Out of Work or Research Methods in Business Studies

Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America

Author: Richard K Vedder

The most comprehensive book ever to appear on unemployment in the United States.
--George Gilder, author of Wealth and Poverty A triple hit: an engaging narrative of a century of U.S. economic history . . . an attack on the mythology that high wage rates and government spending reduce unemployment and a critique on wrong-headed public policies since 1930 that have raised unemployment levels.
--Anna J. Schwartz, National Bureau of Economic Research Vedder and Gallaway show convincingly that we need once again to rethink our entire notion of unemployment.
--Jonathan R. T. Hughes, Northwestern University A book of great interest.
--Kenneth Boulding Redefining the way we think about unemployment in America today, Out of Work offers devastating evidence that the major cause of high unemployment in the United States is the government itself.

An Independent Institute Book

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface to the Updated Edition
	Preface to the First Edition
1	The Unemployment Century	1
2	Unemployment in Theory	13
3	The Neoclassical/Austrian Approach: An Overview	31
4	The Gilded Age	53
5	From New Era to New Deal	74
6	The Banking Crisis and the Labor Market	112
7	The New Deal	128
8	The Impossible Dream Come True	150
9	The Gentle Time	176
10	The Camelot Years	194
11	"Pride Goeth Before a Fall"	209
12	The Winds of Change	226
13	The Natural Rate of Unemployment	246
14	Who Bears the Burden of Unemployment?	268
15	Unemployment and the State	288
16	Afterword	298
	App. A	313
	App. B	323
	Bibliography	359
	Index	381
	About the Authors	389

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Research Methods in Business Studies: A Practical Guide

Author: Pervez Ghauri

Research Methods in Business Studies

A Practical Guide

Third edition

Pervez Ghauri and Kjell Gronhaug

This clearly written introduction is ideal for business students taking a course in research methods, or undertaking their first dissertation or report on a work placement project. Written in a concise and accessible style, it demonstrates the importance of a scientific approach to business research and problem-solving projects.  It shows students how to formulate a problem, choose a research method, argue and motivate, and how to collect, analyse and present the data.

Key Features:

 
• Provides guidelines to formulate a research problem, preparing students to fully understand the questions and objectives before undertaking research.
• Explains the importance of methods and models to equip students with a systematic approach in thinking, executing and writing.
• Evaluates different qualitative and quantitative methods and their consequences on data collection and analysis so that students can choose the most appropriate research method for a given situation.
• Offers clear guidelines about structuring clear, concise and relevant reports.
• Contains detailed discussion of research theories and their practical application in business.

This edition has extended coverage of international and cross-cultural research, more examples from real dissertations and research projects from diverse areas of business such as HRM and accounting, and a new chapter on qualitative research and the software used to analyse data.

A concise, clear and comprehensive introduction to research methods, which equips students with asystematic approach to business research.

 

Dr. Pervez Ghauri is Professor of International Business at Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK.Dr Kjell Gronhaug is Professor of Business Studies at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway.