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New Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility
Providing a timely contribution to the ongoing questions surrounding topics which are by definition subject to varying stakeholder interpretations, this book addresses “the missing link” between theoretical CSR concepts and everyday management practice. It acts as a guide to awaken managers to the advantages of adopting a CSR “mindset” when developing sustainable business strategies. Th…
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- 978-3-658-06793-9
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- XVI, 641
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- FOM-Edition
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New Perspectives for Environmental Policies Through Behavioral Economics
This book presents essential insights on environmental policy derived from behavioral economics. The authors demonstrate the potential of behavioral economics to drive environmental protection and to generate concrete proposals for the efficient design of policy instruments. Moreover, detailed recommendations on how to use “nudges” and related instruments to move industry and society toward…
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- 978-3-319-16792-3
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- XI, 335
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New Media, Knowledge Practices and Multiliteracies
This volume highlights key aspects of new media, knowledge practices and multiliteracies in communication and education, providing readers with a range of empirical findings, novel theories and applications. The reports also include best practices, case studies, innovative solutions and lessons learned with regard to three core fields: (1) New media: discussions on the effects of traditional an…
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- 978-981-287-208-1
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- XIII, 270
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New Media and Perennial Problems in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
The book concerns the ways in which the new media shape communication along with educational expectations and practices in foreign language classrooms. Although foreign language learners have cheap and easy access to information and ways of communication, they also wrestle with problems that have always accompanied language learning. The focus of the book is two-fold. On the one hand, the autho…
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- 978-3-319-07685-0
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- XVI, 228
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- Second Language Learning and Teaching
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New Media and Learning in the 21st Century
This volume brings together conceptualizations and empirical studies that explore the socio-cultural dimension of new media and its implications on learning in the 21st century classroom. The authors articulate their vision of new-media-enhanced learning at a global level. The high-level concept is then re-examined for different degrees of contextualization and localization, for example how a s…
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- 978-981-287-325-5
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- XII, 216
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- Education Innovation Series
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Development of Normal Fetal Movements The Last 15 Weeks of Gestation
In the later stages of gestation, fetal functions undergo increasing change and development, preparing the fetus for the transition to its postnatal environment. Rapid maturation is witnessed in breathing, swallowing, sensory functions, sleep, and many other processes, with corresponding behavioral changes. By 35 to 40 weeks of gestation, fetuses are capable of living ex utero without support, …
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- 9788847053731
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- xi, 145 pages
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- 612.647
New Meanings for Marketing in a New Millennium
Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these ev…
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- 978-3-319-11926-7
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- XXIX, 302
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- Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science
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New Mathematical Cuneiform Texts
This monograph presents in great detail a large number of both unpublished and previously published Babylonian mathematical texts in the cuneiform script. It is a continuation of the work A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts (Springer 2007) written by Jöran Friberg, the leading expert on Babylonian mathematics. Focussing on the big picture, Friberg explores in this book …
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- 978-3-319-44596-0
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- XVII, 553
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Efficiency of Manufacturing Processes Energy and Ecological Perspectives
This monograph presents a reliable methodology for characterising the energy and eco-efficiency of unit manufacturing processes. The Specific Energy Consumption, SEC, will be identified as the key indicator for the energy efficiency of unit processes. An empirical approach will be validated on different machine tools and manufacturing processes to depict the relationship between process paramet…
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- 978-3-319-17365-8
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New Insights From Recent Studies in Historical Astronomy: Following in the Fo…
This book contains papers from a conference held to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of the world’s foremost astronomical historians, Professor F. Richard Stephenson, the latest recipient of the American Astronomical Society’s highest award for research in astronomical history, the LeRoy Doggett Prize. Reflecting Professor Stephenson’s extensive research portfolio, this book brings toge…
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- 978-3-319-07613-3
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- XXX, 350
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- Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
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