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Urban and Regional Cooperation and Development
This is an open access book. This book, first of all, introduces the new unveiled Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone with details as a special mode of the regional collaborative development that is committed to be mutually beneficial to both sides with different political and economic systems. China's central authorities have recently issued a masterplan for constructing the Guangdong-M…
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- 978-981-19-8061-9
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- SpringerBriefs in Geography
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- IX, 94
Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century
This book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time, from US-China relations and global governance to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. The ten dialogues in this book were part of the “China and the World” series of online discussions hosted by the Center for China and Glob…
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- 978-981-19-3846-7
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- XIV, 213
Trends und Determinanten sozialer Probleme in reichen Ländern
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird untersucht, warum sich wohlhabende Gesellschaften merklich im Ausmaß sozialer Probleme wie z. B. Kriminalität oder mangelnde Wahlbeteiligung unterscheiden. In einer makrosoziologischen Untersuchung von 40 wohlhabenden Ländern über den Zeitraum 1990 bis 2020 werden neben der im Forschungsfeld dominierenden Spirit-Level-Theorie, welche auf Einkommensungleichhei…
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- 978-3-658-39865-1
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- BestMasters
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- XIV, 124
Immigrant and Asylum Seekers Labour Market Integration upon Arrival: NowHereLand
Through an inter-subjective lens, this open access book investigates the initial labour market integration experiences of these migrants, refugees or asylum seekers, who are characterised by different biographies and migration/asylum trajectories. The book gives voice to the migrants and seeks to highlight their own experiences and understandings of the labour market integration process, in the…
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- 978-3-031-14009-9
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- IMISCOE Research Series
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- XIII, 231
Retirement on the Rocks: Why Americans Can't Get Ahead and How New Savings Po…
In the US, retirement savings are low while risk exposure is high, thus dooming many retirees to a low standard of living. This book offers straightforward solutions to build real retirement security for American families.
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- 978-1-137-57514-2
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Agricultural Development in Asia and Africa
This Open Access book explores the multifaceted nature of agricultural and rural development in Asia and examines the extent to which the Asian experience is being replicated in contemporary Africa. This volume compiles the works of top scholars who provided analyses and evidences from household-level surveys collected for many years in several parts of Asia and Africa. The most important findi…
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- 978-981-19-5542-6
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- Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies
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Locating Legal Certainty in Patent Licensing
This open access book presents global perspectives and developments within the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, and discusses the bearing they have on policy initiatives that are relevant to the larger digital technology and communications industry. Drawing on key developments in India, the USA, UK, EU, and China, it explores whether key jurisdictions need to adopt a diffe…
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- 978-981-15-0181-4
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- XIV, 138
EU Cohesion Policy Implementation - Evaluation Challenges and Opportunities
This open access book is the result of the 1st International Conference on Evaluating Challenges in the Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy (EvEUCoP 2022). It presents the recent findings, sparks discussion, and reveals new research paths addressing the use of novel methodologies and approaches to tackle the challenges and opportunities that are unveiled with the implementation of the EU cohes…
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- 978-3-031-18161-0
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- Springer Proceedings in Political Science and International Relations
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- XII, 193
Rethinking Economic Growth Theory From a Biophysical Perspective
Neoclassical growth theory is the dominant perspective for explaining economic growth. At its core are four implicit assumptions: 1) economic output can become decoupled from energy consumption; 2) economic distribution is unrelated to growth; 3) large institutions are not important for growth; and 4) labor force structure is not important for growth. Drawing on a wide range of data from the ec…
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- 978-3-319-12826-9
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Restructuring and Innovation in Banking
This book explains how to restructure and successfully turn around a bank or financial institution at a time when the global financial system is facing a new wave of disruption ushered in by innovation from digital financial technology, or FinTech. It is argued that within banking this process of creative destruction will entail unprecedented challenges for traditional institutions as well as o…
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- 978-3-319-40204-8
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