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Sustainable cities : diversity, economic growth and social cohesion

Janssens, Madeleine (contributor) - 2009

This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity...

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Handbook of trust research

Zaheer, Akbar (contributor); Bachmann, Reinhard (contributor) - 2006

contributes to an area of key importance to almost every aspect of business and society and, in particular, it will appeal to …-level approaches -- pt. IV. Trust at the level of society and the economy …

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Innovation in technology alliance networks

Lemmens, Charmianne E. A. V. - 2004

This book studies the dynamics of alliance group formation in technology-based networks. The author attempts to develop the concept of alliance blocks from a social network perspective, and explores the relationship between alliance block membership and innovative performance in a changing...

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The economics of non-selfish behaviour : decisions to contribute money to public goods

Meier, Stephan - 2006

In standard economic theory human beings are portrayed as selfish money-maximizing actors. This book investigates the conditions under which people deviate from this prediction and when they are prepared to contribute to the common good in a more altruistic fashion. Based on field experiments...

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Exploring the entrepreneurial society : institutions, behaviors and outcomes

Bonnet, Jean (contributor); Dejardin, Marcus (contributor); … - 2017

poverty the inevitable dark side of an entrepreneurial society? / Uwe Fachinger and Anna Frankus -- Index … entrepreneurs. Understanding the development of a vivid entrepreneurial society requires attention to several interacting factors … institutional, behavioral and policy issues of primary importance to seizing the entrepreneurial society. Exploring the …

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Social evolution, economic development and culture : what it means to take Japan seriously

Dore, Ronald Philip - 2001

Social evolution, economic development and culture brings together Ronald Dore's key writings for the first time, making his work accessible across a wide range of social science disciplines. It produces a distinctive perspective with four interlinking themes--technology-driven social evolution,...

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The dynamics between entrepreneurship, environment and education

Fayolle, Alain (contributor); Kyrö, Paula (contributor) - 2008

This book introduces the expanding European dialogue between entrepreneurship, environment and education. It considers the shape, dimensions and horizon of this multidisciplinary landscape in entrepreneurship research. The striking differences and contradictions in entrepreneurial activities,...

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Classical liberalism and civil society

Rowley, Charles K. (ed.) - 1997

, provide a robust defence of the concept of classical liberalism in modern 'civil' society. In the first essay, Douglas … centralized, unitary systems of government and the breakdown of civil society in Sub-Saharan Africa. He argues persuasively that … contributions from some of the most eminent scholars in the field, Classical Liberalism and Civil Society provides a rigorous …

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The emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour : intention, education and orientation

Santos, Susana C. (contributor); … - 2017

: a case study of a university programme in Malaysia / Mohd Rashan, Inmaculada Jaén and Francisco Liñan -- 6. Formal …

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Government, innovation, and technology policy : an international comparative analysis

Mani, Sunil - 2002

create new technologies (Singapore, Malaysia, India, South Africa and Brazil) …

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