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Access to Justice (Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance) (Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance) מאת R. Sandefur Around the world today, access to justice enjoys an energetic and passionate resurgence as an object both of scholarly inquiry and political contest, as both a social movement and a value commitment motivating study and action. This volume brings together cutting-edge work from practitioners and sch...

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Corporate Governance and Firm Performance (Advances in Financial Economics) מאת Mark Hirschey While Advances continues to publish papers from any area of Finance, the focus of this issue is on corporate governance, broadly defined as the system of controls that helps corporations and other organizations effectively manage, administer, and direct economic resources. Included in the volume are...

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Economic Sociology of Work (Research in the Sociology of Work) מאת Nina Bandelj The objective of this volume is to apply the economic sociology perspective to issues of work broadly defined. Economic sociology is a vibrant area of research investigating how social structures, power allocations and cultural understandings shape the production, consumption, distribution and excha...

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Studies in Symbolic Interaction מאת Norman K. Denzin Part one of volume 33 of "Studies on Symbolic Interaction" contains seven outstanding contributions by leading symbolic interactionists in the 'Annual Blue Ribbon Papers Series' under the editorial leadership of Lonnie Athens. Part two, under the special issue editorship of Richard King, examines co...

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Documents from Glenn Johnson and F. Taylor Ostrander (Research in the History of Economic Thought & Methodology) (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology) מאת Marianne Johnson Volume 27C of "Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology" consists of documents from Glenn Johnson and F. Taylor Ostrander. Part I includes: notes from lectures by James E. Meade on the linking of monetary theory with the pure theory of value (Oxford University, 1932-1933); notes f...

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Research Methodology in Strategy and Management מאת D. Bergh This book series' mission is to provide a forum for critique, commentary, and discussion about key methodology issues in the strategic management field. Strategic management relies on an array of complex methods drawn from various allied disciplines to examine how managers attempt to lead their firm...

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Henry George, the Transatlantic Irish, and Their Times (Research in the History of Economic Thought & Methodology) (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology) מאת Ross B. Emmett The American political economist Henry George devoted his life to the single tax. Virtually forgotten today, his best seller "Progress and Poverty" influenced numerous people in the English-speaking world. His fame and fall were due to a temporary alliance with the American Irish Catholics who were ...

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Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: A Research Annual (Research in the History of Economic Thought & Methodology) מאת Ross B. Emmett This book contains refereed articles on: contrasting relational conceptions of the individual in recent economics; the development of Adam Smith's style of lecturing; a comparison of problems encountered in the historian's work as editor, based upon editing Harrod's papers and Haberler's "Prosperity...

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Quantifying Consumer Preferences (Contributions to Economic Analysis) מאת Daniel Slottje This volume presents straightforward, innovative research on the estimation of demand systems and the measurement of consumer preferences. Demand studies and understanding consumer behavior remain two of the most important areas of analysis by practicing applied economists and econometricians. This ...

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Recent Developments in Conflict Resolution and Collaboration (Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change) מאת Rosemary O'Leary The research papers in this volume were initially presented at a conference, entitled 'Cutting Edge Theories and Recent Developments in Conflict Resolution', which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict (PARC). Presenters were encouraged to submit t...

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Business-to-business Brand Management: Theory, Research, and Executive Case Study Exercises (Advances in Business Marketing & Purchasing) (Advances in Business Marketing and Purchasing) מאת Mark S. Glynn Providing broad and deep coverage, this volume focuses on sensemaking, decisions, actions, and evaluating outcomes relating to managing business-to-business brands including both product and service brands. This book goes well beyond basic marketing textbooks to provide extensive reviews of relevant...

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Altruism and Prosocial Behavior in Groups (Advances in Group Processes) מאת Shane R. Thye In this volume scholars from a variety of disciplines address a range of phenomena related to the general question of when people behave in an altruistic fashion. The specific topics addressed in this volume include how empathy induced altruism can actually be a threat to the some larger collective ...

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Economic Institutions of Strategy (Advances in Strategic Management) מאת Jackerson A. Nickerson Since the publication of Oliver Williamson's "Economic Institutions of Capitalism" in 1985, new institutional economics approaches have increasingly been used to understand strategic challenges. "Economic Institutions of Strategy" (EIS) offers an interconnected set of papers that reviews and extends...

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Influence of Funding on Advances in Librarianship מאת Nitecki and Abels Throughout this volume, the influence of research funding on advances in libraries and librarianship is addressed from two perspectives: funding agents and specific initiatives. A collection of chapters concentrate on a number of questions: Do the agendas of those agencies and foundations that fund ...

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Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice (Advanced Series in Management) מאת Rodrigo Magalhaes "Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice" considers the potential of autopoiesis theory to provide a new unifying framework for the study of organizations as systems and of organizational phenomena as emergent phenomena. The papers in this volume integrate open systems theory with the pionee...

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The Sociology of Tourism European Origins and Developments (Tourism Social Science) מאת G. Dann Currently there is abundant evidence of the quasi-total domination of the sociology and anthropology of tourism by academics from the English-speaking world, a situation that appears to be aided and abetted by the publishers of books and articles in that language. This volume is the first attempt of...

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Nonparametric Econometric Methods (Advances in Econometrics) מאת Qi Li This Volume of "Advances in Econometrics" contains a selection of papers presented initially at the 7th Annual Advances in Econometrics Conference held on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during November 14-16, 2008. The theme of the conference was 'Nonparametric Econometric Methods', and th...

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Early Warning and Quick Response: Accounting in the 21st Century (Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought) מאת David Mosso This book contends that the current accounting model, which is used worldwide, and the current accounting standard setting process are seriously deficient. The book describes the deficiencies in an historical context and proposes two complete new models to correct the deficiencies. One is an account...

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Advances in Hospitality and Leisure מאת Joseph Chen "Advances in Hospitality and Leisure" ("AHL"), a peer-reviewed series, seeks to deliver refreshing insights from a host of scientific investigations pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism while rendering an academic forum to stimulate discussion on current literature, contemporary issues an...