Stanford University Press: 1317 books
Ethics in Economics
An Introduction to Moral Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
In Ethics in Economics , Jonathan B. Wight provides an overview of the role that ethical considerations play in economic debates. Whereas much of the field tends to focus on welfare outcomes, Wight calls for a deeper examination of the origin and evolution of our moral norms. He argues that economic...
WTF?!
An Economic Tour of the Weird
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Step right up! Get your tickets for WTF?! An Economic Tour of the Weird! This rollicking tour through a museum of the world's weirdest practices is guaranteed to make you say, "WTF?!" Did you know that "preowned" wives were sold at auction in nineteenth-century England? That today,...
Can Business Save the Earth?
Innovating Our Way to Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Increasingly, business leaders are tasked with developing new products, services, and business models that minimize environmental impact while driving economic growth. It's a tall order—and a call that is only getting louder.
In Can Business Save the Earth?, Michael Lenox and Aaron Chatterji...
The Science of Science Policy
A Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
Basic scientific research and technological development have had an enormous impact on innovation, economic growth, and social well-being. Yet science policy debates have long been dominated by advocates for particular scientific fields or missions. In the absence of a deeper understanding of the...
Narratives of Crisis
Telling Stories of Ruin and Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
How did you first hear about 9/11? What images come to mind when you think of Hurricane Katrina? How did your community react to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting? You likely have your own stories about these tragic events. Yet, as a society, we rarely stop to appreciate the narratives that...
Explanation and Progress in Security Studies
Bridging Theoretical Divides in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Explanation and Progress in Security Studies asks why Security Studies, as a central area of International Relations, has not experienced scientific progress in the way natural sciences have—and answers by arguing that the underlying reason is that scholars in Security Studies have advanced a range...
Innovation and Scaling for Impact
How Effective Social Enterprises Do It
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Innovation and Scaling for Impact forces us to reassess how social sector organizations create value. Drawing on a decade of research, Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair transcend widely held misconceptions, getting to the core of what a sound impact strategy entails in the nonprofit world. They reveal...
Engine of Impact
Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
We are entering a new era—an era of impact. The largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history will soon be under way, bringing with it the potential for huge increases in philanthropic funding. Engine of Impact shows how nonprofits can apply the principles of strategic leadership to attract...
Contractors and War
The Transformation of United States’ Expeditionary Operations
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
The U.S. military is no longer based on a Cold War self-sufficient model. Today's armed forces are a third smaller than they were during the Cold War, and yet are expected to do as much if not more than they did during those years. As a result, a transformation is occurring in the way the U.S. government...
by Ray Fair
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
"It's the economy, stupid," as Democratic strategist James Carville would say. After many years of study, Ray C. Fair has found that the state of the economy has a dominant influence on national elections. Just in time for the 2012 presidential election, this new edition of his classic text,...
Providing for National Security
A Comparative Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Providing for National Security: A Comparative Analysis argues that the provision of national security has changed in the 21st century as a result of a variety of different pressures and threats. In this timely volume experts from both the academic and policy worlds present 13 different country case...
Inside Man
The Discipline of Modeling Human Ways of Being
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Inside Man presents readers with an exercise in modeling human ways of being—thinking, feeling, acting. This book does not merely introduce models, but also attempts to teach modeling and to produce, within the reader, the predispositions and attitudes of the modeler: a distance from the individual...
Law and Long-Term Economic Change
A Eurasian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
Recently, a growing body of work on "law and finance" and "legal origins" has highlighted the role of formal legal institutions in shaping financial institutions. However, these writings have focused largely on Europe, neglecting important non-Western traditions that prevail in...
Changing on the Job
Developing Leaders for a Complex World
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Listen to people in every field and you'll hear a call for more sophisticated leadership—for leaders who can solve more complex problems than the human race has ever faced. But these leaders won't simply come to the fore; we have to develop them, and we must cultivate them as quickly as is humanly...