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2013 - 4th ed (Online-Ausg.)

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Guide to the online atlas -- Classification of economies -- The Millennium Development Goals -- Rich and poor -- Measuring income -- Growth and opportunity -- Where is the wealth of nations? -- How poor is poor? -- People -- Population growth...

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Making global value chains work for development

Taglioni, Daria; Winkler, Deborah - 2016

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview Making GVCs Work for Development -- Introduction -- Part I: Why GVCs Require Fresh Thinking -- Part II: Quantifying a Country's Position in GVCs --...

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Paprika, foie gras, and red mud : the politics of materiality in the European union

Gille, Zsuzsa - European Union - 2016

Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Hungary and the EU in the Political and Scholarly Imagination -- 1. The 2004 Hungarian Paprika Ban -- 2. The 2008 Foie Gras Boycott -- 3. The 2010 Red Mud Spill -- 4. Neoliberalism,...

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Molecular to global photosynthesis

Barber, James (ed.); Archer, Mary D. (ed.) - 2004

Green plants and photosynthetic organisms are the Earth's natural photoconverters of solar energy. In future, biomass and bioenergy will become increasingly significant energy sources, making a contribution both to carbon dioxide abatement and to the security, diversity and sustainability of...

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Breaking up the Global Value Chain : opportunities and consequences

Pedersen, Torben (ed.) - 2017 - First edition

Recent developments are challenging the traditional separation between advanced and emerging economies as host ofknowledge and production-intensive activities, respectively. Authors assess whether the co-location of R&D and manufacturing is critical for development and innovation.

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Global entrepreneurship : past, present & future

Devinney, Timothy M. (ed.) - 2016 - First edition.

The role that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play in the economic development and growth of cities, regions and nations has been an increasing subject of debate and study for the last half century. This volume focuses on the opportunities and challenges that entrepreneurs and SMEs...

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Articulations of capital : global production networks and regional transformations

2016

Articulations of Capital -- Introduction -- Globalization, Post-Socialist Liberalization and Structural Adjustment …

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Going global : practical applications and recommendations for HR and OD professionals in the global workplace

Lundby, Kyle (ed.) - 2010 - 1. ed.

Praise for Going Global "The very concept of globalization is evolving, and this book provides a useful toolkit to … Workplace -- Impact of Globalization -- Shifting Role of Human Resources -- Human Resources Design Framework -- Managing Talent …

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Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry : Activism, Innovation, and the Environment in an Era of Globalization

Hess, David J. - 2014

Globalization -- 3 - The Transformation of Technological Fields -- 4 - Industrial Opposition Movements -- 5 - Technology- and …

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Labor in the global digital economy : the cybertariat comes of age

Huws, Ursula (contributor) - 2014

consumption, Huws turns her sharp eye to the present crisis into which the cybertariat 'has come of age.' Rich in theoretical and …-First-Century City -- 3. BEGGING AND BRAGGING: The Self and the Commodification of Intellectual Activity -- 4. THE GLOBALIZATION OF LABOR … Autonomy and Control in Creative Labor -- 6. CRISIS AS CAPITALIST OPPORTUNITY: The New Accumulation through Public Service …

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