An Introduction to Place-Based Development Economics and Policy

This book introduces the reader to local development economics and policy, with a special focus on the place-based paradigm that covers its justification, its difficulties and the types of public intervention that it suggests. The starting point for the analysis is that economic development in lagging places is not to be expected as the result of a mechanism of automatic convergence between bac…

An Introduction to Mathematical Finance with Applications: Understanding and …

This textbook aims to fill the gap between those that offer a theoretical treatment without many applications and those that present and apply formulas without appropriately deriving them. The balance achieved will give readers a fundamental understanding of key financial ideas and tools that form the basis for building realistic models, including those that may become proprietary. Numerous car…

Design of Thermal Barrier Coatings :A Modelling Approach

This book details the relationships between microstructure, interface roughness, and properties of thermal barrier coatings. The author proposes a method for the reduction of the thermal conductivity of the ceramic layer in order to increase the lifetime of thermal barrier coatings. He includes models for the optimization of ceramic layer microstructure and interface roughness

Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Organizational Culture

Students in this course will learn organizational best practices to implement diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace. Students will evaluate laws and policies that apply to diversity and inclusion. Students will also build cultural competencies to foster employee recruitment, motivation, satisfaction, and retention. Additionally, students will analyze the leadership skills…

Economic Aspects of the Indigenous Experience in Canada

In this text we are going to explore the economic history and economic potential of Indigenous communities in Canada. What institutional arrangements hold them back economically and what institutions assist them going forward? What norms do Indigenous communities hold that inform their priorities and economic behavior?

Open Pedagogy Approaches : Faculty, Library, and Student Collaborations

The entire spirit of this book project reflects the editors’ shared belief in the power of an open and inclusive community, of learning, and of collaboration toward innovation. From the outset, the editors knew that this book would be an open project in its own right. It had to be published openly (to practice what we preach), and it would serve as an opportunity to learn the process of creat…

Consumer Protection Law : A Guide for Navigating Safely in the Modern World

Overview: Consumer Protection Law: A Guide For Navigating Safely in the Modern World is an introduction to the issues consumers face every day and the protections put in place to reduce consumer harm. This text and the course it is designed to accompany is unique in undergraduate education. Most consumer protection law courses take place in either a law school setting or in only a handful of un…

Conservation techniques

Overview: This book fosters the recognition of options for making progress toward increased environmental conservation through an understanding of the underlying science and practice of a variety of conservation techniques. Today, there are expected benefits from integrated science and practice, and many people are promoting this as the way forward to improve our environment. Over time, trends …

Designing Critical and Creative Learning with Indigenous Youth : a Personal J…

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ISBN/ISSN

9789463003070

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229 pages

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Call Number

370

Designing Inclusive Pathways with Young Adults Learning and Development for a…

This book is the second in a series entitled 'Learning and development for a better world' and it explores the potential for self-directed lifelong action learning (LAL) by focusing on the design of development pathways with and for young adults. The book considers the reasons why LAL pathways are needed and draws on innovative approaches used by the Global University for Lifelong Learning (inc…