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Book SynopsisIndustrial or business--to--business marketing places very specific demands on those responsible for it. Yet all too often the strengths of these managers are technical, founded on expertise and product knowledge. There is seldom any formal understanding of marketing principles and the business benefits they can bring.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements The book's route maps YOU AND THIS BOOK You and this book FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH THE COMPANY Your job outline Your position within the company FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH MARKETING What is marketing? Principles of industrial marketing Technology and marketing YOUR WORKING SKILLS Effectiveness and efficiency Interpersonal skills Presentation skills Problem definition and decision-making Time management INDUSTRIAL MARKETING IN PRACTICE Setting a marketing strategy Planning marketing action The product offering The product Valuing the product Dealing with clients Dealing with partners DEALING WITH YOUR INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Selling and marketing within the company Dealing with sales Working with technicians Co-ordination with other departments THE MARKETING EXPERT'S TOOLBOX Marketing research and marketing information Marketing segmentation Technical analysis in marketing Marketing analysis Diagnosing the marketing situation Marketing planning templates Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisGrowth business is the most dynamic sector of the economy. Rapidly expanding companies demonstrate the ingenuity, flexibility and energy which are the foundation of flourishing new market sectors. These are the blue chip companies of tomorrow, capable of taking on the world. Nightingale MultiMedia with the help of growth company broker Beeson Gregory, the Innovation Unit of the Department of Trade and Industry and senior financial journalists has identified the most exciting growth companies in Britain. These key companies are defined as groundbreakers in their particular field, who have done something different in the marketplace, and who have been identified as having the most potential for growth. In 100 in-depth case studies, Groundbreakers analyses the constituent elements of the success of these impressive and significant new enterprises. What are the factors which make these companies distinctive? Why will they be key contributors to the economic environment of the future? This Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: Listing Options for Growth Business. AES Engineering Ltd. Bluebird Toys plc. The Brockbank Group plc. Card Clear plc. Chernikeeff Group. Cortecs International. Demon Internet Ltd. Hozelock Ltd. Inspec. Morse Group. Probe Entertainment Ltd. Shield Diagnostics. Stalbridge Linen Services Ltd. Index by Sector.

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Book SynopsisCharley Ellis has written a magnificent portrait, capturing the indomitable spirit of Joe Wilson and his instinctive understanding of the need for and commercial usefulness of a transforming imaging technology.Trade Review"An inspiring biography" (The Economist, November 2006) If you run a business and aspire to make it great, you owe it to yourself to read Joe Wilson and the Creation of Xerox by Charles D. Ellis. Despite occasionally pedestrian writing, the book rewards the reader with dramatic accounts of how one great leader managed to influence change rather than just react to it. Wilson knew little about technology, yet he--not the brilliant techies with whom he surrounded himself--created the modern copier industry. Xerox was an old Rochester, N.Y., company that was small, obscure and unambitious until Wilson took over from his dad in the late 1940s. In a sense, his takeover kicked off the technology revolution that shook American industry out of its somnolence. Early investors with small stakes in Xerox became multimillionaires. Later investors lost billions looking for the "next Xerox." They would have done better searching for the next Joe Wilson. His tact and lack of ego held together a necessarily diverse bunch of people. Sol Linowitz, the company lawyer, upstaged him by letting it be said on national television that he, not Wilson, was the father of Xerox. Wilson ignored it: Linowitz was important to the company, and Wilson wanted success, not an ego massage. He grasped the importance of image. He pioneered new and novel ways to get public attention for Xerox, including backing public-service TV shows at a time when the company could barely afford the expense in order to convey an image of quality for a little-known brand. When a leading consulting firm told Xerox there was no real market for its proposed 412 xerography machine, Wilson and his aides took the report apart and discovered that the questions asked and the methodology were faulty. He plowed on. The 412, Xerox's first truly competitive product, would have to sell for $47,000 and was far too big for salespeople to lug around. Who would, or could, write a check of this size for a mere copying machine? But hey, someone suggested, who wouldn't pay a nickel to get rid of the messy carbon copy that was the curse of every office at the time? Wilson didn't hesitate: a nickel a copy it would be. Customers loved the seemingly cheap price, and orders mounted and remounted for the 412. To the customer's surprise and Xerox's delight, users were making far more copies of things than they did before the 412. The machine was so clean, fast and precise, it was an easy way to expand internal communication in the days before e-mail. In a year, some customers were spending more for copies than the machine would have cost. Xerox became a cash jackpot machine. Ellis's generally upbeat book has a sad ending. On his retirement in the mid-1960s, an ailing and tired Wilson made two horrible mistakes: He picked an incompetent successor and then failed to bequeath a strong board that could have reined in his successor's blunders. His successor threw away the chance to own the coming personal computer revolution and made disastrous billion-dollar investments in old industries. He lacked his predecessor's knack for embracing change. By then, Wilson was too ill to retake the reins. Xerox shriveled, and its bonds sank to junk status. Rescued by the present CEO, Ann Mulcahy, Xerox is doing well again, but it is no longer the shining symbol Wilson created. The author, Charley Ellis, is retired head of the consulting firm Greenwich Associates and serves as a Yale trustee and a director of the Vanguard funds. He knows a lot about business leadership, having consulted for and worked with many of the best practitioners. Among all of the business leaders he's known, and he's known hundreds, he puts Joe Wilson--whom he never met--over them all. The lessons here are clear and shining--both the good and the bad. (Forbes.com, October 25, 2006) Transforming family-owned Haloid Corp., which struggled in the shadow of hometown behemoth Eastman Kodak, into the globally recognized Xerox is an amazing accomplishment. But as Ellis's biography of Joe Wilson attests, Wilson's achievements ranged more widely and went much deeper than many gave him credit for. Ellis, author of 11 books and former financial industry consultant offers a heartfelt, if not artful, telling of the CEO's life story. He contends that Wilson embodied all of the qualities that leadership management books celebrate: integrity, foresight and the ability to inspire people to perform. He credits these attributes to helping Wilson so spectacularly realize his vision for his company; its employees; his alma mater, the University of Rochester; and the city and people of Rochester, N.Y. Ellis's telling starts off slow and is initially quite repetitive. But once Xerox is finally born, after years of setbacks, the story picks up. The real purpose for the detailed buildup appears toward the end, when credit for the last 20-odd years of corporate strife and ultimate success is given to the wrong person, Wilson's best friend and the company's corporate counsel. At that point, it becomes clear why Ellis was compelled to write this book so long after the company's rise and its true founder's demise.(Sept.) (Publishers Weekly, July 17, 2006)Table of ContentsIntroduction by Anne M. Mulcahy, Chairman and CEO of Xerox Corporation ix Foreword by Joel Podolny, Dean, Yale School of Management xv 1 Early Years 1 2 Peggy 13 3 The Thirties 19 4 Years of Struggle 29 5 Chet Carlson 39 6 Battelle 51 7 Contact—Just Barely 57 8 Sol Linowitz 67 9 Toward Xerox 79 10 The University 97 11 Worst of Times, Best of Times 111 12 Joe Wilson 131 13 IBM, RCA, and GE 135 14 Gathering Strength in Finance 147 15 Building the Organization 157 16 Going International 177 17 Going It Alone 191 18 5¢ 199 19 The 914 209 20 Go! 225 21 Getting on Message 239 22 Xerox: Zoom-Zoom 259 23 Fuji-Xerox 267 24 Challenges of Success 275 25 Minister Florence 289 26 Life 301 27 Public Service 315 28 Winding Down 325 29 No Longer CEO 337 30 At the Rockefellers’ 353 Afterword 359 Joe Wilson: In His Own Words 371 Acknowledgments 377 Index 381

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Book SynopsisThoughtfully conceived and very well written, this is essential somm reading.The Somm JournalThis is the most important wine book of the year, perhaps in many years.The Seattle TimesCrisply written, impeccably researched, balanced if fundamentally enthusiastic, scholarly but accessible, and full of unexpected details and characters.The World of Fine WineNo wine category has seen more dramatic growth in recent years than American Rhônevariety wines. Winemakers are devoting more energy, more acreage, and more bottlings to Rhône varieties than ever before. The flagship Rhône red, Syrah, is routinely touted as one of California's most promising varieties, capable of tremendous adaptability as a vine, wonderfully variable in style, and highly expressive of place. There has never been a better time for American Rhône wine producers. American Rhône is the untold history of the American Rhône wine movement. The popularity of these wines has been hard fought; this is a story of fringe playerTrade Review"Thoughtfully conceived and very well written, this is essential somm reading." * The Somm Journal *"Comiskey has a skeptical reporter’s mind, a poet’s way with turns of phrase, an editor’s sense of conservation of words, and a keen (and deep) understanding of – and respect for – wine as a subject matter, all of which come to bear in American Rhone." -- Joe Roberts * 1 Wine Dude *"This book is superb." * California Grapevine *"Our five favorite liquor and wine books from 2016: A deep dive into this fascinating category, long beloved by wine geeks." * San Francisco Chronicle *"Delves into the American Rhone movement’s wine-soaked origins in this vivid, in-depth account." * The Mercury News *"This is the most important wine book of the year, perhaps in many years." * The Seattle Times *"A strong contender for wine book of the year." -- Henry Jefffreys * The Guardian *"The definitive work on the Rhone movement." * Wine Review Online *"Crisply written, impeccably researched, balanced if fundamentally enthusiastic, scholarly but accessible, and full of unexpected details and characters." * The World of Fine Wine *"The wine book of the year." -- Dennis Schaefer * Santa Barbara News-Press *"Comiskey really knows his stuff — deep research is apparent here — and he writes with a fluid style, so learning about American Rhône is a real pleasure. . . . A terrific book, well-written and informative. It deserves a place on your wine bookshelf." * The Wine Economist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction PART I: PRELUDES AND ANTECEDENTS 1. The Sixties, Headwaters of the American Rhône 2. A Place and Its Progeny: A Guide to the Varieties of the Rhône Valley 3. How Rhône Varieties Got to American Soil 4. The Curious Case of American Petite Sirah 5. Rhône Varieties through Prohibition and After PART II: PIONEERS AND PLAYERS 6. The Path to the First American Rhône 7. Syrah’s Proud Father: Gary Eberle and the Making of Modern Syrah 8. Other Pioneers: From the North Coast to Gold Country PART III: ARTISTS AND ICONOCLASTS 9. Randall Grahm, the Movement’s Cosmic Impresario 10. Steve Edmunds, the Quiet Iconoclast 11. Sean Thackrey, the Thinking Man’s Rhônist 12. Manfred Krankl, the First Superstar PART IV: THE MOVEMENT STARTS TO MOVE 13. Viognier, the Rhône Movement’s Flower Child 14. The Purloined Rhône: How Suitcase Clones Shaped the Movement 15. Tablas Creek, the Validator 16. The American Rhône in Washington State PART V: BOOMTIME 17. The Birth of the Rhône Rangers, 1987–1990 18. The Academic Backup for the American Rhône Movement 19. The Bridge from California to France: The Colloquium to Bring the Rhônes Together 20. Hospice du Rhône: A Festival to Bring the Rhône World Home PART VI: IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE 21. The Rise and Fall of American Syrah 22. What We Talk About When We Talk about American Syrah Notes Index Figures gathered after page 138.

