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Effectiveness of University Education in Italy : Employability, Competences, Human Capital
Fabbris, Luigi (contributor) - 2006
The Italian university system is adopting efficiency and effectiveness as criteria for process programming and result managing. Starting from the experience of some Italian universities, this book aims to infer upon the quality of the education achieved by graduates by surveying their transition...
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Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective
Padovano, Fabio (contributor); Ricciuti, Roberto (contributor) - 2008
Using a public choice perspective, this book explains the evolution and political and economic impact of recent changes to the Italian institutional framework. Because these changes are so numerous and broad, their implementation serves as a case study for other Western governments. Particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520732
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From Galileo to Modern Economics : The Italian Origins of Econophysics
Tusset, Gianfranco - 2018
Empirical laws are rare in economics. This book describes efforts to anchor economic knowledge to invariant empirical laws. It links 17th and 18th century Galilean monetary economists to econophysics, a field that emerged in the mid-1990s. This virtual journey from past to present is charted by...
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Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government
Patalano, Rosario (ed.); Reinert, Sophus A. (ed.) - 2016
Little is known of Antonio Serra except that he wrote his extraordinary 1613 Short Treatise on the Causes that Make Kingdoms Abound in Gold and Silver even in the Absence of Mines in a Neapolitan jail, and that he died there soon afterwards. However, the influence of this work represents a...
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Energy in Africa : Policy, Management and Sustainability
Adesola, Sola (ed.); Brennan, Feargal (ed.) - 2019
Bringing together conceptual, theoretical and evidence-based contributions from a diverse set of experts, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of energy in Africa, from a management perspective. Taking a closer look at the global energy environment and security in developing areas of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012395926
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Business Despite Borders : Companies in the Age of Populist Anti-Globalization
Iñiguez de Onzoño, Santiago (ed.); Ichijo, Kazuo (ed.) - 2018
Globalization has been a key force in the development of business in recent decades. But with nationalism on the rise in Europe, the United States and elsewhere, the future of global trade and international business has been thrown into doubt. In this new and challenging context, innovative...
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Creativity and Innovation : A New Theory of Ideas
Goorha, Prateek; Potts, Jason - 2019
Ideas are ubiquitous. They are the fundamental building blocks for all aspects of life. Yet, efforts to use ideas as a basic unit of analysis in a shared framework are rare. We often find it difficult to look past the artificial boundaries that academic disciplines and specialist fields of...
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Brand Fans : Lessons from the World's Greatest Sporting Brands
Smith, Aaron C.T. - 2017
edge techniques of value co-creation, personalisation and customer engagement employed by sport’s leading brands. Based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396507
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Making a Difference Through Marketing : A Quest for Diverse Perspectives
Plewa, Carolin (ed.); Conduit, Jodie (ed.) - 2016
This book honours the contribution Professor Pascale Quester has made to academia and higher education, through her research, teaching, and leadership. As such, it provides readers with a comprehensive, contemporary perspective on marketing practice with an emphasis on the role of marketing in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396713
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The Private Sport Sector in Europe : A Cross-National Comparative Perspective
Laine, Antti (ed.); Vehmas, Hanna (ed.) - 2017
This book outlines the private sport sector in different European countries. Sport in the European countries is … organized in three distinct sectors. These are the state/public sector, which provides financial and political support for sport … infrastructure; the civic/non-profit sector, which provides sport activities and services for citizens, usually in the forms of sport …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397687