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The Female Leadership Paradox: Power, Performance and Promotion
by M. VisserThe best-kept secret in corporate life is the vanishing act of women on their way to the top. Despite massive attention to the issue the number of women in top positions remains shockingly low. This book shows what women themselves can do to optimize their careers and how this can bring benefits to the companies and organizations they work for.
The 'Invisible Hand' and British Fiction, 1818-1860: Adam Smith, Political Economy, and the Genre of Realism (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)
by E. CourtemancheThe 'invisible hand', Adam Smith's metaphor for the morality of capitalism, is explored in this text as being far more subtle and intricate than is usually understood, with many British realist fiction writers (Austen, Dickens, Gaskell, Eliot) having absorbed his model of ironic causality in complex societies and turned it to their own purposes.
Natural Resources and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: A Political Economy Perspective
by An Ansoms and Stefaan MarysseThis book looks at how the benefits of economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa are not being equally distributed. It studies the impact of the increasing scramble for natural resources upon local livelihoods and considers the ambiguities that characterise the relationship between mining and development.
Europe and the Financial Crisis
by Pompeo Della Posta Leila Simona TalaniThe global financial and economic crisis has brought about many effects that are still difficult to interpret univocally. This book studies the consequences of the crisis on Europe by examining the effects on the European institutional setup, governance and architecture and by studying in detail the different member countries.
The Foundations of Modern Time Series Analysis (Palgrave Advanced Texts in Econometrics)
by Terence C. MillsThis book develops the analysis of Time Series from its formal beginnings in the 1890s through to the publication of Box and Jenkins' watershed publication in 1970, showing how these methods laid the foundations for the modern techniques of Time Series analysis that are in use today.
Political Communication in Britain: The Leader's Debates, the Campaign and the Media in the 2010 General Election
by Roger Mortimore Simon AtkinsonThe 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics.
BP and the Macondo Spill: The Complete Story
by C. ReadThe complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs, not the hyperbolic costs, and an explanation of the science and business of the spill and its remediation.
Books between Europe and the Americas: Connections and Communities, 1620-1860
by Leslie Howsam and James RavenA ground-breaking collection by thirteen distinguished international scholars; this volume presents fresh perspectives on the exchange of culture and ideas between isolated communities through books and correspondence, and offers pioneering comparisons between the northern Atlantic and that of Spanish and Portuguese territories further south.
Firm-Level Internationalization, Regionalism and Globalization: Strategy, Performance and Institutional Change (The Academy of International Business)
by Elaine Hutson Rudolf R. Sinkovics Jenny BerrillThe current international business environment is characterized by two contradictory but at times mutually supplementary trends. Regionalization is part of the process of globalization, but it can also be a counter force to globalization as stakeholders act to protect their perceived interests. This book expands the debate on this interesting topic
The Political Economy of East Asia: Regional and National Dimensions (International Political Economy Series)
by K. CaiIn a systematic study of the political economy of East Asia, Cai adopts an historical perspective alongside a contemporary focus, exploring East Asia's development since the late 19th century. Following similar paths to economic development, East Asian states have achieved economic success, integrating themselves into a regional economy.
Palgrave Handbook of International Trade
by Daniel Bernhofen David Greenaway R. Falvey U. KreickemeierInternational trade is the core foundation of globalisation. This current and up-to-date volume brings together the finest academics working in the field today, containing contributions in key areas of policy research, such as, modelling frameworks, trade policy, trade and migration, trade and the environment, trade and unemployment.
Handbook of Top Management Teams
by Frank Bournois, Jérôme Duval-Hamel, Sylvie Roussillon & Jean-Louis ScaringellaQuestions of company governance have been examined over the years, but this has generally been in areas concerning shareholders. Meanwhile the management team and board of directors remain comparatively unexplored. This book has been written to provide a way into this relatively unknown world of executive committees.
The Nigerian Banking Sector Reforms: Power and Politics (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions)
by S. ApatiThis is the first comprehensive book on the politics and economics of financial sector consolidation in an emerging market in West Africa. It draws on the author's twenty years experience working with multinationals in this oil-rich zone, to address key issues and examine banking reform in one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
Doing Business With China: Avoiding the Pitfalls
by S. Hamilton J. ZhangThis book is about understanding the differences and risks, ownership, culture and management practices when investing, managing or working with Chinese companies. It explores the progression of overseas listing of Chinese companies and the reasons behind theattitude shifts towards overseas Chinese stocks.
