A one-stop guide for the theories, applications, and statistical methodologies essential to operational risk... Zobraziť viac
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typical project management approach to offer a set of proven business practices that can help executives, program managers, and project managers bring projects into alignment with the strategies,... Zobraziť viac
New ways of thinking about diversity and discrimination in the workplace. Zobraziť viac
Readers of this book will encounter little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century as well as more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Via Campesina. Zobraziť viac
Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life examines the organizational challenges of introducing work-life policies and practices from both an individual and a managerial perspective. Drawing on a broad range of international case studies, it acts as... Zobraziť viac
This book provides a comprehensive, systematic treatise on development economics, combining classical political economy, modern institutional theory, and current development issues. It addresses one basic question: Why has a small set of countries... Zobraziť viac
The issues surrounding poverty and inequality continue to be of central concern to academics, politicians and policy makers but the way in which we seek to study and understand them continues to change over time. This accessible new book seeks to... Zobraziť viac
News gathering is a large, complicated and often messy task that has traditionally been viewed by journalists as irretrievably idiosyncratic, best learned through trial and error. Advanced Reporting takes the opposite approach, focusing on reporting as... Zobraziť viac
Includes material on trade, monetary, and environmental issues. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of major developments in the global economy. It takes a stand that is supportive of globalization in principle, while acknowledging that there... Zobraziť viac
Looks at the sources of stability and instability in post-Soviet authoritarian states through the case study of President Lukashenka's firm hold on power in Belarus. In particular, it seeks to understand the role of energy relations, policies, and... Zobraziť viac
"A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication... Zobraziť viac
The European Union (EU) has provided trade preferences to the former colonies of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions since 1975 but these preferences have been of limited value and found to be incompatible with WTO rules. To continue... Zobraziť viac
The systems of innovation approach is considered by many to be a useful analytical approach for better understanding innovation processes as well as the production and distribution of knowledge in the economy. It is an appropriate framework for the... Zobraziť viac
Named for the famous Chinese minister of state, Guan Zhong (d. 645 B.C.), the Guanzi is one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese writings still in existence. With this volume, W. Allyn Rickett completes the first full translation of the Guanzi... Zobraziť viac
A comprehensive assessment of many recent developments in the modelling of time series, this text introduces various nonlinear models and discusses their practical use, encouraging the reader to apply nonlinear models to their practical modelling... Zobraziť viac
The rapid growth of online media has led to new complications in journalism ethics and practice. While traditional ethical principles may not fundamentally change when information is disseminated online, applying them across platforms has become more... Zobraziť viac
This book provides a step-by-step, self-contained treatment of auction theory and aims to provide an introductory treatment to allow students to work through all the basic results. The techniques and insights gained provide a useful starting point for... Zobraziť viac
This book adapts a formal model of elections and legislative politics to study party politics in Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Britain, and the United States. The approach uses the idea of valence, that is, the party leader's non-policy electoral... Zobraziť viac
