Research methods / methodology Books

Book SynopsisIn this edited collection, leading scholars seek to disrupt Eurocentric research methods by introducing students, professors, administrators, and practitioners to frameworks of Indigenous research methods through a lens of reconciliation.The foundation of this collection is rooted in each contributor’s unique conception of reconciliation, which extends beyond the parameters of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to include a broader, more global approach to reconciliation. More pointedly, contributors discuss how effective research is when it’s demonstrated through acts of reconciliation.Encouraging active, participatory approaches to research, this seminal text includes a range of examples, including a variety of creative forms, such as storytelling, conversations, letters, social media, and visual methodologies that challenge linear ways of thinking and embrace Indigenous ways of knowing and seeing. This collection is a go-to resource for all disciplines with a research-focus, including Indigenous studies, sociology, social work, education, gender studies, and anthropology.Features: A focus on Indigenous methods of knowledge transmission that are not traditionally embraced in academia and challenges the Eurocentric concept of research Explores research methodologies through the lens of reconciliation on a global scale A unique text that utilizes reflections of individual contributors, emphasizing the narrative of each chapter relevant to Indigenous traditions of storytelling

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Book SynopsisOne of the great successes of the law and economics movement has been the use of economic models to explain the structure and function of broad areas of law. The original contributions to this volume epitomize that tradition, offering state-of-the-art research on the many facets of economic modeling in law.The contributors employ a variety of economic methodologies to explore a wide range of topics, including torts, contracts, property, crime, employment, the environment, and legal procedure. This depth and breadth of scholarship reflect the continuing vitality of the economic approach to law, offering an illuminating look into the future of the field and providing inspiration and guidance for the next generation of theorists.This timely volume will appeal to students, professors and researchers in both law and economics, particularly those with an interest in the theoretical and practical intersections of the two fields.Contributors: L. Anderlini, M. Baker, F. Baumann, J. De Mot, B. Deporter, D. Dharmapala, W. Emons, L. Felli, C. Fluet, T. Friehe, N. Garoupa, Z. Grossman, S. Izmalkov, C. Landeo, R. McAdams, T. Miceli, M.Nikitin, J. Pincus, A. Postlewaite, R. Rabon, G. Ramello, K. Segerson, P. Shapiro, T. Tsvetanov, T. Ulen, N. Westelius, A. WickelgrenTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Thomas J. Miceli and Matthew J. Baker 1. Land Assemblage: Efficiency and Equity in Public–Private Projects Zachary Grossman, Jonathan Pincus and Perry Shapiro 2. The Economics of Activity Levels in Tort Liability and Regulation Nuno Garoupa and Thomas S. Ulen 3. Liability versus Regulation for Product-Related Risks Thomas J. Miceli, Rebecca Rabon and Kathleen Segerson 4. Regulation versus Liability: A Behavioral Economics Perspective Kathleen Segerson and Tsvetan Tsventanov 5. Strict Liability When Victims Choose the Value of the Asset at Risk Florian Baumann and Tim Friehe 6. Incentives for Care, Litigation, and Tort Reform Under Self-Serving Bias Claudia M. Landeo, Maxim Nikitin and Sergei Izmalkov 7. Tort Standards and Legal Expenditures: A Unified Model Jef De Mot and Ben Depoorter 8. Litigation Success Functions Jef De Mot 9. The Optimal Amount of Distorted Testimony When the Arbiter Can and Cannot Commit Winand Emons and Claude Fluet 10. Do Exclusionary Rules Convict the Innocent? Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa and Richard McAdams 11. Search, Seizure, and False (?) Arrest: An Analysis of Fourth Amendment Remedies When Police Can Plant Evidence Dhammika Dharmapala and Thomas J. Miceli 12. Crime, Expectations, and the Deterrence Hypothesis Matthew J. Baker and Niklas J. Westelius 13. Active Courts and Menu Contracts Luca Anderlini, Leonardo Felli and Andrew Postlewaite 14. The Efficiency of Affirmative Action with Purely Historical Discrimination Abraham L. Wickelgren 15. The Multi-layered Action of Trademark: Meaning, Law and Market Giovanni B. Ramello

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Book SynopsisHow is the public mission of universities to change in the face of today’s global challenges? How is the 21st Century university to balance its long-standing traditions and its commitment to teaching, research and commercialization with rapidly changing social needs and conditions worldwide? And how does the newly defined public role of the university reflect on changes to non-profit organizations in general? Amalya Oliver-Lumerman and Gili S. Drori offer a new model of academic commitment and leadership in response to questions about the new public role of the university.Combining historical and sociological analysis with examples and proposals for academic commitment and leadership, the book reconsiders the social impact of universities and, by extension, public organizations. It offers detailed examples for Academic Leadership and Responsibility (ACL) programs and related projects, contributing to higher education policy-making and discussions around university governance. In exploring the changing public mission of universities, the book also highlights models of social responsibility and leadership that are appropriate for universities, and discusses the translation of CSR to a non-profit public organization.This will be an invigorating read for higher education and organization studies scholars, as it engages with current debates about the future of university models and public sector organisational forms.Trade Review’This stimulating volume positions social engagement as the fourth mission of the university and calls for a “bottom-up” approach to responsibility for the public good. Arguing for a new model of engagement based on academic commitment and leadership, this book makes an enormous contribution to our understanding of social responsibility, both for academics and academic institutions.’ -- - Glen A. Jones, University of Toronto, Canada’This book is a valuable and timely contribution of two eminent scholars of organizations and their interface with society to the debates and concerns about the evolving role of universities in modern society. The authors produced a comprehensive analysis of this development with thought provoking assessment of future directions. Highly recommended.’ -- - Hanoch Gutfreund, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel’The effects of social interests on the university are often criticized -- the impact of the university on society less so (though populists try). The authors impressively celebrate university effects in creating immediate social change, with striking concrete examples. They see the university as leading, not only following, modern social patterns.’ -- - John W. Meyer, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: academic commitment and leadership as a model for the 21st-century university 2. Public mission of universities: from ontology, to terminology, to strategy 3. The shaping of contemporary models for the university’s public role: from CSR to ACL 4. Academic commitment and leaderships: types and examples 5. The Hoffman Leadership and Responsibility Programme at the Hebrew University: exemplar ACL community of practice within a university 6. ACL projects in an ACL-inspired programme: examples from the Hoffman programme 7. Concluding comments and reflections: new opportunities for university–society relations Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book explores the most important established and emerging qualitative and quantitative research methods in tourism. The authors provide a detailed overview of the nature of the research method, its use in tourism, the advantages and limitations, and future directions for research.Each chapter is structured to provide information on: the nature of the technique and its evolution; background and types of problems that the technique is designed to handle; applications of the technique to tourism, including discussion of studies that have used the technique and their findings; advantages and limitations of the technique conceptually and for policy formulation; and further developments and applications of the technique in tourism research.Handbook of Research Methods in Tourism will appeal to social scientists, students as well as researchers in tourism who use quantitative and qualitative research techniques.Contributors: K.M. Adams, E. Ahmed, A. Apostolakis, S. Cang, C. Cater, S. Divisekera, D. Dredge, L. Dwyer, E.W. Foemmel, L. Fredline, A. Gill, U. Gretzel, R. Hales, G.R. Jennings, O. Junek, H. Kennedy-Eden, L. Killion, G. Kyle, J. Lee, Z. Lei, G. Li, T. Low, N.G. McGehee, C. Morley, A. Papatheodorou, G.B. Peng, S. Petit, T.D. Pham, C. Polo, N.F. Ribeiro, J. Rosselló, C.A. Santos, N. Seetaram, C. Shim, H. Song, S. Stepchenkova, D.J. Timothy, L.W. Turner, E. Valle, C. Vu, S.F WittTrade Review'This is an excellent book which significantly contributes to tourism research and education. It takes a rigorous yet readable style to address twenty five of the most pertinent quantitative and qualitative techniques applied in tourism research. The book will appeal to a wider readership of social scientists as well as to scholars of tourism as each chapter provides a thorough overview and explanation of the techniques irrespective of their tourism application.' --Dimitrios Buhalis, Bournemouth University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 1. Statistical Testing Techniques Gang Li 2. Regression Analysis Jaume Rosselló 3. Time Series Analysis Shuang Cang and Neelu Seetaram 4. Demand Modeling and Forecasting Grace Bo Peng, Haiyan Song and Stephen F. Witt 5. Structural Equation Modeling Jenny (Jiyeon) Lee and Gerard Kyle 6. Discrete Choice Analysis and Experimental Design Clive Morley 7. Panel Data Analysis Neelu Seetaram and Sylvain Petit 8. The Almost Ideal Demand System Sarath Divisekera 9. Hedonic Price Analysis Andreas Papatheodorou, Zheng Lei and Alexandros Apostolakis 10. Factor Analysis Lindsay W. Turner and Chau Vu 11. Cluster Analysis Liz Fredline 12. Input–Output and SAM Models Clemente Polo and Elisabeth Valle 13. CGE Modeling Larry Dwyer and Tien Duc Pham 14. Cost–Benefit Analysis Larry Dwyer PART II: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Gayle R. Jennings 15. Grounded Theory Olga Junek and Les Killion 16. Ethnographic Methods Kathleen M. Adams 17. Focus Groups Carl Cater and Tiffany Low 18. Interview Techniques Nancy Gard McGehee 19. Participant Observation Nuno F. Ribeiro and Eric W. Foemmel 20. Cross-cultural Approaches Carla Almeida Santos and Changsup Shim 21. Archival Research Dallen J. Timothy 22. Community Case Study Research Dianne Dredge and Rob Hales PART III: MIXED METHODS 23. Content Analysis Svetlana Stepchenkova 24. Meta-analyses of Tourism Research Ulrike Gretzel and Heather Kennedy-Eden 25. Network Analysis Ehsan Ahmed Index

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Book SynopsisCovering both qualitative and quantitative topics, the expert contributors in this Handbook explore fundamental issues of scientific logic, methodology and methods, through to practical applications of different techniques and approaches in migration research. The chapters of this interdisciplinary Handbook maintain an introductory level of discussion on migration research methods, while providing readers with references necessary for those wishing to go deeper into the topic. Using a combination of concepts and techniques with research experiences from the field, this Handbook will prove to be an invaluable guide. Master-level students and academics in migration-related programs will find this compendium a useful and stimulating resource. It also discusses issues relating to the collection of data on migrants, including topics such as survey designs, interviewing techniques and ethical issues that policy makers and government employees will find informative. Advisory Board:Professor Stephen CastlesProfessor Robin CohenProfessor Josh DeWindProfessor Raúl Delgado WiseContributors: C. Amuedo-Dorantes, B. Anderson, R. Banerjee, D. Bartram, V. Bilger, I. Bloemraad, P. Boccagni, P.S. Bose, M. Caesar, C. Carletto, J. Carling, S. Castles, A. Chikanda, M.M. Chin, J. Crush, A. de Brauw, R. Delgado Wise, C. Eberhardt, E. Funkhouser, A. Gamlen, A. Hill, D. Hoerder, T. Iosifides, A.O. Law, F.A. Lozano, H. Marquez Covarrubias, D. McKenzie, C. Oxford, J. Parker Talwar, W. Pendleton, S. Pozo, B. Rogaly, M. Ruhs, L. Sanchez-Ayala, J. Shih, M. Siegel, R. Skeldon, M.D. Steinberger, I. van Liempt, C. Vargas-Silva, K. Warner, D. YangTrade Review‘. . . the Handbook of Research Methods in Migration is a timely and important contribution to the still-limited literature on methods in migration research. . . it is likely to have great impact among students and lecturers within migration studies, both at undergraduate and at postgraduate levels.’ -- Marta B. Erdal, International Migration ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Carlos Vargas-Silva PART I: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF SCIENTIFIC LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND METHODS IN MIGRATION STUDIES 1. Understanding the Relationship between Methodology and Methods Stephen Castles 2. Migration Research between Positivistic Scientism and Relativism: A Critical Realist Way Out Theodoros Iosifides 3. Migration, Methods and Innovation: A Reconsideration of Variation and Conceptualization in Research on Foreign Workers David Bartram 4. Transnational – Transregional – Translocal: Transcultural Dirk Hoerder 5. Contemporary Migration Seen from the Perspective of Political Economy: Theoretical and Methodological Elements Raúl Delgado Wise and Humberto Márquez Covarrubias PART II: INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES 6. Interviewing Techniques for Migrant Minority Groups Luis Sánchez-Ayala 7. Collecting, Analysing and Presenting Migration Histories Jørgen Carling 8. Empirical Methods in the Economics of International Immigration Fernando A. Lozano and Michael D. Steinberger 9. Using Longitudinal Data to Study Migration and Remittances Edward Funkhouser 10. Measuring Migration in Multi-topic Household Surveys Calogero Carletto, Alan de Brauw and Raka Banerjee 11. Migration and its Measurement: Towards a More Robust Map of Bilateral Flows Ronald Skeldon 12. Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies David McKenzie and Dean Yang PART III: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES AND MIXED METHODS 13. Mapping Movements: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Migration Research Pablo S. Bose 14. Even a Transnational Social Field Must Have its Boundaries: Methodological Options, Potentials and Dilemmas for Researching Transnationalism Paolo Boccagni 15. Mixing Methods in Research on Diaspora Policies Alan Gamlen PART IV: EXPLORING SPECIFIC MIGRATION TOPICS 16. Diasporas on the Web: New Networks, New Methodologies Jonathan Crush, Cassandra Eberhardt, Mary Caesar, Abel Chikanda, Wade Pendleton and Ashley Hill 17. Approaches to Researching Environmental Change and Migration: Methodological Considerations and Field Experiences from a Global Comparative Survey Project Koko Warner 18. Chasing Ghosts: Researching Illegality in Migrant Labour Markets Bridget Anderson, Ben Rogaly and Martin Ruhs 19. Using Qualitative Research Methods in Migration Studies: A Case Study of Asylum Seekers Fleeing Gender-based Persecution Connie Oxford 20. The Importance of Accounting for Variability in Remittance Income Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo PART V: PRACTICAL ISSUES IN MIGRATION RESEARCH 21. Ethical Challenges in Research with Vulnerable Migrants Ilse van Liempt and Veronika Bilger 22. A Guide to Managing Large-scale Migration Research Projects Melissa Siegel PART VI: MOVING FROM RESEARCH TO PUBLISHED WORK 23. From Dissertation to Published Research: So Close, Yet So Far Anna O. Law 24. What the Textbooks Don’t Tell You: Moving from a Research Puzzle to Publishing Findings Irene Bloemraad PART VII: EXPERIENCES FROM THE FIELD 25. Immigrants and ‘American’ Franchises: Experiences from the Field Jennifer Parker Talwar 26. In the Factories and on the Streets: Studying Asian and Latino Garment Workers in New York City Margaret M. Chin 27. Three Mistakes and Corrections: On Reflective Adaptation in Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis Johanna Shih Index

