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"現代社会は多くのデータで溢れていますが、 価値はデータや予測ではなく、意思決定によっ て生まれます。本書では、データの分析スキル を、ビジネス上の課題をより良い意思決定をも って処方的に解決するための能力であるとし、 多くのユースケースを交えて解説します。ビジ ネス上の問いの立て方からスタートし、達成し たい成果を明らかにした上でそのためのアクシ ョンを逆算していく。不確実性や因果関係の処 理によって生み出される問題なども詳しく論じ ます。" -- Provided by publisher. "現代社会は多くのデータで溢れていますが、 価値はデータや予測ではなく、意思決定によっ て生まれます。本書では、データの分析スキル を、ビジネス上の課題をより良い意思決定をも って処方的に解決するための能力であるとし、 多くのユースケースを交えて解説します。ビジ ネス上の問いの立て方からスタートし、達成し たい成果を明らかにした上でそのためのアクシ ョンを逆算していく。不確実性や因果関係の処 理によって生み出される問題なども詳しく論じ ます。" -- Provided by publisher.

• Intro
• Preface
• Why Analytical Skills for AI?
• Use Case-Driven Approach
• What This Book Isn't
• Who This Book Is For
• What's Needed
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Using Code Examples
• O'Reilly Online Learning
• How to Contact Us
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Analytical Thinking and the AI-Driven Enterprise
• What Is AI?
• Why Current AI Won't Deliver on Its Promises
• How Did We Get Here?
• The Data Revolution
• The three Vs
• Data maturity models
• Descriptive stage
• Predictive stage
• Prescriptive stage
• A Tale of Unrealized Expectations

• Analytical Skills for the Modern AI-Driven Enterprise
• Key Takeways
• Further Reading
• 2. Intro to Analytical Thinking
• Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive Questions
• When Predictive Analysis Is Powerful: The Case of Cancer Detection
• Descriptive Analysis: The Case of Customer Churn
• Describing churn
• Predicting churn
• Prescribing courses of action to reduce churn
• Business Questions and KPIs
• KPIs to Measure the Success of a Loyalty Program
• An Anatomy of a Decision: A Simple Decomposition
• An Example: Why Did You Buy This Book?
• A Primer on Causation

• Defining Correlation and Causation
• Some Difficulties in Estimating Causal Effects
• Problem 1: We can't observe counterfactuals
• Problem 2: Heterogeneity
• Problem 3: Confounders
• Problem 4: Selection effects
• A/B testing
• Uncertainty
• Uncertainty from Simplification
• Uncertainty from Heterogeneity
• Uncertainty from Social Interactions
• Uncertainty from Ignorance
• Key Takeaways
• Further Reading
• 3. Learning to Ask Good Business Questions
• From Business Objectives to Business Questions
• Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive Questions

• Always Start with the Business Question and Work Backward
• Further Deconstructing the Business Questions
• Example with a Two-Sided Platform
• Learning to Ask Business Questions: Examples from Common Use Cases
• Lowering Churn
• Defining the business question
• Descriptive questions
• Predictive questions
• Prescriptive questions
• Cross-Selling: Next-Best Offer
• Defining the business question
• Descriptive questions
• Predictive questions
• Prescriptive questions
• CAPEX Optimization
• Store Locations
• Who Should I Hire?
• Delinquency Rates
• Stock or Inventory Optimization

• Store Staffing
• Key Takeaways
• Further Reading
• 4. Actions, Levers, and Decisions
• Understanding What Is Actionable
• Physical Levers
• Human Levers
• Why Do We Behave the Way We Do?
• Levers from Restrictions
• Time restrictions
• Levers That Affect Our Preferences
• Genetics
• Individual and social learning
• Social reasons: strategic effects
• Social reasons: conformity and peer effects
• Framing effects
• Loss aversion
• Levers That Change Your Expectations
• The availability and representativeness heuristics
• Revisiting Our Use Cases
• Customer Churn
• Cross-Selling

• Analytical thinking and the AI-driven enterprise
• Intro to analytical thinking
• Learning to ask good business questions
• Actions, levers, and decisions
• From actions to consequences: learning how to simplify
• Uncertainity
• Optimization
• Wrapping up.

