2011 Stanford University Press.

Why do some countries in the developing world achieve growth with equity, while others do not? If democracy is the supposed panacea for the developing world, why have Southeast Asian democracies had such uneven results? ...

2011 Stanford University Press.

Provides a comprehensive account of rural life after the communist revolution, detailing villager involvement in political campaigns since the 1950s, agricultural production under the collective system, family farming and non-agricultural economy in the reform, and ...

2010 Stanford University Press.

The HP Phenomenon" tells the story of how Hewlett-Packard innovated and transformed itself seven times while most of its competitors were unable to make even one significant transformation. It describes those transformations, how they started, ...

2009 Stanford University Press.

People and organizations are perfectly capable of making the most outrageous missteps. But, how does a person, organization, or society know that it is committing an error? And, how can we tell when others are ...

2009 Stanford University Press.

Unlike other books written on 'toxic leaders', this book takes issue with the predominant view that 'toxic leaders are bad' and destructive to their companies. Rather, the author argues that even highly productive leaders have ...

2009 Stanford University Press.

At home and abroad, public policy debates are dominated by a free market ideology that emphasizes the pursuit of economic objectives through competitive markets. The invisible hand is rarely questioned, and non-economic objectives are overlooked. ...

2009 Stanford University Press.

At home and abroad, public policy debates are dominated by a free market ideology that emphasizes the pursuit of economic objectives through competitive markets. The invisible hand is rarely questioned, and non-economic objectives are overlooked. ...

2009 Stanford University Press.

"Achieving Excellence in Human Resources Management" is the Center for Effective Organizations' (CEO) fifth study of human resources in large corporations. The only long-term analysis of its kind, this text compares data from CEO's earlier ...

2009 Stanford University Press.

Project teams are the rule, rather than the exception, in today's organizations. But, thanks to the pressure of performance goals, conflicting agendas, and political jockeying, few teams make consistently superior decisions. In "Moving Out of ...

2008 Stanford University Press.

An investigation of the link between human capital and economic growth. This work takes an innovative approach, examining the determinants of economic growth through a historical overview of the concept of human capital. It offers ...

2008 Stanford University Press.

In the face of growing pressure on our natural landscapes and increasingly bitter conflict over their management and use, simply defending the status quo is not enough. Finding a balance between producing commodities, such as ...

2007 Stanford University Press.

2007 Stanford University Press.

Capitalism dominates economies all over the world and is a key force in the process of globalization. What makes it such a uniquely dynamic social and economic force, however, is open to debate. The essays ...

2007 Stanford University Press.

Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts ...

2007 Stanford University Press.

2006 Stanford University Press.

"Money Talks" argues that, contrary to conventional explanations, the changes in the terms of International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionality agreements are best explained by shifts in the sources for borrowing state financing. The Fund regularly ...

2006 Stanford University Press.

The economic boom of the 1990s that led to the rapid rise of computer hardware and software companies (on both sides of the Pacific Rim) also led to the rise of a trans-Pacific commuter culture, ...

2006 Stanford University Press.

This groundbreaking history explains how Nathan Mayer Rothschild rose from comparatively humble circumstances to become the founder of an extraordinary banking and financial empire - an empire that remained preeminent in Europe for more than ...

2005 Stanford University Press.

Religious NGOs are important sources of humanitarian aid in Africa, entering where the welfare programs of weakened states fail to provide basic services. As collaborators and critics of African states, religious NGOs occupy an important ...

2005 Stanford University Press.

This is the first comprehensive introduction to the concepts, theories, and applications of pricing and revenue optimization. From the initial success of "yield management" in the commercial airline industry down to more recent successes of ...