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Global trends favor balanced development, integrating socio-economic and environmental aspects. Sustainable development, emphasized by international organizations and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, has evolved into Industry 5.0. Unlike Industry...

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, including analysis of its current trade and innovation strategies.Opening with a survey of the global pharmaceutical and medical device industry, Bhardwaj...

Called to Account traces the evolution of the global public accounting profession through a series of scandals leading to voluntary or mandated reforms. Ever entertaining and educational, the book describes some of the most audacious accounting frauds of...

Information on 1.5 million scholarships, grants, and prizes is easily accessible in this revised directory with more than 300 new listings that feature awards indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion,...

Encouraging a collaborative and thoughtful approach to the wicked problems facing higher education (HE), this book is a showcase of pioneering educators who believe that well-designed education is good for everyone - learners, teachers, education...

Human enhancement (HE) is considered one of the most profoundly impactful effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This book presents the definition, theory, scope, and main challenges of HE from a health policy and healthcare systems perspective. It...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the advances that have taken place in European higher education institutions (HEIs) over the last twenty years in response to the challenges of sustainable development.In recent years, there has been a...

'The most important start-up book of the last ten years' - Steve Blank, co-creator of the Lean Startup movementBased on extensive research and real-world examples, Pattern Breakers upends accepted wisdom about how to achieve breakthrough success, and...

Atlantic slavery represents one of the blackest pages of human history. European powers not only colonised American lands, but also brought African men and women to work as slaves on plantations. Intellectuals did not remain indifferent to this practice...

Discover the rivalries, conflicts and success stories from the fascinating world of fintech, from cryptocurrencies and NFTs to the rise of digital banking.

This book explores sustainable wealth management and the challenges that arise for asset managers in times of ecological crises and climate change. It deals with portfolio engineering, combining risk and impact, transitioning from environmental, social,...

In the decade since the UN SDG agenda was established, how much progress how we really made? What can we be doing to ensure that we’re on the right track? Is it too late to meet the 2030 Agenda? Written by John Ure, an economist and academic turned...

The notion that one can work in a single company or job for an extended period of time has changed. Companies are in need of talent. People are in search of jobs and just “the right position” for themselves.How do we find that perfect match? In years...

The problems we face in the second decade of the twenty-first century are too significant to be solved by a few chosen heroes. Consequently, the role of leadership educators and authors extends beyond encouraging "natural leaders" to accept the...

• Want to stop procrastinating? Ask yourself four easy questions to help you reframe your mindset. • Overwhelmed by competing priorities? Use kanban to visualize your tasks, structure them, and complete them in stages. • Unsure how to assess a project’s...

This book injects a burst of energy into the sociology of work, offering a perspective that is both innovative and deeply informed. Leading sociology of work scholar, Marek Korczynski, praises the discipline’s comprehensive approach to theory, its focus...

Derivative trading? That's something for Wall Street types, right? Maybe, but it also affects everyone else in ways that are still little appreciated. Futures traders have paralysed the global trade of nickel, a key component in the battery of your...

Non-profit Governance offers twelve perspectives and analytical frameworks to facilitate the development of governance in non-profit organisations. In this sector, governance is all the more important because it is often voluntary. Organisations...

By the time of his death the English economist Lionel Robbins (1898–1984) was celebrated as a 'renaissance man'. He made major contributions to his own academic discipline and applied his skills as an economist not only to practical problems of economic...

This book presents the principles governing the entrepreneurial and innovation mindset and processes of people working in the small business sector and other organisations, based on research findings from real-life issues and challenges that face...

The roots of corporate governance are rarely looked for in the ancient history of countries. Literature pays not enough attention to the impact of the country’s history on the relations between economic actors and owners, known today as corporate...

The Oral History Manual, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive and user-friendly book designed to take novice or experienced oral historians through the entire life cycle of creating an oral history project, from idea through planning, interviewing, caring...

Encouraging a collaborative and thoughtful approach to the wicked problems facing higher education (HE), this book is a showcase of pioneering educators who believe that well-designed education is good for everyone - learners, teachers, education...

Social innovation is an innovation whose main aim is to benefit society. There is a worldwide need for and interest in conducting innovations and social innovations. Social Innovation Design Cases: A Chronicle of Global Journeys provides an in-depth...

Games have long played a central role in society -- actually a central role in the animal kingdom. Their play provides primary behavioral mechanisms that enable animals to learn and socialize. Indeed, “play” is a core animal activity. The principal focus...

This book studies the methodological revolution that has resulted in economists’ mathematical market models being exported across the social sciences. The ensuing process of economics imperialism has struck fear into subject specialists worried that...

Corruption often flourishes in times of uncertainty and crisis. When institutions and oversight are weak, and public trust low, corruption can thrive and undermine how societies respond to the crisis. Covid-19 brought this issue into sharp focus, and...

Governance has been incorporated into the development models of many countries because of its role in ameliorating inequalities in society. This book explores whether good governance boosts or hinders economic growth with perspectives from countries like...

In this Cambridge Companion, global thought leaders in the fields of workplace stress and well-being highlight how theory and research can improve employee health and well-being. The volume explains how and why the topics of workplace stress and...

First published in 1955, The Social Foundations of Wage Policy provides a comprehensive study of British wage and salary structure. It discusses themes like economists’ theory of wages; economic curiosities of British wage structure; modern methods of...

This book examines the evolution of poverty and human development outcomes since the end of the 10-year civil war in 2001 and asks if the foundations for creating shared prosperity and addressing persistent poverty in Sierra Leone have been laid down...

This textbook begins by introducing the concept of the time value of money and explaining how it is applied in valuation. It then uses practical and easy-to-understand examples to illustrate the application of the time value of money concept in valuing...

How can I take a data-driven approach to company culture? What should I measure and which metrics should I focus on? How can I use people analytics and behavioural science impact culture? Based on insights from the largest ever behavioural research study...

This book examines the statistics of the G-20 members with the goal of providing an analysis of their economic policies, with a particular emphasis on the financial dynamics of each country's Balance of Payments, in order to offer a framework for better...

Well-being and Wellness: Psychosocial Risk Management is a companion to Health and Safety: Risk Management that describes the techniques and background knowledge for preventing injury and ill health in the workplace. The new book instead describes the...

This book is the first to fully explore the short- and long-term impact of the global electric car rollout on the supply of raw materials. The world has gone from zero to almost 1.5 billion fossil fuel cars in circulation today, contributing...

"Service" in this book refers to the behaviors and actions of serving customers. "Selling" in this book refers to the behaviors and actions of selling products to customers. Hence, this book is completely different from other books on these subjects --...

Establishing a new framework for understanding insider risk by focusing on systems of organization within large enterprises, including public, private and not-for-profit sectors, this book analyses practices to better assess, prevent, detect, and respond...

Sharma and Leung explore the differences in the national and organisational responses to COVID-19 across various countries.The Covid-19 global pandemic is possibly the worst healthcare disaster ever and recent studies highlight several differences in the...

This book is about geography, economics, society, and innovation. Why did different regions evolve in different ways? What caused economic priorities and activities to go in one direction or another? The author believes that happenstance played a...