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Hardcover. Starting with a major survey of the economics of sport, this volume involves primarily a comparison of the European and American models of sport, how to restructure leagues to make them more competitive, the analysis of gate-sharing mechanisms, the economic impact of promotion and relegation and a comparison of broadcasting regimes. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; KC; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232242
- ISBN
- 9780230232242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.99
€ 128.99
Hardcover. Drawing on prominent contributions by economists to the debate on international monetary reform, this book provides an historical perspective on the plans, schemes and ideas on the international financial system. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4. BIC Classification: KCLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432. Competing Ideas and Policies in the Post Bretton Woods Era. 264 pages, 4. Drawing on prominent contributions by economists to the debate on international monetary reform, this book provides an historical perspective on the plans, schemes and ideas on the international financial system. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KCLF. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232266
- ISBN
- 9780230232266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This book explores implications of the modern view of central banks rising from the proposition that words have no meaning beyond their use in a particular context and setting. It studies coded language to explain why a central bank's decisions and communicative interactions can't be devoted to a coded language which is an artificial language. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; KCBM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232280
- ISBN
- 9780230232280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This volume explores why real estate policies in Africa have not worked well and examines how they can or should be more organised for efficient and successful outcomes. Num Pages: 260 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; KCM; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232310
- ISBN
- 9780230232310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. In many businesses brands account for the majority of shareholder value. It is crucial to understand how the economy of brands works and can be exploited to create sustainable value. The purpose of this book is to develop and enhance the understanding of the brand as an economic asset, to make better business and investment decisions. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232501
- ISBN
- 9780230232501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The media increasingly refer to football clubs as brands. Certainly concepts such as loyalty, affiliation, emotional ties with football clubs seem to parallel the relationship between consumer and brand in the broader marketing sphere. This book delves deep into the world of the lucrative business of sports branding. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 black & white tables, 10 figures. BIC Classification: KJMV7; KJS; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232532
- ISBN
- 9780230232532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. This book examines the banking crisis of July/August 2007 and its ensuing after-effects in 2008-2009: economic crisis, credit crunch, massive recapitalization of some banks and nationalization of other banks. The author offers his views on the factors which led to this global financial catastrophe and how it could have been avoided. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 281 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KCZ; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233461
- ISBN
- 9780230233461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235571
- ISBN
- 9780230235571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.84
€ 68.84
Hardcover. Policies to increase the level of enterprise and entrepreneurship, in many countries and regions, have often failed. This book explores this and gives alternative views to derive a different model, based on social influence, which is consistent with the evidence and which might therefore lead to better policy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KJH; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 394. Can Failure Trigger New Understanding?. 248 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 31 figures, 13 black & white tables. Policies to increase the level of enterprise and entrepreneurship, in many countries and regions, have often failed. This book explores this and gives alternative views to derive a different model, based on social influence, which is consistent with the evidence and which might therefore lead to better policy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JPQB; KJH; KJV. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 21. Weight: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235588
- ISBN
- 9780230235588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book investigates the business strategies chosen by oil and gas service companies operating in China, Singapore and Malaysia. It provides an analytical view of the reliability of strategic theoretical frameworks based on Western business practice but applied in a non-Western business environment like Asia. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; 1FPC; KJC; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235595
- ISBN
- 9780230235595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. There are currently 3.5 billion mobile phones in the world and mobile information technologies permeate all aspects of life. This book explores how mobile technologies and information work shape each other. Most writings do not consider how information work increasingly relies on mobile services; this book seeks to address this imbalance. Series: Technology, Work and Globalization. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ; TJ; UF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236073
- ISBN
- 9780230236073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. The current crisis is emerging as the most severe downturn since the Great Depression. This book examines its cause, the efforts to contain the crisis and proposes a cure that will limit the risk that such crises could recur in the future. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236189
- ISBN
- 9780230236189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. This is the first book to put together Asia and the developed world in the subprime crisis context and to combine macro and micro analysis to draw lessons from it. The crisis has valuable lessons for the dergulation of China's insurance industry, which is seen as the 'goldmine' in the future of global financial development. Num Pages: 144 pages, 53, 51 charts, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1F; KCX; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288. Lifting the Veil on the Financial Tsunami. 144 pages, 53, 51 charts, 2 black & white tables. This is the first book to put together Asia and the developed world in the subprime crisis context and to combine macro and micro analysis to draw lessons from it. The crisis has valuable lessons for the dergulation of China's insurance industry, which is seen as the 'goldmine' in the future of global financial development. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; KCX; KCZ; KFF. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 13. Weight: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236196
- ISBN
- 9780230236196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance: The Contribu...
