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  • Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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  • 1
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    London : Palgrave Macmillan | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9781137538727
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 252 Seiten)
    Series Statement: International political economy series
    DDC: 306.36
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    Keywords: Internationale Arbeitsteilung ; Weltwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9781783476961
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 288 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Josling, Timothy Edward, 1940 - 2018 Transatlantic food and agricultural trade policy
    DDC: 382.4/1/094
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    Keywords: Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Agraraußenhandel ; Lebensmittel ; Außenhandel ; EU-Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; USA ; EU-Staaten ; Food industry and trade Government policy ; Food industry and trade Government policy ; Produce trade Government policy ; Produce trade Government policy ; Agriculture and state ; Agriculture and state ; European Union countries Foreign economic relations ; United States Foreign economic relations ; Electronic books ; Agrarhandel ; Ernährungswirtschaft ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Transatlantisches Freihandelsabkommen 2013 Juni 17 ; Europäische Union ; USA
    Abstract: Tim Josling and Stefan Tangermann's Transatlantic Food and Agricultural Trade Policy traces the past fifty years of transatlantic trade relations in the area of food and agricultural policy, from early skirmishes over farm policies to on-going conflicts over biotech foods and hormone use in animal rearing. The authors take an analytical approach to the causes of transatlantic conflict and the extent to which these trade tensions in agricultural markets have reflected wide differences in policy approaches and levels of support. They explore the role played by international rules, in the GATT, and subsequently the WTO, in disciplining farm price support policies to allow for more open markets. The book also points to possible ways to end five decades of transatlantic trade tensions in the area of food and farm products. Scholars, practitioners and policymakers will find this timely book an invaluable and comprehensive guide to the causes of, and solutions to, the persistent EU-US trade conflicts in agricultural and food policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9781783471935
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 227 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dunn, Bill, 1963 - Neither free trade nor protection
    DDC: 382/.01
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    Keywords: Außenwirtschaftstheorie ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Theorie ; International economic relations ; International trade Philosophy ; International trade ; Electronic books ; Freihandelsabkommen ; Außenwirtschaftstheorie
    Abstract: Neither Free Trade Nor Protection provides a critical exploration of mainstream and alternative theories of international trade and presents original evidence of trade's consequences. It rejects the choice between openness and closure. Mainstream economists almost always support 'free trade' but their arguments for this are flawed and too often rely on a caricature of their opponents as simple-minded protectionists. Meanwhile, many critics successfully emphasize shortcomings of the orthodoxy but struggle to identify a more positive agenda, either seeing free trade as a desirable, if unachievable, end or equally simplistically blaming trade for international inequality. Both sides of the trade debate share much in terms of how they understand the objectives of national wealth and in how they overlook other economic processes and social questions. Bill Dunn's examination covers: critical interrogation of both mainstream and heterodox theories; systematic evaluation of contemporary evidence; historical context; trade, restructuring and the crisis of the 2000s; economics as a social science. Written in plain English, this book will appeal to students, researchers and political activists alike. It is an indispensible resource to those seeking a deeper understanding of alternative approaches to the mainstream theories of trade and economics.
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9781781000267
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 215 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Altenburg, Tilman, 1959 - Industrial policy in developing countries
    DDC: 338.9/0091724
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    Keywords: Industriepolitik ; Entwicklungsländer ; Schwellenländer ; Industrial policy ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Electronic books ; Entwicklungsländer ; Industriepolitik
    Abstract: Against the backdrop of persistently high levels of poverty and inequality, critical environmental boundaries and increasing global economic interdependence, this book addresses the role and impact of industrial policies in developing countries. Accepting the reality of both market failure and policy failure, it identifies the conditions under which industrial policy can deliver socially desirable results. General conclusions on the political economy of development are complemented by country case studies covering Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Tunisia and Vietnam. -- Industrial Policy in Developing Countries offers an in-depth assessment of both the potentials and perils of designing and implementing policy in countries at early stages of economic development. The range of insightful case studies illustrates the key dilemma: directing economic and social development through what are often incipient and weak institutions. This realistic, evidence-based assessment will appeal to both development researchers and industrial policy practitioners, particularly those working in developing countries. -- ‘Countries that need industrial policy the most typically have the worst governance. This terrific book explicitly recognizes this difficulty, and provides a rich discussion of how it can be overcome. It presents a valuable series of country studies that focus on both successes (such as Ethiopian cut flowers) and failures (such as Namibia’s export processing zones). The authors show that weak capacity is not necessarily a hindrance to effective industrial policy, just as strong capacity does not guarantee it.’ (Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, US).
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9781781005316
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 467 pages) , diagrams, maps
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on trade and development
    DDC: 382/.091724
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    Keywords: International trade ; Economic development ; Developing countries Commerce ; Electronic books ; Handel ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Handelspolitik
    Abstract: This timely Handbook comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade occurs. The Handbook on Trade and Development provides a review of the current understanding of major trade issues facing developing countries through considering specific region or country case studies. Broad topics are covered including trade costs and facilitation; trade preferences; trade and firm performance; and child labour. Chapters on sub-Saharan Africa cover primary commodities, informal cross-border trade, agglomeration and regional integration. Chapters on Latin America include the role of imported technology; exchange rates; export diversification; FDI; and firm exporting. Chapters on East Asia cover the increasing importance of China in world trade and links between trade and environment, labour markets and FDI. This discerning work will be an indispensable reference point for academics, researchers and students of development economics. The broad range of topics covered will provide a useful insight for practitioners and policy makers into the nuances of the complex relationship between trade and the economy in developing regions.
    Note: Includes index
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9781784711085
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 276 pages) , diagrams, illustrations
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Benefit-cost analyses for security policies
    DDC: 363.3/5/0973
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    Keywords: Öffentliche Sicherheit ; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse ; Innenpolitik ; Terrorismusbekämpfung ; Katastrophenschutz ; USA ; Natural disasters ; Terrorism Prevention ; Cost effectiveness ; National security Cost effectiveness ; Civil defense Cost effectiveness ; Public administration Cost effectiveness ; Civil defense Economic aspects ; Cost effectiveness ; Electronic books ; USA ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung ; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
    Abstract: The opening of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum in 2014 marks a new era of reflection toward enhancing homeland security regulation in the United States. In the context of this new era, it is necessary to consider how policy intended to reinforce homeland security is evaluated. -- Benefit-Cost Analyses for Security Policies describes how to undertake the evaluation of security policies within the framework of benefit-cost analysis and offers a unique contribution to analysis of homeland security regulations in the United States. The authors outline how established procedures for benefit-cost analysis must adapt to meet challenges posed by current security policy, through examining specific security related regulations. The logic of risk assessment, selection of a discount rate, valuation of travelers' time when delayed due to screening, valuation of changes in risks of injury or death, and impacts of terrorist events on the economy as a whole are among the issues discussed. An outline of the research and policy evaluation steps needed to build robust benefit-cost methods to evaluate security related regulations in the future is presented in the book. A series of examples is offered to illustrate how new security regulations should be reassessed to ensure resources are not wasted. -- Policy analysts will benefit from the insight drawn on how to evaluate homeland security regulation in the United States. Academic researchers interested in homeland security policy evaluation will find this book valuable and informative. Postgraduate students of public policy or applied economics will find examples of the challenges in using the methods of benefit-cost analysis in this new area for policy evaluation.
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  • 7
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    Online Resource
    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781784716660
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 512 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mitchell, William Eurozone dystopia
    DDC: 332.4/94
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    Keywords: Eurozone ; Geschichte ; Finanzkrise ; EU-Staaten ; Monetary unions ; Monetary policy ; Group decision making ; Eurozone ; European Union countries Politics and government ; Decision making ; Electronic books ; Eurozone ; Finanzkrise ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Eurozone Dystopia traces the origin of the Eurozone and shows how the historical Franco-German rivalry combined with the growing dominance of neo-liberal economic thinking to create a monetary system that was deeply flawed and destined to fail. William Mitchell argues that the political class in Europe is trapped in a destructive groupthink. Based on a flawed understanding of macroeconomic fundamentals, groupthink extols the virtues of the erroneous concept of the self-regulating free market and prevents Europe from seeing its own policy failures. As a result, millions are unemployed, with imperilled member states caught in a cycle of persistent stagnation and rising social instability. Providing a detailed historical analysis of the evolution of the Eurozone and its failings from the 1940s to the present day, the book argues that the Eurozone lacks the necessary monetary architecture, particularly the existence of a federal fiscal function which could have resolved the economic crisis quickly. The author examines the options available to Europe and concludes that an orderly abandonment of the euro and a return to national currencies is the superior option available. The justification for this conclusion is exhaustively argued within a Modern Monetary Theory framework. This thoughtful and accessible account of Europe's economic woes will appeal to all those who are seeking an explanation for the crisis and are receptive to sensible and credible alternatives to the current scenario.
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  • 8
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781782544944
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 534 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Companion to the political economy of rent seeking
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    Keywords: Rent-Seeking ; Theorie ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Rent seeking ; Rent (Economic theory) ; Electronic books ; Rent Seeking ; Theorie ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften
    Abstract: The quest for benefit from existing wealth or by seeking privileged benefit through influence over policy is known as rent seeking. Much rent seeking activity involves government and political decisions and is therefore in the domain of political economy, although rent seeking can also take place in personal relations and within firms and bureaucracies. The contributions in this outstanding volume provide an accompaniment or 'companion' to the literature on rent seeking and the related political economy of rent creation and extraction. The chapters, written by leading scholars in the field, demonstrate the centrality of rent-related incentives to the study of economics, politics, culture, public administration and history. The expert and original contributions summarize and extend the literature in both theoretical and applied areas of research. The book begins with a clear and comprehensive description of the theory of rent seeking and of contest design for political and bureaucratic rent extraction. This is followed by a series of case studies showing the relevance of rent seeking for regulatory policies, international-trade policies, public finance, natural-resource discoveries, development aid, behavior in international bureaucracies, litigation and judicial systems. The applied chapters also include overviews of rent seeking and rent extraction in Europe, Russia, Asia, Africa and the US. This volume will appeal to a broad readership, including economists, political scientists and development practitioners, wishing to gain an understanding of the concept of rent seeking. The chapters in this book also provide an excellent introduction to the extensive literature.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9781784718251
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (v, 154 pages)
    Series Statement: New directions in post-Keynesian economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Davidson, Paul, 1930 - Post Keynesian theory and policy
    DDC: 330.15/6
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    Keywords: Postkeynesianismus ; Economic policy History 20th century ; Macroeconomics ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Keynesian economics ; Economics History 21st century ; Electronic books ; Neokeynesianismus
    Abstract: How did economic “experts” worldwide fail to predict the financial crisis of 2007-2008? Eminent economist Paul Davidson discusses how mainstream economic theory may not be applicable to the world of experience. Post Keynesian theory is designed to be applicable to the real world, and this book demonstrates how applying it to policy formulation could help practically resolve economic problems. Davidson goes on to demonstrate how many Post Keynesian economists warned of the impending financial crisis as early as 2002. -- Post Keynesian Theory and Policy challenges the axioms on which orthodox economic theory is based and argues against their applicability to a money using, market oriented economy. It explores the basis for Keynes’s revolutionary general theory and seeks to dispel misconceptions often found in orthodox textbooks. This accessible and expertly constructed book explains why modern economies use money denominated contracts to organize all market transactions for production and exchange and why the law of comparative advantage argument for free trade is not applicable to mass production industries’ exports and imports. -- This book is a valuable resource for professional economists as well as students and academics in economics, political science, and history, who will appreciate its new perspective and analysis of global financial events.
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  • 10
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    Online Resource
    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781783473335
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 376 pages) , diagrams, maps
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rail economics, policy and regulation in Europe
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    Keywords: Railroads History ; Railroad travel History ; Railroads and state ; Railroad law ; Railroads ; Railroad travel ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Schienenverkehr ; Regulierung
    Abstract: The European railway sector has gone through profound, yet mostly institutional, changes over the past 20 years, owing mainly to the initiatives of the European Commission. This book constitutes a first systematic account and assessment of the recent transformations of the European railway sector, whilst also covering the main segments such as passenger transport, high speed and freight. -- The expert contributors have been charting these developments over the past five years. They provide a critical analysis of relevant, yet contentious, issues such as competition, unbundling, regulation, access charging, standards and interoperability, and public-private partnerships. -- Practically-minded academics, as well as academically-oriented practitioners, interested in the railway sector and other public transport sectors will find this book to be a crucial read. It will also be of use to postgraduates studying infrastructure economics, policy and regulation.
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  • 11
    ISBN: 9781783471294
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 316 pages) , diagrams, illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: NECTAR series on transportation and communications networks research
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als ICT for transport
    DDC: 388/.0285
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    Keywords: Transportgewerbe ; Verkehrsökonomik ; Informationstechnik ; IT-gestützte Logistik ; Communication and technology ; Transportation Data processing ; Intelligent transportation systems ; Information technology ; Electronics in transportation ; Transportation Information technology ; Electronic books ; Informationstechnik ; Transport
    Abstract: As the importance and value of information increases, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is rapidly evolving and taking centre stage in everyday life in the 21st century. This is particularly evident in the transport sector, where ICT is greatly influencing our mobility and travel choices as well as travel experience. In this context, ICT for Transport examines the opportunities, threats, underlying principles and practical issues faced when deploying ICT for transport applications, especially in the quest to achieve sustainable transport. Focusing on infrastructure, people and processes, the contributors to this book use diverse case studies from around the world to illustrate the challenges faced by academics, practitioners and policy makers alike. The contents and bibliography provide up-to-date knowledge and expertise drawn from state of the art research in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. ICT for Transport is a valuable source of information for those aiming to be at the forefront of the evolving field of ICT for transport. This analysis of the various threats and opportunities will assist them in making more informed decisions about the future use of ICT for transport and for the benefit of society.
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  • 12
    ISBN: 9781784715076
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 371 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: New directions in modern economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The demise of finance-dominated capitalism
    DDC: 338.5/42
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    Keywords: Finanzkapitalismus ; Finanzkrise ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Finance ; Financial crises ; Economics ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kapitalismus ; Finanzkapital ; Finanzkrise ; Wirtschaftskrise
    Abstract: The Demise of Finance-dominated Capitalism goes well beyond the dominant interpretation that the recent financial and economic crises are rooted in malfunctioning and poorly regulated financial markets. The editors provide an overview of different theoretical, historical and empirical perspectives on the long-run transition towards finance-dominated capitalism, on the implications for macroeconomic and financial stability, and ultimately on the recent global financial and economic crises. In the first part of the book the macroeconomics of finance-dominated capitalism, the theories of financial crisis and important past crises are reviewed. The second part deals with the 2007-09 financial and economic crises in particular, and discusses five explanations of the crises in more detail. The special focus of the book is the long-run problems and inconsistencies of finance-dominated capitalism that played a key role in the crisis and its severity. The comprehensive literature reviews on the issues of financialization and economic crises will be a valuable aid to students. Policy makers will find the broader views on the causes of the recent financial and economic crises and the contradictions of finance-dominated capitalism of great interest. Alternative views on the long-run developments towards financialization, as well as on the relationships of these developments with the recent financial crisis, will appeal to researchers in this field
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  • 13
    ISBN: 9781783478637
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 344 pages)
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on research in relationship marketing
    DDC: 658.812
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    Keywords: Beziehungsmarketing ; Customer relations ; Relationship marketing ; Relationship marketing ; Electronic books ; Beziehungsmarketing
    Abstract: 1. The future evolution of relationship marketing / Jagdish N. Sheth -- 2. Relationship marketing : Berry's insights from the past and for the future / Janet Turner Parish, Sandi Lampo and Kristin Landua -- 3. Relationship benefits research : a synthesis / Dwayne D. Gremler and Kevin P. Gwinner -- 4. Advances in customer value management / Peter C. Verhoef and Katherine N. Lemon -- 5. Relationship marketing tools : understanding the value of loyalty programs / Russell Lacey -- 6. Service failure and recovery : implications for relationship marketing / Betsy Bugg Holloway and Sijun Wang -- 7. From theory to bedside and back : relationship marketing and medical care / Michael J. Howley, Jr. -- 8. Self-service technologies : building relationships with Indian consumers / Rajan Saxena, Mona Sinha and Hufrish Majra -- 9. Taxonomy of hotel loyalty program members : examining differences in service quality perceptions / George Deitz and John D. Hansen -- 10. NASCAR : driving relationship equity through the sponsorship supply chain / Susan Cadwallader, Tom Boyd and Aaron Thomas -- 11. Aligning service dominant logic and the relationship marketing view of the customer / Thomas W. Gruen -- 12. Gratitude in relationship marketing / Randle D. Raggio ... [et al.] -- 13. Anti-relationship marketing : understanding relationship-destroying behaviors / Stephen A. Samaha and Robert W. Palmatier -- 14. From relationship marketing to many-to-many marketing / Evert Gummesson
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 14
    ISBN: 9781138630420 , 9781138794153
    Language: English
    Pages: XXII, 239 S. , Ill.
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in development, displacement and resettlement
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 307.2
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    Keywords: Forced migration / Developing countries ; Internally displaced persons / Rehabilitation / Developing countries ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungsprojekt ; Umsiedlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsprojekt ; Umsiedlung
    Note: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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  • 15
    ISBN: 9781782548034
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 263 pages) , diagrams, maps
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Stadtökonomik ; Standortwettbewerb ; Index ; Welt ; Competition ; Urban economics ; Electronic books ; Stadt ; Stadtentwicklung ; Internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013 is an empirical study and evaluation of the sustainable competitiveness of 500 cities around the world from regional, national and other perspectives. This one-of-a-kind resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of which are described and assessed, and involve urban economics, geography, urban studies, regional economics and many other fields. Using a sophisticated methodology and a team of 100 researchers from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the book not only ranks these cities but also presents a treasury of information with regard to the strengths and weaknesses of each city in relation to each other. -- Included is a full discussion on the structure, trends and determinants of global urban development, prosperity and competitiveness, and comments on the policies and initiatives that are adopted by the most competitive cities. Chapters written by eminent scholars and researchers from organizations such as the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, World Bank and OECD analyze key problems in sustainable urban competitiveness. The research shows how global cities can improve their competitiveness and the analysis reveals that global urban competitiveness has increased overall, the highlight being emerging economy cities. The comprehensive and concise index system and valuation method, and stable and reliable data, provide an accurate reflection on many aspects of a city and its competitiveness. -- ‘This book is an updated assessment of the urban competitiveness of 500 cities in the world, based on seven indicators supported by data from the most authoritative sources. It is a valuable resource for comparing the positions of various cities in the league table of global urban competitiveness. The chapters in Part II written by leading experts of urban competitiveness and urban studies, make this book a valuable reference on the recent conceptual and methodological advancements in urban competitiveness studies.’ (Jianfa Shen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong).
