Economics category: 26433 books
Economics, Management and Sustainability
Essays in Honour of Anup Sinha
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
This book presents an eclectic mix of interesting new areas in the domain of economics, management and sustainability. Written by leading experts, it provides valuable food for thought, with essays introducing new lines of research and empirical research papers offering sound research methodology....
Heterodox Islamic Economics
The emergence of an ethico-economic theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
The fields of morality and ethics have been left out significantly from socio-scientific study in general and in economics and finance in particular. Yet this book argues that in this age of post-modernist analytical inquiry, the study of morality and ethics is an epistemological requirement. This...
Trust and Economics
The Co-evolution of Trust and Exchange Systems
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
A lot of recent attention has been given to one of the central paradoxes of trust: namely how people can restrict self-interest in order to trust. Existing perspectives, theories, and models offer partial explanations, but this volume presents a novel framework that expands on the findings of recent...
Contemporary Film and Economics
Lights! Camera! Econ!
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
What does the movie Lion tell us about why some societies grow rich and others remain poor? What can the global box office juggernaut, Jurassic World tell us about entrepreneurs and the ethics of business? Can the movie Passengers give us insight into human motivation and decision making? This book...
Humanism in Economics and Business
Perspectives of the Catholic Social Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
This book offers different perspectives on Humanism as developed by Catholic Social Teaching, with a particular focus on its relevance in economics and business. The work is composed of three sections, covering what is meant by Christian Humanism, how it links with economic activity, and its practical...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
There has been an increase in food price instability in recent years, with varied consequences for farmers, market participants, and consumers. Before policy makers can design schemes to reduce food price uncertainty or ameliorate its effects, they must first understand the factors that have contributed...
Production Economics
Evaluating Costs of Operations in Manufacturing and Service Industries
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
This book serves a unique purpose within the world of engineering. It covers the economics of modern manufacturing and focuses on examining the techniques and methods from a cost perspective.
It can be used by both students and professionals alike. The book is useful to students in industrial...
The Economics of Cooperative Education
A practitioner's guide to the theoretical framework and empirical assessment of cooperative education
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
A considerable number of higher educational institutions in North America, Oceania, and Europe, offer what are known as cooperative education, work-integrated learning, work placements, sandwich courses, or internships, to provide pragmatic experience to students, and its popularity is spreading to...
Economics of International Environmental Agreements
A Critical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
International environmental agreements provide a basis for countries to address ecological problems on a global scale. However, countries are heterogeneous with respect to their economic structures and to the problems relating to the environment that they encounter. Therefore, economic externalities...
by David C. Korten, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2000
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
At the end of the 20th century, public attention was focused on a deepening struggle grounded in two sharply divergent world-views and...
by David Ehrenfeld, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 1990
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
David Ehrenfeld examines the consequences of "the extraordinary proliferation of administration, of bureaucracy, of management, the increasing...
by Judy Wicks, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
Despite the dominating and destructive power of large, monolithic corporations, business can be an essential and effective force for community...
by Adam Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter.
The Wealth of Nations was published in 1776 by Adam Smith. What set Adam Smith’s work apart was the follows:
1) He believed that self-interest is God's providence
2) If government is away from...
Economics for the IB Diploma Revision Guide
(International Baccalaureate Diploma)
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Ensure students can aim for their best grade with the help of accurate and accessible notes, expert advice, and exam-style questions on each key topic.
- Builds revision skills through a range of strategies and detailed expert advice
- Covers all the knowledge with concise, clear explanations of all...