This book emphasizes the need for experimenting with more deliberate and rigorous policy processes to attain balanced regional development, which can promote both equity and efficiency in India’s development discourse. The institutional mechanisms for dealing with regional imbalance in India...

This volume presents empirical studies and theoretical reflections on Evolutionary Governance Theory (EGT), its most important concepts and their interrelations. As a novel theory of governance, EGT understands governance as radically evolutionary, which implies that all elements of governance...

The book examines the status of public service in developing countries, in the sectors of health, infrastructure, labour and marginalized populations, rural economy, and public administration. The last decade has witnessed significant government focus on service delivery in developing nations...

In den vergangenen Jahren ist Controlling zu einem wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktor für den öffentlichen Sektor geworden. Dieses neue und fundierte Lehrbuch gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über den aktuellen Stand des Verwaltungscontrolling und zeigt Ansatzpunkte für die weitere Entwicklung des...

Die öffentlichen Verwaltungen in Deutschland stehen vor großen Herausforderungen. Vor allem die Bürger erwarten ein kundenorientiertes Verhalten und effizientes Management. Aber auch die Mitarbeiter stellen steigende Anforderungen an ihre Arbeitswelt, wie Einbeziehung in Entscheidungen oder...

This book is devoted to the analysis of the three main financial crises that have marked this century: 2001 Argentina’s defaulting on its external debt, the American subprime crisis in 2008, and the current European debt crisis in Europe. The book pursues three major objectives: firstly, to...

University Startups and Spin-Offs teaches university students, researchers, and educators the most effective strategies and tactics for launching their own startups from academic platforms with the backing of school programs, public grants, incubators, seed accelerators, and private partnerships...

Financial Ratios for Executives is written specifically with today’s global executive in mind. It makes financial ratios easy to understand and use effectively. This short book will prove invaluable to both financial and non-financial executives looking for easy, intuitive methods to assess...