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Taylor & Francis Ltd Equilibrium Credit Rationing
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Monetary Policy and Crises
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Taylor & Francis Ltd How the Worlds Religions are Responding to
Book SynopsisA growing chorus of voices has suggested that the world's religions may become critical actors as the climate crisis unfolds, particularly in light of international paralysis on the issue. In recent years, many faiths have begun to address climate change and its consequences for human societies, especially the world's poor. This is the first volume to use social science to examine how religions are helping to address one of the most significant and far-reaching challenges of our time.While there is a growing literature in theology and ethics about climate change and religion, little research has been previously published about the ways in which religious institutions, groups and individuals are responding to the problem of climate change. Seventeen research-driven chapters are written by sociologists, anthropologists, geographers and other social scientists. This book explores what effects religions are having, what barriers they are running into or creating, and what thTrade Review"This book opens a research agenda that is long overdue". - W. Jenkins, Department of Religious Studies, University of VirginiaTable of Contents1. Social Science, Religions, and Climate Change PART I: THE GLOBAL SOUTH 2. A Retreating Goddess? Conflicting Perceptions of Ecological Change near the Gangotri-Gaumukh Glacier 3. Religion, Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change in a Mountain Region: a Case Study of Thini Village, Mustang, Nepal 4. Climate Change Projects in the Land of Gross National Happiness: Does Religion Play a Role in Environmental Policy in Bhutan? 5. Pursuing Diplomacy Overseas, Fostering Adaptation at Home: The Church of Bangladesh’s Proactive Responses to Climate Change 6. From Theology to a Praxis of "Eco-Jihad": The Role of Religious Civil Society Organizations in Combating Climate Change in Indonesia 7. Churches building resiliency to climate change in Solomon Islands 8. Prophecies and Climate Change in the Mam Altiplano of Guatemala 9. Religious Perspectives on Climate Change in the West Ivoirian Mountainous Region 10. Climate Change and Indigenous African Religion: A Case Study of the Transitional Ecological Zone of Ghana PART 2: THE GLOBAL NORTH 11. Stepping up to the Plate: Climate Change, Faith Communities and Effective Environmental Advocacy in Canada 12. The U.S. Catholic Response to "Climate Change" 13. "How Many Presbyterians Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?": Confronting Global Climate Change in the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. 14. Keep Christianity Brown! Climate Denial on the Christian Right in the United States 15. Christian and Muslim Climate Activists Fasting and Praying for the Planet: Emotional Translation of "Dark Green" Activism and Green-Faith Identities 16. "Healing the Land" in the Canadian Arctic: Evangelism, knowledge, and climate change PART 3: THE TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXT 17. An Investigation of Perception of Climate Change Risk, Environmental Values and Development Programming in a Faith-based International Development Organization 18. International Advocacy for Climate Justice 19. How Are the World’s Religions Responding to Climate Change?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Transformation of Citizenship Volume 3
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Transformation of Citizenship Volume 1
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Monetary Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Politics and Economics of European Monetary Integration
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Monetary Reform and the Bellagio Group Vol 1
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Monetary Reform and the Bellagio Group Vol 2
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Monetary Reform and the Bellagio Group Vol 3
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Monetary Reform and the Bellagio Group Vol 4
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Monetary Reform and the Bellagio Group Vol 5
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The History of Corporate Finance Developments of AngloAmerican Securities Markets Financial Practices Theories and Laws Vol 1
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Law and Economics of Intellectual Property in
Book SynopsisThis book explores the economic analysis of intellectual property law, with a special emphasis on the Law and Economics of informational goods in light of the past decade's technological revolution. In recent years there has been massive growth in the Law and Economics literature focusing on intellectual property, on both normative and positive levels of analysis. The economic approach to intellectual property is often described as a monolithic, coherent approach that may differ only as it is applied to a particular case. Yet the growing literature of Law and Economics in intellectual property does not speak in one voice. The economic discourse used in legal scholarship and in policy-making encompasses several strands, each reflecting a fundamentally different approach to the economics of informational works, and each grounded in a different ideology or methodological paradigm. This book delineates the various economic approaches taken and analyzes their tenets. It maps the fTable of ContentsPart 1: Intellectual Property, Law and Economics Introduction 1. Introduction to Law and Economics 2. The Rise of Intellectual Property Part 2: Normative Analysis 3. The Incentives Paradigm 4. The Proprietary Model of Intellectual Property Part 3: Central Intervention and Private Ordering 5. Intellectual Property and the Rise of Private Ordering 6. Intellectual Property in the Digital Era: Economic Analysis and Governance by Technology Part 4: Positive Analysis 7. A positive Analysis of Intellectual Property Law
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Taylor & Francis India Migration Report
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Taylor & Francis Globalization Planning and Local Economic
