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Truth or economics : on the definition, prediction, and relevance of economic efficiency
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ISBN: 1282088513 9786612088513 0300145225 9780300145229 9781282088511 9780300114591 0300114591 6612088516 Year: 2008 Publisher: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press,

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Is economic efficiency a sound basis upon which to make public policy or legal decisions? In this sophisticated analysis, Richard S. Markovits considers the way in which scholars and public decision-makers define, predict, and assess the moral and legal relevance of economic efficiency. The author begins by identifying imperfections in the traditional definition of economic efficiency. He then develops and illustrates an appropriate response to Second-Best Theory and investigates the moral and legal relevance of economic-efficiency analyses. Not only do virtually all economic, legal, and public policy thinkers misdefine economic efficiency, the author concludes, they also ignore or respond inadequately to Second-Best Theory when analyzing the economic efficiency of public choices and misassess the relevance of economic-efficiency conclusions both for moral evaluations and for the answer to legal-rights questions that is correct as a matter of law.


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The measurement of productive efficiency and productivity growth
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ISBN: 0199884803 9786611162610 1281162612 0198040504 143561996X Year: 2008 Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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Applying research from the ten years since the publication of 'The Measurement of Productive Efficiency,' this book guides readers from the basic models to the latest, cutting-edge extensions.

The mantra of efficiency : from waterwheel to social control
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ISBN: 0801886937 0801893305 9780801893308 9780801886935 Year: 2008 Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,

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Six historical case studies--two from Britain, one each from France and Germany, and two from the United States--illustrate the concept's fascinating development and provide context for the meanings of, and uses for, efficiency today and in the future.


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Le nouveau monde industriel.
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ISBN: 9782070121502 207012150X Year: 2008 Publisher: Paris Gallimard

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Pour la seconde fois depuis 1945, la société française vit une sorte de révolution. Mais alors que dans le profond remodelage des Trente Glorieuses se déployait une modernisation dont les champs de force étaient clairement dessinés, la mutation actuelle déstabilise parce qu'elle apparaît éclatée et sans issue nettement perceptible. En contrepoint des grandes transformations économiques et institutionnelles, Pierre Veltz décrit ici ce basculement comme l'apparition d'un nouvel univers industriel, en s'attachant à ce qu'il appelle les " formes élémentaires " de la vie économique : nouvelles manières de travailler, de produire, d'innover, d'échanger. Ni la vague technologique ni la diffusion du nouvel esprit néo-libéral ne suffisent à rendre compte de ces changements, qui entrent en résonance avec de multiples facettes de la vie sociale, au travail comme dans les autres sphères de l'existence. Il s'agit bien de l'émergence d'un monde différent : un nouvel univers non seulement technique, mais moral, qui engendre une énorme anxiété, mais qui rencontre aussi des aspirations fondamentales de l'individualisme moderne, tels l'exigence d'autonomie et le désir de limitation des engagements. Une postface inédite revisite ces analyses, avec huit ans de recul, pour les ajuster et les étayer plus encore.

Measuring Sustainable Production
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ISBN: 1281719897 9786611719890 9264044132 9264044124 9789264044135 Year: 2008 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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Most people support sustainable development without knowing what it is. What exactly are sustainable consumption and sustainable production, and how are these practices identified?  This volume reviews the state-of-the-art in measuring sustainable production processes in industry. It includes metrics developed by business, trade unions, academics, NGOs, and the OECD and IEA. These measurement approaches cover the "triple bottom line" (economic, environmental and social dimensions) of industrial sustainability. In the Same Series Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Political Economy Aspects Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development: Economic, Environmental and Social Aspects Institutionalising Sustainable Development   Further Reading Measuring Sustainable Development: Integrated Economic, Environmental and Social Frameworks  

Drive business performance : enabling a culture of intelligent execution
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ISBN: 0470259558 9780470259559 0470428368 1119203023 9786611317737 128131773X 0470372435 9781119203025 9780470372432 9780470428368 6611317732 Year: 2008 Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons,

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This groundbreaking guide provides a deep understanding of how to achieve enterprise performance management objectives, backed up by first-hand accounts from Fortune 500 companies who are winning by building accountability, intelligence, and informed decision-making into their organizational DNA. Drive Business Performance explains the competitive advantage experienced by organizations that create and manage a ""Culture of Performance.""

Unleashing prosperity : productivity growth in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
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ISBN: 0821372793 9786611787523 1281787523 0821372807 Year: 2008 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Over the past few years, the countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union have seen rapid productivity growth that has driven up living standards and reduced poverty. Unleashing Prosperity examines the microfoundations of the recent growth. The report shows that these countries have enjoyed substantial productivity gains from the reallocation of labor and capital to more productive sectors and firms, from the entry of new firms and the exit of obsolete firms, and from the more efficient use of resources. Unleashing Prosperity also illustrates that policy reforms that promote governa


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Travail, usure mentale : essai de psychopathologie du travail
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ISBN: 9782227477803 2227477806 Year: 2008 Publisher: Paris : Bayard,


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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges.
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ISBN: 9781847202697 Year: 2008 Publisher: Cheltenham Elgar

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