Reflections on monetarism : Britain’s vain search for a successful economic strategy / by Congdon, Tim G., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…; Keynes, British monetarism and American monetarism; the exchange rate in British monetary policy - or where British economics went wrong. Part 4 Two period pieces: the intelligent radical's approach to the balance of payments; introducing the concept of equity withdrawal.…”
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A history of Russian economic thought : ninth through eighteenth centuries /

Table of Contents: “…Economic thought in Kievan Rus and its class differentiation -- Economic thought in the period of feudal disunity -- The economic policy of Ivan III -- The ideological struggle of monastery landownership; The economic content of the "heresies" of the sixteenth century -- The spokesmen of the landed nobility -- Ivan the Terrible's principles of economic policy -- The economic ideas of the Domostroi -- The basic trends of economic thought in the seventeenth century; The demands of the masses during the period of the first peasant wars -- The spokesman of the struggle for the economic independence of Russia: A. …”

Development economics and structuralist macroeconomics : essays in honor of Lance Taylor /

Table of Contents: “…Developing countries' anti-cyclical policies in a globalized world / José Antonio Ocampo -- 20. …”

Nature tourism, conservation, and development in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Table of Contents: “…Creating a nature tourism economy: a multicriteria analysis of options for policy, institutions, and management / Bruce Aylward -- Annex: A multimarket model for nature tourism / Bruce Aylward -- Maps -- Index -- List of boxes -- List of figures -- List of tables…”

Total quality management and operational excellence : text with cases / by Oakland, John S.

Table of Contents: “…Part I: The Foundations of TQM; Chapter 1 Understanding quality; Quality, competitiveness and customers; Understanding and building the quality chains; Managing quality; Quality starts with understanding the needs; Quality in all functions; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Chapter 2 Models and frameworks for Total Quality Management; Early TQM frameworks; Quality award models; The four Ps and three Cs of TQM - a model for TQM & OpEx; Bibliography; Chapter highlights Chapter 3 Leadership and commitmentThe Total Quality Management approach; Commitment and policy; Creating or changing the culture; Effective leadership; Excellence in leadership; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Part I Discussion questions; Part II: Planning; Chapter 4 Policy, strategy and goal deployment; Integrating TQM into the policy and strategy; The development of policies and strategies; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Chapter 5 Partnerships and resources; Partnering and collaboration; Global outsourcing; Supply chain effectiveness in the global economies The role of procurement/purchasing in partnershipsJust-in-Time (JIT) management; Resources; Collaborative business relationships (BS 11000); Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Chapter 6 Design for quality; Design, innovation and improvement; The design process; Quality function deployment (QFD) - the house of quality; Specifications and standards; Design quality in the service sector; Failure mode, effect and criticality analysis (FMECA); The links between good design and managing the business; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Part II Discussion questions; Part III: Performance Chapter 7 Performance measurement frameworksPerformance measurement and the improvement cycle; Costs of quality; The process model for quality costing; A performance measurement framework (PMF); The implementation of performance measurement systems; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Chapter 8 Self-assessment, audits and reviews; Frameworks for self-assessment; Methodologies for self-assessment; Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) assessments; Securing prevention by audit and review of the management systems; Internal and external management system audits and reviews; Bibliography Chapter highlightsChapter 9 Benchmarking and change management; The why and what of benchmarking; The purpose and practice of benchmarking; The role of benchmarking in change; Communicating, managing stakeholders and lowering barriers; Choosing benchmarking-driven change activities wisely; A framework for organizational change; Bibliography; Chapter highlights; Part III Discussion questions; Part IV: Processes; Chapter 10 Process management; The process management vision; The process classification framework and process modelling; Process flowcharting Leadership, people and implementation aspects of process management.…”
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Doing psychology critically : making a difference in diverse settings / by Prilleltensky, Isaac, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Change -- 11 Psychologists as Agents of Change: Getting Ready to Make a Difference -- Conflicts related to values, interests and power -- Roles for the change agent -- Conclusion -- 12 Psychologists and the Process of Change: Making a Difference in Diverse Settings -- Praxis for change -- Partnerships for change -- Conclusion -- 13 Psychologists and the Object of Social Change: Transforming Social Policy -- Social policy -- Social policy change: Strategies and roles for critical psychologists -- Conclusion.…”

Do investment regulations compromise pension fund performance? : evidence from Latin America by Srinivas, P S

Table of Contents: “…An evaluation of the costs of draconian regulation -- 6. Policy implications -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Annex A -- Annex B -- List of tables -- List of figures.…”

Population and planning in developing nations : a review of sixty development plans for the 1970s / by Stamper, B. Maxwell, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Population problems recognized by development planners -- 3. Population policies proposed in development plans -- 4. Overview -- Pte. 2. …”

Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on trade and development, Geneva 23 March-16 June 1964 /

Table of Contents: “…Final act and report -- v. 2. Policy statement -- v. 3. Commodity trade -- v. 4. …”

Europe 1992 : the implications of market integration for R

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Science and technology and European Market Integration -- Views and concerns of the U.S. science and technology Community -- Acces to precompetitive research programs of the European Communities -- The view from Congress -- The 1992 European Market Integration: Bush administration policies -- EC standards setting, certification, and testing procesess -- Strategic implications of European Market Integration for U.S. -- R…”

A new economic history of Argentina /

Table of Contents: “…Passing the book: monetary and fiscal policies / Gerardo della Paolera, María Alejandra Irigoin, and Carlos G. …”

Urban property tax reform : guidelines and recommendations / by Dillinger, William R.

Table of Contents: “…Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Policy targets: Raising the effective rate -- Broadening the base -- 3. …”

Fund-supported adjustment programs and economic growth / by Khan, Mohsin S

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The economics of urban size / by Richardson, Harry Ward

Table of Contents: “…City size distributions: empirical aspects -- 13. National urban size policy -- 14. The case of London.…”

An approach to town planning / by Gillie, F. B. (Francis Blaise)

Table of Contents: “…Synthesis of an overall policy -- 16. Action on the synthesis.…”

The use of mathematics in economics / by Nemchinov, V. S. (Vasilii Sergeevich), 1894-1964

The Gambia : economic adjustment in a small open economy / by Hadjimichael, Michael T.

What works : an annotated bibliography of case studies of sustainable development / by Slocombe, D. Scott, 1961-

La política económica en el clearing internacional / by Andersen, Poul Nyboe, 1913-