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Digital Health Entrepreneurship (Health Informatics)
Par Arlen Meyers. 2023
This extensively revised book is an essential hands-on resource for all involved in digital health innovation and presents an entrepreneurship…
roadmap for digital health entrepreneurs and medical professionals who are contemplating getting involved. It represents a key resource to maximize the reader's knowledge when investing in this area. Topics covered include regulatory affairs featuring detailed guidance on the legal environment, protecting digital health intellectual property in software, hardware and business processes, financing a digital health start up, cybersecurity best practice and digital health business model testing for desirability, feasibility and viability. Digital Health Entrepreneurship is directed towards clinicians and other digital health entrepreneurs and stresses an interdisciplinary approach to product development, deployment, dissemination and implementation. It therefore provides an ideal resource for medical professionals across a broad range of disciplines seeking a greater understanding of digital health innovation and entrepreneurship.This book explores the role of entrepreneurship in economic and social integration of post-Soviet immigrants in the European Union, and…
the ways in which national institutions influence these processes. The book traces the development of economic models and immigration policies in Austria, Spain, and Hungary and their influence on post-Soviet immigration and entrepreneurship in these countries.As such, the book provides an interdisciplinary approach in the study of institutions relevant to students, researchers and practitioners interested in the economics of migration, labor economics, and the political economy.Using R for Trade Policy Analysis: R Codes for the UNCTAD and WTO Practical Guide
Par Massimiliano Porto. 2023
This book explains the best practices of the UNCTAD & WTO for trade analysis to the R users community. It…
shows how to replicate the UNCTAD & WTO's Stata codes in the Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis by using R. Applications and exercises are chosen from the Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis and explain how to implement the codes in R. This books targets readers with a basic knowledge of R. It is particularly suitable for Stata users. This edition has been updated and expanded to include updated R code and visualization tools.Brazilian Crops in the Global Market: The Emergence of Brazil as a World Agribusiness Exporter Since 1950 (Palgrave Studies in Economic History)
Par Herbert S. Klein, Francisco Vidal Luna. 2023
This book comprehensively examines the development of Brazilian agriculture by focusing on the crops which evolved from national products to…
international commodities on a massive scale. It traces the transformation of Brazil from a country with low-yield levels in 1950 to its current position as a leading world producer. The first section of the book examines the modernization of Brazilian agriculture through a government programme which transformed traditional agriculture through subsidized credit, guaranteed prices, stock purchases, land utilization laws, modern research, new technology and major support for exports. It also explores the changing structures of agricultural production and farm ownership over time, analysing national censuses from 1920 to 2017 to illustrate the increasing efficiency of Brazil’s agricultural workers. The book then discusses the history and evolution of the major Brazilian crops in detail, starting with the newer export crops such as soybeans, maize and cotton, before focusing on the traditional sugar and coffee industries. The final section of the book examines two other major areas of agroindustry: forestry and the evolution of the pastoral industries, as well as the growth of a meat exporting sector. The authors also explore questions of sustainability in the context of today’s climate challenges, and the role of Brazilian agriculture in the world market going forward. This wide-ranging study will be of interest to a range of academics, including those working in agricultural economics, economic history, the history of Latin America and the history of agriculture more broadly.Most books on happiness are concerned with answering, in their diverse ways, a basic question: how should I live? Such…
books assume, however, that the path to happiness lies entirely within one’s control. Happiness is simply a matter of doing certain things and refraining from doing certain other things. This book, however, takes a different view. It is that happiness is not always within our control but, instead, prey to the attitudes and actions of others. Following Jean-Paul Sartre’s aphorism, “hell is other people”, the broad theme of this book is that “unhappiness is other people”. In the language of economics, “other” people, through their attitudes and actions, create externalities – often negative - which serve to make “us” unhappy. The instruments for creating such externalities are intolerance and feelings of envy/superiority. This book expands on this theme in respect of three areas: religion, money, and prejudice. It is fair to say the existing (un)happiness literature, particularly in economics, does not take many of these externalities into account. Instead, the focus is, firstly, on identifying the factors, internal to oneself, that contribute to personal happiness and, secondly, on measuring the relative strength of their contribution. By contrast, an analysis of the externalities that people impose upon others lies at the heart of this book. Economics, Religion and Happiness will primarily appeal to students, academics and researchers across economics, psychology, philosophy, and sociology, and will also find an audience among those interested in exploring issues related to happiness in greater depth.Ludwig Von Mises: The Man & His Economics (The collected Works Of Israel M. Kirzner Ser.)
