Edward Elgar Publishing: 369 books
by Andrew D. Mitchell, David Heaton, Caroline Henckels
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2016
Central to this book is an analysis of the obligation upon states to ensure non-discrimination in the form of adherence to the principles of national treatment and most-favoured nation treatment. These are critical principles for both international trade law and international investment law, yet the...
Urban Strategies for Culture-Driven Growth
Co-Creating a European Capital of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Over the past three decades, the European Capital of Culture has grown into one of the most ambitious cultural programs in the world. Through the promotion of cultural diversity across the continent, the program fosters mutual understanding and intercultural dialogue among citizens, thereby increasing...
The Two Faces of Institutional Innovation
Promises and Limits of Democratic Participation in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
This book evaluates democratic innovations to allow a full analysis of the different practices that have emerged recently in Latin America. These innovations, often viewed in a positive light by a large section of democratic theorists, engendered the idea that all innovations are democratic and all...
by Andreas Raspotnik
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
The Arctic is a region that has seen exponential growth as a space of geopolitical interest over the past decade. This insightful book is the first to analyse the European Union’s Arctic policy endeavours of the early 21st Century from a critical geopolitical perspective.
Unraveling the Mysteries of Case Study Research
A Guide for Business and Management Students
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
An accessible and current yet in depth introduction to conducting a case study or a project focusing on a company or business situation. This textbook provides an introduction to identifying the motivation and objectives for a project, defining and designing a research question, guiding a research plan,...
Trademarks and Social Media
Towards Algorithmic Justice
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Legal conflicts between trademark holders, social media providers and internet users have become manifest in light of wide scale, unauthorised use of the trademark logo on social media in recent decades. Arguing for the protection of the trademark logo against unauthorised use in a commercial environment,...
by Jennifer Moore
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
This is the first empirical law book to investigate coroners’ recommendations, and the extent of their impact and implementation. Based on an extensive study, the book analyses over 2000 New Zealand Coroners’ recommendations and includes more than 100 interviews and over 40 surveys, as well as Coroner’s...
by Denise Tsang
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
The start of the 21st century has seen an explosion of online media, with creative content becoming a driving force for competitiveness. As twin engines of the digital economy, much has been said about both creativity and entrepreneurship but less about their relationship. Entrepreneurial Creativity...
Neither Free Trade Nor Protection
A Critical Political Economy of Trade Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book challenges both sides of the debate around international trade. Most mainstream economists advocate free trade as a mainstay of national and global prosperity. Meanwhile, many critics see trade causing inequality and poverty. Unfortunately, supporters and opponents share many assumptions about...
Resale Price Maintenance and Vertical Territorial Restrictions
Theory and Practice in EU Competition Law and US Antitrust Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
Theoretical discussions among competition lawyers and economists on the approach to Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) and Vertical Territorial Restrictions (VTR) have often caused controversy. However, commentators agree that there is a lack of comprehensive study surrounding the topic. This book explores...
Sustainable Growth Through Strategic Innovation
Driving Congruence in Capabilities
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
From detailed reviews of existing dynamic capabilities, this book presents a theoretical model of a strategic innovation system as a corporate system capability to enable a large company to achieve strategic innovation. The book includes in-depth case studies to illustrate the importance of strategic innovation capabilities.
Knowing Her Place
Positioning Women in Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
More women are studying science at university and they consistently outperform men. Yet, still, significantly fewer women than men hold prestigious jobs in science. Why should this occur? What prevents women from achieving as highly as men in science? And why are so few women positioned as ‘creative...
Informed Insurance Choice?
The Insurer’s Pre-Contractual Information Duties in General Consumer Insurance
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The direction and clarity of the author's argument is commendably clear. Thus it is clear at the outset that he is mainly concerned with pre-contractual information duties as they affect consumers, and thus standard form contracts—although, he argues, individualised information duties, will have a significantly more important part to play in the future, and he gives some consideration to these.
Harmonising Copyright Law and Dealing with Dissonance
A Framework for Convergence of US and EU law
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This insightful study explores the constitutional, institutional, and cultural barriers to harmonisation of the copyright laws of the United States and the European Union. It considers these matters in the real world transnational environment in which copyright law operates and suggests that the reality...