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In "High Performance Business Strategy," the authors show senior management--both within HR and outside of it--how to analyze the weak points in a business and focus HR on transforming the problem areas.Authors Ap Eigenhuis and Rob van Dijk see a natural alliance between the CEO and the HR executive... More

Technological Change and the Dynamics of Industries focuses on variances in the structural and dynamic properties of manufacturing industries. By exploring the theoretical and empirical literature in industrial economics, by using a longitudinal firm-level database, and by developing and simulating ... More

This is the life story of a Dutch guy who went from farmhand to typesetter to scientist. A colourful mosaic of essays with a start in the Low Lands about such things as Bavarian guestworkers, a horse trader and his wife, a quarrelsome family, life in an occupied country, print shops, religious hyste... More

How do members of "in" groups talk about minority groups? How does everyday talk contribute to the spread, and acceptance, of ethnic prejudice? These are but two among the many fundamental questions raised in this revealing look at ethnic stereotypes and the way in which they are diffused through in... More

This volume focuses on the social impact of the public sector on the performance of the private sector, especially in the long term. It presents a model of the formation of social ties by economic interaction and uses this to explore the relevance of social ties and their dynamics for economic perfo... More

"This study of 'elite racism, ' which can be subtle but is in fact pervasive and sometimes mundane, is an important contribution to the study of racism and a fine example of comparative race and ethnic studies. Intended for undergraduate and graduate students and scholars, it can also be profitably ... More

The completion of the Uruguay Round in April 1994 has not solved all the problems. The issue of regionalism versus multilateral agreements such as the Uruguay Round remains a crucial one, as is argued in the first five chapters of this volume. Successive chapters deal with specific issues such as gr... More