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org. Capitalizing a Cure takes readers into the struggle over a medical breakthrough to investigate the power of finance over business, biomedicine, and public health. When curative treatments for hepatitis C launched in 2013, sticker shock over their prices intensified the global debate over access to new medicines. Weaving historical research with insights from political economy and science and technology studies, Victor Roy demystifies an oft-missed dynamic in this debate: the reach of financialized capitalism into how medicines are made, priced, and valued. Roy's account moves between public and private labs, Wall Street and corporate board rooms, and public health meetings and health centers to trace the ways in which curative medicines became financial assets dominated by strategies of speculation and extraction at the expense of access and care. Provocative and sobering, this book illuminateTrade Review"Roy convincingly shows through this example how venture capital, Wall Street, and the industry’s top executives have turned small biotechnology firms and Big Pharma corporations into vehicles for extracting wealth from the health care system, even as these ostensibly health-promoting companies deny access to millions of needy people at home and abroad and undermine the financial well-being of patients and payers." * Washington Monthly *"The book includes a complete list of references and an overview of data sources and will be quite useful for graduate courses in health care services and administration programs as well as public health and medical schools more generally." * CHOICE *

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Book SynopsisModern European economic history is marked by an endeavour to transcend the traditional national case study approach, to use comparisons and to deploy economic theory in order to draw the manifold and diverse experiences of the regions, countries and multicultural empires of Europe onto a unified frame of reference. These two volumes exemplify this modern approach. This Volume 4 of the eleven part set entitled Industrial Revolutions contains thirteen papers, with an introduction, which adopt and apply a conceptual and explicitly comparative approach to European economic history as a whole. Volume 5 includes sixteen national case studies, again organized around or set within the context of theoretical principles and ideas derived largely from macroeconomic theory, social accounting, productivity measurement and regional analysis.Table of ContentsVOLUME 4. General editors' introduction: R. A Church and E. A. Wrigley. Introduction: P.K. O'Brien. 1. Foreign trade and the industrialization of the European periphery in the nineteenth century: I. T. Berend and G. Ranki. 2. Banking in the early stages of industrialization: conclusion: R. Cameron. 3. Patterns of development in nineteenth century Europe: N. F. R. Crafts. 4. Wars, blockades and economic change in Europe, 1792-1815: F. Crouzet. 5. Economic backwardness in historical perspective: A. Gerschenkron. 6. Commercial expansion and the industrial revolution: C. P. Kindleberger. 7. Proto-industrializaton: theory and reality. General Report: F. Mendels. 8. An economic theory of the growth of the western world: D. C. North and R. P. Thomas. 9. Transport and economic development in Europe, 1789-1914: P. K. O'Brien. 10. The pre-history of the nineteenth century: W. N. Parker. 11. Industrialization and the European economy: S. Pollard. The take-off into self-sustained growth: W. W. Rostow. 13. Urban growth and agricultural change: England and the continent in the early modern period. Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisModern European economic history is marked by an endeavor to transcend the traditional national case study approach, to use comparisons and to deploy economic theory in order to draw the manifold and diverse experiences of the regions, countries and multicultural empires of Europe onto a unified frame of reference. These two volumes exemplify this modern approach. This Volume 5, of the eleven part set entitled Industrial Revolutions contains thirteen papers, with an introduction, which adopt and apply a conceptual and explicitly comparative approach to European economic history as a whole. Volume 5 includes sixteen national case studies, again organized around or set within the context of theoretical principles and ideas derived largely from macroeconomic theory, social accounting, productivity measurement and regional analysis.Table of ContentsVOLUME 5. . General editor's introduction: R. A. Church and E. A. Wrigley. Introduction: P. K. O'Brien. 1. Foreign Trade and the Industrialization of the European periphery in the nineteenth century: I. T. Berend and G. Ranki. 2. Banking in the early stages of industrialization: conclusion: R. Cameron. 3. Pattersn of Development in nineteenth century Europe: N. F. R. Crafts. 4. Wars, blockades and economic change in Europe, 1792-1815: F. Crouzet. 5. Economic backwardness in historical perspective: A.Gerchenkron. 6. Commercial expansion and the industrial revolution: C. P. Kinidleberger. 7. Proto-industrialization: theory and reality. General Report: F. Mendals. 8. An economic theory of the growth of the western world: D. C. North and R. P. Thomas. 9. Transport and economic development in Europe, 1789-1914: P. K. O'Brien. 10. The pre-history of the nienteenth century: W.N. Parker. 11. Industrialization and the European economy: S. Pollard. 12. The take-off into self-sustained growth: W. W. Rostow. 13. Urban growth and agricultural change: England and the continent in the early modern period: E. A. Wrigley. Acknowledgements.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a detailed overview of the economics and technological change in all its various dimensions.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Paul Stoneman (University of Warwick). 2. Patterns of Technological Change: Pari Patel and Keith Pavitt (both University of Sussex). 3. R & D and Productivity: Econometric Results and Econometric and Measurement Issues: Zvi Griliches (Harvard University). 4. Markets for Technology: Knowledge, Innovation and Appropriability: Paul Geroski (London Business School). 5. Game-Theoretic Approaches to the Modelling of Technological Change: John Beath, Yannis Katsoulacos and David Ulph (Respectively University of St. Andrews, Athens University and University College London). 6. Empirical Studies of Innovative Activity and Performance: Wes Cohen (Carnegie Mellon University). 7. Technological Diffusion: Massoud Karshenas and Paul Stoneman (University of London and University of Warwick). 8. Finance and Technological Change: Alan Goodacre and Ian Tonks (University of Stirling and London School of Economics). 9. Technological Change in International Trade: Paul Krugman (MIT). 10. Employment and Technological Change: Pascal Petit (University of Paris). 11. The Economic Foundations of Technology Policy: Equilibrium and Evolutionary Perspectives: Stan Metcalfe (University of Manchester). 12. The Practice of Technology Policy: David Mowery (University of California at Berkeley). 13. Concluding Remarks: Paul Stoneman (University of Warwick).

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Book SynopsisThe investor-owned corporation is the conventional form for structuring large-scale enterprise in market economies, but it is not the only one. In The Ownership of Enterprise, Henry Hansmann explains why different industries and different national economies exhibit different patterns of ownership forms.Trade ReviewIn this book Hansmann considers a wide range of different kinds of organizations that are "owned" in different ways...This is a book that both economists, and scholars of organizations more broadly, should find interesting, informative, and provocative. I found it first-rate. -- R. R. Nelson * Journal of Economics *[A] fascinating study [which] offer[s] useful insights into why organisations adopt different ownership and control structures...Three broad categories of firms are analysed- producer-owned, customer-owned and non-profit and mutual firms. A series of historical case studies of the development of different industries in which these ownership structures are common, including those of banking and insurance, are then presented. -- Ruben Lee * London Financial News *In this remarkable book, Henry Hansmann asks why investor ownership is the dominant but by no means universal form of ownership. His answers provide a masterly demonstration of comparative organizational analysis...A brief review cannot do full justice to the richness, power, and range of Hansmann's analysis. Scattered throughout are little gems of insight, such as his explanations for why there is not cooperative ownership of utilities in urban areas as there is in many rural areas...for why country clubs are member-owned rather than investor-owned...and for why charities and listener-supported public radio stations are run on a non-profit basis...[This book] is a substantial contribution to organizational sociology. -- William Finlay * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction PART 1: A Theory of Enterprise Ownership 1. An Analytic Framework 2. The Costs of Contracting 3. The Costs of Ownership PART 2: Producer-Owned Enterprise 4. Invertor-Owned Firms 5. The Benefits and Costs of Employee Ownership 6. Governing Employee-Owned Firms 7. Agricultural and Other Producer Cooperatives PART 3: Customer-Owned Enterprise 8. Retail, Wholesale, and Supply Firms 9. Utilities 10. Clubs and Other Associative Organizations 11. Housing PART 4: Nonprofit and Mutual Enterprise 12. Nonprofit Firms 13. Banks 14. Insurance Companies Conclusion Notes Sources Index

