The research and its outcomes presented here focus on spatial sampling of agricultural resources. The authors introduce sampling designs and methods for producing accurate estimates of crop production for harvests across different regions and countries. With the help of real and simulated...

This book explores how the management science of logistics changes working lives and contributes to the making of world regions. With a focus on the port of Kolkata and changing patterns of Asian regionalism, the volume examines how logistics entwine with political power, historical forces,...

This book examines why the differences in comparative economic development across the world have a geographical pattern. It argues that there is a missing component in the geography versus institutions debate, namely the role of culture and its impact either directly on development or indirectly...

Einführung -- Wissen und Innovationen -- Wissenstransfer im Raum -- Wissensspillover und Wissensexternalitäten -- Arten der Nähe -- Politische Unterstützung der Innovationsgenerierung -- Politische Unterstützung für Kooperationen und Netzwerke -- Evolutorische Wirtschaftsgeopraphie und...

This book applies a spatial economics perspective to the understanding of the recent dynamism of the global economy, with particular focus on East Asia, and examines the prospects of regional integration in East Asia

Ernährung wird heute vor allem unter ernährungstechnischen, medizinisch-gesundheitlichen oder weltanschaulichen Aspekten (z.B. Vegetarianismus, Veganismus usw.) diskutiert. Obwohl die Nahrungsmittelindustrie einen der wichtigsten Märkte darstellt, werden Fragen der Nahrungsmittelproduktion,...

1. Post-Faustmann Forest Resource Economics -- Part one: Human behaviour and forest resource economics -- 2. Are Forest User Groups Rational Economic or Social Agents? Experimental Evidence from India -- 3. Complexity Theory and Forest Resource Economics -- 4. Modeling Forest Sector Structural...

The purpose of this book is twofold. First, this book is an attempt to map the state of quantitative research in Asian tourism and hospitality context and provide a detailed description of the design, implementation, application, and challenges of quantitative methods in tourism in Asia. Second,...

This book is devoted to the dynamic development of retailing. The focus is on various strategy concepts adopted by retailing companies and their implementation in practice. This is not a traditional textbook or collection of case studies; it aims to demonstrate the complex and manifold questions...