Under communism there was in the countries of Eastern Europe a relatively high level of gender equality in the labour market, particularly in terms of high participation rates by women. The transition from communism has upset this situation, with different impacts in the different countries. This…
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Routledge
Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
There is a clear overlap between securing socio-economic human rights for all persons, and arranging adequate access to essential public services across society. Both are necessary to realize thriving, inclusive societies, with adequate living standards for all, based on human dignity. This edited…
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Human Rights and International Law
The demographics and lack of resources in the health and well-being industry are increasingly forcing us to find alternative solutions for individualized health and social care. Smart technologies provide enormous potential in solving this challenge. This book enhances communication between…
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CRC Press
Devices, Circuits, and Systems
This comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific islands, fully revised to reflect current economic and political developments, is an essential resource for the Asia-Pacific region. Calendar of Political Events A calendar of…
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The Europa Regional Surveys of the World
The book presents and further develops basic principles and concepts in international finance and open economy macroeconomics to make them more relevant for emerging and developing economies (EDEs). The volume emphasises the necessity of greater knowledge of context as populous Asian economies…
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Routledge India
This book is about the role of knowledge spillovers and strategic entrepreneurship in the management context. It focuses on how knowledge spillovers and strategic entrepreneurship are crucial to the process of creative destruction and construction. The book aims to provide insights into and…
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Routledge Frontiers of Business Management
The phenomena of Japan emerging as one of the most competitive industrial nations in the 20th century and the general shift of competitiveness to East Asia since the 1980s have been widely studied by many scholars from different fields of the social sciences. Drawing on sources from Japanese, Swiss…
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Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
Changing work roles, greater emphasis on individual autonomy, the growing importance of relationships, the complexity of many businesses; all these things call into question the prevailing approach to training needs analysis and evaluation, which still tends to be based on a simple gap analysis…
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The Global Financial Crisis has reshuffled the cards for central banks throughout the world. In the wake of the biggest crisis since the Great Depression, this volume traces the evolution of modern central banking over the last fifty years. It takes in the inflationary chaos of the 1970s and the…
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Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking
Innovation and finance are in a symbiotic and twin-track relationship: a well-functioning financial system spurs innovation by identifying and funding stimulating entrepreneurial activities which trigger economic growth. Innovations also open up profitable opportunities for the financial system.…
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Routledge/Lisbon Civic Forum Studies in Innovation
Although China is now the ‘factory of the world’, there is no reason to expect that it will always be content with manufacturing labor-intensive goods for foreign corporations. Scholars must now ask: What is the current level of innovation in China? And how can we face this challenge and renovate…
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Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
The financial crash of 2007-2008 and the subsequent global economic crisis have raised questions about the viability of capitalism and the desirability of alternative types of economic system. In this context, Keynesian and Marxist ideas in particular have become more popular. These two approaches,…
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Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy