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Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2008
Whilst many books on the European economy have focused on the analysis of its industrial sectors, this book draws attention to the often ignored contribution made by the development of European agriculture over the past two centuries. In doing so, the authors adopt a revisionist perspective on the...
Colonialism and Foreign Ownership of Capital (Routledge Revivals)
A Trade Theorist's View
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
First published in 1982. Foreign control of capital is a major problem for many developing countries and can lead to the exercise of a form of colonial control whereby capital is provided for political rather than economic reasons. This book discusses the implications of this phenomenon for trade...
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Using Gender Intelligence to Create Breakthrough Growth
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
What if your company could gain a greater profit share of the market simply by promoting more women into its senior management team? Sounds like a no-brainer, and despite nearly every study done in the past three decades proving companies with women leaders deliver superior performance, the number...
Complex Adaptive Innovation Systems
Relatedness and Transversality in the Evolving Region
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Leading up to the financial crisis of 2008 and onwards, the shortcomings of traditional models of regional economic and environmental development had become increasingly evident. Rooted in the idea that ‘policy’ is an encumbrance to free markets, the stress on supply-side smoothing measures such...
The Next Great Bubble Boom
How to Profit from the Greatest Boom in History: 2
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
For over fifteen years, New York Times bestselling author Harry S. Dent, Jr., has been uncannily accurate in predicting the financial future. In his three previous works, Dent predicted the financial recession of the early nineties, the economic expansion of the mid-nineties, and the financial free-for-all...
by Rosaleen Duffy, Mick Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Drawing upon a variety of important philosophical traditions, this book develops an original perspective on the relations between ethical, economic and aesthetic values in a tourism context. It considers the ethical/political issues arising in many areas of tourism development, including:
the...
by Steven Coutinho
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
"There is only one thing that holds people and nations back. It's a story that explains who they are and what they can and cannot do. Breaking Rank helps you to understand the mind and unlock people's true potential."
Summary:
How can you motivate people and empower them to make better...
Health Technology Development and Use
From Practice-Bound Imagination to Evolving Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
How do development and use of new technology relate? How can users contribute to innovation? This volume is the first to study these questions by following particular technologies over several product launches in detail. It examines the emergence of inventive ideas about future technology and uses,...
The Scottish Economy
A Living Book
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
The Scottish economy is at the heart of contemporary constitutional and public policy debates. This substantial new edited collection, the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis for more than 60 years, is a timely update on the classic volume of the same name edited by Sir Alec Cairncross...
Regional Disparities in the Enlarged European Union
Geography, innovation and structural change
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
The last twenty years have seen an increase in European integration and the emergence of the technological revolution. Although tighter integration coupled with technological innovation should facilitate cross-regional convergence, some European regions have managed to jump ahead while others have...
Revolutionizing Innovation
Users, Communities, and Open Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
A comprehensive and multidisciplinary view of the emerging paradigm of user and open innovation, offering both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary growth of new models of managing and organizing the innovation process that emphasizes...
Innovation, Product Development and Commercialization
Case Studies and Key Practices for Market Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
To succeed in the 21st century, firms must integrate their business, market, technology and resource strategies into a holistic product approach, and match technological innovation to market opportunities. Unlike other books on product development that limit their scope to the product development process,...
Understanding Markets and Strategy
How to Exploit Markets for Sustainable Business Growth
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2014
In order to expand your business in existing and into new and diverse markets, it is vital that strategies and plans can be developed with realistic prospects of success. Understanding Markets and Strategy explains the context, meaning and value of markets. It shows you how to analyze them, develop...
Agrarian Reform in Contemporary Developing Countries
A Study Prepared for the International Labour Office within the Framework of the World Employment Programme
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Initially published in 1983, in association with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), this book is about the meaning, relevance and process of agrarian reform in contemporary developing countries. It includes seven detailed case studies – one each on Ethiopia, Peru, Chile, Nicaragua, Iran,...