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  • Business Development : A Market-Oriented Perspective
    Business Development : A Market-Oriented Perspective

    This textbook answers the basic questions: "What is business development?" "What does the business developer do?" and "What characterises good, structured, effective business development?" Distinguishing business development and the tasks of the business developer from traditional approaches of strategic management, entrepreneurship, and strategic marketing, this textbook will enable the market-oriented business developer to conceive, craft, and implement superior business plans. The book is divided into three modules focusing on the market-oriented business developer’s mindset, on providing a state-of-the-art toolbox for careful strategic analyses and decisions, and lastly on the critical aspects of business plans and their content. The approach of the book is focused and selective in its choice of content and provides a cumulative development of the relevant topics.Each chapter includes an ‘implications for the market-oriented business developer’ at the end to enhance a student’s learning. The content of the book is applicable to any new business venture as well as for the development and implementation of growth opportunities in mature organizations. Inherently international in its scope, the text includes numerous real world examples, taken from the author’s own experience as a biotech entrepreneur, as well as from the wider global business community.

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  • Post-Growth Planning : Cities Beyond the Market Economy
    Post-Growth Planning : Cities Beyond the Market Economy

    This book draws on a wide range of conceptual and empirical materials to identify and examine planning and policy approaches that move beyond the imperative of perpetual economic growth.It sketches out a path towards planning theories and practices that can break the cyclical process of urban expansion, crises, and recovery that negatively affect ecosystems and human lives. To reduce the dramatic social and environmental impact of urbanization, this book offers both a critique of growth-led urban development and a prefiguration of ecologically regenerative and socially just ways of organizing cities and regions.It uncovers emerging possibilities for post-growth planning in the fields of collective housing, mobility, urban commoning, ecological land-use, urban–rural symbiosis, and alternative planning worldviews.It provides a toolkit of concepts and real-life examples for urban scholars, urbanists, activists, architects, and designers seeking to make cities prosper within planetary boundaries. This book speaks to both experts and beginners in post-growth thinking.It concludes with a manifesto and glossary of key terms for urban scholars, students, and practitioners.

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  • Growth with Financial Stability : Central Banking in an Emerging Market
    Growth with Financial Stability : Central Banking in an Emerging Market

    It is widely believed that the Indian economy witnessed near stagnation in real GDP growth from Independence till the late 1970s.Challenging this notion, the collection of papers and speeches in this volume provides fresh perspectives on India's growth experience from Independence to the recent global financial crisis.This volume documents how the conduct of Indian monetary and financial policy has been unorthodox by the standards of extant international conventional wisdom, but appropriate to the macroeconomic and structural conditions prevailing in India. With a focus on growth drivers and financial stability, the volume deals with a wide-range of issues: growth of manufacturing and service sectors, role of policies (monetary, fiscal, financial market and sector, external sector), urban infrastructure investment, public service delivery, role of central banks, and the interaction between international finance and monetary policy.Drawing upon the post-reform experience and the global crisis, the volume takes stock of current challenges and suggests strategies to sustain long-term double-digit growth rates.

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  • Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education : Lessons from Sweden
    Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education : Lessons from Sweden

    Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education provides a wide perspective on the dramatic transformation of education policy in Sweden that has taken place during the last 30 years, with a specific focus on marketization.The marketization of education in Sweden is set in the wider international context of changes in education systems. With contributions from researchers across a wide range of scientific disciplines, the book provides examples of the consequences of market orientation in education in terms of increase in inequality as well as in terms of what the market orientation means for principals, teachers and students.It considers how Sweden has developed one of the most marketized education systems in the world and the possible consequences of such processes, as identified by research. Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education will be of great interest to educational practitioners, politicians, scholars in the field, and postgraduate and research students in education.

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  • What are market share and market growth?

    Market share refers to the percentage of total sales in a market that a company holds. It is calculated by dividing a company's sales by the total market sales. Market growth, on the other hand, refers to the increase in the total size or value of a market over a specific period of time. It is often measured as a percentage increase in market sales or revenue. Both market share and market growth are important metrics for businesses to track in order to assess their performance and competitiveness in the market.

  • What is the difference between market exploration, market analysis, and market observation?

    Market exploration involves actively seeking out new opportunities and potential markets, often through research and networking. Market analysis involves a more in-depth examination of specific market conditions, including trends, competition, and customer behavior. Market observation, on the other hand, involves simply watching and taking note of market activities and changes without actively seeking out new opportunities or conducting in-depth analysis. Overall, market exploration is about actively seeking new opportunities, market analysis is about understanding specific market conditions, and market observation is about passively watching market activities.

  • What market forms exist in a market economy?

