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Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here For help preparing for, and support during your MBA course, The Essential MBA brings together a comprehensive overview of the main subjects taught on MBA and business and management programmes in...

The two landmark books, Blue Ocean Strategy and Beyond Disruption, that together challenge everything you thought you knew about winning the future.These two iconic books, Blue Ocean Strategy and Beyond Disruption, together changed how the world thinks...

Authors Scott J. Allen and Mitchell Kusy redefine what we think of as traditional leadership in this tangible book that ascribes flexible yet concrete and proven actions to what can be a very abstract term.Rather than delving into lengthy exposition and...

Over the last decade, while many scholars have maintained their interest in the classical debate concerning the impacts of tourism, some have attempted new conceptualisations, while others have converged towards critical narratives promoted by a number...

Be a winner in your personal and professional life with this pull-no-punches guide Let's face it: to become a winner in the face of unpredictable times requires hard work and a determined mindset. Winners choose to be winners. Whiners let others control...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781882197200Author Michael M LombardoFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Center for Creative LeadershipPublisher Center for Creative...

Learning transfer is the missing link in training. Using conventional approaches to training, an average of just 10-20% of learning makes it back into the workplace and contributes to better business outcomes. With the current increased emphasis on...

The Routledge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction Including Climate Change Adaptation aims to provide an overview and critique of the current state of knowledge, policy, and practice, encouraging engagement, and reflection on bringing the two sectors...

Leadership, the practice of focusing and motivating a group or organization to achieve its aims, is a much discussed but often misunderstood concept. This comprehensive textbook introduces the subject for Masters level students.Readers are invited to...

'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...

'Techno-Economic Paradigms' presents a series of essays by the leading academics in the field discussing one of the most interesting and talked-about socio-economic theories of our times, 'techno-economic paradigm shifts', and its role in explaining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927584231Author IibaFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint International Institute of Business AnalysisPublisher International Institute of Business...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Honorable Mention, 2014 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in Business, Finance & Management, presented by...

This comprehensive book is a practical how-to guide to developing hot retail projects such as lifestyle centers, mixed-use centers, and rehabs of failed malls. Project sizes range from small, ethnic-oriented community centers to major multilevel malls...

Mueller's research also reveals that it's not just CEOs but educators, parents, and other social trendsetters who struggle to accept new and creative ideas. Mueller parses the tough questions that these findings raise. Could people have an inherent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632650603Author James C. CrimminsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962956017Author Matthew J DickersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Niche PressworksPublisher Niche PressworksWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid...

For many decades, play has been placed outside of learning spheres and only meant for children. What can be observed now is a revival of the phenomenal characteristics and potentials found in strong play experiences across life-long learning target...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632651310Author Jane FinkleFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781338087Author Chris DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 239gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

In a follow-up to his ground-breaking Africa Betrayed , George Ayittey takes up the plight of Africa at the end of the twentieth century. As he sees countries like Nigeria go over the edge of economic and social disaster, Ayittey uses his formidable...

A little over a decade ago Africa was being spoken of in the media as the 'lost' or 'hopeless' continent. Now it has some of the fastest growing economies in the world, largely because of the impact of the BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...

This book argues that despite the hype within many policy circles, there is actually very little evidence to support the presumed benefits of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in reducing poverty and addressing inequalities in the provision of and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087864785Author Bill GalvinFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Lee Digital Ltd. Liability CompanyPublisher Lee Digital Ltd. Liability...

The term "impact investing" first appeared in 2008 and today the most commonly used definition is investing made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.A similar formulation was...

Food was a critical front in the Cold War battle for Asia. "Where Communism goes, hunger follows" was the slogan of American nation builders who fanned out into the countryside to divert rivers, remodel villages, and introduce tractors, chemicals, and...

This book explores the practice of organisation development and group change in a way that will appeal to anyone involved in working towards social transformation. Drawing on extensive experience gained through many years of process consultancy within...

This open access book analyses the development problems of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) from the eyes of a Korean diplomat with knowledge of the economic growth Korea has experienced in recent decades. The author argues that Africa's development challenges...

This book assesses developmental experience in different countries as well as British expansion following the industrial revolution from a developmental perspective. It explains why some nations are rich and others are poor, and discusses how...

This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.Over the course of twenty seven short and engaging chapters, the book delves into the social,...

All 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,...

All effects of human action will inevitably be played out within our planet's limits; any hope of infinity is an illusion. And yet, as Wolfgang Sachs warned almost twenty years ago, environmental concerns have been assimilated into the rhetoric, dynamics...

This edited volume brings together international authors to explore how cities around the world are implementing their commitment towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).To achieve sustainability, cities choose their own goals and develop the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462761216Author Monique BellersenFormat HardbackPage Count 195Imprint Vakmedianet Management bvPublisher Vakmedianet Management bv

Since the early 1950s East Asia (China, Taiwan and South Korea) and South-East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) have, despite war and other challenges, managed to transform the lives of their people, whereas South Asia (India, Pakistan,...

This book approaches the issue of rural-urban inequality through fieldwork conducted in a specific township (Zuogang) in Qinggang County, part of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China. Presenting painstaking fieldwork in a single location, it...

Despite several decades of reform, India's electricity sector remains marked by the twin problems of financial indebtedness and inability to provide universal, high quality electricity for all. Although political obstacles to reform are frequently...

'Institutional Change and Economic Development' discusses not just theoretical issues but a diverse range of real-life institutions - political, bureaucratic, fiscal, financial, corporate, legal, social and industrial - in the context of dozens of...

Foreign assistance by the United States is tangled with domestic politics, and perhaps this is most clear in relation to funding for health and family planning. The long arm of U.S. domestic politics has reached the intimate lives of women all over the...