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781783474592
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 625 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the economics of foreign aid
    DDC: 338.91
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    Keywords: Entwicklungshilfe ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Entwicklung ; Economic assistance ; Electronic books ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Handelspolitik
    Abstract: It would be fair to say that foreign aid today is one of the most important factors in international relations and in the national economy of many countries – as well as one of the most researched fields in economics. Although much has been written on the subject of foreign aid, this book contributes by taking stock of knowledge in the field, with chapters summarizing long-standing debates as well as the latest advances. Several contributions provide new analytical insights or empirical evidence on different aspects of aid. As a whole, the book demonstrate how researchers have dealt with increasingly complex issues over time – both theoretical and empirical – on the allocation, impact, and efficacy of aid, with aid policies placed at the center of the discussion.
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  • 17
    ISBN: 9781783472376
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 264 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sell, Friedrich L., 1954 - The new economics of income distribution
    DDC: 339.2
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    Keywords: Einkommensverteilung ; Funktionelle Einkommensverteilung ; Globalisierung ; Gleichgewichtsmodell ; Theorie ; Welt ; Labor market ; Capital market ; Income distribution ; Electronic books ; Einkommensverteilung
    Abstract: With the increased interest in the role of inequality in modern economies, this timely and original book explores income distribution as an equilibrium phenomenon. Though globalization tends to destroy earlier equilibria within industrialized and developing countries, new equilibria are bound to emerge. The book aims at a better understanding of the forces that create these new equilibria in income distribution and examines the concept at three distinct levels: market equilibrium, bargaining equilibrium and political economy equilibrium. In particular, the author addresses the question of how the main factor markets of labour and capital are related to income distribution. -- Sell’s theoretical and empirical analysis investigates global income quotas, the aggregate distribution of income between labour and capital, and between labour income earners and profit income earners. New models are used to explain the dynamics of income distribution during business cycles and as a companion to long-term economic growth. A main focus of the monograph is on the ways in which globalization affects income distribution via trade flows, capital flows and labour mobility. Throughout, income distribution is regarded as a result of the struggle between different social preferences such as inequity aversion and equity aversion. -- This erudite and extensive tome will be of value to all economists, scholars and students interested in economic growth and inequality.
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  • 18
    ISBN: 9780857932679
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 648 pages) , diagrams, maps
    Series Statement: Handbooks of research methods and applications
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research methods and applications in economic geography
    DDC: 330.9/0721
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Economic geography Research ; Methodology ; Electronic books ; Wirtschaftsgeografie
    Abstract: This Handbook provides an overview and assessment of the state-of-the-art research methods, approaches and applications central to economic geography. Understanding spatial economic outcomes and the forces and mechanisms that influence the geography of economic growth is of utmost importance and demands substantial theoretical and empirical research in economic geography, spatial economics and regional science. Such research is critically dependent upon good and reliable empirical data, and it is here that this Handbook contributes, providing a broad overview of up-to-date research methods and approaches. The chapters are written by distinguished researchers from a variety of scholarly traditions and with a background in different academic disciplines including economics, economic human and cultural geography, and economic history. Researchers and academics in economics and economic geography will find this a fundamental reference point and will benefit from the comprehensive assessment of research methods and approaches in the field. Practitioners and policy-makers will also find the practical applications to be of utmost value.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781849808248
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 441 pages)
    Series Statement: Research handbooks in business and management series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of entrepreneurship and sustainable development research
    DDC: 338/04
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Welt ; Sustainable development ; Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entrepreneurship ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Forschung
    Abstract: Allying and expanding the diverse fields of entrepreneurship and sustainable development research is a modern day imperative. The Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Research cuts through the different approaches and perspectives of the two fields to point the way ahead for research on sustainable entrepreneurship, outlining the motivation, intentions and impact of ecopreneurs in a local, national and global context. This Handbook paints an illuminating picture of the historic and current understanding of the bond between entrepreneurship and sustainable development. The authors explore the basic contradictions between the two fields and outline the transformative role entrepreneurship can play in achieving sustainable development. 45 expert researchers and their research communities from 16 countries across Europe, Africa, Australia and North America provide original and informative contributions on a variety of issues, from women's empowerment to climate change and organic farmers to ecotourism. With current and authorative contributions spanning the globe, this Handbook will inspire researchers, teachers and policy-makers to compose their own understanding and contribution on the fast expanding field of entrepreneurship and sustainable development
    Abstract: pt. I. Historical roots and current conceptual approaches to the alliance between entrepreneurship and sustainable development -- pt. II. The transformative approach to entrepreneurship for a sustainable society -- pt. III. Motivational and intentional approach to entrepreneurship and sustainable development -- pt. IV. Industry and economy oriented approaches to entrepreneurship and sustainable development
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    ISBN: 9780857937261
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 698 pages) , illustrations, diagrams, maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on transport and development
    DDC: 388
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    Keywords: Transportation ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtökonomie ; Verkehrsplanung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: This Handbook provides an extensive overview of the relationships between transport and development. With 45 chapters from leading international authors, the book is organised in three main parts: urban structure and travel; transport and spatial impacts; and wider dimensions in transport and development. The chapters each present commentary on key issues within these themes, presenting the debate on the impacts of urban structure on travel, the impacts of transport investment on development, and social and cultural change on travel. A multitude of angles are considered – leaving the reader with a comprehensive and critical understanding of the field. -- ‘The role of transport in the development of cities and regions is a topic of immense importance. The editors have brought together authors from all over the world with experience of the methods needed to assess the impact of transport and analysis of the evidence of a varied range of projects. The result is a genuine Handbook of the state of the art, but with clear insights into future problems. It is highly recommended reading for researchers, policy makers and politicians.’ (Roger Vickerman, University of Kent, UK).
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    ISBN: 9781849805971
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 228 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Marks, Denton Wine and economics
    DDC: 338.4/76632
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    Keywords: Weinmarkt ; Weinpolitik ; Weinhandel ; Weinbau ; Wein ; Theorie ; Welt ; Wine Economic aspects ; Economics ; Wine industry Economic aspects ; Wine industry Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Weinwirtschaft
    Abstract: Wine and the wine trade are steeped in culture and history; few products have consistently enjoyed both cultural importance and such wide distribution over time--even seen by some as "an elixir of life". While wine has been produced and consumed for centuries, what is distinctive about the economics of wine? Professor Marks's book is an accessible exploration of the economics of wine, using both basic principles and specialized topics and emphasizing microeconomics and related research. Drawing upon economic themes such as International Trade and Public Choice, Wine and Economics also relates economic reasoning to management issues in wine markets. The discussion ranges from economic fundamentals and wine and government, to the challenge of knowing what is in the bottle and the importance of wine as a cultural good. This novel and comprehensive introduction to the subject is an invaluable resource for students, scholars and anyone interested in wine and the wine industry.
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    ISBN: 9780857932297
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 650 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of multilevel finance
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    Keywords: Öffentliche Finanzen ; Finanzbeziehungen ; Dezentralisierung ; Decentralization in government ; Fiscal policy ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Finance, Public ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Decentralization in government ; Fiscal policy ; Electronic books ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Dezentralisation ; Fiskalföderalismus
    Abstract: This Handbook explores and explains new developments in the "second generation" theory of public finance, in which benevolent rulers and governments have been replaced by personally motivated politicians and the associated institutions. In other words, the normative approach has largely given way to a political economy approach which emphasizes the importance of institutional arrangements and information flows to ensure there are appropriate incentives and sanctions to generate good governance. Following a comprehensive introduction by the editors, the renowned contributors present fresh and original perspectives on the key multi-level issues, along with recent developments in theory and practice, as they relate to taxes, budget systems, the management of liabilities and macroeconomic stability. The book also explores special issues concerning the poor and marginalized, structural change and the environment, natural disasters, and the task of overcoming conflicts whilst keeping countries together. The Handbook is organized along three broad themes which elucidate: the different interpretations and approaches to fiscal federalism, the design of policies and institutions that govern the working of multilevel systems, the emerging challenges to decentralized systems. The handbook seeks to provide an unparallelled review of the latest literature on the broad subject of fiscal federalism and the role of policies and institutions in creating sustainable outcomes. It will prove an indispensable guide to researchers, practitioners, and policy makers seeking informed policy options.
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    ISBN: 9781784717445
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 135 pages) , illustration, diagrams, maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cities and the urban land premium
    DDC: 339.4/2
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    Keywords: Städtischer Immobilienmarkt ; Bodenpreis ; Urbanisierung ; Theorie ; Niederlande ; Amsterdam ; Land use, Urban ; Cities and towns ; Cost and standard of living ; Urban economics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: After a long period of suburbanization, cities have been in vogue again since the 1980s. But why are people prepared to spend far more money on a small house in the city centre than on a large house in the countryside - and why doesn't this apply to all cities? The authors of this book argue that the appeal of the city in the 21st century is not only determined by the production side of the economy, but also by the consumption side: its array of shops, cultural activities and, for example, an historic city centre. All these factors translate into a huge disparity in land prices as well as different wages for urban and rural citizens. This study maps out these variations, with an economic approach to spatial planning and an emphasis on land rents as a basis for cost-benefit analysis. The use of land prices as a reflection of the appreciation for urban amenities is an ideal measurement tool in the cost-benefit analyses for local investments and spatial planning policies, and sheds new light on the organisation of public administration. This accessible book will be of interest to geographers, economists and social scientists, as well as policymakers involved in urban planning, seeking an in-depth understanding of land prices and the increasing importance of cities in the 21st century.
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    ISBN: 9781783479641
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 294 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cities and partnerships for sustainable urban development
    DDC: 307.7/6
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    Keywords: Sustainable urban development ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Cities and towns Growth ; Urbanization ; City planning Environmental aspects ; Urban ecology (Sociology) ; Sustainable design ; Cities and towns Growth ; Urbanization ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Stadtentwicklung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Kooperation
    Abstract: Over the past two decades, sustainability has become a principal concern for city administrators. It is more than just an environmental issue entailing economic, demographic, governance, social, and amenity aspects. After a short introduction to some theory, this book provides broad coverage of these aspects and their manifestations in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. -- The contributors discuss, in detail, topics surrounding measurement, growth strategy, citizen participation, revitalization, and competitiveness. Though each of the cities discussed – ranging from Shanghai, to Barcelona, to Montreal – are distinct, there are similarities that connect them all. The book highlights their common elements to provide a feasible outcome for sustainable urban development. -- City administrators, academics and other researchers and consultants will find both the theory and principles discussed in this book of great interest. The individual contributions will be useful for students at all levels pursuing urban economics, environmental studies, planning and public policy.
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    ISBN: 9781783476565
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 627 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The European social model in crisis
    DDC: 361.6/094/09051
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    Keywords: International Labour Organisation ; Geschichte 2008-2015 ; Sozialstaat ; Sozialpolitik ; EU-Staaten ; Welfare state ; Sozialstaat ; Wohlfahrtsstaat ; Finanzkrise ; Europe Social conditions ; Europe Social policy ; Europäische Union ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Sozialstaat ; Wohlfahrtsstaat ; Finanzkrise
    Abstract: 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. This book issues a timely warning about the dismantling of the European Social Model, presenting its possibly devastating future effects and proposing more balanced policy options. Scholars and researchers of labour economics, European studies and social policy will find the experts' contributions offered in this book to be an invaluable reference. Policy-makers in European and international institutions will be inspired by its comparative analysis and alternative policy proposals.
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    ISBN: 9781784717636
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 229 pages) , diagrams
    Edition: Second edition
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Bernholz, Peter, 1929 - Monetary regimes and inflation
    DDC: 332.4/1
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    Keywords: Inflation ; Geldgeschichte ; Geldpolitik ; Wechselkurspolitik ; Währungssystem ; Hyperinflation ; Welt ; Inflation (Finance) History ; Monetary policy History ; Economic stabilization ; Electronic books ; Inflation ; Geldpolitik ; Wechselkurspolitik ; Währungssystem ; Hyperinflation ; Welt
    Abstract: Exploring the characteristics of inflations and comparing historical cases from Roman times up to the modern day, this book provides an in depth discussion of the subject. It analyses the high and moderate inflations caused by the inflationary bias of political systems and economic relationships, as well as the importance of different monetary regimes in containing them. The differences for the possible size of inflations among monetary regimes like metallic currencies, the gold standard and fiat paper money are discussed. It is shown that huge budget deficits of government have been responsible for all hyperinflations. This revised second edition debates whether a growth of the money supply exceeding that of real Gross Domestic Production is a necessary or sufficient reason for inflation and also includes a new concluding chapter, which explores the long-term tendencies to create, maintain and abolish inflation-stable monetary regimes. Moreover, the conditions for long-term inflation-stable monetary regimes in history are explored. By surveying thirty hyperinflations, Peter Bernholz demonstrates that certain economic traits have been stable characteristics of inflations over the centuries, and illustrates their causes. He also examines the consequences of high inflations for unemployment, the distortions between relative prices and the political conditions that allow a return to stable monetary regimes after high inflations, given the inflationary tendencies of political systems. This book will appeal to a wide-ranging audience, including students, economists, historians, political scientists and sociologists looking to improve their knowledge of monetary regimes and inflation. Bankers, businessmen and politicians attempting to solve the problems caused for them by inflation, will also find this to be a useful read.
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    ISBN: 9781783471416
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 503 pages) , diagrams, illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of ecological economics
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Ecology Economic aspects ; Environmental economics ; Electronic books ; Umweltökonomie
    Abstract: This comprehensive Handbook neatly encapsulates the field of ecological economics, the fluid interface between the economic and ecological systems. Leading scholars systematize the state-of-the-art and put forward their insights about future development in their respective areas of expertise. The result is a compendium of stimulating and outstanding contributions, interesting for both junior and more experienced readers alike. Subjects covered include the analytical and philosophical foundations of ecological economics, deliberative valuation methods, social metabolism, ecological macroeconomics, the de-growth movement, socio-environmental conflicts, the scope and valuation of ecosystem services, traditional ecological knowledge, social dilemmas in common pool resource management; consumption patterns, global environmental governance and emerging tools for dealing with environmental problems, such as payments for ecosystem services. Covering the most salient topics in the field of ecological economics and with a wide scope, from philosophical foundations to practical applications, this book will be invaluable to students, scholars, researchers and policy makers
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    ISBN: 9781784710903
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 292 pages) , diagrams
    Edition: Second edition
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als McCain, Roger A., 19XX - Game theory and public policy
    DDC: 320.6/015193
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    Keywords: Spieltheorie ; Politische Entscheidung ; Politik ; Policy sciences ; Game theory ; Electronic books ; Spieltheorie ; Staatstätigkeit
    Abstract: Building on the success of the first edition, Game Theory and Public Policy, Second Edition provides a critical, selective review of key concepts in game theory with a view to their applications in public policy. The author further suggests modifications for some of the models (chiefly in cooperative game theory) to improve their applicability to economics and public policy. -- Roger McCain makes use of the analytical tools of game theory for the pragmatic purpose of identifying problems and exploring potential solutions, providing a toolkit for the analysis of public policy allowing for a clearer understanding of the public policy enterprise itself. His critical review of major topics from both cooperative and non-cooperative game theory includes less-known ideas and constructive proposals for new approaches. This revised edition features a new second half that focuses on biform games, combining cooperative and non-cooperative decisions in a simple and natural way to provide a working model of externalities that can be applied to issues such as monopoly policy and labor market policies. -- Drawing on comparatively well understood models in cooperative game theory and the author’s own research on mathematical models of biform games, this unique approach and treatment of game theory, updated and expanded to stay on the cutting edge, will be a useful resource for students and scholars of economics and public policy, as well as for policymakers themselves.
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    ISBN: 9781782547440
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The encyclopedia of central banking
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    Keywords: Geldpolitik ; Banks and banking, Central Encyclopedias ; Electronic books ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: The Encyclopedia of Central Banking provides definitive and comprehensive encylopedic coverage on central banking and monetary theory and policy. Containing close to 250 entries from specially commissioned experts in their fields, elements of past and current monetary policies are described and a critical assessment of central bank practices is presented. Since the global financial crisis of 2008-09, all major central banks have intervened to avert the collapse of the global economy, bringing monetary policy to the forefront. Rochon and Rossi give an up to date, critical understanding of central banking, at both theoretical and policy-oriented levels. This Encyclopedia explains the complexity of monetary-policy interventions, their conceptual and institutional frameworks, and their own limits and drawbacks. The reader is provided with the body of knowledge necessary to understand central banks' decisions in the aftermath of the global financial crisis and controversial explanations of the crisis are illuminated from a historical perspective. Academics and students of economics will find this an indispensible reference tool, offering current and necessary insight into central banking and monetary policy. Practitioners in the financial sector will also benefit from this refreshed insight into such a fundamental topic
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    ISBN: 9781784718961
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 350 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The global financial crisis and its budget impacts in OECD nations
    DDC: 330.9177
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    Keywords: Budget ; Fiscal policy ; Budget process ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; OECD countries Economic conditions ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The global financial crisis of 2007-09 constituted the biggest shock to the economies of the OECD nations since the Second World War, testing budgetary systems and causing most of their governments to move into intense crisis mode. Policy responses by governments and international authorities included massive interventions to stabilize markets and economies, and significant adjustments to fiscal policy regimes. How governments reacted to the crisis, which was manifested differently in each jurisdiction, had significant political implications for sitting governments and led to reforms of fiscal policy and budgetary regimes, which have since continued to wrestle with slow economic growth and strained public finances. This singular shock provides the editors and authors of this book with an intriguing opportunity to examine how different OECD budgetary systems performed. The contributions frame and assess how governments responded to the challenge and how their budget systems evolved in the aftermath, with a focus on strategy, decision-making and balancing competing demands. Chapters cover the EU, North America and Asia, including comparison between countries that fared well, those who were moderately affected and those countries massively affected by the global financial crisis. This timely book will appeal to students and academics seeking an international understanding and analysis of the effects and consequences of the global financial crisis
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    ISBN: 9781781954539
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 711 pages) , diagrams
    Edition: Second edition
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jovanović, Miroslav N., 1957 - The economics of international integration
    DDC: 337.1
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsintegration ; Zollunion ; Theorie ; Welt ; International economic integration ; Customs unions ; Monetary policy ; Space in economics ; International economic integration Case studies ; Customs unions ; International economic integration ; Monetary policy ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Electronic books ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Außenhandel ; Gemeinsamer Markt ; Geldpolitik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: In this comprehensive second edition of The Economics of International Integration, Miroslav N. Jovanović examines the theory of international economic integration and explores the existing and emerging international integration agreements, their achievements, problems and prospects. One of the most important issues in international economics today concerns the dissipating multilateral trading system and the proliferation of a number of trading blocs and arrangements. This has been particularly the case after the establishment of the World Trade Organization in 1995 and especially during the Doha Round (2001-13). -- This book takes on those and other important new issues such as integration through spatially fragmented production, and the operation of supply chains. The author argues that international economic integration deals are here to stay, and evolve with variable successes in spite of advantages offered by the multilateral trading system. Jovanović's second edition includes up-to-date surveys of economic integration and their agreements, criticism of the eurozone and speculation on the future of integration. -- 'I taught one course on economic policy at Queen's University and met Miroslav Jovanović, who was the outstanding student in my class. I have followed his career ever since ... The most distinctive aspect of his treatment continues to be his union of theory and applied material. For him, the major interest always resides in the problems created by the working out of various forms of integration in real situations. He uses theory but no more than is needed to act as a tool for enlightening our understanding of what we see in the world around us ... For those who want a comprehensive survey relevant for understanding the issues surrounding economic integration, this is an excellent book.' (From the foreword by Richard G. Lipsey).
