Technology plays a significant role in doctoral leadership studies providing a channel for teaching, learning, research, and administrative processes. Advancing Doctoral Leadership Education Through Technology addresses the growing need for universities to explore, revise, and develop the...

Contents: 1. Introduction -- Part I Counterfactual evaluation method -- 2. The theory and practice of public-sector r&d economic impact analysis -- 3. An economic evaluation of the Baldrige national quality program -- 4. On the social value of quality: an economic evaluation of the Baldrige...

The book begins with a penetrating analysis of the main features of today's capitalism and in particular the conflict between shareholders and managers. It moves on to focus on the consequences of globalization in the decision-making processes of large corporations and represents an important...

Frank Tietze delivers an in-depth discussion of the impact of empirical results upon transaction cost theory, and in so doing, provides the means for better understanding technology transaction processes in general, and auctions in particular. Substantiating transaction cost theory with...

'This is a well-structured book on a complex question that has been relevant for centuries leading up to the actual crisis in the EU and the international financial markets. The book offers a rich picture of empirics, and discusses, explains and criticizes a number of classical theories in the...

1. The automotive industry in crisis : economic and environmental failure -- 2. Diversity and the industrial ecology metaphor -- 3. Contemporary global diversity and cultures of automobility -- 4. Emergent diversity in the global automotive industry : the policy agenda -- 5. Alternative business...

Duncan Matthews and Viviana Munoz-Tellez (2006), 'Bilateral Technical Assistance and TRIPS: The United States, Japan and the European Communities in Comparative Perspective', Journal of World Intellectual Property, 9 (6), 629-53 -- Debora J. Halbert (2007), 'The World Intellectual Property...

pt. 1. Women and minorities in STEM : the big picture -- pt. 2. Experiences of women and minorities in STEM -- pt. 3. Building interest and commitment to STEM -- pt. 4. Enriching the educational experience -- pt. 5. Improving the professional experience.

1. Competitiveness and national technology systems : an introduction -- 2. The relative competitive and technological performance of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Kenya -- 4. Tanzania -- 5. Uganda -- 6. Ghana -- 7. Zimbabwe.

Readers with interests in managing knowledge- and innovation-intensive businesses and those who are seeking new insights about how knowledge economies work will find this book an invaluable reference tool. Chapters deal with issues such as open innovation, wellbeing, and digital work that...