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![The Economics of Cultural Diversity]()
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]()
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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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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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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![Cities and Partnerships for Sustainable Urban Development]()
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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![The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013]()
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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The Smart Revolution Towards the Sustainable Digital Society
Edited by Hitoshi Mitomo, Hidenori Fuke, Erik Bohlin
The objective of this book is to present a comprehensive evaluation of the smart revolution, including its social and economic impacts. It proposes a modern framework to help assess how recent information and communication technologies (...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Policy and Professional Sports
John K. Wilson, Richard Pomfret
Public Policy and Professional Sports is a comprehensive analysis of public policy aspects of the economics of professional sports, supported by in-depth international case studies. It covers regulation and competition in the sports indu...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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![The Economics of Motivation and Organization]()
The Economics of Motivation and Organization
Peter-J. Jost
In this unique book, Peter-J. Jost provides a comprehensive economic-psychological approach for successfully managing employees. Based on the analysis of the employee’s individual work behavior, he illustrates that instead of treating em...eBook:Find out more$53.56
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Towards a Cultural Political Economy
Ngai-Ling Sum, Bob Jessop
This fascinating volume offers a critique of recent institutional and cultural turns in heterodox economics and political economy. Using seven case studies as examples, the authors explore how research on sense- and meaning-making can de...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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Simulating Innovation
Christopher Watts, Nigel Gilbert
Christopher Watts and Nigel Gilbert explore the generation, diffusion and impact of innovations, which can now be studied using computer simulations.eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Cities and the Urban Land Premium
Henri L.F. de Groot, Gerard Marlet, Coen Teulings, Wouter Vermeulen
After a long period of suburbanisation, cities have been in vogue again since the 1980s. But why are people prepared to spend far more money on a small house in the city than on a large house in the countryside – and why doesn''t this ap...eBook:Find out more$40.00
