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It is uncontroversial that corporations are legal agents that can be held legally responsible, but can corporations also......more
This volume brings together the most influential theoretical and empirical contributions to the topic of trade and inequ......more
Until now, most socially responsible and impact investments have centred on developed markets, with growth potential and......more
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Leadership and Collaboration provides international examples of how leadership of interprofessional education and practi......more
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The capitalist market, progressives bemoan, is a cold monster: it disrupts social bonds, erodes emotional attachments, a......more
The capitalist market, progressives bemoan, is a cold monster: it disrupts social bonds, erodes emotional attachments, a......more
The sustainable market economy is based on the United Nations idea of installing a worldwide sustainable development pr......more
This book explores Russian synthesis that occurred in Russian economic thought between 1890 and 1920. This includes all ......more
The structure of the book is unconventional. The issues presented are extremely contextual, subject to an ongoing discus......more
The book presents state of the art research on women s current position in European labour markets. It combines analysis......more
People organising to protect their environment is not a new phenomenon, but the groups that have been pushing for enviro......more
Environmental patriotism, the belief that the national environment defines a country s greatness, is a significant stran......more
Generic institutionalism offers a new perspective on institutional economic change within an evolutionary framework. The......more
The experience of environmental governance is approached in Improving Global Environmental Governance from the unique pe......more
Freight Transport and the Modern Economy adapts a well-known textbook by Michel Savy, revising, extending and updating i......more
The financial crash of 2008 showed the fragility of the financial system. A key question which surfaced in the aftermath......more
Historically, Spain has often been represented as a financial failure, a state limited by its absolutist monarchy and do......more
By taking the long view on the evolution of this country’s tax policies through the past few decades, Henrekson and Sten......more
The use of comparisons to explain, analyze and understand social and economic phenomena is recognized as a valuable soci......more
Nuclear technology places special demands on society and both nuclear weapons and nuclear energy for peaceful purposes r......more
Between May 1892 and October 1893 the Giornale degli Economisti published Vilfredo Pareto’s Considerazioni sui principi ......more
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The use of comparisons to explain, analyze and understand social and economic phenomena is recognized as a valuable soci......more
The book deals with urban transportation planning in light of environmental sustainability and social equity. It begins ......more
Mainstream economics generally assumes a universalistic market-oriented economic behavior that drives countries to adopt......more
Economists are well placed to study education. They are intrinsically interested in (public) spending. They want to exam......more
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What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the ......more
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This collection of essays comprises some of Rudolf Richter’s important contributions to research on New Institutional Ec......more
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The year 2010 marked when the National Bureau of Economic Research declared an end to the Great Recession. The economy h......more
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics Get ready to change the way you think about economics. Nobel laureate Richard H. ......more
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This edited volume presents comparative research on how the courts in Southeast Europe apply international law. After th......more
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Practical Business Negotiation introduces university students to business negotiation as practiced in the globalized bus......more
Practical Business Negotiation introduces university students to business negotiation as practiced in the globalized bus......more
Peter Groenewegen is one of the world’s foremost scholars of eighteenth century economics - the era that saw the effecti......more
Differences among religious communities have motivated--and continue to motivate--many of the deadliest conflicts in hum......more
This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. ’Aidland’ i......more
This volume explores economic, social, and political dimensions of three catastrophic famines which struck mid-nineteent......more
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The EU is under stress. Many believe in the euro’s demise because they blame it for the 2008 financial crisis and the un......more
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In a world of self-driving cars and big data, smart algorithms and Siri, we know that artificial intelligence is getting......more
Developing Asia s sustained rapid growth has improved general living standards and lifted hundreds of millions of Asians......more
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The New York Times-bestselling guide to how automation is changing the economy, undermining work, and reshaping our live......more
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The aim of the book is to provide interested readers with access to a number of articles that have been written over the......more
The book, written by acclaimed experts from China, is an output of the Low-Carbon City China (LCCC) Programme. It provid......more
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Growth miracles typically have been studied at the country level. In The Making of Miracles in Indian States, internatio......more
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This book contributes to the debate on the decoupling of emerging economies from the advanced economies with a new, emp......more
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