Chapter 1. Public Service Reform in the Republic of Armenia: Challenges and Lessons Learnt -- Chapter 2. Indispensability and main directions of reforms in the civil service system of the Republic of Azerbaijan -- Chapter 3. Reform of the civil service in the Republic of Belarus: Challenges and...

Economies are changing – independent from their status, i.e. industrialized, threshold or developing. Technological advancement, e.g. in information or telecommunication, and environmental concerns make people rethink present and future activities. Many challenges can only be tackled...

This book explores the implications of talent management in four practical settings across the globe. Focusing on countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the authors illustrate how multinational...

Chapter 1. The Sino-Brazilian Strategic Partnership: In Search of a Multipolar World -- Chapter 2. The Global Commodities Boom and the Sino-Brazilian Trade -- Chapter 3. The Chinese Are Coming: China´s Investments in Brazil -- Chapter 4. China, the Amazon and Climate Diplomacy -- Chapter 5. The...

Introduction -- The Adoption of Japan's Experience in Asia: A Case Study of the Police System of Indonesia -- Discourse, Empirics, and Perceptions on Investment and Aid: Reconsidering Chinese and Japanese Relations with the Philippines.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Governance, Rent-seeking and Upgrading in Global Value Chains -- Part I: Interdisciplinary Theoretical Contributions – Framing The Debate -- Chapter 2. Contemporary Globalization and Value Systems: What Gains for Developing Countries? -- Chapter 3. Global Value Chains...

Chapter. 1 Ownership Structures and Disparities in the Labor Share of Chinese Industrial Enterprises -- Chapter 2: Evaluating the sustainability of Innovation in China from the Perspective of Institutional Economics -- Chap.3: Political Capital and Enterprise Performance in China: Empirical...

Chapter I Introduction -- Part I The International Relations of Population Resources and Environment -- Chapter II Development: Global Strategy of the Balance of Population Potential and Resource -- Chapter III Global Warming and China’s Development -- Part II Strengthening the External...

Zeitgeist: Gegenwart – Fundamente – Strukturen – Wendepunkte -- Zwang: Durst – Hunger – Stillstand – Krankheit – Mangel – Arbeitslosigkeit – Verkehrskontrolle -- Zukunft: Verantwortung – Freiheit – Regionalraum – Südwind.

Part I: Russia Today: Economy -- 1. Russia: A Giant in Figures -- 2. Political System and Administrative Structure -- 3. Economic Structure -- 4. Economic Clusters and Regional Policy -- 5. Transport Infrastructure -- 6. Competitiveness -- 7. Trading in Times of Sanctions and Protectionism -- 8....