This edited collection provides a comprehensive examination of multidimensional poverty for a wide variety of economies and societies, with a general focus on multidimensional poverty in developed countries, where poverty is often overlooked. Arguing that income- and consumption-based poverty...

This book investigates at both the micro- and macroeconomic levels the impact of mobile phones on poverty and inequality in developing countries. To gauge the effects of mobile phones on these aspects, the author refers to the standard concept of technology adoption and also analyses the actual...

After over 30 years of reform and opening up, China’s aggregate economic volume is now the second largest in the world. Over the past decade many provinces in the western region of China have implemented ecological migration projects of different scales, which have attracted considerable...

With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously neglected, and help those in charge of implementing...

The study of poverty dynamics is important for effective poverty alleviation policies because the changes in income poverty are also accompanied by changes in socioeconomic factors such as literacy, gender parity in school, health care, infant mortality, and asset holdings. In order to examine...

Play it again, Sam – Das ganze Leben ist eine Bühne -- First Impression – Bestimmen Sie den ersten Eindruck! -- Image Design – Senden Sie klare Signale! -- Reality Check – Wer hoch stapelt, kann tief fallen! -- Mental Power – Entwickeln Sie die richtige Einstellung! -- Wording Force...

Der demographische Wandel stellt Unternehmen vor zentrale Herausforderungen: Die Belegschaften altern und ihre altersbezogene Heterogenität steigt. Bislang war unklar, ob und über welche Mechanismen der Umgang mit Beschäftigten unterschiedlicher Altersgruppen dazu beitragen kann, die...

This book brings together current research on stigma, stigma management, and stigma theory as applied to business and management at the micro, meso, and macro levels. It provides a comprehensive perspective of the literature on stigmas and is relevant to those working in organizational behavior,...

Die Skepsis gegenüber Auslandsentsendungen wächst. Berichte über gescheiterte Manager und unzufriedene Familien lassen ambitionierte Nachwuchskräfte zögern. Wer den Schritt ins Ausland dennoch wagt, profitiert von einzigartigen Lernchancen im interkulturellen Kontext. Vor allem in...