This book explores the implications of talent management in four practical settings across the globe. Focusing on countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the authors illustrate how multinational...

This significantly expanded and updated edition revisits the process of institutional change: its characteristics, determinants and implications for economic performance. New chapters address the significance of Post-Communist transition; the differences and importance of initial conditions in...

Fifteen years ago, twenty-seven countries in Europe and Central Asia embarked on their economic transition paths. For some, the outcome was a considerable success. Several others are still struggling to shed the inheritance of the past and to correct more recent policy mistakes. Why were...

The Development Gap Between the CIS and EU -- East-West Integration: A Geographical Economics Approach -- Deep Integration with the EU: Impact on Selected ENP Countries and Russia -- Energizing EU-FSU Relations: Challenges and Opportunities -- The Motives and Impediments to FDI in the CIS --...

Aims to analyse specific sets of macro and structural policies in selected Eastern European countries. This book includes studies on the major Western CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, plus a set of cross-country and regional studies

An in-depth analysis of one of the most important and complex issues of the post-Soviet era, namely the (re-)integration of this highly interconnected region. The book considers the evolution of 'holding-together' groups since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, looking at...

In its second volume, this book aims to link the academic research with development in the real world and provide a historical and institutional background that can enrich more formal research. The first section will include an assessment of the evolution and the state of the nascent...

Dieses Standardwerk analysiert in über 35 Einzelbeiträgen die Besonderheiten und Risikopotenziale bei der Bewertung von Spezialimmobilien und erläutert sie systematisch anhand der aktuellsten Entwicklungen. Das Buch gibt nicht nur Sachverständigen und Investoren eine unverzichtbare...

Biokraftstoffe als Teil der Klimastrategien bis 2050 -- Biokraftstoffe aktuell: Produktion, Handel und Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren -- Die Nachhaltigkeitsregeln für Biokraftstoffe in der EU -- Brasilien – ein Land auf Expansionskurs -- Schlüsselakteure der brasilianischen Landkonkurrenz --...

Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Introduction and Overview -- Are Biofuels the Best Use of Sunlight? -- Perennial Grasses as Second-Generation Sustainable Feedstocks Without Conflict with Food Production -- Present and Future Possibilities for the Deconstruction and Utilization of Lignocellulosic...