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Foreign Direct Investment
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) studies have evolved as one of the mainstreams in business strategy. This book presents a comprehensive perspective on the motivations behind the studies, the effects of FDI, and how it can be utilized and extended to other areas of studies. Written with a global perspective,...
Abu Dhabi's Vision 2030
An Ongoing Journey of Economic Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
This book aims to tell the Abu Dhabi story in economic development, from its past dominance in oil to its economic vision for the future. More than being an exemplar of industrial restructuring and diversification from a resource-based to a 21st century knowledge-based economy and society, Abu Dhabi...
A Breakthrough in Vocational and Technical Education
The Singapore Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
There has been much international effort to improve or transform Vocational and Technical Education (VTE). However, the outcomes often remain elusive. VTE continues to be largely shunned by society as a sector of education for low-achievers and academic failures.
A Breakthrough in VTE: The...
by Jochen Wirtz
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
From a customer's perspective, services are experiences. From the organization's perspective, services are processes that have to be designed and managed to create the desired customer experience. This makes processes the architecture of services. Designing Customer Service Processes will discuss...
by Apostolos Serletis
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Interfuel substitution is an issue that is — and will likely remain — an important topic of inquiry for many years, as governments around the world seek to set policies that are intended to restrain carbon emissions or steer economies toward or away from certain fuels. This book contributes to...
Perspectives on Supplier Innovation
Theories, Concepts and Empirical Insights on Open Innovation and the Integration of Suppliers
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Hardly anybody outside a company knows its products and processes better than its suppliers. Research confirms that intensive integration of suppliers in the value creation process positively influences the success of the company, particularly in highly competitive industries. This is a result of...
The UCLA Anderson Business and Information Technologies (BIT) Project
A Global Study of Technology and Business Practice (2016)
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
This is the fourth of a series of research volume of papers from the Business and Information Technologies global research network. The BIT network comprises 21 partners from 17 countries, and conducts studies on the impact of new information and communication technologies on business practice, industry...
Handbook of Tourism Economics
Analysis, New Applications and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Handbook of Tourism Economics: Analysis, New Applications and Case Studies provides an up-to-date, concise and readable coverage of the most important topics in tourism economics. It pays attention to relevant traditional topics in tourism economics as well as exciting emerging topics in this field...
Contemporary Issues in Mediation
Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Is the need for a power balance still necessary for mediation in the Singapore context?
In an increasingly digitised world, what challenges are there for online mediation?
Is the distinction between facilitative and evaluative mediation still relevant?
These questions, and more,...
Finance Masters
A Brief History of International Financial Centers in the Last Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
One thousand years ago, a handful of dynamic medieval city states developed trade at the frontier of capitalism. Their unique commercial ambition led to the emergence of finance capitals of international significance: Finance Masters. From the 11th century onward, international financial hubs, led...
Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future
Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
The major challenge for the current generation of mankind is to develop a shared vision of a future that is both desirable to the vast majority of humanity and ecologically sustainable. Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future offers a broad, critical discussion on what such a future should or...
Inclusive FinTech
Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and ICO
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2018
Cryptocurrency market has been growing fast since its emergence in recent years. Moreover, digital finance has forged the convergence of profit motives with social objectives creating a class of large FinTech companies. In addition, the underlying technology innovation may be applied to a wide range...
by Faizal Bin Yahya
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Income inequality has become a global phenomenon. Rapid technological advancement and an expanding global workforce will continue to place huge pressure on wages all over the world, including Singapore. This edited volume is the product of the robust exchanges that took place in a series of closed-door...
Social Development and Social Policy
International Experiences and China's Reform
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Social policy reforms driven by profound social changes have been a popular and pressing topic worldwide in recent years in both policy and academic circles. In this book, prominent social policy scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia discuss the history of social policies, compare different...