Charts Imperial Chemical Industries' response to the changing social, political and economic environment of the past twenty years. It examines the evolution of organization structure and culture, technology, and union-management relations within this corporate giant.
"Among the topics celebrated on these pages are the future of China's growth model ; the deepening crisis on the land ; the country's emerging class structure and the fate of its workers ; its commercial & high culture and the interactions between them ; the role of social movem…
Research papers, case studies on economic policy and economic conditions, during the 1970s and 1980s - examines economic growth, industrial growth, development policy, structural change, external debt problems, trade relations, trade policy, economic reforms, international divis…
Economic development is a process of continuous technological innovation and structural transformation. Development thinking is inherently tied to the quest for sustainable growth strategies. This book provides a neoclassical approach for studying the determinants of economic st…
"The main thesis of the book is that the welfare state cannot have a sustainable future, given the overburdened state budget, unless it is managed by a strategic planning process. The book deals, moreover, with the new emergence of a nonprofit private sector that feeds a kind of…