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    ISBN: 9781783475360
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 375 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The rise of the city
    DDC: 307.7/6
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    Keywords: Urbanization Economic aspects ; Cities and towns Growth ; Urbanization ; Sustainable development ; Stadt ; Wachstum ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Innovation ; Stadtentwicklung ; Infrastruktur ; Großstadt ; Kleinstadt ; Verstädterung ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Stadt ; Wachstum ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Innovation ; Stadtentwicklung ; Infrastruktur ; Großstadt ; Kleinstadt ; Verstädterung ; Stadtentwicklung
    Abstract: pt. 1. Urban creativity and growth -- pt. 2. Cities, innovation and productivity -- pt. 3. Urban systems, infrastructure and sustainable development.
    Abstract: Cities and city regions are growing throughout the world and this trend is forecast to continue well into the 21st century. The authors of The Rise of the City see the next 100 years as being the "Urban Century". In this book they examine urban growth and the dynamics that are transforming the city and city regions, focusing specifically on the spatial aspects of this process. Forces that are driving city growth include agglomeration spillovers, concentration of innovation and entrepreneurship, diversity of information and knowledge resources, better amenities and higher wages. These benefits produce a positive reinforcing system that attracts more people with new ideas and information, fuelling innovation, new products and services and more high-wage jobs, thereby attracting more people. Such growth also produces undesirable effects such as air and water pollution, poverty, congestion and crowding. These combined factors both impact and change the geography and spatial dynamics of the city. These transformations and the public policies that may be critical to the quality of life, both today and in the future, are the substance of this book. Providing a more informed synthesis of the city and its dynamics in the new century than any other volume, as well as a set of specific analyses and questions on the changing nature of the city, this book will be indispensible to scholars and students of regional science and urban studies
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    ISBN: 9780857938893
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 399 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the economics of the media
    DDC: 338.4/730223
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    Keywords: Medienökonomik ; Mass media Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Medienwirtschaft
    Abstract: Media industries and services present a complex set of challenges to economic analysis: challenges made more difficult by the technological changes that have been transforming the media sector. Research on the economics of media has made major advances in recent years and has contributed greatly to an increasingly sophisticated understanding of how media are shaped by economic forces, including those unleashed by new technologies. This Handbook examines the variety of contexts and infrastructures in which content is produced and distributed and how these influence the types of media products and services available, their pricing, their consumption and the public policies related to them. The original contributions provide a state-of-the-art guide to the most recent thinking and research findings on the broad range of media-related topics addressed by economics research. Written by leading scholars, this book should be informative and of practical value for advanced students, policy makers, industry professionals, economists, media economists, and other academics.
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    ISBN: 9781784719807
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 250 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The challenge of economic rebalancing in Europe
    DDC: 330.94
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftslage ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Geldpolitik ; Europa ; Europe Economic conditions ; Electronic books ; Ostmitteleuropa ; Finanzkrise ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: In the long aftermath of the acute global financial crisis of 2008/09, the need to get economies back on track and to handle high levels of public and private debt has created conflicting objectives. Challenges yet to be mastered are the need to avoid counterproductive measures of adjustment and the persistent need to “rebalance” the economy with new sources of growth and productivity. Hence, there is an urgent requirement for policies to reverse the decline in public and private investment, and to fuel innovation. These needs, and the corresponding policy challenges, are especially prevalent in Europe, in particular Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. On this issue, this book contributes important lessons learned from earlier balance sheet recessions. It also addresses the often overlooked link between macroeconomic imbalances and economic inequality. A mix of contributions from academics and policy-makers focus on the interaction between monetary policy and financial stability, adding regional perspectives to the resulting dilemmas and trade-offs.
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    ISBN: 9781784718732
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 182 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in competition law and economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Filho, Calixto Salomão Monopolies and underdevelopment
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    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Kolonialismus ; Geschichte ; Monopol ; Entwicklungsländer ; Monopolies History ; Monopolistic competition ; Monopolistic competition ; Monopolies ; Economic development ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This ambitious analysis is centered on the evolution of economic structures in colonized economies, showing the effects of these structures on today’s global reality for all economies, whether they are considered ‘developed’ or ‘underdeveloped.’ -- With a comprehensive scope encompassing economic structures and their influence on the growth of nations from past to present, Calixto Salomão Filho delves into issues of development, economic structures, social problems, monopolies, globalization, and poverty. This book features a unique combination of economic and legal analysis of development, including the examination of underdevelopment trends based on monopoly growth and the triple drain effects of monopolies on national economies. The result is an illuminating study of historical restriction and exploitation and its impact on present day markets around the world. -- Monopolies and Underdevelopment will capture the interest of scholars and readers of the economic theory of development, economic history of underdeveloped countries, and law and development; as well as those involved in Latin American and South Asian studies, international comparative law, and legal history.
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    ISBN: 9781784712105
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 415 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Labour markets, institutions and inequality
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmarktforschung ; Verteilungsgerechtigkeit ; Institutionenökonomik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Labor market Moral and ethical aspects ; Social responsibility of business ; Income distribution Moral and ethical aspects ; Electronic books ; Arbeitsmarktforschung
    Abstract: 'Good governance, social stabilization and economic justice are not luxuries that weigh down and impede the process of development. They are the essence of development itself. This book provides the documentation required to carry the point.' (From the foreword by James K. Galbraith.) -- 'A defining feature of recent decades has been the rise in income inequality within many, but certainly not all, countries, and perhaps most spectacularly in the US and UK. The reigning explanation remains the orthodox story that it's all about supply and demand ... A powerful and welcome antidote, the essays in this fine book make the case that strong institutions are not only "the building blocks of just societies", but can be, if well-designed, fully consistent with high employment and dynamic economies.' (David R. Howell, New School for Public Engagement, New York, US). -- 'The worrying trend of growing inequality was the major theme of Davos in January 2014. In this well-researched and argued volume, Janine Berg and her colleagues show convincingly how neglect for distributional concerns and equitable growth policies in macroeconomic policies and labour market policies led to this worrying trend, why a refocusing on distributional issues and equitable growth policies is urgently needed and what needs to be done to achieve that. A must-read for concerned politicians, industrialists, trade unions and researchers.' (Rolph van der Hoeven, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague, the Netherlands). -- Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts and social protection policies, are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers, their families and society. In many countries, these institutions have been eroded, whilst in other countries they do not exist at all. -- Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality includes empirical case studies, from both developed and developing countries, which examine the role of institutions in ensuring equitable income distribution. The volume discusses the effect of macroeconomic, labour and social policies on inequality, highlighting how specific groups such as women, migrants and younger workers are affected by labour market institutions. Expert contributions demonstrate that in order to reduce inequality, countries must strengthen their labour market institutions through comprehensive policy formulation.
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    ISBN: 0415635446 , 9780415635448
    Language: English
    Pages: XXII, 590 S. , graph. Darst. , cm
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series Statement: Routledge explorations in economic history 68
    Series Statement: Routledge explorations in economic history
    DDC: 381.09
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    Keywords: Effizienzmarkthypothese ; Marktstruktur ; Marktmechanismus ; Wirtschaftsgeschichte ; Altertum ; Mittelalter ; Industrialisierung ; Welt ; Markets History ; Economics History ; Economic history ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Marktergebnis ; Alter Orient ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: "This exciting new volume examines the development of market performance from Antiquity until the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Efficient market structures are agreed by most economists to serve as evidence of economic prosperity, and to be prerequisites for further economic growth. However, this is the first study to examine market performance as a whole, over such a large time period. Presenting a hitherto unknown and inaccessible corpus of data from ancient Babylonia, this international set of contributors are for the first time able to offer an in-depth study of market performance over a period of 2,500 years.The contributions focus on the market of staple crops, as they were crucial goods in these societies. Over this entire period, all papers provide a similar conceptual and methodological framework resting on a common definition of market performance combined with qualitative and quantitative analyses resting on new and improved price data. In this way, the book is able to combine analysis of the Babylonian period with similar work on the Roman, Early-and Late Medieval and Early Modern period. Bringing together input from assyriologists, ancient historians, economic historians and economists, this volume will be crucial reading for all those with an interest in ancient history, economic history and economics. "--
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  • 38
    ISBN: 1138880647 , 9780720122480 , 9781138880641
    Language: English
    Pages: XVII, 252 S. , Kt.
    Series Statement: Employment and work relations in context series
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    Keywords: Tourismuswirtschaft ; Globalisierung ; Informelle Wirtschaft ; Arbeitsbeziehungen ; Gastgewerbe ; Welt ; Honduras ; Malta
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  • 39
    ISBN: 9781138923034
    Language: English
    Pages: XXIV, 364 S. , graph. Darst.
    Edition: First issued in paperback
    Series Statement: Routledge frontiers of political economy 174
    Series Statement: Routledge frontiers of political economy
    DDC: 330.01
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Homo Oeconomicus ; Economics ; Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Neoklassisches Modell ; Unbestimmtheit
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: the dance of the meta-axioms and its pivotal role in modern economicsRational conflict (on the impossibility of a determinate theory of costly disagreement) -- Unity is strength (it is also the cause of indeterminate wage and employment trades union targets) -- No bluffs please, we are economists (why bluffs and other subversive acts preclude determinate game theoretical analyses) -- Bargaining by rules of thumb (when strategic indeterminacy forces the rational negotiator to fall back on rules of thumb) -- Marxists and the Sirens' song (when disgruntled Marxists reach for game theory's toolbox they get more than they bargained for) -- A theory of solidarity (why indeterminacy is a prerequisite for genuine solidarity) -- The power of what others think -- The social foundations of corruption (on the indeterminate power of what others think) -- Evolving morals in the labatory -- Evolving domination in the labatory -- On the distinction between evolution and history -- Conclusion.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: the dance of the meta-axioms and its pivotal role in modern economics -- Rational conflict (on the impossibility of a determinate theory of costly disagreement) -- Unity is strength (it is also the cause of indeterminate wage and employment trades union targets) -- No bluffs please, we are economists (why bluffs and other subversive acts preclude determinate game theoretical analyses) -- Bargaining by rules of thumb (when strategic indeterminacy forces the rational negotiator to fall back on rules of thumb) -- Marxists and the Sirens' song (when disgruntled Marxists reach for game theory's toolbox they get more than they bargained for) -- A theory of solidarity (why indeterminacy is a prerequisite for genuine solidarity) -- The power of what others think -- The social foundations of corruption (on the indeterminate power of what others think) -- Evolving morals in the labatory -- Evolving domination in the labatory -- On the distinction between evolution and history -- Conclusion.
    Note: Englisch
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  • 40
    ISBN: 9781782544470
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 215 pages)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Configuring value conflicts in markets
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    Keywords: Strukturwandel ; Marktstruktur ; Soziale Werte ; Wirtschaftsethik ; EU-Staaten ; Markets ; Value ; Electronic books ; Europe / Economic policy ; Europe / Social policy
    Abstract: Based on fourteen empirical case studies, this far-reaching book explains why and how markets are organized, through examining the role of values and value work in markets. Economic values shape markets, as do sustainability, safety, decency, public health and democracy. Based on micro-process studies in a large number of markets, this innovative volume presents a typology of strategic responses to value plurality in markets and helps explain how such value work influences market reform. Value plurality may be reinforced and turned into open conflicts, but may also be played down in configurations that neutralize, align, balance, or hierarchize values. A multi-disciplinary work, this book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners interested in markets, particularly in the creating, organizing and development of markets, including the consequences of such undertakings. It will also be an invaluable resource to politicians and their advisors, who often initiate market reforms or have to deal with the consequences of previous reforms
    Abstract: 1. Value work in markets : configuring values, organizing markets / Susanna Alexius and Kristina Tamm Hallström -- 2. Accounting for values in prison privatization / Andrea Mennicken -- 3. Customer satisfaction over patient security? : value hierarchization in pharmaceutical retail / Jenny Cisneros-Örnberg -- 4. Trust in transparency : value dynamics and the reorganization of the Baltic financial markets / Sebastian Botzem and Matilda Dahl -- 5. Value-neutralizing in verification markets : organizing for independence through meta-testing in markets of motor vehicle inspection and management system certification / Ingrid Gustafsson and Kristina Tamm Hallström -- 6. Harmony or hidden conflicts? : proactive self-regulation in the personal insurance market / Martin Gustavsson -- 7. 'The word' and 'the money' : balancing values in the online newspaper market / Karolina Windell -- 8. Polarization and convergence of values at the intermediary position / Anette Nyqvist and Renita Thedvall -- 9. Values aligned : the organization of conflicting values within the world economic forum / Christina Garsten and Adrienne Sörbom -- 10. Contestation in transition : value configurations and market reform in the markets for gambling, coal and alcohol / Susanna Alexius, Daniel Castillo and Martin Rosenström
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    ISBN: 9781783473069
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 441 S.) , graph. Darst.
    Series Statement: Elgaronline
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jost, Peter-J., 1959 - The economics of motivation and organization
    DDC: 658.314
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    Keywords: Leistungsmotivation ; Organizational effectiveness ; Organizational change Management ; Employee motivation ; Industrial management ; Electronic books ; Motivation ; Psychologie ; Organisation ; Wirtschaftlichkeit
    Abstract: In this unique book, Peter-J. Jost provides a comprehensive economic-psychological approach for successfully managing employees. Based on the analysis of the employee’s individual work behavior, he illustrates that instead of treating employees as input elements of production, and managing and controlling their work, organizations need to motivate their employees to act in the interest of the firm and in accordance with its goals.
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  • 42
    ISBN: 9781782548416
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 366 pages)
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on innovation in tourism industries
    DDC: 338.4791
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    Keywords: Tourismus ; Tourismuswirtschaft ; Innovation ; Tourism ; Hospitality industry ; Tourism Environmental aspects ; Tourism Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Tourismusindustrie ; Innovationsprozess
    Abstract: The tourism sector – already one of the fastest growing industries in the world – is currently undergoing extensive change thanks to strong market growth and a transition to more experience-based products. The capacity for firms to innovate and adapt to market developments is crucial to their success, but research-based knowledge on innovation strategies in tourism remains scarce. This pioneering Handbook offers timely, original research on innovation within the tourism industry from a number of interdisciplinary and global perspectives.
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  • 43
    ISBN: 9781317646730
    Language: English
    Series Statement: RIPE series in global political economy
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Soederberg, Susanne, 1966 - Debtfare states and the poverty industry
    DDC: 332.7/43
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    Keywords: Debt Political aspects ; Consumer credit Political aspects ; Poverty ; Poor Finance, Personal ; Financial institutions Political aspects ; Verschuldung ; Schulden ; Armut ; Haushalt ; Überschuldung ; Kreditwesen ; Politische Ökonomie
    Abstract: "This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico"--
    Abstract: "This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico"--
    Note: Literaturverz. S. [248] - 270 , Mit Reg
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  • 44
    ISBN: 9781315761954
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 284 Seiten)
    Series Statement: RIPE series in global political economy
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Soederberg, Susanne, 1966 - Debtfare states and the poverty industry
    DDC: 332.7/43
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    Keywords: Debt Political aspects ; Consumer credit Political aspects ; Poverty ; Poor Finance, Personal ; Financial institutions Political aspects ; Verschuldung ; Schulden ; Armut ; Haushalt ; Überschuldung ; Kreditwesen ; Politische Ökonomie
    Abstract: "This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico"--
    Abstract: "This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico"--
    Note: Literaturverz. S. [248] - 270 , Mit Reg
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  • 45
    ISBN: 9789400770829
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 280 p. 7 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Advances in Business Ethics Research, A Journal of Business Ethics Book Series 4
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Accounting for the public interest
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Auditing ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Auditing ; Rechnungslegung ; Ethik ; Rechnungslegung ; Ethik
    Abstract: This volume explores the opportunities and challenges facing the accounting profession in an increasingly globalized business and financial reporting environment. It looks back at past experiences of the profession in attempting to meet its public interest obligation. It examines the role and responsibilities of accounting to society including regulatory requirements, increased emphasis on corporate social responsibility, accounting fraud and whistle-blowing implications, internationalization of public interest obligations, and providing the education needed to be successful. The book incorporates an ethical dimension in making these assessments. Its focus is a conceptual, theoretical one drawing on classical philosophy, the sociology of professions, economic theory, and the public interest dimension of accountants as professionals. The authors of papers are long-time contributors to the annual symposium on Research in Accounting Ethics sponsored by the Public Interest Section of the AAA.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 46
    ISBN: 9781783470334
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 302 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Branding Chinese mega-cities
    DDC: 658.8270951
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    Keywords: Megastadt ; Stadtmarketing ; China ; Branding (Marketing) ; Sammelwerk ; Konferenzschrift 2012 ; Konferenzschrift 2012 ; Konferenzschrift 2012 ; Konferenzschrift 2012 ; China ; Megastadt ; Stadtmarketing ; Stadtwirtschaft ; Stadtplanung
    Abstract: This interdisciplinary book details the economic, cultural and social background of the development of Chinese mega-cities, as well as presenting the mechanisms of governance and urban growth strategies. Therein, the main discussion centres on the contemporary practice of city branding and development in China in relation to the rest of the world. This includes the way stakeholders and actors are engaged in city branding; the ‘societal forces’ that impact the city branding process; the way cities compete internationally; and how mega-cities build brands to strategically position themselves globally.
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  • 47
    ISBN: 041549706X , 9780415497060 , 0415497051 , 9780415497053
    Language: English
    Pages: XIV, 330 S. , cm
    Series Statement: International library of sociology
    DDC: 302.50951
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    Keywords: Stadt ; Kommunalpolitik ; Stadtentwicklung ; Sozioökonomischer Wandel ; Wirtschaft ; China
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  • 48
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    ISBN: 9781781955703
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 441 S.)
    Series Statement: Elgaronline
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gender in organizations
    DDC: 331.4133
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    Keywords: Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Weibliche Führungskräfte ; Erwerbsverlauf ; Geschlechterdiskriminierung ; Gleichberechtigung ; Geschlechterforschung ; Career development ; Sex role in the work environment ; Businesswomen ; Sex discrimination in employment ; Success in business ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Diversifying the workforce is becoming increasingly important, with gender equality being a central feature of overall equality. Men seem to be part of the problem and a necessary part of the solution. This collection ties these themes together in the context of talent management and organizational effectiveness. -- Talented women continue to have difficulty advancing their careers in organizations wordwide. Organizations and their cultures were created by men, for men and reflect the wider patriarchal society. As a consequence, some women are disadvantaged and face barriers to advancement. Burke and Major present an examination of men, masculinity and gendered organizational cultures to get both a better understanding of why women have made such slow progress and ways in which men can become allies and champions of women, supporting their advancement and workplace equality. -- By taking an unusual approach to the subject of gender equality, this topical book will be a refreshing read for students and academics. It will be of great use to human resource practitioners, managers, policymakers and employers at every level.
