TY - BOOK AU - Samli, A. Coskun. TI - Infrastructuring: the key to achieving economic growth, productivity, and quality of life SN - 9781441975201 (hbk.) AV - HC79.C3 S345 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Springer KW - Infrastructure (Economics) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Developing infrastructures for economic progress, market development, and entrepreneurship -- The forgotten power behind the scenes: deteriorating global infrastructure -- Optimizing infrastructure development: difficult but necessary -- Developing an action plan for infrastructures: from vision to action -- Infrastructure and productivity: an uncharted territory -- Changing global competitiveness: the role of infrastructure -- Deeper foundations of infrastrucutre development -- The choice between present versus future role of infrastructure -- Infrastructure development plans -- Connecting infrastructure to entrepreneurship -- Global leadership begins with infrastructure -- Domestic productivity or export support -- An open letter to the serious reader of this book UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1201/2011283673-d.html ER -