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The Plight of Older Workers : Labor Market Experience after Plant Closure in …
This open access book examines the economic, social, and psychological consequences of manufacturing plant closure at the individual level. Using an original data set of over 1,200 workers from Switzerland who lost their manufacturing jobs after the financial crisis of 2008, the author analyzes the determinants of reemployment, the sector of reemployment, and the change in wages over a two year…
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- 978-3-319-39754-2
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- XX, 195
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- Life Course Research and Social Policies (LCRS, volume 5)
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Reimagining Sustainable Organization
How can we learn to lead and think greener, smarter, and healthier in our daily work? This chapter considers the rise of visions and goals towards more sustainable organization for both business and society. The landmarks of tomorrow seem to be broadly affected by management ideas on sustainability—whether by deep or shallow thinking. What can various sustainability orientations mea…
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- 9783030962104
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- XV, 188
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Organization Management – Dynamic Creative Team Coordination
Stavros Georgiades is Professor W2 of Management at the Stuttgart Media University (Visiting Post), Assistant Professor of Management at Frederick University, a research collaborator of the University of Digital Science Berlin and the founder of the Anagnorisis Institute of Media Management (AIMM). He holds a PhD in Management from the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. Hi…
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- 9783658375096
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- XI, 81
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Co-creation for Responsible Research and Innovation : Experimenting with Desi…
This open access book summarizes research being pursued within the SISCODE (Society in Innovation and Science through CO-DEsign) project, funded by the EU under the H2020 programme, the goal of which is to set up an analytical, reflective and learning framework to explore the transformations in initiatives and policies emerging from the interaction between citizens and stakeholders. The book pr…
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- 9783030787332
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- VIII, 168 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Socioeconomic and Environmental Implications of Agricultural Residue Burning …
This book discusses the important issue of the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of agricultural residue burning, common in agricultural practices in many parts of the world. In particular, it focuses on the pollution caused by rice residue burning using primary survey data from Punjab, India. It discusses emerging solutions to agricultural waste burning that are cost-effective in terms o…
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- 978-81-322-2014-5
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- XIX, 144
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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- 658 KUM s
The Socially Responsible Organization : Lessons from COVID
This book explores the nature of the socially responsible organization, specifically the role of crisis management in creating a socially responsible organization. It applies the Myers-Briggs Personality Typology (MBPTI) and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Framework to issues such as responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, regulation of tech companies, and infrastructure. Dr. Mitroff lists the major ar…
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- 978-3-030-99808-0
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- XI, 51
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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- 658 MIT s
R&D Management Practices and Innovation: Evidence from a Firm Survey
This Open Access book provides a detailed account of firms’ research and development (R&D) management practices, and whether and how R&D management practices are associated with the success and the nature (explorative or exploitive) of innovation, using a unique survey of firms in Japan. While there is wide agreement that innovation is a key determinant for growth of firms, there are few stud…
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- 978-981-16-9797-5
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- IX, 99
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- SpringerBriefs in Economics
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- 650 HAN r
Institutional Reform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship : An Agenda for Europe
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. The authors of this book advise the economies of the European Union to become more entrepreneurial in promoting innovation and economic growth. The authors propose a reform strategy with respect to several aspects to achieve this goal. Starting with the rule of law and the protection of property rights; the tax system; the authors deal …
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- 978-3-319-55092-3
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- X, 102
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- SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)
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- 338 ELE i
Conservation of Contemporary Art : Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice
This open access book investigates whether and how theoretical findings and insights in contemporary art conservation can be translated into the daily work practices of conservators or, vice versa, whether and how the problems and dilemmas encountered in conservation practice can inform broader research questions and projects. For several decades now, the conservation of contemporary art has be…
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- 9783031423574
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- VIII, 401 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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- 9
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Evidence-Based School Development in Changing Demographic Contexts
This Open Access book features a school development model (Arizona Initiative for Leadership Development and Research – AZiLDR) that offers a roadmap for schools to navigate the complexities of continuous school development. Filled with processes that balance evidence-based values with democratic, culturally responsive values, this book offers strategies to mediate the tensions and to address…
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- 9783030768379
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- XII, 186
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