This is the first book to cover not only the economics of the fine arts and performing arts, but also public policy toward the arts at federal, state, and local levels in the United States. The second edition offers greater coverage of the international arts sector. The work will interest academic readers as a supplementary text on the sociology of the arts, as well as general readers seeking a…

Analyses the economic research that underlies politicians' growing preoccupation with measures of 'well-being'. This book finds that happiness research cannot be used to justify government intervention in the way its proponents suggest.

Is a developmenta (TM) passA(c)? Is it merely a by-product or a a trickle downa (TM) effect of economic growth, spurred by globalisation? Will poverty simply diminish with increased global markets? This state-of-the-art critical a developmenta (TM) reader deals with these and related questions. Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict examines the inter-relationships between globalisation, poverty a…

Driving Your Company's Value: Strategic Benchmarking for Value is a step-by-step book presenting a valuation-oriented methodology that helps companies maximize shareholder value. It offers clear, concise, and concrete methods for management to create and preserve value, complete with case study applications. In an easy-to-read format, it brings together the aspects of the Financial Accounting S…

EVA-economic valued added-is a measure of the true financial performance of a company, and a strategy for creating corporate and shareholder wealth. It is also a method of changing corporate priorities and behavior throughout a company, right down to the shop floor. In The EVA Challenge, the authors outline how to implement EVA-from training employees to answering the most frequently encountere…

Much literature is available discussing the concept of globalization, but now it is time for some practical advice on what it actually means for an organization. Globalization: The internal dynamic and Globalzation: The External Pressures can be read independently or as a complement to the other. The aim of both books is to present an all-round dissection and a one-stop source of latest thinkin…

This book, a critical analysis of the dynamically interdependent histories of capitalism and economic theory, contends that the many are right, and sets out to show why. To do so, it is necessary to examine the dynamic interaction of two processes - the historical realities of capitalism and the evolution of the economic theory that supports it. Both have been thoroughly studied over many years…

Much of One with Nineveh is an examination of possible solutions to the problems created by too many people for the planet to sustain, too much consumption by the well-off, and maldistribution of power. So, having defined the human predicament, we?ll crawl out on some shaky limbs. We?ll suggest measures, some of them radical, that might allow humanity in general, and the world?s sole remaining …

It reflects an increasing recognition of the centrality of cultural process to the reproduction of inequality and human ill-being among development policy makers and economists. However, we are well aware that economists are newcomers to this field and that anthropology and sociology have made seminal contributions to it for over two centuries. On the other hand, over the last fifty years, econ…

This book discusses why firms grow and decline. How does competition affect this process? Industry evolution today depends critically on innovations and R&D investments. The book analyzes the theory of Schumpeterian innovations in many forms and its impact on the selection and adjustment process in industry evolution. Both Walrasian and non-Walrasian adjustment mechanisms in evolution are discu…