In Global Risk Agility and Decision Making, Daniel Wagner and Dante Disparte, two leading authorities in global risk management, make a compelling case for the need to bring traditional approaches to risk management and decision making...

Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the...

Metaethics occupies a central place in analytical philosophy, and the last forty years has seen an upsurge of interest in questions about the nature and practice of morality. This collection presents original and ground-breaking research...

With its mixture of American evangelicalism, popular psychology and show business, Moral Re-Armament attracted men and women on six continents. This book traces Moral Re-Armament's reinventions over fifty years, from its Ivy League...

"Strategy and Human Resource Management" von John Purcell ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die Schnittstelle zwischen strategischem Management und Personalmanagement untersucht. Das Buch beleuchtet, wie Unternehmen ihre Human Resources (HR)...

In coming to terms with the still smoldering financial crisis, little attention has been paid to the flaws within our monetary system and how these flaws lie at the root of the crisis. This book provides an introduction and critical...

Why do elderly choose to move away from their children so as to not receive their support? Using a number of case studies, contributors explore social support as a tool of mutuality, or maintaining relatedness and sharing feelings,...

An analysis of the first half of François Hollande's five-year presidential term that examines the strengths and weaknesses of presidential politics following the Left's return to power in 2012 and puts forward an interpretation of the...

In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japan's progress through its entire history to its current status as an economic, technological, and cultural superpower. A key factor is a...

"Women in Cities: Gender and the Urban Environment" von Linda Peake untersucht die Rolle und Erfahrungen von Frauen im städtischen Umfeld. Das Buch analysiert, wie Geschlecht die Wahrnehmung und Interaktion mit der Stadt beeinflusst und...

In "Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia: Post/Socialism and Gendered Sexualities", untersucht Francesca Stella die Erfahrungen und das Leben lesbischer Frauen in Russland während der Sowjetzeit und danach. Stella beleuchtet,...

Business schools have been criticized for several things, such as lacking relevance, a too weak ethics orientation, dated paradigms, or commercialization. Simultaneously, there has been much positive change and accelerated dynamics...