Book SynopsisThis textbook looks at economic development at the local, community or regional scale. It provides students with a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thinking about locally-based economic development, how growth can be planned and how that development can be realized.Globalization, Planning and Local Economic Development:â Provides students with a thorough understanding of current debates around local and regional development and how that body of work can assist them in helping communities grow;â Equips students with a âtoolkitâ of strategies that enable them to both plan for development and deliver that development through their professional lives; â Offers a roadmap for economic development that helps students make sense of place-based development by providing a âmeta narrativeâ of how regions grow and how those processes can be enhanced. This integrating perspective will be organized around the concept of competitiveness and how that concept can beTrade Review'Place matters! This red thread through this textbook written by two recognized scholars calls for active care and smart governance for cities and regions. This fine opus offers practical and pedagogical guidelines for professionals and students in urban and regional planning. Both the local and the global arena of competitiveness and of endogenous and external forces are systematically and comprehensively mapped out. This book is a great source of new insights in place-based policy strategies.' – Peter Nijkamp, Universiteit Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS), The Netherlands'This book is highly recommended in understanding what is happening locally and globally in planning and economic development. It will be a hugely helpful source of information and insight for those going into – or already working in – careers in economic development, urban planning, transport planning, spatial data analysis and applied economic analysis, and indeed the wider world of public policy. Clear, well written, great coverage and with many interesting examples – a must-read.' – David Bailey, Aston Business School, Aston University, UK‘I strongly recommend this book to all those interested in better understanding economic development at the local, community or regional scales, as well as in accessing an updated and comprehensive toolkit of economic development knowledge, techniques and strategies.’ — Eduardo Medeiros, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal, Regional Studies (2020)Table of ContentsList of figuresList of tablesList of boxesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of abbreviationsCHAPTER 1 Introduction1.1 Planning for economic development1.2 New models of thinking about local economic development1.3 Generating more prosperous communities1.4 ConclusionKey messagesCHAPTER 2 The challenge of local economic development2.1 San Diego2.2 Washington, DC 2.3 Chattanooga 2.4 Concordia, Kansas 2.5 Conclusion Key messages CHAPTER 3 Why places grow 3.1 Understanding the drivers of growth 3.2 The analysis of current growth patterns 3.3 Regional competitiveness 3.4 Conclusion 46Key messages 47CHAPTER 4 The components of local growth in the 21st century 4.1 Connectivity and the global economy 4.2 Innovation and the knowledge economy 4.3 Agglomeration economies – does size matter in the 21st century?4.4 Population processes and human capital4.5 Institutions and institutional dynamics4.6 Conclusion Key messages CHAPTER 5 Exogenous development: fast-tracking growth5.1 Exogenous or endogenous development? 5.2 Industrial recruitment and retention 5.3 Foreign direct investment 5.4 Assessing externally led growth 5.5 Conclusion Key messages CHAPTER 6 Endogenous development: building the economy from the ground up 6.1 Encouraging endogenous development 6.2 Conclusion Key messages CHAPTER 7 Amenity, branding and economic growth 7.1 Conclusion Key messages CHAPTER 8 Assessing the region and data-driven strategic economic development planning8.1 Data-driven economic development planning8.2 Data for economic development planning8.3 Methods of data analysis 8.4 Target industry analysis 8.5 Program evaluation 8.6 Conclusion Key messages CHAPTER 9 Planning and coordinating economic development 9.1 Strategic planning 9.2 Working with government agencies 9.3 Mobilizing community resources 9.4 Conclusion Key messages CHAPTER 10 Land use planning and economic development 10.1 Historical perspective 10.2 The mechanisms of land use regulation 10.3 Impacts of land use regulation on economic development 10.4 New urban designs and economic development 10.5 Summarizing the impacts of land use regulation on economic development 10.6 Conclusion Key messages CHAPTER 11 The profession of economic development 11.1 Economic development in global perspective 11.2 Professional associations 11.3 Employment opportunities 11.4 Conclusion Key messages CHAPTER 12 Future challenges and strategies in economic development 12.1 A future economy, the future of economic development practice 12.2 The e-economy and economic development 12.3 Conclusion Key messages Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Conditions of Agricultural Growth
Book SynopsisInvestigating the process of agrarian change, this book analyzes costs and productivity under the main systems of primitive agriculture. The conclusion is that technical, economic and social changes are unlikely to take place within primitive agriculture unless the rural community concerned is exposed to the pressure of population growth: a conclusion that is in sharp contrast to generally accepted ideas. The themes in the book are central to the discussion of the problems of population explosion and the world''s undernourished peoples.Table of ContentsFOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 THE DYNAMICS OF LAND UTILIZATION; Chapter 2 THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF LAND USE AND TECHNICAL CHANGE; Chapter 3 LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY UNDER LONG-FALLOW AND SHORT-FALLOW SYSTEMS; Chapter 4 CARRYING CAPACITY OF LAND AND PRODUCTIVITY OF LABOUR UNDER INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; Chapter 5 POPULATION GROWTH AND WORKING HOURS; Chapter 6 THE COEXISTENCE OF CULTIVATION SYSTEMS; Chapter 7 DIMINISHING RETURNS TO LABOUR AND TECHNICAL INERTIA; Chapter 8 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF SPARSE POPULATION AND PRIMITIVE TECHNIQUES; Chapter 9 SYSTEMS OF LAND USE AS A DETERMINANT OF LAND TENURE; Chapter 10 INVESTMENT AND TENURE IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES; Chapter 11 RURAL INVESTMENT UNDER LANDLORD TENURE; Chapter 12 INCENTIVES TO INVESTMENT UNDER MODERN TENURE; Chapter 13 THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL INPUT IN PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE; Chapter 14 SOME PERSPECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Birth of Industrial Accounting in France and
Book SynopsisFirst Published in 1998. The area examined in this book falls loosely under the category of ''accounting integration'' where research should explain how the accounting systems in both countries are designed to integrate cost and financial accounting. The authors of this book had previously been working independently on the early development of accounting for industrial enterprises within their own countries. They claim that in order to understand modern day similarities and differences, it is necessary to understand how the current practices and systems have come into being.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Setting the scene; Chapter 2 Economic development and the development of accounting; Chapter 3 The development of accounting literature prior to 1880; Chapter 4 Developments in industrial accounting practice in Britain and France, c.1700-c.1880; Chapter 5 Similarities and differences in accounting literature and accounting practice: some tentative explanations;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd City Logistics Modelling planning and evaluation
Book SynopsisThis volume on city logistics presents recent advances of modelling urban freight transport as well as planning and evaluating city logistics policy measures in the academic research areas and practices. The contributions of eleven chapters have come from eight countries, including Japan, UK, The Netherlands, Italy, France, Singapore, Indonesia, and Brazil. As city logistics aims at creating efficient and environmental-friendly urban freight transport systems, these chapters deal with challenging urban freight transport problems from various point of views of the usage of ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems), multi-agent modelling, publicprivate partnerships, and the disaster consideration.This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Urban Sciences.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Application of exact route optimization for the evaluation of a city logistics truck ban scheme 3. Ontology-based multi-agent system for urban freight transportation 4. Multi-agent systems modelling approach to evaluate urban motorways for city logistics 5. A location-based accessibility analysis to estimate the suitability of urban consolidation facilities 6. City logistics through the canals? A simulation study on freight waterborne transport in the inner-city of Amsterdam 7. City logistics long-term planning: simulation of shopping mobility and goods restocking and related support systems 8. Model of debris collection operation after disasters and its application in urban area 9. London 2012: changing delivery patterns in response to the impact of the Games on traffic flows 10. Developing a local research strategy for city logistics on an academic campus 11. Collaboration in urban logistics: motivations and barriers 12. An estimation of freight flow using secondary data: a case study in Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
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Taylor & Francis Problem Solving
Book SynopsisThe way that we assess and overcome problems is an essential part of everyday life. Problem Solving provides a clear introduction to the underlying mental processes involved in solving problems. Drawing on research from cognitive psychology and neuroscience, it examines the methods and techniques used by both novices and experts in familiar and unfamiliar situations.This edition has been comprehensively updated throughout, and now features cutting-edge content on creative problem solving, insight and neuroscience. Each chapter is written in an accessible way, and contains a range of student-friendly features such as activities, chapter summaries and further reading. The book also provides clear examples of studies and approaches that help the reader fully understand important and complex concepts in greater detail. Problem Solving fully engages the reader with the difficulties and methodologies associated with problem solving. This book will be of great use to uTable of ContentsPreface; 1. What is involved in Problem Solving 2. Problem representation 3. Transfer 4. Worked examples and instructional design 5. Developing skill 6. Developing expertise 7.Insight 8. Creative problem solving 9. The Neuroscience of problem solving 10. Conclusion 11. References
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Egypt Routledge Revival
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Taylor & Francis Ltd United Arab Emirates Routledge Revival
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Turkey Routledge Revival
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Israel Routledge Revival
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Iran Routledge Revival
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Kuwait Routledge Revival
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Music Industry Handbook
Book SynopsisThe Music Industry Handbook, Second edition is an expert resource and guide for all those seeking an authoritative and user-friendly overview of the music industry today. The new edition includes coverage of the latest developments in music streaming, including new business models created by the streaming service sector. There is also expanded exploration of the music industry in different regions of the UK and in other areas of Europe, and coverage of new debates within the music industry, including the impact of copyright extensions on the UK music industry and the business protocols involved when music is used in film and advertising.The Music Industry Handbook, Second edition also includes: in-depth explorations of different elements of the music industry, including the live music sector, the recording industry and the classical music business analysis of business practices across all areas of the industrTrade Review‘Succinctly unpacks and explains the music industries component parts. Provides excellent interviews, introduces business strategies, explains multiple revenue streams, and cover various legal perspectives. A really strong ‘all rounder’ title.’ – Mark Mynett, Music Technology and Production, University of Huddersfield, UK ‘Excellent overview of the different sectors of the music industry… The case studies such as the one on Gatekeepers is a very helpful guide to the academic literature on the subject.’ – Paul Harkins, Music, Edinburgh Napier University, UK ‘Loads of useful resources… It has some useful material for aiding the preparation of portfolios.’ – Charles daCosta, Film and Animation, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia “This handy book (first edition, 2011) is intended for those needing a guide to all facets of an industry that has undergone radical change in the past two decades. Rutter (Southampton Solent Univ., UK) keeps discussion of the history and evolution of the industry to a minimum and focuses on its current state … Topics covered include the transformation of the industry, live performance, copyright and publishing, record company deals, management and promotion, and synchronization ... Each chapter includes references to written and online resources, and there is a helpful glossary of terminology. Several chapters include case studies and individual profiles. A useful book for those who are new to the subject or seeking a comprehensive reference.” - R. J. Phillips, Colorado State University Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Music into industry 3 The live music industry sector 4 Music ownership into copyright 5 Music publishing 6 The recorded music industry sector 7 Managing music 8 Promoting music 9 Music synchronisation and non-music brand relationships 10 The classical music business 11 Music venture strategies 12 Trading in the music industry 13 Into the future: the nascent music industries
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Taylor & Francis Ltd LeadershipasPractice
Book SynopsisThis book develops a new paradigm in the field of leadership studies, referred to as the leadership-as-practice (L-A-P) movement. Its essence is its conception of leadership as occurring as a practice rather than residing in the traits or behaviours of particular individuals. A practice is a coordinative effort among participants who choose through their own rules to achieve a distinctive outcome. It also tends to encompass routines as well as problem-solving or coping skills, often tacit, that are shared by a community. Accordingly, leadership-as-practice is less about what one person thinks or does and more about what people may accomplish together. It is thus concerned with how leadership emerges and unfolds through day-to-day experience. The social and material contingencies impacting the leadership constellation the people who are effecting leadership at any given time do not reside outside of leadership but are very much embedded within it. To find leadership, then, we must Trade Review"At last, a piercing and comprehensive account of the philosophical and methodological implications of seeing leadership as a collective accomplishment. Some of the most authoritative thinkers have contributed the fruits of their diverse researches, coordinated by Joe Raelin’s excellent editorial scene-setting; the whole adds up to what will surely be a land-mark text in leadership studies." –Jonathan Gosling, Professor Emeritus, University of Exeter"This book collects powerful statements from notable scholars in the emergent Leadership-as-Practice field, and confirms it as a rich alternative to the under-socialised accounts of leadership that prevail so widely. Leadership-as-Practice: Theory and Application will be an essential reference point for researchers in this and related fields." –Richard Whittington, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford"Leadership-as-Practice introduces the reader to a new paradigm that moves our field beyond the traditional views of leaders and how they can be developed. This interesting and well-researched book is authored by leading theorists from around the world and should be required reading for all scholars and students in the field of management. I highly recommend this book!" –Michael Marquardt, George Washington University"Leadership-as-practice is less about what one person thinks or does and more about what people may accomplish together. It is thus concerned with how leadership emerges and unfolds through day-to-day experience... Overall, the book provides a rich alternative to traditional views on leadership and leadership development." –Rick Holden, Liverpool John Moores University, UK"I highly recommend Raelin’s edited Leadership-as-Practice collection because of the range of contributors considering L-A-P from different perspectives. Each of the authors engages the reader through a series of critical questions, which are required to further develop and understand L-A-P more broadly both within and outside the Academy. The book is particularly useful for academics researching and teaching leadership, and for senior students, including Masters and Doctoral candidates researching leadership related topics." - Sarah I. Leberman, Massey University, New Zealand"Overall, ‘Leadership-as-practice’ is a significant contribution to the extant literature on leadership from which a more critically and reflexive form of management education (Clegg & Ross-Smith, 2003; Cuncliffe, 2002; 2004) will undoubtedly benefit. As such, we may not only wish to incorporate it into our students’ reading materials but also consider ways in which MBA, EMBA and other postgraduate students may be able to ‘experience’ the potential of L-A-P in and outside of the classroom: through raising awareness about leadership as an emergent social process; strengthening reflexivity about existing leadership practices; bringing in the learner’s contexts more explicitly; and taking into consideration the emotional and political dynamics of their organisational environments (Denyson & Turnbull, Chapter 13). The book deserves the attention of management educators and may indeed assist in informing much broader classroom discussions around current issues of social divisiveness, ethical decision-making, and corporate social responsibility." - H. Heizmann, University of Technology Sydney"Overall, I found this to be a most interesting book. A persuasive case is made for ‘leadership as practice’ as an emerging paradigm for research, theory and practice. The book has a strong theoretical basis and will appeal to academics concerned with the discursive and practice turn in the social sciences, leadership, action learning and action research. It will also be relevant to practitioners who have an interest in the theoretical underpinnings of action learning and research. Although this is not a ‘how to’ text, it gives many practice examples, illustrative of a range of L-A-P concerns. It is certainly a welcome contribution to ways of making sense of leadership and leadership practice which leave heroic and hierarchical perspectives behind and instead foreground it as more emergent, complex and socially constructed human interaction." - Jean Kellie, Hull University Business School, University of Hull"From a readership perspective, this book provides an interesting addition to the literature, and I would commend colleagues to add it to their collection. For me, the text is best suited to the postgraduate market and will provide an interesting read for many MBA and other postgraduate programmes with significant leadership content. In addition, strong undergraduate students will also be challenged by many of the ideas, and the book will be a useful addition to the reading list for my honours-level students." - Alan Johnston, York Business School, York St. John University, UK"To help close the gap, this book presents a collection of essays on leadership as practice (LAP), a "movement" (as Raelin calls it with an acknowledged wink) that seeks to refocus the camera lens from the foreground of the leader to the previously blurry background of the work context, including the menial, profoundly unsexy, and thankless tasks that the bulk of leaders engage with in the stark reality of Monday morning to Friday afternoon." - Tom Whelan, Director of Corporate Research Training Industry, Inc. Raleigh, NC Table of Contents1. Introduction Introduction to Leadership-as-Practice: Theory and Application Joseph A. Raelin Part 1: Background 2. Mapping the Leadership-as-Practice Terrain: Comparative Elements Lucia Crevani and Nada Endrissat 3. The Philosophical Basis of Leadership-as-Practice from a Hermeneutical Perspective Ann Cunliffe and Paul Hibbert 4. Democratic Roots: Feeding the Multiple Dimensions of Leadership-as-Practice Philip A. Woods Part 2: Embodied Nature 5. Leadership as Identity: A Practice-Based Exploration Brigid Carroll 6. Who’s Leading the Way: Investigating the Contributions of Materiality to Leadership-as-Practice Viviane Sergi 7. Turning Leadership Inside-Out and Back-to-Front: A Dialogical Hermeneutical Account John Shotter Part 3: Social Interactions 8. Where’s the Agency in Leadership-as-Practice? Barbara Simpson 9 Developing Leadership as Dialogic Practice Kenneth Gergen and Lone Hersted 10. Conversational Travel and the Identification of Leadership Phenomena Caroline Ramsey Part 4: Application 11. Gendered Relationships and the Problem of Diversity in Leadership-as-Practice Jackie Ford 12. Methodologies to Discover and Challenge Leadership-as-Practice Stephen Kempster, Ken Parry, and Brad Jackson 13. Doing Leadership-as-Practice Development David Denyer and Kim Turnbull James
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introducing Leadership
Book SynopsisIntroducing Leadership is a highly practical textbook which draws on robust research to present a clear picture of what leadership actually involves. It explores why leadership has become so important in recent years; the role leadership plays in achieving organisational success; the skills that effective leaders need; and the steps that anyone can take to become an effective leader.This second edition expands its coverage into ethical practice and emotional intelligence, and looks at the impact that our increasing understanding of the brain is having on leadership behaviour and performance. It also considers the importance of trust for effective leadership. Throughout the book there are boxes providing detailed exploration of key concepts, and case studies and review questions appear at the end of each chapter to stimulate critical thinking.Introducing Leadership is for people at all levels in organisations, particularly those aspiring to their Trade Review‘This book makes the complex subject of leadership accessible and understandable to the practising manager. David holds your hand and guides you through the key aspects that every leader needs to consider.’ - Pamela Heneberry, The Professional Development Centre‘Introducing Leadership delivers a wide and insightful sweep on this critical topic. From leadership's purpose and impact to the attributes required of leaders, it addresses the shifting requirements and challenges of leadership today. Contemporary and fresh, but never flavour of the month, this book explains well the humanity of leadership with a 'pragmatism with heart' that is rare in the management literature. An invaluable contribution to the leadership canon and a powerful learning asset for all those interested in the practice of leadership and management.’ - Penny de Valk, Managing Director, Penna Talent PracticeTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The New Leadership Challenge 2. What Leaders Do 3. Making Things Happen 4. Why Culture, Values and Trust Matter 5. Getting the Best Out of People 6. Creating and Leading Effective Teams 7. Communicating Effectively 8. When Things Go Bad 9.Developing a Coaching Style 10. The Insightful Leader 11. Leading with Integrity 12. The Emotionally Intelligent Leader 13. Becoming a Trusted Leader 14. Continuing to Learn and Improve
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Taylor & Francis Ltd College Student Leadership Development
Book SynopsisCollege Student Leadership Development introduces the idea that we all play a part in producing leadership and that learning how to participate in the process of leadership is something that all college students need to learn as part of their college academic experience. Rather than approaching leadership from the traditional model emphasizing specific skill sets, this book acquaints students with how to learn leadership using the ReAChS model of leadership development (Reflection, Assessment, Challenge, Support). It then encourages students to directly engage their own experiences to hone their leader identity and understanding of leadership as well as improve their leadership knowledge and skills. Step-by-step exercises lead students in reflecting on their experiences, assessing themselves, choosing challenges, creating support networks, and finally capturing and communicating to others what they have learned. Throughout, examples of student leaders' experiences provide rTrade Review'In working with college students, I believe the most important thing for them to understand is that everyone can be a leader. This book communicates that and helps students learn about themselves in a way that will assist them as they understand their own leadership. They’ll be able to see how their college experience helps them become better leaders and then consider how to use that beyond their campus into their professional lives'—Shelly Morris Mumma, Director of Leadership, Student Engagement & First Year Experience and Campus Center, St. Norbert College'This is not your typical leadership development book for college students. College Student Leadership Development so wonderfully addresses "how" students should learn leadership by drawing on Sessa’s vast experience and research. The book successfully accomplishes what every leadership educator and student hopes for: an insightful and rich model to give emerging leaders a process to learn about leadership.'—Matthew Sowcik, Assistant Professor of Leadership Education, University of FloridaTable of Contents1. Starting with You Part I: Fundamentals 2. All the Learning that Students Experience in College 3. Learning Leadership Part II: ReAChS Model 4. Reflection 5. Assessment: Prompting your Readiness to Learn 6. The Fires of Experience: Challenging Experiences 7. When Other People Matter: People who Significantly Impact your Leadership Learning 8. Leadership Courses and Formal Leadership Development Programs as Key Leadership Learning Events 9. Using Challenges that Life Throws Us: Hardships as Key Learning Events 10. Making the Most of your Key Experiences 11. Your Support Network for Leadership Development Part III: Capturing and Telling your Leadership Development Story 12. Bringing it All Together: Telling your Leadership Development Story
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Strategic Leadership in the Public Sector
Book SynopsisIn good times and bad, in the different situations of renewal, crisis, and chronic resource constraints, the strategic leadership of public services is crucial. Good leaders are essential in helping the public sector to adapt and solve wicked' problems, and they are also integral to the reform and modernization of public governance.This new edition of Strategic Leadership in the Public Sector continues to provide insights into useful approaches and techniques for strategic leaders, looking at: what is expected of leaders competency frameworks leadership theories techniques and processes of strategic leadership leading strategic change the strategic state emerging leadership challenges. Replete with real-world case studies and examples, and including new material from the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe and India, plus an appendix wTrade Review'Paul Joyce demonstrates evidence that leaders need to be intelligent, social, and ethical. He re-frames strategic leadership substantially: not organizations, but governance; not followers, but citizens; not from the top, but as a mediator. This book will certainly affect the behaviour of many leaders.' - Geert Bouckaert, President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium'The question of leadership in the public sector has never been addressed in a publication with such clear methodological, bibliographic references. This book is a resource for academics and professionals, helping them to go beyond the generalities failing to seriously address this fundamental issue in our public organizations.' - Professor Robert Fouchet, Director of Publications at the International Institute of Administrative Sciences & Director of Research at the Institute of Public Management and Territorial Governance, Aix Marseille University, France'A compelling read that is both academically rigorous and accessible. Paul Joyce’s reflections on leadership and strategy in the public sector provide new insights for policy makers and students alike.' - Dr Richard Boyle, Head of Research, Institute of Public Administration, Ireland'Strategy is important but often filled with buzzwords and hype. This thoughtful book gives an excellent overview of relevant theories and practical tools for public sector managers as well as for postgraduate and executive Master's students in public administration and management.' - Åge Johnsen, Professor of Public Policy, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, NorwayTable of ContentsPart I: Leading 1. What is Expected of Leaders 2. The Competent Leader 3. Leaders and Followers 4. Pragmatic Strategic Leaders Part II: Techniques 5. Strategic planning in the public sector 6. Linear strategic thinking 7. Strategic issue management 8. Strategic planning and management 9. Implementation 10. Monitoring 11. Evaluating Part III: Leading and the New Public Governance 12. The Strategic State 13. Economic growth, better regulation, and services Appendix 1. Strategy Workbook Appendix 2. ‘Silent Planning’ Exercise for SMG: Generating Ideas for Action
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Economics of Maritime Business
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to the economics of the business of maritime transport. It provides an economic explanation of four aspects of maritime transport, namely, the demand, the supply, the market and the strategy.The book first explains why seaborne trade happens and what its development trends are; it then analyses the main features of shipping supply and how various shipping markets function; the book finally addresses the critical strategic issues of the shipping business. The full range of different types of shipping are covered throughout the chapters and cases. The book combines the basic principles of maritime transport with the modern shipping business and the latest technological developments, particularly in the area of digital disruption. The ideas and explanations are supported and evidenced by practical examples and more than 160 tables and figures. The questions posed by the book are similar to those that would be asked by the students Trade Review"This is an excellent, true-blue textbook of Maritime Economics that no professor, lecturer and student in maritime studies can afford to miss…" — Dr Thai Van Vinh, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeTable of ContentsPart I: The Demand 1. International Trade Explained 2 Seaborne Trade in Natural Resources and Primary Materials 3. Seaborne Trade in Manufactured Products 4. The Future of Seaborne Trade and Its Economic Importance Part II: The Supply 5. Productivity and Structure Changes in Maritime Transport 6. Optimisation of Ship’s Carrying Capacity 7. The Main Forms of Shipping Operation 8. Ship Finance and the Economics of Risk Part III: The Market 9. Maritime Operational, Regulatory and Technological Systems 10. The Economics of Port Services 11. The Economics of Supporting Services for Maritime Transport 12. The Economics of Maritime Transport Freight Market Part IV: The Strategy 13. The Economics of Maritime Transport Competition 14. Shipping and Logistics 15. The Economic of Maritime Safety and Environmental Regulations 16. Digital Disruption and the Future of Maritime Transport
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Cengage Learning, Inc Marketing 2016
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Pearson Education Principles of Macroeconomics Global Edition
Book SynopsisAbout our authors Karl E. Case (1946 to 2016) was a Professor of Economics Emeritus at Wellesley College where he taught for 34 years, serving several tours of duty as Department Chair. He was a Senior Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and a founding partner in the real estate research firm of Fiserv Case Shiller Weiss, which produces the S&P Case-Shiller Index of home prices. He served as a member of the Index Advisory Committee of Standard and Poor's, and on the Academic Advisory Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Professor Case received his BA from Miami University in 1968, spent 3 years on active duty in the Army, and received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1976. Professor Case's research was in the areas of real estate, housing, and public finance. He authored or coauthored five books, including Principles of Economics, Economics and Tax Policy, and Property Taxation: The Need for Reform, and published numerous articles in professional journals, focused on real estate markets and prices. Chip, as he was known to his many friends and colleagues, contributed to this textbook throughout its many editions. In his honor and with respect for his substantial contributions to the text and the discipline of economics, his co-authors plan to keep his name on the text for all future editions. Ray C. Fair is Professor of Economics at Yale University. He is a member of the Cowles Foundation at Yale and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. He received a BA in Economics from Fresno State College in 1964 and a PhD in Economics from MIT in 1968. He taught at Princeton University from 1968 to 1974. Professor Fair has taught introductory and intermediate macroeconomics at Yale since 1974. He has also taught graduate courses in macroeconomic theory and macroeconometrics. Professor Fair's research has primarily been in the areas of macroeconomics and econometrics, with particular emphasis on macroeconometric model building. He has also done work in the areas of finance, voting behavior, and aging in sports. His publications include Specification, Estimation, and Analysis of Macroeconometric Models (Harvard Press, 1984); Testing Macroeconometric Models (Harvard Press, 1994); Estimating How the Macroeconomy Works (Harvard Press, 2004), and Predicting Presidential Elections and Other Things (Stanford University Press, 2012). Professor Fair's US and multicountry models are available for use at fairmodel.econ.yale.edu, free of charge. Many teachers have found that having students work with the US model on the internet is a useful complement to an introductory macroeconomics course. Sharon M. Oster is the Frederic Wolfe Professor of Economics and Management and former Dean of the Yale School of Management. Professor Oster joined Case and Fair as a coauthor in the 9th edition of this book. Professor Oster has a BA in Economics from Hofstra University and a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. Professor Oster's research is in the area of industrial organization. She has worked on problems of diffusion of innovation in a number of different industries, on the effect of regulations on business, and on competitive strategy. She has published a number of articles in these areas and is the author of several books, including Modern Competitive Analysis and The Strategic Management of Nonprofits. Prior to joining the School of Management at Yale, Professor Oster taught for a number of years in Yale's Department of Economics. In the department, Professor Oster taught introductory and intermediate microeconomics to undergraduates as well as several graduate courses in industrial organization. Since 1982, Professor Oster has taught primarily in the Management School, where she teaches the core microeconomics class for MBA students and a course in the area of competitive strategy. Professor Oster also consults widely for businesses and nonprofit organizations and has served on the boards of several publicly traded companies and nonprofit organizations.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS 1. The Scope and Method of Economics 2. The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice 3. Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium 4. Demand and Supply Applications PART II: CONCEPTS AND PROBLEMS IN MACROECONOMICS 5. Introduction to Macroeconomics 6. Measuring National Output and National Income 7. Unemployment, Inflation, and Long-Run Growth PART III: THE CORE OF MACROECONOMIC THEORY 8. 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Palgrave Macmillan The Trustee Guide to Investment
