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Researchers at Risk: Precarity, Jeopardy and Uncertainty in Academia (Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

This book explores the phenomenon of researchers at risk: that is, the experiences of scholars whose research topics require them to engage with diverse kind of dangers, uncertainties or vulnerabilities. This risk may derive from working with variously marginalised individuals or groups, or from being members of such groups themselves. At other...

Encyclopedia of World Cultures: South America

Macmillan Technical, 1994

This volume addresses the cultures of South America south of Panama. As the fourth-largest continent and the southernmost part of the New World land masses, South America encompasses 17,814,435 square kilometers. The continent is politically divided into twelve sovereign republics-Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana,...

Interest Rate Modelling (Finance and Capital Markets)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

Growth in the derivatives markets has brought with it an ever-increasing volume and range of interest rate dependent derivative products. To allow profitable, efficient trading in these products, accurate and mathematically sound valuation techniques are required to make pricing, hedging and risk management of the resulting positions possible. ...

Encyclopedia of Science Technology and Ethics

Macmillan Technical, 2005

The Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics has had multiple origins. It was when contributing an article on the philosophy of technology to the pioneering first edition of the Encyclopedia of Bioethics (1978), that I began to dream of a more general encyclopedic introduction to issues of technology and ethics. Inspired by the perspective...

Change Management in Transition Economies: Integrating Corporate Strategy, Structure and Culture

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Since the breakdown of the socialist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, with their planned economies and lack of entrepreneurial freedom, a dramatic development of free markets and competitive enterprises in an extremely turbulent economic environment has been observed. One of these countries, Poland, can be regarded as a...

Encyclopedia of Religion, 15 Volume Set

Macmillan Technical, 2004

A sacred space is any place recognized for its ability to direct the mind and body to holy matters. The basis for this power varies considerably. Sometimes spaces act like reliquaries—enclosures that mark the deposit of a saint’s remains, or the site of an unusual event such as a vision or manifestation of divine power, or the...

The Europeanisation of the Western Balkans: A Failure of EU Conditionality? (New Perspectives on South-East Europe)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This volume casts a fresh look on how the political spaces of the Western Balkan states (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania) are shaped, governed and transformed during the EU accession process. The contributors argue that EU conditionality in the Western Balkans does not work...

The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book takes a comprehensive look at several cases of climate change adaptation responses across various sectors and geographical areas in urban Africa and places them within a solid theoretical context. Each chapter is a state-of-the-art overview of a significant topic on climate change adaptation in urban Africa and is...

Ethics, Morality and Business: The Development of Modern Economic Systems, Volume I: Ancient Civilizations

Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

This book is interdisciplinary trying to combine ancient history and modern business ethics. Civilization begins, not with the invention of agriculture, but with the articulation almost 70,000 years ago, according to Puranas, the set of books of history from the beginning of the world, in Sanskrit, with a valid ethical code....

Offshore Outsourcing of IT Work: Client and Supplier Perspectives

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Based on over 200 interviews, this new book provides rich insights and practices on the toughest challenges facing offshore client/supplier relationships. While many client organizations found benefits to be gained from the offshoring of IT work, others struggled to realize any cost savings or other improvements. How...

Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (MacMillan Reference USA)

Macmillan Technical, 2003

The publication of the Encyclopedia of Science and Religion is a significant milestone marking the maturation of the contemporary dialogue between the sciences and religions. Not only does this Encyclopedia offer a massive amount of interdisciplinary and interreligious information, but it mirrors one of the most fascinating...

Managing Employee Well-being and Resilience for Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge-intensive Service Industries

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book employs a multidisciplinary and multi-level perspective to understand how well-being and resilience can influence innovation in knowledge-intensive contexts. Building on the authors’ work in the areas of innovation management, human resource management and the psychological aspects of employee well-being, rich...

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