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"This cutting-edge Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of research on the governance of projects … approaches to the governance of projects, identifying valuable new phenomena for future study. Through diverse case studies …, chapters cover all aspects of the governance of projects, including theories of governance, governance approaches, mechanisms …
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The central purpose of this book is to analyse the optimal allocation of local public goods or services (for example … garbage collection, police, fire brigades and medical services) in large urban agglomerations and the allocation consequences … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …
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Since their first emergence in the work of Paul David thirty years ago, the dual issues of Path Dependence and Lock-In have become critically important subjects in the fields of economics, sociology, and business strategy. Theoretical and public policy debates on these issues have arisen,...
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Contents: 1. The new frontier of innovation -- 2. Innovation pioneers - the essential role of users, on-line user communities and the crowd -- 3. Exploring the changing landscape of Innovation: the rise of users, on-line communities and the crowd -- 4. Mapping the new world of innovation - the...
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1. Introduction -- 2. Important terms, notation and classification of games -- 3. Static games with discrete strategy … space -- 4. Finite dynamic games with discrete strategy space : a first approach -- 5. Infinite dynamic games with discrete … strategy space : a first approach -- 6. Finite dynamic games with discrete strategy space : a second approach -- 7. Infinite …
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This innovative book explores the structure, growth and effectiveness of virtual communities in computer-mediated environments. In spite of initial enthusiasm, much uncertainty remains about the prospects of virtual teams and the technology that supports their collaboration. This book seeks to...
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requirements of a well-functioning society, one whose members reap the gains from peaceful cooperation while pursuing their own …
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'What I like most about Strategic Challenges for the Base of the Pyramid is the authors' clear understanding of what we have already learned about the BoP domain and their subsequent focus on creating new knowledge. The chapters in this book provide important insights into several important...
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This book addresses the critical issue of how and why European universities are changing and learning to compete. Anglo-Saxon universities particularly in the US, the UK and Australia have long been subject to, and responded to, market-based competition in higher education. The authors argue...
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This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems … cooperation, networks and institutions, and their role in the development of local systems of innovation. The combination of …
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