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China and the EU in Context
Insights for Business and Investors
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Brings together the research of world-class commentators on China from across Europe to explore the policy aspects of the China-EU relationship. Aimed at practitioners, this book shows how to relate to China practically and understand its complexities for business purposes, including investment, social unrest, and China's five-year program.
by M. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Monique Taylor analyses the policy rationale and institutional underpinnings of China's state-led or neomercantilist oil strategy, and its development, set against the wider context of economic transformation as the country transitions from a centrally planned to market economy.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Contextualizing Humanitarian work in history, justice, methods and professional ethics, this book articulates process skills for transformational partnerships between diverse organizations, motivating education, organisational learning and selecting the disaster workforce.
Improving International Capacity Development
Bright Spots
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Nothing is more important to a new, fragile or developing nation than developing the capacity of its government to support national well-being. Every society is complex; every government is complex. Yet, well-intentioned international development aid, born in an era of infrastructure projects, continues...
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Help the Vulnerable
Serving the Underserved
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Help the Vulnerable documents a new direction for industrial and organizational psychology. The chapters are written by psychologists who have used the methods, procedures and theories of industrial and organizational psychology to help the vulnerable people of the world.
Developments in Strategic and Public Management
Studies in the US and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2014
Through contemporary case studies of strategic management at work in the US and Europe, this collection shows that it can no longer be seen as a discipline for long term decisions but has become a central feature of the public sector. Individual chapters offer insights into strategic management capabilities at the national and sub-national level.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
This book examines key emergent trends related to aspects of power, sovereignty, conflict, peace, development, and changing social dynamics in the African context. It challenges conventional IR precepts of authority, politics and society, which have proven to be so inadequate in explaining African...
Governance of Earth Systems
Science and Its Uses
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Science and politics are closely connected in today's global environmental issues. This book focuses on these links in relation to climate change, the threats to wildlife species, and natural hazards and disasters. Study of these reveals the need for more effective international cooperation and the limits of global governance.
Europeanization and European Integration
From Incremental to Structural Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
After two decades of research into the impact of the EU on domestic politics and policies, this book explores the relationship between Europeanization and EU integration. It argues that Europeanization should be considered as a stage in the development of EU integration as well as questioning the notion of incremental Europeanization.
China Rules
Globalization and Political Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2009
The development of the Chinese MNC is a new feature of globalization, one that will undoubtedly change the world. Why Chinese firms internationalize, how they do so, and what the impact of their internationalization on developed markets will be are the foci of this book.
Public Procurement’s Place in the World
The Charge Towards Sustainability and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2014
This volume addresses different issues related to green innovation procurement as well as exploring the challenges involved in public procurement. It offers a broad array of perspectives, addressing both general, abstract problems of optimal public procurement and concrete cases of national or even local public procurement systems.
Brazil’s Emerging Role in Global Governance
Health, Food Security and Bioenergy
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
The author examines Brazil's emerging role as an important actor in various sectors of global governance. By exploring how Brazil's exercise of power developed over the last decade in the sectors of health, food security and bioenergy, this book sheds light on the power strategies of an emerging country from the global south.
The Industrial Policy Revolution I
The Role of Government Beyond Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa.
A Business History of the Swatch Group
The Rebirth of Swiss Watchmaking and the Globalization of the Luxury Industry
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This book offers a detailed and full analysis of the strategy which enabled the Swatch Group to establish itself on the world market. In particular, it tackles the issues of production restructuring, with the opening of subsidiaries in Asia, and the implementation of a new marketing strategy, characterized by the move towards luxury.