Now that I wrote about the negative (I normally don't do things in this order, but it just came to me), on to the good things:
-The book addresses to a sufficient extent many of the issues (time and stress-wise, in terms of ethical conflicts, etc.) that stem out of starting a consulting practice beside your full-time job. This is where the CORE STRENGTH of the book lies. I've not been able to find any other titles that go into this topic so effectively... in fact, I've not found any other books on the topic at all. Most of the other consulting books I've checked out simply deal with consulting, considering it full-time dedication deal.
-The author -the President of her own HR Consultancy- also volunteers some good (though far from unique or comprehensive) advice on putting together a pricing scheme for your services, finding sources of financing for your outlet, starting your office at home, marketing your services, and even heads up into critical tax/legal considerations to take into account.
Other than the outdated material in a few parts where references are cited, and the lack of online information to support the book, I liked her book. All in all, it is not a recipe book, but a reference and a rather good one, most specifically useful to those in the process of considering a consulting business on the side, and even for those who are already doing it, in order to assist with setting things up that you might not have thought of up to this point.
Note: unless she went out of business or did a poor job at marketing her services online, it's impossible to find any other reference to her in Google besides this book, whatever that implies... :\
Very dated material - but some still useful.......2001-01-22
This book was probably cutting edge when writing began in the early to mid 1990's. But now, the book is seriously out of date. For example, there is no mention of using the Internet to market your consulting business. However, the author does explain how to do some basic business research online. This is before the days of web browsers. Therefore, the author explains how to set your modem for 2400 and 9600 bps connections. Additionnaly she gives resources for firms that provide products or services to small businesses, however, many of these resources are now out of business.
An additional example of dated material would be the information she writes about the Small Business Administration. At the time the book was written, the data was very useful. Recent changes to SBA programs render the author's information historical, rather than helpful.
Basic small business concepts, such as time management and business plan development are still relevant.
Overall, the book needs a revised edition, or it should not be sold by Amazon.
Excellent resource.......1999-03-04
This book is a great resource. She covers everyhing from small details such as arranging your home office to larger issues such as ethical questions about consulting in the same area as your employer and practical questions such as how to register your business name and inexpensive ideas for marketing. This book is also a good resource for people wanting to start ANY home-based consulting business, not just a part-time one. Since the book was published in 1996, there are not as many references to the web as their might be if it were published today, but the author was obviously in-tuned to various technicological benefits that existed in 1996, and she still gives solid advice that is still valid today (the Internet doesn't solve everything and changes all the time anyway!).
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Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Vollbeschaftigung: D. Mutation d. Arbeit (Herderbucherei ; 9530 : Initiative ; 30)
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The definitive resource on how to make a reality of the dream millions have: setting up your own business.
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Title: Part Time Resources provides full-time benefits to its clients. (Norwalk-based recruiting company has roster of executives for permanent part-time positions or special projects) (company profile)
Author: Joan Stableford
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Working Europe: Reshaping European Employment Systems
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Working for Full Employment
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b /b b i Working for Full Employment /i /b considers the feasibility of full employment in a modern market economy. It draws upon contributions from experienced labor market experts and public policy analysts who were pivotal in pushing full employment up the political agenda in the mid-1990s. Identifying the hard choices which policy makers must face, they examine the effects of new technology and increased trade, the increased participation of women in the labor market, the impact of labor market regulation on employment, how welfare reform can help the long-term unemployed into jobs, and reform of pay bargaining. The book's central arguments are also relevant to concepts of "social cohesion" and the "stakeholder economy" which are set to become dominant political themes in the next few years.
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Working in the Twenty-First Century: Policies for Economic Growth Through Training, Opportunity, and Education (Issues in Work and Human Resources)
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Working-Time Changes: Social Integration Through Transitional Labour Markets (Labour Markets and Employment Policy series)
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Over the past twenty years European labor markets have seen the simultaneous rise of unemployment and working-time flexibility. While unemployment generates widespread concern about social exclusion, the reorganization of flexible working-time has been greeted with more ambivalence. The concept of transitional labor markets (TLMs) is an attempt to address and analyze the factors and policies that can prevent high levels of unemployment and exclusion from paid work.
This book addresses three key questions: € Can working-time flexibility integrate more people into paid employment? € Can working-time flexibility prevent unemployment? € Is it possible for the barriers between core and peripheral employment to become more permeable in the way advocated by the concept of TLMs?
Drawing on both quantitative longitudinal panel study data and qualitative case study material, the authors (whose expertise is drawn from the fields of economics, sociology and law) provide an original perspective on the nature and implications of TLMs in Spain, Sweden, Ireland, Britain, Germany, France and The Netherlands. This will be essential reading for both academics and policymakers in the field of labor market policy.
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