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Book SynopsisAs the air travel industry begins to emerge from the COVID-19 restrictions, new research must be undertaken to survey the changing business landscape. This book examines existing air travel literature, illustrates the current theories in the field, and suggests research methods for integrating them in fieldwork.The book begins by surveying the landscape of air travel research and examining key theoretical frameworks such as grounded theory, institutional theory, prospect theory, and the theory of planned behavior. It then explores when qualitative and quantitative research methods are appropriate for use in air travel research, and how they can be applied successfully. Gathered contributors from Southeast Asia and the Middle East highlight some of the latest issues, including the impacts of COVID-19 on airfreight, airline catering, and passenger perceptions of security and safety. Future directions for research are also proposed.This book will appeal to researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of air transport or aviation management, tourism marketing, and consumer behavior.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the how and why of digital reporting, this interactive textbook equips readers with all the skills they need to succeed in today's multimedia reporting landscape.The Journalist's Toolbox is an extension of the JournalistsToolbox.ai website, which provides links to tools, organized by beats and topics, as well as social channels, a newsletter, and more than 95 training videos relevant to journalists. This handbook offers a deep dive into these digital resources, explaining how they can be manipulated to build multimedia stories online and in broadcast. It covers all the basics of data journalism, fact-checking, using social media, editing and ethics, as well as video, photo, and audio production and storytelling. The book considers digital journalism from a global perspective, including examples and interviews with journalists from around the world.Packed full of hands-on exercises and insider tips, The Journalist's Toolbox is an essential compTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsVisual Tour IntroductionChapter 1Reporting, Writing and Editing for the WebChapter 2Searching the Web and Using AI in ResearchChapter 3Fact-Checking and Building TrustChapter 4Social Media and Audience EngagementChapter 5Data JournalismChapter 6Mobile JournalismChapter 7Multimedia: Podcasting | Audio | Photo EditingChapter 8Google Earth | Satellite ImageryChapter 9Artificial Intelligence and the Future of JournalismChapter 10AI | Productivity Tools and ExercisesChapter 11Digital Security | Advanced Exercises Index

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Book SynopsisEffective Management of Nonprofit Organizations: Leading Relationshipswith Stakeholders provides practical information, rooted in organizational behavior theory, for the effective and successful management of nonprofit organizations and key stakeholder groups. The book enables the reader to identify the ways in which application of management principles and theory varies between nonprofit and for-profit organizations. It also offers a path to develop the skills necessary to lead a nonprofit, enact organizational change, and create strategic plans, as well as recognize and engage with revenue mechanisms. Using case studies and narrative examples, the book provides the basis for the key skills, including marketing, accounting, entrepreneurship, governance, fundraising, and of course leadership and management. Structured around the key themes of staff, volunteers, donors, and community, topics include diversity, ethics, decision-making, culture, conflict, volunteer en

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Book SynopsisExtraordinary technological progress, but also the experience gained from the global COVID-19 pandemic, force the future vision of the worldâs economic development to assume a close coexistence and intense interaction between production (manufacturing) and logistics and supply-chain management. This perspective requires that the current functioning of organizations will have to be radically remodeled so that they can face not only market competition but also the turbulent changes (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity - VUCA) that take place in their close environment. Therefore, in the next few years, one of the most important tools for improving organizations may become industry audits, especially the logistics audit. This book explores the development, methods, and impact of logistics audits on organizations. In a holistic way, the book refers to topics such as internal audit, control, logistics system of enterprises, principles of conducting logistics audit a

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1991, Sex Crime in the News is a unique examination of the nature of sex crime reporting in the press. Analysing examples from forty years of newspaper coverage, the authors provide a systematic study of this controversial topic. The book reveals the misleading and trivializing nature of sex crime coverage, with serious research reports on rape and discussions on law reform being given short shrift. The authors examine the increasing gap between the reality of sexual abuse and the coverage it receives in the press, and they set their detailed empirical work within a context of broader concerns about the relationship between the media, the individual and the state. Critical though it is of the press, this book will be of special interest to people working in the media, and to legislators involved in debates about the press. It will also be of value to students on course in women's studies, cultural and media studies, and deviancy.Table of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The newspaper studies 3. Seeking out the sex fiend 4. Sex crime in court 5. Sex offenders after conviction 6. Informing the public 7. Changing legal practice 8. Conclusion Notes Name index Subject index

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This second edition of Construction Law: From Beginner to Practitioner provides a thorough and comprehensive guide to construction law by blending together black letter law and socio-legal approaches. This mixed methodology makes an ideal introduction to the subject for those studying to enter the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry in a professional capacity. Designed to equip the student with all they need to know about construction law, the topics covered include: the fundamentals of law and the English legal system contract, business, tort and property law procurement, subcontracting and partnering claims, damages, losses and expenses dispute resolution including mediation, arbitration, litigation and adjudication The book''s suitability for study is enhanced by its logical structure, chapter summaries and further reading lists whilst the role of law in achieving a more collaborative and less c

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Book SynopsisCalled to Account traces the evolution of the global public accounting profession through a series of scandals leading to voluntary or mandated reforms. Ever entertaining and educational, the book describes some of the most audacious accounting frauds of the last 90 years, and identifies the accounting standards and legislation adopted as a direct consequence of each scandal.While retaining favorite chapters exposing the schemes of Crazy Eddie Antar and Barry the Boy Wonder Minkow, this fourth edition includes new material describing the accounting problems at Carillion, Wirecard and Luckin Coffee. Students will learn that financial fraud is a global problem, and that accounting reform is heavily influenced by politics.With discussion questions, and a chart mapping each chapter to topics covered in popular auditing textbooks, together with supplemental PowerPoints for instructors, Called to Account is the ideal companion for classes in auditing, fraud exa

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a uniquely practical approach to strategic marketing planning. Combining a comprehensive overview of theory with practice, each chapter takes the reader step by step through the strategic marketing process. Beginning with situation analysis, it moves on to marketing strategy (targeting and brand positioning) and finally details the overall implementation and creation of customer values.This second edition has been fully updated to integrate both sustainability and digitalization throughout the whole strategic planning process, covering analyzing consumer needs, setting goals, choosing a brand positioning, and marketing communication. Subjects such as big data, AI, online behavioral targeting, influencer marketing, and social media are explored, accompanied by plentiful examples. A unique feature is the full integration of sustainability within normal marketing, led by a new customer value model. Strategic Marketing Planning equips the reader with theTable of ContentsPart 1 Introduction and Marketing Planning 1. The essence of marketing 2. The strategic marketing planning process Part 2 Situation analysis 3. Mission, customer values and market definition 4. Internal analysis 5. Customer analysis 6. Industry analysis 7. Competitor analysis 8. Distribution and supplier analysis 9. SWOT analysis Part 3 Corporate and marketing strategies 10. Corporate objectives and strategies 11. Marketing objectives and marketing strategies Part 4 Implementation 12. Choice of product/service, price and channels 13. Marketing Communications 14. Organization and execution of marketing

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Book SynopsisEmployee Learning in Small Organisations provides a clear, concise and comprehensive analysis to the theory and practice of employee learning in micro and small enterprises.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains inflation dynamic, using time series data from 1960 for 42 countries. These countries are different in every aspect, historically, culturally, socially, politically, institutionally, and economically. They are chosen on the basis of the data availability only and cover the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Australasia, and the United States. Inflation reached double digits in the developed countries in the 1970s and 80s, and then central banks, successfully stabilized it by anchoring inflation expectations for decades, until now. Conditional on common and country-specific shocks such as oil price shocks, financial and banking and political crises, wars, pandemics, natural disasters etc., the book tests various theoretical models about the long and short run relationships between money and prices, money growth and inflation, money growth and real output, expected inflation; the output gap, fiscal policy, and inf

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic changed the way consumers relate with brands and how brands can reinvent, improve, or optimize themselves to meet new needs, expectations, and preferences of consumers.

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Book SynopsisCore analysis is an essential source of quantitative data on reservoir properties. These data are used for modeling the distribution and flow of oil and gas reservoirs, CO2 and hydrogen storage, and flow behavior in geothermal reservoirs. While several books cover core analysis for practitioners, this book fills a gap through introducing laboratory equipment and procedures used in core analysis and the theoretical aspects of the parameters. It offers detailed instructions on experimental execution for those with limited or no experience including risk analysis for high safety. Emphasizes the basic characterization of porous materials for multiphase flow, specifically consolidated natural materials Features methods commonly used in the special core analysis within the oil and gas industry, extending to the emerging field of gas storage with occasional references to research-oriented equipment Offers detailed descriptions of laboratory exercises and instr

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Book SynopsisBusiness has a sustainability problemand sustainability has a business problem, with many companies fearful of engaging with social and environmental issues due to the costs and risks.

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Book SynopsisOne of the most challenging issues for the current state of global economy is a highly uneven distribution of global financial assets and liabilities. Drawing on extensive data, this book analyses the new global divisions in economic and financial inequality across the globe in the first two decades of this century.After outlining the context of the global financial system in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008/2009, this book provides a detailed examination of the data on economic and financial inequality, analysing growth rates relative to financial liabilities and assets for all countries where data is available. The central issues in understanding the financial and environmental efficiency of economic growth are also addressed as well as the development of financial and regulatory technologies (FinTech and RegTech). The final part of this book explores the changes in economic growth and financial assets/liabilities as a result of major events in the past Table of Contents1. Globalization and deglobalization – introduction with literature review 2. The world economy in 2000–2020 3. Global financial inequality: 2000–2020 4. Economic growth in the context of financial and environmental efficiency 5. Disequilibrium economics and Black and Green Swans 6. FinTech and RegTech and their role in the structure of finance Concluding remarks Appendix - Tables

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Book SynopsisThis is a collection of essays from key researchers in the field of project management who describe what they feel are the most impactful findings from research. In the challenging and competitive world of project management, project managers need all the insight they can get. Leading researchers share what they believe are the most important findings from the research being done today. These cover pressing topics confronting project managers, including hybrid methodologies, schedule overruns, schedule estimation, project efficiency, and managing local stakeholders. Highlights include the following: Jeff Pinto and Kate Davis explore the Normalization of Deviance (NoD) phenomenon within various organizational settings, focusing on projects. NoD involves the gradual acceptance of deviant practices, diverging from established norms, and often leading to detrimental outcomes. Francesco Di Maddaloni investigates how local communities' stakeholders are perceived, identi

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Book SynopsisNow in its fourth edition, Economics: The Basics continues to provide an engaging and topical introduction to the key issues in contemporary economics.The new edition has been fully updated to take into account recent world economic events and key developments, such as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, recurring financial crises, deglobalisation and changing patterns in international trade, the rise of China, the digital economy, rising inflation, and housing and currency markets. It covers fundamental issues, including: How different economic systems function The boom-and-bust cycle of market economies The impact of multinational corporations How price, supply and demand interact The role of the banking and finance industry Whether we can reduce poverty and protect the environment With a glossary of terms, suggestions for further reading and new case studies, this comprehensive anTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. We Cannot Keep Going Like This 3. Economic Systems 4. Neoclassical Economics, the Price Mechanism and Equilibrium 5. The Business of Supply 6. The Changing World of Macroeconomics 7. Money, Banking and Financial Folly 8. International Trade: Theory and Applications 9. Can We Reduce Poverty and Protect the Environment?

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1987 and now reissued with a new Preface by the author, this book is written primarily for planners, public administrators and project managers in countries or international agencies considering a development strategy in which agribusiness and rural enterprise projects are viewed as a desirable policy instrument for generating employment and income. It makes available the background and methodology of project analysis so that agribusiness and rural enterprise project can be designed, implemented and reviewed effectively in a wide range of circumstances. It outlines how to establish objectively the potential and limitations of agribusiness and rural enterprise projects; provides guidelines for deciding whether a project can be effective; considers the policy issues relating to such projects and suggests techniques for judging project performance.

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Book SynopsisAlthough one often thinks of collaborative management and related group problem-solving as different interests coming together in peaceful harmony, nothing could be further from reality. Collaboration in real-world action requires steering and negotiation in virtually every situation, with a considerable process that precedes agreement. This progression is, in effect, a mini political and managerial process we have come to know as collaborative politics and its management. This volume explores the process and operations of collaboration and collaborative politics, from routine transactionsor small p politicsto the significant issue forces, or big P politics. Collaboration is defined here as the process of facilitating and operating in multiorganizational arrangements for addressing problems and producing solutions through the contributions of several organizations and individuals. Throughout the book, readers are gradually exposed to analysis of key findings in collaborative politicTrade Review"This is a book that provides students of public administration with an approach that allows them to escape from the issues of classic bureaucracy yet confront issues of structure, process and complexity. In addition, it places the reader in a world that is both universal and (as COVID-19 has shown) constantly changing. As such it prepares students for their venture into the field where they are likely to face incredible conflict and demands. It draws on important academic sources and places them in the classic conflict/collaboration dichotomy."Beryl A. Radin, Georgetown University, USA"The field of collaborative public management and intergovernmental relations lost a giant when Dr. Bob Agranoff passed away. Fortunately, Agranoff left one last parting gift, helped to completion by his co-author Aleksey Kolpakov, with The Politics of Collaborative Public Management, a must-read for any student of how collaboration is essential to pursue public ends. This book provides a much-needed missing piece to our understanding of collaboration: politics. Drs. Agranoff and Kolpakov artfully incorporate the dynamics of politics into the complicated world of the partnership between public organizations working across sectors and levels."Trevor Brown, Dean of John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, USA"In this timely volume, Agranoff and Kolpakov provide an excellent summary of the growing appreciation of collaboration with democratic and bureaucratic contexts. By illustrating the everyday practices of public administrators, they advance an important proposition: that collaboration is neither a new mode of operation nor something to be drawn on just for special occasions. Collaborative management is ubiquitous- from the coordination needed to build a new road or water system to the negotiations needed to carry out more complex intergovernmental relations to the more recent transitions to remote and hybrid workplaces. This is an essential read for anyone looking to build and maintain collaborative capacities for the common good."Christopher Koliba, Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, USA"The Politics of Collaborative Public Management should be a must-read for every CEO of a non-governmental agency that interfaces with a public bureaucracy—if just in the simple context of being a funding recipient. This is a valuable text for public administration students or other applied fields of study. Drs. Agranoff and Kolpakov do an excellent job of sharing and explaining the evolution of simple bureaucratic functioning to the increasing presence of collaborative management structures and relationships. Likewise, the information shared that portrayed the evolution from bureaucracy to collaboration via a combination of traditional and emergent ideas was invaluable."Art Dykstra, CEO of the Trinity Services Foundation, Human Services organization serving children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities or mental illness in the state of Illinois, USATable of ContentsForeword by David H. Rosenbloom Preface 1. From Bureaucracy to the Politics and Organization for Collaborative Management 2. Development of Collaborative Enterprises 3. Organizing Government to Meet Collaboration Challenges 4. The Processes of Reaching Agreement 5. On Power and Operations in Collaboration 6. The Politics of It All 7. Academic Studies of Collaborative Politics and Management 8. Stories in Collaborative Politics 9. The Process Challenges and Struggles of Joint Undertakings 10. Assessing and Improving Collaborative Performance 11. The Future Politics of Public Bureaucracy in a Connected Era 12. Conclusion: Administering Collaborative Affairs in the Digital Era

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Book SynopsisERP Systems for Manufacturing Supply Chains: Applications, Configuration, and Performance provides insight into the core architecture, modules, and process support of ERP systems used in a manufacturing supply chain. This book explains the building blocks of an ERP system and how they can be used to increase performance of manufacturing supply chains.Starting with an overview of basic concepts of supply chain and ERP systems, the book delves into the core ERP modules that support manufacturing facilities and organizations. It examines each module's structure and functionality as well as the process support the module provides. Cases illustrate how the modules can be applied in manufacturing environments. Also covered is how the ERP modules can be configured to support manufacturing supply chains. Setting up an ERP system to support the supply chain within single manufacturing facility provides insight into how an ERP system is used in the smallest oTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. The Basics of ERP Systems for Manufacturing Supply Chains. 3. Inventory Management. 4. Purchase Model. 5. Sales Module. 6. Production Module. 7. Master Planning Module. 8. Using ERP Systems in a Manufacturing Facility. 9. Using ERP Systems in Manufacturing Supply Chains.

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Book SynopsisThere isnât one conversation about animal ethics. Instead, there are several important ones that are scattered across many disciplines.This volume both surveys the field of animal ethics and draws professional philosophers, graduate students, and undergraduates more deeply into the discussions that are happening outside of philosophy departments. To that end, the volume contains more nonphilosophers than philosophers, explicitly inviting scholars from other fieldsâsuch as animal science, ecology, economics, psychology, law, environmental science, and applied biology, among othersâto bring their own disciplinary resources to bear on matters that affect animals. The Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics is composed of 44 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time, and organized into the following six sections:I. Thinking About AnimalsII. Animal Agriculture and HuntingIII. Animal Research and Genetic EngineeringTrade Review"A wonderful collection of well-informed and diverse perspectives on some of the most interesting and important topics in contemporary animal ethics. Highly recommended."Ben Bramble, University of LiverpoolTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Psychological Mechanisms Involved in Human– Animal Interactions: How Do Humans Cognize About Animals 2. Understanding the Moral Implications of Morgan’s Canon 3. Animal Intelligence 4. The Emotional Lives of Animals 5. Animal Self-Awareness: Types, Distribution, and Ethical Significance 6. The Moral Animal 7. Quantifying Animal Well-Being and Overcoming the Challenge of Interspecies Comparisons 8. Cost-Effectiveness in Animal Health: An Ethical Analysis 9. The Origins of Factory Farming in the United States: An Overview 10. The Economics of Intensive Animal Agriculture 11. Animal Welfare—Is Intensification the Problem? 12. Intensive Animal Agriculture and the Environment 13. Intensive Animal Agriculture and Human Health 14. Seafood Ethics: Reconciling Human Well-being with Fish Welfare 15. Small-Scale Animal Agriculture 16. Subsistence Hunting 17. Institutionalized Ethical Assessments of Animal Experiments 18. Animal Models: Problems and Prospects 19. Applied Ethics in Animal Experimentation 20. Genetic Engineering of Nonhuman Animals 21. Building Ethical De-extinction Programs: Considerations of Animal Welfare in Genetic Rescue 22. Pets 23. The Ethics of Domestication 24. The Ethics of Keeping Pets 25. The Ethics of Companion Animal Euthanasia 26. Links Between Violence Against Humans and Nonhuman Animals: Examining the Role of Adverse Family Environments 27. Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Integrated Species Conservation 28. The Educational Value of Zoos: An Empirical Perspective 29. Moral Arguments Against Zoos 30. Defensible Zoos and Aquariums 31. Killing for Conservation: Ethical Considerations for Controlling Wild Animals 32. Ethical Dimensions of Invasive Animal Management 33. Property, Regulation, and Endangered Species Conservation 34. The Laissez-Faire View: Why We’re Not Normally Required to Assist Wild Animals 35. Welfare Biology 36. Wild Animals as Political Subjects 37. The History of Animal Activism: Intersectional Advocacy and the American Humane Movement 38. The Political and Cultural Sociology of Animal Advocacy 39. Beyond Compare: Intersectionality and Interspecieism for Co-liberation With Other Animals 40. Political Lobbying for Animals 41. Effective Animal Advocacy 42. Cultured Meat: A New Story for the Future of Food 43. Veganism, (Almost) Harm-Free Animal Flesh, and Nonmaleficence: Navigating Dietary Ethics in an Unjust World 44. Animal Sanctuaries

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Book SynopsisThe growing complexity of projects today, as well as the uncertainty inherent in innovative projects, is making obsolete traditional project management practices and procedures, which are based on the notion that much about a project is known at its start. The current high level of change and complexity confronting organizational leaders and managers requires a new approach to projects so they can be managed flexibly to embrace and exploit change. What once used to be considered extreme uncertainty is now the norm, and managing planned projects is being replaced by managing projects as they evolve. Successfully managing projects in extreme situations, such as polar and military expeditions, shows how to manage successfully projects in today's turbulent environment. Executed under the harshest and most unpredictable conditions, these projects are great sources for learning about how to manage unexpected and unforeseen situations as they occur. This book presents multTable of ContentsForeword. Introduction: Blowing Hot and Cold on Project Management. A Polar Expedition Project and Project Management. Ambidexterity as a Project Leader Competency: A Comparative Case Study of Two Polar Expeditions. Mobilization and Sensibility on Polar Expeditions: More than Mere Motivation. Mobilizing Social Networks beyond Project Team Boundaries: The Case of Polar Expeditions. A Methodology for Investigating the "Actual" Course of a Project: The Case of a Polar Expedition. A Traditional Cree Expedition on the Ancestral Lands of the Neeposh Family of Northern Québec. Borrowing Concepts from Expedition Travel to Stimulate Alternative Tourism. The Project Front End: Financial Guidance Based on Risk. Lessons Learned from Sports Climbing: Some Disrespectful Discourse on Project Planning. Managing Extreme Situations in Fire and Rescue Organizations: The Complexity in Implementing Feedback. Coordination Practices in Extreme Situations: Lessons from the Military. Developing Collective Competence in Extreme Project Teams: The French Special Forces Case. Situated Teams: Dropping Tools on Mount Everest. Planning Risk and Cool Heads: Survival Conditions Required for Managing Projects. Flexibility and Rigidity in Planning a Program: The Case of the Montreal Metro Renovation Project. Project Manager: Specialist or Generalist? Project Management and the Unknown. Control and Flexibility: Which Balance Do We Mean? Conclusion. Epilog. Afterword: Looking for the Ordinary in the Extraordinary! Index.

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Book SynopsisThis unique handbook maps the growing field of consumer psychology in its increasingly global context. With contributions from over 70 scholars across four continents, the book reflects the cross-cultural and multidisciplinary character of the field. Chapters relate the key consumer concepts to the progressive globalization of markets in which consumers act and consumption takes place. The book is divided into seven sections, offering a truly comprehensive reference work that covers: The historical foundations of the discipline and the rise of globalization The role of cognition and multisensory perception in consumers' judgements The social self, identity and well-being, including their relation to advertising Social and cultTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction and cross-cultural research 1. The history of consumer psychology Cathrine V. Jansson-Boyd and Nigel Marlow 2. Cross-cultural consumption Susan Forquer Gupta 3. Globalization, branding and multicultural consumer behaviour Carlos J. Torelli and María Rodas Part II: Consumer cognition and perception 4. Visual attention in consumer settings J. Wesley Hutchinson, Joy Lu and Evan Weingarten 5. Perception and consumption: Touch, multisensory integration and congruency Cathrine V. Jansson-Boyd 6. The role of procedural knowledge in consumer judgement and decision making Robert S. Wyer, Jr. 7. Unconscious cognition effects in consumer research Claudiu V. Dimofte 8. Capturing the consumer’s unconscious: Applying the implicit association test in consumer research Dominika Maison and Aiden Gregg Part III: Social perception, self, identity and well-being 9. The self in consumption Russell Belk 10. Revisiting self-congruity theory in consumer behaviour: Making sense of the research so far M. Joseph Sirgy, Dong-Jin Lee, and Grace B. Yu 11. Social comparison processes in advertisement: On the relative sales-value of beauty Michael Häfner 12. Applying universal dimensions of social perception to consumer context: An extension of the SCM/BIAF models with the relevance principle Magdalena J. Zawisza 13. Does size matter? Media influences and body image Megan Hurst, Helga Dittmar, Emma Halliwell and Phillippa C. Diedrichs 14. The psychology of healthy eating Lara Spiteri-Cornish Part IV: Social and cultural influences 15. Political marketing: Theory and practice Wojciech Cwalina, Andrzej Falkowski and Bruce I. Newman 16. Religion and consumer behaviour Elizabeth A. Minton and Lynn R. Kahle 17. The psychological consequences of money for economic and social relationships Tomasz Zaleskiewicz and Agata Gasiorowska 18. Young children as consumers: Their vulnerability to persuasion and its effect on their choices Dick Mizerski, Shasha Wang, Alvin Lee and Claire Lambert Part V: Decision making, attitudes and behavioural research 19. Framing effects in consumer judgement and decision making Tobias Krüger, Tobias Vogel and Michaela Wänke 20. Enhancing consumer behaviour with implementation intentions Peter M. Gollwitzer, Maik Bieleke and Paschal Sheeran 21. The elaboration likelihood model: Understanding consumer attitude change Jacob Teeny, Pablo Briñol and Richard E. Petty 22. Transactions as tradeoffs between costs and benefits Bernadette Kamleitner and Ruta Ruzeviciute 23. Naïve theories about marketing and consumption in consumer inference Hélène Deval, Maria L. Cronley, Susan Powell Mantel and Frank R. Kardes 24. What makes tomorrow’s gain worth today’s pain? Cognitive, motivational, and affective influences in consumers’ self-control dilemmas Aparna A. Labroo and Anastasiya Pocheptsova 25. Sex drive and consumer decision making Rui Chen and Maggie Wenjing Liu 26. Ageing and consumer behaviour: Challenges and opportunities Stephanie M. Carpenter and Carolyn Yoon Part VI: Products, branding preferences and sustainability 27. Sustainability and consumer psychology Eda Gurel-Atay, Lynn R. Kahle and Elizabeth A. Minton 28. Moving towards sustainable consumption: A psychological perspective on improvement of public transport Margareta Friman and Tommy Gärling 29. The psychology of branding Arnd Florack and Johanna Palcu 30. Aesthetics: Antecedents, underlying processes and behavioural consequences Martin Reimann and C. Clark Cao 31. Anthropomorphism Pankaj Aggarwal and Ann L. McGill Part VII: Internet and electronic media 32. Novel phenomena, evolving frameworks: Exploring social influence in the online world Rebecca Walker Reczek and Cait Lamberton 33. Representations of race, gender, and sexual orientation in gaming content Melody A. Stotler and Karen E. Dill-Shackleford 34. Personality-customized advertising in the digital environment Sandra Matz

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Book SynopsisSince the emerging discipline of engineering enterprise systems extends traditional systems engineering to develop webs of systems and systems-of-systems, the engineering management and management science communities need new approaches for analyzing and managing risk in engineering enterprise systems. Advanced Risk Analysis in Engineering Enterprise Systems presents innovative methods to address these needs.With a focus on engineering management, the book explains how to represent, model, and measure risk in large-scale, complex systems that are engineered to function in enterprise-wide environments. Along with an analytical framework and computational model, the authors introduce new protocols: the risk co-relationship (RCR) index and the functional dependency network analysis (FDNA) approach. These protocols capture dependency risks and risk co-relationships that may exist in an enterprise. MovinTrade Review"The book develops several topics in risk analysis, including models and measurement of engineering risks, capability portfolio risk analysis and management, functional dependency network analysis, and extreme-event theory. Several chapters present some tools from applied probability and statistics … A reader with main interest in statistics may find in these chapters several ideas about the use of specific statistical tools in applied engineering. Questions and exercises are provided in each chapter to help the reader understand the main topics."—Fabrizio Durante, International Statistical Review, 2014"…excellent references … appropriate for risk engineers or quality professionals wishing to gain a comprehensive understanding of the engineering or mathematics behind advanced risk analysis. … I would certainly recommend this book to anyone working in high-risk, complex environments, such as nuclear, aerospace or explosives."—Paul Naysmith, Quality World"The book is a decidedly unique and rigorous treatment of selected topics in engineering systems risk analysis and management. The narrative is notably modern and clear. The mathematical formalism is comprehensive and advanced while remaining accessible for those involved in engineering complex systems. This is foremost a book of exciting and innovative ideas for the field, exceeding what might easily have been a rote assembly of worn methods or re-introduction of the works of others. It will be of long-standing appeal to practitioners engaged in the analysis of risk in engineering enterprise systems. The book will also appeal to scholars and researchers who will benefit from the advanced and fresh thinking it offers readers. The book will improve the systems engineering community’s ability to address enterprise design risk assessment and management across a system’s lifecycle."—Professor James Lambert, Associate Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsEngineering Risk Management. Perspectives on Theories of Systems and Risk. Foundations of Risk and Decision Theory. A Risk Analysis Framework in Engineering Enterprise Systems. An Index to Measure Risk Co-Relationships. Functional Dependency Network Analysis. A Decision-Theoretic Algorithm for Ranking Risk Criticality. A Model for Measuring Risk in Engineering Enterprise Systems. Random Processes and Queuing Theory. Extreme Event Theory. Prioritization Systems in Highly Networked Environments. Risks of Extreme Events in Complex Queuing Systems. Appendix. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisVehicle, road, sign, and signal lighting are provided to enable drivers to reach their destinations quickly and safely. However, the attention given to how these forms of lighting function is likely to change as new technology is introduced and understanding of ergonomics and human factors improves. Lighting for Driving: Roads, Vehicle, Signs and Signals, Second Edition shows the crucial role lighting plays in road safety and examines how it could be used more effectively. With light-emitting diodes (LEDs) becoming the lighting source of choice for transport planners and vehicle designers, this book integrates information on road lighting, vehicle lighting, signs, and signals in one handy volume.International in scope and updated for this new edition, this book features lighting examples from the USA, the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Lighting in common vehicle types including cars,

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Book SynopsisEssentials of Sustainability for Business teaches the core principles of sustainability in a concise format for those new to issues at the intersection of sustainability and business. The book plots a path through the contradictions and confusions in the debates about sustainability, to get to the heart of why it matters, how to respond, and where it leads.The book is structured around three parts in order to assess the context, the goals, and the applications of sustainable business. The first part provides the foundation for understanding the core issues in sustainable business including, the history of sustainability, the sustainable development goals, corporate social responsibility, responding to climate change and delivering resilient sustainability. The second part offers a framework for sustainability analysis, which cuts through the complexity of multiple overlapping issues providing application to real life practice of policy makers and businesses. The final Table of ContentsTable of contentsPreface1. Introduction2. History of Sustainability3. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)4. Corporate responsibility5. Responding to Climate Change6. Preventing Biodiversity Loss7. Resources8. Pollution9. Delivering resilient sustainability10. The Practitioner11. Perspectives12. Timescale13. Lenses14. Vision Building15. Key Success Factors16. Sustainable Business Models17. The Sustainability Imperative18. Agreements, Treaties and Regulations19. Trade20. Resilient economics21. Employment22. Manufacturing23. Agriculture24. Energy25. City Design26. ConclusionsAppendix 1 Exercise Feedback

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the determination of China's carbon emission targets, especially with regard to the allocation of responsibility of China's import and export carbon emissions, and carbon emission quota allocations across different time periods, industries, and regions.

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Book SynopsisThe Covid-19 pandemic sparked a latent desire for a more balanced, more meaningful and freer approach to work for millions of employees throughout the world. Growing interest in responsible business, in addition to the influence of the UN SDGs and inclusive growth, have also in many ways shifted the balance of power â or at least choice â to the employee. Sensitive to work-life balance, aware of the effects of overwork and short-term profit seeking, seeking meaning in their companies and jobs, employee demands have placed a huge strain on corporations caught between keeping to traditional ways of control and performance objectives though aware of the need to retain talent and create flexible solutions in order to reach their financial and production goals.In this book, leading academics, researchers, and practitioners in the field of CSR, management, leadership, and human resources from the 12 schools and corporate partners of the Council on Business & Society offer their latest cutting-edge research to explore how both employees and their organisations can reach winâwin agreement in the working relationship. Meaning and mission are covered, as well as spirituality and purpose. Negative workplace practices leading to employee mental and physical illness are explored and ways to avoid these, with several positive approaches to employee commitment and wellbeing offered. Each insight is accompanied by key takeaways and food for thought sections, with each chapter featuring a micro-case study.Drawing on high-level research and transformed into engaging and accessible content, this book is written for students and scholars wishing to deepen their knowledge of the employeeâleadershipâworkplace environment dimension, instructors seeking insight and learning content, and for professionals aiming to deepen their understanding of managing in the post-pandemic era.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the structural design of Interlocking Concrete Block Pavement (ICBP) including application, analysis, design, construction, and the fundamental design concept of ICBP backed by case studies to demonstrate long- term performance of ICBP. It helps to draw conclusions regarding the various geometric properties that must be applied to achieve the performance of ICBP.Features: Promotes the use of ICBP in the construction of pavements. Provides a comprehensive overview of concrete block paving. Discusses specifications from codes like ASCE 58- 16, ASTM, BS and IRC codes and datasets online. Includes chapters on choosing the materials and designing the type and the shape of the concrete block and the thickness of all layers of the pavement. Lists appropriate stipulated values for the various geometric properties. Aids in understanding the history and comprehe

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Book SynopsisThis handbook presents a systematic and comprehensive overview of economic sociology, an exemplary interdisciplinary field which draws on theoretical frameworks and empirical findings from both economics and sociology to present a unique lens on the interdependence of the economy and society. The handbook is arranged in four parts which together present the current state-of-the-art of economic sociology as well as pointing toward future directions for research. The first part outlines the theoretical foundations of economic sociology and its relations to other fields, particularly with regard to other alternative approaches to economics, and looks at conceptions and definitions of economic sociology vary. The second part provides an overview of the historical development of economic sociology from classical political economy to the present day. The third part explores the main problematics of economic sociology, analyzing the economy in relation to particular social institutions, the state, ideology, culture and art, religion, gender, race/ethnicity, and more. The fourth part focuses on the principal branches including sociology of the market, industrial organization and work, uncertainty, distribution and inequality, money and finance, and the environment. The stellar international cast of contributors is drawn from both economics and sociology, therefore presenting a holistic view of the field and contributing to a rejuvenation of economic sociology within economics. It is an indispensable reference work for researchers and students across a broad range of sociological and economic disciplines.

