Microeconomics

This book is about microfinance in rural China and how the villagers cultivated their social relationships by moving money.

The recent financial crisis had a profound effect on both public and private universities, which faced shrinking endowments, declining charitable contributions, and reductions in government support.

Written by production economics and finance specialists Rolf Fare and Shawna Grosskopf of Oregon State University and Dimitris Margaritis of the University of Auckland, Pricing Non-marketed Goods Using Distance Functions, is an inspiring new contribution highlighting the importance of duality theory for valuation purposes, especially for hard to price inputs or resources, intended or unintended goods and assets.

This book introduces three innovative concepts and associated financial instruments with the potential to revolutionise real estate finance.

A COMPREHENSIVE CRASH COURSE FOR MASTERING TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT MARKETING PLATFORMOnline marketing has evolved far beyond just websites and banner ads.

This book analyses the household demand for consumer goods using a diverse database, consisting of 45 developed and developing countries.

The seemingly irrational, puzzling aspects of human behaviour are not bugs, but features.

This work responds to the increasing need in many countries to better understand linkages between intellectual property, trade rules, and economic and social development, and to find new ways of implementing intellectual property rules and optimizing their effects.

Conventional economic theory assumes that consumers are fully rational, that they have well-defined preferences and easily understand the market environment.

Questions of the social implications of biotechnology and biological exchange (the extraction of human tissues such as blood, skin and organs for testing, storage and/or distribution for therapeutic or research purposes) have recently been brought strongly to the analytical fore across the social sciences.

Work on this book began in the Spring of 1983, not long- after an Amax Corporation annual budget meeting.

Economic concepts and techniques presented through a series of "big questions," models that show how to pose a questions rigorously and work toward an answer.

What is the significance of entrepreneurship in an economy?

The study of dynamics of institutional change in emerging markets are subjects of great interest in contemporary political economy.

At what stage of their careers do great artists produce their most important work?

Research in Health Economics has developed into a separate discipline for the last 25 years.

This book aims to answer two questions that are fundamental to the study of agent-based economic models: what is agent-based computational economics and why do we need agent-based economic modelling of economy?

This edited volume celebrates  a quarter-century's anniversary of the foundation of the Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics (JAFEE) and proposes the future perspectives of evolutionary economics on the grounds of its achievements in Japan.

The Economic Development of the USSR (1982) examines the economic advances the Soviet Union made as the first major economy to adopt full-scale socialist planning.

A user-friendly problem-solving approach to managerial economics, with a focus on the transformative effects of the digital revolution.

A tool of economic development of the poor people living below poverty line, micro finance has been a tremendous success in recent years.

Tengo el convencimiento de que la clave del éxito de los negocios enfocados a la venta, se basa en el éxito de las personas que los desarrollan, sus capacidades de liderazgo para acompañar a sus equipos y sus cualidades como buenos comunicadores de sus propuestas de valor.

An important tenet of game theory, core theory has nonetheless been all but ignored by the mainstream.

The definition of "e;old"e; has evolved intensively over the years due to demographic changes, and the ageing population is one of the most frequently discussed issues in recent decades.

A response to the pressing need to address and clarify the substantial ambiguity within current literature, this edited volume aims to deepen readers' understanding of the impact of foreign aid on development outcomes based on the latest findings in research over the past decade.

A novel and optimistic account of the possibility of a more just economy.

This book is intended especially for teachers and student of commerce.

This book offers a concise introduction to the field of financial economics and presents, for the first time, recent behavioral finance research findings that help us to understand many puzzles in traditional finance.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest theory and practice on Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research.

War Movies and Economics: Lessons from Hollywood's Adaptations of Military Conflict applies ongoing research in the relatively new genre of economics in popular media to Hollywood's war movies.

Despite abundant literature on transaction costs, there is little to no in-depth analysis regarding what the transaction is or how it works.

This book describes the latest microeconomic concepts and operations research (OR) techniques needed to comprehend the design and operation of power markets, as well as the actions of their agents: producers, consumers, operators, and regulators.

Financial Risk and Derivatives provides an excellent illustration of the links that have developed in recent years between the theory of finance on one hand and insurance economics and actuarial science on the other.

'This is the second book of a two-volume set that continues Adam Smith's work, using the tools mathematical, experimental, and behavioural economists have developed since 1776.

Innovation is the creation of new, technologically feasible, commercially realisable products and processes and, if things go right, it emerges from the ongoing interaction of innovative organisations such as universities, research institutes, firms, government agencies and venture capitalists.

This book studies the ongoing transition from an industrial to a creative (or post-industrial) society and how the creative society depends on a 'soft infrastructure' of individualist values and institutions.

The Disintegration of the Soviet Economic System (1992) examines in detail the collapse of the Soviet economic system, and is set in its political context, both international and domestic.

This book studies the ongoing transition from an industrial to a creative (or post-industrial) society and how the creative society depends on a 'soft infrastructure' of individualist values and institutions.

Enterprise and entrepreneurship is of strong interest to policy-makers because new and small firms can be a key contributor to job and wealth creation.

Chong argues that when foreign actors face high opportunity costs of intervention in a weak state, their behavior may foster sovereignty.

A collective effort by American and North African scholars, this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of recent economic, social, and political events in North Africa.

Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice blends a rigorous theoretical introduction to industrial organization with empirical data, real-world applications and case studies.

The apparel and textile industries have always been at the mercy of rapidly changing styles and fickle customers who want the latest designs while they are still in fashion.