Business & Finance
Results 11661 - 11680 of 67732
Business & Finance
Expats and the Labor Force: The Story of the Gulf Cooperation Council ...
Naufal, George, Genc, Ismail
Hardcover. An investigation into the labor force in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries primarily focusing on labor migration and remittances. The GCC countries have the highest share of foreign labor in the world. The authors examine the multidimensional aspects of such a large foreign population. Series: The Economics of the Middle East. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCG; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337329
- ISBN
- 9780230337329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.16
€ 122.16
Paperback. The key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy are addressed in this book. Editor(s): Ascher, William; Krupp, Corinne. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNB; KNG; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338364
- ISBN
- 9780230338364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Paperback. Many social entrepreneurs struggle to take successful, innovative programs that address social problems a local or limited basis and scale them up to expand their impact in a more widespread, deeper, and efficient way.The editors address this issue with a comprehensive collection of original papers written by leading scholars. Series: Social Entrepreneurship Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338371
- ISBN
- 9780230338371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. In a world where conventional interest-based finance is the dominant framework, Islamic banking faces many challenges. This book is the first to address different Islamic banking issues from both the researchers and practitioners' perspective across the world, reviewing their past experiences of Islamic banks. Series: The Economics of the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFK; KFFX; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338395
- ISBN
- 9780230338395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.02
€ 123.02
Coherence in the Midst of Complexity: Advances in Social Complexity Th...
Letiche, Hugo, Lissack, Michael, Schultz, Ron
Hardcover. A discussion on the social complexity approach, where dialogue and stories allow for the degrees of freedom needed for the opportunities of emergence to take root. The authors focus on the experience of coherence and how such experiential lessons differ from the establishment and maintenance of categories and labels. Num Pages: 307 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB; KJMD; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338500
- ISBN
- 9780230338500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.02
€ 123.02
Hardcover. Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLF; KCM; KCP; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338920
- ISBN
- 9780230338920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Taylor leads readers through creativity and how it relates to leadership followed by the five stages of theory behind the idea: 1) preparation, 2) time-off (or incubation), 3) the spark, 4) selection, and 5) elaboration. Num Pages: 212 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJMB; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338937
- ISBN
- 9780230338937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardcover. A theoretical discussion and internal critique of mainstream law and economics scholarship, especially as it approaches the issue of paternalism. Cserne discusses how, and to what extent, economic analysis can explain and/or justify the limitations on freedom of contract, with special emphasis on paternalism. Series: Perspectives from Social Economics. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCFM; LNHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340299
- ISBN
- 9780230340299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Hardcover. Jonathan Chu explores individual economic and legal behaviors, connecting them to adjustments in trade relations with Europe and Asia, the rise in debt litigation in Western Massachusetts, deflation and monetary illiquidity, and the Bank of North America. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBTQ; JHMC; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340466
- ISBN
- 9780230340466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Taxation and Society in Twentieth-Century Argentina (Studies of the Am...
José Antonio Sánchez Román
Hardcover. This book provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. It argues that the failure to build permanent trust between the state and the civil society and the unraveling of confidence within Argentine society itself account for the collapse of the progressive tax system. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; JPA; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341265
- ISBN
- 9780230341265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Why was the Italian Banking System more resilient during the sub-prime crisis and harder-hit in the sovereign crisis? Will their strength in the retail market result as an asset or a liability for Italian banks in the future? This book offers an in-depth analysis of one of the most important EU banking systems its attempts to weather the crisis. Editor(s): Cosma, Stefano; Gualandri, Elisabetta. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 50 black & white tables, 32 figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; KCS; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343146
- ISBN
- 9780230343146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
Hardcover. Focusing on care workers for the elderly, this book examines the paradoxical position of irregular migrants in European society, who are often labelled as 'illegal' residents but who in fact provide much needed, essential support to welfare systems. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JHBL; JKSG; KJWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343160
- ISBN
- 9780230343160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
The Gold Standard Peripheries: Monetary Policy, Adjustment and Flexibi...
?gren, Anders, ?ksendal, Lars Fredrik
Hardcover. The remarkably successful gold standard before 1914 was the first international monetary regime. This book addresses the experience of the gold standard peripheries; i.e. regime takers with limited influence on the regime. How did small countries adjust to an international monetary regime with seemingly little room for policy autonomy? Editor(s): Ogren, Anders; Oksendal, Lars Fredrik. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0, 21 black & white tables, 46 figures. BIC Classification: KCBM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343177
- ISBN
- 9780230343177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.28
€ 123.28
Hardcover. This book seeks to clarify the positive and negative lessons in the experiences of late development under neoliberal globalization. Dic Lo explores competing theories, with a view to constructing an alternative synthesis that transcends neoliberalism, placing greater emphasis on solidarity and humanistic development. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347182
- ISBN
- 9780230347182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Hardcover. This is the first book to explain the expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) into a transition economy from a technology accumulation perspective. The author provides a theoretical alternative to accepted wisdom regarding technology transfer, and discusses the policy implications of this new approach for economic development. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPR; 3JM; KCD; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347298
- ISBN
- 9780230347298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Collaboration in Outsourcing: A Journey to Quality (Technology, Work a...
Brinkkemper, Sjaak, Jansen, Slinger
Hardcover. Although IT outsourcing is nothing new, it remains surprisingly challenging for professionals. This book assists the IT professional in several areas of the outsourcing process: establishing outsourcing relationships, maintaining and managing the relationship, and finally governing outsourcing projects successfully. Series: Technology, Work and Globalization. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJF; KJK; KJN; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347700
- ISBN
- 9780230347700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.13
€ 82.13
Hardcover. A guide on how Predictive Analytics is applied and widely used by organizations such as banks, insurance providers, supermarkets and governments to drive the decisions they make about their customers, demonstrating who to target with a promotional offer, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for home insurance. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCK; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347762
- ISBN
- 9780230347762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.27
€ 144.27
Hardcover. Can it be that in order to reach the investor you need for your new venture, or to find the employer who will give you the chance of a lifetime, you only need to have six cups of coffee? Research tells us there is an average of six intermediate people that form an invisible chain between you and the person who will help you succeed. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347878
- ISBN
- 9780230347878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Hardcover. This book discusses continuous improvement strategies of Japanese convenience store operators. The study highlights the efforts of companies operating under lean management systems to identify new, dynamic, firm-specific capabilities in highly competitive markets. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJK; KJU; KJV; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347939
- ISBN
- 9780230347939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Hardcover. Highlights the evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Middle East and presents a unique compilation of data and perspectives from authors living and working there. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; KJG; KJK; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348219
- ISBN
- 9780230348219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98