Physica Verlag Hd: 128 books
Sustainable Human Resource Management
A conceptual and exploratory analysis from a paradox perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
Predictions are that sustainability becomes the next big topic for Human Resource Management after internationalization and globalization. This book gives new answers to these questions: - How can HRM contribute to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified human resources over time? -...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
"Does knowledge matter to politics?" is the main question the book tries to answer. The analysis is interdisciplinary and covers a wide range of topics: a social epistemology assessment of the efficacy of political institutions in promoting the generation and the diffusion of science and...
Complexity and Industrial Clusters
Dynamics and Models in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume contains the proceedings of the international conference "Complexity and Industrial Clusters: Dynamics and Models in Theory and Practice", organized by Fondazione Comunita e Innovazione and held in Milan on June 19 and 20, 2001 under the aegis of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei...
by Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
When considering labor market inequality across different demographic groups in society, it is natural for most individuals to think of discrimination as the most likely explanation. Since the pioneering work of University of Chicago economist and Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, there has been an abundance...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Intelligent systems are now being used more commonly than in the past. These involve cognitive, evolving and artificial-life, robotic, and decision making systems, to name a few. Due to the tremendous speed of development, on both fundamental and technological levels, it is virtually impossible...
E-Learning 2010
Aspekte der Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Informatik
Language: German
Release Date: January 25, 2010
Technologiebasiertes und mobiles Lernen und Lehren sind in der Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft von zentraler Bedeutung. Ziel des Sammelbandes ist es, einen Blick in die nahe Zukunft des E- und M-Learnings zu werfen: der lebenslangen Aus- und Weiterbildung vom Vorschul- bis ins Rentenalter unter...
Transformations in Hungary
Essays in Economy and Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
During the first decade after the turn towards democracy and market economy, Hungary's society experienced profound changes. The book analyses related political, legal, institutional and socio-economic structures and processes in order to contribute to a further understanding of Hungary's ongoing...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
In the past decade a critical mass of work that uses fuzzy logic for autonomous vehicle navigation has been reported. Unfortunately, reports of this work are scattered among conference, workshop, and journal publications that belong to different research communities (fuzzy logic, robotics, artificial...
by Heike Link, John S. Dodgson, Markus Maibach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book presents the results of the study "Infrastructure Capital, Maintenance and Road Damage Costs for Different Heavy Goods Vehicles in the EU" which was commissioned by the European Commission, DG VII. This study supported the preparation of the white book on transport infrastructure...
Contemporary Leadership Theories
Enhancing the Understanding of the Complexity, Subjectivity and Dynamic of Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2010
This book provides a comprehensive overview of basic theoretical approaches of today’s leadership research. These approaches conceive leadership as an interactive and complex process. They stress the significance of the individual perception for developing and forming leadership relations. Leadership...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
The book focuses on the relations between small states and alliances. It is on why, how and under what conditions states engage in alliances. What are the benefits and costs of alliances? How are the benefits and costs of alliances allocated among their members? What determines who allies with whom?...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
The international political and military-strategic importance of the Asian continent has dramatically increased in recent years and it is conceivable that world affairs in this century will be significantly influenced by developments in Asia.
This volume examines, on the one hand, the strategic goals...
Außenhandel im Wandel
Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Reinhard Moser
Language: German
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Kaum ein Unternehmen ist nicht von internationalem Wettbewerb betroffen. Exporte, internationale Direktinvestitionen und multinationale Unternehmen sind nicht nur Schlagworte die sich täglich in den Medien finden, die Auswirkungen internationaler Unternehmensaktivität beeinflussen auch erheblich...
Umweltökonomik
Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung
Language: German
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Umweltökonomik bedeutet, nach Mitteln zur möglichst effizienten Bereitstellung von Umweltgütern wie etwa sauberes Wasser und Klimaschutz zu suchen. Dieses Buch führt in die Grundlagen der Umweltökonomik ein, stellt aber auch aktuelle Forschungsfragen vor. Die Theorie externer Effekte sowie die...