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Strategic Opportunism: What Works in Africa : Twelve Fundamentals for Conserv…
This open access book. provides a synthesis of six projects, across ten countries, each of which have been sustained for two or more decades, and which illustrate how success can be achieved regardless of systems of governance, of a nation’s wealth, or of culture. Detailed narratives are presented on the key personalities that have conceived, conducted and concluded long-term projects: person…
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- 978-3-031-24880-1
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- XVI, 142
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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- 362 HUN s
Transformative Governance for the Future : Navigating Profound Transitions
This open access book helps actors who are committed to change unlock true innovative potential for the common good in their organizations. Innovation and change processes are not linear. Hence, this book presents a novel way to manage complexity. The author introduces readers to a comprehensive change management framework, the Eoh-for-Good blueprint methodology. It presents the method and disc…
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- 978-3-031-43132-6
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- XVII, 109
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 333 CAR t
Managing the Transition to a Circular Economy : Action Plans in the Tourism S…
This open access book presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the current status of the circular economy in the tourism sector. This book is presented from the perspective of researchers, policymakers, and industry. Specially aimed at companies in the tourism sector, the book offers valuable information in the field of circular economy, promoting the design/redesign of processes and products.…
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- 978-3-031-49689-9
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- XVIII, 121
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 338 MAN
The Pilgrim’s Guide to the Workplace
This is an Open Access book. Hoping to incubate a unique idea about workplace design, Dr. Agustin Chevez walked in isolation for 42 days from Melbourne to Sydney. His pilgrimage delivered 34 Signposts, a collection of insights which hold the promise to guide us to a better place to work. While firmly positioned within the shifting context of work, the Signposts point away from react…
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- 978-981-19-4759-9
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- XII, 157
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
- Call Number
- 658 CHE p
The Art of Sustainable Performance : A Model for Recruiting, Selection, and P…
This open access book revisits common notions on how to select and recruit the right employees. It reveals that the secret of successful individuals and teams lies in a combination of talent and four important performance indicators, offering an innovative approach that companies can fruitfully adopt. Bas Kodden has studied key performance indicators among over 1,100 executives, senior staf…
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- 978-3-030-46463-9
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- XXI, 120
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
- Call Number
- 658 KOD a
Environmental Valuation with Discrete Choice Experiments : Guidance on Design…
This open access book offers up-to-date advice and practical guidance on how to undertake a discrete choice experiment as a tool for environmental valuation. It discusses crucial issues in designing, implementing and analysing choice experiments. Compiled by leading experts in the field, the book promotes discrete choice analysis in environmental valuation through a more solid scientific basis …
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- 9783030626693
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- XIII, 129
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Economics
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- 333 MAR e
Wetlands and Water Framework Directive : Protection, Management and Climate C…
This book compares the lessons learned from a wetland-perspective approach to the changing climate and the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) with regard to environmental conservation. Examples from Germany and Poland are discussed due to the efficiency of their respective implementations of water conservation policies. Although the general scientific interest in specific issue…
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- 978-3-319-13764-3
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- XI, 103
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- GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences (GEPS)
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- 624 WET
Challenges in Research Policy : Evidence-Based Policy Briefs with Recommendat…
This open access volume addresses major challenges in research policy and provides advice on how to approach them. With chapters designed as accessible policy briefs, the book serves as an essential resource for new actors in research policy. It offers evidence-based recommendations on approaching research governance, funding, and evaluation challenges by covering these topics: Identifying a…
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- 978-3-031-69580-3
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- VIII, 113
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- SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
- Call Number
- 350 CHA
Twin-Control: A Digital Twin Approach to Improve Machine Tools Lifecycle
This open access book summarizes the results of the European research project “Twin-model based virtual manufacturing for machine tool-process simulation and control” (Twin-Control). The first part reviews the applications of ICTs in machine tools and manufacturing, from a scientific and industrial point of view, and introduces the Twin-Control approach, while Part 2 discusses the developme…
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- 1
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- 9783030022037
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- XVI, 296 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory De…
This Open Access book presents feedback from the ‘Territorial Agroecological Transition in Action’- TATA-BOX research project, which was devoted to these specific issues. The multidisciplinary and multi-organisation research team steered a four-year action-research process in two territories of France. It also presents: i) the key dimensions to be considered when dealing with agroecologi…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030019532
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- XVI, 335 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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