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Handbook on the Economics of Discrimination
III, William M. Rodgers (contributor) - Edward Elgar
Discrimination’s dynamic nature means that no single theory, method, data or study should be relied upon to assess its magnitude, causes, or remedies. Despite some gains in our understanding, these remain active areas of debate among researchers, practitioners and policymakers. The specially...
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Obesity, Business and Public Policy
Ács, Zoltán J. (contributor); Lyles, Alan (contributor) - Edward Elgar
The effects of obesity have become practically ubiquitous in the US. This book aims to provide an alternative framework through which to explore the important and controversial obesity debate that has spilled over from the medical community. This book is not about obesity as a medical condition,...
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Materiality and Time. Historical Perspectives on Organizations, Artefacts and Practices
de Vaujany, François-Xavier; Mitev, Nathalie; Laniray, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
Sociomaterial research overcomes the dichotomy between social and material worlds by concentrating on organizational practices. These practices are constituted by, but also produce, material and social dynamics. This research is currently having an important impact in management studies and...
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Introduction: Time and Materiality: What Is at Stake in the Materialization of Time and Time as a Materialization?
de Vaujany, François-Xavier; Mitev, Nathalie; Laniray, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
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Teaching in the Global Business Classroom
Dalglish, Carol; Evans, Peter - Edward Elgar
Teaching in the Global Business Classroom presents an educational framework for effective teaching and learning in the global classroom. It provides practical tools for teachers through suggestions for innovative curriculum design, lecture techniques, group work and participation activities, as...
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Globalization and Marketization in Education
Mok, Ka-Ho; Tan, Jason - Edward Elgar
Globalization has effected tremendous change to the character and functions of education worldwide. This unique book … tide of marketization in shaping and developing their education policies. The authors discuss the way in which increasingly … management of education in these two Asian economies. They aim to identify and examine the crucial socio-historical, socio …
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European Universities and the Challenge of the Market
Regini, Marino - Edward Elgar
This major volume sheds light on the changing relationship between higher education and the economy in the major … European nations. It is the outcome of extensive comparative research on higher education institutions and the economy in six …
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Governing Universities Globally
King, Roger - Edward Elgar
will be invaluable to higher education researchers and students, and to public policy academics, students and practitioners …
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Academic Entrepreneurship
Shane, Scott - Edward Elgar
In this unique and timely volume, Scott Shane systematically explains the formation of university spinoff companies and their role in the commercialization of university technology and wealth creation in the United States and elsewhere. The importance of university spinoff activity is discussed...
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Knowledge, Diversity and Performance in European Higher Education
Bonaccorsi, Andrea (contributor) - Edward Elgar
For the first time, data on individual European higher education institutions (rather than data aggregated at the … a range of key questions, including: what is the role of non-university tertiary education, such as vocational training …
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