Considering the issues of social and sustainable entrepreneurship, this title tackles definitional issues such as distinctions between social, sustainable, and environmental entrepreneurship, or proposes social entrepreneurship research agendas based on key research questions fo…
This topical book addresses the need for emerging economies in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe to find a new, sustainable growth model that fosters continued convergence with the EU without leading to the build-up of new vulnerabilities. The expert contributions frame …
The egg industry; Egg-production practices; Quality identification of shell eggs; The preservation of quality in shell eggs; The microbiology of eggs; The chemistry of eggs and egg products; The nutritive value of the egg; Merchandising eggs in supermarkets; Egg-products industr…
The role of large-scale business enterprise-big business and its managers- during the formative years of modern capitalism (from the 1850s until the 1920s) is delineated for the first time in this pathmarking book. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. the distinguished historian of business,…
The role of large-scale business enterprise-big business and its managers- during the formative years of modern capitalism (from the 1850s until the 1920s) is delineated for the first time in this pathmarking book. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. the distinguished historian of business,…
Austerity has become the new principle for public policy in Europe and the US as the financial crisis of 2008 has been converted into a public debt crisis. However, current austerity measures risk losing past progress towards gender equality by undermining important employment a…
"Recent commentators on Russia's economic reforms have almost uniformly declared them a disappointing - and avoidable - failure. In this book, two American scholars take a new and more balanced look at the country's attempts to build capitalism on the ruins of Soviet central pla…
"Recent commentators on Russia's economic reforms have almost uniformly declared them a disappointing - and avoidable - failure. In this book, two American scholars take a new and more balanced look at the country's attempts to build capitalism on the ruins of Soviet central pla…
"Recent commentators on Russia's economic reforms have almost uniformly declared them a disappointing - and avoidable - failure. In this book, two American scholars take a new and more balanced look at the country's attempts to build capitalism on the ruins of Soviet central pla…
"Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and wellbeing amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial instability, volatility and crisis; conc…
The nature of moral agency -- Mechanisms of moral disengagement -- The entertainment industry -- The gun industry -- The corporate world -- Capital punishment -- Terrorism and counterterrorism -- Environmental sustainability "How do otherwise considerate human beings do cruel t…
Economic Analysis in Health Care, Second Edition is intended as a core textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of health economics. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of the field of economics in health care and the evaluation of health care technol…
'Economic Analysis in Health Care' provides comprehensive coverage of the field of economic analysis in health and health care. It contains a detailed exposition of the economic theory alongside relevant examples and applications.
"This insightful Handbook examines how labour unions across the world have experienced and responded to the growth of neo-liberalism. Since the 1970s, the spread of neo-liberalism across the world has radically reconfigured the relationship between unions, employers and the stat…
This text has been specially written for the thousands of students who complete the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety each year. Fully revised in alignment with the April 2015 syllabus, this edition provides students with all they need to tackle the c…