Par Israel Kirzner. 2019
Israel Kirzner, a former student of Ludwig von Mises, looks at the influences of the economic debates in Europe on…
von Mises' thought, traces his theories as they developed in his writings, and discusses both critical and supportive commentators on von Mises.Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War
Par Branko Milanovic. 2023
A sweeping and original history of how economists across two centuries have thought about inequality, told through portraits of six…
key figures.“How do you see income distribution in your time, and how and why do you expect it to change?” That is the question Branko Milanovic imagines posing to six of history's most influential economists: François Quesnay, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, Vilfredo Pareto, and Simon Kuznets. Probing their works in the context of their lives, he charts the evolution of thinking about inequality, showing just how much views have varied among ages and societies. Indeed, Milanovic argues, we cannot speak of “inequality” as a general concept: any analysis of it is inextricably linked to a particular time and place.Visions of Inequality takes us from Quesnay and the physiocrats, for whom social classes were prescribed by law, through the classic nineteenth-century treatises of Smith, Ricardo, and Marx, who saw class as a purely economic category driven by means of production. It shows how Pareto reconceived class as a matter of elites versus the rest of the population, while Kuznets saw inequality arising from the urban-rural divide. And it explains why inequality studies were eclipsed during the Cold War, before their remarkable resurgence as a central preoccupation in economics today.Meticulously extracting each author’s view of income distribution from their often voluminous writings, Milanovic offers an invaluable genealogy of the discourse surrounding inequality. These intellectual portraits are infused not only with a deep understanding of economic theory but also with psychological nuance, reconstructing each thinker’s outlook given what was unknowable to them within their historical contexts and methodologies.Oil Companies in the International System (Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry #6)
Par Louis Turner. 1978
Oil Companies in the International System (1978) provides an original and wide-ranging examination of the impact that the leading oil…
companies have had on international relations. It looks at the interplay between the oil companies and the governments of both the industrialised and oil-producing countries and asks to what extent the former have been beyond the control of these authorities. It pays particular attention to the oil industry’s relations with the consuming countries, and considers the oil companies’ importance in international politics.Chronology of Venezuelan Oil (Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry #2)
Par Anibal R. Martinez. 1969
Chronology of Venezuelan Oil (1969) covers all aspects of the Venezuelan petroleum industry’s historical evolution: technical, legal, economic, social and…
political to create a reference source for scholars, teachers, executives, professionals and technicians, as well as students of the industry.The Quest for Oil (Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry #8)
Par W. G. Roberts. 1970
The Quest for Oil (1970) examines all aspects of the oil industry – what oil is, where it is found,…
how fuels are produced, transported and sold, and the ways in which the fuels are used.The British Economy After Oil (1988) examines the future paths for the British economy as North Sea oil runs out.…
It considers the argument that the future lies in the promotion and growth of services, as well as the counter-argument that the future lies with the development of a strong manufacturing base for the economy.Saudi Arabia: A Case Study in Development (Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry #9)
Par Fouad Al-Farsy. 1982
Saudi Arabia (1986) is a major study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia following its establishment as…
a leading world exporter of oil. It looks at the status of oil in the development of the state, as well as the political systems of government in the Kingdom.The Libyan Oil Industry (Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry #4)
Par Frank C. Waddams. 1980
The Libyan Oil Industry (1980) gives a narrative and analysis of the economic consequences of the discovery and production of…
oil in Libya, from the searches for oil by the major oil companies to the establishment of Libya as one of the main exporters in the world. It examines the reasons behind this rapid rise, and concentrates on the roles of the Libyan Government and the oil companies, and the relations between them; the impact of Libyan oil and events in Libya on the petroleum markets of Europe and the world; and the response of the Libyan economy to the development of its oil industry.The Oil Industry in India: Some Economic Aspects (Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry #7)
