Palgrave Macmillan Uk: 6973 books
Exploring Knowledge-Intensive Business Services
Knowledge Management Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Provides an updated view of knowledge management strategies of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) by focusing on how those firms manage innovation in their value chains and at the territorial level. Offers an original analysis of key processes of KIBS, specializing in design, professional firms and information technology.
Privatisation in Ireland
Lessons from a European Economy
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
This book analyzes privatization in Ireland, a European economy that has experienced rapidly changing fortunes over the last thirty years. It examines the effects of privatization in terms of corporate performance, public finances and the distributional aspects of privatization including the impact on employment and share ownership.
Financial Centres in Europe
Post-Crisis Risks, Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Assesses to what extent increased international cooperation could help selected financial centres in Europe respond to the future risks and opportunities facing them. The book identifies challenges that the jurisdictions face in coming years by means of representative samples and systematic comparisons of financial centres.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
The Global Financial Crisis is acknowledged to be the most severe economic downturn since the 1930s, and one that is unique in its underlying causes, its scope, and its wider social, political and economic implications. This volume explores some of the ethical issues that it has raised.
by A. Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics (1890) – Founder of Modern (Neo-classical) Economics. His book Principles of Economics was the dominant textbook in economics for a long time and it is considered to be his seminal work.
Financing for Gender Equality
Realising Women’s Rights through Gender Responsive Budgeting
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
This collection of essays addresses the glaring gap between policy commitments and actual investments in gender equality, ranging across sectors and focusing on development aid, peace-building and climate funds. Casting a spotlight on the application of gender-responsive budgeting in public budgetary...
by Alexander G. Nikolaev
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
A collection of essays from scholars around the globe examining the ethical issues and problems associated with some of the major areas within contemporary international communication: journalism, PR, marketing communication, and political rhetoric.
Comparing Institution-Building in East Asia
Power Politics, Governance, and Critical Junctures
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Yoshimatsu explores the causes and implications of the diverse degree of institution-building in East Asia by examining two processes of initiating and developing multilateral institutions in five policy areas: trade, finance, food security, energy security, and the environment.
International Negotiation in China and India
A Comparison of the Emerging Business Giants
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Negotiation is an important managerial skill. The ability to negotiate across cultures becomes even more challenging due to differences in institutional practices. This book explores how the institutional environment in India and China shapes their negotiating behaviour.
China's Resource Diplomacy in Africa
Powering Development?
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
The book seeks to understand China's evolving political and economic role in Africa and assesses what impacts Chinese aid, trade and investment have on the politics of specific African countries, and the extent to which it excites geopolitical competition.
by L. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Drawing on the fields of political economy and historical sociology, Jones dispels the overwhelming consensus among scholars that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) never interfere in the internal affairs of other states, and pioneers a new approach to the understanding of regional politics in Southeast Asia.
by T. Lin
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Tingjin Lin explores the conflict between self-interest and the provision of equality of opportunity facing educators in China. Provincial leaders prove reluctant to equalize education when doing so means sacrificing their future promotion.
China's Challenge to US Supremacy
Economic Superpower versus Rising Star
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
This book analyzes China’s development in the wider context of the global trade, investment, security, knowledge and production regimes established by the United States. It argues that, although China has thus far been able to enjoy rapid growth within this global architecture, it will have to...
Politics in Contemporary Vietnam
Party, State, and Authority Relations
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Vietnam's political development has entered an extraordinary, if indeterminate, phase. Comprising contributions from leading Vietnam scholars, this volume comprehensively explores the core aspects of Vietnam's politics, providing a cutting-edge analysis of politics in one of East Asia's least understood countries.