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Book SynopsisAn impressive range of HRD scholars have contributed to this excellent Handbook which offers a timely addition to both the HRD and the research methods literatures. HRD researchers who consult this book will find a thoughtful pathway through the debates and dialogues that feature in our dynamic and evolving field. The book provides practical guidance about research making use of emerging as well as established forms of data and approaches to analysis that can advance knowledge in the HRD domain. I commend it to novice as well as to experienced researchers. I will certainly be referring to it myself as I seek to develop my expertise as an HRD scholar and researcher.'- Valerie Anderson, University Forum for HRDAs Human Resource Development (HRD) research has developed, a growing variety of quantitative and qualitative data collection procedures and analysis techniques have been adopted; research designs now include mono, multiple and mixed methods. This Handbook brings together the wealth of research methods experience gained by HRD researchers into one essential volume.Organized into four parts, the book explores conceptual issues, qualitative research methods, quantitative research methods and methodological challenges. It utilises the wealth of research experiences of leading HRD scholars to provide a range of insights highlighting what works, what does not work and associated challenges. Each chapter provides annotated further reading, allowing the reader to expand on the topics discussed.The Handbook will prove invaluable for students and academics in the social sciences who are interested in the development of human resources - particularly postgraduates undertaking research on HRD and undergraduates researching HRD issues. It will also be of use to academics teaching research focused modules on HRD and people related issues, as well as experienced HRD researchers looking to further develop their understanding of methods for researching HRD.Contributors: C. Akinci, N. Beech, K. Black, J.L. Callahan, J. Calver, D. Coghlan, G. Connor, C. Elliott, P. Evans, T. Garavan, J. Gold, D.E. Gray, B. Hamlin, V. Harte, R. Holian, C. Jones, C. König, D. Langley, A. McDowall, C. MacKenzie, S. De Maeyer, D. Marks, S. Mavin, G. Messmann, R.H. Mulder, A. Ogun, R.F. Poell, C. Rigg, C. Rojon, E. Sadler-Smith, S. Sambrook, M. Sheehan, T. Spackman, V. Stead, J. Stewart, S. Tam, K. Trehan, C.L. Wang, R. Warhurst, H. Whitrod-Brown, C.S. Williams, J. WilliamsTrade Review‘An impressive range of HRD scholars have contributed to this excellent Handbook which offers a timely addition to both the HRD and the research methods literatures. HRD researchers who consult this book will find a thoughtful pathway through the debates and dialogues that feature in our dynamic and evolving field. The book provides practical guidance about research making use of emerging as well as established forms of data and approaches to analysis that can advance knowledge in the HRD domain. I commend it to novice as well as to experienced researchers. I will certainly be referring to it myself as I seek to develop my expertise as an HRD scholar and researcher.’ -- Valerie Anderson, University Forum for HRDTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The Variety of Methods for Researching HRD Mark N.K. Saunders and Paul Tosey PART I CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 2. Paradigms, Philosophical Prisms and Pragmatism in HRD Research Bob Hamlin 3. HRD Research and Design Science Eugene Sadler-Smith 4. Scholarly Practice in HRD Research Jeff Gold, Tim Spackman, Diane Marks, Nick Beech, Julia Calver, Adrian Ogun and Helen Whitrod-Brown 5. Using Systematic Review Methodology to Examine the Extant Literature Céline Rojon and Almuth McDowall PART II QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 6. Ethnographic Research in HRD – Managing a Betrayal? Dawn Langley 7. In (Re)search of the Self: Autoethnography in HRD Research Sally Sambrook 8. Opening the Visual Methods Toolbox Kate Black and Russell Warhurst 9. The Use of Photo Elicitation Interviewing in Qualitative HRD Research Russell Warhurst and Kate Black 10. Action Research for HRD Research Rosalie Holian and David Coghlan 11. Critical Action Learning Research: Opportunities and Challenges for HRD Research and Practice Kiran Trehan and Clare Rigg 12. Facilitating Learning Using the Service Template Extended Process (STEP) Within a Process Consultation Framework Mark N.K. Saunders, Paul Tosey, Claire Jones, Christine S. Williams 13. Emergent Discourses of Learning and Community Formation: Exploring Social Media for Professional Learning Peter Evans 14. And What Kind of Question is That? Thinking About the Function of Questions in Qualitative Interviewing Paul Tosey PART III QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH 15. Using Questionnaire Surveys to Gather Data for Within Organisation HRD Research Cinla Akinci and Mark N.K. Saunders 16. Now You See Them, Now You Don’t: Using Online Surveys in HRD Longitudinal Research Jim Stewart and Victoria Harte 17. Maximising Telephone Survey Participation in International HRD Research Maura Sheehan, Mark N.K. Saunders and Catherine L. Wang 18. Using Critical Incidents and Vignette Technique in HRD Research to Investigate Learning Activities and Behaviour at Work Regina H. Mulder 19. Accounting for Complexity: Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) in HRD Research Christoph König, Gerhard Messmann, Regina H. Mulder and Sven De Maeyer 20. Using Systematic Content Analysis to Establish Theory-practice Links in HRD Literature Rob F. Poell PART IV METHODOLOGIAL CHALLENGES 21. The Competing Interests of Paradigm and Praxis in Critical HRD Research: Incorporating Quantitative Methods to Enact Critical Practice Jamie L. Callahan and Gary Connor 22. Mixed Methods in HRD Research: Theory and Practice from a Study of Hong Kong SMEs Steven Tam and David E. Gray 23. Key Issues for Gender Research in HRD: A Multi-stakeholder Framework for Analysing Gendered Media Constructions of Women’s Leaders Sharon Mavin and Jannine Williams 24. Leadership Development as a Method of Enquiry: Insights from a Post-structuralist Perspective Carole Elliott and Valerie Stead 25. Navigating Extra Sensitive Research Topics Utilizing Content Analysis and Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) Thomas Garavan and Clíodhna MacKenzie Index