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Book SynopsisAs this book clearly demonstrates, structural flaws in corporate governance have produced widespread distortions in executive pay. Pay without Performance presents a disconcerting portrait of managers' influence over their own pay--and of a governance system that must fundamentally change if firms are to be managed in the interest of shareholders.Trade ReviewBebchuk and Fried present a powerful challenge to financial economists' view that compensation arrangements are designed by boards seeking to increase shareholder value. They offer a compelling account of how managers' influence has distorted executive pay. By showing how boards have failed to guard shareholder interests, Bebchuk and Fried raise fundamental questions concerning our corporate governance system and lay the ground for their proposed reforms. Their work will shape debates on executive compensation and corporate governance for years to come. -- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, and author of The Roaring NinetiesLike Thomas Paine's Common Sense in an earlier era, Pay Without Performance is a terse manifesto for our age of manager's capitalism--a crystal clear and dispassionate, but ultimately devastating, analysis of how our deeply flawed system of corporate governance has led to grossly excessive executive compensation. This is a book that must be read, not only by any citizen who cares about sound corporate governance, but by any citizen who cares about our society--the best book that I've ever read on the subject. -- John C. Bogle, Founder, The Vanguard GroupBebchuk and Fried, careful scholars of the first rank, develop a compelling critique of the market for managerial services. Pay is decoupled from performance. Executive compensation is neither fair nor efficient, operating as much on stealth as on open negotiation. Their evidence, their conclusions, and their recommendations cannot be ignored: they should be studied by boards, courts, the SEC-and anyone who wants contemporary corporate governance to work. -- John Coffee, Jr., Columbia Law SchoolThe most important change in corporate structure in the United States has been the shift of authority from stockholders and their directors to management. The dominance of management is fact, but the fiction of investor control persists. From management authority comes control of management compensation. That this should be generous, even lavish, and with no necessary relation to performance, is the reality of modern economic life. This literate and learned book is for all who wish to learn the facts and consequences. -- John Kenneth GalbraithBebchuk and Fried argue persuasively that executives of large companies have immense power, and that they use this power to pay themselves large amounts that are insufficiently related to performance. Nobody who reads this book will feel quite the same about Corporate America again. -- Oliver Hart, Harvard University, and author of Firms, Contracts, and Financial StructureBebchuk and Fried have written a superb book. It will benefit academics and non-academics alike, and shed much light on the great executive pay debate. -- Graef Crystal, author of In Search of ExcessA profound and insightful analysis of the crisis in executive compensation. -- Ira Kay, WatsonWyattLucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried have brought to light one of the most important issues facing our society today. I agree enthusiastically and almost completely with their analysis of the problem. -- Arthur Levitt, Jr., former SEC ChairmanEver wonder if corporate executives are paid too much? Look at it this way: from 1993 to 2002, the aggregate compensation of the top five executives in all public companies amounted to an astonishing $250 billion, equivalent to 7.5% of all corporate earnings. Defenders of the status quo say that such bloated pay provides managers particularly CEOs with incentives crucial to high performance. Those defenders have not yet read Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried's Pay Without Performance. The authors marshal a formidable arsenal of facts to pick apart the incentives argument, exposing myriad ways in which CEOs have decoupled pay from performance and hidden that fact from investors with the aid of supine corporate directors. The lucidly argued treatise frames the issue not in ethical terms but as a problem of efficiency. As for solutions, Bebchuk and Fried maintain that board directors should be not only more independent of the executives they supervise but also much more dependent on stockholders. If shareholders had the power to alter the composition of the corporate board, the authors argue, directors would be more likely to keep investors' interests top of mind when setting CEO salaries and perks. -- Unmesh Kher * Time Magazine *In times both bullish and bearish, there is periodic outrage over huge compensation packages for executives at publicly traded companies. The recent wave of corporate scandals only inflamed concerns that companies' boards of directors, too cozy with CEO's, were betraying their duty to shareholders. Reacting, defenders of corporate America have often offered 'rotten apple' theories and other explanations that deny any systemic problem. Inadequate, say Lucian Bebchuk, a professor of law, economics, and finance at Harvard University, and Jesse Fried, a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley. In Pay Without Performance, the scholars uncover what they say are widespread, persistent, and indeed systemic flaws in compensation arrangements. -- Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried offer a devastating critique of the way public companies pay their top executives. Relying on data rather than rhetoric, Fried and Bebchuk describe a diseased system in which executives wield enormous influence over their pay, board members have little incentive to slow the gravy train, and everyone involved goes to great lengths to hide the numbers from shareholders...Those looking for a substantive deconstruction of the system--and a few ideas to fix it--could hardly do better. -- Ben White * Washington Post *In Pay Without Performance, Lucian Bebchuk of Harvard and Jesse Fried of Berkeley set out to identify the failure of corporate governance that allows chief executives' compensation to carry on rising with little relation to performance. They point the finger firmly at board directors. * The Economist *For anyone looking for a guide to the debate over American top pay, this book will be indispensable. It is clear, well-argued, fully researched and deeply felt. -- Michael Skapinker * Financial Times *Pay Without Performance is a significant book. It is a well-researched, careful study of a problem that has attracted considerable attention since the 1980s. The authors write well and manage at once to make the book readable and to satisfy the scholar's need to see evidence and documentation… Pay Without Performance is an important contribution to the continuing discussion about corporate governance. It will repay a careful reading, and it is likely to achieve the influence it deserves to have. -- Robert G. Kennedy * Ethics and Economics *This book has important messages about where [the balance between managers, directors, and shareholders] should lie, not just with regard to executive compensation but to governance in general. -- Peter Montagnon * Management Today *If one has time to read only a single book about corporate governance in US publicly traded companies, this is the book to read. -- James A. Fanto * International Company and Commercial Law Review *[This book] does add to the discourse about executive compensation and corporate governance by offering an alternative view of the factors underlying executive compensation. -- Joseph Gerakos * Journal of Pension Economics and Finance *I rate this as an important book that should help to get the academic profession thinking in a new direction. The supporters of the conventional model of compensation clearly have a case to answer, and this book makes it plain what the challenges to developing a better understanding of executive compensation are. Thus, it will surely generate a productive debate...The book should also be seen as a welcome contribution to the corporate-governance debate in Europe, as it provides a sobering perspective on what many regard as a role model. Everybody who wants to participate in the debate on executive compensation should read this book. -- Ernst Maug * Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction PART I. THE OFFICIAL VIEW AND ITS SHORTCOMINGS 1. The Official Story 2. Have Boards Been Bargaining at Arm's Length? 3. Shareholders' Limited Power to Intervene 4. The Limits of Market Forces PART II. POWER AND PAY 5. The Managerial Power Perspective 6. The Relationship between Power and Pay 7. Managerial Influence on the Way Out 8. Retirement Benefits 9. Executive Loans PART III. DECOUPLING PAY FROM PERFORMANCE 10. Non-Equity-Based Compensation 11. Windfalls in Conventional Options 12. Excuses for Conventional Options 13. More on Windfalls in Equity-Based Compensation 14. Freedom to Unwind Equity Incentives PART IV. GOING FORWARD 15. Improving Executive Compensation 16. Improving Corporate Governance Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisBased on the author's fieldwork in Zhejiang, this book explores the emergence and success of township and village enterprises in China. This study also examines how ordinary rural residents have made sense of and participated in the industrialization engulfing them in recent decades.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Caselli—in his compact, but rich and inspiring compendium—proposes a fascinating universal framework which takes into consideration differences existing (and changing in time) across countries in terms of capital (natural and physical) and labor (skilled and unskilled)."---Mariacristina Piva, Journal of EconomicsTable of ContentsPreface ix 1 Introduction and Preliminaries 1 Part I Technology Differences across Space 2 Skilled and Unskilled Labor 17 3 Natural and Reproducible Capital 40 4 Capital and Labor 48 Part II Interpreting Technology Differences 5 An Endogenous Technology Framework 67 Part III Technology Differences over Time 6 Skilled Labor, Unskilled Labor, and Experience over Time 83 7 Skills and Capital over Time and across Countries 95 8 Conclusions 102 Appendix A. Proofs and Calculations 105 Appendix B. A New Data Set on Mincerian Returns (with Jacopo Ponticelli and Federico Rossi) 108 References 119 Index 125

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Book SynopsisDeveloping a new idea requires money, which poses a problem of trust. This title proposes a legal theory of economic growth that details how property, contract, and business laws help to unite capital and ideas. It demonstrates why ineffective private and business laws are the root cause of the poverty of nations in today's world.Trade Review"Cooter and Schafer apply insights from the field of law and economics to the problem of poverty. They describe how institutions like contracts overcome dilemmas of trust at the heart of economic transactions. Readers interested in understanding the law and economics approach would do well to start with this well-written volume, which develops a model of the legal institutions needed for innovation... [A] significant contribution to the field."--Choice "[C]ompelling."--Michael Strong, Barron's "Rich in institutional detail, wisdom and practical advice."--Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution "The authors, Cooter and Schafer, skilfully avoid economics verbiage and complicated legal terms, providing instead a plethora of anecdotes, appropriate examples and studies."--Lisa Kaaki, Arab News "Solomon's Knot remains an entertaining and comprehensive read. It successfully conveys the main theories of law and economics within the context of promoting innovation as a source of sustained growth. Moreover, it proposes clear and simple policy recommendations for developing countries to adopt in pursuit of greater wealth creation and economic development."--Christel Y. Tham, Journal of International Law and PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: It's about the Economy 1 Chapter 2: The Economic Future of the World 13 Chapter 3: The Double Trust Dilemma of Development 27 Chapter 4: Make or Take 39 Chapter 5: The Property Principle for Innovation 50 Chapter 6: Keeping What You Make--Property Law 64 Chapter 7: Doing What You Say--Contracts 82 Chapter 8: Giving Credit to Credit--Finance and Banking 101 Chapter 9: Financing Secrets--Corporations 123 Chapter 10: Hold or Fold--Financial Distress 142 Chapter 11: Termites in the Foundation--Corruption 159 Chapter 12:Poverty Is Dangerous--Accidents and Liability 179 Chapter 13: Academic Scribblers and Defunct Economists 193 Chapter 14: How the Many Overcome the Few 211 Chapter 15: Legalize Freedom--Conclusion 223 Notes 229 Bibliography 299 Index 313

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Book SynopsisSustained growth depends on innovation, whether it's cutting-edge software from Silicon Valley, an improved assembly line in Sichuan, or a new export market for Swaziland's leather. This title proposes a legal theory of economic growth that details how effective property, contract, and business laws help to unite capital and ideas.Trade Review"Cooter and Schafer apply insights from the field of law and economics to the problem of poverty. They describe how institutions like contracts overcome dilemmas of trust at the heart of economic transactions. Readers interested in understanding the law and economics approach would do well to start with this well-written volume, which develops a model of the legal institutions needed for innovation... [A] significant contribution to the field."--Choice "[C]ompelling."--Michael Strong, Barron's "Rich in institutional detail, wisdom and practical advice."--Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution "The authors, Cooter and Schafer, skilfully avoid economics verbiage and complicated legal terms, providing instead a plethora of anecdotes, appropriate examples and studies."--Lisa Kaaki, Arab News "Solomon's Knot remains an entertaining and comprehensive read. It successfully conveys the main theories of law and economics within the context of promoting innovation as a source of sustained growth. Moreover, it proposes clear and simple policy recommendations for developing countries to adopt in pursuit of greater wealth creation and economic development."--Christel Y. Tham, Journal of International Law and PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: It's about the Economy 1 Chapter 2: The Economic Future of the World 13 Chapter 3: The Double Trust Dilemma of Development 27 Chapter 4: Make or Take 39 Chapter 5: The Property Principle for Innovation 50 Chapter 6: Keeping What You Make--Property Law 64 Chapter 7: Doing What You Say--Contracts 82 Chapter 8: Giving Credit to Credit--Finance and Banking 101 Chapter 9: Financing Secrets--Corporations 123 Chapter 10: Hold or Fold--Financial Distress 142 Chapter 11: Termites in the Foundation--Corruption 159 Chapter 12:Poverty Is Dangerous--Accidents and Liability 179 Chapter 13: Academic Scribblers and Defunct Economists 193 Chapter 14: How the Many Overcome the Few 211 Chapter 15: Legalize Freedom--Conclusion 223 Notes 229 Bibliography 299 Index 313

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Book SynopsisFor much of the twentieth century, American corporations led the world in terms of technological progress. Why did certain industries have such great success? Experimental Capitalism examines six key industries--automobiles, pneumatic tires, television receivers, semiconductors, lasers, and penicillin--and tracks the highs and lows of American highTrade Review"A masterful tapestry that weaves multiple levels of analysis, analytical techniques, and decades of scholarly work to create rich insights about the role of individual enterprise and innovation for the evolution of firms, industries, and regions."—Rajshree Agarwal, University of Maryland"This is an impressive book about the dynamics of firms and industries. Klepper masterfully sheds light on the evolutionary forces that drive entrepreneurship, industrial clustering, and firm dominance in high-tech industries."—Franco Malerba, Bocconi University"Steven Klepper takes readers on a fascinating journey through the life cycle of industries, from birth to maturity. His book is filled with lessons for everyone, including scholars, managers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. Experimental Capitalism presents a nano approach from a giant in the field."—Alfonso Gambardella, author of Science and Innovation"Experimental Capitalism synthesizes and makes accessible the pathbreaking arguments that Steven Klepper crafted over the course of his career—provocative, illuminating arguments about the nature and sources of the evolution of industries, technological progress, and the development of industry clusters. His book builds on the most detailed data collection imaginable and spells out key policy implications that policymakers in the United States and around the globe should pay close attention to."—Wesley M. Cohen, Duke University"Experimental Capitalism is an important work by an important scholar. Shedding light on the question of where great industries come from, the book provides a unique perspective on the American economy and challenges much of the traditional thinking about what matters for delivering strong economic performance."—David Audretsch, Indiana University"The work of an original economist, Experimental Capitalism uses six major industries as exemplars of a theory of shakeouts. This book succeeds admirably."—Stephen Martin, Purdue UniversityTable of ContentsEditors' Preface ix Chapter 1 Innovation and the Market 1 Chapter 2 Once Upon a Time 15 Chapter 3 The Best and the Brightest 62 Chapter 4 The Valley That Shockley Built and the Schoolmaster of Motordom 109 Chapter 5 The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number 149 Chapter 6 The Harder They Come, the Harder They Fall 179 Chapter 7 The Best of Times, the Worst of Times 207 Notes 241 Afterword 247 References 249 Index 259

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Book SynopsisDuring the past eight decades French vineyards, wineries, and wine marketing efforts have undergone such profound changes--from technological, scientific, economic, and commercial standpoints--that the transformation is revolutionary for an industry dating back thousands of years. Here Leo Loubre examines how the modernization of Western society haTrade Review"An important beginning to the task of placing the twentieth-century French countryside in historical context."--American Historical Review "[The book] combines economic, social, political and even technical analysis into a compelling picture of a fascinating society and way of life."--Journal of Social HistoryTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*TABLES, pg. xi*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT, pg. xiv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. Qeneral Trends and Conditions since 1914, pg. 16*CHAPTER TWO. The Viticultural Revolution, pg. 37*CHAPTER THREE. Viniculture: The Marriage of Pragmatism and Theory, pg. 76*CHAPTER FOUR. The Attack on Fraud: Classification and Appellation, pg. 113*CHAPTER FIVE. Cooperatives among Individualists, pg. 137*CHAPTER SIX. The Economics of Wine, pg. 155*CHAPTER SEVEN. The Commerce of Wine, pg. 177*CHAPTER EIGHT. Conditions of Life: Propertied Growers, pg. 212*CHAPTER NINE. Conditions of Life: Laborers, pg. 244*CONCLUSION, pg. 260*NOTES, pg. 267*INDEX, pg. 283

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Book SynopsisFew observers of Mexico and Brazil in the 1930s, or South Korea and Taiwan in the mid-1950s, would have predicted that these nations would become economic "miracles" several decades later. These newly industrializing countries (NICs) challenge much of our conventional wisdom about economic development and raise important questions about internationTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Figures and Tables, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xiii*CHAPTER 1. Paths of Industrialization: An Overview, pg. 3*CHAPTER 2. Policy Interventions and Markets: Development Strategy Typologies and Policy Options, pg. 32*CHAPTER 3. The Role of Foreign Capital in Economic Development, pg. 55*CHAPTER 4. Big Business and the State, pg. 90*CHAPTER 5. How Societies Change Developmental Models or Keep Them: Reflections on the Latin American Experience in the 1930s and the Postwar World, pg. 110*CHAPTER 6. Political Regimes and Development Strategies: South Korea and Taiwan, pg. 139*CHAPTER 7. Economic Policy and the Popular Sector, pg. 179*CHAPTER 8. Contrasts in the Political Economy of Development Policy Change, pg. 207*CHAPTER 9. Industrial Policy in East Asia: Does It Lead or Follow the Market?, pg. 231*CHAPTER 10. The Next Stage of Industrialization in Taiwan and South Korea, pg. 267*CHAPTER 11. The Latin American Strategy of Import Substitution: Failure or Paradigm for the Region?, pg. 292*CHAPTER 12. The United States and Japan as Models of Industrialization, pg. 323*CHAPTER 13. Reflections on Culture and Social Change, pg. 353*CHAPTER 14. Explaining Strategies and Patterns of Industrial Development, pg. 368*Contributors, pg. 405*Index, pg. 407

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Book SynopsisIn this book Rajneesh Narula examines the interdependence of globalization and technological innovation at two levels: first, between locations, by examining the role of cross--border initiatives in the innovation process; second, between corporate entities, by studying the dynamics of inter--firm R&D collaboration.Trade Review"New technologies have been the main fuel of globalization over the last quarter of a century. This fascinating book shows what the devices have been and, more importantly, how we can work with them to improve human affairs or the welfare of society at large." Professor Daniele Archibugi, Italian National Research Council, Rome "One of the best analyses of the interface between globalization and innovatory development – at both a firm and a country level – I have read. A well-crafted and closely reasoned monograph which deserves to be widely read by academic scholars and policy makers alike." John H. Dunning, University of Reading "A rare fusion of analytical clarity and illustrative readability both for the expert and the layman." Science and Public PolicyTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Boxes. Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Technology and Globalization as Concatenated Processes: A Brief Commentary on the Causes of Globalization. 2. Cross-border Interdependence between Locations: Learning Growth and Systems of Innovation. 3. Innovation Systems and 'Inertia' in R&D Location: Norwegian Firms and the Role of Systemic Lock-in. 4. Cross-border Interdependence between Firms: The Growth of Strategic Technology Partnering. 5. In-house, R&D, Outsourcing or Alliances? Some Strategic and Economic Considerations. 6. Technological Catch-up and Strategic Technology Partnering in Developing Countries. 7. Technology, Globalization and Policy Issues: Some Observations. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisManaging Transport Operations explains the wide range of skills demanded of transport managers, who must understand the economic, social, political and technical aspects of road, rail, air and sea transport, while ensuring that levels of safety and reliability are not compromised

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of the Whitehorse Mining Initiative, which aimed to revitalize the mining industry.Trade ReviewA Stake in the Future tests the outer boudaries of ... Issues in impressive fashion by detailing a successful consensus-building exercise that was nongovernmentally led and financed ... McAllister and Alexander have identified and explored a cutting-edge case and, in the process, unearthed many questions that challenge prevailing assumptions. -- Neil Freeman, University of Toronto * Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol 31, No. 1 *A Stake in the Future ... is the first comprehensive study of the Whitehorse Mining Initiative in which leaders in the mining industry worked to build consensus with other stakeholders, governments, environmental groups, First Nations and labour ... This thoughtful review of both the process, the results and early efforts at implementation provides a valuable context for current issues and opportunities. * Constructive Citizen Participation *It is a detailed and insightful account of a process of decision-making that will increasingly characterized Canadian public policy formation ... A Stake in the Future is highly recommended for those interested in public policy formulation, public an interest-group participation, and the evolving character of decision-making in Canada in a environment of increasing pluralization. -- Richard G. Kuhn * Canadian Book Review Annual 5053 *Table of ContentsTables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Surveying the Terrain 2. Assessing the Situation: Challenges to the Mineral Industry 3. Staking a Claim: Broadening the Public Interest 4. Rough Terrain: Rich Resource The Whitehorse Mining Initiative 5. The Whitehorse Mining Accord: The Search for Consensus 6. Implementing the Vision? Provincial and Federal Initiatives 7. Perspectives on the Accord Terra Incognita -- The Future of Resource Policy-Making inCanada Appendixes Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of the Whitehorse Mining Initiative, which aimed to revitalize the mining industry.Trade ReviewA Stake in the Future tests the outer boudaries of ... Issues in impressive fashion by detailing a successful consensus-building exercise that was nongovernmentally led and financed ... McAllister and Alexander have identified and explored a cutting-edge case and, in the process, unearthed many questions that challenge prevailing assumptions. -- Neil Freeman, University of Toronto * Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol 31, No. 1 *A Stake in the Future ... is the first comprehensive study of the Whitehorse Mining Initiative in which leaders in the mining industry worked to build consensus with other stakeholders, governments, environmental groups, First Nations and labour ... This thoughtful review of both the process, the results and early efforts at implementation provides a valuable context for current issues and opportunities. * Constructive Citizen Participation *It is a detailed and insightful account of a process of decision-making that will increasingly characterized Canadian public policy formation ... A Stake in the Future is highly recommended for those interested in public policy formulation, public an interest-group participation, and the evolving character of decision-making in Canada in a environment of increasing pluralization. -- Richard G. Kuhn * Canadian Book Review Annual 5053 *Table of ContentsTables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Surveying the Terrain 2. Assessing the Situation: Challenges to the Mineral Industry 3. Staking a Claim: Broadening the Public Interest 4. Rough Terrain: Rich Resource The Whitehorse Mining Initiative 5. The Whitehorse Mining Accord: The Search for Consensus 6. Implementing the Vision? Provincial and Federal Initiatives 7. Perspectives on the Accord Terra Incognita -- The Future of Resource Policy-Making inCanada Appendixes Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFew organizations can afford all the specialized expertise and technology they need to respond nimbly to emerging needs, regardless of the type of clients they serve. As market demands grow increasingly complex and resources are strained, strategic alliances and joint ventures are becoming business as usual--not only within business sectors, but between them as well. When these alliances succeed, they open up whole new worlds for the participating partners: new products and services, new markets, access to resources, smarter ways of doing things. Building Strategic Relationships shows how successful alliances are launched, developed, and concluded--within the corporate world and between corporate entities and government or nonprofit institutions. The authors draw from more than two hundred interviews and seventy-five case studies of varied partnerships--including a customer-supplier alliance between a newspaper publisher and a newsprint supplier, a joint venture between aTable of ContentsTHRIVING IN AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD. The Growing Need for Collaboration. The Nature of Effective Partnership. HOW PARTNERSHIPS GROW AND DEVELOP. Courtship and Commitment: Making a Good Match. Day-to-Day Relationship: Translating Vision Into Value. Transformation: Changing the Relationship or Parting Amicably. PARTNERSHIPS IN PRACTICE. Lesher Communications and Norpac: A Supplier-Customer Partnership. Arthur Andersen and the Alameda School System: A Public/Private Collaboration. The Council for Continuous Improvement: A Multi-Industry, Multi-Sector Consortium. WHAT SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP REQUIRES. The Partnership Covenant. Building a Foundation for Mutual Trust. Resource: Partnership Readiness Questionnaire.