Sacconi, Lorenzo, Blair, Margaret, Freeman, R...
Hardcover. Corporate social responsibility is examined in this book as multi-stakeholder approach to corporate governance. This volume outlines neo-institutional and stakeholder theories of the firm, new rational choice and social contract normative models, self regulatory and soft law models, and the advances from behavioural economics. Editor(s): Vercelli, Alessandro. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCC; KCK; KCP; KJR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 32. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236547
- ISBN
- 9780230236547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.24
€ 130.24
Hardcover. Marketing Through Turbulent Times offers a range of tools, principles and approaches for decision makers who want to lead their organization toward a robust future by ensuring that their marketing strategies are not only relevant for today's difficult environment but will also lay the foundation for innovative growth opportunities. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237308
- ISBN
- 9780230237308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.18
€ 69.18
Hardcover. This volume brings together some of the world's leading economists, to focus primarily on Canadian policy issues and case study debates in honour of David Laidler. Commemorating his success and active participation in the research and analysis of monetary policy. Num Pages: 247 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KCBM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237346
- ISBN
- 9780230237346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardcover. Since the first edition there have been fundamental changes in the Irish growth model. The sudden collapse of the Irish economy in 2008 raises questions such as: why the sudden and deep decline in economic growth? What are the prospects for a return to growth? Answering these questions and more, this book is the definitive work on the Celtic Tiger. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JPQB; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237438
- ISBN
- 9780230237438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Since the first edition there have been fundamental changes in the Irish growth model. The sudden collapse of the Irish economy in 2008 raises questions such as: why the sudden and deep decline in economic growth? What are the prospects for a return to growth? Answering these questions and more, this book is the definitive work on the Celtic Tiger. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237445
- ISBN
- 9780230237445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardcover. Capitalist Sorcery neither sets out a new political programme nor offers a new theory. Rather, it aims to encourage all those who are resistant to resignation and inertia, whose stories of partial successes must be told, celebrated and shared. Translator(s): Goffey, Dr. Andrew. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237629
- ISBN
- 9780230237629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Hardcover. This book covers social inequalities in Chinese cities and provides comparative perspectives on inequality and social polarization, neoliberalization and the poor, the change of property rights, rural to urban migration and migrants' enclaves, deprivation and residential segregation, state social security and reemployment training programs. Editor(s): Wu, Fulong; Webster, C. J. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237728
- ISBN
- 9780230237728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. Introduces you to a valuable set of tools enabling you to build influence, promote your interests and get buy-in to your plans and proposals. The book will enable you to identify your own workplace values and those of your key colleagues and understand how to retain the influence you have already gained and stand by your values under pressure. Num Pages: 222 pages, 212 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237735
- ISBN
- 9780230237735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. As the tensions in the Greek economy take centre stage in the international headlines, this book examines the failed policies and political corruption that have bankrupted the nation. The authors comment on recent bailouts and haircuts and explore the uncertain future of Greece in the Eurozone. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JPH; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237773
- ISBN
- 9780230237773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. Written in the European tradition of Kant's philosophical trilogy on critique and Hegel's concept of ethical life it outlines the great traditions in ethical philosophy: Aristotelian virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarianism. It presents modern ethics from Nietzsche, Adorno, and Habermas to Kohlberg's stages of moral development. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238251
- ISBN
- 9780230238251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. Servant-leadership may be the answer to the current demand for a more ethical, people-centred leadership where humility, servitude and contribution are key elements. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of current thinking and empirical research of the determinants, underlying processes and consequences of servant leadership. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408. Developments in Theory and Research. 208 pages, 7, 4 figures, 3 black & white tables. Editor(s): van Dierendonck, Dirk; Patterson, Kathleen A. Servant-leadership may be the answer to the current demand for a more ethical, people-centred leadership where humility, servitude and contribution are key elements. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of current thinking and empirical research of the determinants, underlying processes and consequences of servant leadership. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KJMB. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 19. Weight: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238268
- ISBN
- 9780230238268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.36
€ 194.36