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Freight Transport Modelling
This title addresses the need to develop new freight transport models and scientific tools to provide sound solutions that consider the wide range of internal and external impacts. The international contributions push forward frontiers in freight transport modelling and analysis.
Publication Date: 20 May 2013
Accounting Control and Controlling Accounting: Interdisciplinary and Critical Perspectives
This book critically analyses the extensive forms of societal regulatory requirements using forms of Accounting Control, particularly those that are exerted over public sector organisations and the strategies of Controlling Accounting that are used by these organisations to minimise the effects of these requirements.
Publication Date: 21 May 2013
Transformational and Charismatic Leadership: The Road Ahead, 10th Anniversary edition
This, the 10th anniversary edition, seeks to update the theoretical and empirical work and professional practice issues associated with transformational and charismatic leadership that have transpired over the past decade. This work highlights what still needs to be done and re-sets the stage for the next decade of theory and research in this field.
Publication Date: 25 May 2013
Game Theory, 4th Edition
Game Theory has served as a standard text for game theory courses since the publication of the First Edition in 1968. This, the Fourth Edition updates several recently developed subfields. It adds fresh chapters on subjects such as games with incomplete information and spatial games.
Publication Date: 25 June 2013
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Entrepreneurial Marketing, Global Perspectives
This book presents important theoretical developments with regard to research at the Entrepreneurship and Marketing interface. The editors have invited acknowledged authors working in this exciting discipline, from around the world, to divulge and present in a comprehensive format, a book which addresses critical issues for businesses, both small and large, from a global perspective.
Publication Date: 05 July 2013
Doing Research That Matters, Shaping the Future of Management
This book looks at an old issue from a new perspective, taking a fresh and cross-disciplinary approach to learning how we can contribute with our work to shaping the future of management. Through interviews with Nobel Laureates and top management gurus it reveals the ways they have sparked research, done it well and spread it to others, in the process shaping the way we live and manage.
Publication Date: 19 July 2013
Validity and Test Use, An International Dialogue on Educational Assessment, Accountability and Equity
This work questions the validity issues surrounding educational assessment programs and their appropriate uses in applied contexts. The authors breaks new ground in terms of validity theory and practice, offering recommendations, frameworks and assessment solutions that are broadly applicable in different regions.
Publication Date: 20 August 2013
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Emotion, Motivation, and Self-regulation: A Handbook for Teachers
This handbook is a user-friendly resource for pre-service and new practicing teachers outlining theoretical models and empirical research findings concerning the nature and effects of emotions, motivation, and self-regulated learning for students and teachers alike.
Publication Date: 08 May 2013
Composing Lives in Transition, A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Early School Leavers
Structured around ten narrative accounts, Composing Lives in Transition offers insight into the lives of early school leavers from culturally and socially diverse backgrounds, their experiences and motivations and how early school leaving has subsequently shaped their lives.
Publication Date: 10 April 2013
Going Global: identifying trends and drivers of international education
Published in collaboration with the British Council, the book showcases a selection of edited papers drawn from this year's highly successful Going Global 2012 international education conference in London. Each chapter features contributions from many of the foremost policy makers and industry leaders across the global education industries.
Publication Date: 04 March 2013
Transport Survey Methods, Best Practice for Decision Making
This book compiles the critical thinking on priority topics in contemporary transport policy and planning contexts. The contributed papers cover two key themes related to types of decision-making of importance to the development of data collection on both passenger travel and freight movements: Selecting the Right Survey Method and Supporting Transport Planning and Policy.
Publication Date: 29 January 2013
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Promises Fulfilled and Unfulfilled in Management, Reflections on the Role, Impact and Future of Management Education: EFMD Perspectives, Volume 1
This is the first of two volumes written to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of EFMD. Through an open-ended interview research process, it seeks to explore the perspectives and views of a wide range of experts drawn not only from the European environment but also from the United States and other global players in the management education field.
Publication Date: 21 January 2013
Culturally Responsive Methodologies
Challenging traditional education research paradigms, Culturally Responsive Methodologies puts forward a new position from which to navigate the field of research in order to contribute to a more respectful and humble way of working with all peoples.
Publication Date: 17 January 2013
Actions and Insights - Middle East North Africa, East Meets West
This book, an initiative of the Academy of International Business, Middle East North Africa Chapter, captures the unique essence of doing business in this region. The latest research in the series investigates corporate social responsibility; sustainability using Public-Private-Partnerships; funding start-up and growth; cross-cultural management; and marketing strategy.
Publication Date: 08 January 2013
Rethinking Misbehavior and Resistance in Organizations
Reconsidering misbehavior from a range of different perspectives and disciplinary traditions, including history, employment relations, sociology, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, legal studies and film studies, this book examines behaviors not only of workers but also of managers, entrepreneurs and consumers.
Publication Date: 05 December 2012
Globalizing China, The Influence, Strategies and Successes of Chinese Returnees
This book examines the literature on the returnee phenomena and assesses the impact and influence of Chinese Returnee Entrepreneurs. This is the first major empirical study to evaluate the impact of CREs in the Chinese globalization process.
Publication Date: 05 November 2012
Health Literacy and School-based Education
This comprehensive reference work describes the concept of Health Literacy, why it is important, issues related to helping youth develop health literacy skills, and strategies for classroom practices to promote health literacy among elementary and high school youth.
Publication Date: 05 November 2012
Contemporary Issues in Sustainability Accounting, Assurance and Reporting
This title addresses a broad range of innovative and contemporary topics in CSR/ sustainability reporting and will be of particular interest to government and private sector regulators, special interest groups, lenders, investors, analysts, auditors, financial commentators, academics and postgraduate students.
Publication Date: 20 July 2012
Writing in the Disciplines, Building Supportive Cultures for Student Writing in UK Higher Education
This book develops academic writing in higher education. Viewing writing as a complex sociocultural act, it analyses key issues in writing environments and their impact on student writing. Drawing on research, practice and the existing body of knowledge, it also offers practical writing activities that can be used with students in the disciplines.
Publication Date: 16 May 2012
Strategic Marketing in Tourism Services
Focuses on marketing strategies implemented in tourism services firms and includes a collection of papers related to specific marketing strategies. This title presents the application of specific marketing strategies such as experiential marketing, branding, target marketing, relationship marketing and e-marketing in tourism.
Publication Date: 08 May 2012
Transformational Government Through eGov Practice: Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Technological Issues
The future of government as we know it is being shaped by the quickly-advancing progression of information and communication technology (ICT) eGovernment systems. eGov presents major challenges and advantages for policy makers and the public alike. This important book investigates the issues surrounding transformational government and answers many common questions on its best practice. International in scope it includes detailed case studies of eGov implementation in countries across the globe.
Publication Date: 30 March 2012
Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior, 3rd Revised edition
Explores human information seeking and use. This title provides examples of methods, models and theories used in information behavior research, and reviews more than four decades of research on the topic. It provides coverage of models and theories of information behavior. It includes many examples of occupations and roles.
Publication Date: 30 March 2012
Action Research for Sustainable Development in a Turbulent World
This book has been conceived by eight long-time action researchers/elders and written by them and four of their mentees after celebrating 20 years of action learning and action research (ALAR) at the Eighth World Congress on ALAR in Melbourne in September 2010.
Publication Date: 07 March 2012
Going Global: The Landscape for Policy Makers and Practitioners in Tertiary Education
Going Global: the landscape for policy makers and practitioners in tertiary education provides an analysis of the current international higher education landscape, touching on the important trends in international higher education and how it can meet the 'challenges' arising from today's economic and political climate
Publication Date: 23 February 2012
Accountability Theory Meets Accountability Practice
Providing a holistic view of accountability, this book clarifies the purposes of accountability; identifies what triggers accountability exchanges; generates a set of responsibility and accountability constructs; and, links these constructs to the accountability process and to the influences that impact on this process.
Publication Date: 01 February 2012
Maritime Logistics: Contemporary Issues
This book adopts the innovative approach of dealing with the overlap between shipping, ports and logistics and covers current issues having a significant impact on the industry. It brings together leading authorities to consider for the first time maritime logistics, and defines the area, registers its boundaries and contributes to its development.
Publication Date: 26 January 2012
Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide for Competitive Success, 2nd edition
This book is exceptional treatise on strategic planning for single-business companies that is at once academically rigorous and uncommonly practical.
Publication Date: 23 January 2012
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