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Reconstructing Organization : The Loungification of Society
O'Doherty, Damian P. - 2017
This unique book breaks original ground in management and organization studies by drawing on over 2½ years of ethnographic study in a major UK international airport group. Much has been written about the ‘McDonaldisation’ or ‘Disneyization’ of society, but few have been attentive to...
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Thomas Robert Malthus
Reisman, David - 2018
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a leading figure in the British classical school of economics, best-known for extending the insights of Adam Smith at a time of revolutionary improvements in agriculture and industry. This book explores the way in which he accounted for the tendency to...
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Housing Economics : A Historical Approach
Meen, Geoffrey - 2016
The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines....
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Child Soldier Victims of Genocidal Forcible Transfer : Exonerating Child Soldiers Charged With Grave Conflict-related International Crimes
Grover, Sonja C. - 2012
Child Soldiers -- Recruitment and Use of "Child Soldiers" in Hostilities by Armed Groups Committing Mass Atrocities and …This book provides an original legal analysis of child soldiers recruited into armed groups or forces committing mass … various anthropological accounts of child soldiers' alleged 'tactical agency' to resist committing atrocity as members of …
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Autoethnography and Organization Research : Reflections from Fieldwork in Palestine
Prasad, Ajnesh - 2019
As a method for empirical inquiry, autoethnography has gained much purchase among business school academics. This book offers exemplars of how autoethnography can be leveraged to study myriad organization and management phenomena. Drawing on his own fieldwork in Palestine, the author engages...
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Consumer Energy Conservation Behavior After Fukushima : Evidence from Field Experiments
Matsukawa, Isamu - 2016
This book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of consumer response to alternative policies for energy conservation. Its main focus is on innovative policy instruments that have attracted increasing attention from academics and energy conservation practitioners alike: critical peak pricing,...
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An Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights Infringement : Field Studies in Developing Countries
Domon, Koji - 2018
Using unique field research from across Asia, this book examines the real markets of illicit products that breach intellectual property rights (IPR). The text presents three case studies regarding IPR infringements: unauthorised music content; fake spare parts of motorcycles; and fake Japanese...
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The Great Mindshift : How a New Economic Paradigm and Sustainability Transformations go Hand in Hand
Göpel, Maja - Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie - 2016
This book describes the path ahead. It combines system transformation research with political economy and change leadership insights when discussing the need for a great mindshift in how human wellbeing, economic prosperity and healthy ecosystems are understood if the Great Transformations ahead...
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Impacting the Sensory Experience of Products : Experimental Studies on Perceived Quality
Cowen-Elstner, Christine - 2018
perception and thereby also the perceived product quality. The results of her studies not only show that this influence is … findings she then develops recommendations for product design and communication. Contents Quality perception and possible …Quality perception and possible influences -- Sensory marketing and the five senses -- Possibilities for unconscious …
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Firm Internal Innovation Contests : Work Environment Perceptions and Employees’ Participation
Höber, Björn - 2017
This book highlights how employees’ work environment perceptions significantly influence individuals’ attitudes and their intention to participate in firm internal innovation contests. Furthermore, it emphasizes the aspects of an organizational encouragement for participating in such...
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