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International Handbook on the Economics of Education
Edited by Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes
This major Handbook comprehensively surveys the rapidly growing field of the economics of education. It is unique in that it comprises original contributions on an exceptional range of topics from a review of human capital, signalling an...eBook:Find out more£49.56
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Retirement Provision in Scary Markets
Edited by Hazel Bateman
The past few decades have witnessed a global move towards private provision for retirement through individual defined contribution pensions at the expense of publicly provided and employer-sponsored defined benefit pensions. As a consequ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Regional Planning
Edited by David A. Plane, Lawrence D. Mann, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
The difficulties involved in formulating national policy over large geographical areas have led to the widespread adoption of more localized planning methods, covering regions of a large country. This comprehensive collection includes cl... -
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Land Use Planning
Edited by Hugo Priemus, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
This is an authoritative collection of papers that are generally regarded as landmarks in the history of land use planning in the western world. A wide variety of leading articles have been selected for this comprehensive volume, which c... -
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Planning History and Methodology
Edited by Michael Wegener, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
Planning as deliberate preparation for future action is as old as human history. Agricultural land allocation and cities were always planned, as were military warfare and defence. With the growing complexity of society in the 19th centur... -
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Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management
Edited by Günter K. Stahl, Ingmar Björkman
In providing an insightful overview of a wide range of global human resource issues facing MNCs, this pathbreaking Handbook highlights emergent topics and new research findings that could shape the field of future IHRM research. Theoret...eBook:Find out more£44.76
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The New Electronic Marketplace
George Christou, Seamus Simpson
This book breaks new ground by exploring governance strategies that the EU has been developing over the last decade for the growing electronic economy driven by the Internet. Through an analysis of key EU policy initiatives, the authors ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Planning Cities for the Future
Peter Karl Kresl
Planning Cities for the Future links the study of urban economic competitiveness with urban planning and is able to ascertain the crucial factors for success in this area of public policy. These factors include effective governance, lead...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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International Entrepreneurship
Edited by Benjamin M. Oviatt, Patricia Phillips McDougall
nternational entrepreneurship is becoming the focus for major research initiatives in universities throughout the world. This timely volume presents a careful selection of the most important articles on international entrepreneurship. Th... -
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Ageing and the Labor Market in Japan
Edited by Koichi Hamada, Hiromi Kato
This book is a concerted attempt by economists to investigate and offer remedies for some of the difficulties associated with an ageing labor market.eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Workforce Development Networks in Rural Areas
Gary Paul Green
Rural areas face numerous challenges in building a high-wage, high-skilled workforce. In response to these obstacles, many regions have established workforce development networks that provide stronger linkages between employers, schools,...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Innovation Without Patents
Edited by Uma Suthersanen, Graham Dutfield, Kit Boey Chow
A question the book considers is how far legal protection should extend to inventions that may only just, or indeed not quite, meet the conventional criteria for patentability, in terms of the level of inventiveness. Innovation without P...eBook:Find out more£25.00