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Book SynopsisProviding extensive surveys on the most recently developed themes of individual and social well-being, this Handbook offers a comprehensive treatment of less traditional approaches to empirical and theoretical research. The novel complementary perspective by which each topic is addressed presents a broader outlook on the various dimensions of inequality and well-being.Each topic is assessed through two accompanying chapters: first, a detailed study of the theoretical approaches, followed by a supporting chapter of empirical findings. The original contributions cover themes ranging from human development to social exclusion, and from going beyond GDP as the primary indicator of progress to evaluating the persistence of poverty. The chapters also address measures of vulnerability and economic insecurity. The Handbook emphasizes the distributional aspects of inequalities across different groups through the analysis of polarization, segregation, and social fractionalization.This is an excellent Handbook for postgraduates and researchers in the social sciences and economics. The contributions rethink some of the traditional theories and models for measuring inequality and well-being, and push the boundaries for future research. The policy-relevant insights will also be of great use for social policy professionals and analysts.Contributors include: C. Balestra, L. Bellani, R. Boarini, C. Calvo, B. Cantillon, O. Canto, L. Ceriani, S. Chakravarty, N. Chattopadhyhay, M. Ciommi, C. del Rio, I. Dutta, A. Fusco, A. Gábos, C. Gigliarano, E. Giovannini, T. Goedemé, C. Gradin, A.-C. Guio, M. Hoy, C. Lasso de la Vega, R. Mora, L. Osberg, N. Rohde, T. Rondinella, N. Ruiz, E. Savaglio, S. Seth, J. Silber, K.K. Tang, I. Tóth, S. Vannucci, P. Verme, A. Villar, O. Volij, G. Yalonetzky, B. ZhengTrade ReviewThis volume contains an excellent collection of chapters by outstanding economists on the subject of social and economic well-being. Among the authors are Lars Osberg, Carlos Gradin, Olga Canto, and Jacques Silber, with a first-rate overview provided by Conchita D'Ambrosio. The chapters are paired, with a theoretical analysis followed by an empirical implementation. Topics include well-being measures going beyond GDP, human development and poverty, multidimensional poverty and material deprivation, social exclusion, economic insecurity, relative deprivation and satisfaction, social inequality, social polarization, and segregation.' --Edward N. Wolff, New York University, US'This Handbook updates and modernizes decades of scholarship on macro-level markers of progress and micro-level measures of well-being. Its main contribution is its insistence on integrating non-traditional frameworks into conventional approaches to defining, measuring, and tracking socio-economic outcomes at multiple levels. This sophisticated collection spans a remarkable array of outcomes, dimensions, and indicators, including poverty, deprivation, development, exclusion, polarization, segregation, diversity, vulnerability, insecurity, and satisfaction. D'Ambrosio's ambitious decision to pair theoretical and empirical analyses of each topic pays off beautifully.' --Janet C. Gornick, City University of New York, Graduate Center, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction by Conchita D’Ambrosio 1. Going Beyond GDP: Theoretical Approaches Enrico Giovannini and Tommaso Rondinella 2. Going Beyond GDP: Empirical Findings Carlotta Balestra, Romina Boarini and Nicolas Ruiz 3. Human Development and Poverty: Theoretical Approaches Suman Seth and Antonio Villar 4. Human Development and Poverty: Empirical Findings Suman Seth and Antonio Villar 5. Multidimensional Poverty and Material Deprivation: Theoretical Approaches Satya R. Chakravarty and Nachiketa Chattopadhyay 6. Multidimensional Poverty and Material Deprivation: Empirical Findings Anne-Catherine Guio 7. Social Exclusion: Theoretical Approaches Luna Bellani and Alessio Fusco 8. Social Exclusion: Empirical Findings Bea Cantillon, András Gábos, Tim Goedemé and István György Tóth 9. Poverty Over Time: Theoretical Approaches Michael Hoy and Buhong Zheng 10. Poverty Over Time: Empirical Findings Carlos Gradin, Olga Cantó and Coral del Rio 11. Vulnerability to Poverty: Theoretical Approaches Cesar Calvo 12. Vulnerability to Poverty: Empirical Findings Lidia Ceriani 13. Economic Insecurity: Theoretical Approaches Nicholas Rohde and Kam Ki Tang 14. Economic Insecurity: Empirical Findings Lars Osberg 15. Relative Deprivation and Satisfaction: Theoretical Approaches Lucio Esposito 16. Relative Deprivation and Satisfaction: Empirical Findings Paolo Verme 17. Social Inequality: Theoretical Approaches Casilda Lasso de la Vega 18. Social Inequality: Empirical Findings Indranil Dutta and Gaston Yalonetzky 19. Income and Social Polarization: Theoretical Approaches Iñaki Permanyer 20. Income and Social Polarization: Empirical Findings Chiara Gigliarano 21. Segregation: Theoretical Approaches Oscar Volij 22. Segregation: Empirical Findings Ricardo Mora and Jacques Silber 23. Diversity and Social Fractionalization: Theoretical Approaches Mariateresa Ciommi, Ernesto Savaglio and Stefano Vannucci 24. Diversity and Social Fractionalization: Empirical Findings Mariateresa Ciommi Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book explores the most important established and emerging qualitative and quantitative research methods in tourism. The authors provide a detailed overview of the nature of the research method, its use in tourism, the advantages and limitations, and future directions for research.Each chapter is structured to provide information on: the nature of the technique and its evolution; background and types of problems that the technique is designed to handle; applications of the technique to tourism, including discussion of studies that have used the technique and their findings; advantages and limitations of the technique conceptually and for policy formulation; and further developments and applications of the technique in tourism research.Handbook of Research Methods in Tourism will appeal to social scientists, students as well as researchers in tourism who use quantitative and qualitative research techniques.Contributors: K.M. Adams, E. Ahmed, A. Apostolakis, S. Cang, C. Cater, S. Divisekera, D. Dredge, L. Dwyer, E.W. Foemmel, L. Fredline, A. Gill, U. Gretzel, R. Hales, G.R. Jennings, O. Junek, H. Kennedy-Eden, L. Killion, G. Kyle, J. Lee, Z. Lei, G. Li, T. Low, N.G. McGehee, C. Morley, A. Papatheodorou, G.B. Peng, S. Petit, T.D. Pham, C. Polo, N.F. Ribeiro, J. Rosselló, C.A. Santos, N. Seetaram, C. Shim, H. Song, S. Stepchenkova, D.J. Timothy, L.W. Turner, E. Valle, C. Vu, S.F WittTrade Review'This is an excellent book which significantly contributes to tourism research and education. It takes a rigorous yet readable style to address twenty five of the most pertinent quantitative and qualitative techniques applied in tourism research. The book will appeal to a wider readership of social scientists as well as to scholars of tourism as each chapter provides a thorough overview and explanation of the techniques irrespective of their tourism application.' --Dimitrios Buhalis, Bournemouth University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 1. Statistical Testing Techniques Gang Li 2. Regression Analysis Jaume Rosselló 3. Time Series Analysis Shuang Cang and Neelu Seetaram 4. Demand Modeling and Forecasting Grace Bo Peng, Haiyan Song and Stephen F. Witt 5. Structural Equation Modeling Jenny (Jiyeon) Lee and Gerard Kyle 6. Discrete Choice Analysis and Experimental Design Clive Morley 7. Panel Data Analysis Neelu Seetaram and Sylvain Petit 8. The Almost Ideal Demand System Sarath Divisekera 9. Hedonic Price Analysis Andreas Papatheodorou, Zheng Lei and Alexandros Apostolakis 10. Factor Analysis Lindsay W. Turner and Chau Vu 11. Cluster Analysis Liz Fredline 12. Input–Output and SAM Models Clemente Polo and Elisabeth Valle 13. CGE Modeling Larry Dwyer and Tien Duc Pham 14. Cost–Benefit Analysis Larry Dwyer PART II: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Gayle R. Jennings 15. Grounded Theory Olga Junek and Les Killion 16. Ethnographic Methods Kathleen M. Adams 17. Focus Groups Carl Cater and Tiffany Low 18. Interview Techniques Nancy Gard McGehee 19. Participant Observation Nuno F. Ribeiro and Eric W. Foemmel 20. Cross-cultural Approaches Carla Almeida Santos and Changsup Shim 21. Archival Research Dallen J. Timothy 22. Community Case Study Research Dianne Dredge and Rob Hales PART III: MIXED METHODS 23. Content Analysis Svetlana Stepchenkova 24. Meta-analyses of Tourism Research Ulrike Gretzel and Heather Kennedy-Eden 25. Network Analysis Ehsan Ahmed Index

