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186[L#13] Inconclusion, I shouldlike to sum up mycomments asfollows :[E#12] This, then, isa book with much torecommend it.L was published too late; the authors tend to argue ex cathedra. L is not even a state-of-the-artreport. There are probably some instructive passages in L, but, after all, they hide behind toomany failings. Thus, L is everything but good propaganda for NM. Under thesecircumstances, the best one can do is forget about this failure and repair the damage done, assoon as possible, by a less heterogeneous, more data-oriented, theoretically more explicit andsounder monograph.An important set of policy issues is addressed using appropriate tools ... Not the least of thebook's virtues is that it is suggestive of ways that this line of research could be taken further,in the direction both of imperfect competition and of political economy.Move 4 is realized by one of the following alternative sub-functions:Sub-function 10A Definitely recommending/disqualifying the bookorSub-function 10B Recommending the book despite indicated shortcomingsReviewers signal the closing up sub-function of Move 4 in one or more of thefollowing ways:(a) Conveying an idea of termination or totality, by using:(i) Summary statements, e.g., ‘in sum(mary), ‘in conclusion’, ‘all in all’, ‘as awhole’:[C#6] (Sub-function 10B) In summary the book is a collection of results obtainedover a 15-year period. While some of the results are interesting and potentiallyimportant, no attempt is made to place them in context.[L#17] (Sub-function 10A) In conclusion, this handbook is definitely a goodreference book to be used in addition to another textbook in an introductorybusiness language course.