Windows (R) Phone 8 Unleashed is the definitive guide to Microsoft's new Windows Phone 8 platform for intermediate to advanced developers. Written by Microsoft MVP and leading Windows Phone and WPF innovator Daniel Vaughan, this full-color guide covers everything developers need to rapidly build highly competitive Windows Phone 8 mobile apps. Vaughan teaches through complete sample apps-leveraging the MVVM pattern-illuminating each key concept with fully explained code and real-world context. He presents best practices for building highly functional, maintainable, and attractive mobile interfaces; integrating touch, rich media, and data; testing; profiling; and more. Expanded and updated, Vaughan shares expert insights available in no other book, drawing on his exceptional access to the Windows Phone development team through the elite Microsoft Silverlight and WPF Insiders group. Along the way, he presents exceptionally practical and thorough coverage of many powerful new Windows Phone 8 platform enhancements, including full chapters on voice commands and speech synthesis, incorporating speech-driven experiences, Wallet integration, new Live Tile capabilities, the Nokia Maps control, launching apps via file and protocol associations, and much more. Detailed information on how to... * Get started quickly with Windows Phone XAML development in Visual Studio * Master the Capabilities Model, threading, and the Execution Model * Create attractive mobile interfaces using Windows Phone's rich set of controls, including the Windows Phone Toolkit * Make the most of the application bar and other interface elements * Enhance user experience with advanced support for touch, gestures, and sensors * Build location-aware apps that use Nokia Maps and location services * Incorporate speech-driven experiences * Quickly internationalize apps for global markets * Leverage Windows Phone 8's improved camera support * Connect apps to online services via SOAP, REST, and OData * Validate user input on the client side or via WCF services * Use Windows Phone 8's powerful local database support * Implement background actions, file transfers, and audio playback * Automatically launch your app using file and protocol associations * Unit test to find defects earlier, saving time and money.
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• Preface xiv Part I Windows Phone App Development Fundamentals Chapter 1 Introduction to Windows Phone App Development 1 Installing the Windows Phone SDK 2 Comparing XNA and Silverlight 2 Creating Your First Silverlight for Windows Phone App 4 Creating a First Windows Phone XNA App 12 Summary 21 Chapter 2 Fundamental Concepts in Silverlight Development for Windows Phone 23 Understanding the Role of XAP Files 24 The Windows Phone Capabilities Model 26 The Threading Model for Silverlight Graphics and Animation in Windows Phone 29 Understanding the Frame Rate Counter
• 31 The Windows Phone Performance Analysis Tool 33 Device Status 38 Applying the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern to a Windows Phone App 42 Property Change Notification 44 Using Commands 48 Argument Validation 50 A Platform Agnostic Dialog Service 51 Summary 55 Chapter 3 Application Execution Model 57 Exploring the Execution Model 58 Running Under the Lock Screen 65 Page Navigation 70 Walking Through the Bookshop Sample Application 85 Summary 100 Chapter 4 Page Orientation 101 Orientation and the PhoneApplicationPage Class 101 Silverlight Toolkit Animated Page Transitions 112 Summary 116 Part II Essential Elements Chapter 5 Content Controls, Items Controls, and Range Controls 117 Control Type Taxonomy 118 Content Controls 121 Buttons 123 Items Controls 140 Range Controls 144 Summary 154 Chapter 6 Text Elements 157 Text Element Types 158 TextBlock 159 Font Properties 162 Built-In Fonts 163 Font Embedding 165 TextBox 168 PasswordBox 178 RichTextBox 179 Clipboard 182 Summary 183 Chapter 7 Media and Web Elements 185 Displaying Images with the Image Element 186 Providing a Drawing Surface with the InkPresenter Element 188 Playing Audio and Video with the MediaElement 195 Viewing High-Resolution Images with the MultiScaleImage Element 204 Displaying Web Content with the WebBrowser Element 215 Summary 226 Chapter 8 Taming the Application Bar 227 Exploring the Built-In Application Bar 227 Introducing the Custom AppBar 233 Summary 247 Chapter 9 Silverlight Toolkit Controls 249 Getting Started with the Toolkit 250 ListPicker 251 AutoCompleteBox 255 ContextMenu 267 DatePicker and TimePicker 273 LoopingSelector 283 LongListSelector 287 PerformanceProgressBar 307 TiltEffect 308 ToggleSwitch 311 WrapPanel 315 Summary 319 Chapter 10 Pivot and Panorama 321 Pivot and Panorama Differences and Similarities 322 Pivot and Panorama Placement in the FCL 324 Using the Pivot Control 325 Using the Panorama Control 343 Things to Avoid When Using the Panorama and Pivot 351 Silverlight Toolkit Lockable Pivot 352 Summary 352 Part III Windows Phone App Development Chapter 11 Touch 353 Handling Touch with Mouse Events 354 Touch and TouchPoint Classes 356 Manipulation Events 359 UIElement Touch Gesture Events 364 Silverlight Toolkit Gestures 368 Designing Touch Friendly User Interfaces 382 Summary 384 Chapter 12 Launchers and Choosers 385 API Overview 385 Choosers and the Application Execution Model 387 Launchers and Choosers in Detail 388 Contacts and Appointments 440 Summary 451 Chapter 13 Push Notification 453 Push Notification Types 453 Benefits of Push Notification 454 Understanding Push Notification 455 Getting Started with Push Notification 457 Subscribing to Push Notification 458 Power Management and Push Notification 461 Sending Push Notifications 463 Toast Notifications 463 Tile Notifications 468 Raw Notifications 474 Identifying Notifications in an HttpWebResponse 478 Notification Classes 478 Cloud Service Authentication 480 Building a Stock Ticker Application 480 Summary 493 Chapter 14 Sensors 495 Sensors Overview 495 Measuring Force with the Accelerometer 497 Measuring Direction with the Compass 508 Sensing Rotation with the Gyroscope 518 Improving Sensor Accuracy with the Motion Sensor 522 Summary 526 Chapter 15 Geographic Location 529 Location Sensing Technologies 530 Geographic Location