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Paperback. Focusing on the philosophical implications of complexity, this volume aims to bridge the gap between the very technical, versus the very vague bodies of literature on the topic. The central theme throughout the book is the inevitability of normative and ethical issues when dealing with complex phenomena. Editor(s): Cilliers, Paul; Preiser, Rika. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 287 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPK; HPQ; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732704
- ISBN
- 9789400732704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. This book outlines evidence of the effects of 'new public management reforms' in the German university and public research sector, covering interplay between levels of governance from the research group through the organization to the state and national level. Editor(s): Jansen, Dorothea. Series: Higher Education Dynamics. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK; JNM; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 321.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732681
- ISBN
- 9789400732681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book demonstrates that solar, wind and biomass power alone, while helpful, are incapable of supplying and sustaining the enormous quantities of electricity and heat needed for manufacturing portable synthetic fuels to replace current use of fossil fuels. Series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV6; RNF; TGPR; THK; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732612
- ISBN
- 9789400732612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Paperback. This book offers papers delivered at the World Congress of the International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE) held in Cape Town in 2008. The project drew together scholars in five regions in the first attempt at such a global perspective. Editor(s): Moore, Geoff. Series: The International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics Book Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCL; KCM; KCP; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732186
- ISBN
- 9789400732186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. In 2007, Melbourne University hosted a workshop to discuss many ethical questions that International NGOs face. This book is borne of that workshop. It fully considers current challenges and dilemmas INGOs confront and offers new ideas for meeting them. Editor(s): Horton, Keith; Roche, Chris. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; J; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731950
- ISBN
- 9789400731950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This book presents the contributions from a workshop entitled "Electricity security in the cyber age: Managing the increasing dependence of the electricity infrastructure on ICT," which was organized in the Netherlands in May 2009. Editor(s): Lukszo, Zofia; Deconinck, Geert; Weijnen, Margot P. C. Series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KNBL; TGPR; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731561
- ISBN
- 9789400731561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
The Quality of Life in Confucian Asia. From Physical Welfare to Subjec...
. Ed(S): Shin, Doh Chull; Inoguchi, Takashi
Paperback. In recent decades, East Asian nations have expanded their economies more successfully than any other region in the world. This book covers the impact that has had on its citizens, probing the dynamics and sources of citizen well-being within building nations. Editor(s): Shin, Doh Chull; Inoguchi, Takashi. Series: Social Indicators Research Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731530
- ISBN
- 9789400731530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Society depends on infrastructure systems such as water and electricity networks. This book probes numerous problems regarding the way infrastructures work today as well as intelligent methods and tools for the operation of current and future infrastructures. Editor(s): Negenborn, Rudy R.; Lukszo, Zofia; Hellendoorn, Hans. Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 550 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; UB; UYM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731158
- ISBN
- 9789400731158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.67
€ 185.67
Paperback. Al Kahn was one of the most influential researchers on child welfare in the 20th century. This book, a tribute to him, describes the history of the last fifty years of child welfare as well as its current status and future promise. Editor(s): Kamerman, Sheila B.; Phipps, Shelley; Ben-Arieh, Asher. Series: Children's Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Num Pages: 437 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 437
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730700
- ISBN
- 9789400730700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.70
€ 195.70
Paperback. This book series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and propose alternative solutions. It will help scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for the future. Series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Num Pages: 524 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; PSAF; RNU; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 795.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400730557
- ISBN
- 9789400730557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 373.13
€ 373.13
Hardback. The ongoing financial crisis has engendered growing calls for stronger ethical norms in business and society. This book combines theology, economy and philosophy to examine the idea that functional free markets require sound cultural and ethical foundations. Editor(s): Schlag, Martin; Mercado, Juan Andres. Series: Ethical Economy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HPQ; HRA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400729896
- ISBN
- 9789400729896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.56
€ 128.56
Hardback. This book details the TERM (The Enormous Regional Model) approach to regional modeling. It focuses on applications to water policy and includes details of additional theory and database requirements of dynamic TERM-H2O. Editor(s): Wittwer, Glyn. Series: Global Issues in Water Policy. Num Pages: 204 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; KCN; KCP; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728752
- ISBN
- 9789400728752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardback. This book offers approaches to meet the changing needs of education, including integrating theory and practice in business education, generating workplace learning opportunities, and enriching classrooms by coupling knowledge with real-life experience. Editor(s): Bossche, Piet van den; Gijselaers, Wim H.; Milter, Richard G. Series: Advances in Business Education and Training. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNRV; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728455
- ISBN
- 9789400728455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.44
€ 128.44
Hardback. This book examines the history behind the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of population policies from 1950 to today. Examines more developed, less developed, and the least developed countries at present as well as assessing their future prospects. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728363
- ISBN
- 9789400728363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.49
€ 129.49
Hardback. This book describes the Australian government's approach to the "problem of wheat", tracking the life and death of collective wheat marketing and its manifestation in the Australian Wheat Board which was central to wheat marketing there for nearly sixty years. Series: Environment & Policy. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JPL; JPQ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728035
- ISBN
- 9789400728035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardback. Yangtze finless porpoises are the only fresh-water porpoises in the world, their habitat confined to the Yangtze River system, including Poyang Lake. This is the only publication to assess their threatened economic value using the contingent valuation method. Num Pages: 252 pages, 64 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCN; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727649
- ISBN
- 9789400727649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
The United Nations and the Regions: Third World Report on Regional Int...