The Learning Advantage: Six Practices of Learning-Directed Leadership
by D. Christopher Kayes Anna KayesHighlighting the best in management learning theory and practices, the authors provide a comprehensive approach to leadership from a learning perspective. This exciting new book, from award-winning authorities on learning, describes how leaders gain the advantage when they cultivate learning in themselves and others.
Work and Identity: Historical and Cultural Contexts (Identity Studies in the Social Sciences)
by J. Kirk C. WallThis book presents an accessible and fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent empirical trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Focusing on three occupational sectors in particular teachers, bank workers and the railway industry it also presents an argument that is both more general than this and theoretically and analytically wide-ranging. The book explores some important questions: how are workers, both in the past and the present juncture, socialised into work cultures? What are the cultural and structural differences with regard the world of work across class, gender, and generation? What are the historical conditions of which these differences play a part? How is the idea of work found in a range of representations, from artistic production to sociological discourse expressed and explored? The development of concepts such as 'structures of feeling' and affect, and the weaving in of historical and visual material, make the book important to a wide range of readers including ethnographers, cultural sociologists and narrative researchers. In turn, this book offers an authoritative and sophisticated summary and analysis of work and identity and is an important intervention into mainstream sociology concerns.
Fundamental Uncertainty: Rationality and Plausible Reasoning
by Silva Marzetti Dall'aste BrandoliniThis volume addresses the subject of uncertainty from the point of view of an extended conception of rationality. In particular, the contributions explore the premises and implications of plausible reasoning when probabilities are non-measurable or unknown, and when the space of possible events is only partially identified.
The Migration-Development Nexus: A Transnational Perspective (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship)
by Thomas Faist Margit Fauser Peter KivistoThis book examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual and empirical criticism through a transnational lens, placing the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development nexus into theoretical and historical perspective.
European Banking: Enlargement, Structural Changes and Recent Developments (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions)
by Ö. OlguDespite considerable progress on political and economic convergence over the last decade, financial structures of individual countries within the EU remain diverse. This book considers the future prospects of the banking industry in the context of enlargement, application of the IFRS and a potential new member country, Turkey.
The Business of Space: The Next Frontier of International Competition
by L. Brennan A. VecchiThis book looks at the space industry from a business perspective, with a focus on international competition. The space industry traces its origins to the middle of last century as a government/military domain and the author now looks at the ongoing evolution of space exploration and travel, and projects the future of the industry.
Gender, Power and Management: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Higher Education
by Barbara Bagilhole and Kate WhiteWomen are now part of senior management in higher education (HE) to varying degrees in most countries and actively contribute to the vision and strategic direction of universities. This book attempts to analyse their impact and potential impact on both organisational growth and culture
Central Banks and Coded Language: Risks and Benefits
by Elke MuchlinskiThis book explores implications of the modern view of central banks rising from the proposition that words have no meaning beyond their use in a particular context and setting. It studies coded language to explain why a central bank's decisions and communicative interactions can't be devoted to a coded language which is an artificial language.
The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines (International Political Economy Series)
by Valbona MuzakaThis book shows why contests over intellectual property rights and access to affordable medicines emerged in the 1990s and how they have been 'resolved' so far. It argues that the current arrangement mainly ensures wealth for some rather than health for all, and points to broader concerns related to governing intellectual property solely as capital
The Emergence of Southern Multinationals: Their Impact on Europe
by Louis BrennanIn today's globalised world there is a need to investigate new trends in the global economy which impact on Europe. The emergence of these southern multinationals in Europe is one such phenomenon. This book explores the existing trends and trajectories of these companies, the evidence of their impact and their strategies and processes.
Stress in Turbulent Times
by A. Weinberg C. CooperStress isundoubtedly one of the major work-related illness and is even more likely in times of economic uncertainty and downturn. Theauthors assess the psychological challenges created by instability and uncertainty and provide a survival toolkit that shows the reader how to combat stress in their own lives.