Architecture 532 Getting Started with Location 533 Testing Apps That Use the GeoCoordinateWatcher 538 Code Driven Location Simulation 539 A Walkthrough of the Position Viewer Sample 541 Sampling the PositionChanged Event with Rx 546 Summary 551 Chapter 16 Bing Maps 553 Getting Started with Bing Maps 554 Sample Code Overview 557 Location Tracking 564 Pushpins 567 Route Calculation Using Bing Maps SOAP Services 573 Summary 594 Chapter 17 Internationalization 595 Terminology 595 Localizability Using Resx Files 596 Dynamic Localizability--Updating the UI When the Culture Changes 600 Localizing Images Using Resx Files 602 The Resx Localizability Sample 603 Summary 613 Chapter 18 Extending the Windows Phone Picture Viewer 615 Debugging Apps That Rely on the Pictures Hub 616 Creating a Photos Extras Application 617 Share Menu Extensibility 631 Using the Windows Phone Connect Tool 641 Summary 643 Chapter 19 Camera 645 PhotoCamera 646 Using the Silverlight Webcam API 669 Summary 676 Chapter 20 Incorporating XNA Graphics in Silverlight 677 Supporting Components 678 Displaying a 3D XNA Model in a Hybrid App 683 Summary 690 Chapter 21 Microphone and FM Radio 691 Recording Audio with the Microphone 691 Controlling the Phone's FM Radio 698 Summary 708 Chapter 22 Unit Testing 709 Automated Testing 710 Introduction to the Windows Phone Unit Test Framework 711 Creating a Test Project 712 Creating a Test Class 714 Tag Expressions 717 Metadata and Assertions 718 A Testable Chat Client 727 Inversion of Control (IoC)
• 739 Testing Trial Conditions 741 Testing with Launchers and Choosers 743 Summary 744 Part IV Building Windows Phone Data Driven Applications Chapter 23 Input Validation 747 Defining Input Validation 748 Input Validation Using Property Setters 749 Defining Validation Visual States in Silverlight for Windows Phone 752 Asynchronous and Composite Validation 766 Summary 789 Chapter 24 Network Services 791 Network Service Technologies 791 Monitoring Network Connectivity 792 Introduction to OData 797 Consuming OData 797 Using an OData Proxy 802 Building an eBay OData Consumer Application 804 Fetching Data When the User Scrolls to the End of a List 813 Summary 818 Chapter 25 Isolated Storage and State Preservation 819 Understanding Isolated Storage 819 Abstracting IsolatedStorageSettings 826 Building an Automatic State Preservation System 826 Summary 839 Chapter 26 Local Databases 841 SQL Server Compact 842 Deployment of Local Databases 842 LINQ to SQL on the Phone 844 LINQ to SQL Platform Differences 845 Getting Started with Local Databases 845 Sample Twitter Timeline Viewer 846 Viewing a Local Database Schema 873 Database-First Using SqlMetal 878 Deploying a Database to Isolated Storage 880 Abstracting the Navigation Service 883 Observing LINQ to SQL Queries with a Custom Log 885 Updating a Database Schema 887 Mapping an Inheritance Hierarchy 894 Concurrency 899 Summary 902 Part V Multitasking Chapter 27 Scheduled Actions 905 Background Tasks 906 Scheduled Notifications 906 Scheduled Tasks 918 Using a Mutex to Access Common Resources Safely 946 Summary 949 Chapter 28 Background File Transfers 951 Background Transfer Requests 952 Background File Transfer Sample Code 956 Summary 966 Chapter 29 Background Audio 967 Background Agent Recap 967 Background Audio Overview 968 Background Audio Player 968 Representing Audio Files with the AudioTrack Class 970 Creating a Custom Audio Player Agent 970 AudioPlayerAgent Sample 971 Audio Streaming Agents 983 Summary 986 Bibliography 989 Index 991.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Full Color: Figures and code appear as they do in Visual Studio Windows Phone 7.5 Unleashed is the first comprehensive, start-to-finish developer's guide to Microsoft's brand-new Windows Phone 7.5. Written by Microsoft MVP and leading WPF/Silverlight innovator Daniel Vaughan, this full-color guide covers everything developers need to rapidly build highly competitive Windows Phone 7.5 mobile apps. Vaughan teaches through complete sample apps that illuminate each key concept with fully explained code and real-world context. He presents real-world best practices for building highly functional and attractive Metro interfaces; integrating touch, rich media, and data; testing; profiling; and more. Throughout, he shares expert insights available in no other book, drawing on his exceptional access to the Windows Phone development team through the elite Microsoft Silverlight and WPF Insiders group. Along the way, he presents exceptionally practical and thorough coverage of many powerful new Windows Phone 7.5 platform enhancements--including full chapters on sensors, the camera, XNA graphics, local databases, scheduled actions, and background file transfers. Detailed information on how to... Get started fast with Silverlight Windows Phone development in Visual Studio Master the Capabilities Model, threading, and the Execution Model Create attractive Metro interfaces using Windows Phone's rich set of controls, including the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Make the most of the application bar and other interface elements Enhance user experience with advanced support for touch, gesture, and sensors Build location-aware apps that use Bing Maps and location services Quickly internationalize apps for global markets Leverage Windows Phone 7.5's improved camera support Connect apps to online services via SOAP, REST, and ODATA Validate user input on the client side or via Web services Use Windows Phone 7.5's powerful new local database support Implement background actions, file transfers, and audio playback Incorporate game-style XNA graphics Unit test to find defects earlier, saving time and money.
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• Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Ext GWT; What is GWT missing?; What does Ext GWT offer?; How is Ext GWT licensed?; Alternatives to Ext GWT; GWT-Ext; Smart GWT; Vaadin; Ext GWT or GXT?; Working with GXT: A different type of web development; How GXT fits into GWT; Downloading what you need; Eclipse setup; GWT setup; Time for action
• setting up GWT; GXT setup; Time for action
• setting up GXT; GWT project creation; Time for action
• creating a GWT project; GXT project configuration