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Book SynopsisWritten in a concise and easy to follow format, this book presents a review of the enormous breadth of the health care industry. It is full of reliable descriptions and guidance on the major topics and issues that challenge health care leaders.Trade Review"The authors have succeeded in writing a primer targeting new and long-tenured board members." (Journal for Healthcare Quality, May/June 2004)Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. Preface. About the Authors. 1. Foundations. At a Glance. Some History. Health and Disease. Health Service Need, Demand, and Utilization. Boards and Governance. 2. Health Care Organizations and Services. Distinctive Characteristics. Ambulatory Care. Hospital Care. Long-Term Care. Mental Health Care. Health Systems. Public Health Services. 3. Health Care Financing. Changing Economic Dynamics. Flow of Funds Through the System. Health Insurance. Types of Health Insurance Plans. Voluntary Health Insurance. Social Health Insurance (Medicare). Welfare Insurance (Medicaid). Health Maintenance Organizations. 4. Health Care Personnel. Physicians. Nurses. Ancillary Nursing Personnel. Dentists. Pharmacists. Other Health Professionals. 5. Predictions and Challenges. Appendixes. A. Glossary of Health Care Terms. B. Medical Specialties. C. Recommendations for Learning More. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisOver the past fifteen years, the United States, Western Europe, and Japan have transformed the relationship between governments and corporations. The changes are complex and the terms used to describe them often obscure the reality. In Freer Markets...Trade ReviewA simple suggestion: anyone who cares to comment on Japan's commitment to deregulation must first read this book. As Steven Vogel explains,... deregulation comes in many guises. * Japan Times *There is growing acceptance of the claim that international market forces have been compelling reluctant governments to deregulate, liberalize, and privatize ever more segments of their domestic economies.... Steven Vogel's refreshing book presents a compelling political challenge to such oversimplifications. * Comparative Political Studies *This is undoubtedly the finest comparative study we have of the regulatory reform movement that has spread across the advanced industrial countries over the last decade or so. * Political Studies *This masterly work... elevates the reader to a higher stage where he/she can start asking cutting-edge questions about comparative political economy. Rarely does a book leave the reviewer grateful for the opportunity to have looked into an issue so carefully. I welcome this exception. -- Hiwatari Nobuhiro, University of Tokyo * Social Science Japan Journal *

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Book SynopsisHow do health insurance regulations affect the care of persons with mental illness, and how do such persons, in turn, affect the economy through lost productivity, reduced labour supply and deviant behaviour at the workplace? This book addresses these and other questions.Trade ReviewThe in-depth analysis of a comprehensive range of topics earns this text an important place in the academic literature for mental health economics. It also has practical applicability to current events. Journal of Nervous and Mental DiseaseTable of ContentsPreface Contributors Chapter 1. Research on Economics and Mental Health: The Past and Future ProspectsPart I. The Supply of Mental Health Care Chapter 2. Mental Health Providers' Response to the Reimbursement System Chapter 3. A Modified TEFRA System for Psychiatric Facilities Chapter 4. Do Public Mental Health Hospitals Crowd Out Care for Indigent Psychiatric Patients in Nonprofit General Hospitals? Part II: The Economic Cost of Mental Illness Chapter 5. Estimates of the Loss of Individual Productivity from Alcohol and Drug Abuse and from Mental Illness Chapter 6. Measurement Error in Self-Evaluations of Mental Health: Implications for Labor Market Analysis Chapter 7. The Effects of Physical and Mental Health of Female Labor Supply Chapter 8. Linkages among Deviance in Adolescence, Antisocial Personality Part III. Insurance and the Demand for Mental Health Care Chapter 9. Econometric Issues in the Demand for Mental Health Care under Insurance Chapter 10. Private Health Insurance and the Use of Medical Care by Disabled Mentally Ill Medical Enrollees Chapter 11. Estimating the costs of a mental health benefit: A small-employer Mandate Part IV. Experimentation Chapter 12. Cost-Utility Analysis of Maintenance Treatment for Recurrent Depression: A Theoretical Framework and Numerical Illustration Chapter 13. The Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Among Mentally Ill Medicaid Enrolles: The Utilization of Services in Prepaid Plans Versus Fee-for Service Care Chapter 14. A Mental Health Capitation Experiment: Evaluating the Monroe-Livingston Experience Chapter 15. The short-run effects of a contracted provider arrangement for mental health careIndex

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1946, this historical analysis of Canadian agricultural policy from 1600 to 1930 tests the assumption that agriculture has been Canada's basic industry, central in the economic and political life of the nation. Professor Fowke demonstrates that agricultural interests have always been secondary in shaping agricultural policy. Government attitudes have been influenced less by economic and political agrarian pressures than by such considerations as defence of empire, provisioning of the staple trades, and later the investment opportunities offered to industry, commerce, and finance by an expanding agricultural frontier.

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Book Synopsistells the economic story of how in one decade the NFL transformed from having a modest following in the Northeast to surpassing baseball as this country's most popular sport.Trade Review"A terrific addition to the sports economics literature."—F. H. Smith, CHOICETable of ContentsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Usurpers: The AAFC Challenge2. Prosperity and Its Drawbacks3. Measures of the NFL's Popularity4. Profits and Losses5. The Perils and Triumphs of NFL Ownership6. Antitrust Adventures7. Competitive Balance and Its Sources8. The Player Draft9. Gate Sharing10. Gilded Peonage11. Television12. Innovation13. IntegrationConclusion: The NFL's Rise to ProminenceAppendix of TablesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHow do high wage countries stay rich in a global digital economy? How Revolutionary was the Digital Revolution constructs a framework for analyzing the international digital era: one that examines the ability of political actors to innovate and experiment in spite of, or perhaps because of, the constraints posed by digital technology.Trade Review"This wide-ranging volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the ongoing structural transformations and future challenges posed by information and communication technology (ICT) in Europe, the U.S., and Asia. The book provides extremely important insights into the political economy of the global digital era and helps us understand the interplay of technology, corporate strategy, and public policy. Understanding this interplay at all levels—corporate, national, and international—is the key to fully utilizing the potential of ICT and to enhance long-term economic growth."—Erkki Liikanen, Governor, Bank of Finland, Former Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society of the European Union“This outstanding volume provokes reflection on the vast changes in the world economy caused by the digital revolution. The editors and the authors provide not only facts but creative ideas: fresh thoughts about how to understand the relationship among technology, corporate strategy, public policy, and the global marketplace. It differentiates among what is global and what remains distinctively national. This book should be read by everybody interested in important issues concerning employment, wealth, and power. It helps redefine the ‘conversation’ we are having about globalization.”—Peter Gourevitch, University of California, San Diego“This book looks at the digital revolution from a number of perspectives, providing an essential reflection on an important topic. Which aspects of corporate strategies, national institutions, and technology investments led to major successes, and which did not? The book addresses these questions by examining specific cases using multiple disciplinary approaches. It provides valuable insights into the future evolution of the economy, technology, and business strategy, not just recent history. Read it.”—Stuart I. Feldman, Vice President, Computer Science, IBM ResearchTable of ContentsContents Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations Contributors Introduction 1. Frameworks for Understanding the Political Economy of the Digital Era Abraham Newman and John Zysman 2. Creating Value in a Digital Era (Exploring the Experimental Economy: How Do Wealthy Nations Stay Wealthy? John Zysman Part One. National Stories and Global Markets in the Digital Era The Finnish Story 3. Finland's Emergence as a Global Information Technology Player: Lessons from the Finnish Wireless Cluster Ari Hyytinen, Laura Paija, Petri Rouvinen, and Pekka Yla-Anttila 4. An Old Consensus in the "New" Economy? Institutional Adaptation, Technological Innovation and Economic Restructuring in Finland Darius Ornston and Olli Rehn The Japanese Story 5. Telecom Competition in World Markets: Understanding Japan's Decline Robert Cole 6. Japan's Telecommunications Regime Shift: Understanding Japan's Potential Resurgence Kenji Kushida What Next? 7. The Emerging Economies in the Digital Era: Market Places, Market Players, and Market Makers Naazneen Barma Part Two. The Experiments: Vision and Execution Business Strategies 8. Enron's Missed Opportunity: Enron's Refusal to Build a Collaborative Market Turned Bandwidth Trading into a Disaster Andrew Schwartz Reorganizing Work 9. The Relocation of Service Provision to Developing Nations: The Case of India Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney 10. From Linux to Lipitor: How The Coming Reconfiguration of IP Can Move Pharma off a Deteriorating Path Steven Weber 11. Research Note on The Learning Organization Tobias Schulze-Cleven Knowledge in an Information Society 12. Spoken About Knowledge: Why It Takes Much More Than Knowledge Management to Manage Knowledge Niels Christian Nielsen and Maj Cecilie Nielsen 13. Pooling Knowledge: Trends and Characteristics of R&D Alliances in the ICT Sector Christopher Palmberg and Olli Martikainen Part Three. Market Transitions: Reorganizing Markets, Getting from Here to There 14. The Peculiar Evolution of 3G Wireless Networks: Institutional Logic, Politics, and Property Rights Peter Cowhey, Jonathan Aronson, and John Richards 15. Success Factors in Mobile Telephony: Why Diffusion in the Us and Europe Differ Heli Koski 16. National Styles in the Setting of Global Standards: The Relationship Between Firms' Standardization Strategies and National Origin Aija Leiponen Part Four. Social Transformations 17. Weaving the Authoritarian Web: The Control of Internet Use in Non-Democratic Regimes Taylor C. Boas 18. Copyright's Digital Reformation Brodi Kemp 19. Transforming Politics in a Digital Era Abraham Newman and John Zysman Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book shows how a "technology paradigm" can explain the timing of new industry formation. It describes the circumstances that enable low-end innovations to emerge and become "disruptive innovations." The approach set forth provides reader with a new toolkit for analyzing industry creation and technological change.Trade Review"In this important book, Jeff Funk examines what it will take to realize the potential of new technologies for innovating out of the economic challenges that we face. He argues that many theories of innovation are incomplete, outdated, or just plain wrong, and that new insights are sorely needed to address such issues as how much time will be required to get alternative energy technologies to the mass market. The basic message is that we have to think of disruption and discontinuity as positive, productive forces for innovation that must be embraced for change to deliver improvements in human welfare." -- Anita M. McGahan * University of Toronto and Author of How Industries Evolve *"Jeff Funk's provocative elaboration on Giovanni Dosi's notion of technology paradigms calls for a fundamental re-examination of conventional management wisdom about technologies and technology evolutions. In particular, Funk's clear exposition of the supply-side technology dynamics that drive disruptive innovations provides a long overdue corrective to the demand-side story widely advanced by Clayton Christensen, for example. More generally, Funk's framework for analyzing and predicting future technology trajectories establishes a new and essential perspective for both technology strategists and technology policymakers." -- Ron Sanchez * Copenhagen Business School *"Without resorting to singular case studies, Funk takes a sophisticated approach to characterizing technological emergence and change, and the role that governments play in developmental trajectories. He builds a descriptive model using a historical analytical approach to reinterpret data from a host of industries. Based on this model, the book takes a daring step to speculate on future technological developments in energy and electronics, providing sobering advice to those who think that government intervention is the panacea for national innovation." -- Phillip Phan, Professor and Interim Dean * The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School *"In this vitally important advance in the analysis of innovation, Funk explores the limits of learning curves as a mere function of forced or subsidized volumes. Learning has to be real, integrated, and multifaceted in order to benefit from different paths to improvement in cost and performance. Trenchantly demonstrating the need for multidimensional, supply side innovation in the case of clean energy, he shows the futility of our current demand-side focus." -- George Gilder * venture capitalist and author of the forthcoming Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism *"Jeff Funk is one of the few scholars in the field of technological change who has tried to see the technology system as a whole. This book should be required reading for academics and government decision makers who need to acquaint themselves with this view." -- Robert U. Ayres, Novartis Professor of Economics and Technology Management, Emeritus, INSEAD and Institute Scholar * International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis *"Explaining much about innovation that others have ignored, Funk helps us better understand how improvements in costs and performance occur with new technologies. While the conventional wisdom suggests that costs fall as cumulative production increases, Funk shows us that the reality of this relationship is different and more interesting. For example, technologies that benefit from reductions in scale (e.g., integrated circuits) have seen dramatic advances; finding these kinds of technologies (and products based on them) is a major task for R&D managers." -- Christopher L. Magee, Professor and Director, Center for Innovation in Product Development * Massachusetts Institute of Technology *

