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  • Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean

    The Engine of Economic Development

    Edited by Inter-American Development Bank, Matteo Grazzi, Carlo Pietrobelli ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, pushing past the limits of traditional macroeconomic analyses. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age, access to credit, and international ... Read more

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  • The Only Game in Town

    Central Banks, Instability, and Recovering from Another Collapse

    by Mohamed A. El-Erian ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A roadmap to what lies ahead and the decisions we must make now to stave off the next global economic and financial crisis, from one of the world’s most influential economic thinkers and the author of When Markets Collide • Updated, with a new chapter and author’s note“The one economic book you must read now . . . If you want to understand [our] bifurcated world and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Boulevard of Broken Dreams

    Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do about It

    by Josh Lerner ...
    Series series The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    How governments can do a better job of supporting entrepreneurship and venture capitalSilicon Valley, Singapore, Tel Aviv—the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity—all bear the marks of government investment. Yet, for every public intervention that spurs entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts that waste untold billions in taxpayer dollars. When has governmental sponsorship ... Read more

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  • Redefining Global Strategy, with a New Preface

    Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter

    by Pankaj Ghemawat ...
    New Tools for Succeeding GloballyWhy do so many global strategies fail--despite companies' powerful brands and other border-crossing advantages? Because a one-size-fits-all strategy no longer stands a chance.When firms believe in the illusions of a "flat" world and the death of distance, they charge across borders as if the globe were one seamless marketplace. But cross-border differences are ... Read more

    $25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Upside of Inequality

    How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class

    by Edward Conard ...
    The scourge of America’s economy isn't the success of the 1 percent—quite the opposite. The real problem is the government’s well-meaning but misguided attempt to reduce the payoffs for success.Four years ago, Edward Conard wrote a controversial bestseller, Unintended Consequences, which set the record straight on the financial crisis of 2008 and explained why U.S. growth was accelerating relative ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Mission-Oriented Finance for Innovation

    New Ideas for Investment-Led Growth

    Edited by Mariana Mazzucato, Caetano C.R. Penna ...
    The role of the state in modern capitalism has gone beyond fixing market failures. Those regions and countries that have succeeded in achieving “smart” innovation-led growth have benefited from long-term visionary “mission-oriented” policies—from putting a man on the moon to tackling societal challenges such as climate change and the wellbeing of an ageing population. This book collects the ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Intellectual Property And Development: Lessons From Recent Economic Research

    by Maskus Keith E.; Fink Carsten ...
    International policies towards protecting intellectual property rights have seen profound changes over the past two decades. Rules on how to protect patents, copyright, trademarks and other forms of intellectual property have become a standard component of international trade agreements. Most significantly, during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1986-94), members of what is ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • A Primer on Corporate Governance

    Mexico

    by Jose Luis Rivas ...
    A Primer on Corporate Governance: Mexico describes the macro context in which Mexico is embedded, focusing on its corporate governance system: laws, regulatory bodies, code of good governance, stock market, and the peculiarities of local business groups.Mexico is a land inhabited by several indigenous civilizations and was conquered by Spain in 1521. The country is mostly a racial mix between the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Schumpeterian Analysis of Economic Catch-up

    Knowledge, Path-Creation, and the Middle-Income Trap

    by Keun Lee ...
    One of the puzzles about why some countries have stronger economic growth than others revolves around the so-called 'middle-income trap', the situation in which a country that has grown strongly gets stuck at a certain level. In this book, Keun Lee explores the reasons why examples of successful catching-up are limited and in particular, why the Asian economies, including China, have managed to ... Read more

    $65.59 USD

  • Innovation in Construction

    An International Review of Public Policies

    Edited by Andre Manseau, George Seaden ...
    Series series CIB
    How can innovation in the construction industry be strengthened? What instruments and approaches are being used by governments to promote it? What works and under what circumstances? These key questions have profound implications. This book presents a framework for the analysis of innovation models and systems in construction and an international comparison of these systems, with a focus on their ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Guide:Thoughts from Twenty Years in the Educational Trenches

    by Bob Howitt ...
    My belief is that fundamental long-term changes in society are opening up an unprecedented opportunity for Latino students, particularly given the probability of either comprehensive immigration reform or DREAM Act-centered legislation.Simply put, the BILINGUAL, BICULTURAL LATINO STUDENT has the country coming his or her way—if fully-prepared: academically, culturally, and with documentation. This ... Read more

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  • Efficiency, Finance, and Varieties of Industrial Policy

    Guiding Resources, Learning, and Technology for Sustained Growth

    Edited by Akbar Noman, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
    Industrial policy, once relegated to resource allocation, technological improvements, and the modernization of industries, should be treated as a serious component of sustainability and developmental economics. A rich set of complimentary institutions, shared behavioral norms, and public policies have sustained economic growth from Britain's industrial revolution onwards. This volume revisits the ... Read more

    $71.99 USD