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  • 49
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    ISBN: 9781783471089
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 220 pages)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Metcalfe, Mike How concepts solve management problems
    DDC: 658
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    Keywords: Management ; Kognition ; Entscheidung ; Management ; Problem solving ; Electronic books ; Management ; Problemlösen
    Abstract: 1. Reflective thinking -- 2. Problem-solving as pragmatic inquiry -- 3. Concerns as default concepts -- 4. Collaborative planning -- 5. Idea networking -- 6. Solution concepts -- 7. Concepts as dialectic decision criteria -- 8. Solution action plans -- 9. Paradoxical consequences -- 10. Questioning action plans -- 11. Solutions mapping -- 12. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book offers a process for conceiving solutions to complex, wicked, messy, swampy or socio-technical problems. When charged with complex problem solving, a useful set of concepts needs to emerge, be agreed, and acted upon. Using relevant examples and solution mapping, Mike Metcalfe explains how pragmatic philosophy can be used as a process for solving such issues. To explain why and how to formulate reflective, pragmatic, or concept driven problem-solving, this book uses the concepts of: Pragmatic inquiry, Stakeholders' concerns, Idea networking, Solution concepts, Paradoxical outcomes, and Intent (with related actions). This innovative book will be of interest to academics, postgraduate students and managers charged with solving complex social or managerial problems
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  • 50
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781781000977
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 403 pages)
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of management and creativity
    DDC: 658.4063
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    Keywords: Management ; Kreativität ; Innovation ; Entrepreneurship ; Militärische Führung ; Unternehmensorganisation ; Creative ability in business ; Management ; Electronic books ; Management ; Kreativität ; Innovation ; Entrepreneurship ; Führung ; Organisationsverhalten
    Abstract: This Handbook draws on current research and case studies to consider how managers can become more creative across four aspects of their business: innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and organisation – and does so in an accessible, engaging and user-friendly format. -- That managers need to be ‘more creative’ has become something of a mantra, but little has been written about what this actually means and how it might be achieved. The Handbook of Management and Creativity presents a coherent collection of original chapters from leaders in multiple disciplines, combining current research pre-occupations with practical solutions and strategies in the field. Each chapter combines new research, practical examples and tools, case studies, visual aids, and questions for discussion, designed to stimulate debate and reflection in the workplace or in the seminar room. -- The book is thematically organised, making it easy to navigate for the general reader and allowing managers, university course directors and students to extract readings relevant to their individual requirements. It is suitable for managers across all industries and advanced students of management and creativity, as well as researchers interested in applying creativity research to industry.
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  • 51
    ISBN: 9781782549048
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 305 pages)
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of organizational and entrepreneurial ingenuity
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    Keywords: Innovationsmanagement ; Kreativität ; Engpass ; Entrepreneurship ; Welt ; Business ; Entrepreneurship ; Industrial management ; Technological innovations ; Creative ability in business ; Organizational learning ; Electronic books
    Abstract: pt. I. Understanding ingenuity -- pt. II. Ingenuity in context
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  • 52
    ISBN: 9781782545705
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 255 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Creative work beyond the creative industries
    DDC: 658.4/063
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    Keywords: Kreativsektor ; Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte ; Industries ; Creative ability in business ; Electronic books ; Kreativität ; Kulturwirtschaft ; Innovation ; Bildung
    Abstract: pt. I. Foundational issues -- pt. II. Case studies of embedded creative employment -- pt. III. Education, learning and careers.
    Abstract: 'Policymakers globally ar ...
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  • 53
    ISBN: 9781782540564
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 341 pages)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Neck, Heidi M. Teaching entrepreneurship
    DDC: 658.4/210711
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    Keywords: Gründungsausbildung ; Lernmethode ; Entrepreneurship Problems, exercises, etc ; Entrepreneurship Study and teaching ; Electronic books ; Entrepreneurship
    Abstract: 'Of course, entrepreneurship can be taught, and this books shows how. Using scholarly research as the foundation, the authors have crafted a set of practices to foster entrepreneurial thinking that should be incorporated in all courses across the entire curriculum.'--Tina Seelig, Stanford University, US. 'Practice makes perfect and Babson professors Neck, Greene and Brush lead the way for global management education's thirst for excellence in entrepreneurship education. Teaching Entrepreneurship is an excellent read and detailed guide for creating a strong program that inspires innovation and entrepreneurial strategies for business academics and practitioners.'--John Fernandes, President and Chief Executive Officer, AACSB International. 'Teaching Entrepreneurship further validates how thoroughly Heidi, Patricia, and Candida understand the future of this incredibly vital field. The idea that aspiring entrepreneurs and their professors should be instructed in a method that increases their emotional intelligence and their business acumen is extraordinary. This is the book that the faculty at Paul Quinn College and I have been waiting for. That applause you hear in the background is our current and future students and the lives they will change through this version of entrepreneurship.'--Michael J. Sorrell, President, Paul Quinn College, Dallas, US. 'Teaching entrepreneurship is really a challenge to educators around the world. Although much has been written about this topic, we are still searching for new methods and practical tools. This book is an important contribution to this issue, and I am sure that it will help educators to improve their classes and to engage their students.'--Tales Andreassi, FGV-EAESP, São Paulo, Brazil. 'The arguments presented in this book will undoubtedly contribute significantly to increasing the legitimacy of entrepreneurship education as a practice-based method. This is partly due to the renowned reputations of the three authors, but more so because the contents speak so clearly to various forms of experiential education common within our field of practice. The care taken to assemble these arguments should be matched by the reader's deep consideration of how these splendid ideas can be applied by every individual entrepreneurship educator. Every dedicated educator will benefit from this book.'--Colin Jones, University of Tasmania, Australia. Teaching Entrepreneurship moves entrepreneurship education from the traditional proces ...
    Abstract: pt. I. The practices of entrepreneurship education : the theory -- pt. II. The practices of entrepreneurship education : the application
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  • 54
    ISBN: 9781781005798
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 183 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Entrepreneurial action, public policy, and economic outcomes
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Unternehmensgründung ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Institutionenökonomik ; Economics ; Entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Entrepreneurship
    Abstract: 'This book addresses the central question in economic development: what institutions are conducive to productive entrepreneurship and wealth creation? By exploring the answer to this question from multiple perspectives, this volume is an invaluable resource both to scholars and policymakers concerned with human well-being.'--Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University, US. 'Salvino, Tasto and Randolph have put together an impressive and important collection detailing public policy's influence on entrepreneurial outcomes. This book should be required reading for policy makers, who, let us hope, will heed its lessons well.'--Peter Leeson, George Mason University, US. Entrepreneurial Action, Public Policy, and Economic Outcomes examines the economics of entrepreneurship from the perspectives of productive versus unproductive entrepreneurial behavior and the role of institutions in economic outcomes. It seeks to advance the research on institutions by providing a simple framework to analyze the broader, long-term consequences of economic policies. The authors examine the relationship between economic freedom and economic outcomes and summarize empirical evidence and theory. Important topics of public debate are covered, and the economic rules of the game are carefully analyzed for clues to provide a better path toward prosperity. The book provides practical policy solutions that are based on the authors' cogent analyses which highlight the importance of institutions for economic outcomes. It also focuses specifically on the impact of public policy and provides concrete examples regarding the role of institutions. Providing a clear summary of the institutions and entrepreneurship research this comprehensive and timely book will be of great interest to anyone involved in public policy. It also offers a practical application for academic research and a rich bibliography of the scholarship and will therefore appeal to both graduate and undergraduate students
    Abstract: pt. I. The relationship between institutions and entrepreneurship -- pt. II. Institutions and entrepreneurship in practice
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    ISBN: 9781781007020
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 486 pages)
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the entrepreneurial university
    DDC: 658.4210711
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    Keywords: Hochschule ; Entrepreneurship ; Gründungsausbildung ; Gründungsförderung ; Ausgründung ; Welt ; Entrepreneurship Study and teaching (Higher) ; Electronic books ; Universität ; Unternehmerausbildung
    Abstract: This insightful Handbook offers a lens through which to view entrepreneurship strategy for higher education institutions, as it becomes increasingly necessary for universities to consider changing their strategies, culture and practices to become more entrepreneurial.
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  • 56
    ISBN: 9780415854917
    Language: English
    Pages: XIX, 188 S. , graph. Darst.
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series Statement: Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series 50
    Series Statement: Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. The informal post-socialist economy
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Informelle Wirtschaft ; KMU ; Selbstständige ; Transformationsstaaten ; Osteuropa ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Informal sector (Economics) ; Small business ; Small business ; Small business ; Post-communism Economic aspects ; Post-communism Economic aspects ; Post-communism Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Osteuropa ; Postkommunismus ; Schattenwirtschaft ; Selbstständige Arbeit ; Small Business
    Note: Enth. 10 Beitr , Includes bibliographical references and index , At home abroad? Transnational informality and the invisible flows of people and goods. From shuttle trader to businesswomen: the informal bazaar economy in Kyrgyzstan
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    ISBN: 9781782547648
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 234 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Management education for the world
    DDC: 650.07
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    Keywords: Führungskräfteentwicklung ; Wirtschaftshochschule ; Corporate Social Responsibility ; Business education ; Electronic books ; Managementschule ; Führungskraft ; Ausbildung
    Abstract: This book explores the 21st century agenda of management education, identifying three fundamental goals: educating and developing globally responsible leaders, enabling business organizations to serve the common good, and engaging in the transformation of business and the economy. It is a clarion call of service to society for a sector lost between the interests of faculty, business and the schools themselves at the expense of people and planet. It sees business education stepping up to the plate with the ability of holding and creating a space to provide responsible leadership for a sustainable world embodied in the central and unifying element of the 50+20 vision, the collaboratory. -- ‘50+20 not only raises the sights for those charged with the development of our future leaders, but also provides a clear roadmap for delivering on that ambition. As such, it is an important contribution to a journey of transformation that affects not only the future of business, but the very planet itself.’ (Paul Polman, Unilever, US) -- ‘The 50+20 initiative is an ambitious effort that highlights the urgent need for radical change in what we teach and how management education is delivered today. In a world that faces so many different and fast-evolving challenges, the initiative is indeed timely and needed.’ (Peter Bakker, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland)
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  • 58
    ISBN: 9781781009383
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 779 pages) , diagrams
    Edition: Second edition
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on family business
    DDC: 338.61
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    Keywords: Familienunternehmen ; Corporate Governance ; Rechtsform ; Kapitalstruktur ; Unternehmensfinanzierung ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Family-owned business enterprises ; Electronic books
    Abstract: During the previous decade, the multi-disciplinary field of family business has advanced significantly in terms of advances in theory, development of sophisticated empirical instruments, systematic measurement of family business activity, use of alternative research methodologies and deployment of robust tools of analysis. This second edition of the Handbook of Research on Family Business presents important research and conceptual developments across a broad range of topics. The contributors – notable researchers in the field – explore the frontiers of knowledge in family business entrepreneurship and stimulate critical thinking, enriching the repository of theoretical frameworks and methodologies. -- The Handbook takes a systematic and rigorous approach by providing in-depth insights into the dynamics of family business, its context and the significant role of stakeholders. Ultimately, this scholarly compendium of extant family business papers is an invaluable resource for researchers, educators, family business consultants, family business owner-managers and students.
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    ISBN: 9781781951842
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 235 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Birchall, Johnston Finance in an age of austerity
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    Keywords: Genossenschaftsbank ; Sparkasse ; Bausparkasse ; Welt ; Credit unions ; Banks and banking, Cooperative ; Savings banks ; Electronic books ; Nonprofit-Bereich ; Genossenschaftlicher Bankensektor
    Abstract: This is a book in search of an alternative to the discredited investor-owned banks that have brought the rich countries into crisis and the world economy into a long period of austerity. It finds customer-owned banks – credit unions, co-operative banks, building societies – have hardly been affected by the crisis and continue to operate according to their organisational DNA: low-risk, close to the customer, underpinned by real savings, and still lending to SMEs to protect jobs and local economies. They are big business – in some countries with over 40% of the market – but networked in smaller, democratic societies whose origins go back to 1850s Germany.
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    ISBN: 9781781003190
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 429 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: The McGill international entrepreneurship series 4
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    Series Statement: The McGill international entrepreneurship series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The process of internationalization in emerging SMEs and emerging economies
    DDC: 337
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    Keywords: Multinationale KMU ; Internationale Geschäftsbeziehungen ; Entrepreneurship ; Schwellenländer ; Welt ; Globalization ; Entrepreneurship ; Small business ; International business enterprises ; Globalization ; Small business ; Entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Globalisierung ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Schwellenländer
    Abstract: This book, the fourth volume in the McGill International Entrepreneurship series, brings together 27 top scholars to explore the structural complexities, evolving relations and dynamic forces that are shaping a new system of multi-polar, multi-level international business relations. It examines entrepreneurial efforts and relations in different national and corporate cultures, each embedded in and also constrained by country-specific socio-economic structures and each vying for consumer attentions in competitive global markets. -- The new millennium has experienced much rapid change, much of it implicit, intangible and not covered by the headlines of the popular press. The bipolar business system of the 20th century that prioritized the relationship between firms and consumers of developed countries is giving way to an emerging multi-polar and multi-level international system that considers consumers and companies in developing economies as well. In this book, scholars from around the world analyze the nascent architecture and relations in this quickly evolving system. They explore the structural complexities, evolving relations, and dynamic forces that are shaping and re-shaping the new system and examine entrepreneurial efforts and relations that cement its structure. The chapters in this volume portray the operating conditions of firms across 14 emerging country environments and industries ranging from basic foods and information technology to complex business processes. -- Students and professors of international business, entrepreneurship, marketing and management studies will find this volume an indispensable addition to the literature.
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    ISBN: 9780857931382
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 322 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of advances in trust research
    DDC: 302.35
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    Keywords: Vertrauen ; Organisationsforschung ; Organizational behavior ; Organizational sociology ; Trust ; Electronic books ; Organizational behavior ; Trust ; Organizational sociology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Organisationssoziologie ; Vertrauen
    Abstract: The Handbook of Advances in Trust Research presents new and important developments in trust research. The contributors are all prominent and highly respected experts in the field. Firstly, they provide a contemporary overview of the most crucial issues in current trust research including contracts, innovation and negotiation, trust and control. Thereafter, themes which have gained prominence since the original Handbook are considered, such as trust and the financial crisis, public trust in business, and trust and HRM. The book also explores recent theoretical advances and points the way for future research on trust.
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  • 62
    ISBN: 9789400755642 , 1283909006 , 9781283909006
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 109 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
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    Keywords: Epistemology ; Economics ; Ethics ; Economic history ; Social sciences ; Genetic epistemology ; Economics ; Ethics ; Economics Methodology ; Social sciences Methodology ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Praktische Vernunft ; Theoretische Vernunft ; Wirtschaftsphilosophie
    Abstract: Table of contents -- Summary -- Preface -- Chapter I: Introduction -- Chapter II: Nancy Cartwright, Capacities and Nomological Machines: The Role of Theoretical Reason in Science -- Chapter III: Sen’s Capability Approach: The Role of Practical Reason in Social Science -- Chapter IV: The Contributions of Aristotle’s Thought to the Capability Approach -- Chapter V: Socio-Economic Machines and Practical Models of Development: The Role of the Human Development Index -- Chapter VI: Conclusion: Theoretical and Practical Reason in Economics
    Abstract: The aim of the book is to argue for the restoration of theoretical and practical reason to economics. It presents Nancy Cartwright and Amartya Sen’s ideas as cases of this restoration and sees Aristotle as an influence on their thought. It looks at how we can use these ideas to develop a valuable understanding of practical reason for solving concrete problems in science and society. Cartwright’s capacities are real causes of events. Sen’s capabilities are the human person’s freedoms or possibilities. They relate these concepts to Aristotelian concepts. This suggests that these concepts can be combined. Sen’s capabilities are Cartwright’s capacities in the human realm; capabilities are real causes of events in economic life. Institutions allow us to deliberate on and guide our decisions about capabilities, through the use of practical reason. Institutions thus embody practical reason and infuse certain predictability into economic action. The book presents a case study: the UNDP’s HDI
    Description / Table of Contents: Theoreticaland PracticalReason in Economics; Preface; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Nancy Cartwright, Capacities and Nomological Machines: The Role of Theoretical Reason in Science; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Cartwright-Aristotle Connection; 2.2.1 The Connection; 2.2.2 The Ontology of Capacities; 2.2.3 The Epistemology of Capacities; 2.3 Cartwright's Skepticism About Capacities in the Social Realm; 2.3.1 Cartwright's Skepticism; 2.3.2 Julian Reiss's Interpretation and Proposal; 2.4 Socio-Economic Machines; 2.5 Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 Sen's Capability Approach: The Role of Practical Reason in Social Science3.1 Introducing the Capability Approach; 3.2 Some Problems in Sen's CA; 3.2.1 Identification of Valuable Capabilities: The Debate Over Lists of Capabilities; 3.2.2 Heterogeneity and Incommensurability; References; 4 The Contributions of Aristotle's Thought to the Capability Approach; 4.1 Aristotle on Lists; 4.1.1 The Supposedly Aristotelian List; 4.1.2 The True Aristotelian List; 4.1.3 Back to Sen; 4.2 "Practical Comparability" as a Way of Overcoming Incommensurability14; 4.2.1 The Aristotelian Conception
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2.1.1 Commensuration4.2.1.2 Comparison by Intensity or Degree of Quality; 4.2.1.3 Comparison by Priority; 4.2.2 Back to Sen; 4.3 Some Conclusions Regarding the Aristotelian Contribution to the CA; 4.4 Capabilities and Capacities; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5 Chapter Socio: -Economic Machines and Practical Models of Development: The Role of the HDI; 5.1 Socio-Economic Machines; 5.2 The HDI4; 5.3 Some Problems with Index Numbers and the HDI; 5.4 Theoretical and Practical Reason in the HDI
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.5 Conclusion: The Role of the HDI for the Construction of a Normative Socio-Economic Machine of Human DevelopmentReferences; 6 Conclusion: Theoretical and Practical Reason in Economics; Reference
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    ISBN: 9781781006351
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 337 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The global brewery industry
    DDC: 338.476633
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    Keywords: Brauerei ; Bier ; Welt ; Brewing industry ; International business enterprises ; Electronic books ; Brewing industry ; Beer ; Marketing ; Competition ; Brauwirtschaft
    Abstract: pt. I. International market developments and firm performance -- pt. II. Host country institutional effects -- pt. III. Multi-point competition and rivalries -- pt. IV. Cross-border M&A integration and subsidiary development -- pt. V. Leadership and internationalization -- pt. VI. Boundless customer interfaces : social media and tourism.
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    ISBN: 0415575575 , 0415575583 , 9780415575577 , 9780415575584
    Language: English
    Pages: XVI, 368 S. , Ill., graph. Darst. , 25 cm
    DDC: 174/.991
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    ISBN: 9780415626255
    Language: English
    Pages: XIX, 249 S. , graph. Darst., Kt.
