by Peter Kennedy (1992)
This text is for teachers and students throughout the world who require an introduction to the subject of econometrics without the notation and technical detail that characterise other textbooks.
Eva Gussack, Frank S. Rossi
Turfgrass Problems: Picture Clues and Management Options is designed to help turfgrass managers, golf course superintendents, homeowners, and other identify turfgrass problems and implement appropriate management strategies to maintain healthy plants.--COVER.
Lisa Bud-Frierman
The present period has been called the Information Age. Until now, however, historians have by and large passed over the use and generation of business information. This wide-ranging book provides a new historical perspective by drawing upon concepts and models from economics, business and economic history, management studies, and the sociology and history of science. It will make an important contribution to our understanding of the role of information in business strategies and industrial policy, and marks a step towards a more sophisticated evaluation of information management styles past and present. The authors, distinguished scholars from several European countries, the USA and Japan, explore the 'information society' through focusing on ideas about the meaning and the economic function of business information. Theories of scientific management, the effect of organizational structures and the spread of ideas are studied historically and in contemporary situations throughout the world. At a time when efficient information use is expected to give particular competitive advantage to firms, this book will be of special interest to all those responsible for the use of information in large organizations as well as to scholars, including historians, economists, sociologists and management scientists.
David Grigg
Employing nearly one half of the world's workforce, agriculture is clearly of great economic and social importance. An incredible variety of methods is used globally; the Western world has the latest scientific and industrial advancements at its disposal, yet in some parts of the Third World a living is made using tools that have hardly changed in two thousand years. David Grigg provides a comprehensive introduction to agriculture in both the First and Third Worlds, describing both human and environmental issues. Covering the physical environment, economic behaviour and demands, institutional, social and cultural influences, and the impact of farming upon the environment, the book explores the wide range of factors which influence how agriculture and agricultural practice differ from place to place. For this new edition, the text, statistics, artwork and bibliography have been entirely updated and revised. In addition, two new chapters have been incorporated, on modernization and on the environment.
Gerald Stone
Examining Newspapers reviews recent, significant findings about newspapers and the newspaper industry. Arranged in chapters from news gathering through writing, editing, management, readership, and audience effects, this insightful volume focuses on continuing, important themes in newspaper research. The author presents key studies and synthesizes their results to draw conclusions concerning what current research tells us about publishing audience-relevant information and about competing successfully for people's time and dollars. In addition, the volume is extensively referenced to lead readers back to the original research articles from which answers have been drawn.