Infrastructuring [electronic resource] : the key to achieving economic growth, productivity, and quality of life / A. Coskun Samli.

The recent global financial crisis has intensified concerns over how nations - both developed and developing - can revitalize economic growth and ensure opportunity for prosperity to all citizens. Many analysts and policymakers alike are looking to new business creation and the promotion of entrepre...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Samli, A. Coskun
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, ©2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Infrastructuring; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Developing Infrastructures for Economic Progress, Market Development, and Entrepreneurship; Chapter 3: The Forgotten Power Behind the Scenes: Deteriorating Global Infrastructures; Chapter 4: Optimizing Infrastructure Development: Difficult but Necessary; Chapter 5: Developing an Action Plan for Infrastructures: From Vision to Action; Chapter 6: Infrastructure and Productivity: An Unchartered Territory; Chapter 7: Changing Global Competitiveness: The Role of Infrastructure.