    Series Statement: Asia's transformations 39
    Series Statement: Asia's transformations
    DDC: 323.4/609597
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    Keywords: Sachenrecht ; Bodenrecht ; Armut ; Staat ; Gesellschaft ; Geschichte ; Vietnam ; Real property ; Right of property ; Vietnam Economic policy ; Vietnam Commerce ; Sammelwerk ; Vietnam ; Wirtschaft ; Wertorientierung ; Gesellschaft
    Abstract: "Lively debates around property, access to resources, legal rights and the protection of livelihoods have unfolded in Vietnam since the economic reforms of 1986. Known as Doi Moi (changing to the new), these have gradually transformed the country from a socialist state to a society in which a communist party presides over a neoliberal economy. By exploring the complex relationship between property, the state, society and the market, this book demonstrates how both developmental issues and state-society relations in Vietnam can be explored through the prism of property relations and property rights. The essays in this collection demonstrate how negotiations over property are deeply enmeshed with dynamics of state formation, and covers debates over the role of the state and its relationship to various levels of society, the intrusion of global forces into the lives of marginalized communities and individuals, and how community norms and standards shape and reshape national policy and laws"--Provided by publisher
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    ISBN: 9780857936790
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 362 pages) , diagrams
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of longitudinal research methods in organisation and business studies
    DDC: 658.0072
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    Keywords: Betriebswirtschaftslehre ; Organisationstheorie ; Längsschnittanalyse ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Business Research ; Quantitative research ; Organization Research ; Qualitative research ; Longitudinal method ; Electronic books ; Business enterprises ; Longitudinal studies ; Längsschnittuntersuchung ; Methode ; Betriebswirtschaftslehre ; Organisationslehre
    Abstract: This innovative Handbook demonstrates that there is no single best approach to conducting longitudinal studies. At their best, longitudinal research designs yield rich, contextualised, multilevel and deep understanding of the studied phenomenon. The lack of resources in terms of time, funding and people can pose a serious challenge to conducting longitudinal research. This book tackles many of these challenges and discusses the role of longitudinal research programmes in overcoming such obstacles. -- This book shows how longitudinal research methods enable the understanding of dynamics, mechanisms, causalities and interrelationships of organizational and business concepts in context and in relation to time. It discusses the richness and versatility of longitudinal research and offers, to students and experienced scholars alike, numerous viewpoints, reflections and personal accounts about conducting longitudinal research, from planning and fieldwork to reporting and managing of research projects.
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    ISBN: 9789400714946
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVI, 1582 p. eReference, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Lütge, Christoph, 1969 - Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics
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    Keywords: Economics ; Philosophy (General) ; Law—Philosophy. ; Law—History. ; Philosophy (General) ; Economics ; Ethics ; Ethics ; Philosophy ; Business ; Management science. ; Law ; Law ; Wirtschaftsethik ; Unternehmensethik ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Aristotelian Foundations of Business Ethics -- Scholastic Thought and Business Ethics -- Morality and Self-Interest I: Hume, Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment -- Morality and Self-Interest II: Contemporary Perspectives -- Kantian and Hegelian Thoughts on Business Ethics -- Marxist Thoughts on Business Ethics -- Contemporary Continental Philosophy and Business Ethics -- Christian Foundations of Business Ethics -- Jewish Foundations of Business Ethics -- Islamic Foundations of Business Ethics -- Eastern Cultural, Philosophical and Religious Foundations of Business Ethics -- Discourse Ethics and Business -- Contractarianism -- Sen’s “Capabilities”, Poverty and Economic Welfare -- Human Rights, Globalization and Business Ethics -- Gender Issues and Business Ethics -- Justice and Business Ethics -- Philosophical Issues of Sustainability and the Environment -- Free Markets, Morality and Business Ethics -- Property Rights: Material and Intellectual -- Philosophical Issues of Management and Corporations -- Methodology and Business Ethics
    Abstract: The Handbook of Business Ethics: Philosophical Foundations is a standard interdisciplinary reference handbook in the field of business ethics. Articles by notable philosophers and economists examine fundamental concepts, theories and questions of business ethics: Are morality and self-interest compatible? What is meant by a just price? What did the Scholastic philosophers think about business? The handbook will cover the entire philosophical basis of business ethics. Articles range from historical positions such as Aristotelianism, Kantianism and Marxism to systematic issues like justice, religious issues, rights and globalisation or gender. The book is intended as a reference work for academics, students (esp. graduate), and professionals
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    ISBN: 9789400751316
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 175 p. 4 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Issues in Business Ethics 37
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Education Philosophy ; Industrial management ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Education Philosophy ; Industrial management ; Unternehmensethik ; Unternehmen ; Komplexes System ; Metareflexion
    Abstract: Corporations, and the environments in which they operate, are complex, with changing multiple dimensions, and an inherent capacity to evolve qualitatively. A central premise of this study is that a postmodern reading of ethics represents an expression of, and an engagement with, the ethical complexities that define the business landscape. In particular, the deconstructive philosophy of Jacques Derrida offers a non-trivial reading of a complex notion of ethics, and thereby helps us to develop the skills necessary to critique and intervene in our practices, and to develop robust strategies for living in the absence of prescriptive ethical frameworks. Although a central premise of this study is that substantive ethical claims can only be generated within a given context, the study nevertheless presents readers with a meta-position that illustrates the type of considerations that should inform ethical reflection from a complexity perspective. In order to illustrate the value that this meta-position holds for business ethics, these considerations are explored in terms of the implications that they hold for our understanding of corporate social responsibility, for the practice of responsible management and leadership practices, and for teaching business ethics.
    Description / Table of Contents: On the (Im) Possibility of Business Ethics; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part I: Theoretical Foundation; Chapter 1: Towards a Postmodern Understanding of Business Ethics; Introduction; Characterising Postmodernism; Analytic Distinctions; (Anti)Ideological Distinctions; The Crisis of Representation; The Provisionality of Meaning; Reflexivity; The Decentring of the Subject; Assessing the Viability of a Postmodern Business Ethics; Walton´s Scepticism; Gustafson´s Defence of Postmodernism; Postmodern Insights: Redefining the Agenda for Business Ethics
    Description / Table of Contents: The Status of Contesting Knowledge ClaimsThe Ethical Task: Learning to Reflect on, and Engage with, Ethical Problems; Performative Reflexivity and Moral Judgement; The Ethical Task: Broadening Perspectives on Available Choices; The Contextually-Defined Nature of Ethical Practices; The Ethical Task: Nurturing a Critical Disposition; Critical Challenges: Problematising the Fact-Value Distinction; The Fields of Business Ethics; The Normative Field; The Descriptive Field; The Postmodern Challenge; Problematising Descriptive Ethics; Problematising Normative Ethics; Implications
    Description / Table of Contents: Postmodern Ethics as an Ethics of PracticeReferences; Chapter 2: The Ethics of Complexity and the Complexity of Ethics; Introduction; Characterising Critical Complexity; Two Understandings of Complexity Theory; Restricted Complexity; General Complexity; Features of Complex Systems; Complex Systems Are Not Complicated Systems; Complex Systems Are Characterised by Richly Interconnected Components; The Component Parts of Complex Systems Have a Double-Identity; Upward and Downward Causation Give Rise to Complex Structures; Complex Systems Are Non-additive
    Description / Table of Contents: Complex Systems Exhibit Self-Organising and Emergent BehaviourComplex Systems Are Structured; Complex Systems Are Open and Bounded Systems; Ethical Implications; The Ethics of Complexity and the Limits of Knowledge; The Status of Our Models; Reductionism in the Social Sciences; Modelling and the Importance of a Double-Consciousness; The Embeddedness of Ethical Practices: Positioning the Moral Agent; Static Versus Fluid Conceptions of Identity; Moral Agency in a Complex World; The Complexity of Ethics and Responsible Action; Towards a Meta-Ethical Position; The Provisional Imperative
    Description / Table of Contents: Postmodernism, Complexity, and Theories of the OrganisationReferences; Chapter 3: Introducing a Deconstructive Ethics; Introduction; Derrida´s Central Concepts; Beyond Logocentricism; Hierarchy and Authority; (Con)text; The Example of Speech and Writing; On Deconstructing; The First and Second Movements of Deconstruction; Revisiting the Example of Speech and Writing; Beyond a Binary Logic; Supplementary Complications; Play, Différance, and the Trace; Deconstructing Plato´s Pharmacy; Deconstruction Is Hymeneal; Complexity, Deconstruction, and Ethics; The Ethics of Deconstruction
    Description / Table of Contents: Ethical Testimony
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    ISBN: 9789400762237
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 235 p. 2 illus, digital)
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Silver, David Business Ethics in the 21st Century, by Norman E. Bowie. Dordrecht: Springer, 2013. 235 pp. ISBN: 978-9400762220 2015
    Series Statement: Issues in Business Ethics 39
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Economics ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Economics ; Wirtschaftsethik
    Abstract: This work provides a critical look at business practice in the early 21st century and suggests changes that are both practical and normatively superior. Several chapters present a reflection on business ethics from a societal or macro-organizational point of view. It makes a case for the economic and moral superiority of the sustainability capitalism of the European Union over the finance-based model of the United States. Most major themes in business ethics are covered and some new ones are introduced, including the topic of the right way to teach business ethics. The general approach adopted in this volume is Kantian. Alternative approaches are critically evaluated
    Description / Table of Contents: Business Ethics in the 21st Century; Introduction by the Series Editors; Preface; Editorial Board Issues in Business Ethics; Editorial Board Eminent Voices in Business Ethics; Contents; Part I: Economic Issues in Business Ethics; Chapter 1: Fair Markets Revisited; Morality as a Ground of Legal Decisions; A Rejoinder and Reply; Advice for Managers; Characteristics of Fairness; Objections and Replies; Conclusion; Chapter 2: What's Wrong with Efficiency and Always Low Prices; Introduction; The Problem; Some Observations from Home and Abroad; What Some Others Are Saying; The Issue or Issues
    Description / Table of Contents: What's to Be DoneObjections and Replies; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Economics, Friend or Foe of Ethics; Economics as Foe; Foe: Adherence to Psychological Egoism; Foe: Assumptions of Agency Theory; Dropping the "No Transaction Costs" Assumption: Transaction Cost Economics; Turning Economics from Foe to Friend; Codes of Ethics; The Importance of a Good "Ethical Climate"; Multinationals and Universal Standards; The Argument for Universal Ethical Values; An Argument for Truly Universal Standards of Business Ethics; A Complication; Fairness as an Explanatory Variable in Economics and Management Theory
    Description / Table of Contents: ConclusionPart II: Philosophical Issues in Business; Chapter 4: Kantian Themes; Why Kant; Organization of This Chapter; Rethinking and Defending Business Ethics : A Kantian Perspective; Chapter 1 Immoral Business Practices; Chapter 2 Treating the Humanity of Stakeholders as Ends Rather than as Means Merely; Chapter 3 The Firm as a Moral Community; Chapter 4 Acting from Duty: How Pure a Motive?; Chapter 5 The Cosmopolitan Perspective; The New Generation of Scholars Applying Kant to Business Ethics; Aristotle-Not Kant; Kantian Accounts of Corporate Social Responsibility; Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5: Limitations of the Pragmatist Approach to Business EthicsBackground; Rorty's Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity; Why Literature Misleads; Rorty's Address Before the Society for Business Ethics; The Pragmatism of Ed Freeman and Some of His Students; Should Stakeholder Theorists Adopt a Pragmatist Methodology?; Concluding Thought; Part III: International Issues in Business Ethics; Chapter 6: Varieties of Corporate Social Responsibility; The Maximization of Shareholder Wealth Capitalism-American Finance Based Capitalism; Corporate Social Responsibility as Charity
    Description / Table of Contents: An Addendum to the Classical American View: Stakeholder CapitalismSocial Responsibility Under the Stakeholder Model; The European Sustainability Version of Capitalism; Philanthropy, the Safety Net, and Human Rights; The Business Case for Social Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia; Japan; India; China; Evidence That China Seems to Lack a Sense of Corporate Social Responsibility; Which Version of Corporate Social Responsibility Should a Country Adopt?; The Moral Argument for Sustainability; Why Philanthropy Is Not Enough
    Description / Table of Contents: Does China Need Corporate Social Responsibility to Survive
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    ISBN: 9781781955376
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (608 S.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on IPOs
    DDC: 658.15224
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    Keywords: Börsengang ; EU-Staaten ; Welt ; Securities ; Corporations ; Disclosure of information ; Going public (Securities) ; Electronic books ; Going public (Securities)
    Abstract: The Handbook of Research on IPOs provides a comprehensive review of the emerging trends and directions in the global initial public offerings (IPO) markets. The empirical evidence included in the book covers Europe, the US and the Far East, and presents a truly global perspective of IPO markets around the world and at the different stages of the entire IPO process. - The handbook is divided into six comprehensive parts: why, when and where firms go public, preparation for the IPO, transaction structure and governance at the IPO, trading in the aftermarket, the aftermarket performance of IPOs, special types of IPOs. - The chapters offer some important new insights into issues that will be of interest not only to the academic community but also to professionals involved in the preparation, structure and execution of such transactions, market regulators, and private and institutional investors.
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    ISBN: 9780857932167
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 395 pages)
    Edition: Second edition
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of sustainable development planning
    DDC: 338.927
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftsmodell ; Sustainable development ; Decision making ; Electronic books ; Entwicklungsplanung
    Abstract: The thoroughly revised second edition of this authoritative Handbook, complete with new chapters, comprehensively examines the current status and future directions of model-based systems in decision support and their application to sustainable development planning.
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    ISBN: 9780857938961
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (528 S.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on promoting women's careers
    DDC: 650.1082
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    Keywords: Weibliche Führungskräfte ; Erwerbsverlauf ; Karriereplanung ; Führungskräfteentwicklung ; Women employees ; Women in the professions ; Women Vocational guidance ; Career development ; Businesswomen ; Success in business ; Women Promotions ; Electronic books ; Businesswomen ; Success in business
    Abstract: 'Professors Vinnicombe, Burke, Blake-Beard, and Moore have assembled an internationally and intellectually diverse cast of contributors to chronicle and examine the implications of the seismic shift in women's roles in the global workforce. Collectively, they make a strong case for why advancing women's careers is a key business as well as societal issue that must be addressed if the full potential of all societal members is to be tapped. This book belongs on the bookshelf of all scholars of gender and career issues as an essential reference.' -- Gary N. Powell, University of Connecticut, US. 'This is an excellent book posing key questions about women and careers in leadership, such as why do women have less access to the top jobs. It presents research on women's experiences in leadership, discusses the barriers they face as well as initiatives to promote their career advancement. I can see this being a critical resource for those who research and teach women in management.' -- Fiona Wilson, University of Glasgow, UK. 'As more women take on highly visible leadership roles, such as CEO or C-suite executive, I am often asked whether there continues to be a need for research on women's career development. This book effectively answers the challenge behind that question by documenting the status of women in business and by marshaling empirical evidence of gender effects on careers. The chapters provide a rich, theoretically grounded overview of women's career development and action steps for accelerating the growth of women's representation in leadership.' -- Alison M. Konrad, Western University, Canada. Why is it that relatively few women achieve senior management positions despite their increasing levels of education and years of work experience? How can we change this? In a changing world where women have dominated as graduates from universities in the West, recent research has shown that the same trend is also strikingly evident in the newly emerging markets. Tapping into this female talent pool is extremely important and advancing women's careers has become a key business issue. This Handbook lays out a number of promising approaches. First the business case for doing so is presented. The challenges facing women are reviewed, followed by various programs that address particular needs such as mentoring, leadership development programs for women, work and family initiatives, and succession planning. Finally, case studies of award-winning organizational init ...
    Abstract: pt. I. Setting the scene -- pt. II. Challenges facing career women -- pt. III. Women in specific occupational sectors and roles -- pt. IV. Supporting women's career development
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    ISBN: 9780857933843
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 339 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: New horizons in management
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The psychology of the recession on the workplace
    DDC: 658.315
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    Keywords: Arbeitspsychologie ; Konjunktur ; Familie-Beruf ; Job satisfaction ; Recessions ; Industrial relations ; Job stress ; Psychology, Industrial ; Work Psychological aspects ; Recessions Psychological aspects ; Employees Mental health ; Electronic books ; Job satisfaction ; Psychology, Industrial ; Industrial relations ; Recessions ; Psychological aspects ; Unternehmenskrise ; Arbeitnehmer ; Work-Life-Balance ; Stress-Syndrom
    Abstract: An economic recession can affect the aggregate well-being of a population. This highly regarded and timely book shows a significant increase in the mean levels of distress and dissatisfaction in the work place in recent years. -- In particular, increasing job demands, intrinsic job insecurity and increasingly inadequate salaries make substantial contributions to psychological distress, family conflict and related behaviors. The contributors reveal that the recession has fundamentally altered the way employees view their work and leaders. With employers and employees still facing a continued period of uncertainty, a severe impact on employment relations is a continuing reality. -- Given the difficult economic times, many people are feeling the pressure to work harder. This book will be valuable for undergraduate students and practitioners in the fields of organizational behavior and human resource management.
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    ISBN: 9781782548188
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 225 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jones, Geoffrey, 1952 - Entrepreneurship and multinationals
    DDC: 338.8809
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Entrepreneurship ; Globalisierung ; Geschichte ; Welt ; International business enterprises ; Enterpreneurship ; Electronic books ; International business enterprises ; History ; 19th century ; International business enterprises ; History ; 20th century ; Entrepreneurship ; History ; 19th century ; Entrepreneurship ; History ; 20th century
    Abstract: This fascinating volume explores the roles played by entrepreneurship and multinational enterprises in the development of the modern world. Geoffrey Jones demonstrates how multinational corporations have driven globalization through the transfer of innovation and cultural values. -- ‘Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones has long been a student of the history of multinational enterprise. He has taken a leadership role in the field. This volume reflects the extraordinary breadth of his historical research, spanning continents and industries. His focus is on the firm as an actor on the stage of the history of globalization. This book contains a selection of his unpublished and published articles. Of special interest is his updated previously unpublished 2006 talk that explores how firms and entrepreneurs fit into the scholarly debates on the Great Divergence between the West and the Rest. This is a splendid collection.’ (Mira Wilkins, Florida International University, US)
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9780857937971
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 138 S.)
    Series Statement: Elgaronline
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Soscia, Isabella, 1971 - Emotions and consumption behaviour
    DDC: 658.8342
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    Keywords: Konsumentenverhalten ; Emotion ; Consumption (Economics) ; Consumer behavior ; Consumers' preferences ; Brand choice Psychological aspects ; Design Human factors ; Electronic books ; Consumer behavior ; Consumption (Economics) ; Emotions ; Verbraucherverhalten ; Emotionales Verhalten
    Abstract: This stimulating book scrutinizes how emotions function in consumers, from both a psychological and a managerial perspective. It demonstrates how gratitude, happiness, guilt, anger, pride and sadness determine different post-consumption behaviours such as positive and negative word of mouth, repurchase intention and complaint behaviour. -- ‘A structured, scientific approach to the study of emotional responses that is of interest to both managers and consumers. For marketing managers, this book proposes a simple method to understand how individual emotions, such as guilt or happiness, influence specific post-purchase behaviors. For consumers, it illustrates the broader implications of emotions that are routinely experienced while choosing, buying, and consuming products and services. Overall, the author deals with the elusive, complex, but highly fascinating subject of emotions and consumer behaviour in a lucid and coherent manner.’ (Simona Botti, London Business School, UK).