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Book SynopsisThis international case study book provides 27 expertly curated case studies on the topic of events management, each with detailed implementation instructions for the instructor in order to maximise student participation and learning. Embellished with questions, diagrams and data throughout, these case studies have been developed by industry experts and practitioners with the aim of creating a more interactive teaching experience focused on real world' scenarios within the events industry. Each case study is logically structured and includes an aim and objectives, expected learning outcomes, required background knowledge, steps of implementation in class or online, as well as suggestions for further reading resources. Topics covered range from macro impacts of events on destinations to success criteria in event operations, with the aim of preparing future professionals and equipping them with the necessary skills and competencies to succeed within the events industry. Table of Contents1. Event Concepts for Place Activation. 2. Place Planning with Placemaking Principles. 3. Outdoor Music Festivals and Environmental Sustainability: Initiatives and Practice. 4. Klein Karoo National Arts Festival: A Cultural Affair. 5. Stakeholders in Contention: LGBTQ+ Mardi Gras. 6. We Don’t Want It Like That: Gaining Community Support for Event Hosting. 7. A Vegan Festival in a Non-Vegan Destination. 8. Pros and Cons of Diaspora Festivals. 9. Events, Place Activation and Sustainability. 10. Putting the 5Ws into Context: Organising Course Live Events. 11. A Diagnostic Framework for Entrepreneurial Change and Innovation in Events. 12. Preventing a Festival Fiasco: Preparing for the Unexpected. 13. Redesigning a Fair Using the Six Thinking Hats Method. 14. Improving the Festival Experiences of Solo Attendees. 15. How to Make Live Music Events Safer for Everyone? 16. The Future of Events: How Artificial Intelligence Can Play a Role. 17. The Best of Both Worlds: Hybrid Festivals and Inclusivity. 18. Bidding for the World Tennis Championship. 19. Bidding for Events Through Responding to Request for Proposals. 20. Stand Layout in a Restricted Festival Space. 21. Sponsorship or Selling Out? The Ethics of Event Sponsorships. 22. We Made It! The Value of Volunteering for Festivals. 23. The Show Must Go On, But How? 24. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cultural Events. 25. Staying Sane, Safe and Well in the Events Industry. 26. Do You Think ICT-Enhanced Performances are Really ‘Live’ Music? 27. Engaging Dog Owners Through Wildlife Aversion Training: DogFest.

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Book SynopsisThis pioneering book introduces relational mindfulness an exciting emerging approach that shifts the practice of mindfulness from the individual to the relational to support coaches to enhance their capacity for presence, awareness, compassion and empathy, and their capability to support insight, understanding and wisdom.

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Book SynopsisSafeguarding the Future by Dr. Alan Tang offers a comprehensive guide to navigating these challenges, providing a holistic framework to secure and protect the privacy of these cutting-edge technologies.

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Book SynopsisNow in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, Event Management in Sport, Recreation, and Tourism provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical framework for planning and managing events at all levels, from smaller local events to mega-events.Focusing on the role of event manager and their diverse facilitation responsibilities through each phase of the event planning process, the book is designed to encourage critical thinking, to help the reader to become an adaptable and capable manager ready to cope with the constantly evolving challenges of the contemporary events landscape. The book begins with an updated chapter on the types of knowledge in event management, posing questions that help readers to understand their current knowledge, to decide what they need to pursue, and to advance their knowledge strategies. Containing a rich array of international, real-world case studies, data, and practical examples, from traditional and niche sport, recreation, and tTable of Contents1. Hosting Traditional and Niche Events in Sport, Recreation, and Tourism: Knowledge Required for Success in Practice, 2. Building Fundamental Knowledge to be a Facilitator of Events, 3. The Development Phase of the Event Planning Model, 4. The Event Operational Planning Phase of the Event Planning Model, 5. Issues and Management Strategies in Event Operational Planning, 6. The Event Implementation, Monitoring, and Management Phase of The Event Planning Model, 7. The Event Evaluation and Renewal Phase of the Event Planning Model, 8. Safeguarding the Natural Environment in Event Management, 9. Environmental Sustainability in Sport, Recreation and Tourism: “You Ain’t Seen Nothin Yet”, 10. Event Bidding, 11. Politics in Event Bidding and Hosting, 12. Facilitating Quality in Event Management, 13. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisNow in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, Event Management in Sport, Recreation, and Tourism provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical framework for planning and managing events at all levels, from smaller local events to mega-events.Focusing on the role of event manager and their diverse facilitation responsibilities through each phase of the event planning process, the book is designed to encourage critical thinking, to help the reader to become an adaptable and capable manager ready to cope with the constantly evolving challenges of the contemporary events landscape. The book begins with an updated chapter on the types of knowledge in event management, posing questions that help readers to understand their current knowledge, to decide what they need to pursue, and to advance their knowledge strategies. Containing a rich array of international, real-world case studies, data, and practical examples, from traditional and niche sport, recreation, and tTable of Contents1. Hosting Traditional and Niche Events in Sport, Recreation, and Tourism: Knowledge Required for Success in Practice, 2. Building Fundamental Knowledge to be a Facilitator of Events, 3. The Development Phase of the Event Planning Model, 4. The Event Operational Planning Phase of the Event Planning Model, 5. Issues and Management Strategies in Event Operational Planning, 6. The Event Implementation, Monitoring, and Management Phase of The Event Planning Model, 7. The Event Evaluation and Renewal Phase of the Event Planning Model, 8. Safeguarding the Natural Environment in Event Management, 9. Environmental Sustainability in Sport, Recreation and Tourism: “You Ain’t Seen Nothin Yet”, 10. Event Bidding, 11. Politics in Event Bidding and Hosting, 12. Facilitating Quality in Event Management, 13. Conclusions

