Chapter 1: Introduction Civilization and Lived Experience -- Part 1: The Quests that Created a New Western Civilization (and Destroyed Others): Crops, Climate, Calories -- Chapter 2: The 3-Cs: Crops, Climate, Calories -- Chapter 3: Crops and the Shaping of Civilizations -- Chapter 4: Climate:...

‘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...

1. Introduction: The New Human Condition -- 2. A Major Stagnation, But Not a Secular One -- 3. The High Tech Eden -- 4. A Shattered Labour Market -- 5. Human Genius at the Controls -- 6. A Disengaged Society? -- 7. Who Governs: Politicians, or Technology Prophets? -- 8. Two Possible Paths: The...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. The Drive for Development -- Chapter 2. Enter local control -- Chapter 3. The force unleashed -- Part II. The Growth Mechanism -- Chapter 4. Hardware and software -- Chapter 5. Mechanization, automation and the labor market -- Chapter 6. Scale of operations --...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. China’s Economic Reform Pattern: Fundamentals of “Infinite” Transition -- Chapter 3. Resources, Trends and Goals of Chinese Military Modernization -- Chapter 4. Limits for Continuity and Change in Political Transformations -- Chapter 5. Conclusion.

Chapter 1 - Editorial Introduction.-1-Title: Teaching methodology courses in the context of entrepreneurship education -- 2- Measuring the Impact of Simulation-based Teaching on Entrepreneurial Skills of the MBA/DBA Students -- 3- Teaching Digital Marketing for Entrepreneurship -- 4- A Case...

Chapter 1. Introduction to Digital Economic Thoughts -- Chapter 2. Digital Economic Technology and Innovation -- Chapter 3. Growth Theory of Digital Economics -- Chapter 4. Complexity Economic and Order of Evolution -- Chapter 5. Technological Elements and Enterprise Innovation -- Chapter 6....

1. Thirty Years of Research on Application of Technology in Tourism and Hospitality Industry: A Systematic Literature Review -- 2. Technology Application in Tourism in Asia -- 3. Technology Application in Tourism in Asia: Comprehensive Science Mapping Analysis -- 4. Technological Innovations in...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The License Giver Business Concept -- Chapter 3: The Intrinsic-Motivated Crowd -- Chapter 4: The Fear of Innovation -- Chapter 5: The Not-Invented-Here Syndrome -- Chapter 6: The Rise and Decline of Innovative Capability -- Chapter 7: The License Giver...

Why do the Dutch continue to play a central role in the global production, sales, and distribution of flowers? What are the origin and history of the bulb and flower industry in the Netherlands? How are Artificial Intelligence (AI), complex algorithms, and modern distribution systems ensuring...