Chapter 1: Innovation: engine of economic growth (and employment) -- Chapter 2: The technological revolution: The rise of machines -- Chapter 3: The technological revolution: professions at risk and new jobs -- Chapter 4: Constraints to economic growth: Sustainability, happiness and other issues...

This book provides an assessment of the megatrends that are reshaping the emerging markets landscape. With developing countries already accounting for 40% of world GDP, emerging markets consumption growth will be an increasingly important growth engine for the world economy over the next two...

The book constructs the Synergy Theory, a new theory of economic growth and calculation methodology. The book involves empirical comparative study on economic growth between China and the 14 developed countries, and on the basis of the synergy theory, divides GDP into labor compensation, capital...

‘This is essential reading for anybody interested in global history.’ -Professor Ugo Panizza, The Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland This illuminating book offers a compact survey and new interpretation of trends and policies in the US economy from the end of the nineteenth century to...

PART I. FACTORS AND CONDITIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS -- Challenges of Corporate Risk Management after the Global Financial Crisis (K. Benetti) -- “Hexagon” of Property (S. V. Domnina, S. Y. Salynina) -- Have the Lessons about Crisis Processes in the...

Financial Crisis and Brain Drain: An Investigation of the Emigration Intentions of Greek Scientists -- Complexity in a Bertrand Duopoly Game with Heterogeneous Players and Differentiated Goods -- A Performance Measurement System for Staff of the Logistics Section - A Case Study for an Oil & Gas...

PartI: Theory -- Chapter1: Agent-based Computational Economics and Industrial Organization Theory -- Chapter2: Towards a big-data based economy -- Chapter3: Real worlds: simulating non-standard rationality in microeconomics -- Chapter4: The many faces of crowdfunding: a brief classification of...

Chapter 1. Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Policy for Transformative Change in Africa: perspectives, policies and practices -- Part I: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Innovation in Africa -- Chapter 2. The readiness of innovation systems for the fourth industrial...

Chapter 1. The Impact of Tourism and Renewable Energy Use over Economic Growth in Top 10 Tourism Destinations -- Chapter 2. The Possible Influence of the Tourism Sector on Climate Change in The US. Chapter 3. Tourism Sector and Environmental Quality: Evidence from Top 20 Tourist Destinations --...

Chapter 1. Accounting for the Growth of Government -- Chapter 2. The Size and Composition of Government Spending in Multi-Party Systems -- Chapter 3. High Tax Compliance Results in Smaller Government -- Chapter 4. Does Technology Drive The Growth of Government -- Chapter 5. A Congressional...