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National Systems of Innovation: Toward a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning by Bengt-Ake Lundvall 9781843318668
RRP: $48.75$47.15'National Systems of Innovation' presents a new perspective on the dynamics of the national and the global economy. Its starting point is that the international competitiveness of nations is founded on innovation. This book is an invaluable reference... -
The Elgar Companion to Development Studies by David Alexander Clark 9781847206244
RRP: $109.10$99.29The Elgar Companion to Development Studies is an innovative and unique reference book that includes original contributions covering development economics as well as development studies broadly defined. This major new Companion brings together an... -
The Paradoxes of Aid Work: Passionate Professionals by Silke Roth
RRP: $85.78$74.96This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes many different occupations, forms of employment and organizations... -
Song of the Earth: A Synthesis of the Scientific and Spiritual Worldviews by Maddy Harland 9781856230957
RRP: $29.15$18.99The Song of the Earth is the fourth and final volume in the Four Keys to Sustainable Communities series and brings together the voices of leading visionaries in science, spirituality, indigenous wisdom, innovative community, and social activism to paint... -
The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation by Antoine van Agtmael
RRP: $27.28$21.88Antoine van Agtmael coined the term "emerging markets" and built a career and a multibillion-dollar investing firm centered on these surging economies that would, over time, supplant the West as engines of wealth and prosperity. The trend held for... -
The Petro-Developmental State in Africa: Making Oil Work in Angola, Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea by Jesse Salah Ovadia
RRP: $87.75$77.65Focusing on local content in the oil and oil service sectors and the changing accumulation strategies of the domestic elite, this book questions what kinds of development are possible through natural resource extraction and argues that a new form of... -
The Sustainability Mirage: Illusion and Reality in the Coming War on Climate Change by John Michael Foster
RRP: $74.08$65.09This thoughtful and original study throws important critical light on the dominant orthodoxies about sustainable development, and suggests a radically new direction. Foster argues compellingly that present approaches embody floating standards and bad... -
States and Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Analysis by Linda Weiss 9780745614571
$38.98This book addresses the role of political institutions in economic performance, examining the changing state--economy relationships through a comparative history of political and economic development in Britain, USA, Russia, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.Book... -
Zimbabwe's Casino Economy. Extraordinary Measures for Extraordinary Challenges by Gideon Gono 9780797436794
RRP: $68.64$60.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780797436794Author Gideon GonoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Zimbabwe Publishing HousePublisher Zimbabwe Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 363g -
Digital Technology and Sustainability: Engaging the Paradox by Mike Hazas
$96.10This book brings together diverse voices from across the field of sustainable human computer interaction (SHCI) to discuss what it means for digital technology to support sustainability and how humans and technology can work together optimally for a more... -
Leading Sustainably: The Path to Sustainable Business and How the SDGs Changed Everything by Trista Bridges
RRP: $64.33$56.86The business world is at an important crossroads. The age of the stakeholder is rapidly superseding that of the shareholder as climate change and political and societal shifts upend years of seeming prosperity. To move past this agitated age, business... -
Dream Zones: Anticipating Capitalism and Development in India by Jamie Cross
RRP: $58.48$44.89Dream Zones explores the dreamed of and desired futures that constitute, sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India. Drawing on five years of research in and around India's Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the book follows the stories of... -
Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development by Archana Singh
RRP: $74.08$65.09This volume discusses the seminal interface between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development along with their inter-linkages. It traces the role of social entrepreneurship and innovations in societal transformation in creating sustainable... -
Exploring Sustainable Development: Geographical Perspectives by Martin Purvis
RRP: $89.68$79.03Sustainable development is capturing the attention of planners, politicians and business leaders. Within the academic sphere its study is increasingly breaching disciplinary boundaries to become a focus of attention for natural and social scientists... -
Leave No One Behind: Time for Specifics on the Sustainable Development Goals by Homi Kharas
RRP: $58.50$52.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737834Author Homi KharasFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)... -
China's Great Economic Transformation by Loren Brandt 9780521712903
RRP: $136.48$116.28This landmark study provides an integrated analysis of China's unexpected economic boom of the past three decades. The authors combine deep China expertise with broad disciplinary knowledge to explain China's remarkable combination of high-speed growth... -
The Solutionists: How Businesses Can Fix the Future by Solitaire Townsend 9781398609341
RRP: $101.40$52.98In the face of our climate emergency, we desperately need solutionists working to fix the future. This is your handbook for becoming the leader that the world needs. The Solutionists sets out what it takes to join the new generation of entrepreneurs,... -
Sustainability: A Systems Approach by Tony Clayton
RRP: $85.78$74.96The question of sustainability affects most areas of human activity. It is intrinsically complex and multi-disciplinary. Sustainable policies have to adapt to new knowledge and changing circumstances. Understanding sustainability and ways of achieving it... -
The Contradictions of Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Pat Hudson 9781911116110
RRP: $58.48$55.58This volume of essays builds upon renewed interest in the long-run global development of wealth and inequality stimulated by the publication of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. It brings together an international team of leading... -
