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Currently developed countries pay much more attention to harmfully addictive substances than developing countries. However, the experience of developed countries is very relevant to the developing world since substance abuse is likely to impose a continually increasing burden of disease in this...

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Business relating business : managing organisational relations and networks

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Handbook on the knowledge economy : Volume two

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Handbook of research in international human resource management

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Social capital : an introduction to managing networks

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This volume teaches how to understand and manage social capital to facilitate individual and organizational learning and goal attainment. Coverage includes both orchestrating relationships of others and navigating one's own social interactions. Written at an introductory level and accessible to...

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