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Stem Cells
An Insider's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Stem Cells: An Insider's Guide is an exciting new book that takes readers inside the world of stem cells guided by international stem cell expert, Dr. Paul Knoepfler. Stem cells are catalyzing a revolution in medicine. The book also tackles the exciting and hotly debated area of stem cell treatments...
Wisdom of the Martians of Science
In Their Own Words with Commentaries
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Wisdom of the Martians of Science refers to five scientists whose brilliance contributed to shaping the modern world. John von Neumann was a pioneer of the modern computer; Theodore von Kármán was the scientist behind the US Air Force; Leo Szilard initiated the development of nuclear weapons; the...
Winning with Honour
In Relationships, Family, Organisations, Leadership, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Following the success of their first book "The Leader, The Teacher, & You", which won the Singapore Literature Book Prize in the Non-Fiction Category in 2014, Siong Guan and Joanne H Lim have collaborated again to produce their new book "Winning with Honour: In Relationships, Family,...
The Tao of Innovation
Nine Questions Every Innovator Must Answer
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
The Tao of Innovation is the first book to blend Eastern philosophy with tried-and-true innovation strategies. It presents a holistic, intuitive and practical approach to developing game-changing innovation.
Having over 30 years of real-world global corporate, entrepreneurial, and consulting...
Asian Competitors
Marketing for Competitiveness in the Age of Digital Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
Today's dynamic and uncertain environment has contributed to the changing nature of markets. In order for companies to keep up, they will need to embark on new wave marketing to ride the wave of opportunities provided by the changes in the environment, such as the digital revolution.
This is...
The World Turned Upside Down
The Complex Partnership Between China and Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Acting as a Sorcerer's Apprentice, the West incorporated 1.3 billion Chinese and 1.2 billion Indians into the world's labour equation within a context of lower production costs. This resulted in erosion of its competitive capacity and social stability, while greatly benefiting developing economies,...
Islamic Globalization
Pilgrimage, Capitalism, Democracy, and Diplomacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
Islamic Globalization examines the Muslim world's growing importance in creating a more inclusive international system that is increasingly multipolar and multicultural. The author describes an emerging pattern of Islamic globalization as a series of transformations in four interrelated areas —...
Struggling with Success
Challenges Facing the International Economy
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Globalization, by which is meant the increasing economic interdependence among nations, has been a critical ingredient in enabling enormous improvement in mankind's condition. While progress has not always been smooth, and has not come without dislocation for some, the economic policy challenge has...
by Ralph Pettman
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
International political economy (IPE) is a highly complex discipline, drawing not only from the fields of politics and economics, but also those as varied as philosophy, history and anthropology. Now widely accepted as a key dimension to contemporary world affairs, it is no longer possible to talk...
by John Yinger
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Lecture Notes in Urban Economics and Urban Policy provides a wide-ranging introduction to urban economics and urban policy by Professor John Yinger, one of the world's leading scholars in urban economics. It draws on his extensive teaching and publication record to provide detailed lecture notes for...
by Jochen Wirtz
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Service leadership is not based on outstanding performance within a single dimension. Rather, it reflects excellence across multiple dimensions. Building a World-Class Service Organisation is the 13th volume in the Winning in Service Markets series by services marketing expert Jochen Wirtz. This volume...
Indonesia Matters
Asia's Emerging Democratic Power
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world after China, India and the United States. It is also the world's largest Muslim majority country and the third largest democracy. Its economy is currently the 10th largest on the global scale. Indonesia is recognized as an emerging power,...
by Peter Ho
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Peter Ho, former Head of the Singapore Civil Service, was the Institute of Policy Studies' 2016/17 S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore.
This book collects the four IPS-Nathan Lectures that he delivered between April and May 2017, and gathers highlights of his dialogues with the audience.
Ho...
by Tommy Koh, Li Lin Chang, Joanna Koh
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
In 2015, Singapore marks the 50th anniversary of its independence, and the United Nations (UN) the 70th anniversary of its founding. This book celebrates 50 years of a mutually beneficial relationship between Singapore and the UN.
In the early years of Singapore's independence, the UN system...