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Hardcover. Focusing on social innovation broadly conceived in the context of social entrepreneurship and social enterprise in their global context this book is organised to address three of the most important themes in social innovation: strategies and logics, performance measurement and governance, and finally, sustainability and the environment. Editor(s): Nicholls, Alex; Murdock, Alex. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280175
- ISBN
- 9780230280175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.72
€ 140.72
Hardcover. This book investigates issues related to health inequality with a particular interest on developing countries. It provides rigorous empirical work on both trends and causal factors behind health inequality, analyzes the implications of health deprivations on poverty traps and suggests practical policies which can be implemented. Editor(s): McGillivray, Mark; Dutta, Indranil; Lawson, David. Series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCM; KCQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280656
- ISBN
- 9780230280656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardcover. By bringing together and critically engaging with accounts of certain themes in business and labour history, and utilizing original research, this book aims to widen understanding of industrial society and provide a background to further study and research in the area management and labour relations history. Editor(s): Richardson, Mike; Nicholls, Peter. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280922
- ISBN
- 9780230280922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. Competence encompasses or overlaps with notions of efficiency, success, accountability, excellence and self-justification. This collection explores ways in which individuals, teams or groups in organizations discursively present themselves as competent to perform tasks or functions, possibly at a superior level. Editor(s): Pelsmaekers, Katja; Rollo, Craig; Van Hout, Tom; Heynderickx, Priscilla. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282636
- ISBN
- 9780230282636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardcover. This book sheds light on the impact of the Great Recession from the perspective of both developing and developed countries. It traces the complex and multiple causes of the Great Recession, delineates the diversity in the macroeconomic and labour market consequences, and highlights the effectiveness of policy responses undertaken so far. Editor(s): Islam, Iyanatul; Verick, Sher. Series: International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; KCF; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283589
- ISBN
- 9780230283589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Hardcover. This book proposes new tools and models to price options, assess market volatility, and investigate the market efficiency hypothesis. In particular, it considers new models for hedge funds and derivatives of derivatives, and adds to the literature of testing for the efficiency of markets both theoretically and empirically. Editor(s): Gregoriou, Greg N.; Pascalau, Razvan. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283633
- ISBN
- 9780230283633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Hardcover. This book investigates several competing forecasting models for interest rates, financial returns, and realized volatility, addresses the usefulness of nonlinear models for hedging purposes, and proposes new computational techniques to estimate financial processes. Editor(s): Gregoriou, Greg N.; Pascalau, Razvan. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283657
- ISBN
- 9780230283657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Hardcover. Aninterdisciplinary group ofscholars and practitioners analyse multi-variegated, cross-border activities in which non-state actors engage through a single conceptual lens. Editor(s): Brown, Stuart S. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPSL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284401
- ISBN
- 9780230284401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardcover. Addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. If public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation? Editor(s): Bekkers, Victor; Edelenbos, Jurian; Steijn, Bram. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284524
- ISBN
- 9780230284524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.00
€ 63.00
Hardcover. Some two decades will shortly have passed since the WTO's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement came into force in 1995. This volume is the first cross-country analysis of how TRIPS has affected the capacity of 11 major low or medium income countries to produce generic drugs. Editor(s): Lofgren, Hans; Williams, Owain David. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 281 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCP; KNDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284630
- ISBN
- 9780230284630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. This book examines the pattern of growth of the Spanish economy in the last few decades, and studies the causes of its labour productivity, and the special features characterising business cycles in Spain. Editor(s): Bosca, Jose E.; Domenech, Rafael; Ferri, Javier; Varela, Juan. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284654
- ISBN
- 9780230284654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.90
€ 62.90
Hardcover. This book brings together non western, indigenous and eastern perspectives on leadership. Leadership theory has for too long been the exclusive domain of western academics developing leadership theories from the perspective of western institutions. Worldly leadership calls for pooling of the combined leadership wisdoms from all parts of the globe. Editor(s): Turnbull, Sharon; Case, Peter; Edwards, Gareth; Schedlitzki, Doris; Simpson, Peter. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284708
- ISBN
- 9780230284708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.02
€ 120.02
Hardcover. In the midst of growing criticism of current economic orthodoxies and welfare systems, basic income is growing in popularity. This is the first book to discuss existing at examples of basic income, in both rich and poor countries, and to consider its prospects in other places around the world. Editor(s): Murray, Matthew C.; Pateman, Carole. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSB; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285422
- ISBN
- 9780230285422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Paperback. The book provides critical perspectives that reach beyond the technical approaches of international financial institutions and proponents of the liberal peace formula. It investigates political economies characterized by the legacies of disruption to production and exchange, by population displacement, poverty, and by 'criminality'. Editor(s): Pugh, Michael; Cooper, Neil; Turner, Mandy. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JWLP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285613
- ISBN
- 9780230285613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.25
€ 120.25
Hardcover. Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It presents an overview of the country's economic history, and seeks new prospects for economic growth and development in the future. Editor(s): Lundahl, Mats. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JMC; JFFC; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480. Essays on Underdevelopment and Post Disaster Prospects. 304 pages, 2. Editor(s): Lundahl, Mats. Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It presents an overview of the country's economic history, and seeks new prospects for economic growth and development in the future. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JMC; JFFC; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Dimension: 196 x 145 x 24. Weight: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289413
- ISBN
- 9780230289413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.35
€ 63.35
Hardcover. Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts. Editor(s): Drobnic, Sonja; Guillen, Ana M.; Guillen Rodriguez, Ana. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHBL; JPB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289499
- ISBN
- 9780230289499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Hardcover. A leading international business theorist and writer for more than 30 years Peter Buckley focuses in this volume on the development and modelling of the multinational enterprise (MNE) and its role in knowledge creation and dissemination as well as cultural distance in international business, particularly with respect to Asian business. Editor(s): Buckley, Peter J. Num Pages: 417 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289666
- ISBN
- 9780230289666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.36
€ 120.36
Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Spitzeck, Heiko; Pirson, Michael; Dierksmeier, Claus. Series: Humanism in Business Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; KCX; KFFK; KJG; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289956
- ISBN
- 9780230289956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.30
€ 119.30
Hardcover. The current international business environment is characterized by two contradictory but at times mutually supplementary trends. Regionalization is part of the process of globalization, but it can also be a counter force to globalization as stakeholders act to protect their perceived interests. This book expands the debate on this interesting topic Editor(s): Berrill, Jenny; Hutson, Elaine; Sinkovics, Rudolf. Series: Academy of International Business (UKI) Series. Num Pages: 477 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289970
- ISBN
- 9780230289970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.91
€ 64.91
Hardcover. This volume analyzes and compares seven EU countries' labour market and pension reforms in order to assess whether income security in old age will still be ensured in the future. Editor(s): Hinrichs, Karl; Jessoula, Matteo. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKSB; JPB; JPSN2; KCR; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290068
- ISBN
- 9780230290068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74