Palgrave Pivot imprint: 999 books
Drugs on the Dark Net
How Cryptomarkets are Transforming the Global Trade in Illicit Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
This study explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Since the fall of the infamous Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets can be found thriving on the dark net. Martin explores how these websites defy powerful law enforcement agencies and represent the new digital front in the 'war on drugs'.
Debt, Democracy and the Welfare State
Are Modern Democracies Living on Borrowed Time and Money?
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Why is it that government debt in the developed world has risen to world war proportions in a time of peace? This can largely be attributed to governments maintaining welfare expenditures beyond what tax revenues allow. But will these governments refrain from doing what is necessary for economic growth for fear of losing their electorate?
The Vulnerability of Corporate Reputation
Leadership for Sustainable Long-Term Value
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
The Vulnerability of Corporate Reputation explores the role that reputation plays in the success and failures of companies. This book focuses on the traditional topic of reputation risk management, the process of reputation, reputational excellence and examines leaders whose reputation and foresight could benefit the organization they steer.
Taming Capital Flows
Capital Account Management in an Era of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
This volume contains country experiences explained by policy makers and studies by leading experts on causes and consequences of capital flows as well as policies to control these flows. It addresses portfolio flow issues central to open economies, especially emerging markets.
Business Strategies for a Messy World
Tools for Systemic Problem-Solving
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Using current business examples and academic research, Tools for Systematic Problem-Solving educates managers and executives on how to systematically examine key assumptions to ensure survival and success for their organizations.
by P. Mourdoukoutas
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
As a game of economics, investing involves the basic principles of economics that help investors identify financial goals and constraints, and come up with the right asset and portfolio allocation. Mourdoukoutas outlines the rules for investing in irrational markets successfully.
Small Voluntary Organisations in the 'Age of Austerity'
Funding Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2016
This book analyses the dynamics that underlie the awarding of public funding to small voluntary organisations in the UK. Using Bourdieu’s later work on state power, the author argues that these competitions for grants, loans and contracts are neoliberal funding ‘games’. Such games tempt grassroots...
by G. Viglia
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Over the past few decades marketing practices have shifted with the sudden growth of social media and the proliferation of devices, platforms, and applications. This rapidly changing environment presents new opportunities and challenges for marketers, who need to stay up to date with the development...
Indo-French Educational Partnerships
Institutions, Technologies and Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
This book examines the unexpected convergence between the higher education systems of India and France. This has resulted due to links between higher education investment and economic growth in the light of the knowledge triangle and the Lisbon strategy, which has recently been replaced by the Horizon...
The Arab Gulf States and Reform in the Middle East
Between Iran and the "Arab Spring"
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
This analysis seeks to analyse the main trends in Gulf security in light of the changes in the regional and international arena, while examining the relationship between external and internal threats, which are intertwined in the Gulf security agenda.
by Stuart Cunningham, Jon Silver
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Drawing on comparisons with historical shake-ups in the film industry, Screen Distribution Post-Hollywood offers a timely account of the changes brought about in global online distribution of film and television by major new players such as Google/YouTube, Apple, Amazon, Yahoo!, Facebook, Netflix and Hulu.
Expansive Learning in Professional Contexts
A Materialist Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
This book discusses approaches to organizational learning from a materialist point of view. Inspired by research into Police Firearms training, features of expansive learning inform the development of perspectives on training which challenge traditional modes of research and delivery. The book critically...
American Sociology
From Pre-Disciplinary to Post-Normal
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
American Sociology has changed radically since 1945. This volume traces these changes to the present, with special emphasis on the feminization of sociology and the decline of the science ideal as well as the challenges sociology faces in the new environment for universities.
Innovation and the Multinational Firm
Perspectives on Foreign Subsidiaries and Host Locations
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
In the changing geography of innovation, multinational corporations play a key role as creators of knowledge. Innovation and the Multinational Firm investigates how innovation is managed within these firms by focusing particularly on subsidiaries and host-locations.