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[null,"1.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910462341803321"]
[null,null,"Autore",null,"Shafaeddin S. M (S. Mehdi), <1945->"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Competitiveness and development : myth and realities / / Mehdi Shafaeddin ; foreword by Erik S. Reinert [[electronic resource]]"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"London : , : Anthem Press, , 2012"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-283-70503-6"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-85728-911-X"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (xxiii, 318 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Anthem Other Canon series"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"338.9"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Competition"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Economic development"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"FRONT MATTER; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND BOXES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; MAIN MATTER; 1 INTRODUCTION: FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS; Approaches to Competitiveness; Static approach; Critiques of the static approach; The dynamic approach; The Schumpeterian Approach; Firm level; National level; The Schumpeterian/Penrosian Firm; Implications for Competitiveness; The Firm as a Coordinating Agency; Interaction with other firms; Interaction with government; The external environment; Dynamics of change; Relation with consumers"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Strategy Productivity; Implications for Developing Countries; The Theme and Plan of the Book; 2 CONTEXT AND CONDITIONS OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION; Introduction; Changes in Economic Philosophy; Globalization; Liberalization of trade and FDI; Transport and communication costs; Other New Methods of Production; Barriers to Entry; Implications of WTO Rules for Competitiveness; Exposure to competition; Opportunities and privileges; Restrictive measures on exports, supply capabilities and upgrading; TRIPs agreement as a barrier to entry; ASCM agreement; TRIMs; Other restrictions"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Abuse of WTO rules and the lack of implementation The Emergence of China; Conclusions; 3 ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF COMPETITIVENESS; Introduction; The Theory of Competitive Advantage (TCA) of M. Porter; Competitive strategy of firms; Sources of competitive advantage; National environment; Implications for developing countries; Productivity and terms of trade; Government policies; Critique of the "]
[{"$nulls":4},"TCA; Interaction between Organization and Innovation (Lazonick's Theory); Implication of the adaptive strategy of a developing country firm"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Increasing Return to Scale and Competitiveness: Further Explanation The Theory of Productive Power of F. List; Cosmopolitan economy and national economy; Knowledge and experience; Division of labour, competitiveness and development; The Theory of Capability Building (TCB); A few general points; The gist of the theory; Mechanism of capability development; Implications for trade policy and competitiveness; The role of FDI; Critique of TCB; Conclusions; 4 FIRM STRATEGY AND NEW INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION; Introduction; Factors in Competitiveness; Cost factors and internal economies"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Other cost drive factors Product attributes and other non-price factors; Time competition; X-efficiency; Strategy; Mission and vision; Porter's definition of strategy; Formulating and implementing a strategy; SWOT analysis; Portfolio analysis; The Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) and Japanese Techniques; Definition; The origin of FMS; Strategy; Organization of firms in FMS; Culture of firms in FMS; Relation with suppliers and subcontractors; The role of government; Applicability of Japanese Techniques in Other Countries; The experience of developing countries"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Problems of application and implementation"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","In \u0091Competitiveness and Development\u0092, the author explains the confusion surrounding the concept of competitiveness in the context of developing countries; proposes policies for achieving competitiveness at a high level of development; examines its possibilities and constraints; and suggests policy changes necessary at the national and international levels. Shafaeddin illustrates how developed countries impose restrictive policies on developing countries through international financial institutions and the WTO, as well as regional and bilateral agreements, which limit their policy space for promoting dynamic comparative advantage in order to achieve competitiveness at a high level of development. Ultimately, such policies lock developing countries that are at early stages of development in specialization based on static comparative advantage and competitiveness at a low level of development."]