• Time for action
• preparing the project to use GXTDifferences of GXT controls; Time for action
• adapting the GWT app to use GXT controls; Summary; Chapter 2: The Building Blocks; The Ext GWT Explorer Demo; Essential knowledge; GXT building block 1: Component; BoxComponent; Lazy Rendering; GXT building block 2: Container; LayoutContainer; FlowLayout; ContentPanel; GXT building block 3: Events; Sinking and swallowing events; Introducing the example application; The requirement; The solution; Blank project; Time for action
• creating a blank project; Viewport

• Time for action
• adding a ViewportLayout; BorderLayout; BorderLayoutData; Time for action
• using BorderLayout; Loading message; Time for action
• adding a loading message; Custom components; The onRender method; Time for action
• creating custom components; First field components; Button; Size; Icons; Icon position; Adding a menu; ToggleButton; SplitButton; Creating a Link feed button; Time for action
• adding a button; Tooltip; Time for action
• adding a tooltip; Popup; Time for action
• creating a popup; SelectionListener; Time for action
• adding a SelectionListener; Field; TextField

• Time for action
• adding components to the Link feed popupPopup positioning and alignment; Time for action
• positioning the popup; Summary; Chapter 3: Forms and Windows; Change of requirements; The RSS 2.0 specification; FormPanel; Fields; TextFields; TriggerField components; ComboBox component; ListField component; CheckBox components; HtmlEditor component; Other field components; Expanding the example application; Creating a Create feed button; Time for action
• adding a Create feed button; Creating a Feed class; Time for action
• creating a feed data object; Window; FitLayout

• Creating the FeedWindow componentTime for action
• creating a Window; Creating FeedForm; Time for action
• creating a feed form; Validating fields; Text validation; Numerical validation; Custom validator; Time for action
• adding field validation; Using FieldMessages; Time for action
• adding FieldMessages to the fields; Submitting a form using HTTP; Alternative to submitting a form using HTTP; Creating a Feed service; Time for action
• creating service for feed objects; The Registry; Storing the service in the Registry; Time for action
• using the Feed object; Saving a Feed

