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Hardcover. This book consists of essays by leading scholars in economics and political science which try deepen our understanding of how theocratic regimes behave, by providing up to date empirical surveys by leading scholars of the economic performance of Iran and of Muslim countries in general, and by looking at the behavior of historical theocracies. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613102
- ISBN
- 9780230613102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
Private Selves in Public Organizations: The Psychodynamics of Organiza...
Diamond, Michael A., Allcorn, Seth
Hardcover. This book explores organizations as not simply rational, technological structures and networks for organizing people around tasks and services; it defines organizations as relational, experiential, and perceptual systems. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613096
- ISBN
- 9780230613096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Capital Rising: How Capital Flows Are Changing Business Systems All Ov...
Cohan, Peter, Rangan, U. Srinivasa
Hardcover. Capital Rising looks at globalization in a new way, namely, through the lens of global capital flows. These flows create new opportunities and threats for business - compelling them to rethink fundamental strategic choices such as where to perform activities, which growing industries to invest and how to manage mature businesses. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLF; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522. How Capital Flows are Changing Business Systems All Over the World. 288 pages, Illustrations. Capital Rising looks at globalization in a new way, namely, through the lens of global capital flows. These flows create new opportunities and threats for business - compelling them to rethink fundamental strategic choices such as where to perform activities, which growing industries to invest and how to manage mature businesses. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KCLF; KJC. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612310
- ISBN
- 9780230612310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 48.05
€ 53.46
€ 48.05
Hardcover. Globalizing Ideal Beauty is the forgotten history of a group of women copywriters whose successful ad campaigns went international in the 1920s and spread an American notion of feminine appeal from Bangor to Bangkok. Sutton's approach is grounded in a huge body of original archival research that has so far remained largely untapped. Num Pages: 210 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; KJSA; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611740
- ISBN
- 9780230611740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardcover. This book carries out a systematic analysis of the effects of economic globalization on democratization. The author studies the labour institutions of Turkey and Argentina from three criteria of internal functioning, external participation, and structural organization. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611580
- ISBN
- 9780230611580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. Corporate strategy expert Prakash Sethi takes an in-depth look at global structures and how regulation works from a corporate perspective, providing case studies of several industries and governments who have begun implementing voluntary codes of conducts, including Equator Principles, ICMM, and The Kimberly Process. Editor(s): Sethi, S. Prakash. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KJK; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611559
- ISBN
- 9780230611559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 48.30
€ 53.46
€ 48.30
Paperback. Leading experts analyze the impact of the rapid growth of offshore outsourcing in manufacturing and IT. For some it promises more rapid economic growth and for some developing countries it is an opportunity to leapfrog, while others are sidelined but it also means labour and governments may lose bargaining power vis-a-vis globally mobile capital. Editor(s): Paus, Eva. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCD; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609099
- ISBN
- 9780230609099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. This book uses an analysis of the garment industry in South Asia to uphold the predictions of neo-classical economic trade theory, but suggest that there is little to learn from it about business, structural, and institutional practices or critical linkages and partnerships. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608504
- ISBN
- 9780230608504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) are a massive subset of the healthcare industry that negotiate lower costs for healthcare supplies by buying for several hospitals at once. Group Purchasing Organizations provides an analysis and critique of this industry. Num Pages: 199 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607675
- ISBN
- 9780230607675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. This book explains how to bridge the divide between theory and practice in a specific, concrete, and easy-to-relate manner, drawing on real-life personal accounts of how students have used classroom-taught theories and skills in their jobs. Practical guidelines are included to help the reader use these lessons in their everyday lives. Num Pages: 277 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607583
- ISBN
- 9780230607583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.10
€ 161.10
Hardcover. This book focuses on coaching leaders in the context of the organizational systems within which they lead, drawing on the curriculum of the Georgetown University Leadership Coaching Certificate Program, one of the premier coach training programs in the world and the only one with this particular focus. Editor(s): Wahl, Christine; Bloomfield, Beth. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606784
- ISBN
- 9780230606784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how human rights instruments and values have brought different movements together in the struggle against free trade. Estevez employs a specifically Latin American definition of human rights, thus challenging Eurocentric and Western discourses. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JPVH; KCLT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606555
- ISBN
- 9780230606555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers, and Their Unions. Stories fo...
. Ed(S): Weiner, Lois; Compton, Mary
Paperback. Public education's character is increasingly under assault as privatization of education is advanced. This collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher's union leaders from around the world fuses insights with background and analysis to make real the goal of quality education for all the world's children. Editor(s): Weiner, Lois; Compton, Mary. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNT; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606302
- ISBN
- 9780230606302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 46.71
€ 53.46
€ 46.71
Hardcover. Mixing economic theory and empirical analysis, this book tackles the economics and econometrics of codetermination, rooted in the German Mitbestimmung. The core themes are an examination of the theory and practice of co-determination at plant (work councils) and enterprise (worker directors) levels. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606098
- ISBN
- 9780230606098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604476
- ISBN
- 9780230604476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. What is the appropriate criterion to use for distributive justice? Is it efficiency, need, contribution, entitlement, equality, effort, or ability? This book maintains that far from being rival principles of distributive justice, efficiency and need satisfaction are, in fact, complementary norms in our emerging knowledge economy. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600898
- ISBN
- 9780230600898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. Argues that the right-wing revolution in the United States has created inequality and lead to economic catastrophe. The author discusses that the rich have confiscated wealth and income from the poor and middle class to a far greater extent than many realize. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLF; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600461
- ISBN
- 9780230600461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.31
€ 56.31
Paperback. This book describes the WTO from its post-WWII beginnings in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade through a series of negotiated enhancements of these agreements. It describes the WTO's origins, structure, and growing pains as it has had to face challenges from within and without. Num Pages: 239 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSN; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600218
- ISBN
- 9780230600218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The WTO Primer: Tracing Trade's Visible Hand through Case Studies
Fulton, Richard, Buterbaugh, Kevin
Hardcover. This book describes the WTO from its post-WWII beginnings in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade through a series of negotiated enhancements of these agreements. It describes the WTO's origins, structure, and growing pains as it has had to face challenges from within and without. Num Pages: 239 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCLT1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600201
- ISBN
- 9780230600201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. Western patients are increasingly travelling to developing countries for health care and developing countries are increasingly offering their skills and facilities to paying foreign customers. The potential and implications of this international trade in medical services is explored in this book through analysis of the market. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCM; KNSG; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600058
- ISBN
- 9780230600058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13