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the master-slave relationship in Louisiana''s antebellum sugarcane country, The Sugar Masters explores how a modern, capitalist mind-set among planters meshed with old-style paternalistic attitudes to create one of the South''s most insidiously oppressive labor systems. As author Richard Follett vividly demonstrates, the agricultural paradise of Louisiana''s thriving sugarcane fields came at an unconscionable cost to slaves.Thanks to technological and business innovations, sugar planters stood as models of capitalist entrepreneurship by midcentury. But above all, labor management was the secret to their impressive success. Follett explains how in exchange for increased productivity and efficiency they offered their slaves a range of incentives, such as greater autonomy, improved accommodations, and even financial remuneration. These material gains, however, were only short term.According to Follett, many of Louisiana''s sugar elite presented their incentives with a facade o

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Book SynopsisA veteran reporter on American labor, John P. Hoerr analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. And the Wolf Finally Came demonstrates how an obsolete and adversarial relationship between management and labor made it impossible for the industry to adapt to a rapidly changing global economy.

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Book SynopsisA balanced, thorough examination of the political, social, and cultural aspects of the Bolsheviks' efforts to modernize the Russian peasantry.Trade ReviewJames W. Heinzen’s work fills a significant gap in the extensive historiography of the New Economic Policy (NEP) . . . The book studies the organization and staffing of NKZem RSFSR, offers some memorable portraits of its leading figures, especially its head, Alexander Petrovich Smirnov, and delves into the complexity of policy making in this era and the clash of institutional interests that had a major impact on policy. . . . Heinzen makes a convincing case that Smirnov and the specialists in NKZem RSFSR were one of the major sources of ideas and policies for the ‘Rightists’ within the party leadership. . . . The book is distinguished by its thoroughness, and by its cool and balanced judgment. . . . This study brings out the full complexity of the Bolshevik regime, its dilemmas, and its internal contraditions."" - American Historical Review""James W. Heinzen's fine study of the Commissariat of Agriculture (Narkomzem) focuses on the contradictory processes of Soviet state building in the countryside. Particularly important are Heinzen's insights into the activities of Aleksandr P. Smirnov, a major champion and theorist of the New Economic Policy. Smirnov and the Commissariat have remained relatively obscure to historians of the period who, while concentrating on the party, have underrated the complex relations between state commissariats, the Communist Party, and the population. . . . Heinzen makes effective use of state and party archives to detail the Commissariat's affiliation with the rightt wing of the party, emphasizing both the degree to which the right was entrenched in the state bureaucracy, and, paradoxically, its vulnerability even at the height of NEP. . . . Heinzen's clear, well-documented book makes a substantial contribution to the scholarship on the early Soviet state."" - Slavic Review""This is an extremely valuable and well-researched account of an understudied aspect of Russian post-revolutionary history, skillfully weaving together institutional, economic and political history."" - Revolutionary Russia""No other book has taken so close a look at the arguements about peasant land use that were centered in the commissariat in this period. . . . Highly recommended."" - Choice""In coming to power and surviving a devastating civil war, the Bolsheviks faced the daunting task of working out and implementing ideologically inspired policies to transform the underdeveloped Soviet countryside. . . . Avoiding neat generalizations, Heinzen does justice to the complexity of the period that ended with forced collectivization, a purge of Narkomzem, and the Stalin faction’s consolidation of power."" - Donald J. Raleigh, University of North Carolina""Makes a significant and lasting contribution to our understanding of the history and development of the Russo-Soviet state."" - Don K. Rowney, Bowling Green State University

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Book SynopsisCharles Schwab was known to his employees, business associates, and competitors as a congenial and charismatic person-a 'born salesman.' Yet Schwab was much more than a salesman-he was a captain of industry, a man who streamlined and economized the production of steel and ran the largest steelmaking conglomerate in the world.

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Book SynopsisA profile of the Bolshevik attempt to build a a new state by mobilizing the working class, in effect building society, that in the end resulted in failed institutions and weakened bureaucracy.

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Book SynopsisThis important book focuses on the idea that institutions matter for development, asking what lessons we have learned from past reform efforts, and what role lawyers can play in this field.Trade Review'Law and development is a difficult field. It is at once multi-disciplinary and comparative; historical and policy driven; theoretical and empirical; positive and normative. Here at long last is a book that provides a masterful overview and critical analysis that will make this field accessible to students and teachers alike.' --Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, US'What Makes Poor Countries Poor? is an intelligent and helpful manual, which introduces the reader to the manifold literature of law and development. . . It is refreshing to read about prevailing social attitude, day-to-day interactions of the citizenry with the legal system, collective expectations with respect to public servants, or de jure and de facto differences. This book reflects deep understanding of the real issues that matter for development and should be of interest not only to students and scholars interested in the institutions -development link and to practitioners, but to all social scientists that enjoy broad and interdisciplinary views on relevant topics for development.' --Nadia Von jacobi, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities'This book is a very good starting point of condensed information for lawyers and others involved in development of poor countries. It is an umbrella view of the situation and does a good job of giving a taster and overview of the matter.' --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Ends and Means of Development 2. The Rule of Law and Development: In Search of the Holy Grail 3. The Property Rights/Contract Rights Development Nexus 4. Political Regimes, Ethnic Conflict and Development 5. Public Administration, Corruption and Development 6. State-owned Enterprises, Privatization and Development 7. International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Development 8. Foreign Aid and Development: The Aid-Institutions Paradox 9. Conclusion: In Search of Knowledge Index

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Book SynopsisPresents more than a century of innovation drivers that have advanced the mineral processing industry. Trends, developments, and improvements are discussed in depth, and likely areas for future innovations are explored. This proceedings from the 2013 symposium features more than 75 subject-matter experts. These authors share their knowledge, experience, and passion for the metallurgical industry.