• Time for action
• saving an object to the registry

This is a hands-on beginner's guide that builds a complete Ext GWT application through the book visiting a new set of features in each chapter. You will learn the entire range of features available in the Ext GWT library. At every point you will be given practical examples and techniques that can easily be adapted for your own applications. If you are a Java developer aspiring to build intuitive web applications with Ext GWT, then this book is for you. It assumes that you are familiar with HTML and CSS. Developers who wish to add an RIA look to their existing GWT applications with Ext GWT will find this book extremely useful.
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• Contents: Preface Foreword Introduction
• 1. The General Context: Global Wage Trends Part I: Towards a New Wage Policy: The Fair Wage Approach
• 2. CSR Deficit on Wages
• 3. Fair Wages: A More Comprehensive and Multi-dimensional Approach
• 4. Pilot Testing in Two Suppliers in China Part II: The Fair Wage Approach in Practice
• 5. First Comprehensive Auditing on Wages
• 6. Fair Wages within the Crisis
• 7. Towards a Fair Wage Campaign Policy Conclusions Bibliography.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Over the last decade the emergence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has contributed towards better corporate governance by tackling such burning issues as child labour and basic human rights violations. However, as the author argues in this important new book, the time has now come to incorporate wage issues into CSR. Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead proposes a new methodology, the 'Fair Wage' approach, which should allow all CSR actors to make progress in this field through a coherent and comprehensive set of fair wage dimensions and indicators. The implementation of this new approach through a large-scale auditing exercise on wages in Asia and a number of qualitative cases studies in China provide unique, first-hand information on wage practices among suppliers. The results confirm the need to address wage issues using a broad spectrum of different wage dimensions, including living wages, minimum wages, prevailing wages, social dialogue, the payment of working hours and the evolution of wages in accordance with prices, enterprise performance and changes in technology and human capital. This approach also makes it possible to identify the impacts and pressures on wages, which are increasingly being used as the adjustment variable at the end of the supply chain. Adverse wage developments clearly highlight the limitations of government action in regulating this aspect of the global economy. The 'Fair Wage' approach advocated in this book is a first, serious and concerted effort to address this critical issue. It will be required reading for practitioners and scholars of labour economics, development studies and CSR.
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• Part I Candidate countries and the community "social acquis" - an impossible match?: the European social model and EU enlargement
• wages and working conditions - well below EU standards
• social protection - overwhelmed by the liberal approach
• employment - towards unregulated labour markets?
• social dialogue - why bother?
• workers' participation - slipping away from the self-management tradition?. Part II Social dumping - myth or reality?: the social gap - a source of unfair competition?
• capital mobility - massive relocations
• labour mobility - the European taboo
• trade - the misleading debate
• conclusion - an uncertain future after EU enlargement.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

The decision to enlarge the European Union by ten (eventually 13) countries has surprisingly not been accompanied by much discussion of the implications for social Europe. This has led to criticisms that enlargement is a purely economic process that will sweep aside important social considerations: will the much lower labour costs and social standards in the applicant countries - especially those from Central and Eastern Europe - lead to "unfair" competition or "social dumping"?; will this process in turn encourage current EU member-states to run-down their own social provisions in order to be able to compete with the newcomers?; do the specific features of this new accession wave - the largest enlargement so far and including markedly less-developed countries - threaten the global survival of the so-called "European Social Model"?; and what policies should be implemented in order to avoid a weakening of current European social standards? These are the main questions this book attempts to answer, on the basis of a comprehensive assessment of the social policy areas most relevant to EU enlargement - wages, working conditions, social protection, employment, industrial relations - while also addressing its most sensitive "social dumping" aspects: capital relocation, labour migration and redirection of trade.
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• Part 1 Assessment - the reasons for the crisis: the apparent rapid success of the Balkan tiger
• the profound crisis in industry
• difficulties in emerging services
• the missing pillar - inadequacy of the banking system
• the unemployment shock
• impoverishment wages and incomes
• the avoidance of social dialogue and participation
• the failure of the mass privatization programme
• limitations and drawbacks of foreign capital
• the collapse of the Albanian pyramid. Part 2 Prospects - Albania after the storm: the extent of the destruction
• a halt to economic activity
• macroeconomic indicators moving backwards
• the social abyss
• reviving production forces
• reviving life forces.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

A comprehensive analysis of Albania. Based upon personal experience and an enterprise-level data set, the book offers an alternative view of the 1997 crisis in Albania in which good economic performance suffered a reversal accompanied by social conflicts.
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• 1. Convergence in the EU: what role for industrial relations? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez
• 2. Social convergence of the Baltic states within the enlarged EU: is limited social dialogue an impediment? / Jaan Masso, Vladyslav Soloviov, Kerly Espenberg and Inta Mierina
• 3. Belgium: is strong social concertation a driver of upward social convergence? / Ive Marx
• 4. Is France converging or not?: the role of industrial relations / Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel
• 5. Does the German social model support the convergence of living conditions in the EU? / Gerhard Bosch
• 6. Ireland after the Great Recession: convergence or divergence? / Philip J. O'Connell
• 7. Italy: how could industrial relations help a return to economic and social convergence? / Annamaria Simonazzi, Valerio Ciampa and Luca Villamaina
• Case study
• Italy and Slovenia: two paths to labour market flexibility and social dialogue / Branko Bembi c and Annamaria Simonazzi
• 8. The Netherlands: from convergence to divergence in Europe?: social dialogue and industrial relations in the face of household labour supply / Wiemer Salverda
• 9. Social convergence, development failures and industrial relations: the case of Portugal / Pilar Gonz alez and Ant onio Figueiredo
• 10. Slovenia: social dialogue and social convergence between coordinated and dependent capitalism / Branko Bembi c
• 11. Economic and social convergence in Spain: the elusive goal of catching up with the EU / Rafael Mu noz de Bustillo
• 12. Convergence towards better working and living conditions: the crucial role of industrial relations in Sweden / Dominique Anxo
• 13. The United Kingdom's record on economic and social convergence with europe: a pre-Brexit appraisal / Damian Grimshaw
• Index.

