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The United States, France, and Britain use markedly different kinds of industrial policies to foster economic growth. To understand the origins of these different policies, this book examines the evolution of public policies governing one of the first modern industries, the railroads. The author challenges conventional thinking in economics, political science, and sociology by arguing that cultural meaning plays an important role in the development of purportedly rational policies designed to promote industrial growth. This book has implications for the study of rational institutions of all sorts, including science, management, and economics, as well as for the study of culture.
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Title: Forging industrial policy: the United States, Britain and France in the railway age.
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Advance Praise for China: The Consumer Revolution "Conghua Li's book gives outsiders a fascinating insight into what is happening in China's consumer market today.. The puzzles of the Chinese consumer are explained in a way nobody has previously attempted. This is a must read for those who have their stakes vested in the most dynamic and difficult, and yet the last remaining, consumer utopia of the world." - Kenichi Ohmae Ohmae and Associates, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy of UCLA Author of The Borderless World and The Mind of the Strategist "This book is one of the most incisive studies of China's consumer market. It not only gives a clear picture of China's consumer today but points to an exciting and surprising picture in the future." - Mark Mobius President, Templeton Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. "China's economy is increasingly driven by its internal market and its consumers. To succeed in that marketplace it is crucial to stay on top of fast changing consumer needs and tastes. Conghua Li provides invaluable and interesting insights on the most important Chinese consumer trends that are essential for MNCs to understand." - John A Quelch Sebastian S Kresge Professor of Marketing, Harvard Business School "Conghua Li is right on target regarding the emergence of a consumer-driven market in China. His timely book is a solid foundation for any marketer contemplating a China launch or expansion. Marketing in China is not for the faint of heart, but absorbing China: The Consumer Revolution will increase your odds for success." - Richard C Bartlett Vice Chairman, Mary Kay Holding Company "This book is a rigorous in-depth study of the Chinese Consumer. It is the pioneering research of an insider. It shows what drives consumption in next century's first world economy and how this is likely to evolve creating new opportunities." - Professor Pedro Nueno Chairman of the Academic Council, Member of the Board China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
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A great portrait of chinease consummer in the 21st cent.......2001-04-06
The book has some very good facts and concepts about Chinese culture and consumers. However, it is very Chinese in its writing style - not linear but very circular. The author covers issues in somewhat random order and occasionaly covers the same concept multiple times. He leaves it up to the reader to sort out the infomation. It reads easily and is full of interesting thoughts and ideas on how to penetrate the largest market of the 21st century. We recommend this book to all of our clients who are thinking about exporting to, or establishing an operation within China.
Chinese perspective - very circular in nature........2000-02-19
The book has some very good facts and concepts about Chinese culture and consumers. However, it is very Chinese in its writing style - not linear but very circular. The author covers issues in somewhat random order and occasionaly covers the same concept multiple times. He leaves it up to the reader to sort out the infomation.
An outstanding analysis of the Chinese consumer market........1998-11-07
This book reads easily and is full of interesting thoughts and ideas on how to penetrate the largest market of the 21st century. We recommend this book to all of our clients who are thinking about exporting to, or establishing an operation within China. John R. Jagoe, Director, Export Institute.
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Deloitte Consulting, 2006 Edition: WetFeet Insider Guide
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Humane, balanced, and an enjoyable place to work, Deloitte Consulting represents the gentler side of management and technology consulting according to the insiders who work there. But this softer reputation is not gained at the expense of prestigeDeloitte ranks as the third-largest consulting firm in the world, boasting particular strength in operations consulting, strategic planning, financial management, and productivity, along with a wide range of general management and IT consulting services. So, if you want to work with the best consultants and corporations in the world, while still maintaining some semblance of a personal life as well, Deloitte may be the place for you.
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Title: Creating a Culture of Belonging.(Deloitte Consulting's Shane Tedjarati discusses knowledge management)(Brief Article)(Interview)
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Deloitte Consulting Asia/Pacific Profile
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This book is one that people interested in immigration policy should read. Borjas relentlessly applies economic theory to the question of immigration, rarely pausing to think about whether he's getting a clear picture or not. It was a fairly ground-breaking attempt to look at immigration from an economic perspective and has quite a lot of useful information. That said, it also is a frustrating book and one that has some pretty significant flaws that should be kept in mind. Here are a few examples. Borjas discounts the idea that discrimination is a significant factor in the poor labor market performance of certain immigrants with no more argument than a reference to the work of Gary Becker and the claim that Becker had shown that there is no such thing as workplace discrimination. Becker, of course, has shown no such thing but had merely provided an a prior argument which was, unfortunately, not born out by empirical enquiry. This part of Borjas's book, then, is completely unsupported. Borjas regularly uses operational definitions of terms (as do most economists) but without realizing how this distorts the picture and limits the inferences that can be drawn from the data. So, he repeatedly claims that new waves of immigrants are less skilled than older immigrants, but what he means by this is just that they do less well in the labor market than did older immigrants. This is a very unusual definition, to say the least, and makes his claims that we should try to recruit more skilled immigrants hard to understand since, on his account, this can only mean that we should recruit more immigrants who will do well in our labor markets. He gives no advice on how to do this, nor on what this would mean as a policy proposal. ("Skilled", on his account, does not and cannot mean "highly trained" or "highly educated".) So, while it may well be true the more recent immigrants are less skilled than older waves, Borjas's use of an operational definition of "skilled" makes his analysis of little use. Similarly Borjas makes a bizarre claim about how the admission of "less skilled" immigrants has imposed a loss on the US economy. This is a bizarre claim since in order to make it he has to imagine that we might have recruited the same number of "skilled" (in his operationally defined sense) immigrants as we did "unskilled" ones in the same time period. He then takes the difference in GDP from the real world and his totally imaginary and probably impossible one and calls this a "loss". This is a loss only in a very funny sense- the same way in which you have a loss of a million dollars when you don't pick the right numbers on the lottery, even if you in fact won 5 dollars and so are four dollars ahead of where you were before. Since there is no reason at all to think we could have attracted this number of "skilled" workers this cannot even realistically be called a lost opportunity. Borjas notes this very briefly in a foot-note, but doesn't seem to notice that it makes much of his analysis in that section of the book nonsense. There are many more examples of similar problems. So, over all, the book is worth reading both for the useful parts, those which discuss various ways in which immigration has changed over time and how immigrants impact the economy, it has enough significant methedological flaws that it cannot be strongly recommended.
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Immigration to the United States continues to be a topic of scholarly and political debate. This study extends the literature analyzing the financial impact of immigration on local governments by developing a model for measuring revenue and expenditure changes associated with immigration. The model and related empirical findings will assist local government policy makers in managing immigration in their jurisdictions. The work utilizes both qualitative and quantitative methods, including field interviews with legal and illegal immigrants, a delphi survey of national and local immigration experts, and multiple forecasting techniques. Additionally, the case example of a specific host community, the City of Miami, Florida, illustrates and evaluates the impact model's efficacy to local government administrators. This work will be of interest to scholars, policy makers, and local government decision makers in public administration, urban studies, and regional economics.
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The Impact of Immigration on the United States Economy closely examines the effects of immigration on the United States economy from 1940-1980. Using multiple linear regression, Kposowa found that overall, immigration has had positive effects on the US economy, especially in terms of increasing native earnings and native socioeconomic attainment. However, he also found that immigration has negative effects on minority earnings, particularly those of African Americans. Contrary to popular belief, Kposowa reveals how immigrants as a population are significantly less likely than native born people to be on public assistance or social security. This fascinating study debunks many myths surrounding immigration and concludes by offering practical public policy recommendations.
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