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Handbook on the Knowledge Economy

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005

This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical and intellectual capital; knowledge and innovation...

Handbook of Critical Information Systems Research: Theory And Application

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005

This important Handbook provides a unique overview of information systems (IS) research by focusing on the increasing interest in critical-related issues. Representing a significant step forward in the development of critical perspectives on the IS field, the Handbook draws together original contributions from leading authors who offer alternatives...

Ageing And Pension Reform Around The World: Evidence From Eleven Countries

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005

Population ageing and the resulting pressures on existing pension systems constitutes one of the most important challenges modern societies will have to face over the coming decades. Although governments have responded to such pressures by adopting a plethora of pension reforms, the adaptation process is far from over. This book comprehensively...

A Guide To International Monetary Economics: Exchange Rate Theories, Systems And Policies

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005

When the Bretton Woods system of fi xed-but-adjustable exchange rates foundered in March 1973, exchange rates apparently went their own merry way, independent of differences in infl ation rates between countries or of the current account of the balance of payments. A decisive factor was that capital movements developed to such an extent that they...

A Handbook of Comparative Social Policy (Elgar Original Reference)

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004

The current context of social policy is one in which many of the old certainties of the past have been eroded. The predominantly inward-looking, domestic preoccupation of social policy has made way for a more integrated, international and outward approach to analysis which looks beyond the boundaries of the state. It is in this context that this...

Handbook of Alternative Monetary Economics (Elgar Original Reference)

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007

This major new Handbook consists of over 30 contributions that explore the full range of exciting and interesting work on money and finance, currently taking place within heterodox economics.

There are many themes and facets of alternative monetary and financial economics but two major ones can be identified. The first concerns the nature...

European-American Trade And Financial Alliances (New Horizons in International Business)

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005

In this, his final book, Gavin Boyd has brought together a distinguished group of experts on the nature and extent of transatlantic policy coordination and its implication for corporate strategy. This remarkably relevant set of papers offers a discussion on the economic and financial linkage between Europe and North America, as well as the trade...

Internationalizing the Internet: The Co-evolution of Influence And Technology (New Horizons in the Economics of Innovation)

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005

This compelling book focuses on the global formation of the Internet system. It contests the common belief that the Internet’s adoption was inevitable and instead examines the social and economic processes that allowed to it to prevail over competing standards and methods for achieving a global information infrastructure. The author...

Risk, Complexity and ICT

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007

This book explores the challenges regarding risks and risk management related to the growing complexity of ICT solutions.

The main argument of the book is that the complexity of ICT solutions has continued to grow throughout the history of ICT, and that it has now reached a level that goes beyond our current understanding of...

The Legal Protection of Databases: A Comparative Analysis

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008

This book examines and compares the several types of protection available for the protection of investment in database creation. The protection of investment in making databases is not harmonized internationally. In some countries, database contents are insufficiently protected and, in others, there is too much protection. While database producers...

Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide: Lessons for Developing Countries

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004

The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for policymakers as to how developing countries can benefit from their diffusion. This important volume compares the advantages and disadvantages of the IT revolution through detailed studies of a variety of developed and developing nations...

Climate Change And the Economics of the World's Fisheries: Examples Of Small Pelagic Stocks (New Horizons in Environmental Economics)

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006

Research on the economic implications of climate change on fisheries has been both limited and fragmented. This volume investigates the economic consequences of pelagic fish fluctuations, in order to understand how to adapt and respond to various climate changes.

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