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Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Written by leading academics and practitioners in the field, Smart Villages in the EU and Beyond offers a detailed insight into issues and developments that shape the debate on smart villages, together with concepts, developments and policymaking initiatives including the EU Action for Smart Villages.
This...
Culture Your Culture
Innovating Experiences @Work
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Organizational culture isn't just a hot topic--it's an untapped asset and potential liability for all businesses. And yet, for all its potential to make or break, few know how to manage cultures with proficiency. Culture Your Culture: Innovating Experiences @Work provides the much-needed "how-to"...
Creating Entrepreneurial Space
Talking Through Multi-Voices, Reflections on Emerging Debates
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2019
Entrepreneurship is still regarded by many as in the theory building stage, which has led to some commentaries to suggest that the field is fragmented and at a nascent stage of development.
Developing a critical and constructive position towards current theories, methods, assumptions and beliefs,...
Achieving Global Convergence of Financial Reporting Standards
Implications from the South Pacific Region
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
This research monograph examines whether International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are interpreted and applied in a consistent manner within and across countries, and questions the implicit assumption that accounting convergence will automatically lead to comparability in financial reporting....
Development of Higher Education in Africa
Prospects and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
The global education revolution of the 20th century resulted in massive developments in education worldwide, but the higher education sector throughout Africa remains surprisingly underdeveloped. Although impressive expansion and reform of higher education in Africa have occurred since 1990, the higher...
by Israel Drori, Uriel Stettner
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
An exciting new volume in the Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy series from Emerald's popular Strategy collection. This volume features excellent new research devoted to advancing our understanding of how networks foster creativity, innovation and the development of...
The Dark Side of Leadership
Identifying and Overcoming Unethical Practice in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
This book explores the dark side of leadership–those areas of unethical, unlawful and unconscionable practice in which some organizational leaders engage. Each chapter addresses a unique aspect of such practice, and takes on difficult (and often ignored) topics such as lying, deliberate miscommunication,...
Global Leadership for Social Justice
Taking it from the Field to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Global Leadership For Social Justice: Taking It From The Field To Practice proposes perspectives for conceptualizing the preparation of leaders for social justice and equity-oriented work in schools. Although faculty in the field of education have prepared thousands of school leaders, and the research...
Protest, Social Movements, and Global Democracy since 2011
New Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
In light of the limited achievements of the Arab Spring and other pro-democracy movements, volume 39 examines and unpacks arguments that these protests represent both a new phase and new prospects for democratic mobilization. The volume engages with new theoretical and methodological perspectives...
by James Peoples
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Liberalization of regulatory policy on international air transportation through the use of bilateral and multilateral open skies agreements contributes to a business environment that presents air carriers with the opportunity to take advantage of greater access to aviation markets world-wide. Chapters...
Health Disparities Among Under-served Populations
Implications for Research, Policy and Praxis
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
"Health Disparities Among Under-served Populations: Implications for Research, Policy and Praxis", focuses on a topic of national concern. Both disparities in health status and in health care reflect the continuing power of race, social class, and gender as forces that define the social...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
This book's primary focus is on racially and ethnically diverse women in educational leadership. Each chapter is written from a unique conceptual or empirical lens as shared by international female leaders. Of particular interest to readers is the ingenious pairing of contributors for optimum scholarship,...
Technology and Youth
Growing Up in a Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This volume focuses on the theme of Technology and Youth; advancements in communication and leisure technologies over the past decade have radically transformed the role of technology in the lives of youth. Around the globe, children and adolescents are often seen as being the first to embrace new...
Food Security in a Food Abundant World
An Individual Country Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Food insecurity can result from various events. When food is abundant, the entitlement to food is limited by endowments, the ability to trade, and potential transfers from family or the government. This volume utilizes a country and regional perspective to examine food insecurity. We consider the...