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Book SynopsisLarge producers have started to use gas injection for their applications and in the future it is predicted that this trend will increase. This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of this technique, which is rapidly increasing in importance and usage in the natural gas and petroleum industry.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Acid Gas Injection: Past, Present, and Future (John J. Carroll). Section 1: Data and Correlation. 1. Equilibrium Water Content Measurements For Acid Gas Mixtures (R. A. Marriott, E. Fitzpatrick, F. Bernard, H. H. Wan, K. L. Lesage, P. M. Davis, and P. D. Clark). 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Available Literature Data. 1.3 Equilibration Vessels / Techniques. 1.4 Water Analysis. 1.5 Sampling Issues for Analytic Methods. 1.6 Some Recent Results and Future Directions. 2. The Performance of State of the Art Industrial Thermodynamic Models for the Correlation and Prediction of Acid Gas Solubility in Water (Marco A. Satyro and James van der Lee). 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Thermodynamic Modeling. 2.3 Water Content. 2.4 Conclusions and Recommendations. 3. The Research on Experiments and Theories about Hydrates in High-Sulfur Gas Reservoirs (Liu Jianyi, Zhang Guangdong, Ye Chongqing, Zhang Jing and Liu Yanli). 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Experimental Tests. 3.3 Thermodynamic Model. 3.4 Experimental Evaluation. 3.5 Conclusions. 4. An Association Model for the Correlation of the Solubility of Elemental Sulfur in Sour Gases (Bian Xiaoqing, Du ZHimin and Chen Jing). 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Derivation of an Association Model. 4.3 Calculation and Analysis of Solubility. 4.4 Conclusions. 5. Properties of CO2 Relevant To Sequestration - Density (Sara Anwar and John J. Carroll). 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Review and Correlation. 5.3 Density. 6. The Experimental Study of the Effect of the CO2 Content on Natural Gas Properties at Gathering Conditions (Du Jianfen, Hu Yue, Guo Ping, Deng Lei, and Yang Suyun). 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Experimental Test Process. 6.3 Experimental Principles and Methods. 6.4 Experimental Conditions. 6.5 Analysis of Experimental Results. 6.6 Conclusions. Section 2: Process Engineering. 7. Dehydration of Acid Gas Prior to Injection (Eugene W. Grynia, John J. Carroll, and Peter J. Griffin). 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Acid Gas Phase Diagrams. 7.3 Water Content of Acid Gas. 7.4 Water Content of Acid Gas for Different Isotherms. 7.5 Effect of Impurities on Water Content of Acid Gas. 7.6 Acid Gas Dehydration. 7.7 Hydrates of Acid Gas. 7.8 Conclusions. 8. Limitations And Challenges Associated With The Disposal Of Mercaptan-Rich Acid Gas Streams By Injection - A Case Study (Felise Man and John J. Carroll). 8.1 Properties of Mercaptans. 8.2 Limitations of Process Simulation Tools and Process Design. 8.3 Case Study. 8.4 Conclusions. 9. Acid Gas: When to Inject and When to Incinerate (Audrey Mascarenhas). 9.1 Incineration Technology. 9.2 Conclusion. 10. Dynamics of Acid Gas Injection Well Operation (R. Mireault, R. Stocker, D. Dunn, and M. Pooladi-Darvish). 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Effects of Gas Composition. 10.3 Determining Wellhead Operating Pressure. 10.4 Computing Wellbore Pressure Changes. 10.5 Example 1. 10.6 Example 2. 10.7 Sensitivity Analysis. 10.8 Conclusions. Section 3: CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery. Learnings from CO2 Miscible Floods Provides Design Guidelines for CO2 Sequestration (Jim Louie). 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Encana Weyburn and Apache Midale Projects. 11.3 Why CO2for EOR? 11.4 Properties of CO2. 11.5 CO2Dehydration 11.6 Materials Selection 11.6.1 Supply Carbon Dioxide Pipeline 11.6.2 Production Pipelines 11.7 Mercaptans 11.8 Safety Hazards of CO2. 11.9 Capital Costs. 11.10 Summary. 12. Reservoir Simulation of CO2 Injection after Water Flooding in Xinli Oil Field (Fu Yu, Du Zhimin and Guo Xiao). 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 The Xinli Field. 12.3 CO2Flooding Parameters. 12.4 Numerical Simulations. 12.5 The Numerical Simulation of Xinli District. 12.6 Conclusions. 13. Study on Development Effect of CO2 Huff and Puff Process in Horizontal Well in Normal Heavy Oil Reservoir (Guo Ping, Huang Qin, Li Min, Zhang Wei, Du Jianfen and Zhao Binbin). 13.1 Overview. 13.2 Stimulation Mechanism of CO2Huff and Puff Process. 13.3 Single Well Numerical Simulation of CO2Huff and Puff Process. 13.4 Conclusions. 14. The Study on Mathematic Models of Multi-Phase Porous Flow for CO2 Drive in Ultra-Low Permeability and Its Application (Zhu Weiyao, Ju Yan, Chen Jiecheng and Liu Jinzi). 14.1 Introduction. 14.2 Mathematical Model of Oil Displacement with CO2Injection in the Ultra-low Permeability Reservoir. 14.3 Experimental Study of Ultra-low Permeability Reservoir CO2Flooding. 14.4 Numerical Simulation. 14.5 Conclusion. 15. Experimental Appraisal and Single-well Simulation for C02 Injection Feasibility in Liaohe Light Oil Blocks (Xiong Yu, Zhang Liehui, Sun Lei and Wu Yi). 15.1 Introduction. 15.2 Phase Behavior of Formation Crude. 15.3 C02 Injection Experiment and Fluid Properties. 15.4 CO2 Injection Feasibility Analysis and Parameter Optimization of XB-S3. 15.5 Conclusion. 16. Experiment Study about Phase Transition Characteristics of CO2 in Low-permeable Porous Media (Guo Ping, Wang Juan, Fan Jianming and Luo Yuqiong). 16.1 Introduction. 16.2 Testing System. 16.3 Testing Devices. 16.4 Test Results and Discussions. 16.5 Experiment Phenomenon. 16.6 Conclusions. 17. Mechanism Evaluation of Carbon Dioxide Miscible Flooding - Caoshe Oilfield, a Case Study (Tang Yong, Du Zhimin, Sun Lei, Vu Kai, Liu Wei and Chen Zuhua). 17.1 Introduction. 17.2 Phase Behavior Experiment Simulation of CO2Injection in CS Oilfield. 17.3 Evaluation of CO2 Injection Minimum Miscibility Pressure. 17.4 Mechanism Evaluation of C02 Miscible Flooding by One-dimensional Simulation. 17.5 Miscible Flooding Processes in Profile Model of Injector-producer Well Group. 17.6 Conclusions. 18. Selecting and Performance Evaluating of Surfactant in Carbon Dioxide Foam Flooding in Caoshe Oil Field (Yi Xiangyi, Zhang Shaonan, Lu Yuan, Li Chun, Jiao Lili and Liu Wei). 18.1 Introduction. 18.2 Geological Characteristics in Taizhou Formation of Caoshe Oil Field. 18.3 Techniques to Improve the Effect of CO2 Flooding. 18.4 Selecting and Evaluating of Surfactant. 18.5 Conclusions. Section 4: Materials and Corrosion. 19. Casing and Tubing Design for Sour Oil & Gas Field (Sun Yongxing, Lin Yuanhua, Wang Zhongsheng, Shi Taihe, You Xiaobo, Zhang Guo, Liu Hongbin, and Zhu Dajiang). 19.1 Introduction. 19.2 SSC Testing. 19.3 Casing and Tubing Design in Fracture Mechanics. 19.4 Conclusions. 20. Material Evaluation and Selection of OCTG and Gathering Lines for High Sour Gas Fields in China (Zeng Dezhi, Huang Liming, Gu Tan, Lin Yuanhua, Liu Zhide, Yuan Xi, Zhu Hongjun, Huo Shaoquan, and Xiao Xuelan). 20.1 Introduction. 20.2 Material Evaluation and Selection of OCTG for High Sour Gas Fields. 20.3 Indoor Corrosion Evaluation. 20.4 Field Corrosion Evaluation in Tian Dong 5-1. 20.5 Material Evaluation and Selection of Gathering Lines for High Sour Gas Fields. 20.6 Indoor Corrosion Evaluation. 20.7 Field Corrosion Evaluation in Tian Dong 5-1. 20.8 Conclusion. Section 5: Reservoir Engineering, Geology, and Geochemistry. 21. Concentration Gradients Associated With Acid Gas Injection (S. J. Talman and E.H. Perkins). 21.1 Introduction. 21.2 Results. 21.3 Conclusions. 22. A New Comprehensive Mathematical Model of Formation Damage in Fractured Gas Reservoirs with High H2S Content (Fu Dekui, Guo Xiao, Du Zhimin, Fu Yu, Zhang Yong, Deng Shenghui, and Liu Linqing). 22.1 Introduction. 22.2 Mathematical Model. 22.3 Case Application. 22.4 Conclusions. 23. Evaluation of Formation Damage Due to Sulfur Deposition (Guo Xiao, Du Zhitnin, Yang Xuefeng, Zhang Yong, and Fu Dekui). 23.1 Introduction. 23.2 Experimental Investigation of Sulfur Deposition. 23.3 Deposited Sulfur of Core Samples. 23.4 Experimental Results. 23.5 Conclusions. 24. Numerical Simulation Studies on Sour Gas Flowing Mechanisms in Gas Reservoirs with High H2S Content (Zhang Yong, Du Zhimin, Guo Xiao, and Yang Xuefeng). 24.1 Introduction. 24.2 Phase Behavior Characteristics of Highly Sour Gas Systems. 24.3 Sour Gas Flow Numerical Model for Highly Sour Gas Reservoir. 24.4 Conclusions. 25. Why Does Shut-In Well Head Pressure of Sour Gas Well Decrease During Formation Testing? (Guo Xiao, Du Zhimin and Fu Dekui). 25.1 Introduction. 25.2 Mathematical Model of Heavy Gas Fraction. 25.3 Analysis of Heavy Gas Fraction. 25.4 Analysis of Factors Affecting the Pressure Numeration in Sour Gas Wells. 25.5 Conclusion. 26. Impaction of the Stacking Pattern of Sandstone and Mudstone on the Porosity and Permeability of Sandstone Reservoirs in Different Buried Depths (Zhong Dekang and Zhu Xiaomin). 26.1 Introduction. 26.2 Stacking Pattern of Sandstone and Mudstone. 26.3 The Characteristics of Physical Property of Reservoirs in Sandstone-mudstone Interbed. 26.4 The Discussion of Variation Mechanism of Physical Properties of Sandstone - Mudstone Interbed. 26.5 Conclusion. Index.

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Book SynopsisCan green petroleum reverse global warming and bring down high gasoline prices? Written in non-technical language for the layperson, this book investigates and details how the oil and gas industry can go green with new processes and technologies, thus bringing the world''s most important industry closer to environmental and economic sustainability. This book unravels the mysteries of the current energy crisis and argues that solutions to global warming will come only from the development of new technologies. Discussed here are the reasons why petroleum operations, as they are now, are not sustainable; how each practice treads an inherently implosive path; and how each spells irreversible damage to the planet''s ecosystem. Fossil fuel consumption is not the culprit; rather, the practices involved, from exploration to refining and processing, are responsible for the current damage to the environment.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: From the Pharaonic Age to the Information Age: Have We Progressed in Technology Development Skills? Chapter 3: How long has this ‘technological disaster’ been in the making? Delinearized History of Civilization and Technology Development Chapter 4: Is Modern Science Capable of Discerning Between True and False? Chapter 5: Fundamentals of Mass and Energy Balance Chapter 6: A True Sustainability Criterion and Its Implications Chapter 7: What is Truly Green Energy? Chapter 8: Good Light and Bad Light Chapter 9: Do You Believe in Global Warming? Chapter 10: Is the 3R’s mantra sufficient? Chapter 11: Truly Green Refining and Gas Processing Chapter 12: Greening of Flow Operations Chapter 13: The Greening of Enhanced Oil Recovery Chapter 14: Deconstruction of Engineering Myths Prevalent in the Energy Sector Chapter 15: Conclusions References

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Book SynopsisWritten by some of the world s most renowned petroleum andenvironmental engineers, Petrophysics: The Fundamentals of Oiland Gas Revervoirs is the first book to offer the practicingengineer and engineering student these new cutting-edge techniquesfor prediction and forecasting in petroleum engineering andenvironmental management.Table of ContentsPreface xi List of Contributors xvii Acknowledgement xix 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs 1 1.2 Reservoir Lithologies 13 2. Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs 57 2.1 Petrophysical Parameters 57 2.2 Porosity, Void Ratio, and Density 57 2.3 Permeability 66 2.4 Specific Surface Area 79 2.5 Interrelationship Among Prorosity, Permeability, and Specific Surface Area 86 2.6 Wettability - Capillarity 98 2.7 Elastic Properties 118 2.8 Acoustic Properties 123 2.9 Electrical Resistivity 128 2.10 Radioactivity 137 2.11 Chemistry of Waters in Shales versus those in Sandstones 149 3. Seismic Parameters 151 3.1 Introduction 151 3.2 Elastic Properties 152 3.3 Velocity and Rock Properties 154 3.4 Pore Pressure 159 3.5 Seismic Anisotropy 164 A. Historical Review 183 B. Mechanics of Fluid Flow 279 C. Glossary 303 References 347 Bibliography 349 Subject Index 369