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Book SynopsisThis impressive Handbook presents the quantitative techniques that are commonly employed in empirical finance research together with real-world, state-of-the-art research examples.Written by international experts in their field, the unique approach describes a question or issue in finance and then demonstrates the methodologies that may be used to solve it. All of the techniques described are used to address real problems rather than being presented for their own sake, and the areas of application have been carefully selected so that a broad range of methodological approaches can be covered.The Handbook is aimed primarily at doctoral researchers and academics who are engaged in conducting original empirical research in finance. In addition, the book will be useful to researchers in the financial markets and also advanced Masters-level students who are writing dissertations.Contributors: E.I. Altman, M. Ammann, K. Anderson, A.R. Bell, C. Brooks, D.A. Carter, G. Cerqueiro, K. Chen, H. Degryse, D. Erdemlioglu, A. Golubov, M. Guidolin, Ó.T. Henry, T. Johann, A. Katsaris, S. Laurent, Y. Lee, W.S. Leung, H. Liu, P. Molyneux, C.J. Neely, D. Oesch, N. Olekalns, S. Ongena, D. Petmezas, S.-H. Poon, M. Prokopczuk, D.A. Rogers, M. Schmid, K.K. Shields, B.J. Simkins, S. Stanescu, L. Stentoft, N. Taylor, E. Theissen, N.G. Travlos, S.D. Treanor, R. Tunaru, J.O.S. Wilson, Y. Wu, W.T. ZiembaTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: ASSET PRICING AND INVESTMENTS 1. Markov Switching Models in Asset Pricing Research Massimo Guidolin 2. Portfolio Optimization: Theory and Practical Implementation William T. Ziemba 3. Testing for Speculative Bubbles in Asset Prices Keith Anderson, Chris Brooks and Apostolos Katsaris PART II: DERIVATIVES 4. Estimating Term Structure Models with the Kalman Filter Marcel Prokopczuk and Yingying Wu 5. American Option Pricing Using Simulation with an Application to the GARCH Model Lars Stentoft 6. Derivatives Pricing with Affine Models and Numerical Implementation Ke Chen and Ser-Huang Poon 7. Markov Chain Monte Carlo with Particle Filtering Yongwoong Lee and Ser-Huang Poon PART III: BANKING AND MICROSTRUCTURE 8. Competition in Banking: Measurement and Interpretation Hong Liu, Phil Molyneux and John O.S. Wilson 9. Using Heteroskedastic Models to Analyze the Use of Rules versus Discretion in Lending Decisions Geraldo Cerqueiro, Hans Degryse and Steven Ongena 10. Liquidity Measures Thomas Johann and Erik Theissen 11. Testing for Contagion: The Impact of US Structured Markets on International Financial Markets Woon Sau Leung and Nicholas Taylor PART IV: CORPORATE FINANCE 12. Empirical Mergers and Acquisitions Research: A Review of Methods, Evidence and Managerial Implications Andrey Golubov, Dimitris Petmezas and Nickolaos G. Travlos 13. The Construction and Valuation Effect of Corporate Governance Indices Manuel Ammann, David Oesch and Markus Schmid 14. Does Hedging Reduce Economic Exposure? Hurricanes, Jet Fuel Prices and Airlines David A. Carter, Daniel A. Rogers, Betty J. Simkins and Stephen D. Treanor PART V: RISK MODELLING 15. Quantifying the Uncertainty in VaR and Expected Shortfall Estimates Silvia Stanescu and Radu Tunaru 16. Econometric Modeling of Exchange Rate Volatility and Jumps Deniz Erdemlioglu, Sébastien Laurent and Christopher J. Neely 17. Predicting Financial Distress of Companies: Revisiting the Z-Score and ZETA® Models Edward I. Altman 18. Quantifying Time Variation and Asymmetry in Measures of Covariance Risk: A Simulation Approach Ólan T. Henry, Nilss Olekalns and Kalvinder K. Shields Index

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Book Synopsis'In this book, Simon Bowmaker offers a remarkable collection of conversations with leading economists about research in economics. He has selected a broad sample of the great economists of our time, including people whose perspectives span most of the major subdivisions of economics research, from micro to macro, from theoretical to empirical, from rationalist to behavioral.'- From the foreword by Roger B. Myerson, University of Chicago and 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics 'The Art and Practice of Economics Research is the book I wish I had when I was ''growing up'' as an economist. For anyone who is or wants to be an economic researcher, or anyone just interested in how economics ''works'', this is a terrific and inspirational resource.' - David K. Levine, Washington University in St. Louis 'It is hard to imagine an economist in the world who would not enjoy this book. It is fascinating, gripping, and full of the wisdom imparted by age and by scholarly life's ups and downs.'- Andrew J. Oswald, University of Warwick, UK 'Although each has followed his or her own road, these scholars share a passion for economics and a commitment to the research enterprise. The best economists lie sleepless, gripped by their questions.' - Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'This is a wonderful book of interviews with some of the most respected economists in the world. It is full of insights into academic life, and clearly conveys the joy of doing economics research.'- Jon Levin, Stanford University'The relaxed frame of the interviews gives interested parties exciting insights into the thoughts and concerns of leading economists and might well inspire some of the best young minds to continue with economics in their later lives.' - Ernst Fehr, University of Zurich, Switzerland The Art and Practice of Economics Research provides an in-depth look into the research methods of leading economists from across the United States and Europe. This innovative volume contains 25 interviews with practicing economists, presenting insightful personal accounts into an often-misunderstood field. Contributors to this volume were asked to reflect on their own experience in economics research, including their methods of working, the process of scientific discovery and knowledge creation, and the challenges of successfully disseminating their work. The unique and compelling interview format showcases each contributor's personal connection to his or her work, presenting a view of current economics research that is technical, comprehensive, and refreshingly human. Both students and current scholars in economics will find much to admire in this book's window into the inner workings of some of the brightest and best-known minds in the field. This volume also makes a great companion to the author's 2010 book, The Heart of Teaching Economics, which showcases the personal experiences of teachers and professors of economics.Trade ReviewBowmaker has produced a fascinating book for a wide audience: graduate students will find insight on what is needed for a successful research career, established researchers can see how others respond to the challenges of research, and the masses of economists not focused on research will get a glimpse of life at the top. Highly recommended. --R.E. Schenk, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Roger B. Myerson Preface Daron Acemoğlu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Susan Athey (Harvard University) Robert J. Barro (Harvard University) Richard Blundell (University College, London) Colin F. Camerer (California Institute of Technology) David Card (University of California, Berkeley) Raj Chetty (Harvard University) Janet Currie (Princeton University) Partha Dasgupta (University of Cambridge) Jordi Galí (CREI, UPF and Barcelona GSE) Douglas A. Irwin (Dartmouth College) Steven D. Levitt (University of Chicago) Robert E. Lucas, Jr (University of Chicago) Charles F. Manski (Northwestern University) Eric S. Maskin (Harvard University) Ellen R. McGrattan (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) Paul Milgrom (Stanford University) Ariel Pakes (Harvard University) Monika Piazzesi (Stanford University) Carmen M. Reinhart (Peterson Institute for International Economics) Thomas J. Sargent (New York University) Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University) E. Roy Weintraub (Duke University) Justin Wolfers (University of Pennsylvania) Randall Wright (University of Wisconsin – Madison) Index

