Product Description: Introduced in 1939, the Bedford OB is a bus and coach chassis designed to carry up to twenty-nine passengers. Although only seventy-three were produced before the outbreak of the Second World War, production was restarted after the end of the war and continued until 1951 with more than 12,000 chassis produced, making the OB one of the most popular buses of its type ever...read more

Product Description: In the context of the worldwide concern with the sustainability of current forms of development, business managers are being required to engage with environmental policy more creatively than in the past. At the broadest level business managers are being advised to embrace regulation as a source of competitive advantage rather than viewing it simply as a compliance cost and administrative burden...read more

Recent development experience points to the way business can be the key to a dynamic small business sector, especially where those links are built on high trust co-operative relations.This book reviews different types of small business network, illustrated by an international selection of case studies, including:* Chinese family business networks* ethinic minority business networks* Japanese and South Korean business group networks* Taiwan's subcontracting networks* European industrial districtsNetwork promotion initiatives in Singapore, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the UK are each discussed to provide a comprehensive comparative assessment of small business networks.

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Efforts to promote the economic development of individual localities engage the attention of academics, students and professionals. Many such analysts argue that competitive advantage can be fostered within local economies, complimenting the advent of a more globalised economy. Intensified efforts to build new economic foundations show no sign of abating despite the apparent increase in the international mobility of businesses and employment. Unpicking the arguments supporting different strategies for promoting local economic development, Controversies in Local Economic Development is an introductory guide to some of the major ideas and policy tools that have influenced academic debate and development practice. Taking the view that economic processes are mechanisms that promote desired outcomes only in particular contexts, the book asks questions of both academic debates and the prescriptions of policy experts.

Product Description: Pressure on environmental resources, increasing transparency in the environmental performance of organisations and places and ever increasing expectations that economic and environmental goals need not be in conflict with each other are part of a new environmentalism...read more

Clusters of specialized businesses are being promoted around the world, aided by high-profile examples such as Silicon Valley. Using evidence from high- and low-income economies, as well as detailed case studies that show the special conditions behind successful clusters, this book provides a new vantage point on this high-interest topic, making it ideal for students of business location, policy-makers and managers seeking a real-world understanding of clustering.

Product Description: Singapore has achieved global prominence as the link between the international economy and one of the world's fastest growing regions. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the city. It reviews the city's social, physical and political characteristics and explores such current dilemmas as the means of accommodating the aspirations of an increasingly affluent population while overcoming the physical constraints of a small island state...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)