"This book provides the necessary mathematical foundation of multicriteria optimization to solve nonlinear, linear and combinatorial problems with multiple criteria. Motivational examples, illustrate the use of multicriteria optimization in practice. Numerous illustrations and e…
Traces the founding of Alibaba, the world's second largest Internet company, by an English teacher from humble origins, drawing on exclusive interviews to explore how the company and Jack Ma have become icons and leading employers in China's booming private sector In just a dec…
In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man from modest beginnings who started out as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into one of the world's largest companies, an e-commerce empire on which hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend. Alibaba's $25 billion IPO i…
An investigative journey into the ways the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' sheds light on the shadowy networks that connect Goldman Sachs, BP, the Hong Kong underworld and the murderous cabals that rule some oil states
"The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other 'emerging markets' have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply ch…
An investigative journey into the ways the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' sheds light on the shadowy networks that connect Goldman Sachs, BP, the Hong Kong underworld and the murderous cabals that rule some oil states. Africa: the world's poorest co…
This study offers a perspective on one of the most basic everyday activities - shopping. Daniel Miller argues that the act of purchasing goods is almost always linked to other social relations, and most especially those based on love and care.
Examines intentions and results of labour market reforms in Europe as viewed by former political leaders. Looks at factors that make labour market policy reforms succeed and fail, showing challenges to designing reforms and establishing conditions under which they can be advocat…
This title challenges the assumption that a 'free' global market will afford the same opportunities to both rich and poor states. Drawing on a number of 19th and 20th century thinkers, Ben Selwyn argues instead that class relations are the central cause of poverty and inequality…
The central paradox of the contemporary world is the simultaneous presence of wealth on an unprecedented scale, and mass poverty. Liberal theory explains the relationship between capitalism and poverty as one based around the dichotomy of inclusion (into capitalism) vs exclusion…
"There's little doubt that most humans today are better off than their forebears. Stunningly so, the economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey argues in the concluding volume of her trilogy celebrating the oft-derided virtues of the bourgeoisie. The poorest of humanity, McCloske…
Sachs is one of the most thoughtful intellectuals to tackle the crisis in the Western world's relations with nature and social justice. Here readers will find trenchant explorations of some of the foremost issues the world faces in the new century.
This volume explains transfer pricing through a global study of disputes and the implications of innovative dispute resolution methods. It discusses 20 representative jurisdictions and analyses multiple transfer pricing disputes from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Afr…
A rigorous examination of the politics of corporate social responsibility in the United States. Through the use of case studies and interviews with 'Fortune 500' company executives, it shows how politics affect American firms' choices, even in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial…
Food safety is a matter of intense public concern. This text argues that ensuring safe food involves politics. It shows how powerful food industries oppose safety regulations, deny accountability and blame consumers when something goes wrong.
A global overview of industrialisation. Each chapter will provide readers with contemporary insights into this essential aspect of economic development. Industrialisation has been at the forefront of discussion on economic development since the earliest days of development econo…
What is it like to work in the media? Are media jobs more 'creative' than those in other sectors? This book explores these issues in the creative industries, using a combination of original research and a synthesis of existing studies.