    In a market economy, various market forms exist, including perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. Perfect competition is characterized by many small firms selling identical products, with no single firm having market power. Monopolistic competition involves many firms selling similar but slightly differentiated products, allowing for some degree of market power. Oligopoly consists of a few large firms dominating the market, leading to interdependence among them. Monopoly occurs when a single firm controls the entire market, giving it significant market power.

  • What are market-conforming and market-contrary measures?

    Market-conforming measures are policies or actions that align with or support the existing market conditions and dynamics. These measures are designed to work within the framework of the market and are aimed at promoting its efficiency and stability. On the other hand, market-contrary measures are policies or actions that go against the existing market conditions and dynamics. These measures are designed to intervene in the market in order to correct perceived inefficiencies or imbalances, and may involve regulations, subsidies, or other interventions that disrupt the natural functioning of the market.

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  • Teachers Learning : Professional Development and Education
    Teachers Learning : Professional Development and Education

    A collaborative series with the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education highlighting leading-edge research across Teacher Education, International Education Reform and Language Education. Teachers Learning focuses on continuing teacher's professional development through accounts of recent enquiries.From presenting evidence and arguments about the teacher's role and profession, knowledge and knowledge creation, other organisations in the educational landscape, issues of power, status and development, this book highlights the crucial importance and effectiveness of teachers' learning benefitting pupils and classroom learning.

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  • Market Boy
    Market Boy

    Gloriously raucous rites-of-passage drama set in Romford Market 'You've got to talk to them son.Listen to them. Look for a way in. You're a handsome bloke - they'll love you. Give me a year and I'll teach you everything I know.' There's an art to selling stilettos and you'd better grasp it.Learn a good wind-up, learn the pull of cash, learn drugs, learn sex, and run wild with the market monkeys.Stay sharp in the ruthless world of Essex traders. Romford Market, 1985. This boy has everything to learn. A spectacular, savage, gorgeous yarn which brings a market jungle to the vast Olivier stage; a tale about the time Mrs Thatcher said we should embrace the marketplace; a story about losing your innocence. And your cherry. Following the critical success of his new version of Ibsen's The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse 2005), David Eldridge's Market Boy premieres on the National Theatre's Olivier stage on 25 May 2006.

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  • Market Stall
    Market Stall

    Children love to engage in pretend play and this beautifully made market stall is the perfect way to do just that. With 8 storage compartments and a low level storage shelf, theres plenty of room to display toys, fruit and veg and many other

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  • Market Forces
    Market Forces

    Chris Faulkner has just landed the job of his dreams.But Shorn Associates are market leaders in Conflict Investment.They expect results, they expect the best. Chris has one very high-profile kill to his name already but he will have to drive hard and go for kill after kill if he's to keep his bosses happy.All he has to do in the meantime is stay alive ... Morgan's new futuristic thriller is perfect for any fan of the modern thriller.It combines the big ideas of Michael Crichton with a pounding narrative drive.

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  • Is the car market a perfect competition market?

    The car market is not a perfect competition market. Perfect competition markets are characterized by many small firms producing identical products, easy entry and exit of firms, perfect information, and no market power for any individual firm. In the car market, there are a few large firms that dominate the industry, and they have significant market power to influence prices and competition. Additionally, the products offered by different car manufacturers are not identical, and there are barriers to entry for new firms due to high capital requirements and technological expertise. Therefore, the car market does not meet the criteria for perfect competition.

  • How does market regulation work in vocational education and training?

    Market regulation in vocational education and training typically involves government oversight to ensure quality standards are met and maintained. This can include setting minimum requirements for program accreditation, instructor qualifications, and student outcomes. Additionally, market regulation may involve monitoring and enforcing compliance with these standards through inspections, audits, and penalties for non-compliance. The goal of market regulation in vocational education and training is to protect students, employers, and the overall integrity of the education and training system.

  • How does market control work in vocational education and training?

    Market control in vocational education and training refers to the influence that employers, industry associations, and government bodies have on shaping the curriculum and training programs offered by vocational institutions. Employers play a key role in determining the skills and knowledge that are in demand in the labor market, which in turn influences the types of courses and training programs that vocational institutions offer. Industry associations also provide input on the skills and competencies needed in specific sectors, helping to align training programs with industry needs. Government bodies may regulate and oversee the quality of vocational education and training providers, ensuring that they meet certain standards and requirements set by the government. Overall, market control in vocational education and training helps to ensure that graduates are equipped with the skills and knowledge that are relevant and in demand in the labor market.

  • What is a buyer's market and a seller's market?

    A buyer's market is when there are more properties for sale than there are buyers looking to purchase, leading to lower prices and more negotiating power for buyers. On the other hand, a seller's market is when there are more buyers looking to purchase properties than there are properties available, leading to higher prices and more competition among buyers. In a seller's market, sellers have the advantage of receiving multiple offers and selling their properties quickly at or above asking price.

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