Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still time to turn around and walk back out of the...

Contents: Foreword / Russell S. Sobel -- 1. Introduction / Gregory M. Randolph -- 2. Creating the environment for entrepreneurship through economic freedom / Joshua C. Hall, Robert A. Lawson, and Saurav Roychoudhury -- 3. The role of public policy in entrepreneurship and migration / Pavel A....

Advances in Global Leadership brings together insights from leading scholars and practitioners and presents fresh ideas from promising newcomers to the field. With its unique focus on addressing global leadership and collaboration in times of crisis, this volume is both timely and relevant...

Beyond its terrible toll in human lives and suffering, the Ebola epidemic has inflicted a measurable economic impact on West Africa in terms of forgone output, higher fiscal deficits, rising prices, lower real household incomes, and greater poverty. This impact results partly from the...

"This volume presents a range of research approaches to the exploration of ageing during a pandemic situation. One of the first collections of its kind, it offers an array of studies employing research methodologies that lend themselves to replication in similar contexts by those seeking to...

"This book consists of several theoretical and empirical papers. It is written by distinguished authors working in social and engineering sciences at different universities. Studies show the developments that may occur regarding the new normal life with the effect of Covid-19. The book aims to...