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Book SynopsisJan M. SmitsTrade ReviewJan Smits has long been one of the most interesting and original authors on European private law theory. Now he offers his views on legal scholarship, and they are as original as they are thought-provoking. His plea for a legal scholarship that maintains its identity vis-a-vis neighboring disciplines without collapsing into doctrinairism is bound to yield lively discussions - and hopefully will help re-establish a proper place for legal scholarship, in Europe and beyond. --Ralf Michaels, Duke University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: A Discipline in Crisis? 1. Legal Science: A Typology 2. The Homo Juridicus: Towards a Redefinition of Normative Legal Science 3. Methodology of Normative Legal Science 4. Organization of the Legal-academic Discourse Synopsis References Index

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Book SynopsisFor the last four decades, researchers in various disciplines have been trying to explain the enduring paradox of the growing activity and volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) versus the high failure rate of M&A. This handbook will stimulate scholars to focus on new research directions.The contributors explore how underlying concepts and methodologies can make an important contribution towards understanding M&A and their performance. This authoritative volume presents research that incorporates multidisciplinary, multi-level, multi-stage and cross-cultural models and analyses, and also focuses on such issues as process-content, knowledge transfer, due diligence, performance measures, communication, trust, grief, integration approaches, individual values, change management, and consulting.Scholars interested in research on strategy as well as Masters and PhD students on mergers and acquisitions courses will find much of value in this compilation.Contributors include: M.F. Ahammad, N.M. Ashkanasy, Z.R. Bachar, A.F. Buono, K.M. Ellis, P.-G. Hourque, P. Junni, M.H. Kavanagh, B.T. Lamont, M.L. Mark, O. Meglio, E. Metais, P.H. Mirvis, A.L. Ranft, T.H. Reus, A. Risberg, R.M. Sarala, A.-M. Søderberg, G.K. Stahl, S. Tarba, E. Vaara, P. Very, Y. WeberTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Yaakov Weber PART I: NEW MODELS AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS ON CONNECTIONS BETWEEN M&A STAGES 1. The Role of Trust in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Conceptual Framework and Empirical Evidence Günter K. Stahl 2. Integration of International Mergers and Acquisitions: Test of a New Paradigm Yaakov Weber, Shlomo Yedidia Tarba, Günter K. Stahl and Ziva Bachar-Rozen PART II: RESEARCH AGENDA AND THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT ON CONNECTION BETWEEN M&A STAGES AND CONTEXT VARIABLES 3. A Research Agenda to Increase Merger and Acquisition Success Mitchell Lee Marks and Philip H. Mirvis 4. Placing Process Factors Along with Contextual Factors in Merger and Acquisition Research Taco H. Reus, Kimberley M. Ellis, Bruce T. Lamont and Annette L. Ranft 5. The Dynamics of Knowledge Transfer in Mergers and Acquisitions Paulina Junni, Riikka M. Sarala and Eero Vaara PART III: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN M&A RESEARCH 6. Merger and Acquisition Outcomes – Is it Meaningful to Talk About High Failure Rates? Annette Risberg and Olimpia Meglio 7. Researching Mergers and Acquisitions with the Case Study Method: Idiographic Understanding of Longitudinal Integration Processes Lars Bengtsson and Rikard Larsson 8. Individual Values and Organizational Culture During a Merger: Immovable Objects or Shifting Sands? Marie H. Kavanagh and Neal M. Ashkanasy PART IV: NEW AND UNDER-EXPLORED CONTEXT AND PROCESS VARIABLES IN VARIOUS M&A STAGES 9. Facilitating Mergers through Management and Organization of Communication: An Analysis of Strategic Communication in a Cross-Border Merger Anne-Marie Søderberg 10. Determinants of Top Management Retention in Cross Border Acquisitions Mohammad Faisal Ahammad, Keith W. Glaister, Yaakov Weber and Shlomo Yedidia Tarba 11. Grief and the Management of Mergers and Acquisitions Philippe Very, Emmanuel Metais and Pierre-Guy Hourquet Index

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Book SynopsisCompetition to publish in the top journals is fierce. This book provides entrepreneurship researchers with relevant material and insights to support them in their efforts to publish their research in the most prestigious entrepreneurship outlets.This essential guide to publishing in entrepreneurship brings together a wealth of contributors, all of whom have published in the leading entrepreneurship journals. Based on their experiences as researchers and editors, they bring useful hands-on advice and insight into the research publication process.Both fledgling and experienced entrepreneurship faculty members will find this an essential resource as they strive towards publication in A-ranked entrepreneurship or management journals.Trade Review‘This book should be required for all doctoral students studying entrepreneurship, and it will be very helpful to junior faculty in entrepreneurship and those transitioning to the field as well. Valuable insights are provided for publishing various types of articles (for example, literature reviews, qualitative research, cases, and so on) in top journals focusing on entrepreneurship, general management, and related disciplines.’ -- Gary Castrogiovanni, Florida Atlantic University, US‘The wisdom and guidance provided by this stellar group of authors will be invaluable to scholars, especially those seeking to publish entrepreneurship research in top journals. The diversity of content is also exciting; for example, the inclusion of publication ethics and how to publish cases. Hopefully, this will become a much-used resource and help to reduce current high desk rejection rates.’ -- D. Ray Bagby, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice‘This book fills a critical need in the field. It is co-edited by two highly respected and accomplished entrepreneurship scholars, and the chapters are prepared by seasoned authors who provide the knowledge of how to publish research in the top entrepreneurship journals. Publication in these journals has become highly competitive, with only a small percentage of the submitted manuscripts accepted. As such, this is a highly valuable treatise for entrepreneurship scholars and PhD students. It should be required reading for all entrepreneurship researchers.’ -- Michael A. Hitt, Texas A&M University, US‘Life would have been so much easier had I had the benefit of this terrific book. It provides concrete and actionable advice on all aspects of publishing in the field of entrepreneurship, and indeed other domains of management. It counsels young researchers on how to develop and formulate research questions, how to integrate them into the existing literature and to highlight their contribution, and how to build and argue sound hypotheses. It provides insight and guidance for conducting both quantitative and qualitative research. It even shows which journals might be most useful for scholars aiming to “up their game”. There is no question that the sound advice given here by Audretsch, Corbett, Fayolle, Honig, Wright and other stars in the field will focus readers on the essentials so vital in today’s highly competitive and ever more exacting publishing environment.’ -- From the foreword by Danny Miller‘Throughout its 14 chapters, How to Get Published in the Best Entrepreneurship Journals addresses various aspects of academic publishing and provides entrepreneurship scholars with valuable insights into publishing through the top-level entrepreneurship outlets. Drawing on the wisdom and advice of well-respected entrepreneurship scholars, the book serves both as an essential guide for PhDstudents and as a valuable resource for established scholars.’ -- Pekka Stenholm, International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Thinking and Writing for Scholarly Publication in Entrepreneurship Alain Fayolle 2. Getting Published in Entrepreneurship Journals Mike Wright 3. The Review Process Mike Wright 4. Getting Published – and Cited in Entrepreneurship: Reflections on Ten Papers Per Davidsson 5. From Idea to Publication: Managing the Research Process Robert Blackburn and Friederike Welter 6. Doing a Research Literature Review Hermann Frank and Isabella Hatak 7. Ethics and Publishing in Entrepreneurship Research Benson Honig 8. Moving from the Periphery to the Inner Circle: Getting Published from your Thesis Sally Jones and Helle Neergaard 9. Do European Scholars have Specific Problems to get Published in Anglo-Saxon Journals? Dimo Dimov 10. How to Publish Qualitative Entrepreneurship Research in Top Journals Nicole Coviello 11. Laying the Foundations for Asia Focused Research Through Qualitative Research David Ahlstrom and Garry Bruton 12. Publishing Cases in Entrepreneurship Journals Franz Lohrke, Melissa Baucus and Charles Carson 13. Getting Published in Entrepreneurship Policy David Audretsch 14. Positioning Entrepreneurship Research for General Management Journals Andrew Corbett

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook presents the current state of art in the theory and methodology of macroeconomic data analysis. It is intended as a reference for graduate students and researchers interested in exploring new methodologies, but can also be employed as a graduate text. The Handbook concentrates on the most important issues, models and techniques for research in macroeconomics, and highlights the core methodologies and their empirical application in an accessible manner. Each chapter is largely self-contained, whilst the comprehensive introduction provides an overview of the key statistical concepts and methods. All of the chapters include the essential references for each topic and provide a sound guide for further reading.Topics covered include unit roots, non-linearities and structural breaks, time aggregation, forecasting, the Kalman filter, generalized method of moments, maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation, vector autoregressive, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium and dynamic panel models. Presenting the most important models and techniques for empirical research, this Handbook will appeal to students, researchers and academics working in empirical macroeconomics and econometrics.Contributors: B.H. Baltagi, L. Bauwens, O. Boldea, J. Breitung, C. Cantore, M.J. Chambers, I. Choi, J. Davidson, V.J. Gabriel, R. Giacomini, P. Gomme, J. Gonzalo, P.A. Guerrón-Quintana, N. Haldrup, A.R. Hall, N. Hashimzade, M. Karanasos, L. Kilian, S. Kim, D. Korobilis, R. Kruse, P. Levine, D. Lkhagvasuren, A. Luati, H. Lütkepohl, J. Madeira, T.C. Mills, J.M. Nason, K. Patterson, J. Pearlman, J.-Y. Pitarakis, D.S.G. Pollock, T. Proietti, B. Rossi, F.J. Ruge-Murcia, T. Teräsvirta, M.A. Thornton, R.T. Varneskov, B. Yang, N. ZengTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Nigar Hashimzade and Michael A. Thornton 2. A Review of Econometric Concepts and Methods for Empirical Macroeconomics Kerry Patterson and Michael A. Thornton PART I: PROPERTIES OF MACROECONOMIC DATA 3. Trends, Cycles and Structural Breaks Terence C. Mills 4. Unit Roots, Non-linearities and Structural Breaks Niels Haldrup, Robinson Kruse, Timo Teräsvirta and Rasmus T. Varneskov 5. Filtering Macroeconomic Data D.S.G. Pollock PART II: MODELS FOR MACROECONOMIC DATA ANALYSIS 6. Vector Autoregressive Models Helmut Lütkepohl 7. Cointegration and Error Correction James Davidson 8. Estimation and Inference in Threshold Type Regime Switching Models Jesús Gonzalo and Jean-Yves Pitarakis 9. Testing Structural Stability in Macroeconometric Models Otilia Boldea and Alastair R. Hall 10. Dynamic Panel Data Models Badi H. Baltagi 11. Factor Models Jörg Breitung and In Choi 12. Conditional Heteroskedasticity in Macroeconomic Data: UK Inflation, Output Growth and their Uncertainties Menelaos Karanasos and Ning Zeng 13. Temporal Aggregation in Macroeconomics Michael A. Thornton and Marcus J. Chambers PART III: ESTIMATION AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORKS IN MACROECONOMICS 14. Generalized Method of Moments Alastair R. Hall 15. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Time Series Models: The Kalman Filter and Beyond Tommaso Proietti and Alessandra Luati 16. Bayesian Methods Luc Bauwens and Dimitris Korobilis 17. Forecasting in Macroeconomics Raffaella Giacomini and Barbara Rossi PART IV: APPLICATIONS I: DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS 18. The Science and Art of DSGE Modelling: I – Construction and Bayesian Estimation Cristiano Cantore, Vasco J. Gabriel, Paul Levine, Joseph Pearlman and Bo Yang 19. The Science and Art of DSGE Modelling: II – Model Comparisons, Model Validation, Policy Analysis and General Discussion Cristiano Cantore, Vasco J. Gabriel, Paul Levine, Joseph Pearlman and Bo Yang 20. Generalized Method of Moments Estimation of DSGE Models Francisco J. Ruge-Murcia 21. Bayesian Estimation of DSGE Models Pablo A. Guerrón-Quintana and James M. Nason PART V: APPLICATIONS II: VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELS 22. Structural Vector Autoregressions Lutz Kilian 23. Vector Autoregressive Models for Macroeconomic Policy Analysis Soyoung Kim PART VI: APPLICATIONS III: CALIBRATION AND SIMULATIONS 24. Calibration and Simulation of DSGE Models Paul Gomme and Damba Lkhagvasuren 25. Simulation and Estimation of Macroeconomic Models in Dynare João Madeira Index

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Book SynopsisHow does one approach the study of intuition - a complex, cross-disciplinary field, which is still developing? How can intuition be captured in situ? How can researchers harness their own intuition? In this original Handbook, the expert collaborators use method-related themes to help answer these, and other questions, and explore innovative developments in intuition research.This groundbreaking Handbook is organized around six method-related themes:- the question of cognitive systems and capabilities;- the role of emotions and stress;- major quantitative approaches;- qualitative techniques for mapping intuition;- the use of grounded theory; and- the role of the researcher's own expertise and intuition.Academics and researchers of organizational behavior, as well as researchers in business and management, who use quantitative and qualitative research techniques, will find this book to be an informative and invaluable read. It will also be of interest to industry professionals looking to adopt new staff training and development methods.Contributors include: C. Akinci, A. Antonietti, L. Baldacchino, L. Cabantous, J-F Coget, B. Colombo, R. Cooksey, V. Dörfler, S.E. Dreyfus, C. Eden, M. Fenton-O'Creevy, S.L. Grant, S.A. Hamilton, C. Harteis, G.P. Hodgkinson, C. Horváth, O. Hyppänen, P. Iannello, J. Langan-Fox, A. Lockett, C. Petitmengin, P. Ping Li, A.C.R. van Riel, M. Robson, E. Sadler-Smith, M. Sinclair, R.E. Smerek, M