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Books – Management + Leadership

Books – Management + Leadership

2023 | Book

The Rohingya Crisis and the International Criminal Court

The purpose of this book is to critically examine the activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the eve of its 20th year of existence, with a focus on its relationship to the Rohingya crisis. This book is unique in that it identifies …

Author:
Hitomi Takemura

2023 | Book

Community Energy in Germany

A Social Science Perspective

In this ground-breaking book, Jörg Radtke offers for the first time within research, a comprehensive insight into the range of organizational structures of community energy projects in Germany and their contribution to the Energiewende. Based on …

Author:
Jörg Radtke

2023 | Book

Managing Pandemic and Correcting Development Fundamentals

India’s Great Challenge

This book discusses the extent and nature of COVID-19 pandemic in India and its effect on the society and economy. The suggested management practices discussed here are also not stereotype. At the same time, it highlights deficiency in development …

Editors:
Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Arpita Ghose

2023 | Book

The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

A Global Perspective

This edited volume systematically demonstrates the evolution of research in entrepreneurial ecosystems and highlights its importance to policy. Presenting two particular aspects of research in entrepreneurial ecosystems, the book begins with …

Editors:
Zoltan J. Acs, Esteban Lafuente, László Szerb

2023 | Book

Multiregional Flood Footprint Analysis

An Appraisal of the Economic Impact of Flooding Events

The climate is changing, bringing with it increasing natural disasters around the world. The progress of societies lies in their ability to adapt to the new climatic conditions. Effective climate-adaptation strategies must be based in the sound …

Authors:
David Mendoza-Tinoco, Alfonso Mercado-Garcia, Dabo Guan

2023 | Book

Rethinking the Responsibility to Protect

Challenged or Confirmed?

This edited volume critically examines the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) as a guiding norm in international politics. After NATO’s intervention in Libya, against the backdrop of civil wars in Syria and Yemen, and because of the cynical support …

Editors:
Alexander Reichwein, Mischa Hansel

2023 | Book

Complexity and Sustainability in Megaprojects

MeRIT Workshop 2022

This book showcases the discussion about megaprojects carried out at the MeRIT (Megaproject Research Interdisciplinary Team) workshop 2022: the crisis, discontinuity, rising prices, and supply chains disruption force radical reflection for those …

Editors:
Edoardo Favari, Franca Cantoni

2023 | Book

Sustainable Macroeconomics, Climate Risks and Energy Transitions

Dynamic Modeling, Empirics, and Policies

Given the industrialized world’s historical dependence on fossil fuel-based energy resources and the now-realized perils of moving beyond the earth’s carbon budget, this book explores the myriad challenges of climate change and in reaching a …

Authors:
Unurjargal Nyambuu, Willi Semmler

2023 | Book

Handbook on Legal Cultures

A Selection of the World's Legal Cultures

Cooperation across borders requires both knowledge of and understanding of different cultures. This is especially true when it comes to the law. This handbook is the first to comprehensively present selected legal cultures based on a very specific …

Editors:
Sören Koch, Marius Mikkel Kjølstad

2023 | Book

The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power

Media, Race, Economics

The second edition of this Palgrave Pivot offers a history of and proof against claims of "buying power" and the impact this myth has had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the United States. For generations Black people have …

Author:
Jared A. Ball

2023 | Book

Economic Law Reforms in the ASEAN Emerging Economies

A Review of Three Decades’ Paths

This book reviews the periodic changes in the legal policies of the late-developing ASEAN countries, often known as the CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam), in their continuous path toward globalization after the collapse of the …

Editors:
Terukazu Suruga, Phanhpakit Onphanhdala, Yuka Kaneko

2023 | Book

Conference Proceedings Trends in Business Communication 2022

The academic conference Trends in Business Communication (TIBCOM) addresses current and upcoming trends in the communication sector. International scientists present their new findings in the fields of marketing and communication after a …

Editors:
Peter Schneckenleitner, Wolfgang Reitberger, Alexandra Brunner-Sperdin

2023 | Book

Algorithmic Intelligence

Towards an Algorithmic Foundation for Artificial Intelligence

In this book the author argues that the basis of what we consider computer intelligence has algorithmic roots, and he presents this with a holistic view, showing examples and explaining approaches that encompass theoretical computer science and …

Author:
Stefan Edelkamp

2023 | Book

Managerial Discretion in Imperfect Markets

This book deals with behavioral responses of management of firms that make several decisions with respect to production, marketing, finance, organization of activities within divisions, and interrelations between divisions (including synergies …

Author:
T. V. S. Ramamohan Rao

Open Access 2023 | Open Access | Book

Communication Climate at Work

Fostering Friendly Friction in Organisations

This book explores how members of an organization or group speak to and with each other. An expansion of the author’s previous research on fallibility in organizations, the concept of communication climate is related to those of voice climate and …

Author:
Øyvind Kvalnes

Open Access 2023 | Open Access | Book

European Union Support for Colombia's Peace Process

Civil Society, Human Rights and Territorial Peace

This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU's crucial support for the implementation of the Havana Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. It explores the use of new approaches and instruments that …

Editor:
Karlos Pérez de Armiño

2023 | Book

Ireland's UN Peacekeeping Policy During the Cold War Era

This is the first book to study the establishment and evolution of an Irish Peacekeeping Policy. The author uses declassified primary source materials released by the Irish National Archives and relies on the notes and discussions of Government …

Author:
Terry M. Mays

2023 | Book

Digital Transformation in Industry

Sustainability in Uncertain Dynamics

This book offers a selection of the best papers presented at the annual international scientific conference “Digital Transformation in Industry: Trends, Management, Strategies,” which was held by the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of …

Editors:
Vikas Kumar, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Victoria Akberdina, Evgeny Kuzmin

2023 | Book

Tourism, Travel, and Hospitality in a Smart and Sustainable World

9th International Conference, IACuDiT, Syros, Greece, 2022 - Vol. 1

This book features the second volume of the proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT). Held at the Syros Island in Greece in September 2022, the conference's lead …

Editor:
Vicky Katsoni

2023 | Book

Economics for Lovers of Literature

This book provides an engaging introduction to economics through a literary lens. Drawing on writers such as James Joyce, George Eliot, Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Elizabeth Gaskell, each chapter is framed around a quote from …

Author:
Geraint Johnes