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Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Introduction to Sport Marketing is a clear, straightforward, and concise introduction to the theory and practice of sport marketing, and the only sport marketing textbook you will ever need.Built around a step-by-step framework for developing effective sport marketing plans, and full of real-world, international cases, data, and examples, the text helps students to develop the essential skills and subject knowledge required to thrive in today's fast-paced sport industry. It covers sport marketing at all levels, from grassroots and community sport to international mega-events, and across all sectors from professional sport to public and not-for-profit organisations. Leading the reader through the marketing process, from analysis and setting a strategy to planning the marketing mix, implementation, and evaluation, the text introduces the products, services, distribution channels, and stakeholders that generate value, incl

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Book SynopsisMany new challenges including competitiveness are emerging for sustainable business during this era of disruption. This book analyses these challenges to sustainable development and growth and addresses the impact of corporate social responsibility on the competitiveness of organisations.

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Book SynopsisThis fully updated third edition analyzes the media industries and their activities from macro to micro levels, using concepts and theories to demonstrate the role the media plays in the economy as a whole.This textbook breaks new ground through its analysis of the rapidly changing and evolving media economy from two unique perspectives. First, the book explores how media industries function across global, national, household, and individual levels of society. Second, it assesses how key forces such as technology, globalization, regulation, and consumer aspects are constantly evolving and influencing media industries. This new edition incorporates thoroughly updated theory and research as well as expanded case studies that include examples from international markets such as Asia, Europe, and Latin America. It builds on the contributions of the previous edition by providing new references and current data to define and analyze today's media markets and offers a more expansive Table of Contents1. Understanding the Media Economy 2. Theories and Approaches Used to Examine the Media Economy 3. Key Concepts to Understand the Media Economy 4. Evolving Markets in the Media Economy 5. Streaming 6. Technology and the Media Economy 7. Globalization and the Media Economy 8. Regulation and the Media Economy 9. Consumer Aspects of the Media Economy 10. Finance, Valuation, Investment, and Labor in the Media Economy 11. Assessing the Future of the Media Economy

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and critical introduction to understanding the Korean Wave (Hallyu) as a transnational media phenomenon.This book provides an accessible introduction to the Korean Wavethe rapid growth of local cultural industries and the global popularity of Korean popular culture over the past 30 yearsproviding historical, political, economic, and socio-cultural context to its initial rise and enduring popularity. Jin explores the transnational cultural flows of Hallyu across a variety of products and digital technologiesfrom television dramas, film, and K-pop to online games, and webtoonsand explains the process of cross-media convergence and the socio-political contexts behind the Hallyu phenomenon. He also explores how overseas fans and audiences advance K-pop fandom as social agents in different geo-cultural contexts. The book concludes by discussing if Hallyu can become a sustainable global popular culture beyond a fan-based regional cultural phenomenon. Each chaptTable of Contents1. Introduction Part I. History, Theory, and Context of The Korean Wave 2. The History of the Korean Wave 3. Theoretical Approaches: From Cultural Proximity to Transnational Proximity 4. Cultural Policy in the New Korean Wave 5. Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy 6. Local Cultural Industries toward the Global Cultural Markets Part II. Transnational Korean Wave 7. The New Wave in K-dramas in the Digital Platform Age 8. K-pop Fandom from Global Perspectives 9. Korean Cinema as Hallyu Cinema 10. Transnational Digital Games and Esports Part III. Problematizing the Korean Wave 11. What is the K in the Korean Wave? 12. Diaspora, Ethnicity, and the Korean Wave 13. BTS and Fan-nationalism 14. Webtoons, Transmedia Storytelling, and Intellectual Property

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Book SynopsisIs success pattern-based? Is the journey of successfully building new banks or services (either from scratch or in the context of a going concern) predictable enough to be repeatable? And if there are patterns, are they within our gift to replicate?Beyond Resilience: Patterns of Success in Fintech and Digital Transformation asks these questions and seeks answers among the people who have first-hand experience of building new things and who live to tell the tale.This book is not a hagiographic founder story that elevates the founderâs own narrative to a montage of challenge and resilience, grit, perseverance and a soaring successful crowning at the end: a narrative that, figuratively speaking, can play out while âEye of the Tigerâ is blaring in the background. Nor is the book a series of vendor testimonials that cover in a few thousand words each their own triumphant digital projects. These stories are not untrue but can be too generic to be illuminating, too vague to b

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Book SynopsisNew technology and changes in the regulatory framework have had a significant impact; various new players have emerged, and new business models have evolved. API-based ecosystems have become the new normal and collaboration in the financial and banking industry has reached new levels. Digital Project Practice for Banking and FinTech focuses on technology changes in the financial industry and their implications for business practice.A combination of practical experience in the field as well as academic research, the book explores a wide range of topics in the multifaceted landscape of FinTech. It examines the industry's various dimensions, implications, and potential based on academic research and practice. From project management in the digital era to the regulation and supervision of FinTech companies, the book delves into distinct aspects of this dynamic field, offering valuable insights and practical knowledge. It provides an in-depth overview of various unfolding d

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