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Innovation and Regional Technological Convergence : Theory and Evidence
This open access book explores the role of innovation in technological convergence processes in the EU regional space and shifts the focus from absolute and conditional income convergence to technological convergence and its determinants. Presenting new theoretical and empirical evidence on the determinants and trajectory of the EU region’s development and convergence, this book will appeal t…
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- 978-3-031-24531-2
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- VII, 81
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- SpringerBriefs in Regional Science (BRIEFSREGION)
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Responsible Procurement : Leading the Way to a Sustainable Tomorrow
This open access book emphasizes that procuring goods at the expense of the environment and those who live there is no longer acceptable. Fortunately, there is now an unstoppable force, created by a collective of diverse stakeholders, driving the sustainability agenda. A company’s sustainability standards can only truly be as good as those along its entire supply chain. The purpose of this bo…
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- 978-3-030-98640-7
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- XXX, 193
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- Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)
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The Fundamental Elements of Strategy : Concepts, Theories and Cases
This open access book clarifies confusions of strategy that have existed for nearly 40 years through the core thoughts of three fundamental elements. Unlike the traditional definition of strategy as "a plan to achieve a long-term goal from overall considerations”in a linear view, this book defines strategy from non-linear viewpoint as it is in the real world. The art of a strategy lies not on…
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- 978-981-33-4713-7
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- XXVIII, 193
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- Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)
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New Living Cases on Corporate Governance
This unique open access book features a selection of Living Cases on Corporate Governance, which were developed and compiled by chairpersons, members of the board of directors, and CEOs in various countries, working in close collaboration with prominent researchers. Each Living Case addresses a current issue that a given company or institution needs to resolve. For every Case, the goal is fo…
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- 978-3-030-48606-8
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- XVIII, 105
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- Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)
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Market Segmentation Analysis : Understanding It, Doing It, and Making It Useful
This open access book offers something for everyone working with market segmentation: practical guidance for users of market segmentation solutions; organisational guidance on implementation issues; guidance for market researchers in charge of collecting suitable data; and guidance for data analysts with respect to the technical and statistical aspects of market segmentation analysis. Even mark…
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- 978-981-10-8818-6
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- XXI, 324
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- Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)
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Transaction Cost Management : Strategies and Practices for a Global Open Economy
All organizations, institutions, business processes, markets and strategies have one aim in common: the reduction of transaction costs. This aim is pursued relentlessly in practice, and has been perceived to bring about drastic changes, especially in the recent global market and the cyber economy. This book analyzes and describes “transactions” as a model, on the basis of which organization…
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- 978-3-319-06889-3
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- XVII, 273
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- Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)
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The Geology of Kuwait
This open access book contains a set of chapters covering all aspects of geosciences related to Kuwait and adjacent regions, including Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states. It covers basic information about the geology including a wide range of geoscientific disciplines such as marine geology, structural geology, hydrogeology and geophysics related to the region. This book is aimed at re…
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- 978-3-031-16727-0
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- XII, 242
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- Regional Geology Reviews (RGR)
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Greening the Financial Sector : How to Mainstream Environmental Finance in De…
Environmental finance, particularly energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) finance, can and should serve as an interface to other sub-sectors of financial sector promotion such as microfinance, housing finance or agricultural finance. For example, existing clients of financial institutions include small and medium-sized enterprises and households, and these are often suffering from high …
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- 978-3-642-05087-9
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- XIV, 250
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The Sanitation Triangle : Socio-Culture, Health and Materials
This open access book deals with global sanitation, where SDG 6.2 sets a target of enabling access to sanitation services for all, but has not yet been achieved in low- and middle-income countries. The transition from the United Nations MDGs to the SDGs requires more consideration based on the socio-cultural aspects of global sanitation. In other words, equitable sanitation for those in vulnera…
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- 978-981-16-7711-3
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- X, 264
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- Global Environmental Studies (GENVST)
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Local Governance of Peatland Restoration in Riau, Indonesia : A Transdiscipli…
This open access book is one in a series of four volumes introducing peatland conservation and restoration in Indonesia. It focuses on local governance, in particular on regional and local perspectives in Riau, the most peat-destructed province of Indonesia. The book fills a vital gap in the existing literature that overlooks social science and humanities perspectives. Written by authors from d…
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- 978-981-99-0902-5
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- XII, 333
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- Global Environmental Studies (GENVST)
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