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Entrepreneurship across Generations
Eleanor Hamilton
Entrepreneurship Across Generations examines dimensions of identity, gender and learning to understand the complex fabric of family business. An interpretation of narratives from two generations in five families constitutes entrepreneurs...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Water–Energy Nexus in the American West
Edited by Douglas S. Kenney, Robert Wilkinson
The nexus between water and energy raises a set of public policy questions that go far beyond water and energy. Economic vitality and management of scarce and precious resources are at stake. This book contributes to the body of knowledg...eBook:Find out more$51.16
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World Economic Performance
Edited by D. S.P. Rao, Bart van Ark
World economic performance over the last 50 years has been spectacular. The postwar period has witnessed impressive growth rates in Western Europe and Japan, and in recent times China and India. This new book discusses these issues and t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Transaction Cost Economics Project
Oliver E. Williamson
Transaction cost economics has and continues to be a fruitful area of research. There is still much to be done in the field with past research being used in conjunction with the vast number of contractual phenomena that have yet to be in... -
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Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Financial Development
Ding Chen
This important new book attempts to establish a fresh conceptual framework for the study of corporate governance by employing the new institutional economics of contract enforcement. This framework helps to clarify two critical issues in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Middle Class China
Edited by Minglu Chen, David S.G. Goodman
A general expectation has developed that China’s middle class will generate not only social but also political change. This expectation often overlooks the reality that there is no single Chinese middle class with a common identity or wi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Weak versus Strong Sustainability
Eric Neumayer
This fourth edition of an enduring and popular book has been fully updated and revised, exploring the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an insightful and accessible way. Eric Neumayer contends that central to the debate on sust...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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The Changing Face of US Patent Law and its Impact on Business Strategy
Edited by Daniel R. Cahoy, Lynda J. Oswald
Within the complex global economy, patents function as indispensable tools for fostering and protecting innovation. This fascinating volume offers a comprehensive perspective on the US patent system, detailing its many uses and outlining...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Rediscovery of Classical Economics
David Simpson
David Simpson skilfully argues that a market economy can be best understood as a human complex system, a perspective that represents a continuation of the classical tradition in economic thought. In the classical tradition, growth rather...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Policy Alienation and the Power of Professionals
Lars Tummers
This eloquent book by Lars Tummers develops a framework to understand these important issues with policy implementation, using the innovative concept of ‘policy alienation’. Policies in healthcare, social security, and education are anal...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Participation and Interaction in Foresight
Edited by Kristian Borch, Sandra Dingli, Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
This illuminating book combines theory and practice to analyse the experiences and impacts of foresight activities in various European countries. It includes case studies with a focus on different societal issues including national devel...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Stability of the Financial System
Edited by Andreas Dombret, Otto Lucius
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, new financial market regulation is being implemented, and increasing numbers of countries are establishing new legislation for macroprudential oversight. Against this backdrop, this thought provo...eBook:Find out more$40.00