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Japan has many unique strengths, but it also faces numerous challenges, many of which are related to population ageing. Rapid demographic change is projected to reduce Japan’s population by one-quar……続きを見る

Over the past two decades international entrepreneurship has become a key issue in international business studies. This second edition of International Entrepreneurship examines this key emerging is……続きを見る

Energy systems are rapidly transitioning towards decarbonization, thanks in part to innovative digital technologies and changing mobility demands. This open access book examines the decarbonization ……続きを見る

Faced with changing economic circumstances and a reorientation of trade toward Europe and Asia, will Eurasia’s cities be able to adjust? Will some cities be granted the flexible regulations and supp……続きを見る

The Global Monitoring Report 2013: Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals examines rural-urban disparities in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how ur……続きを見る

This book focuses on the notion of “vintage innovation” and its application in various old technology-based communities of practice. Some communities of practice resist and react to technological ch……続きを見る

Minorities in all communities strive to keep their communities strong and support the businesses that are owned and operated in their communities. “Buying Black” has been a mantra in the Black commu……続きを見る

This book is essential for students and practitioners in accounting, international business, finance, and economics. In a straightforward and readable style, it focuses on the changing accounting an……続きを見る

The European Union is a leading actor in international development, providing more than half of the world’s foreign aid, but also a unique case, combining the characteristics of a bilateral and a mu……続きを見る

With the use of wide-ranging case studies the author clearly illustrates the impact of schemes intended to re-allocate land in developing countries. Concluding that land reform can play a major part……続きを見る

What can we do to unlock the unrealised potential of the hundreds of millions of rural poor and landless workers? The ever-topical central theme in this collection of essays is the mixed role of gov……続きを見る

What has been the impact of yet another food price spike on developing countries’ ability to make progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? How many poor people have been prevented fr……続きを見る

Drawing on the experiences of more than 100 developing country negotiators and the insights of leading academic studies, this guide brings together practical advice and lessons on ways to negotiate ……続きを見る

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich VWL - Konjunktur und Wachstum, Note: 1.7, Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel der Arbeit ist die Entwicklung eines Konzepts……続きを見る

As more Africans get online, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly hailed for their transformative potential. Yet, the fascination for the possibilities of promoting mor……続きを見る

This book offers an original analysis of the long-term impact of western and Chinese economic and development cooperation policies in Africa. It argues that western Official Development Assistance (……続きを見る

Entrepreneurship is a key element in the development of market based economies and one of the potential drivers of change in countries that are in the process of transformation to market based syste……続きを見る

This extended autobiographical essay explains in clear, engaging terms how the role of economics and finance in the Western world has shifted in the twenty-first century, from cultivating wellbeing ……続きを見る

The extraordinary stories of low-income women living in São Paulo, industrial case studies and the details of three squatter settlements, and communities in the periphery researched in Simone Buechl……続きを見る

This book provides methods and practical cases and experiences with the aim of stimulating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) through the direct engagement of researchers, Civil Society Organ……続きを見る

About this book The Author is a trained Economist, Management Systems Analyst and Educator. He holds post graduate Degrees in Economics and Statistics and Education from the United Kingdom as well a……続きを見る

This brief text offers an unbiased reflection on debates about neoliberalism and its alternatives in Latin America with an emphasis on the institutional puzzle that underlies the region’s difficulti……続きを見る

Co by się stało, gdyby BIZNES był RADOŚCIĄ i ZABAWĄ? Co by było, gdyby kryło się pod tym więcej niż kiedykolwiek sobie wyobrażałeś? Gdybyś kreował biznes z pozycji cieszenia się nim - co byś wybrał?……続きを見る

Globalization and technology are combining to change socio-economic relationships. The pace of change and uncertainty of the world of work – no job for life, zero-hours contracts, diminished pension……続きを見る

The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund, with substantive inputs from the ……続きを見る

Si intitola "È tutta seta ciò che luccica?_ L'Italia e Xi: bilancio e prospettive della Via della Seta", il nuovo numero della nostra rivista Mondo Cinese (165-166). La realizzazione di questo volum……続きを見る

Mobilizing for Development tackles the question of how countries achieve rural development and offers a new way of thinking about East Asia's political economy that challenges the developmental stat……続きを見る

This book presents a new System Dynamics model (the ERRE model), a novel stock and flow consistent global impact assessment model designed by the authors to address the financial risks emerging from……続きを見る

Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how Indi……続きを見る

Africa is endowed with commercially viable quantities of several minerals and metals, and, more than ever before, African countries wish to harness their mineral resources for their economic develop……続きを見る