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Face the global challenges of the future with this accessible introduction to communication across boundaries Communication between cultures can be challenging in a number of ways, but it also carries immense potential rewards. In an increasingly connected world, it has never been more important to communicate across a range of differences created by history and circumstance. Contributing to global communities and rising to meet crucial share...

Using the transaction-cost literature pioneered by Oliver Williamson, John Baldwin examines contractual failure in Canada in natural monopoly cases, asking why initial forms of contracts between the state and private enterprise failed, and why this failure so often resulted in the use of public enterprise rather than regulatory tribunals.

Using the transaction-cost literature pioneered by Oliver Williamson, John Baldwin examines contractual failure in Canada in natural monopoly cases, asking why initial forms of contracts between the state and private enterprise failed, and why this failure so often resulted in the use of public enterprise rather than regulatory tribunals.

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Im Civic-Stadion fiebern 17.000 begeisterte Eishockey-Fans dem Finale um den Stanley-Cup entgegen - unter ihnen auch der Vizepräsident der Vereinigten Staaten. Keiner von ihnen ahnt, daß Terroristen planen, das Stadion samt Zuschauern in die Luft zu sprengen. Van Damme ist Darren McCord, ein Vater, der seine beiden Kinder zu diesem Endspiel der Pittsburgh Penguins gegen die Chicago Blackhawks mitgenommen hat. Als aber auch seine Tochter plötzl...

Im Civic-Stadion fiebern 17.000 begeisterte Eishockey-Fans dem Finale um den Stanley-Cup entgegen - unter ihnen auch der Vizepräsident der Vereinigten Staaten. Keiner von ihnen ahnt, daß Terroristen planen, das Stadion samt Zuschauern in die Luft zu sprengen. Van Damme ist Darren McCord, ein Vater, der seine beiden Kinder zu diesem Endspiel der Pittsburgh Penguins gegen die Chicago Blackhawks mitgenommen hat. Als aber auch seine Tochter plötzl...

Im Civic-Stadion fiebern 17.000 begeisterte Eishockey-Fans dem Finale um den Stanley-Cup entgegen - unter ihnen auch der Vizepräsident der Vereinigten Staaten. Keiner von ihnen ahnt, daß Terroristen planen, das Stadion samt Zuschauern in die Luft zu sprengen. Van Damme ist Darren McCord, ein Vater, der seine beiden Kinder zu diesem Endspiel der Pittsburgh Penguins gegen die Chicago Blackhawks mitgenommen hat. Als aber auch seine Tochter plötzl...

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This broad introduction to intercultural communication, uncommon for its inclusion of ethics, civic engagement, and global media, also integrates popular culture examples likely to appeal to students." -- Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Villanova University, USA "Well written, lively, and practical, Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life is the first intercultural communication textbook to challenge students to think critically about civic and pol...

The Dynamics of Industrial Competition describes the internal dynamics of industries using new and unique longitudinal data that make it possible to track firms over time. It provides a comprehensive picture of a number of aspects of firm turnover in North America that arise from the competitive process - the entry and the exit of firms, the growth and the decline of incumbent firms, and the merger process. Instantaneous and cumulative measure...

The Dynamics of Industrial Competition describes the internal dynamics of industries using new and unique longitudinal data that make it possible to track firms over time. It provides a comprehensive picture of a number of aspects of firm turnover in North America that arise from the competitive process - the entry and the exit of firms, the growth and the decline of incumbent firms, and the merger process. Instantaneous and cumulative measure...

The book analyzes how manufacturing firms bring new and improved products and production processes to the market. It examines sources of innovative ideas and technologies, the role of R&D, activity, the use of patent protection and other government policies, and the effect of innovation on employment and various performance indicators such as profitability and export performance. It reveals how these processes differ between small and large fi...

This study of innovation - its intensity, the sources used for knowledge creation, and its impacts - is based on a comprehensive survey of innovation of Canadian manufacturing firms. Attention is paid to the different actors in the system, who both compete with and complement one another. The study investigates how innovation regimes differ across size of firm and across industries. Owing to the high degree of foreign investment in Canada, spe...

This book picks up the dialogue where Kroeber and Kluckhohn left off in their classic 1952 collection and analysis of definitions of culture. As a resource for personal and academic libraries, this volume provides an updated listing of over 300 definitio

This volume provides a formal discussion of culture as well as offering a wide variety of culture definitions. It will interest scholars and students of interpretations of culture.