This book aims to answer a number of important questions. To what extent have European countries converged or diverged with EU-wide economic and social indicators over the past 20 years? What have been the drivers of convergence? Why do some countries lag behind, while others experience continuous upward convergence? Why are these trajectories not always linear? Particular attention is paid to the role of institutions, actors and industrial relations - focusing on the resources and strategies of governments, employers and trade unions - in nudging EU countries onto an upward convergence path.

• Contents: Forward
• 1. The European Social Model in Times of Crisis: An Overview Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
• 2. The Baltic States: Convergence with the European Social Model or Further Liberalisation? Jaan Masso and Kerly Espenberg and Inta Mierina
• 3. France's Social Model: Between Resilience and Erosion Jerome Gautie
• 4. The German Welfare State: From an Inclusive to an Exclusive Bismarckian Model Gerhard Bosch
• 5. The Greek Social Model: Towards a Deregulated Labour Market and Residual Social Protection Maria Karamessini
• 6. Recent Changes Moving Hungary Away from the European Social Model Agota Scharle and Dorottya Szikra
• 7. Italy: Continuity and Change in Welfare State Retrenchment Annamaria Simonazzi
• 8. The European Social Model in a Context of Crisis and Austerity in Portugal Pilar Gonzalez and Antonio Figueiredo
• 9. Turning Back before Arriving: The Weakening of the Spanish Welfare State Rafael Munoz de Bustillo and Jose-Ignacio Anton
• 10. The Swedish Social Model: Resilience and Success in Turbulent Times Dominique Anxo
• 11. Britain's Social Model: Rapid Descent from `Liberal Collectivism' to a `Market Society' Damian Grimshaw Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

The European Social Model has been an integral part of the construction of the European Community and has been effective in stimulating its economic growth. This social dimension represents the soul of the European Union, and has been envied and adopted by other regions and countries in the world. Under the pressure of the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent introduction of austerity measures across Europe, many countries have reformed basic elements of the model including social protection, pensions, public services, workers' rights, quality of jobs, working conditions and social dialogue, often undermining social cohesion. These trends have raised questions: is Europe currently losing its legacy? If so, what are the social and economic implications, both in the short and longer term? The European Social Model in Crisis assesses social policy developments in each EU individual member state on the basis of detailed empirical evidence and concrete case studies. The volume is a timely warning about the weakening of the European Social Model and its possibly devastating future effects. The alternative options proposed here make the book essential reading for policy-makers, while scholars and researchers of European studies and social policy will find it an invaluable reference.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Contents: Foreword Maria Helena Andre Foreword Nicolas Schmit Foreword Guy Ryder
• 1. Introduction: Has the Crisis Exacerbated Work Inequalities? Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
• 2. Mixed Adjustment Forms and Inequality Effects in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Jaan Masso and Kerly Krillo
• 3. Inequality at Work Emerging in the Current Crisis in Bulgaria Vasil Tzanov
• 4. Croatia: Prolonged Crisis with an Uncertain Ending Vojmir Franicevic
• 5. France: Protecting the Insiders in the Crisis and Forgetting the Outsiders? Jerome Gautie
• 6. The German Labour Market after the Financial Crisis: Miracle or Just a Good Policy Mix? Gerhard Bosch
• 7. Hungary: Crisis Coupled with a Fiscal Squeeze - Effects on Inequality Janos Koello
• 8. Italy: Limited Policy Responses and Industrial Relations in Flux, Leading to Aggravated Inequalities Niall O'Higgins
• 9. The Netherlands: Is the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Inequalities Different from in the Past? Wiemer Salverda
• 10. From the Highest Employment Growth to the Deepest Fall: Economic Crisis and Labour Inequalities in Spain Rafael Munoz de Bustillo Llorente and Jose-Ignacio Anton Perez
• 11. Negotiated Flexibility in Sweden: A More Egalitarian Response to the Crisis? Dominique Anxo
• 12. Crisis in Turkey: Aggravating a Segmented Labour Market and Creating New Inequalities Seyhan Erdogdu
• 13. Social Impact of the Crisis in the United Kingdom: Focus on Gender and Age Inequalities Damian Grimshaw and Anthony Rafferty Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Work Inequalities in the Crisis provides an in-depth overview of the effects of the crisis on inequalities in the world of work. It examines these inequalities multi-dimensionally, looking at employment, wages and incomes, working conditions and social dialogue. At the same time, it investigates whether the crisis may halt the progress made in Europe towards better quality jobs and working conditions. This book offers a unique combination of research, case studies and policy discussions. An assessment of national trends in 30 European countries precedes case studies of 14 of them, in which noted European specialists report on individual enterprises or sectors. The volume's survey of national- and local-level policy solutions contributes to identifying those responses that strengthen economic competitiveness, preserve social cohesion and do not deepen inequalities. This timely resource will be of particular interest to academics, students and researchers in labour economics, to policymakers, and to those involved in European studies more generally.
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• Foreword / Heinz Koller
• Curbing inequalities in Europe : the impact of industrial relations and labour policies / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez
• Labour market inequalities in conditions of limited social dialogue : the case of the Baltic States / Jaan Masso, Maryna Tverdostup, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg
• Belgium: Is robust social concertation providing a buffer against growing inequality? / Ive Marx and Lien Van Cant
• Social dialogue in France under pressure : can worker security be achieved in a context of increasing job flexibility? / Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel
• Social dialogue in Germany : innovation or erosion? / Gerhard Bosch
• Industrial relations, imposed flexibility and inequality during the Greek Great Depression / Maria Karamessini and Stefanos Giakoumatos
• Social dialogue and inequality : Ireland / Brian Nolan
• Italy: Industrial relations and social dialogue in a recessionary environment / Annamaria Simonazzi and Giuseppe Fiorani
• The Netherlands: Is the polder model behind the curve with regard to growing household income inequality? / Wiemer Salvereda
• Changes in inequality outcomes alongside industrial relations transformation in Slovenia / Branko Bembič
• Industrial relations and inequality in the Spanish labour market : resilience and change / Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo and Fernando Pinto Hernández -- Shaping the future of work in Sweden : the crucial role of socialpartnership / Dominique Anxo
• Inequality at work in the United Kingdom : how perforated industrial relations worsen inequalities and hold back progress on equalities / Damian Grimshaw and Mat Johnson.

