Advanced industrial nations face many difficult political and economic problems due to the accelerating pace and evolving character of technological change. In this volume, economists and political scientists discuss analytic and policy issues relating to the current state of technological capability in the United States, Japan, and Western Germany from a historical perspective and as a basis for future technological development. They also examine the problems and the issues involved in competition and cooperation among high technology firms and in evolving a more harmonious trade regime. The essays presented here explore from an international perspective the theoretical underpinnings of policy issues that are shaped by increasing internations competition and by the changing form and character of the international trade regime. Issues are discussed against the background of declining American technological dominance and intensifying competition as well as increasing international cooperation among high technology firms. Specific topics include the internationalization of basic research; the closing gap between basic and applied research; the effect of nation specific interfirm relations and various characteristics of labor markets on technological progress; and the effectiveness of various forms of government research and development assistance (or, more broadly, industrial policy). Three essays present overviews of the technological capability of and major policy issues faced by the United States, Japan, and Western Germany. Others raise major theoretical and policy issues from the perspectives of political science and economics, and address specific policy issues or groups of related issues.

Nobody has everything they need, all the time - so how can we make do with what we have? Economics is all about understanding the choices we make to solve this problem. With bright infographics, this informative book describes why markets are so important, how businesses work out what to sell, and how governments choose how to run a country. Includes Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites for more information.

Oxford verbruikerstudies is 'n verbruikerstudiekursus wat deur onderwysers regdeur Suid-Afrika vertrou en gebruik word. Die ryk, relevante en ouderdomsgepaste inhoud dek die Nasionale Kurrikulum- en Assesseringsbeleidverklaring (KABV) ten volle, en word duidelik in hierdie nuwe vak aan leerders in Graad 10 gebied en verduidelik. Hierdie betroubare kursus bou voort op voorkennis wat in ekonomiese en bestuurswetenskappe in die senior fase opgedoen is. Kenmerke: alle beplanningshulpmiddels is volledig uitgewerk en fotokopieerbaar, wat onderwysers tyd spaar wanneer hulle lesse voorberei en die korrekte tempo en progressie verseker; assesseringsriglyne en buigsame assesseringshulpmiddels stel onderwysers in staat om die assesseringshulpmiddels aan te pas om aan die spesifieke behoeftes van die klas te voldoen.

What happens when you flip a light switch or press the power button on the TV? Electricity flows to the device and it turns on. Most of us use electrical gadgets all day, every day, without thinking about it. This book follows the journey from source to resource of solar power, one of the most exciting forms of renewable energy today. Readers will learn how electricity is made and collected directly from the sun and how it reaches us to power our modern world. Other sources of energy are also examined, as well as how grids work to move electricity across land and sea, and how it is fed into our homes. Real-world examples look at solar farms, solar furnaces, solar towers, and even solar transportation. With the world's nonrenewable resources such as oil running out, the advantages and disadvantages of solar power as a renewable alternative are discussed.

Collection of essays examining the role of the World Trade Organization and its relationship with the United States.

Voldoen ten volle aan die vereistes van die Kurrikulum- en assesseringsbeleidsverklaring (NKABV).; Eksamenoefening en assesseringsgeleenthede word verskaf.; Riglyne van die volledige Assesseringsprogram word verskaf.; Klaskamers regoor Suid-Afrika het die materiaal gebruik en beproef.; Eksamensukses deur leerders te ondersteun en te betrek.; Nuttige wenke vir klaskameronderrig.

Designed to support the bestselling Complete Economics for Cambridge IGCSE & O Level Student Book, this Teacher Resource Pack includes a wealth of time-saving teaching materials - including detailed lesson plans, customisable digital worksheets and Powerpoint presentations - to ensure that all learners are supported and prepared for examinations and that all components of the Cambridge syllabus, for final examination in 2019, are addressed. A new edition for the latest Cambridge syllabus, for examination from 2020, will be available in 2018.

Bevat navorsingsgebaseerde inhoud wat dubbel en dwars deur Suid-Afrikaanse en internasionale toepassings gesteun word. Assesserings konsolideer leer doeltreffend. Maak onderrig en leer maklik met belangrike konsepte en terminologie wat gelys word. Het vrae wat geformuleer is in die styl wat deur die eksamenriglyne vereis word. Bied ’n maatstaf vir Rekeningkundekursusse wat deur Suid-Afrikaanse Rekeningkunde-onderwysers gebruik word.

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This series introduces students to the world of global finance, from the recent economic crisis to globalization. Complete with case studies and links to readers' lives, these books boil down economic concepts in an understandable way.

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The evaluation of investments offering non-normal return profiles like option portfolios or alternative investments is a challenging task since traditional measures like the mean-variance ones often produce inconsistent results or can be subject to manipulation. This thesis investigates the role of skewness and kurtosis in evaluating conventional and alternative investments. From the background that investors trade not only mean and variance but also higher moments, the author proposes a higher moment-based distributional risk measure, termed as the variance-equivalent risk measure, and develops a series of moment-based performance measures. Comparing these measures with conventional measures like the Sharpe Ratio, empirical testing shows that for investments with high non-normality of returns, the higher moment-based performance measures offer a significant enhancement in the performance evaluation.