Humanitarian Economics: War, Disaster and the Global Aid Market by Gilles Carbonnier
RRP: $68.25$60.92While the booming humanitarian sector faces daunting challenges, humanitarian economics emerges as a new field of study and practice--one that encompasses the economics and political economy of war, disaster, terrorism and humanitarianism. Carbonnier's... -
Extreme Innovation: 3 Superpowers for Purpose and Profit by Sandy Carter 9780995030275
RRP: $38.98$25.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995030275Author Sandy CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Param MediaPublisher Param MediaWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 16mm -
Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility by Stephen Morse
RRP: $85.78$46.78Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important concept in the last few decades. Although it originated in the developed countries of the West, the concept has been embraced and adapted by corporations and policy-making agencies in many... -
Grassroots Innovation Movements by Adrian Smith 9781138901223
RRP: $56.53$48.93Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been... -
Migrant Labor in China by Pun Ngai 9780745671758
RRP: $31.18$28.10Long known as the world's factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is also, of course, home to the largest workforce on the planet, the crucial element behind its staggering... -
Bonfire of Illusions: The Twin Crises of the Liberal World by Alex Callinicos 9780745648767
RRP: $31.18$28.10Something dramatic happened in the late summer and autumn of 2008. The post-Cold War world came to an abrupt end. This was the result of two conjoined crises. First, in its brief war with Georgia in August 2008, Russia asserted its military power to halt... -
Environmental Ethics and Film by Pat Brereton
RRP: $97.48$84.83Environmental ethics presents and defends a systematic and comprehensive account of the moral relation between human beings and their natural environment and assumes that human behaviour toward the natural world can and is governed by moral norms. In... -
Failing in the Field: What We Can Learn When Field Research Goes Wrong by Dean Karlan 9780691161891
RRP: $68.25$54.09All across the social sciences, from development economics to political science departments, researchers are going into the field to collect data and learn about the world. While much has been gained from the successes of randomized controlled trials,... -
Managing Development: Understanding Inter-Organizational Relationships by Dorcas Robinson 9780761964797
RRP: $91.63$80.32Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change by Mark Diesendorf
RRP: $115.03$100.39Renewable energy expert Mark Diesendorf issues a powerful challenge in this clear and comprehensive guide to the technology and policies we need to adopt to ensure an ecologically sustainable energy future for the planet.Sustainable Energy Solutions for... -
German Europe by Ulrich Beck 9780745665405
RRP: $19.48$17.45The euro crisis is tearing Europe apart. But the heart of the matter is that, as the crisis unfolds, the basic rules of European democracy are being subverted or turned into their opposite, bypassing parliaments, governments and EU institutions... -
Assessment and Development Centres by Iain Ballantyne
RRP: $263.25$229.48Since the first edition of this book, the level of interest and the varied forms of assessment and development centres have mushroomed. Iain Ballantyne and Nigel Povah's book looks at the entire process, from the underlying concepts to the most effective... -
Aligning the Dots: The New Paradigm to Grow Any Business by Philippe Bouissou 9781734208702
RRP: $56.53$35.53Its eight oclock Monday morning. What do you do to outpace the market and grow faster than your competitors? Aligning the Dots provides a clear answer to that deceptively simple question. Although many how-to-grow business books have been published, none... -
BRICS or Bust?: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap by Hartmut Elsenhans 9780804799898
RRP: $21.43$18.72Once among the fastest developing economies, growth has slowed or stalled in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. What policies can governments enact to jump-start the rise of these middle-income countries? Hartmut Elsenhans and Salvatore... -
Structural Change and Economic Growth: A Theoretical Essay on the Dynamics of the Wealth of Nations by Luigi L. Pasinetti 9780521274104
RRP: $77.98$64.86First published in 1981 this book presents an original theoretical treatment of the problems of maintaining full employment in a multisector economic system with a growing population and different rates of technical progress in different sectors. The... -
Fundamentals of Sustainable Development by Niko Roorda
RRP: $93.58$82.31Fundamentals of Sustainable Development is an accessible and interdisciplinary textbook that introduces the concept of sustainable development to students from across the disciplines from economics, management, teacher education, arts and humanities to... -
The Limits of the Green Economy: From re-inventing capitalism to re-politicising the present by Anneleen Kenis
RRP: $81.88$71.66Projecting win-win situations, new economic opportunities, green growth and innovative partnerships, the green economy discourse has quickly gained centre stage in international environmental governance and policymaking. Its underlying message is... -
Violence in Developing Countries: War, Memory, Progress by Christopher Cramer
RRP: $38.98$34.20Offers a surprising and sobering view of war and violence in the developing worldAbout the AuthorChristopher Cramer is Professor in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.Reviews"There is a growing preoccupation... of... -
Global Bioethics: An introduction by Henk Ten Have
RRP: $87.73$76.60The panorama of bioethical problems is different today. Patients travel to Thailand for fast surgery; commercial surrogate mothers in India deliver babies to parents in rich countries; organs, body parts and tissues are trafficked from East to Western... -
Green Recovery: Get Lean, Get Smart, and Emerge from the Downturn on Top by Andrew S. Winston 9781422166543
RRP: $31.18$23.19When the economy turns rough, many companies sideline their green business initiatives. That's a big mistake. In Green Recovery, Andrew Winston shows that no company can afford to wait for the downturn to ease before going green. Green initiatives... -
Green Supply Chain Management by Charisios Achillas
RRP: $72.13$63.43Today, one of the top priorities of an organization's modern corporate strategy is to portray itself as socially responsible and environmentally sustainable. As a focal point of sustainability initiatives, green supply chain management has emerged as a...