Book SynopsisThe Trustee Guide to Investment is a unique and refreshingly practical guide to the expanding range of markets, investments, tools and techniques to which pension scheme trustees must now become familiar.Trade Review'It is becoming increasingly difficult for trustees, old and new, to distinguish between substance and marketing hype. This book is essential reading for those who want to minimise risks and maximise opportunities without being taken to the cleaners.' - Alan Pickering CBE, Chairman, BESTrustees 'Quite simply the book every Trustee should read and understand. Written clearly and concisely, it is compulsory reading for my Committee!' - Mike Urmston, Chair of the Aviva Staff Pension Scheme Investment Committee 'This book is written with a mission not only to advance trustees' investment knowledge by demystifying the jargon and terminology that surrounds investment with its many and various nuances, but also to provide trustees with the necessary confidence and competence to adopt an advanced level of investment governance for their scheme.' - Dawid Konotey-Ahulu, co-founder, mallowstreet.com 'As simplicity in many aspects of trusteeship and investment gives way to increased complexity, at last we have a refreshingly objective and practical guide to the ever expanding range of markets, investments, tools and techniques to which pension scheme trustees are increasingly exposed and regularly bombarded.' - Rob Gardner, co-founder and joint-CEO Redington LimitedTable of ContentsThe Pension Promise Why Trustee Knowledge and Understanding and Investment Governance are Important The Main Parties Trustees Deal with on Funding and Investment Issues The Macroeconomic Background to Pensions The Traditional Asset Classes Risk and Risk Management Asset Allocation Derivatives Interest Rate and Inflation Swaps Alternative Assets Portfolio Management Liability Driven Investment Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Behavioural Finance Manager Selection Conclusion
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Book SynopsisMajor companies are increasingly coming under fire as they try to pursue their private business on a public battleground - be it Shell & Brent Spar, Monsanto & GM foods or BAA & Heathrow Terminal 5. Private Business-Public Battlegound brings together two former opponents - Des Wilson, founder of Shelter and former Chairman of Friends of the Earth & John Egan, former Chief Executive and ''saviour'' of Jaguar and now Chairman of Tomorrow''s Company - to discuss the value of a stakeholder approach and show how it can help companies operating at the interface between private and public interest. Together they review recent cases and controversies and draw on their experience on the board of BAA to show how this approach can work in practice.Trade Review'...they radically redefine what PR SHOULD be and what PR and Community Relations staff SHOULD do, and put forward some very challenging (and attractive) ideas about long-term corporate strategy. If you're interested in CSR and Corporate Citizenship (and you should be), read this book! - Topics, Journal of Institute of Public Sector Management '...a milestone in the porcess of developing corporate citizenship.' - Adrian H.T.Davies, Long Range Planning 'One of the most detailed and readable case studies of corporate best practice available. This book shows that BAA deserves to be cited as an example of how a company can get things right and the difference it can make.' - Management TodayTable of ContentsForeword From Shareholder Value to Stakeholder Accountability Working within Industry to Promote the Stakeholder Concept Shareholder Value Vs Stakeholder Accountability: the Great Debate Conducting Private Business on a Public Battleground Key Questions and Conclusions
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Palgrave Macmillan Management Consultancy
Book SynopsisThis book is a substantial re-write of the author''s earlier book on management consultancy that has established itself as a leading book on this topic. This re-write focuses upon the analysis of the impact of e-business on the consulting industry as well as examining the changing structure of the industry and emerging segmentation. It also includes recent material on the efforts of consulting firms to manage knowledge more effectively and includes new and more examples and interviews.Trade Review'There are stimulating ideas on virtually every page.' - David Maister, author of Managing the Professional Service Firm 'When economic historians come to write the final chapter of capitalism Fiona Czerniawska's entrepreneurial prowess will probably get a mention.' The GuardianTable of ContentsIntroduction Changes in the Client-Consultant Relationship Consultancy in the Next Decade Innovation: the Over-Production of Truth Managing Existing Intellectual Capital Alliances and Networks Branding Specialisation Changing Balance of People and Technology Globalisation The Polarisation of Consulting Styles From Advising to Doing
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Palgrave Macmillan Beyond Mobile
Book SynopsisThe advent of constant internet connectivity and mobile communication have transformed the way that many businesses and organisations function. There has been a focus upon the technological aspects and opportunities. This book takes a look into the future at the human aspects of mobile technology in terms of the ways that people will work and communicate in the mobile marketplace.Trade Review'There are certainly many entrepreneurs and marketers who, like us, feel a large degree of uncertainty about the effects of new information technology on our consumption of products, and in turn, how this will affect the operations of companies. It is very cheering that this book on tomorrow's mobile marketplace is now available. Not only does it provide highly informative, extensive descriptions of likely scenarios in the area. It is also a book that has arrived just at the right time.' - Carl Wåreus, Director of Marketing, McDonalds Northern Europe 'The strength of this book lies in the quality of the authors' arguments on the evolution of the mobile marketplace. Various aspects of future approaches likely to be taken by the media sector are analysed in detail, and questions are asked about the ultimate ownership of the customer. The possibility that the customer might not want to be owned at all is overlooked. In spite