World Scientific Publishing Company: 3040 books
by Joe Tidd
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Since the pioneering work scholars such as Joseph Schumpeter and Peter Drucker, the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship have evolved to become two separate and distinct disciplines. Schumpeter 1 focused on the contributions of entrepreneurial startups and smaller firms, whereas Schumpeter 2...
Asian Alterity
With Special Reference to Architecture and Urbanism through the Lens of Cultural Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2007
Asian Alterity is an interdisciplinary theoretical analysis that vigorously contests the homogeneity of the mainstream Eurocentric values. Part I argues for the need for an alternate perspective to be introduced so as to understand the diversity of Asia's cultural differences at their varied development...
by Guy Deutscher
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
While the possible depletion of energy sources has been emphasized in most literatures, this book aims to show that the increase of entropy in the biosphere, resulting since the dawn of industrial era, is a cause for urgent concern.
As the entropy release puts a limit on sustainable growth,...
Game Theory
A Nontechnical Introduction to the Analysis of Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
The objective of the third edition of Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction to the Analysis of Strategy is to introduce the ideas of game theory in a way that is approachable, intuitive, and interdisciplinary. Relying on the Karplus Learning Cycle, the book is intended to teach by example. Noncooperative...
Robust Mechanism Design
The Role of Private Information and Higher Order Beliefs
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Foreword by Eric Maskin (Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2007)
This volume brings together the collected contributions on the theme of robust mechanism design and robust implementation that Dirk Bergemann and Stephen Morris have been working on for the past decade. The collection is preceded by...
by Susheng Wang
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
This textbook concisely covers math knowledge and tools useful for business and economics studies, including matrix analysis, basic math concepts, general optimization, dynamic optimization, and ordinary differential equations. Basic math tools, particularly optimization tools, are essential for students...
by Imad A Moosa
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
This book addresses the topical issue of whether the current environment in the US and other major countries, where quantitative easing is used to boost the economy, is conducive to the emergence of hyperinflation. This is a controversial and highly debated issue. Using both economics and history,...
Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
A Systematic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
This book provides a systematic approach to analyzing macroeconomic developments, focusing on macroeconomic accounts, analysis, and the effects of selected policies on a nation's economy. The first part of the book describes the data, accounts, and analysis of the four main macroeconomic sectors —...
by Tianyong Zhou
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Since its reform and opening up, China has experienced unprecedented social and economic development. It is important to understand the biggest and fastest growing economy's policy and strategy. As a key director in Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the author...
by Matthew Y Ma
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
This comprehensive book is the first of its kind to take scientists and engineers beyond simply getting a patent granted. Through the author's extensive technical background and experience in intellectual property licensing, it ties the many technical, legal and business aspects of patent enforcement...
Metals and Energy Finance
Advanced Textbook on the Evaluation of Mineral and Energy Projects
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
Given the design component it involves, financial engineering should be considered equal to conventional engineering. By adopting this complementary approach, financial models can be used to identify how and why timing is critical in optimizing return on investment and to demonstrate how financial...
Reflections
The Legacy of Lee Kuan Yew
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Reflections: The Legacy of Lee Kuan Yew is a collection of essays reflecting on Singapore's first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew's immense contribution to nation-building and the idea of development. This includes its various models — from government and statecraft as well as leadership and governance,...
Budgetary Supervision in China
An Institutional Perspective of Provincial People's Congress
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
This book studies the problems of budgetary supervision system of China's provincial People's Congress, and analyzes their causes and provides the solutions.
The author explores the topic from the perspective of the provincial People's Congress, which is at the intermediate level in the Chinese...
by Mengqi Xu, Jie Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
This book studies China's Belt and Road Initiatives and the country's neighboring diplomacy. The Belt and Road Initiatives proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 consist of two main components, the land-based "Silk Road Economic Belt" and ocean-going "Maritime Silk Road"....