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"In light of the reevaluation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this timely Companion adopts an interdisciplinary approach to provide key insights on important topics, including sustainable food consumption and the mitigation of food waste. Bringing together a diverse array of...

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Organisational support for the circular economy through shaping employee green behaviour

Lewicka, Dagmara; Glińska-Neweś, Aldona; Batko, Roman; … - 2025

"This book sheds light on the crucial role employees play in guiding organisations towards sustainable practices, examining how their contributions can mitigate the pressing global challenges of depleting resources and intensifying pollution. It showcases how employees are responding to these...

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Research handbook on nudges and society

Sunstein, Cass R. (ed.); Reisch, Lucia A. (ed.) - 2023

"This timely Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the growing field of nudging and its impact on society. The editors, Cass R. Sunstein and Lucia A. Reisch provide readers with a detailed exploration of the theoretical and empirical work on nudging, as well as an understanding of...

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Handbook of qualitative research methods on human resource management : innovative techniques

Townsend, Keith (contributor); Loudoun, Rebecca (contributor) - 2016

1. Qualitative research in HRM: innovation over stagnation / Keith Townsend, Rebecca Loudoun and David Lewin -- Section I designing qualitative projects -- 2. The role of qualitative methods in mixed methods designs / Roslyn Cameron -- 3. Anchoring qualitative methods for longitudinal studies /...

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Reflections of eminent economists

Arrow, Kenneth Joseph (contributor); … - 2004

1. My life philosophy / Irma Adelman -- 2. My life philosophy / Bela Balassa -- 3. Thinking about economics / Carolyn … reflections of a historian of economic thought / Mark Blaug -- 6. Instead of a philosophy of life / Martin Bronfenbrenner -- 7 … life and economics / Ronald G. Ehrenberg -- 10. Education and its consequences : my philosophy of life / Victor R. Fuchs …

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The Elgar companion to economics and philosophy

Marciano, Alain (contributor); Davis, John B. (contributor); … - 2004

The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy aims to demonstrate exactly how these two important areas have always …pt. 1. Political economy as political philosophy -- pt. 2. The methodology and epistemology of economics -- pt. 3 …

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Beyond conventional economics : the limits of rational behaviour in political decision making

Hamlin, Alan P. (contributor); Eusepi, Giuseppe (contributor) - 2006

Beyond Conventional Economics presents new original work from leading scholars on the interface between the individual and political and social institutions. The book offers a critique of the inadequacies of the conventional economic approach to politics and a state-of-the-art view of new...

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The challenges of capitalism for virtue ethics and the common good : interdisciplinary perspectives

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Inventing leadership : the challenge of democracy

Wren, J. Thomas - 2007

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Economics, competition and academia : an intellectual history of sophism versus virtue

Stabile, Donald - 2007

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