of this, you would be well advised to spend time and attention on this book.' - Mary Jensen, Industry Standard 'There are no trite predictions in Beyond Mobile, just solid analysis combined with some intriguing scenarios of how the industry may develop in the near future. For a clear and comprehensive analysis of the potential of the mobile market, Beyond Mobile by Lindgren, Jedbratt and Svensson would be hard to beat.' - Professor Ian Turner, Director, Graduate Business Studies, Henley Management College 'One of the key drivers for the Internet in the coming years will be the impact of mobility on the media landscape. Mobility will not only create opportunity as consumers react to new services but it will permanently change the way the media companies view their content and their relationship with users. Beyond Mobile considers the forces at play in both the social and technological arenas and offers an informed perspective of the future in a mobilized world.' - Paul Rossi, Commercial Director, Economist.com 'The future of the mobile marketplace is ever-changing and Beyond Mobile brings that future closer to all of us with many interesting insights and anecdotes.' - Tom Blackett and Richard Ward, Interbrand 'Read Beyond Mobile and learn. This book takes you into the projected depths of our increasing dependency on global mobile networks. Rewind a few years: did you honestly believe Vodafone could one day be bigger than BT? Did you think your kids could spend so many hours texting? Did you know that WAP would get wopped? If you scored less than three out of three, get this book now.' - MarketingTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I: THE CONTEXT What is the Mobile Marketplace really about ? The Topography of Mobility, Information and Marketing Humans as Mobile Creatures PART II: CONDITIONS, DRIVING FORCES AND TRENDS Technology, People, Institutions and the Economy Technology Institutions People Economics The New Marketing Logic PART III: THE ARENA Players in the Mobile Marketplace Digression: The Future of the Mobile Marketplace, according to Users and Experts PART IV: TOMORROW'S MOBILE MARKETPLACE The Mobile Marketplace in 2007 Four Pictures of Mobile Tomorrows
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Palgrave MacMillan UK The Recurrent Crisis in Corporate Governance
Book SynopsisSince the mid-1980s two crises have overtaken governance of the American corporation - the loss of competitiveness in the 1980s and the loss of investor trust in financial management in the late 1990s.Trade Review'I warmly congratulate Millstein and MacAvoy on the important contribution which their book makes to the re-design of corporate governance structures and processes worldwide. Their analysis of the deficiencies in our present approach to governance leads logically and inexorably to an admirable set of recommendations which are internationally relevant. Their book is timely, authoritative and practical. It deserves to be widely read and its advice widely followed.' - Sir Adrian Cadbury, Chairman, UK Committee on Corporate Governance and Former Chairman, Cadbury Schweppes 'MacAvoy and Millstein have produced a unique combination of economic history and legal theory to explain the breakdown of corporate governance. When two such experts in governance, who between them cover the map in practice and scholarship, call for such major changes as they do in corporate governance we are clearly at a point where board members will no longer be employees of the CEO. There is much value in this treatise and much value to be created in resolving the flawed governance systems they discuss.' - Michael C. Jensen, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School and Managing Director of the Organizational Strategy Practice, The Monitor Group 'Millstein and MacAvoy offer a fresh, thought-provoking look at the basic questions in the corporate governance debate and break important if controversial new ground. With a penetrating analysis of the recent failures so glaringly revealed in the spate of corporate scandals and broad new insights into what went wrong, the book charts a new course to avoid such failings in the future. Combining first-rate scholarship with originality, the book sets a new standard for all who are interested in corporate governance.' - John Snow, Former Chairman and CEO, CSX Corporation and Former Co-Chair, the Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise 'The book is an expert assessment of what went wrong on corporate boards and how to fix them.' - Diana B. Henriques, The New York Times 'The book is short, wise and to the point. It falls squarely into the 'must read' category.' - John Plender, Financial Times 'The Recurrent Crisis in Corporate Governance pushes the edge of mainstream thought in this growing discipline. Authors Paul W. MacAvoy and Ira M. Millstein, giants in the field, have well deserved reputations as practitioners and scholars. This thin volume will quickly guide the course for progressive board members concerned with building solid companies, rather than future Enrons.' - James McRitchie, CorpGov.Net 'Interested in minimizing Directors' liability? This book is must reading.' - Al Driver, Editor, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel '[MacAvoy and Millstein] ably make the case for a simple and straightforward remedy to American business's worst crisis in memory.' - Roger Lowenstein, The Wall Street Journal <'In their new work Ira Millstein and Paul MacAvoy blend their different backgrounds, plus years of experience serving on and advising corporate boards, to create an important and compelling contribution to the field....The Recurrent Crisis in Corporate Governance should be required reading for everyone involved in corporate affairs, investing, and public policy.' - Howard Sherman, Directors & BoardsTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Preface Introduction and Summary; I.M.Millstein & P.W.MacAvoy The Current Crisis; I.M.Millstein & P.W.MacAvoy The Emergence and Development of the Governance Problem; I.M.Millstein & P.W.MacAvoy Conglomeration As An Example of Managerial Self Interest Sources of Accelerated Change The Emergence of the Full Role of the Board of Directors Has the Emergence of "New " Governance, In Terms of Board Diligence And Focus Become Observable? The Ambivalent Results of Extant Research on the Impace of Strong Governance on Corporate Performance; I.M.Millstein & P.W.MacAvoy A New Approach for Determining the Effect of Strong Governance on Corporate Performance Metrics for Board Independence and Professionalism Metrics For Performance Methodology Estimation and Analysis of the Governance/Corporate Performance Relationship The Calculation of Economic Value Added Superior Performance After a Change in Governance Conclusion 'Where Was the Board?' Share Price Collapse and the Governance Crisis of 2000-2; P.W.MacAvoy The Status Quo in Corporate Governance in the 1990s Incremental Change The Collapse of Enron and the Others The Nine Largest Companies Investigated for Fraudulent Financial Reporting Where Was the Board of Directors? 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Palgrave MacMillan Us Aid Impact and Poverty Reduction
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