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The recent global financial crisis exposed the serious limitations of existing economic and financial models. Not only did macro models fail to predict the crisis, they seemed incapable of explaining what was happening to the economy. Policymakers felt abandoned by the conventional tools of the now obsolete Washington consensus and the World Trade Organization's oversimplified faith in free markets.The traditional models for agricultural commodities have so far failed to take into account the uncertain character of the global agricultural economy and its ferocious consequences in food price vo

Commodity exchanges --- Agricultural prices --- Produce trade --- Agriculture and state --- Econometric models --- Agricultural prices. --- Agriculture -- Economic aspects. --- Farm produce. --- Finance --- Business & Economics --- Investment & Speculation --- Produce trade. --- Agricultural commodities --- Agricultural products --- Produce --- Agricultural marketing --- Food trade --- Agriculture --- Farm prices --- Prices --- Food --- Raw materials --- Plant products --- Food industry and trade --- Farm produce --- Farm income --- Economic aspects --- E-books --- Agricultural prices - Econometric models --- Commodity exchanges - Econometric models

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Offers information by linking developments on home ownership with developments in the financial and labor markets in the context of globalization. This book is the conclusion of a body of research that started with a workshop held at the University of York in October 2000, and which resulted in the book ""Globalisation and Home Ownership"".

Home ownership --- Housing --- Public welfare --- Public opinion. --- Ownership of homes --- Real estate business --- House buying --- #SBIB:316.334.5U10 --- #SBIB:316.8H40 --- #SBIB:35H437 --- Public opinion --- Sociologie van stad en platteland: wonen en huisvesting --- Sociaal beleid: social policy, sociale zekerheid, verzorgingsstaat --- Beleidssectoren: sociale zekerheid

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The text studies how various Western, Japanese, and Chinese businesses struggled with the persistent dilemma in China of how to retain control over corporate hierachies while adapting to dramatic changes in Chinese society, politics and foreign affairs from 1880-1937.

Architecture, Modern. --- Arquitectura --- Diseño de productos --- Metodología --- Product design --- Methodology. --- Philosophy --- Research --- Commercial products --- New products --- Industrial design --- Modern architecture --- Methodology --- Design and construction --- Humanities Methodology --- Business networks --- Industrial management --- Corporations --- Corporations, American --- Corporations, British --- Corporations, Japanese --- History.

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The issue of protecting essential infrastructure against the threat of terrorist attack is one which continues to concern governments worldwide. But terrorism is not the only threat this infrastructure may face: environmental hazards, industrial accidents and sabotage are also major concerns. Protecting critical infrastructure is expensive, but many of the solutions apply whatever the cause of the problem, and in these days of scarce resources, multi-sector or multi-threat solutions are preferred. This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Centre of Excellence - Defence against Terrorism

Terrorism --- Computer security --- Computer networks --- Prevention --- Security measures --- E-books --- Infrastructure (Economics) --- Cyberterrorism. --- Risk assessment. --- Emergency management. --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Disaster relief --- Disasters --- Emergencies --- Emergency management --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Management --- Public safety --- First responders --- Analysis, Risk --- Assessment, Risk --- Risk analysis --- Risk evaluation --- Evaluation --- Computer network security --- Network security, Computer --- Security of computer networks --- Attacks on computers --- Computer attacks --- Cyber attacks --- Cyber terrorism --- Cyber war --- Cyberwarfare --- Electronic terrorism (Cyberterrorism) --- Computer crimes --- Capital, Social (Economics) --- Economic infrastructure --- Social capital (Economics) --- Social infrastructure --- Social overhead capital --- Economic development --- Human settlements --- Public goods --- Public works --- Capital --- Security measures. --- Planning --- Preparedness

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This book presents the proceedings of the Second International Air Transport and Operations Symposium, ATOS 2011, held at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The focus of ATOS 2011 and this proceedings is on how air transport can evolve in order to continue to add value in the 21st Century, given its incredible impact in the 20th Century. The book covers a whole range of topics: Aircraft Design and Future Concepts; Air Transport Economics; Air Transport, Environment and Safety; Aircraft Lifecycle Value Engineering; Personal Air Transport System (PATS); Airports and Air Traffic

Aeronautics, Commercial --- Management