"International debate has recently focused on increased inequalities and the adverse effects they may have on both social and economic developments. Income inequality, now at its highest level for the past half-century, may not only undermine the sustainability of European social policy but also put at risk Europe’s sustainable recovery. A common feature of recent reports on inequality (ILO, OECD, IMF, 2015–17) is their recognition that the causes emerge from mechanisms in the world of work. The purpose of this book is to investigate the possible role of industrial relations, and labour policies more generally, in reducing these inequalities."

• Foreword / Guy Ryder
• Public sector shock in Europe : between structural reforms and quantitative adjustment / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
• Public sector adjustment and the threat to gender equality / Jill Rubery
• Early application of fiscal austerity measures in the Baltic states / Jaan Masso and Kerly Espenberg
• Croatia : public sector adaptation and its impact on working conditions / Vojmir Franičević and Teo Matković
• France : the public service under pressure / Jérôme Gautié
• Public sector adjustments in Germany : from cooperative to competitive federalism / Gerhard Bosch
• Public sector adjustment amidst structural adjustment in Greece : subordinate, spasmodic and sporadic / Zafiris Tzannatos and Yannis Monogios
• Hungary : public sector labour market from crisis to crisis / Szilvia Altwicker-Hámori and János Köllő
• Cautious adjustment in a context of economic collapse : the public sector in the Irish crises / Philip O'Connell
• The Netherlands : wage cuts no longer a constructive option / Wiemer Salverda
• Portugal : structural reforms interrupted by austerity / Helena Rato
• Romania : a country under permanent public sector reform / Valentina Vasile
• Those were the days, my friend : the public sector and the economic crisis in Spain / Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo and José-Ignacio Antón
• Early fiscal consolidation and negotiated flexibility in Sweden : a fair way out of the crisis? / Dominique Anxo
• Austerity, privatization and levelling down : public sector reforms in the United Kingdom / Damian Grimshaw.

"The goal of this volume is to study this ‘public sector shock’. While budgetary reforms seek to ensure a more balanced and sound economic policy, they may generate new work inequalities among public sector employees, most particularly among women, who account for a considerable proportion of public sector employment. Cuts in education and training may also have an impact on the quality of human capital in both the public and private sectors, despite the fact that the recent crisis has shown the value of education as employees with better skills and training are more likely to maintain their jobs and incomes."