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    ISBN: 9781781005521
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 200 pages) , illustrations, diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als McKelvey, Maureen D., 1965 - Managing knowledge intensive entrepreneurship
    DDC: 658.421
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    Keywords: Unternehmer ; Wissensintensives Unternehmen ; Innovationsmanagement ; Entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Entrepreneurship ; Businesspeople ; Education ; Entrepreneurship ; Wissensintensives Unternehmen ; Venture-Management
    Abstract: This original and exciting work differs from existing books on entrepreneurship by focusing specifically on the relationship between knowledge and entrepreneurship. -- The book uniquely combines an academic review of theoretical and empirical contributions with an analysis of the practical implications for engaging in and learning about venture creation. The authors concentrate on specific types of firms reliant upon advanced knowledge and show how a systemic perspective of entrepreneurship is required, involving design thinking, in order to capture the relationships between individual, venture and eco-system. -- Managing Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship will be insightful for academics and practitioners, as well as advanced students on entrepreneurship courses.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9780857939753
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 311 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the geopolitics of business
    DDC: 658
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    Keywords: Geoökonomie ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Betriebliches Umfeld ; Business and politics ; Geopolitics ; Business ; Business ; Rohstoffpolitik ; Electronic books ; Business and politics ; Geopolitics
    Abstract: pt. I. Geopolitics and the business environment -- pt. II. Managing geopolitics -- pt. III. Geopolitics and strategy.
    Abstract: Global economic challenges and political upheavals underscore the importance of geopolitical understanding in the management of the contemporary corporation. Handbook on the Geopolitics of Business assembles a global cast of thought leaders in the geopolitical arena. The insights offered are highly valuable to students, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, government officials, and policy makers. This serves as a compass that would help you find your bearings in the complex world of international business. Ilan Alon, Rollins College, US In recent years, rapid globalization, novel technologies and business models, as well as economic and political changes have transformed the international business landscape. This pioneering volume offers a comprehensive discussion of the new global terrain and makes a strong case for the consideration of geopolitics in both the study and practice of modern-day business. Featuring original contributions from experts across the world, this Handbook provides a solid foundation for both understanding and responding to recent changes and trends in global economics, politics, and business. Topics discussed include the shifting nature of international trade, economic growth in emerging economies, voluntary sustainability codes, management in international corporations, organization of mega-events, entrepreneurship and geopolitical risk, and investment law and firm behavior. This volume offers important implications for both the academic and corporate communities. It will appeal to professors and students of international business and management, economics and political sciences. Offering groundbreaking perspectives that drive contemporary business strategy, this book is also highly valuable to global managers, entrepreneurs and policy makers
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9780857933652
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 486 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of innovation indicators and measurement
    DDC: 338.064
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    Keywords: Innovation ; Messung ; Innovationsmanagement ; OECD-Staaten ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technological innovations Management ; Technological innovations Statistics ; Innovation ; Electronic books ; Technological innovations ; Economic aspects ; Technological innovations ; Management ; Technological innovations ; Statistics ; Innovationsmanagement
    Abstract: pt. I. Why indicators matter -- pt. II. Defining innovation and implementing the definitions -- pt. III. Measurement -- pt. IV. Developing and using indicators -- pt. V. Innovation strategy -- pt. VI. Beyond the horizon -- pt. VII. Challenges.
    Abstract: A great book to understand and foster innovation at all levels: a truly innovative piece of work. Enrico Giovannini, Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Italy. This book brings together original contributions from world leading experts on innovation indicators and is unique in several respects. First, the focus is upon innovation in terms of commercialized products and processes and not on secondary indicators of research or patenting. Second, it combines academic perspectives with user perspectives from industry and international organizations. Third, it strikes a good balance between old and new indicators, opening up new dimensions of innovation for measuring. It is a book worth reading for scholars studying innovation, for policy makers and, not least, for innovation managers in the private sector. Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Aalborg University, Denmark and Sciences-Po, Paris, France. This Handbook comprehensively examines indicators and statistical measurement related to innovation (as defined in the OECD/Eurostat Oslo Manual). It deals with the development and the use of innovation indicators to support decision-making and is written by authors who are practitioners, who know what works and what does not, in order to improve the development of indicators to satisfy future policy needs. This unique volume presents: the historical and geographical context for innovation indicators and measurement practical examples of how measurement is actually undertaken new areas of innovation indicators and measurement, including consumer innovation, public sector innovation and social innovation. This informative Handbook will appeal to policy makers in government departments, statistical offices and research institutes and international organizations such as the EU, OECD and the UN, as well as university departments of economics, sociology, law, science and technology, and public policy
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9780857933614
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 340 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Davidsson, Per, 1958 - New perspectives on firm growth
    DDC: 658.406
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    Keywords: Unternehmenswachstum ; KMU ; Theorie ; Schweden ; Corporations Growth ; Electronic books ; Corporations ; Growth ; Unternehmenswachstum ; Unternehmenstheorie
    Abstract: pt. I. Explaining why and how much firms grow -- pt. II. Changing the firm growth research agenda -- pt. III. A critical look at the growth-profit relationship -- pt. IV. Theory-driven research on specific forms of growth.
    Abstract: This collection of articles by an internationally recognized team of authors is a welcome addition to the literature on firm growth. The authors, singly and together, have previously made important contributions with regard to frameworks for understanding growth, as well as cutting-edge empirical research on the actual growth process. In this volume, the authors bring previous research up-to-date, providing a critical look at what has been published in the last decade and offering new theoretically informed insights in how and why firms grow. Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US This insightful volume presents a collection of innovative works by two of the leading researchers of firm growth. The studies extend previous research by providing stronger theoretical underpinnings and using longitudinal databases that can separate in time the firms growth from its presumed causes. They also break new ground by examining different modes of growth, such as sales growth vs. employment growth, and organic growth vs. acquisition-based expansion. Further, the studies investigate the drivers of firm growth and take a critical look at the effects, such as under what circumstances high growth is associated with high profitability. The issue of how firm growth is achieved and managed, and what consequences it has for different stakeholders is both theoretically interesting and practically important. The book will strongly appeal to academics of entrepreneurship, small business management and strategy
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781781002261
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 265 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: New horizonts in management
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Series Statement: New horizons in management series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als How can HR drive growth?
    DDC: 658.301
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    Keywords: Personalmanagement ; Strategisches Management ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Personnel management ; Electronic books ; Personnel management ; Organizational effectiveness ; Personalpolitik
    Abstract: 1. Editorial introduction / George Saridakis and Cary Cooper -- 2. Managing human resources in international organizations / Anthony McDonnell, Hugh Scullion and Jonathan Lavelle -- 3. HR practice and small firm growth : balancing informality and formality / John Kitching and Susan Marlow -- 4. Promoting innovation and entrepreneurship through HR practices / James C. Hayton, Jeffrey S. Hornsby and James Bloodgood -- 5. Government policy and human resource development / Jonathan Winterton and Nigel Haworth -- 6. Investing in labour force and skills development / John Field -- 7. Mentorship, leadership and human resource development in Trinidad and Tobago / Christine Sahadeo and Sandra Sookram -- 8. Employee voice, partnership and performance / Stewart Johnstone and Adrian Wilkinson -- 9. Employee attitudes, HR practices and organizational performance : what's the evidence? / Yanqing Lai and George Saridakis -- 10. Creating and sustaining economic growth through HR / Hai-Ming Chen, Ku-Jun Lin and Yen-Lin Huang -- 11. Using HPWP to drive towards growth : the impact of occupational health and safety leadership / Chidiebere Ogbonnaya ... [et al.].
    Abstract: The ten up-to date research reviews that are presented in this book provide new insights into the HR academic literature. The chapters provide clear lessons that can be learnt from, along with strategies, approaches and processes in which HR could be used by both practitioners and policy makers to drive growth. The book shows how suitable strategy can increase workforce knowledge, leadership skills, entrepreneurial spirit, organizational involvement, safety and well-being and how HR can enhance performance within small and large, private and public, single-site and multi-site firms. This book explores cross-disciplinary human resources literature and up-to-date trends and directions relevant to academics, research students, policy makers, the business world and other stakeholders
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    London [u.a.] : Routledge
    ISBN: 9780415728355
    Language: English
    Pages: XVI, 215 S. , Ill., graph. Darst. , 25 cm
    Edition: 1. issued in paperback
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Schucher, Günter, 1951 - [Rezension von: Tim Pringle, Trade unions in China - the challenge of labour unrest] 2015
    Series Statement: Routledge contemporary china series 65
    Series Statement: Routledge contemporary China series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trade unions in China
    DDC: 331.880951
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    Keywords: Zhonghua quan guo zong gong hui ; Labor unions ; Industrial relations ; Zhonghua quan guo zong gong hui ; China ; Gewerkschaft ; China ; Gewerkschaft
    Note: Formerly CIP Uk
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    Dordrecht : Springer
    ISBN: 9789400747593 , 1283634082 , 9781283634083
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 221 p, digital)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
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    Keywords: Education ; Education ; Education Philosophy ; Arbeit ; Lebenslanges Lernen
    Abstract: This book's original contribution to a crowded literature on work and learning will attract strong international interest. Its focus on the philosophy of learning at work brings a fresh perspective on a topic normally viewed through psychological, anthropological and sociological eyes. It assembles a host of internationally recognized scholars who reflect on the various philosophies of work-based learning. Full of distinctive and original contributions that provide perceptive insights into the subject, the work will be a practical support to teachers, trainers and researchers at the same time
    Abstract: This books original contribution to a crowded literature on work and learning will attract strong international interest. Its focus on the philosophy of learning at work brings a fresh perspective on a topic normally viewed through psychological, anthropological and sociological eyes. It assembles a host of internationally recognized scholars who reflect on the various philosophies of work-based learning. Full of distinctive and original contributions that provide perceptive insights into the subject, the work will be a practical support to teachers, trainers and researchers at the same time as it gives readers a clear philosophical grounding in learning at work. It is, however, not simply a book about philosophy, but a gazetteer of approaches to education in work that will sustain and inspire those who provide, engage in, and support the learning of new knowledge and skills in the workplace. With adaptability to new employment opportunities so vital to existing workers, the authors stand behind continued provision of work-based learning in the face of tightening economic constraints.
    Description / Table of Contents: Learning, Work and Practice: New Understandings; Foreword; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: Thinking About Work in Work Based Learning; References; Part I; Chapter 2: The Workplace as a Site of Learning: Reflections on the Conceptual Relationship Between Workplace and Learning; Introduction: The Concept of a Workplace; The Concept of Work; Constraints on the Workplace as a Learning Environment; Why Some Learning Has to Take Place in the Workplace; Operational Conditions and the Workplace; Collective Knowledge in the Workplace; IVET and CVET
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards the Development of Professional Agency Through the Workplace as a Site of LearningReferences; Chapter 3: The Role of On-the-Job and Off-the-Job Provision in Vocational Education and Training; The Disappearing Knowledge Trick; A Different Approach; References; Chapter 4: Tacit Knowledge and the Labour Process; Introduction; Knowledge and Wealth: Retreat from Human Capital?; Braverman's Labour Process Theory; Importance of Knowledge at Work; The Knowledge Worker; Is Knowledge Work Rampant?; Knowledge Management and the Labour Process; Knowledge Sharing
    Description / Table of Contents: Commodification of Knowledge: A Global/Local QuestionEspoused Reasons for Knowledge Management; Resisting Standardization at Work; Rise of Tacit Knowledge; Knowledge Ownership at Work; Conclusion; Implications; References; Chapter 5: Workplace Identity, Transition and the Role of Learning; The Concept of Workplace Identity; Research into Graduate Identity; Constructing Graduate Identity; Values; Intellect; Performance; Engagement; From Graduate Identity to Workplace Identity; Developing Workplace Identity; References; Part II
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 6: Ontological Distinctiveness and the Emergence of PurposesIntroduction: Beyond 'Mere Castles in the Air'; Ontologically Distinctive Properties; Unpredictability; Irreducibility; Inexplicability; The Significance of Purpose; Pushing on with Purpose; Projective Practices; Building Capacities; Identity and Agency; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Practice as a Key Idea in Understanding Work-Based Learning; Introduction; The Scope of the Term 'Work-Based Learning'; Changing Understandings of Work-Based Learning; Early Theories Influenced by Psychology; Sociocultural Theories
    Description / Table of Contents: Postmodern TheoriesDiverse Understandings of Practice; MacIntyre's Account; Green's Analysis of Less Attenuated Theories; Implications of More Recent Learning Theories and the Practice Turn for Understanding Work-Based Learning; Conclusion; References; Part III; Chapter 8: Aristotelian Gnoseology and Work-Based Learning; Introduction; Work-Based Learning and the Critique of Aristotle; Other Knowledge Is Valuable: For Aristotle Too; The Phronimoi , Their Leisure (Skholi) and Their Occupation (Askholia); References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 9: Working Our Way Through Murky Coordinates: Philosophy in Support of Truth Processes
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    Dordrecht : Springer
    ISBN: 9789400751071 , 1283698145 , 9781283698146
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 232 p. 14 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 17
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Tchibozo, Guy Cultural and social diversity and the transition from education to work
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    Keywords: Labor economics ; Education ; Education ; Labor economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Schule ; Berufsbildung ; Übergang
    Abstract: This edited volume provides multidisciplinary and international insights into the policy, managerial and educational aspects of diverse students transitions from education to employment. As employers require increasing global competence on the part of those leaving education, this research asks whether increasing multiculturalism in developed societies, often seen as a challenge to their cohesion, is in fact a potential advantage in an evolving employment sector. This is a vital and under-researched field, and this new publication in Springers Technical and Vocational Education and Training series provides analysis both of theory and empirical data, submitted by researchers from nine nations including the USA, Oman, Malaysia, and countries in the European Union. The papers trace the origins of business demand for diversity in their workforces skill set, including national, local and institutional contexts. They also consider how social, demographic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity inform the attitudes of those seeking workand those seeking workers. With clear suggestions for future research, this work on a topic of rising profile will be read with interest by educators, policy makers, employers and careers advisors.
    Description / Table of Contents: Cultural and Social Diversity and the Transition from Education to Work; Preface; Springer: Technical and Vocational Education and Training Series; Contents; About the Contributors; About the Editor; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1: Leveraging Diversity to Promote Successful Transition from Education to Work; 1 Problem Statement; 2 Theoretical Approach and Research Procedure; 3 Concepts; 3.1 Concept of School-to-Work Transition System; 3.1.1 School-to-Work Transition Process; 3.1.2 School-to-Work Transition System; 3.2 Concept of Organisations' Demand for Diversity; 3.2.1 Diversity
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.2.2 Reasons for the Demand for Diversity3.2.3 Organisations' Demand for Diversity; 4 How Can the School-to-Work Transition System Address the Demand for Diversity?; 4.1 Role of the Education Subsystem; 4.2 Role of the Employment Subsystem; 5 Conclusion; References; Part II: The Demand for Cultural and Social Diversity; Chapter 2: Cultural and Social Diversity in the United States: A Compelling National Interest; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Demand for Cultural and Social Diversity; 1.1.1 Cultural Competency; 1.1.2 Representative Bureaucracy; 2 Confrontations Over Educational Access; 3 Summary
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 Future ResearchReferences; Chapter 3: Perceptions of the Demand for Cultural Diversity in the Omani Workplace and Its Availability Among Secondary School Students; 1 Cultural Diversity in the Workplace; 2 Role of Education in Shaping Cultural Diversity Orientations and Skills; 3 Cultural Diversity in Oman; 4 Demand for Cultural Diversity in the Omani Workplace; 5 Theoretical Framework; 6 Importance of the Study; 7 Research Questions; 8 Study Instrument; 8.1 Awareness of Local and Global Factors; 8.2 Awareness of Cultural Types; 8.3 Attributes; 8.4 Skills/Competencies; 9 Study Samples
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Data Analysis11 Attributes and Skills; 12 Discussion and Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Cultural Diversity and the School-To-Work Transition: A Relational Perspective; 1 Introduction; 2 The Concept of Cultural Diversity; 2.1 Background to Cultural Diversity in Europe; 2.2 Workforce Diversity; 3 Approaches to Managing Diversity; 4 The European Tourism Sector; 4.1 Human Resources in Tourism; 5 Workplace Diversity in European Tourism; 6 Theoretical Framework; 6.1 Capital; 6.2 Habitus; 6.3 Field; 7 Methods; 7.1 Limitations; 8 Findings and Discussion; 8.1 The Macro Socio-Economic Context
    Description / Table of Contents: 8.2 Student Reflections8.3 Human Capital/Cultural Capital; 8.4 International Experience; 8.5 Physical/Cultural Characteristics; 9 Survey of Jobseekers; 10 Survey of Employers; 11 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Workforce Diversity in Malaysia: Current and Future Demand of Persons with Disabilities; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Demand of PWDs as Workforce; 1.2 Challenges and Strategies in Employing PWDs; 1.3 Future Trends; 2 Research Objectives; 2.1 To Compare the Profiles of Organizations That Hired and Did Not Hire PWDs as Workforce
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2 To Examine Organizations' Views About Demands on PWDs as Workforce
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    ISBN: 9781299702011 , 9789400762688
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 190 S. 36) , Ill.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Sustainable development ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Sustainable development ; Human Geography
    Abstract: We all view the ubiquitous term ‘sustainability’ as a worthwhile goal. But how can we apply the principles of sustainability in the real world, at the sharp end of communities in developing nations where income insecurity is the troubled norm? This volume provides some practical answers, explaining the precepts of the ‘sustainable livelihood approach’ (SLA) through the case study of a microfinance scheme in Africa. The case study, centered around the work of the Catholic Church’s Diocesan Development Services organization, involved an SLA implemented over two years designed in part to help enhance its existing microfinance operation through closer links between local communities and international donors. The book’s central conclusion is that we must move beyond the concept of sustainable livelihood itself, with its in-built polarities between developed and developing nations, and embrace a more global notion of ‘sustainable lifestyle’; a more nuanced and inclusive approach that encompasses not just how we make a sustainable living, but how we can live sustainable lives
    Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Livelihood Approach; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Sustainability and Sustainable Livelihoods; 1.1 The Future of Sustainability; 1.2 The Multiverse of Sustainability; 1.3 Practicing Sustainability; 1.4 Structure of the Book; 2 The Theory Behind the Sustainable Livelihood Approach; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The SLA Framework; 2.3 Definitions of SLA; 2.4 Origins of SLA; 2.5 Capital in SLA; 2.6 Vulnerability and Institutional Context; 2.7 Representation Within SLA; 2.8 The Attractions and Popularity of SLA; 2.9 Critiques of SLA
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.10 SLA for Evidence-Based Intervention2.11 Conclusion; 3 Context of the Sustainable Livelihood Approach; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Governing an African Giant; 3.3 Economic Development in Nigeria; 3.4 A Kingdom Discovered; 3.5 Igala Livelihoods; An Overview; 3.6 The Diocesan Development Services in Igalaland; 3.7 New Pastures; 3.8 Choice of Villages for the SLA; 3.9 Conclusions; 4 The Sustainable Livelihood Approach in Practice; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Sample Households; 4.3 Human Capital: The Households; 4.3.1 Household M1 (Headed by the Village Chief)
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.3.2 Household M2 (Headed by a Senior Igbo)4.3.3 Household M3(Igbo Community Leader); 4.3.4 Household M4 (farmer and business man); 4.3.5 Household E1 (Farmer and Vigilante); 4.3.6 Household E2(Madaki of Edeke); 4.3.7 Household E3 (Farmer and Fisherman); 4.3.8 Household E4 (Madaki in Edeke); 4.4 Natural Capital: Land and Farming; 4.5 Natural Capital: Trees; 4.6 Social Capital: Networks; 4.7 Physical Capital: Assets for Income Generation; 4.8 Financial Capital: Household Budgets; 4.9 Vulnerability and Institutional Contexts; 4.10 Did SLA Succeed?; 4.11 Conclusions; 5 Livelihood into Lifestyle
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.1 Introduction5.2 How SLA?; 5.3 Where SLA?; 5.4 Transferability of SLA; 5.5 Livelihood into Lifestyle; 5.6 Conclusions; References; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9789400754409
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXI, 693 p. 4 illus., 1 illus. in color, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buch-Ausgabe Climate change and the law
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    Keywords: Renewable energy sources ; Climatic changes ; Economics ; Law ; Law ; Renewable energy sources ; Climatic changes ; Economics ; Climatic changes ; Law and legislation ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Klimaänderung ; Internationales Umweltrecht
    Abstract: Climate Change and the Law is the first scholarly effort to systematically address doctrinal issues related to climate law as an emergent legal discipline. It assembles some of the most recognized experts in the field to identify relevant trends and common themes from a variety of geographic and professional perspectives.In a remarkably short time span, climate change has become deeply embedded in important areas of the law. As a global challenge calling for collective action, climate change has elicited substantial rulemaking at the international plane, percolating through the broader legal system to the regional, national and local levels. More than other areas of law, the normative and practical framework dedicated to climate change has embraced new instruments and softened traditional boundaries between formal and informal, public and private, substantive and procedural; so ubiquitous is the reach of relevant rules nowadays that scholars routinely devote attention to the intersection of climate change and more established fields of legal study, such as international trade law.Climate Change and the Law explores the rich diversity of international, regional, national, sub-national and transnational legal responses to climate change. Is climate law emerging as a new legal discipline? If so, what shared objectives and concepts define it? How does climate law relate to other areas of law? Such questions lie at the heart of this new book, whose thirty chapters cover doctrinal questions as well as a range of thematic and regional case studies. As Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), states in her preface, these chapters collectively provide a “review of the emergence of a new discipline, its core principles and legal techniques, and its relationship and potential interaction with other disciplines.”
