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The Great Mindshift
This book describes the path ahead. It combines system transformation research with political economy and change leadership insights when discussing the need for a great mindshift in how human wellbeing, economic prosperity and healthy ecosystems are understood if the Great Transformations ahead are to lead to more sustainability. It shows that history is made by purposefully acting humans …
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- 9783319437668
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A History of Genomics across Species, Communities and Projects
This open access book offers a comprehensive overview of the history of genomics across three different species and four decades, from the 1980s to the recent past. It takes an inclusive approach in order to capture not only the international initiatives to map and sequence the genomes of various organisms, but also the work of smaller-scale institutions engaged in the mapping and sequencing of…
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- 9783031061301
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Children's Life-Histories in Primary Schools : Imagining Schooling as a Posit…
This open access book explores schooling from the perspective of children via data from a longitudinal life-history study. It questions whether schooling creates an environment where all children to flourish; or whether a policy focus on attainment in mathematics and English hinders some children’s wellbeing and learning. By drawing on the children’s life-history narratives and their ideas,…
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- 9783031694455
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- XXII, 228 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Climate-Smart Food
This open access book asks just how climate-smart our food really is. It follows an average day's worth of food and drink to see where it comes from, how far it travels, and the carbon price we all pay for it. From our breakfast tea and toast, through breaktime chocolate bar, to take-away supper, Dave Reay explores the weather extremes the world’s farmers are already dealing with, and what ne…
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- 9783030182069
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- XIV, 201 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Future Intelligence : The World in 2050 - Enabling Governments, Innovators, a…
The first quarter of the 21st century introduced the world to rapid uncertainty, be it the social-political and financial crises, or pandemics, or the shaking up of well-established democracies with an increasing rise in populism. At the same time, the technological promise has taken off with automation, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnologies increasingly becoming an economic reality. Th…
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- 9783031363825
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- XXII, 241 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Banishment in the Late Medieval Eastern Netherlands
This chapter discusses the aims and objectives of the study, a short historiography, a justifcation of the study’s delimitations and the book’s structure.
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- 9783030888671
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- XII, 140
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Brand Content und Brand Image
Marken sind allgegenwärtig und doch so vielfältig. Es gibt sie in allen Ausprägungen und Formen: laut und schrill, leise und bedacht, inspirierend und motivierend, vertrauenswürdig und verlässlich. Sie transportieren Produkteigenschaften, zeichnen Qualität aus und vermindern das Kaufrisiko. Marken öffnen aber auch die Tür in weitläufige Gedankenwelten: Man schaut ARD und ist dabei,…
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- XXV, 291
Central Bank Policy Mix: Issues, Challenges, and Policy Responses
Central banks’ mandates cannot merely be to achieve price stability; they should be enlarged to include promoting financial system stability. To achieve this dual mandate, central banks are advised to formulate and implement a policy mix of interest rate policy, combined with exchange rate policy, capital flow management as well as macro prudential policy. This policy mix should be furthe…
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- 9789811668272
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- XIX, 280
Periphery and Small Ones Matter
Dualism is closely linked with inequality. Any process of development entails forces of dispersion (centrifugal) and forces of concentration or agglomeration (centripetal). The tendency for activities to concentrate is driven by the external economies that exceeds the negative externalities (higher prices, congestion, etc.) caused by the concentration. On the other hand, external economies …
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Dynamics in Logistics
Manufacturing and logistic service companies are increasingly confronted with high dynamics and complexity. Due to its particular suitability for short-term and situation-dependent decision-making, autonomous control can improve planning and control of production and related transportation processes. This chapter gives an overview of the research that the BIBA—Bremer Institut für Produk…
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