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Universities, Rankings and the Dynamics of Global Higher Education Perspecti…
Global university rankings are now more than a decade old and this book uses the data they have produced to examine how the international landscape of universities has changed over the years. It offers new insights into the power and limits of league tables, a key element of globalized higher education that can be deplored but hardly ignored. Case studies from Asia, Europe and North America are…
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- 978-1-137-46999-1
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Understanding Consumer Financial Behavior Money Management in an Age of Fina…
Government policies, marketing campaigns of banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, and consumers' protective actions all depend on assumptions about consumer financial behavior. Unfortunately, many consumers have no or little knowledge of budgeting, financial products, and financial planning. It is therefore important that organizations and market authorities know why con…
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- 978-1-137-54425-4
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- XVI, 285
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Understanding Auctions
In recent years, auctions have become an important field and many markets have designed new and sophisticated auction models to assign different types of items. The prime goal of this book is to set an organized classification of the main auction mechanisms in a way that readers can understand the importance of auction design and the advantages and drawbacks of each model. Given the relevance o…
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- 978-3-319-08813-6
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- 18 illustrations in colour
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US Public Schools and the Politics of Queer Erasure
This book presents a history of queer erasure in the US public school system, from the 1920s up until today. By focusing on specific events as well as the context in which they occurred, Lugg presents a way forward in improving school policies for both queer youth and queer adults.
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- 978-1-137-53526-9
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- XI, 117
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The Economics of Professional Road Cycling
Over the past decade, a growing body of academic literature on the economics of road cycling has been amassed. This book is the first volume to bring together a majority of the academic research and knowledge on the economics and management of professional road cycling. Each chapter treats a particular economic aspect of the sport, from organizational structure to marketing, labor, game theory,…
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- 978-3-319-22312-4
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- X, 341
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- Sports Economics, Management and Policy
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Fairness in Academic Course Timetabling
This monograph deals with theoretical and practical aspects of creating course timetables at academic institutions. The task is typically to create a timetable that suits the requirements of the stakeholders – students, lecturers, and the administration – as well as possible. The book presents an exposition of the basic combinatorial problems and solution methods for course timetabling and …
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- 978-3-319-12799-6
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- 18 b/w illustrations
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Network Economics
This textbook on network economics provides essential microeconomic instruments for the analysis of network sectors like telecommunications, transport or energy. Network-specific characteristics emerge both on the cost side and benefit side, requiring network providers to develop innovative entrepreneurial competition strategies for costing, pricing, and investment. From a competition policy pe…
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- 978-3-319-11694-5
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- XIV, 184
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- Springer Texts in Business and Economics
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Educating "good" citizens in a globalising world for the twenty-first century
What is needed to be a "good" citizen for the twenty-first century? And how can schools and curricula address this question? This book addresses these questions and what it means to be a "good citizen" in the twenty-first century by exploring this concept in two different, but linked, countries. China is a major international power whose citizens are in the midst of a major social and economic …
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- 9789463003469
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- ix, 196 pages
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Education skills for 21st century teachers : voices from a global online educ…
This monograph presents the current views, challenges and future needs of educators from a global online exchange where educators and researchers discuss the 21st century skills needed by students and teachers. The three editors, who participated in the global online research discussion group, also assumed the role of authors to summarise, analyse and celebrate the myriad of ideas generated in …
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- 9783319226088
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- xvii, 114 pages : illustrations
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Expansive Learning in Professional Contexts A Materialist Perspective
This book discusses approaches to organizational learning from a materialist point of view. Inspired by research into Police Firearms training, features of expansive learning inform the development of perspectives on training which challenge traditional modes of research and delivery. The book critically reviews a range of approaches to expansive learning and organizational research, establishi…
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- 978-1-137-57436-7
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- XI, 119
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