[null,"2.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910820205503321"]
[null,null,"Autore",null,"Walters Stephen John"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Quality of life outcomes in clinical trials and health-care evaluation : a practical guide to analysis and interpretation / / Stephen Walters"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Hoboken [N.J.], : John Wiley & Sons, c2009"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"9786612689574"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9781282689572"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1282689576"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9780470840481"]
[{"$nulls":4},"047084048X"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9780470686140"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0470686146"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9780470871911"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0470871911"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (381 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Statistics in practice"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"610.72/4"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Clinical trials"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Quality of life"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Outcome assessment (Medical care)"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Quality of Life Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Health-Care Evaluation; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Summary; 1.1 What is quality of life?; 1.2 Terminology; 1.3 History; 1.4 Types of quality of life measures; 1.5 Why measure quality of life?; 1.6 Further reading; 2 Measuring quality of life; Summary; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Principles of measurement scales; 2.2.1 Scales and items; 2.2.2 Constructs and latent variables; 2.3 Indicator and causal variables; 2.3.1 Indicator variables; 2.3.2 Causal variables"]
[{"$nulls":4},"2.3.3 Why do we need to worry about the distinction between indicator and causal items?2.3.4 Single-item versus multi-item scales; 2.4 The traditional psychometric model; 2.4.1 Psychometrics and QoL scales; 2.5 Item response theory; 2.5.1 Traditional scales versus IRT; 2.6 Clinimetric scales; 2.7 Measuring quality of life: Indicator or causal items; 2.8 Developing and testing questionnaires; 2.8.1 Specify the "]
[{"$nulls":4},"research question and define the target population; 2.8.2 Identify concepts; 2.8.3 Create instrument; 2.8.4 Assess measurement properties; 2.8.5 Modify instrument; 2.9 Further reading"]
[{"$nulls":4},"3 Choosing a quality of life measure for your studySummary; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 How to choose between instruments; 3.3 Appropriateness; 3.4 Acceptability; 3.5 Feasibility; 3.6 Validity; 3.6.1 Tests for criterion validity; 3.6.2 Tests for face and content validity; 3.6.3 Tests for construct validity; 3.7 Reliability; 3.7.1 Repeatability reliability; 3.7.2 Graphical methods for assessing reliability between two repeated measurements; 3.7.3 Internal reliability or internal consistency reliability; 3.8 Responsiveness; 3.8.1 Floor and ceiling effects; 3.9 Precision; 3.10 Interpretability"]
[{"$nulls":4},"3.11 Finding quality of life instruments4 Design and sample size issues: How many subjects do I need for my study?; Summary; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Significance tests, P-values and power; 4.3 Sample sizes for comparison of two independent groups; 4.3.1 Normally distributed continuous data - comparing two means; 4.3.2 Transformations; 4.3.3 Comparing two groups with continuous data using non-parametric methods; 4.3.4 Dichotomous categorical data - comparing two proportions; 4.3.5 Ordered categorical (ordinal) data; 4.4 Choice of sample size method with quality of life outcomes; 4.5 Paired data"]
[{"$nulls":4},"4.5.1 Paired continuous data - comparison of means4.5.2 Paired binary data - comparison of proportions; 4.6 Equivalence/non-inferiority studies; 4.6.1 Continuous data - comparing the equivalence of two means; 4.6.2 Binary data - comparing the equivalence of two proportions; 4.7 Unknown standard deviation and effect size; 4.7.1 Tips on obtaining the standard deviation; 4.8 Cluster randomized controlled trials; 4.9 Non-response; 4.10 Unequal groups; 4.11 Multiple outcomes/endpoints; 4.12 Three or more groups; 4.13 What if we are doing a survey, not a clinical trial?"]
[{"$nulls":4},"4.13.1 Sample sizes for surveys"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","An essential, up-to-date guide to the design of studies and selection of the correct QoL instruments for observational studies and clinical trials. Quality of Life (QoL) outcomes or Person/Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are now frequently being used in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies. This book provides a practical guide to the design, analysis and interpretation of studies that use such outcomes.  QoL outcomes tend to generate data with discrete, bounded and skewed distributions. Many investigators are concerned about the appropriateness o"]