Par Biplab Dasgupta. 1971
The Oil Industry in India (1971) examines the issues relating to the oil industry of an oil-importing country, and was…
the first of its kind. It looks at the pricing of crude oil and refined products, the economic significance of a domestic refining industry, the problems of joint production, the roles of the Indian government and the foreign oil companies, and the changing patterns in Indian oil consumption.The Community of Oil Exporting Countries (1972) looks at the oil producing countries of the developing world and their economic…
reliance on oil. This reliance comes with an unwillingness to leave their economic fate to the vagaries of competition, leading to co-operative schemes that protect them from trade receipt fluctuations. This book is a close reading of the situation, and the resulting co-operative efforts.Oil and Development in the Arab Gulf States (1985) brings together in one volume the manifold sources of information on…
the Arab Gulf region, especially the impact of oil revenues on its economic, political and social development. It provides a balanced core of primary and secondary sources on various aspects of the economics of Arab oil between 1973 and 1983.Venezuela's Oil (Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry #12)
Par Rómulo Betancourt. 1978
Venezuela’s Oil (1978) explains the years of social injustice faced by oil-producing countries that led to the founding of OPEC.…
Venezuela, a founder member, is perhaps the best example of a young country claiming a just price for a non-renewable commodity. The fight for Venezuela’s oil is also closely linked to Betancourt’s political life, and here he examines the politics of the international oil business as regards to his own country.Soldiers and Oil: The Political Transformation of Nigeria (Routledge Library Editions: The Oil Industry #11)
Par Keith Panter-Brick. 1978
Soldiers and Oil (1978) examines Nigeria under military rule from 1966 to 1978, a period of political change as well…
as economic – the period also saw a twenty-fold increase in Nigerian oil revenues. The oil industry became by far the greatest single source of public revenue, and the distribution of oil wealth by the central federal government fundamentally changed the economics of the federated states, created by the military government , whose financial autonomy had been so jealously guarded.The Social Impact of Oil (1982) examines how the town of Peterhead in the UK, hitherto a remote fishing port,…
was changed by North Sea oil. It looks at the wheeling and dealing that went on between property speculators, multinational companies, local government and municipal bodies, as well as discussing the clash of city money and small town as well as the practical problems of the labour market, housing and planning. It analyses the way the town changed, the advantages oil brought, often unintentionally, as well as the many challenges.Economic Analysis of Mental Health in China (Applied Economics and Policy Studies)
Par Chee-Ruey Hsieh, Xuezheng Qin. 2023
This book uses an economic approach to analyze the socioeconomic causes and consequences of mental health disorders in China, with…
a special focus on mental depression. Based on a nationally representative dataset, we first investigate the prevalence and distribution of depression and depressive symptoms among China’s adult population, and then use several econometric methods to estimate the multi-dimensional disease burden of the mental disorder, such as its direct medical costs, its indirect economic costs, and its hidden costs on social trust and life satisfaction. In addition, we specifically address the socioeconomic determinants of mental health by examining how the relative and absolute economic status may determine people’s mental depression. Lastly, we propose an analytical framework to evaluate the four major hurdles that cause the treatment gaps of mental health care, and discuss the policy options to overcome such hurdles and to address the unmet mental healthcare needs in China and other developing countries. The book may facilitate our understanding on the complex determinants and implications of the rising prevalence of mental health disorders in developing countries like China. In addition to the students, teachers, and researchers in the fields of health economics and public health, the book may also be of interest to health policy makers and non-government agencies who are concerned with addressing the global mental healthcare challenges using economic policy tools.