"This timely book presents a nuanced exploration of the key pedagogical, theoretical and practical challenges facing modern business educators and students. Bringing together a cross-disciplinary team of experts, it highlights the importance of equipping students with the capabilities and...

"This book provides comparative and comprehensive analysis of technological and transnational strategies in educational marketing on various issues across the world and also the best practices and experiences from a diverse range of countries"-- Provided by publisher.

Higher education has entered centre-stage in the context of the knowledge economy and has been deployed in the search for economic competitiveness and social development. Against this backdrop, this highly illuminating Handbook explores worldwide convergences and divergences in national higher...

Higher education functions in a global environment of consumers, employees, competitors, and partners. It has been a force for globalization and a model for adaptation, but nonetheless faces challenges. This volume of essays examines emerging issues and opportunities for advancing education...

Throughout the developed and developing worlds, education spending is seen as a key tool for government policy makers in the quest for economic growth. Promoting 'human capital' development is a prime objective for economic and education ministries. The seminal articles discussed in this...

"This book presents a detailed discussion of present educational principles and policies, and their impact on the effectiveness of education in a multi-national context, bridging the gap between the fields of business and education"--Provided by publisher.

Knowledge Policy illustrates how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the 21st century market place is characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. Does this therefore render cultural and...

"This book is a comprehensive collection of research on the emergence of information technology and its effect on society, focusing on the advancements made throughout social changes and the application of information systems"--Provided by publisher.

Früher oder später wird alles weggeworfen. In der Konsumgesellschaft wandern aber auch gebrauchsfähige und neuwertige Produkte auf den Müll. Solche Verhaltensweisen sind das Ergebnis eines langfristigen Prozesses, entstanden über einen Zeitraum von anderthalb Jahrhunderten. Vorläufer waren...