Book review: Commodity Prices and Development - Edited by Roman Grynberg and Samantha Newton
(2008)
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The preliminary R&D satellite account: A sensitivity analysis (2008)
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This article builds on previous work in Economic & Labour Market Review which treated expenditure on research and development as investment in an intangible scientific asset, in line with proposed revisions to the System of National Accounts (SNA).... Read More about The preliminary R&D satellite account: A sensitivity analysis.
Costing, funding and budgetary control in UK hospitals: A historical reflection (2008)
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to trace the changes in accounting practice in UK hospitals, focussing on costing, funding and budgetary control, and to place more recent accounting changes in their historic context. Design/methodology/approach... Read More about Costing, funding and budgetary control in UK hospitals: A historical reflection.
Comparison of the reporting bases: Case of Czech and Lithuania (2008)
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Country-level business performance and policy asymmetries in the UK (2008)
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The HM Treasury identifies the key 'drivers' of business performance and productivity differentials, which include skills, investment and competition. This paper presents an empirical investigation into the effects of these drivers on business-level... Read More about Country-level business performance and policy asymmetries in the UK.
The preliminary R&D satellite account for the UK: A sensitivity analysis (2008)
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This article builds on previous work in Economic & Labour Market Review which treated expenditure on research and development as investment in an intangible scientific c asset, in line with proposed revisions to the System of National Accounts (SNA).... Read More about The preliminary R&D satellite account for the UK: A sensitivity analysis.
A stages approach to banking development in transition economies (2008)
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Credit shortages are widely thought to explain the output contraction in former Soviet Union (FSU) countries during the 1990s. It is argued here that these shortages were the result of an ahistorical approach to policymaking which ignored the time ne... Read More about A stages approach to banking development in transition economies.
Being "pulled up short": Creating moments of surprise and possibility in accounting education (2008)
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This paper identifies characteristic features of a pedagogic approach that may be used effectively within a dialogical approach to accounting education. The development of the ideas in the paper arose as a form of praxis: moments of surprise within t... Read More about Being "pulled up short": Creating moments of surprise and possibility in accounting education.
The demand for food in south Africa 1 (2008)
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Food consumption is an important issue in South Africa, given its relation to poverty and deprivation. With the pressing need to increase food security, understanding the determinants of the demand for food and having some estimates of the likely imp... Read More about The demand for food in south Africa 1.
Poverty, networks and location: The determinants of job-search in South Africa (2008)
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Previous work into the decision to search or not for work when unemployed has found that local unemployment rates, education level and social networks are important in the case of South Africa. This paper introduces a number of additional variables i... Read More about Poverty, networks and location: The determinants of job-search in South Africa.