Industry & industrial studies
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Industry & industrial studies
Hardcover. One of the major obstacles unions face in building influence in the workplace is the opposition and resistance from those that own those workplaces, namely, the employers. This volume examines the nature of this anti-unionism, and in doing so explains the ways and means by which employers have successfully maintained their right to manage. Editor(s): Gall, Professor Gregor. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303348
- ISBN
- 9780230303348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Assembling Health Care Organizations: Practice, Materiality and Instit...
Lindberg, Kajsa, Styhre, Alexander, Walter, L...
Hardcover. Assembling Health Care Organizations combines an institutional theory perspective with a materialist view of the technologies, devices, biological specimens, and other material resources mobilized and put to work in health care work. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: KCQ; KJ; KNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303508
- ISBN
- 9780230303508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Manufacturing managers are still focused on the short-term tactical issues related to their business. Strategic issues tend to receive less attention. However, manufacturing can play an important strategic role. This book helps managers consider the strategic roles their operations can play and to provide guidance as to what actions can be taken. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJMV5; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304512
- ISBN
- 9780230304512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. The key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy are addressed in this book. Editor(s): Ascher, William; Krupp, Corinne. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNB; KNG; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338364
- ISBN
- 9780230338364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLF; KCM; KCP; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338920
- ISBN
- 9780230338920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book discusses continuous improvement strategies of Japanese convenience store operators. The study highlights the efforts of companies operating under lean management systems to identify new, dynamic, firm-specific capabilities in highly competitive markets. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJK; KJU; KJV; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347939
- ISBN
- 9780230347939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. Draws together contributions from leading figures in the field of surveillance to engage in the discussion of the emergence of accountability as a means to manage threats to privacy. The first of its kind to enrich the debate about accountability and privacy by drawing together perspectives from experienced privacy researchers and policy makers. Editor(s): Neyland, Daniel; Hempel, Leon; Kroener, Inga; Postigo, Hector; Ilten, Carla; Guagnin, Daniel. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 black & white tables, 5 diagrames. BIC Classification: JFF; JPVH; KNSS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369320
- ISBN
- 9780230369320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Hardcover. Reductions in public sector spending mean voters will face a period of austerity, higher taxes and declining availability of public sector services. Prevailing public sector management philosophies are no longer applicable. To optimise future service provision with fewer resources will demand a reformation in organisational thinking and values. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230379343
- ISBN
- 9780230379343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. Uses case studies to explore why large scale electronics failed to win a leadership position in the early computer industry and why IBM, a firm with a heritage in the business machines industry, succeeded. The cases cover both the US and the UK industry focusing on electronics giants GE, RCA, English Electric, EMI and Ferranti. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJZ; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230389106
- ISBN
- 9780230389106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Hardcover. Exploring the landscape of the gaming market, this volume offers a theoretical and empirical basis from which a discussion on the role of government in regulation, taxation, and production of gambling services can take place. It presents the key issues in the gaming debate. It is suitable for scholars and policymakers. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KNSP; WDP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500501
- ISBN
- 9780230500501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Durable business performance is crucially dependent on a stakeholders' strategy and accessible entrepreneurial finance available within macro-economic and regulatory environments. These reflections on issues and policies of progress are mainly concerned with enabling entrepreneurial risk-takers to operate within an optimal business environment. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KFF; KJH; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230514980
- ISBN
- 9780230514980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Global Health Partnerships: The Pharmaceutical Industry and BRICA
Wang, Mei-Ling, Zhang, Shuo, Wang, Xiaowan
Hardcover. An exploration into the current status and future growth of the global pharmaceutical industry and the changing needs of global health. It provides comprehensive coverage of the role of the global pharmaceutical industry in general, and the participation of BRICAs in specific, to address global health needs. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515604
- ISBN
- 9780230515604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. In the decade following the Asian financial crisis, the East Asian political economy has experienced a radical transformation. This book thus investigates the responses of Japanese automotive makers to the processes of regionalism and regionalization by locating firm-level analysis in a broader political economy context. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516250
- ISBN
- 9780230516250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Global Commodity Governance: State Responses to Sustainable Forest and...
Gale, Fred, Haward, Marcus
Hardcover. The Forest and the Marine Stewardship Councils constitute new global governance institutions using voluntary certification and labelling as market incentives to encourage sustainable management. Utilizing a comparative political economic framework, the authors analyse shifting British, Canadian and Australian responses to the stewardship councils. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; KNAF; KNAL; RNF; RNK; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516632
- ISBN
- 9780230516632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. This book discusses both competitive and game theory models of industry growth through new technology, innovations and new entry, and provides a comprehensive treatment of various dynamic models of entry, applications of efficiency and entry models in computers and the pharmaceuticals industry, and applied models of Differential Games. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521537
- ISBN
- 9780230521537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Industrial Competitiveness and Restructuring in Enlarged Europe: How A...
Welfens, Paul J., Wziatek-Kubiak, Anna
Hardcover. Using a Schumpeterian approach, this book views competitiveness as the outcome of rivalry and competition between industries of the three new and the old EU member states leading to the integration of the accession countries into the EU. Editor(s): Hoshi, Iraj. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DSE; 1DV; KCB; KCP; KN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521568
- ISBN
- 9780230521568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts. This topical study explores crime prevention as a management issue, using criminomics, a concept based on commercial realities rather than maximising arrests. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521605
- ISBN
- 9780230521605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.59
€ 67.59
Hardcover. For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way to communicate ideas. Now, for the first time since the Middle Ages, all that is about to change. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTP; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 205 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527164
- ISBN
- 9780230527164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.49
€ 48.99
€ 39.49
Hardcover. This lively new study is a critical cultural history of communication technologies, from railways and telegraphy to computers and the Internet, in which Rod Giblett argues that these technologies play a pivotal role in the cultural history of modernity and its project of the sublime. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; KNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537439
- ISBN
- 9780230537439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how the Thalidomide catastrophe of the 1960s and the BSE crisis of the 1990s led to regulatory regimes for pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs in Europe. However, the developmental paths of these regimes differ -- and so does the efficiency and legitimacy of regulatory policy-making. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPQB; KNDF; KNDP; LNTM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537651
- ISBN
- 9780230537651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Reinhardt owned The Bodley Head from 1957 to 1987, and smaller publishers like The Nonesuch Press and Reinhardt Books. This account of his life contains stories about his authors, among them Graham Greene, G.B. Shaw, Charlie Chaplin and his actor friends, illuminating the trajectory of British publishing in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545427
- ISBN
- 9780230545427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in Public Relations in Asia. Combining the latest in Public Relations theory with practical guidance on how to plan and structure a PR campaign and top tips on how to create successful PR campaigns, this book is also full of fascinating case histories from Asia and the rest of the world. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJP; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549418
- ISBN
- 9780230549418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.11
€ 95.11
Hardcover. This fascinating book provides a unique experiential view into the hidden globalization of Vodafone, in which was created a social network that was engaged in the acquisition and deployment of a global network of mobile technology that now serves a proportionate mobile customer base of more than 190 million. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJK; KNTT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551176
- ISBN
- 9780230551176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.60
€ 94.60
Hardcover. Based on first-hand information obtained from Chinese and Foreign enterprises and institutions in the Chinese ICT industry, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Chinese ICT industrial sector. It especially analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, and threats facing both the Chinese enterprise and western multinationals. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553750
- ISBN
- 9780230553750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45