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by Khee Giap Tan, Duy Nguyen, Shida Zhou
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
This book provides a valuable compendium of annual indices and rankings of cost of living for expatriates and cost of living, wages and purchasing power for ordinary residents in 105 world's major cities over the period 2005-2015. Now in its third edition, the ACI's study reflects salient differences...
The Rise of the Global South
Philosophical, Geopolitical and Economic Trends of the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
This book provides a broad and in-depth introduction to the geopolitical, economic and trade changes wrought with the increasing influence of the countries of the Global South in international affairs.
The global role of the developing countries came to the forefront in 1974, when the United...
China's Economic Statecraft
Co-optation, Cooperation, and Coercion
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This book aims to study China's economic statecraft in the contemporary era in a comprehensive manner. It attempts to explore China's approaches to using its economic, trade, investment, and financial power for the pursuit of its political, security, and strategic interests at the regional and global...
International Strategic Relations and China's National Security
World at the Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
The world was standing at the crossroads in 2015 as globalization propelled human beings into an increasingly integrated community of common destiny. In the meantime, the world witnessed the strategic competition among major powers. This annual publication offers views, opinions and predictions on...
From East to West
Memoirs of a Finance Professor on Academia, Practice, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
This memoir presents a special look into Professor Cheng-Few Lee's formative childhood years, his distinguished career as a respected scholar and conference organizer, and his substantial experience in the fields of education and policy-making. It shares the innovative methods and forward-looking...
Science Diplomacy
New Day or False Dawn?
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
As modern foreign policy and international relations encompass more and more scientific issues, we are moving towards a new type of diplomacy, known as “Science Diplomacy”. Will this new diplomacy of the 21st century prove to be more effective than past diplomacy for the big issues facing the...
Singapore's Real Estate
50 Years of Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Singapore's Real Estate: 50 Years of Transformation documents the transformation and development of the real estate market in Singapore over the past 50 years. This volume is organised around two major themes, and covers issues from the "bricks and mortar" to the capital markets; and from...
by Tom Dwyer, Mikhail K Gorshkov, Ishwar Modi;Chunling Li;Mokong Simon Mapadimeng
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Youth are, by definition, the future. This book brings initial analyses to bear on youth in the five BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which are home to nearly half of the world's youth. Very little is known about these youth outside of their own countries since the mainstream...
by Kenichi Sato
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The purpose of this book is to cover all aspects of Bi-2223 superconducting wires from fundamental research, fabrication process to applications. This book contains many chapters written by distinguished experts in the world.
Contents:
Research:
Materials Aspects of Bi-2223
Oxygen...
The Learning Marketplace
East Meets West in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
In Asia, we are witnessing an era where the pendulum of power seems to be swaying towards the East with the rising strength of China and India and Singapore is at the 'crossroads' between these populous nations. Although Singapore may appear to be the most westernized country in Asia, she is nevertheless...
by David Chan
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
When policymakers, communities or advocates make decisions and take actions, they do so with the purpose of achieving some desired goal. But sometimes, unintended consequences occur. These are outcomes that are not the ones intended by the purposeful decision or action.
Unintended consequences...
Big Data and the Computable Society
Algorithms and People in the Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
Data and algorithms are changing our life. The awareness of importance and pervasiveness of the digital revolution is the primary element from which to start a path of knowledge to grasp what is happening in the world of big data and digital innovation and to understand these impacts on our minds...
Indian Mathematics
Engaging with the World from Ancient to Modern Times
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Indian Mathematics gives a unique insight into the history of mathematics within a historical global context. It builds on research into the connection between mathematics and the world-wide advancement of economics and technology. Joseph draws out parallel developments in other cultures and carefully...
Physics and Our World
Reissue of the Proceedings of a Symposium in Honor of Victor F Weisskopf
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
As the proceedings of a symposium in honor of Victor Weisskopf at MIT, this volume contains papers by leaders of physics at the time, including M Delbrück, M Gell-Mann, H Bethe, T D Lee, B R Mottelson, W K H Panofsky, E Purcell, J Schwinger, S M Ulam, and others. Some papers address problems in the...