. Ed(S): de Lombaerde, Philippe; Baert, Franc...
Hardback. Touching on issues such as regional representation at the UN and coordinated voting in the General Assembly, this report assesses the developing implications of supra-national regional organizations for global governance in general and the UN in particular. Editor(s): De Lombaerde, Philippe; Baert, Francis; Felicio, Tania. Series: United Nations University Series on Regionalism. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN1; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727502
- ISBN
- 9789400727502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Hardcover. This book coherently presents the current state of the art in asset management research and practice in Europe from a life cycle perspective, explains how the methods and techniques described are connected and shows how they improve the asset life cycle. Editor(s): Herder, Paulien M.; Wijnia, Ype; Van Der Lei, Telli. Series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727236
- ISBN
- 9789400727236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. Smart energy management is indispensable in modern radios. This book describes and applies an energy-driven design strategy to the design of an energy-efficient, highly scalable, pulsed UWB receiver, suitable for low data rate communication and sub-cm ranging. Series: Analog Circuits and Signal Processing. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNB; TH; TJFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2009
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726109
- ISBN
- 9789400726109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.75
€ 193.75
hardcover. This book identifies the nexus between international law and domestic space technology export controls. It examines the impact of EU regulatory divergence on international commercial communication satellite markets and offers proposals for US export control. Series: Space Regulations Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, 9 black & white tables, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCL; LBDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400725669
- ISBN
- 9789400725669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. This volume explores issues in the philosophy of science relating to biology and economics. It interrogates the concepts of mechanism and causality in these disciplines and draws careful juxtapositions between philosophical apparatus and scientific practice. Editor(s): Chao, Hsiang-Ke; Millstein, Roberta L.; Chen, Szu-Ting. Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences. Num Pages: 266 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724532
- ISBN
- 9789400724532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.70
€ 194.70
Hardback. In the face of the recent financial crisis there is increased focus on long-term investment strategies, particularly for institutional investors. This edited collection explores this topic in a series of papers intended for those with an interest in finance and business. Editor(s): Hebb, Tessa. Series: Advances in Business Ethics Research. Num Pages: 258 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KFFM; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723474
- ISBN
- 9789400723474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Hardback. The proliferation of tax avoidance schemes in recent years signals the global dimensions of a problem presenting a serious challenge to the effective administration of tax laws. This volume surveys the anti-avoidance laws of more than 20 countries, including Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa. Editor(s): Brown, Karen B. Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice. Num Pages: 396 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KFFD1; LNUC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723412
- ISBN
- 9789400723412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.09
€ 196.09
Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives ...
. Ed(S): Uysal, Muzaffer; Perdue, Richard; Si...
hardcover. This book examines research that seeks to understand and measure the impact of tourism on the quality of life of residents of the host communities. It covers research relating to travelers/tourists as well as to the residents of host communities. Editor(s): Uysal, Muzaffer; Perdue, Richard; Sirgy, Joseph. Series: International Handbooks of Quality-of Life. Num Pages: 764 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 185 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 764
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400722873
- ISBN
- 9789400722873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 378.76
€ 378.76