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Austrian Theory and Economic Organization
Reaching Beyond Free Market Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
The Austrian economic school famously predicted and explained the problems of calculation in a socialist society. With their concept of spontaneous order, they challenged mainstream economists to look beyond simplified static models and consider the dynamic and evolutionary characteristics of social...
Digital Skills
Unlocking the Information Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
The first book to systematically discuss the skills and literacies needed to use digital media, particularly the Internet, van Dijk and van Deursen's clear and accessible work distinguishes digital skills, analyzes their roles and prevalence, and offers solutions from individual, educational, sociological, and policy perspectives.
by Gergely Sznolnoki, Liz Thach, Dani Kolb
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
This book focuses on principles and practices in digital wine marketing. By providing a global overview of social media and e-commerce strategies and practices in the wine business, this book allows readers to understand how consumers and producers deal with these modern communication and selling platforms.
by John C. Knapp, Azalea M. Hulbert
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
This book presents an ethical framework which evaluates the legitimacy of the practice of ghostwriting. It explores the connection between personal authenticity and the use of ghostwriters in corporate, political, legal, higher education, and scientific contexts. It then examines the history...
by D. Chorafas
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
The Changing Role of Central Banks derives lessons from current economic and financial challenges as well as failures in confronting them. Through this approach, it brings under perspective political and social reactions to major economic problems of the last ten years, particularly those pertaining to money and initiatives taken by central banks.
Approximating Prudence
Aristotelian Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
In a unique undertaking, Andrew Yuengert explores and describes the limits to the economic model of the human being, providing an alternative account of human choice, to which economic models can be compared.
Saving Face in Business
Managing Cross-Cultural Interactions
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
This book explains the subtle maneuvers of what researchers call “facework” and demonstrates the vital role it plays in the success or failure of cross-cultural interactions. Building on Geert Hofstede’s seminal research on cultural dimensions, Merkin synthesizes more recent research in business,...
Coherence in the Midst of Complexity
Advances in Social Complexity Theory
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2011
A discussion on the social complexity approach, where dialogue and stories allow for the degrees of freedom needed for the opportunities of emergence to take root. The authors focus on the experience of coherence and how such experiential lessons differ from the establishment and maintenance of categories and labels.
Globalization, Culture, and Branding
How to Leverage Cultural Equity for Building Iconic Brands in the Era of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Drawing from novel theoretical insights in social psychology, cultural psychology, and marketing, Globalization, Culture and Branding provides guidelines for imbuing brands with culturally symbolic meanings that can create deep psychological bonds with multi-cultural consumers.
Female Olympians
A Mediated Socio-Cultural and Political-Economic Timeline
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
This book examines women's participation in the Olympic Games since they were allowed to be included in that global arena. Using a holistic, social scientific approach, and emphasizing the rhetoric of sport mediatization, Female Olympians reviews the literature relative to sexism, racism, and ageism...
by R. Girasa
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
The major financial scandals of the past decade, which have been discussed exhaustively in corporate offices by corporate attorneys, and in accounting firms, have led to the passage of massive Congressional enactments in the United States that impact the world of finance. The enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley...
America’s Culture of Professionalism
Past, Present, and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
America's Culture of Professionalism proves an emerging culture of interdependence is possible if and when enough professionals and laypersons refashion their roles and relationships having both something to contribute and something to learn from each other.
Latin American Science Fiction
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Combining work by critics from Latin America, the USA, and Europe, Latin American Science Fiction: Theory and Practice is the first anthology of articles in English to examine science fiction in all of Latin America, from Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil and the Southern Cone. Using a variety of...
New Argentine and Brazilian Cinema
Reality Effects
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Reality Effects brings together the reflections of leading film scholars and critics from Latin America, the UK and the United States on the re-emergence of the real as a prime concern in contemporary Argentine and Brazilian film, and as a main reason for the acclaim both cinematographies have won among international audiences in recent years.