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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 1, Contentious global issues
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2007
This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to urban densification, population mobility, urban inequality and sustainability are analysed in a manner...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850799
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Feminist economics
Benería, Lourdes - 2011
Inequalities: Women and World Development, Chapter 8, Oxford and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 123-49, references -- Bina …), 'Gender and Command Over Property: A Critical Gap in Economic Analysis and Policy in South Asia', World Development, 22 (10 …), 'Globalization, Labor Standards, and Women's Rights: Dilemmas of Collective (In)Action in an Interdependent World', Feminist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852216
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Europe's disappearing middle class? : evidence from the world of work
Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel (contributor) - 2016
1. Is the world of work behind middle class reshuffling? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Rosalie Vazquez-Alvarez and … Nicolas Maitre -- 2. Is the world of work stimulating middle class growth in the Baltic states? / Jaan Masso, Inta Mierina and …. Transformation in the world of work and the middle class: the French experience / Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel -- 5. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419897
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Innovation systems for development : making research and innovation in developing countries matter
Göransson, Bo (contributor); Brundenius, Claes (contributor) - 2016
1. Science, technology and innovation for whom? / Bo Göransson -- 2. The socio-economic context and the millennium development goals / Claes Brundenius -- 3. Emerging innovation systems in developing countries: Bolivia, Vietnam, Tanzania and Mozambique / Claes Brundenius, Carlos Aguirre-Bastos,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419902
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Obesity, business, and public policy
Ács, Zoltán J. (contributor); Lyles, Alan (contributor);  … - 2007
pt. 1. Culture, obesity and institutions -- pt. 2. Obesity and the individual -- pt. 3. Obesity and business -- pt. 4. Obesity and government -- pt. 5. Lessons from the past -- pt. 6. Policy conclusions.
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Entrepreneurship as social change
Steyaert, Chris (contributor); Hjorth, Daniel (contributor) - 2006
This book-- the third in the Movements in Entrepreneurship series-- examines entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. It provides an in-depth study of the social aspects of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship affects society. The need to move beyond economy to disclose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850918
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Handbook on the economics of happiness
Bruni, Luigino (contributor); Porta, Pier Luigi (contributor) - 2007
This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851597
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Blockchain + antitrust : the decentralization formula
Schrepel, Thibault - 2021
Contents: Preface -- Introduction: The decentralization -- Part 1 a common ambition -- 1. Blockchain: From ideology to implementation -- 2. Blockchain's toolbox -- 3. Blockchain and darwin -- 4. Decentralization? -- 5. Comes antitrust: The paradox -- Part 2 best frenemies? -- 6. The theory of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704219
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A modern guide to sports economics
Koning, Ruud Hans (ed.); Kesenne, Stefan (ed.) - 2021
"This timely Modern Guide offers critical insights into developments in both professional and recreational sports through the lens of the economic forces that determine them. It explores the benefits of the relationship between sports and economics, highlighting ways that economic research can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665634
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A research agenda for workplace stress and wellbeing
Kelloway, E. Kevin (ed.); Cooper, Cary (ed.) - 2021
Contents: Part I: Setting the scene -- 1. Introduction to a research agenda for workplace stress and wellbeing / E. Kevin Kelloway and Cary L. Cooper -- 2. Workplace stress and wellbeing: Pathways for future research advances / James Campbell Quick -- 3. The cost of stress to uk employers and...
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