Introduction -- Part I The Iberian Grounds of the Early Modern Globalization of Europe -- Global Context and the Rise of Europe. Iberia and the Atlantic -- Iberian Overseas Expansion and European trade networks -- Domestic Expansion in the Iberian Kingdoms -- Conclusions Part I -- Part II State...

Chapter 1. Development: Individual, Organizational and Social -- Chapter 2. Public Value: Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic, Private vs. Public -- Chapter 3. Individual Development: Richer, Healthier, or Happier -- Chapter 4. Organization Development: Love, Profit, and Responsibility -- Chapter 5. Social...

Vorwort -- 1. Trojanische Verhältnisse?- 2. Seidenstraße - Chance oder Risiko für Europa?- 3. Wer das 21. Jahrhundert verstehen will, muss China verstehen -- 4. China Forum Tübingen – Ein Modellprojekt zur China-Kompetenz -- 5. Wirklichkeit und Illusion -- 6. The Geographical...

This open access book explores the role of the ILO (International Labour Organization) in building global social governance from multiple and mutually complementary perspectives. It explores the impact of this UN´s oldest agency, founded in 1919, on the transforming world of work in a global...

This book examines the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on local economies, and presents selected case studies of MNEs operating in low income countries. By balancing external social and environmental costs against its corresponding benefits, the book demonstrates that MNEs can have a...

The Dawn of a New Common -- Covidspiracy: Old Wine in New Barrels? -- Do Not Pass Up the Opportunity! -- Internet Access as an Essential Social Good -- In-Work Poverty in Times of COVID-19 -- Being a Collective Jeremiah -- COVID-19 and the Secular Theodicy -- Online Proctoring Put to the Test --...

Vorwort -- 1. Trojanische Verhältnisse?- 2. Seidenstraße - Chance oder Risiko für Europa?- 3. Wer das 21. Jahrhundert verstehen will, muss China verstehen -- 4. China Forum Tübingen – Ein Modellprojekt zur China-Kompetenz -- 5. Wirklichkeit und Illusion -- 6. The Geographical...

Chapter 1. Global Health Care Platforms as Social Innovations -- Chapter 2. Senior Entrepreneurs Are Driving More and More Sustainable Social Innovation Worldwide than Any Other Demographic -- Chapter 3. Largest Social Movement in Human History -- Chapter 4. Social innovation in a field of...