Palgrave Macmillan Uk: 6973 books
Economic Growth in Developing Countries
Structural Transformation, Manufacturing and Transport Infrastructure
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Economic growth across countries during the last 30 years or so has displayed 'dual' divergence between developed and developing countries, and among developing countries. The structural transformation has been either slow or of an anomalous nature. The study addresses these and suggests how they can catch-up with developed world.
Sovereign Risk and Financial Crisis
The International Political Economy of the Eurozone
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
This book provides an original and timely insight into the role that the domestic and international political economy played in the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, combining an innovative theoretical framework with in-depth bond market analysis.
Business Value and Sustainability
An Integrated Supply Network Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
This book connects business sustainability to supply network-based value creation and enhancement, and tests a number of key propositions in complex supply networks to identify key challenges. Examining practical issues such as carbon trading, green product development, worker safety, child labour...
The Great Crash of 1929
A Reconciliation of Theory and Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Understanding the American stock market boom and bust of the 1920s is vital for formulating policies to combat the potentially deleterious effects of busts on the economy. Using new data, Kabiri explains what led to the 1920s stock market boom and 1929 crash and looks at whether 1929 was a bubble or not and whether it could have been anticipated.
by Paola Leone, Gianfranco A. Vento
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
This book analyses and confronts the functioning of guarantee systems for SMEs in countries where these schemes had an important development. The book also highlights how the current financial crisis is modifying the guarantees schemes, through policy maker interventions.
by Stephen Satchell
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Over the last 20 years hedge funds and derivatives have fluctuated in reputational terms; they have been blamed for the global financial crisis and been praised for the provision of liquidity in troubled times. Both topics are rather under-researched due to a combination of data and secrecy issues....
Managing Challenging Clients
Building Effective Relationships with Difficult Customers
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Do you need to deliver an effective service to challenging and unreasonable internal or external clients? Do you worry that you'll lose business or take a reputational hit if you don't do so well enough? This book introduces a valuable set of tools through which to build, maintain and manage your client-facing relationships.
Impact Investment Funds for Frontier Markets in Southeast Asia
Creating a Platform for Institutional Capital, High-Quality Foreign Direct Investment, and Proactive Policy Making
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Until now, most socially responsible and impact investments have centred on developed markets, with growth potential and investment opportunities in the frontier economies of countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam being mostly overlooked. While some individuals and organizations have...
Foresight and Innovation
How Companies are Coping with the Future
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Foresight and Innovation is a guide for readers that are interested about the future. The book introduces a concept of futurist thinking, which includes anticipating, innovating and communicating about the futures. These concepts show how various organizations, all over the world are thinking, communicating and creating a better future.
The Growth of Biofuels in the 21st Century
Policy Drivers and Market Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
This book provides a timely and insightful analysis of the expansion of biofuels production and use in recent years. Drawing on interviews with key policy insiders, Ackrill and Kay show how biofuels policies have been motivated by concerns over climate change, energy security and rural development.
Knowing What is Good For You
A Theory of Prudential Value and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2011
An examination of the philosophical issues surrounding prudential value: what it is for something to be good for a person; and well-being: what it is for someone's life to go well. It critically analyses competing approaches, and proposes a new subjective account that addresses key weaknesses of existing theories.
Knowledge Actors and Transnational Governance
The Private-Public Policy Nexus in the Global Agora
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Diane Stone addresses the network alliances or partnerships of international organisations with knowledge organisations and networks. Moving beyond more common studies of industrial public-private partnerships, she addresses how, and why, international organisations and global policy actors need to...
The Garment Industry in Low-Income Countries
An Entry Point of Industrialization
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
This book explores the means through which the garment industry contributes to industrialization, poverty reduction, empowerment of undereducated workers, in particular female laborers, and shared growth in contemporary low-income countries.
Hit Brands
How Music Builds Value for the World's Smartest Brands
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Companies and agencies spend vast amounts of money to advertise and brand products and music has been an important part of this. This book assesses how from selecting sound and music for individual products and adverts many large companies have moved to develop a music strategy to align their brand and create emotional impact.