    Description / Table of Contents: Climate Change and the Law; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction: Climate Change and the Law; 1.1 Exploring the Relationship Between Climate Change and the Law; 1.2 Structure and Organization; Part I: Climate Law as an Emerging Discipline; Chapter 2: Implementing Climate Governance: Instrument Choice and Interaction; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Exploring the Boundaries of Domestic Climate Law; 2.2.1 Instrument Choice at the Domestic Level; 2.2.2 Instrument Interactions at the Domestic Level
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2.2.1 Internal and External Conflicts - An Analytical Framework2.2.3 Coherence by Design: Envisioning a Domestic Climate Management Regime; 2.2.3.1 The Legal Context - Identifying a Mandate; 2.2.3.2 Integrated Greenhouse Gas Management - Clinching the Objective; 2.3 Instrument Choice at the International Level; Chapter 3: Exploring the Landscape of Climate Law and Scholarship: Two Emerging Trends; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Mapping the Landscape of Climate Change Law; 3.2.1 Role of the UNFCCC; 3.2.2 Regulation of the CDM: Multiple Layers, Diverse Actors and Deformalization
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3 Climate Law: Interactions Between Sources of Legal Authority3.3.1 Background: Globalization and Law; 3.3.2 Climate Law and Interaction Between Different Sources of Legal Authority; 3.3.2.1 Vertical Interaction: International and National Law; 3.3.2.2 Vertical Interaction: Sub-national Initiatives; 3.3.2.3 Interaction Between National Jurisdictions; 3.4 Climate Law: Non-state Actors and Deformalization; 3.4.1 Public-Private Partnerships and Other Hybrid Initiatives; 3.4.2 Private Sector Engagement and Voluntary Regulatory Initiatives; 3.4.3 Non-state Actors and Climate Law Research
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.5 ConclusionsChapter 4: Climate Change and Justice: Perspectives of Legal Theory; 4.1 Theoretical Background: Ethical and Legal Considerations; 4.2 Human Rights: Only Subordinate and Vague "Duties of Protection" with Regard to Sustainability? The Traditional Legal Point of View in Europe and Germany; 4.3 Intergenerational and Global Scope of Human Rights, Protecting the Conditions of Freedom, and Multipolarity of Freedom; 4.4 The Case of Climate Change; 4.5 The Problem of Historical Emissions; 4.6 On the Path to a Justice-Based Framework for Global Climate Governance
    Description / Table of Contents: Part II: International Climate Law - Architecture and InstitutionsChapter 5: Foundations of International Climate Law: Objectives, Principles and Methods; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Objective of the Climate Change Regime; 5.2.1 Mitigation Objectives; 5.2.2 Adaptation Objectives; 5.3 Principles of the Climate Change Regime; 5.3.1 State Sovereignty and Responsibility; 5.3.2 Principle of Preventative Action; 5.3.3 Principle of Cooperation; 5.3.4 The Concept of Sustainable Development; 5.3.5 The Precautionary Principle; 5.3.6 The Polluter Pays Principle
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.3.7 The Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibility
    Description / Table of Contents: Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Climate Change and the Law; Erkki J. Hollo, Kati Kulovesi and Michael Mehling -- Part I: Climate Law as an Emerging Discipline -- 2. Implementing Climate Law: Instrument Choice and Interaction; Michael Mehling -- 3. Exploring the Landscape of Climate Law and Scholarship: Two Emerging Trends; Kati Kulovesi -- 4. Climate Change and Justice: Perspectives of Legal Theory; Felix Ekardt -- Part II: International Climate Law -- Section I: Architecture and Institutions -- 5. Foundations of International Climate Law: Objectives, Principles and Methods; Rowena Maguire -- 6. Alternative Venues of Climate Cooperation: An Institutional Perspective; Camilla Bausch and Michael Mehling -- 7. Analyzing Soft Law and Hard Law in Climate Change; Antto Vihma -- 8. Compliance and Enforcement in the Climate Change Regime; Meinhard Doelle -- Section II: Cross-Cutting Issues -- 9. The New Framework for Climate Finance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: A Breakthrough or an Empty Promise?; Yulia Yamineva and Kati Kulovesi -- 10. Climate Justice: The Clean Development Mechanism as a Case Study; Tomilola Eni-ibukun -- 11. Legal Aspects of Climate Change Adaptation; Jonathan Verschuuren -- 12. Climate Change and Human Rights; Timo Koivurova, Sébastien Duyck and Leena Heinämäki -- Section III: Sectoral Issues -- 13.  Managing the Fragmentation of International Climate Law; Harro van Asselt -- 14. No Need to Reinvent the Wheel for a Human Rights-Based Approach to Tackling Climate Change: The Contribution of International Biodiversity Law; Elisa Morgera -- 15. The Role of REDD in the Harmonization of Overlapping International Obligations; Annalisa Savaresi -- 16. Climate Change and Trade: At the Intersection of Two International Legal Regimes; Kati Kulovesi -- 17. Climate Law and Geoengineering; Ralph Bodle -- Part III: Comparative Climate Law -- 18. Climate Law in the United States: Facing Structural and Procedural Barriers; Michael Mehling and David Frenkil -- 19. Canada and the Kyoto Protocol: An Aesop Fable; Jane Matthews Glenn and Jose Otero -- 20. Climate Law in the European Union: Accidental Success or Deliberate Leadership?; Michael Mehling and Kati Kulovesi -- 21. Climate Law in Germany; Felix Ekardt -- 22. Climate Law in the United Kingdom; Colin T. Reid -- 23. Climate Law and Policy in Russia: A Peasant Needs Thunder to Cross Himself and Wonder; Yulia Yamineva -- 24. Australia: From ‘No Regrets’ to A Clean Energy Future?; Sharon Mascher and David Hodgkinson -- 25. Climate Law and Policy in Japan; Hitomi Kimura -- 26. Sustainable Development and Climate Policy and Law in China; Christopher Tung -- 27. India’s Evolving Climate Change Strategy; Namrata Patodia Rastogi -- 28. Climate Change Responses in South Africa; Ed Couzens and Michael Kidd -- 29. Climate Change Policy and Legislation in Brazil; Haroldo Machado Filho -- 30. Climate Law in Latin American Countries; Soledad Aguilar and Eugenia Recio..
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  • 86
    ISBN: 9789400754737 , 128393616X , 9781283936163
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 183 p. 6 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Issues in Business Ethics 38
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The heart of the good institution
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    Keywords: Ethik ; Management ; Verantwortung ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Operations research ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Operations research ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Organisationskultur ; Führungsstil ; Tugendethik
    Abstract: This book addresses the question: how can institutions develop and maintain a good purpose? And how can managers contribute to this endeavour? Twelve contributions explore this question, using MacIntyrean inquiry as a basis for exploring four main themes: Can management be considered a practice in the MacIntyrean sense? What is the role of specific virtues in the development of a virtuous institution? What are management vices and what are the conditions in which they flourish? And, can we use MacIntyrean ideas to consider the management of all forms of institutions? The volume is an international and multidisciplinary collection, with contributions from well-known writers in the field of management ethics, and innovative contributions that use MacIntyrean inquiry as a lens to examine fields such as hospitality, user generated music content and social sustainability. The papers are unified by their concern for the achievement of organizational excellence and integrity through ethical management.Unlike single author texts this edited volume brings together multiple perspectives on the topic of virtue ethics in management. In doing so, it explores the topic both more deeply and more widely than a single author can do. Because of its breadth, this book has the potential to become a turn-to research tool for those interested in virtue theory’s relevance to other academic interests such as organizational behavior (including motivation theory and social psychology), literature, contemporary social issue criticism, and business management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Section 1 intro: Can management be a practice? -- 1 Re-imagining the morality of management: A modern virtue ethics approach; Geoff Moore -- 2 Management as a practice; Tony O’Malley -- 3 Judgment, virtue and social practice; Chris Provis -- 4 Courage as a management virtue; Howard Harris -- Section 2 Intro Leadership, Vice and Virtue -- 5 Virtue ethics in leadership operations: A pathway for leadership development; Erich C. Fein -- 6 The process of conscious corporate growth: A utopian interpretation or a possible virtuous practice?; Mario Carrassi -- 7 Organisational narcissism: A case of failed corporate governance?; Patricia Grant and Peter McGhee -- 8 YouTube as a nascent practice: A MacIntyrean analysis of user-generated content; Helen Rusak and Stephen McKenzie -- Section 3 Intro Case Studies -- 9 Embedded moral agency: A MacIntyrean perspective on the HR professional’s dilemma; Tracey Wilcox -- 10 The contribution of virtue ethics to the pedagogy and Sustainable Practice Of Hospitality Work; Gayathri Wijesinghe -- 11The problem of the empty circle: Thoughts on a virtue approach to social sustainability; Stephen McKenzie -- Conclusion:  A Concluding Reflection: Narratives of Virtue in Responsible Management -- 12 Murdoch, Trollope and Drucker: Virtue ethics as conveyed by stories; Michael Schwartz -- Contributors..
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  • 87
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    ISBN: 9789400753518 , 1283936070 , 9781283936071
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 315 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 298
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Agassi, Joseph, 1927 - 2023 The very idea of modern science
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Science Philosophy ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Science Philosophy ; Science ; Europe ; History ; 16th century ; Science ; Europe ; History ; 17th century ; Wissenschaftsphilosophie ; Citizen Science ; Wissenschaftsphilosophie ; Citizen Science
    Abstract: This book is a study of the scientific revolution as a movement of amateur science. It describes the ideology of the amateur scientific societies as the philosophy of the Enlightenment Movement and their social structure and the way they made modern science such a magnificent institution. It also shows what was missing in the scientific organization of science and why it gave way to professional science in stages. In particular the book studies the contributions of Sir Francis Bacon and of the Hon. Robert Boyle to the rise of modern science. The philosophy of induction is notoriously problematic, yet its great asset is that it expressed the view of the Enlightenment Movement about science. This explains the ambivalence that we still exhibit towards Sir Francis Bacon whose radicalism and vision of pure and applied science still a major aspect of the fabric of society. Finally, the book discusses Boyle’s philosophy, his agreement with and dissent from Bacon and the way he single-handedly trained a crowd of poorly educated English aristocrats and rendered them into an army of able amateur researchers.​
    Description / Table of Contents: The Very Idea of ModernScience; Abstract; Preface; Acknowledgement; Contents; Part I: Bacons Doctrine of Prejudice (A Study in a Renaissance Religion); Introductory Note; Chapter 1: The Riddle of Bacon; 1.1 The Problem of Methodology; 1.2 The Criticism of Bacon's Writings; 1.3 The Past Suggested Solutions; Chapter 2: Bacon's Philosophy of Discovery; 2.1 Bacon's Utopianism; 2.2 Bacon's Metaphysics; 2.3 Bacon's Induction; 2.4 Bacon's Inductive Machine; Chapter 3: Ellis' Major Difficulty; Chapter 4: The Function of the Doctrine of Prejudice; 4.1 Radicalism; 4.2 Radicalism Invented
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.3 Radical MethodologyChapter 5: Bacon on the Origin of Error and Prejudice; Chapter 6: Prejudices of the Senses; 6.1 The Problem of Observation; 6.2 Prejudices of the Senses; 6.3 Bacon's Theory of Discovery; 6.4 Whewell's Theory of Discovery; 6.5 Popper's Theory of Discovery; 6.6 Bacon's "Mark" of Science; Chapter 7: Prejudices of Opinions; 7.1 Suspension of Judgment; 7.2 What Is a Prejudice?; 7.3 Bacon and the Logical Empiricists; 7.4 Bacon's Double Game; 7.5 The Origin of Scientific Theories; 7.6 Science and Imagination; Chapter 8: Bacon's Influence; 8.1 Influence on Immediate Posterity
    Description / Table of Contents: 8.2 Permission to Propose a Hypothesis and to Assert Metaphysics8.3 Permission De Jure and de Facto; 8.4 Legitimation Versus Criticism; 8.5 Bacon's Influence; Chapter 9: Conclusion : The Rise of the Riddle of Bacon; Part II: The Religion of Inductivism as a Living Force; Quasi-Terminological Notes; "The Inductive Style"; "Speculation" and "Hypothesis"; "Hypothesis" and "Fact"; On the Recent Literature; Homage to Robert Boyle; Chapter 10: Philosophical Background; 10.1 Inductivism Classical and Modern; 10.2 Metaphysical Views, Classical and Modern; 10.3 The Doctrine of Prejudice
    Description / Table of Contents: 10.4 The Moral Code of the Fraternity10.5 Conclusion; Chapter 11: The Social Background of Classical Science; 11.1 Researchers as Amateurs; 11.2 Researchers as Experts; 11.3 Researchers as Inventors; 11.4 Researchers as Dilettantes; Chapter 12: The Missing Link Between Bacon and the Royal Society; 12.1 The Rise of the Royal Society; 12.2 Boyle's Spirit; 12.3 Boyle's Views on the Spread of Science; Chapter 13: Boyle in the Eyes of Posterity; 13.1 The Eighteenth Century; 13.2 Herschel's Unfair Comment; 13.3 Who Discovered Boyle's Law?; 13.4 Modern Views on Boyle; 13.5 Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 14: The Inductive Style14.1 The Discussion of Style; 14.2 The Inductive Style Versus the Argumentative Style; 14.3 Reporting on Experiments and Writing Systems; 14.4 Boyle on some Systems; 14.5 Thinking and Experimenting; 14.6 The Inductive Style; 14.7 Encyclopedia of Facts or a Just History of Nature; 14.8 Boyle's Promiscuous Experiments; 14.9 Boyle on Attempts to Create some Theories; 14.10 Methodological Tolerance; 14.11 The Usefulness of Hypotheses; 14.12 Civilized Argument; 14.13 Boyle on the Method of Quoting; 14.14 Circumstantial Descriptions A: The Problem
    Description / Table of Contents: 14.15 Circumstantial Descriptions B: Recent Solutions
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgement -- PART I: BACONS DOCTRINE OF PREJUDICE -- (A study in a Renaissance Religion) Introductory Note -- I The Riddle of Bacon -- (1)  The Problem of Methodology -- (2)    II Bacon’s Philosophy of Discovery -- III Ellis’ Major Difficulty -- IV The Function of the Doctrine of Prejudice -- V Bacon on the origin of error and prejudice -- VI Prejudices of the Senses -- VII Prejudices of Opinions -- VIII Bacon’s Influence -- IX Conclusion: The rise of the commonwealth of learning -- PART II: A RELIGION OF INDUCTIVISM AS A LIVING FORCE -- A Quasi-Terminological Note -- On the recent literature -- Homage to Robert Boyle -- I Background Material -- II The social background of classical science -- III The Missing Link between Bacon and the Royal Society of London -- IV Boyle in the Eyes of Posterity -- V The Inductive Style -- VI Mechanism -- VII The new doctrine of prejudice -- Appendices. ​.
