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by Mark Leigh
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Advertising. Is it really 'the greatest art form of the twentieth century'
(Marshall McLuhan)? Whatever your views, it is undeniably one of the most
popular career choices going-and one of the most difficult to get into. If
you want to be creative and make money, or simply fancy trying your hand
at...
Hop, Skip, Go
How the Mobility Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
Urban expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker look beyond the false promises of the past to examine the real future of transportation and the repercussions for the world’s cities, the global economy, the environment, and our individual lives.
Human mobility, dominated for...
Regulation of Infrastructure and Utilities
Public Policy and Management Issues
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the public policy and management issues that are encountered in the regulation of infrastructure and utilities. Drawing from theoretical arguments and several case studies, the book is divided into three parts, namely devising regulation, installing...
Corporate Security Management
Challenges, Risks, and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Corporate Security Management provides practical advice on efficiently and effectively protecting an organization's processes, tangible and intangible assets, and people.
The book merges business and security perspectives to help transform this often conflicted relationship into a successful...
Smiling Down the Line
Info-Service Work in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2009
Just as textile mills and automotive assembly plants have symbolized previous economic eras, the call centre stands as a potent reminder of the importance of information in contemporary economies. Bob Russell's Smiling Down the Line theorizes call centre work as info-service employment and looks at...
Carbon Finance
How Carbon and Stock Markets are affected by Energy Prices and Emissions Regulations
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
Maximizing reader insights into the methodologies and cutting-edge research concerning the financial aspects of carbon markets, this book analyzes the economic and financial effects of carbon trading and regulations on the stock market prices of individual companies as well as the joint effects of...
by Dimitris Kardaras, Bill Karakostas
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
The Internet gives the consumer almost unlimited choice in products. At the same time, it causes a globalization of consumer habits and tastes. One important question that arises is: Does the Internet and the World Wide Web offer the same opportunities for choice of services as they do for products?...
The Biobased Economy
Biofuels, Materials and Chemicals in the Post-oil Era
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
The impending threats of catastrophic climate change and peak oil are driving our society towards increased use of biomass for energy, chemical compounds and other materials - the beginnings of a biobased economy. As alternative development models for the biobased economy emerge, we need to determine...
by China Industrial Map Editorial Committee, China Economic Monitoring & Analysis Center
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Energy consumption level is a significant indicator in measuring a nation's economic, scientific and technological progress. The energy industry in China is a topic of interest for many researchers, given the rapid industrialization taking place in the country for the past ten years. This book provides...
The Business of Sustainable Wine
How to Build Brand Equity in a 21 Century Wine Industry
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Modern agriculture is the largest single contributor to global greenhouse gas production, deforestation, and water consumption. Biodiversity, climate change, energy, soil degradation, and water scarcity are critical issues. Consumers are increasingly and justifiably concerned about where their food...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the changes and development of the civil international aircraft/aviation industry. It offers a fully up-to-date account of the international developments and structure in the aircraft and aviation industries from a number of perspectives, which include...
Privatization of Public Services
Impacts for Employment, Working Conditions, and Service Quality in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Public services throughout Europe have undergone dramatic restructuring processes in recent years in connection with liberalization and privatization. While evaluations of the successes of public services have focused on prices and efficiency, much less attention has been paid to the impacts of liberalization...
The Creative Economy
How People Make Money from Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2002
Britain makes more money from music than from its car industry. In the United States the core copyright industries achieved foreign sales and exports of $60.18 billion - a figure which surpasses, for the first time, every other export sector, including automobiles, agriculture and aircraft. Howkins...
Advertising and Anthropology
Ethnographic Practice and Cultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Examining theory and practice, Advertising and Anthropology is a lively and important contribution to the study of organizational culture, consumption practices, marketing to consumers and the production of creativity in corporate settings. The chapters reflect the authors' extensive lived experienced...