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Changing Urban and Regional Relations in a Globalizing World
Edited by Kathy Pain, Gilles Van Hamme
In this important book, Kathy Pain and Gilles Van Hamme bring together a prestigious group of contributors to provide a systematic assessment of the dynamic, multi-scale network restructuring and spaces of flows associated with globaliza...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Reframing Economics
Roger A. McCain
The objectives of this book are twofold. Firstly, it proposes that economics should be defined as a study of imperfect cooperation. Secondly, it elucidates the continuities that extend from classical political economy through the neoclas...eBook:Find out more$29.56
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The Rise of the City
Edited by Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp, Roger R. Stough
This book examines urban growth and the dynamics that are transforming the city and city regions in the 21st century focusing specifically on the spatial aspects of this process in the “Urban Century”. Forces that are driving city growth...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Cultural Diversity
Edited by Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot, Jessie Bakens
The populations of many countries in the world are becoming more culturally diverse. This spurs a growing need for an informed debate on the socio-economic implications of cultural diversity. This book offers a solid statistical and econ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How Markets Work and Fail, and What to Make of Them
Bart Nooteboom
In this thought-provoking book, Bart Nooteboom offers a radical critique of the principal intellectual and moral assumptions underlying economic science, unravelling the notion of markets: how they work and fail, and how they may be redi...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Genetics, Crime and Justice
Debra Wilson
As our understanding of genetics increases, its use in criminal justice becomes more attractive. This timely book examines the use of genetic information both in criminal investigations and during the trial process. It discusses current ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Combating Corruption
John Hatchard
Drawing on numerous recent examples of good and bad practice from around the continent, this insightful volume explores the legal issues involved in developing and enhancing good governance and accountability within African states, as we...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Intellectual Property Rights as Foreign Direct Investments
Lukas Vanhonnaeker
This discerning book examines the interface between intellectual property and foreign direct investments to consider one key question: how does the international investment law framework and the international legal regime regulating inte...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Enhancing Firm Sustainability Through Governance
Francesco de Zwart
This important book presents a fresh perspective on corporate governance and how the relationship between governance mechanisms, processes and variables should be understood through a new unifying theory: the relational corporate governa...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013
Edited by Pengfei Ni, Peter Karl Kresl, Wei Liu
The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013 is an empirical study and evaluation of the sustainable competitiveness of 500 cities around the world from regional, national and other perspectives. This one-of-a-kind resource draws on a ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cities and Partnerships for Sustainable Urban Development
Edited by Peter Karl Kresl
Over the past two decades, sustainability has become a principal concern for city administrators. It is a more than just environmental entailing economic, demographic, governance, social, and amenity aspects. After a short introduction t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Theoretical Perspectives on Family Businesses
Edited by Mattias Nordqvist, Leif Melin, Mattias Waldkirch, Gershon Kumeto
Family business has become an increasingly studied field over the last decade and forms one of the fastest growing research areas today. The uniqueness of family businesses is the interaction between two systems; the family and the busin...eBook:Find out more$40.00