• Contents: Foreword Guy Ryder
• 1. Public Sector Shock in Europe: Between Structural Reforms and Quantitative Adjustment Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
• 2. Public Sector Adjustment and the Threat to Gender Equality Jill Rubery
• 3. Early Application of Fiscal Austerity Measures in the Baltic States Jaan Masso and Kerly Espenberg
• 4. Croatia: Public Sector Adaptation and its Impact on Working Conditions Vojmir Franicevic and Teo Matkovic
• 5. France: The Public Service under Pressure Jerome Gautie
• 6. Public Sector Adjustments in Germany: From Cooperative to Competitive Federalism Gerhard Bosch
• 7. Public Sector Adjustment Amidst Structural Adjustment in Greece: Subordinate, Spasmodic and Sporadic Zafiris Tzannatos and Yannis Monogios
• 8. Hungary: Public Sector Labour Market from Crisis to Crisis Szilvia Altwicker-Hamori and Janos Kollo
• 9. Cautious Adjustment in a Context of Economic Collapse: The Public Sector in the Irish Crises Philip O'Connell
• 10. Netherlands: Wage Cuts no Longer a Constructive Option Wiemer Salverda
• 11. Portugal: Structural Reforms Interrupted by Austerity? Helena Rato
• 12. Romania: A Country under Permanent Public Sector Reform Valentina Vasile
• 13. Those Were the Days, My Friend: The Public Sector and the Economic Crisis in Spain Rafael Munoz de Bustillo and Jose-Ignacio Anton Perez
• 14. Early Fiscal Consolidation and Negotiated Flexibility in Sweden: A Fair Way Out of the Crisis? Dominique Anxo
• 15. Austerity, Privatization and Levelling Down: Public Sector Reforms in the United Kingdom Damian Grimshaw.
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After a first series of policy responses to the 2008 - 09 crisis aimed at sustaining domestic demand through expansionary anti-crisis packages, most European governments - starting with Greece, Ireland, Bulgaria and Romania, and followed by many others - have since put in place a series of restrictive budgetary policies aimed at reducing their budget deficits. With these new policies, a significant number of jobs and wages have been cut in the public sector. A number of expenditure items related to education and training have also been cut. These reforms have given rise to waves of protest throughout Europe. The goal of this volume is to study this 'public sector shock'. While budgetary reforms seek to ensure a more balanced and sound economic policy, they may generate new work inequalities among public sector employees, most particularly among women, who account for a considerable proportion of public sector employment. Cuts in education and training may also have an impact on the quality of human capital in both the public and private sectors, despite the fact that the recent crisis has shown the value of education as employees with better skills and training are more likely to maintain their jobs and incomes. The authors explore a number of questions, including: what types of reform have been implemented in the public sector and what are their implications in both the short and long term? On the economic side, what will be the impact on wages, and on job quantity and quality? On the social side, what will the effects be on inequality and social cohesion? And what will be the outcome for, and potential role of, social partners and social dialogue? On the basis of a comparative and comprehensive assessment, illustrated by case studies in education, health and public administration, policy issues are discussed with the aim of finding the right mix of public sector reforms.
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• 1. Minimum Wage Revival in the Enlarged EU: Explanatory Factors and Developments, Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
• 2. Bulgaria: A Shift in Minimum Wage Policy, Vassil Tzanov
• 3. Croatia: Moving Towards a More Active Minimum Wage Policy, Danijel Nesti
• 4. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: Minimum Wages in a Context of Migration and Labour Shortages, Jaan Masso and Kerly Krillo
• 5. France: Towards the End of an Active Minimum Wage Policy? Jerome Gautie
• 6. Germany: What Role for Minimum Wages on Low-wage Work? Gerhard Bosch and Thorsten Kalina
• 7. Greece: Neglect and Resurgence of Minimum Wage Policy, Eugenia Fotoniata and Thomas Moutos
• 8. Hungary: The Consequences of Doubling the Minimum Wage, Janos Koll
• 9. Ireland: A Successful Minimum Wage Implementation? Brian Nolan
• 10. The Netherlands: Minimum Wage Fall Shifts Focus to Part-time Jobs, Wiemer Salverda
• 11. Poland: Minimum Wage, Employment and Labour Migration, Jacek Wallusch
• 12. Sweden: A Minimum Wage Model in Need of Modification, Per Skedinger
• 13. Turkey: Minimum Wage in Tension between Economic and Social Concerns, Seyhan Erdoddu
• 14. United Kingdom: Developing a Progressive Minimum Wage in a Liberal Market Economy, Damian Grimshaw
• 15. Towards an EU Minimum Wage Policy? Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead.
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This book provides in-depth and innovative analysis of the minimum wage in Europe. The authors explore its role and scope within the enlarged EU, and address the question of whether there should be harmonization between the individual member states or even a common EU minimum wage. They also examine the impact of the minimum wage at the national level, looking at trends and effects through case studies of specific policy issues and industrial sectors. Minimum wage fixing has returned quite prominently to the core of policy debates as evidenced by the adoption of a statutory minimum wage in Ireland and the UK, a minimum wage agreement in Austria and the ongoing discussions in Germany and Sweden. Proposals to have common rules at the EU level have also multiplied since enlargement, in particular to minimize 'social dumping' and allow increased transnational mobility. This book assesses the renewed interest in the minimum wage in Europe, identifying the concrete effects of minimum wage fixing on employment, low pay, wage disparity, collective bargaining and migration. Bringing together 15 national studies from noted European specialists in the field, this timely collection aims to stimulate the current debate. It will appeal to academics, students, researchers and policymakers working in labour economics in particular, and European studies more generally.
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