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This report illustrates why Southeast Asian countries need big data for pandemic recovery to radically transform the delivery of key services such as health care, social welfare and protection, and education. The final of a four-part series, it looks at the impact of COVID-19 on Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand to determine how big data could be an invaluable tool to help governments analyze the challenges they face. It...
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Joseph Zeira is professor of economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He lives in Jerusalem. Website josephzeira.weebly.com
An authoritative economic history of Israel from its founding to the present
In 1922, there were ninety thousand Jews in Palestine, a small country in a poor and volatile region. Today, Israel has a population of nine million and is one of the richest countries in the world. The Israeli Economy tells the story of this...
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VERSIÓN ACTUALIZADA
Cómo diseñar las mejores estrategias para asegurar la continuidad de su negocio
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para entender y aplicar el análisis PESTEL, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Comprender la influencia de los cambios macroeconómicos en el desarrollo de su empresa
• Detectar las grandes tendencias empresariales y...
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"Winner of the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize" Şevket Pamuk is professor of economics and economics history at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul. His books include A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire and The Ottoman Empire and European Capitalism, 1820–1913.
The first comprehensive history of the Turkish economy
The population and economy of the area within the present-day borders of Turkey has consistently been among the largest...
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Technology-based startup enterprises are an increasingly important part of the business landscape in Asia and the Pacific. By applying innovative technologies to create new products and services, they can make a significant contribution to economic development while generating social and environmental benefits. However, to survive and then thrive, tech startups require an enabling ecosystem that includes supportive government policy, adequate access...
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"Honorable Mention for the 2010 Ed A. Hewett Book Prize, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)" Grigore Pop-Eleches is assistant professor of politics and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Politics at Princeton University.
The wave of neoliberal economic reforms in the developing world since the 1980s has been regarded as the result of both severe economic crises and policy pressures...
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Creating an identity is crucial for survival, whether of individuals, countries or commercial products. Carefully selected elements combine positive pieces from the past to project a desired image into the present. Weaving Identity illustrates the process of transition through the tale of a special textile, as cloth manufacture typically triggers the movement from field to factory in an industrial revolution. Scotland's Harris Tweed, famously "hand...
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Prepare the best strategies in advance
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the PESTLE analysis, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the uses of the PESTLE analysis and how it can be useful for your business
• Categorize the macroeconomic variables of your business into the six different sections of the PESTLE analysis: Political,...
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This book explores in detail the proposition that (private) morality, especially religious morality, is vital for achieving economic well-being and human happiness; and that this linkage would be even stronger in an Islamic economy. The book highlights the need for an active interaction between religion, morality and economics in general and in an (idealized) Islamic economy in particular.
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Robert D. Cooter is the Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include The Strategic Constitution (Princeton). Hans-Bernd Schäfer is professor of law and economics at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, and professor emeritus at the University of Hamburg. His books include The Economic Analysis of Civil Law.
Why law is critical to innovation and economic growth
Sustained growth depends on...
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Ganar dinero entendiendo las criptomonedas.
Bitcoin es una moneda virtual que pretende ser medio de pago común para todo el mundo, pero que actualmente no está regulada por ninguna entidad financiera. Tampoco la regula ningún país ni existe como papel moneda o como medida de valor de uso general.
Cuando empecé a aumentar mis ingresos con esta moneda, costaba 2800 dólares. En poco tiempo estaba rebasando los 4500 y ya ganaba casi el doble......
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"One of Prospect's Best Economics Books of 2019" Anthony B. Atkinson (1944–2017) was a Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. His many books include Inequality: What Can Be Done?, Public Economics in Action, Lectures on Public Economics (with Joseph E. Stiglitz) (Princeton), and The Economics of Inequality.
The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and...
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In All Societies Die, Samuel Cohn asks us to prepare for the inevitable. Our society is going to die. What are you going to do about it? But he also wants us to know that there's still reason for hope.
In an immersive and mesmerizing discussion Cohn considers what makes societies (throughout history) collapse. All Societies Die points us to the historical examples of the Byzantine empire, the collapse of Somalia, the rise of Middle Eastern terrorism,...
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Un guide pratique et accessible pour construire une analyse PESTEL
Comment repérer les événements qui auront un impact majeur sur l'avenir de l'entreprise? Quelles décisions prendre pour survivre dans un milieu aussi mouvant et concurrentiel que le ntre actuellement? Comment s'adapter rapidement et efficacement aux inévitables changements à venir?
Ce livre vous aidera à:
• Identifier les facteurs évolutifs de l'environnement macroéconomique;...
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Un guide pratique et accessible pour découvrir la Success Story de TripAdvisor
Quelle histoire se cache derrière le succès international du hibou aux yeux bicolores de TripAdvisor ? Comment cette plateforme, aujourd'hui considérée comme la plus grande communauté de voyageurs au monde, s'est-elle hissée au rang de géant du secteur de l'e-tourisme, se faisant une place aux ctés de Booking ou d'Expedia ?
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456) The Mexican Heartland: How Communities Shaped Capitalism, a Nation, and World History, 1500-2000
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John Tutino is professor of history and international affairs and director of the Americas Initiative at Georgetown University. His books include Making a New World: Founding Capitalism in the Bajío and Spanish North America and From Insurrection to Revolution in Mexico: Social Bases of Agrarian Violence, 1750–1940 (Princeton).
A major new history of capitalism from the perspective of the indigenous peoples of Mexico, who sustained and resisted...
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz offers an insider's view of the role played by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in the economic crises of the 1990s. Stiglitz argues that the so-called Washington Consensus, a set of economic principles typically applied to nations...
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A groundbreaking book about the direct relationship between a woman's rights and freedoms and the economic prosperity of her country.
Gender discrimination is often seen from a human rights perspective; it is a violation of women's basic human rights, as embedded in the Universal Declaration, the UN Charter and other such founding documents. Moreover, there is overwhelming evidence that restrictions and various forms of discrimination against women...
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Ron Harris is professor of legal history and former dean of law at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Industrializing English Law.
A historical look at the early evolution of global trade and how this led to the creation and dominance of the European business corporation
Before the seventeenth century, trade across Eurasia was mostly conducted in short segments along the Silk Route and Indian Ocean. Business was organized in family firms,...
460) American Oz
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When L. Frank Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, he was 44 years old and had spent much of his life in restless pursuit of his American dream. He continued to reinvent himself, reflecting a uniquely American brand of confidence, imagination and innovation. AMERICAN OZ tells the remarkable story of the man behind one of the most enduring and classic American tales.
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