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    ISBN: 9789400762749
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 269 p. 14 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics 20
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Farm economics ; Social sciences ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Farm economics ; Social sciences
    Abstract: This edited volume presents ethical and economic analyses of agrifood competition. By systematically examining fairness and openness in agricultural markets, it seeks to answer the question of whether there is adequate competition in the agrifood industry and whether the system is fair to all participants. It outlines ethical and economic principles important for understanding agrifood competition, presents arguments for and against consolidation, globalization and the integration of agrifood industries, and looks at the implications of globalization on the nature of competition in specific agricultural contexts
    Abstract: This edited volume presents ethical and economic analyses of agrifood competition. By systematically examining fairness and openness in agricultural markets, it seeks to answer the question of whether there is adequate competition in the agrifood industry and whether the system is fair to all participants. It outlines ethical and economic principles important for understanding agrifood competition, presents arguments for and against consolidation, globalization and the integration of agrifood industries, and looks at the implications of globalization on the nature of competition in specific agricultural contexts
    Description / Table of Contents: The Ethics and Economics of Agrifood Competition; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Ethics and Economics of Agrifood Competition: Connotations, Complications and Commentary; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Meaning of Adequacy; 1.3 The Meaning of Fairness; 1.4 Analyses of Agrifood Competition; 1.5 The Lesson; References; Part I Conceptualizing Agrifood Competition; Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Fairness in the Context of Competition: Philosophical Sources; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fair Treatment and Fair Play; 2.3 Fairness and the Social Contract
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.4 Fairness and Efficient Competition2.5 Fairness and Outcomes; 2.6 Fairness and Rules; 2.7 Assessing Fair Competition; 2.8 Fair Agrifood Competition; References; Chapter 3: Are Ethics and Efficiency Locked in Antithesis?; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What Is Ethics?; 3.3 What Is Efficiency?; 3.4 The Relation Between Ethics and Efficiency; 3.4.1 Ethical Duties as a Constraint on Production; 3.4.2 Ethical Consumption and Ethical Production; 3.4.3 Institutionalizing Ethical Considerations in the Sector; 3.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: The Fallacy of "Competition" in Agriculture
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.1 Introduction4.2 The True Central Question of Competition: What Is It?; 4.2.1 The Nature of Competition; 4.2.2 `Free and Fair' Competition; 4.2.2.1 Free Competition; 4.2.2.2 Fair Competition; 4.3 The Problem of Perfect Competition; 4.4 Competition in Agriculture; 4.4.1 The Demise of Competition in Agriculture?; 4.4.2 The Shortcoming of Government Intervention; 4.4.3 Competition in Agriculture Today; 4.4.4 So Whence Concerns About Competition in Agriculture Today?; 4.4.5 What Does This Tell Us About Competition in Agriculture?; 4.4.6 Ethics and the Fallacy of Competition; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5: Efficiency, Power and Freedom5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Overview; 5.3 Aggregate Economic Efficiency; 5.3.1 The Free Market; 5.4 Morals of Monopoly and Competition; 5.5 Antitrust and Competition Policy; 5.5.1 Collusion in Fixing the Rules of the Marketplace; 5.5.2 Knightian Welfare Economics; 5.5.3 Economic Freedom for Farmers and Ranchers; 5.5.4 Serfdom; 5.5.5 Economic Freedom for Consumers; 5.5.6 Innovation and Democracy; 5.6 Concluding Remarks: Back to the Agrifood System; References; Chapter 6: Networks, Power and Dependency in the Agrifood Industry; 6.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.2 Previous Research on Agrifood Industry Structure6.3 Networks, Dependency and Power; 6.4 Differential Dependencies in Stylized Agrifood Networks; 6.4.1 Broilers; 6.4.2 Beef; 6.4.3 Corn and Soybeans; 6.5 Ethics of Dependency; 6.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Reaping and Sowing for a Sustainable Future: The Import of Roman Catholic Social Teaching for Agrifood Competition; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Roman Catholic Social Teaching; 7.3 Agrifood Competition in Roman Catholic Social Teaching; 7.3.1 Rerum Novarum (1891); 7.3.2 Quadragesimo Anno (1931); 7.3.3 Excursus: César Chávez
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.3.4 Mater et Magistra (1961)
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  • 89
    ISBN: 9781857436693 , 9780203110942
    Language: English
    Pages: XXIII, 488 S. , graph. Darst.
    Additional Material: graph. Darst., Kt., Tab., Reg., Lit.Hinw.
    Edition: 1. ed
    Series Statement: Routledge international handbooks
    DDC: 332.673096
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    Keywords: Agrarboden ; Auslandsinvestition ; Agrarboden ; Ernährungssicherung ; Wasserversorgung ; Afrika ; Bodenrecht ; land run ; land rush ; Investments, Foreign ; Land tenure ; Land use ; Natural resources ; Food security ; Water security ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Wasserreserve ; Boden ; Produktionsfaktor ; Landnahme ; Agrarpolitik ; Wasserwirtschaft ; Politik ; Bodenpolitik ; Bodenspekulation ; Ernährungssicherung ; Direktinvestition ; Afrika ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Wasserreserve ; Grundeigentum ; Ressourcenökonomie ; Investitionspolitik ; Ernährungssicherung
    Abstract: (...) Chinese engagement in African agriculture: fiction and fact / Deborah Bräutigam. - S. 91-103 (...) China-Africa agricultural co-operation: African land tenure reform and sustainable farmland investments / Yongiun Zhao and Xiuli Xu. - S. 436-445 (...)
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Enth. zahlr. Beitr , Introduction , Claiming (back) the land : the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs , Enclosure revisited : putting the global land rush in historical perspective , Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in Southern Africa : historical land 'grabbing' , Sudan and its agricultural revival : a regional breadbasket at last or another mirage in the desert? , The contradictions of development : primitive accumulation and geopolitics in the two Sudans , The experience of land grab in Liberia , Chinese engagement in African agriculture , The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential , A global enclosure : the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa , Private investment in agriculture , The role of domestic investors : the arrival of the 'businessmen' in West Africa , 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets , Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia , Tapping into al-Andaluz resources : opportunities and challenges for investment in Morocco , A blue revolution for Zambia? : large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs' , Investing into the next cycle? : land grabs and the green economy , The political economy of land and water grabs , Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa? , How to govern the global rush for land and water? , Keep calm and carry on : what we can learn from the three food price crises of the 1940s, 1970s and 2007/2008 , Constructing a new water future? : an analysis of Ethiopia's current hydropower development , Inverse globalization? : the global agricultural trade system and Asian investments in African land and water resources , Green and blue water dimensions of foreign domestic investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa : the case of Ghana and Mali , Green and blue water in Africa : how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification , Groundwater in Africa : is there sufficient water to support the intensification of agriculture from 'land grabs'? , The water resource implications for and of FDI projects in Africa : a biophysical analysis of opportunity and risk , Analyse to optimise : sustainable intensification of agricultural production through investment in integrated land and water management in Africa , Expectations and implications of the rush for land : understanding the opportunities and risks at stake in Africa , China-Africa agricultural co-operation, African land tenure reform and sustainable farmland investments , Competing narratives of land reform in South Sudan , Struggles and resistance against land dispossession in Africa : an overview
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  • 90
    ISBN: 9780415602006 , 0415602009
    Language: English
    Pages: XIII, 285 S. , graph. Darst. , 24 cm
    Series Statement: Central Asian studies series 27
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    DDC: 306.0958
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    Keywords: Mittelasien ; Governance ; Politik ; Wirtschaft ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Institution building--Asia, Central. ; Asia, Central--Politics and government--1991- ; Asia, Central--Economic conditions--1991- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
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  • 91
    ISBN: 9781782544630
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 292 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Morris, Michael H., 1953 - Entrepreneurship programs and the modern university
    DDC: 378.1035 M8331e
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    Keywords: Gründungsausbildung ; Hochschule ; Lehrplan ; USA ; Entrepreneurship Study and teaching (Higher) ; Academic-industrial collaboration ; Entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Entrepreneurship ; Universität
    Abstract: After tracing the evolution of entrepreneurship within institutions of higher learning, the authors explore the key elements that constitute a comprehensive entrepreneurship program. Best practices at leading universities and differing kinds of academic environments are highlighted. They examine multiple aspects of program management and infrastructure, including curriculum and degree program development, where entrepreneurship is administratively housed, how it is organized, and approaches to staffing and resource acquisition
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  • 92
    ISBN: 9781782548348
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 181 pages)
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    Keywords: Employee empowerment ; Organizational change ; Electronic books ; Unternehmen ; Empowerment ; Innovation
    Abstract: This book provides a critical insight into the ongoing debates and controversies that surround employee empowerment and workplace innovation. It highlights competing interests and conflicting values, and illuminates some basic tensions between confident rhetoric and everyday realities.
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    ISBN: 9781781004227
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 481 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the experience economy
    DDC: 658.812
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    Keywords: Beziehungsmarketing ; Event-Marketing ; Konsumgütermarketing ; Dienstleistungsmarketing ; Kundengewinnung ; Kundenbindung ; Kundenintegration ; Open Innovation ; Erfahrungsgüter ; Freizeitwirtschaft ; Veranstaltungswirtschaft ; Tourismuswirtschaft ; IKT-Sektor ; Kultursektor ; Kreativsektor ; Mediensektor ; Customer relations Management ; Relationship marketing ; Customer loyalty ; Experience Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Dienstleistung ; Marketing
    Abstract: This illuminating Handbook presents the state-of-the-art in the scientific field of experience economy studies. It offers a rich and varied collection of contributions that discuss different issues of crucial importance for our understanding of the experience economy. Each chapter reflects diverse scientific viewpoints from disciplines including management, mainstream economics and sociology to provide a comprehensive overview. The Handbook is divided into three subsections to explore progression in the scientific field of experience economy studies. The first section focuses on fundamental debates surrounding the nature and importance of the experience economy. The second section presents more specific topics including innovation, networks and the design of experiences. Finally, the last section explores issues such as cultural events, cuisine, theatre and video games. Moreover, the Handbook gives an insight into how receivers react to experiential elements of experience economy studies. An innovative presentation of experience economics, this is a remarkable collection of new theory and analyses. This book will prove an invaluable resource to researchers and students in management, marketing, psychology and economics
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    ISBN: 9781781006405
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 358 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on crisis leadership in organizations
    DDC: 658.4056
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    Keywords: Krisenmanagement ; Führungsstil ; Anforderungsprofil ; Crisis management Handbooks, manuals, etc Research ; Leadership Handbooks, manuals, etc Research ; Electronic books
    Abstract: With contributions from many of the leading researchers in the field, the Handbook of Research on Crisis Leadership in Organizations summarizes much of the theory, research, and opinion about various facets of crisis leadership in order to advance this emerging field. It recognizes that crises have become an almost inevitable part of organizational life, and describes how leaders can facilitate people getting through the crisis. -- The Handbook is divided into four parts: attributes and behaviors of the crisis leader; leadership of subordinates during a crisis; managing the present crisis and prevent future crises; and an integration of approaches to understanding crisis leadership. Enough knowledge has been accumulated about crisis leadership in organizations to serve as guidelines for practice, as well as a research base to build on for the future. Leaders must help others get through crises as well as prevent them. -- Researchers in the field of crisis leadership and crisis management will find this important resource invaluable. Academics and students of organizational behavior, industrial and organizational psychology, and management will also find much of interest and might also suggest the book as a valuable addition to their library as an important resource in the field of crisis leadership. Human resource professionals in larger organizations as well as management consultants who endeavor to acquire advanced knowledge about this field will find the practical aspects of keen interest as well.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9780857939814
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXIV, 559 S.) , Ill., graph. Darst.
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on creativity
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    Keywords: Creative thinking ; Creative ability ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kreativität
    Abstract: pt. I. Research on creativity -- pt. II. Ways of conceptualising and assessing creativity -- pt. III. The creative process -- pt. IV. Practices of creativity -- pt. V. Conditions for creativity -- pt. VI. Leading/managing creativity.
    Abstract: 'This scholarly and important volume has an impressive interdisciplinary and international scope. We hear from psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, legal scholars, and economists. These refreshing chapters broaden our understanding of human innovation, contributing to a developing sociocultural approach to the study of creativity. These chapters directly challenge the myth of solitary genius, by documenting the social and cultural systems within which new ideas emerge.' - Keith Sawyer, Washington University in St Louis, US. 'This penetrating volume both summarizes compellingly what we know about creativity and examines critically loose concepts of creativity, cases where creativity does harm, and deceptive hype about creativity. This volume neither romanticizes creativity nor reduces it to the servant of economic and cultural development, offering instead a differentiated and penetrating examination of the nature of creativity and its diverse positive and sometimes negative roles.' - David Perkins, Harvard Graduate School of Education, US. This comprehensive yet concise Handbook provides an overview of innovative approaches to, and new perspectives on, the study of creativity. In this timely work, creativity is not defined by an ideal, rather it encompasses a range of theories, functions, characteristics, processes, products and practices that are associated with the generation of novel and useful outcomes suited to particular social, cultural and political contexts. Chapters present original research by international scholars from a wide range of disciplines including history, sociology, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, education, economics and interdisciplinary studies. Their research investigates creativity in diverse fields including art, creative industries, aesthetics, design, new media, music, arts education, science, engineering and technology. Containing cutting-edge research the Handbook of Research on Creativity will strongly appeal to academics and advanced students in cultural studies, creative industries, art history and theory, experimental music and performance studies, digital and new media studies, engineering, economics, sociology, psychology and social psychology, management studies, and education - particularly visual arts education and music education. Policy makers, managers and entrepreneurs will also find much to interest them in this fascinating work
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781781004906
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 411 pages)
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on the learning organization
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    Keywords: Lernende Organisation ; Communities of practice ; Organizational learning ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Organisatorisches Lernen
    Abstract: This timely Handbook establishes the 'contextualization' of the learning organization idea as a research field. In contrast to much of the previous literature, which has approached the learning organization as a panacea that every organization could and should adopt, this major new Handbook puts the learning organization into context. It examines the relevance of the learning organization idea to organizations in various specific contexts, employing examples from a wide variety of cultures including China and Islamic nations, and from industries as diverse as the police force, care services for the elderly and family firms. Scholars and students with an interest in organizational learning will find this important Handbook enriching. Human resource practitioners will also find plenty of invaluable information in this resource
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781782540663
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 271 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Governance, regulation and innovation
    DDC: 658.4063
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    Keywords: Innovation ; Governance-Ansatz ; Regulierung ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Wettbewerb ; Marktstruktur ; Information technology Management ; Industrial policy ; Corporate governance ; Technological innovations Law and legislation ; Technological innovations Management ; Industrial laws and legislation Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Innovation ; Governance ; Regulierung
    Abstract: This book aims to disentangle the complex relationship between innovation and its potential determinants, paying special attention to the roles of governance and regulatory frameworks, and the ways in which the latter interact with other drivers of innovation such as competition and the innovator’s closeness to the technology frontier
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781782547549
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 235 S.) , graph. Darst.
    Series Statement: Elgaronline
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The landscape of family business
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The landscape of family business
    DDC: 658.045
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    Keywords: Familienunternehmen ; Family-owned business enterprises ; Family corporations Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The editors should be commended for developing a Map of the Landscape of Family Business Outcomes. It gives future research direction to the discipline considering both short-term profitability and long-term sustainability. It considers conventional concepts of structure, roles, and rules as well as family/firm processes, the uniqueness of family businesses and the essence of their resilience capacity. There are thought-provoking nuggets for new and seasoned researchers, counselors and advisors, business and executive educators, as well as family business owners.' - Sharon M. Danes, University of Minnesota, US. The Landscape of Family Business expands upon groundbreaking research to offer owners, consultants, and academics a new holistic way to view family business. What are the important outcomes in family business? What are the relationships among those outcomes? And, what does an overall pattern of outcome relationships reveal about family business? Based on 12 years of family business research, this book presents answers to these questions in the form of a Map of the Landscape of Family Business. In addition, leading scholars provide reviews and make recommendations to researchers and practitioners about each of the seven clusters revealed in the map - Governance, Performance, Social and Economic Impact, Strategy, Family Dynamics, Family Business Roles, and Succession. Clear and concise, with a focus on relationships in family business, this insightful book is both an enjoyable and informative read and will prove to be an asset to every bookshelf. Scholars, academics and family business owners and managers are sure to find The Landscape of Family Business an invaluable resource
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  • 99
    ISBN: 9781781003626
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 219 pages)
    Series Statement: The successful transgenerational entrepreneurship practices series
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Exploring transgenerational entrepreneurship
    DDC: 658.045
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    Keywords: Familienunternehmen ; Unternehmensnachfolge ; Immaterielle Werte ; Family-owned business enterprises Case studies Succession ; Entrepreneurship Case studies ; Intergenerational relations Case studies ; Electronic books ; Entrepreneurship ; Familienbetrieb
    Abstract: Transgenerational entrepreneurship, as a discipline, examines the processes, resources and capabilities that allow family enterprises to create social and economic value over time in order to succeed beyond the first generation of business owners. While tangible resources such as financial and physical capital are certainly important factors in the long-term success of a family-run business, this book focuses specifically on the role of intangible resources and capabilities, which are less easily quantifiable but equally vital. - Drawing insights from in-depth longitudinal studies of twenty-six family firms in twelve countries, the contributors discuss the critical role of intangible assets such as values, virtues, tacit knowledge and learning, professionalization, internal and external social networks, and reputation. Each chapter includes both a case study that serves as a practical illustration of a particular topic as well as a discussion of the theoretical perspectives and broader implications. Featuring both contributors and case studies from across the world, this volume provides a truly global approach to the study of transgenerational entrepreneurship. - Professors and students of business and management, entrepreneurship and family business studies will find this book a fascinating addition to their libraries, as will family business owners, consultants and researchers.
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    ISBN: 9781781004333
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 293 pages)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Innovation and creativity
    DDC: 658.4063
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    Keywords: Innovation ; Innovationsmanagement ; Kreativität ; Technologiepolitik ; Europa ; Management ; Creative ability in business ; Technological innovations Management ; Electronic books ; Innovationsmanagement
    Abstract: 1. Innovation and creativity : statement of the issues / Filip De Beule and Ysabel Nauwelaerts -- 2. International trade in disembodied technology : trends, patterns and comparisons for European and OECD countries / Nathalie Avallone, Séverine Chédor and Jean-Louis Mucchielli -- 3. A snapshot on STI policies and indicators for Belgium / Peter Teirlinck -- 4. A longitudinal perspective on research and innovation in Belgium / Filip De Beule, Dieter Somers and Ilke Van Beveren -- 5. Which Portuguese firms are more innovative? The importance of multinationals and exporters / Armando Silva, Oscar Afonso and Ana Paula Africano -- 6. The effect of export promotion programs on export satisfaction : a study in the Flemish design sector / Ysabel Nauwelaerts and Elena Vijfeyken -- 7. Do firms benefit from investing in basic scientific research? An empirical investigation for pharmaceutical firms / Stijn Kelchtermans, Bart Leten and René Belderbos -- 8. FDI motives and host country productivity effects of US MNEs / John Cantwell and Roger Smeets-- 9. Reverse technology diffusion : on the diffusion of technological capabilities from competence-creating subsidiaries to headquarters of the MNE / Katarina Blomkvist -- 10. Innovation initiative within foreign subsidiaries in South Korea : determinants and outcomes / Axèle Giroud, Yoo Jung Ha and Mo Yamin -- 11. Management control in creative firms / Nathalie Beckers, Martine Cools and Alexandra Van den Abbeele -- 12. The TELE case : linking innovation process and culture in a large service company / Jens O. Meissner and Martin Sprenger.
    Abstract: This book brings together different insights into the importance of innovation and creativity to build competitiveness in the European industry and society from different angles. The authors first look at how European countries and their policies have fared on innovation and creativity measures. They go on to examine multinational companies in particular, analyzing research and innovation at the headquarters and subsidiary level and the linkages between them. Looking at the management of innovation in firms and subsidiaries, they gain insights into how firms can innovate more effectively and efficiently. The study examines the role of management control and culture in stimulating creativity as well as an important driver of innovation. The chapters in the book are also complementary in the sense that they include qualitative as well as quantitative studies, from academic researchers to people working in the field. Researchers, professors, managers, students and policymakers interested in innovation, creativity, knowledge, multinational companies, competitiveness and Europe will be enlightened on how to be more creative and innovative
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