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Book SynopsisMuch of the world s petroleum is located on continental margins, and any further development of these offshore deposits would be impossible without new technologies and new methods contained in this volume.Table of ContentsIntroduction 11 1. Methodological Support of the Zonal Forecasting 15 1.1 Zonal oil and gas potential forecast in an aquatory environment 15 1.2 Study of the proved oil- and gas-accumulation zones 21 2. Some Specifics in Structure, Evolution and Oil and Gas Occurrences of the Continental Margins 25 2.1 The doctrine of continental margins 25 2.2 Continental margin structure and evolution 28 2.3 Oil and gas occurrences of the continental margins 39 3. Zonal Hydrocarbon Accumulations on the Subsurface of the Pacific Group Continental Margins 49 3.1 Oil- and gas-accumulation zones subsurface the island arc margins 50 3.2 Oil- and gas-accumulation zones over the Pacific margins of North and South America 101 4. Zonal Hydrocarbon Accumulation in the Subsurface of Atlantic Group Continental Margins 163 4.1 Oil- and gas-accumulation zones at the rift (preceding) stage of continental margin evolution 164 4.2 Early- and syn-oceanic continental margin evolution stage. Oil- and gas-accumulation zones 175 4.3 Transitional (Mediterranean) continental margin evolution state. Oil- and gas-accumulation zones 270 5. General Patterns in Formation and Distribution of Oil- and Gas-Accumulation Zones in Subsurface the Continental Margins 327 5.1 Parameters and general characteristics of oil- and gas-accumulation zones 327 5.2 Specifics of the spatial distribution 342 5.3 Hydrocarbon concentration zones phase specialization 347 5.4 Most important factors in the formation and distribution of oil and gas accumulation zones 356 6. Zonal Oil and Gas Potential Forecast for the Russia’s Offshore Areas. Initial Results 383 6.1 Offshore extension of the Timan-Pechora Province 383 6.2 Kara Sea 398 6.3 NE Sakhalin Shelf (North Sakhalin oil and gas basin) 409 Conclusions 415 Literature 417

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Book SynopsisArticulations of Capital offers an accessible, grounded, yet theoretically-sophisticated account of the geographies of global production networks, value chains, and regional development in post-socialist Eastern and Central Europe.Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface vii List of Figures viii List of Tables xi Preface and Acknowledgements xii Abbreviations xxi Part One Articulating Capital in Global Production Networks 1 1 Articulations of Capital 3 2 Economic Geography, Conjuncture and the Dynamics of Capital 23 Part Two Working off the Past: Context and Complexity in Apparel Global Production Networks 53 3 Working in the Post‐Socialist Apparel Economy 55 4 Managing Europe’s Golden Bands: Trade Policy and the Regulation of Production Networks (with Robert Begg) 86 5 Transformations, Legacies and Networks: The State and Market Globalizations (with Robert Begg and Milan Bucě k) 104 Part Three Industrial Dynamics, Regionalization and the Conjunctural Economy of Global Production Networks 135 6 Theorizing Transition and the Dynamics of Capital: The Diverse Trajectories of Post‐socialist Firms (withRobert Begg, Milan Buček, Poli Roukova, and Rudolf Pastor) 137 7 Border Reconfigurations and the Frontiers of Capital (with Robert Begg, Milan Buček, and Rudolf Pastor) 162 8 Regionalization and the Palimpsests of Production: Delocalization, Legacies and Firm Differentiation (with Robert Begg and Poli Roukova) 182 9 The Cultural Economies of Post‐Socialism: Ethnicity, Garage Firms and Regional Markets (with Robert Begg and Poli Roukova) 214 Part Four Conclusion 237 10 Conclusion 239 Appendix 1 Firm-level Restructuring in the Slovak Textiles and Clothing Sector, 2004–2013 253 Appendix 2 Key to Figure 9.14 Dimitrovgrad Market, 2011 257 References 260 Index 281

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Book SynopsisArticulations of Capital offers an accessible, grounded, yet theoretically-sophisticated account of the geographies of global production networks, value chains, and regional development in post-socialist Eastern and Central Europe.Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface vii List of Figures viii List of Tables xi Preface and Acknowledgements xii Abbreviations xxi Part One Articulating Capital in Global Production Networks 1 1 Articulations of Capital 3 2 Economic Geography, Conjuncture and the Dynamics of Capital 23 Part Two Working off the Past: Context and Complexity in Apparel Global Production Networks 53 3 Working in the Post‐Socialist Apparel Economy 55 4 Managing Europe’s Golden Bands: Trade Policy and the Regulation of Production Networks (with Robert Begg) 86 5 Transformations, Legacies and Networks: The State and Market Globalizations (with Robert Begg and Milan Bucě k) 104 Part Three Industrial Dynamics, Regionalization and the Conjunctural Economy of Global Production Networks 135 6 Theorizing Transition and the Dynamics of Capital: The Diverse Trajectories of Post‐socialist Firms (withRobert Begg, Milan Buček, Poli Roukova, and Rudolf Pastor) 137 7 Border Reconfigurations and the Frontiers of Capital (with Robert Begg, Milan Buček, and Rudolf Pastor) 162 8 Regionalization and the Palimpsests of Production: Delocalization, Legacies and Firm Differentiation (with Robert Begg and Poli Roukova) 182 9 The Cultural Economies of Post‐Socialism: Ethnicity, Garage Firms and Regional Markets (with Robert Begg and Poli Roukova) 214 Part Four Conclusion 237 10 Conclusion 239 Appendix 1 Firm-level Restructuring in the Slovak Textiles and Clothing Sector, 2004–2013 253 Appendix 2 Key to Figure 9.14 Dimitrovgrad Market, 2011 257 References 260 Index 281

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Book SynopsisPresents an up-to-date description of current and new hydraulic fracturing processes Details Emerging Technologies such as Fracture Treatment Design, Open Hole Fracturing, Screenless Completions, Sand Control, Fracturing Completions and ProductivityCovers Environmental Impact issues including Geological Disturbance; Chemicals used in Fracturing; General Chemicals; Toxic Chemicals; and Air, Water, Land, and Health impactsProvides many process diagrams as well as tables of feedstocks and their respective productsTable of ContentsPreface vii 1 Definitions 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Definitions 3 1.2.1 Petroleum 5 1.2.2 Oil and Gas from Tight Formations 8 1.2.3 Opportunity Crudes 13 1.2.4 High-Acid Crude Oil 14 1.2.5 Foamy Oil 15 1.2.6 Heavy Oil 15 1.2.7 Extra Heavy Oil 16 1.2.8 Tar Sand Bitumen 16 1.2.9 Natural Gas 17 1.2.10 Shale Gas 19 1.2.11 Coalbed Methane (CBM) 21 1.2.12 Other Sources of Gas 22 1.3 Unconventional Oil 23 References 23 2 Reservoirs and Reservoir Fluids 27 2.1 Introduction 27 2.2 Sedimentary Rocks 30 2.2.1 Types 30 2.2.2 Characteristics 31 2.3 Reservoir Evaluation 32 2.3.1 Structural Types 35 2.3.2 Heterogeneity 36 2.3.3 Porosity and Permeability 37 2.4 Tight Formations 40 2.5 Evaluation of Reservoir Fluids 42 2.5.1 Sampling Methods 46 2.5.2 Data Acquisition and QA/QC 49 References 51 3 Oil and Gas Production 55 3.1 Introduction 55 3.2 Well Completion and Production 57 3.2.1 Well Completion 57 3.2.2 Production Methods 63 3.2.3 Fracturing Methods 73 3.3 Bitumen Recovery From Tar Sand Deposits 77 3.3.1 Mining Methods 78 3.3.2 Nonmining Methods 79 3.4 Sand Control 82 3.4.1 Methods 82 3.4.2 Guidelines for Process Selection 85 References 85 4 Analysis and Properties of Fluids 91 4.1 Introduction 91 4.2 Crude Oil 93 4.2.1 Sampling 94 4.2.2 Physical Properties 96 4.2.3 Thermal Properties 102 4.2.4 Fractionation 108 4.2.5 Molecular Weight 110 4.3 Natural Gas 112 4.3.1 Sampling 114 4.3.2 Test Methods 115 References 118 5 Hydraulic Fracturing 125 5.1 Introduction 125 5.2 Formation Evaluation 133 5.2.1 Geologic Evaluation 137 5.2.2 Geotechnical Evaluation 137 5.2.3 Formation Integrity 140 5.2.4 Permeability 140 5.2.5 Porosity 141 5.2.6 Saturation 141 5.2.7 Capillary Pressure 141 5.2.8 Logging Analysis 142 5.2.9 Mechanical Properties 143 5.3 The Fracturing Process 143 5.3.1 Equipment 144 5.3.2 Fracture Patterns 148 5.3.3 Well Development 150 5.3.4 Pneumatic Fracturing 151 5.4 Fractures 152 5.4.1 Fracture Geometry 155 5.4.2 Fracture Optimization 157 5.5 Fracture Monitoring 157 5.5.1 Monitoring 158 5.5.2 Aids in Production 160 References 160 6 Fracturing Fluids 165 6.1 Introduction 165 6.2 Properties 169 6.3 Types of Fluids 174 6.3.1 Water-Based Fluids 175 6.3.2 Foam-Based Fluids 178 6.3.3 Oil-Based Fluids 178 6.3.4 Acid-Based Fluids 179 6.3.5 Alcohol-Based Fluids 179 6.3.6 Emulsion-Based Fluids 180 6.3.7 Cryogenic Fluids 180 6.4 Additives 181 6.4.1 Fluid-Loss Additives 183 6.4.2 Clay Stabilizers 183 6.4.3 Gel Breakers 184 6.4.4 Bactericides/Biocides 185 6.4.5 pH Control 186 6.4.6 Friction Reducers 186 6.4.7 Acid Corrosion Inhibitors 186 6.4.8 Viscosity Stabilizers 187 6.5 Acidizing 187 6.5.1 Formation Type 188 6.5.2 Formation Permeability 189 6.5.3 Operational Considerations 189 6.5.4 Environmental Management 191 References 191 7 Proppants 195 7.1 Introduction 195 7.2 Types 197 7.2.1 Silica Sand 197 7.2.2 Resin-Coated Proppant 198 7.2.3 Manufactured Ceramic Materials 199 7.2.4 Other Types 200 7.3 Properties 200 7.3.1 Downhole Scaling 201 7.3.2 Embedment 202 7.3.3 Flowback 203 7.3.4 Fracture Conductivity 204 7.3.5 Pack Rearrangement 205 7.3.6 Permeability 205 7.3.7 Production and Migration of Fines 206 7.3.8 Shape, Size, and Concentration 207 7.3.9 Stress 208 7.4 Proppant Selection and Transport 209 7.4.1 Selection 210 7.4.2 Transport 212 References 213 8 Environmental Impact 217 8.1 Introduction 217 8.2 Geological Disturbance 221 8.3 Chemicals Used in Fracturing 224 8.4 Environmental Effects 227 8.4.1 Air 230 8.4.2 Water 230 8.4.3 Surface Effects 234 8.4.4 Health Effects 239 8.4.5 Seismic Effects 239 8.5 The Future 240 8.5.1 The Process 240 8.5.2 The Environment 241 References 244 Glossary 249 Conversion Factors 283 Index 285

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