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Agent-based Models of the Economy
From Theories to Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Agent-based models are tools that provide researchers in economic fields with unprecedented analytical capabilities. This book describes the power of agent-based models along their methodology, and it provides several examples of applications spanning from public policy evaluation to financial markets.
Global Perspectives on US Foreign Policy
From the Outside In
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
This book explores aspects of US foreign policy, including the development process as well as the policy itself in respect to various countries and regions and some significant issues around the globe today. Providing insight into non-US perspectives of American foreign policy, the book contextualizes the effects of policy on external nations.
The Job Guarantee
Toward True Full Employment
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
This timely collection will be the first of its kind to focus on the practical application of the government job guarantee (JG) for both developed and developing economies. Global case studies include: United States, China, Ghana, Argentina, Ireland, Iceland, and India.
Community Colleges and the Access Effect
Why Open Admissions Suppresses Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Taking on the cherished principle that community colleges should be open to all students with a high school education, Scherer and Anson argue that open access policies and lenient federal financial aid laws harm students and present the case for raising the minimum requirements for community college entry.
Customer Experience
Future Trends and Insights
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
Customer Experience is now the key differentiator as consumers and businesses alike decide among competing brands. The authors explore growing trends in Experience Psychology, Social Media and Neuroscience and their impact on Customer Experience that businesses need to understand to gain preference, loyalty and market share.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
This volume deals with issues of widespread interest including, the origins of investor rights in different markets, the political, legal and economic conditions that determine levels of shareholder participation, and the implications of variation in investor rights.
Greece, the EEC and the Cold War 1974-1979
The Second Enlargement
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Eirini Karamouzi explores the history of the European Economic Community (EEC) in the turbulent decade of the 1970s and especially the Community's response to the fall of the Greek dictatorship and the country's application for EEC membership. The book constitutes the first multi-archival study on the second enlargement of the EEC.
Pakistan and a World in Disorder
A Grand Strategy for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
This book delineates the role that Pakistan should play in the largely anarchic world of the twenty-first century in order to best serve the country’s long-term national interests. Its main aim is to lay down the parameters within which Pakistan’s grand strategy should be formulated, taking into...
Conflict, Democratization, and the Kurds in the Middle East
Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
In Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, central governments historically pursued mono-nationalist ideologies and repressed Kurdish identity. As evidenced by much unrest and a great many Kurdish revolts in all these states since the 1920s, however, the Kurds manifested strong resistance towards ethnic chauvinism....
The Future of Employment Relations
New Paradigms, New Developments
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
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Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2004
The Skills That Matter is an edited collection written by leading academics from the UK, Europe, the USA and Australia in the area of skills acquisition, formation and development. It combines academic evidence and policy debates with a critical analysis, making it an asset to students of HRM, industrial...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2010
Drawn from the results of five seminars this unique book looks at the four areas of: public sector reform; essential features for public leaders; public leadership in action; and the outline of a public leadership approach for the future. It seeks to give public leadership a firm foothold within the study of leadership in general.
Portfolio Management
How to Innovate and Invest in Successful Projects
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
In Portfolio Management , Shan Rajegopal, a leading authority on innovation and project portfolio management, provides an integrated project portfolio management framework which links innovation, investment and implementation. A successful tried and tested method, this blueprint will be a hands-on guide for business executives.
On the Brink
How a Crisis Transformed Lloyd's of London
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Huge losses very nearly destroyed Lloyd's, a revered British institution, the world's largest insurance market. Ten thousand people faced big personal bills they thought profoundly unfair. They challenged a complacent institution, forcing it to confront its biggest ever crisis. This book tells what really happened, from the inside.