Stierand, S. Teerikangas, D. Ucbasaran, L. Välikangas, S. VohraTable of ContentsContents Introduction PART I: CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS - COGNITIVE SYSTEMS AND CAPABILITIES 1. Why People Think Deeply: Meta-cognitive Cues, Task Characteristics, and Thinking Dispositions. Ryan E. Smerek 2. System 0: The Overlooked Explanation of Expert Intuition Stuart E. Dreyfus 3. Toward the Geocentric Framework of Intuition: The Yin-Yang Balancing Between the Eastern and Western Perspectives on Intuition Peter Ping Li 4. Conceptualizing Intuition as a Mental Faculty: Toward a ‘Critique of Intuitive Reason’ and a Process Model of Intuition Allard C.R. van Riel and Csilla Horváth PART II: CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS - STRESS AND EMOTIONS 5. Stress and the Unconscious in Intuitive Judgment Sharon L. Grant and Janice Langan-Fox 6. Exploring the Dynamic of Evoking Intuition Satu Teerikangas and Liisa Välikangas 7. Intuition, expertise and emotion in the decision making of investment bank traders Shalini Vohra and Mark Fenton-O’Creevy PART III: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES - SELF-REPORTS, EXPERIMENTS, AND BRAIN ACTIVITY 8. Self-report Assessment of Individual Differences in Preferences for Analytic and Intuitive Processing: A Critical Review Gerard P. Hodgkinson and Eugene Sadler-Smith 9. Investigating Intuition Under the Perspective of Expertise: Experiences from Two Experimental Studies Christian Harteis 10. Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Techniques in the Study of Intuition Paola Iannello, Barbara Colombo and Alessandro Antonietti PART IV: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES - CAPTURING THE INTUITION EXPERIENCE 11. Capturing Intuitions in Decision Making: A Case for Critical Incident Technique Cinla Akinci 12. Capturing Intuition Through Concurrent Protocol Analysis Leonie Baldacchino, Deniz Ucbasaran, Andy Lockett, and Laure Cabantous 13. Dialogical Inquiry: A Qualitative Method for Studying Intuition in the Field Jean-Francois Coget 14. Researching the Microdynamics of Intuitive Experience Claire Petitmengin 15. Mapping Group Intuitions Marta Sinclair and Alysia Hamilton PART V: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES - GROUNDED THEORY 16. Theorising Intuition in Practice: Developing Grounded Theory with Elite Business Leaders Martin Robson and Ray Cooksey 17. Interview Data and Grounded Theory When Studying the Use of Intuition in Decision Making Olli Hyppänen PART VI: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES - USING RESEARCHER'S EXPERTISE AND INTUITION 18. Researching Intuition in Personal Creativity Marc Stierand and Viktor Dörfler 19. Research on Intuition Using Intuition Viktor Dörfler and Colin Eden Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook is a very timely contribution to organization and business studies. Most calls for longitudinal research are made in sections of published work that deal with limitations of the study or suggestions for further research. This book places longitudinal research methods at center stage. With its practical, hands-on approach it guides us how to design a longitudinal study in and around organizations - whether qualitative or quantitative - and how to implement it. I warmly recommend this Handbook to ambitious senior and junior researchers. It makes the commonly presented excuses for not undertaking longitudinal research completely redundant.'- Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University, School of Business in Helsinki, Finland'This is a very timely book that fills an important gap in the field of research methods. So far very little attention has been paid to longitudinal research methods, while the usefulness of this type of research has often been discussed in many papers and conferences. Insights provided by scholars who have been doing this type of research provide useful guidelines for anyone interested in research methods from senior scholars to young researchers and PhD candidates. This volume will serve as an excellent complement to the existing range of books on research methods.'- Pervez Ghauri, King's College London, UKThis innovative Handbook demonstrates that there is no single best approach to conducting longitudinal studies. At their best, longitudinal research designs yield rich, contextualized, multilevel and deep understanding of the studied phenomenon. The lack of resources in terms of time, funding and people can pose a serious challenge to conducting longitudinal research. This book tackles many of these challenges and discusses the role of longitudinal research programmes in overcoming such obstacles.This book shows how longitudinal research methods enable the understanding of dynamics, mechanisms, causalities and interrelationships of organizational and business concepts in context and in relation to time. It discusses the richness and versatility of longitudinal research and offers, to students and experienced scholars alike, numerous viewpoints, reflections and personal accounts about conducting longitudinal research, from planning and fieldwork to reporting and managing of research projects.Contributors: L. Aarikka-Stenroos, E.A. Alfoldi, P. Dawson, P. Eriksson, A. Halinen, M.E. Hassett, R. Hoy, T.D. Little, T. Mainela, C. Mari, O. Meglio, M.-J. Oesterle, E. Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Y. Ploudre, M. Rhemtulla, H.N. Richta, M.A. Sartor, J.P. Selig, T.W. Taris, Z. Vincze, C. WelchTrade Review‘This Handbook is a very timely contribution to organization and business studies. Most calls for longitudinal research are made in sections of published work that deal with limitations of the study or suggestions for further research. This book places longitudinal research methods at center stage. With its practical, hands-on approach it guides us how to design a longitudinal study in and around organizations – whether qualitative or quantitative – and how to implement it. I warmly recommend this Handbook to ambitious senior and junior researchers. It makes the commonly presented excuses for not undertaking longitudinal research completely redundant.’ -- Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University, School of Business in Helsinki, Finland‘This is a very timely book that fills an important gap in the field of research methods. So far very little attention has been paid to longitudinal research methods, while the usefulness of this type of research has often been discussed in many papers and conferences. Insights provided by scholars who have been doing this type of research provide useful guidelines for anyone interested in research methods from senior scholars to young researchers and PhD candidates. This volume will serve as an excellent complement to the existing range of books on research methods.’ -- Pervez Ghauri, King’s College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Longitudinal Research in Organizations: An Introduction Melanie E. Hassett and Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Vignette: Nonresponse in Longitudinal Research: Charting the Terrain Toon W. Taris PART I: LONGITUDITNAL RESEARCH AS QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH 2. Using Quantitative Longitudinal Data to Analyse the Relationship between Firm’s Internationalization and Performance Michael-Jörg Oesterle and Hannah N. Richta 3. Planned Missing Data Designs for Longitudinal Organizational Research Mijke Rhemtulla and Todd D. Little 4. Temporal Design in Organizational Research James P. Selig, Robert Hoy and Todd D. Little PART II: LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH AS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 5. Studying Strategy Over Time through the Identification of Patterns of Actions: An Illustrative Case Study of the Strategies of Alcan and Alcoa from 1928 to 2007 Yves Ploudre 6. Longitudinal Autoethnography Päivi Eriksson 7. Narratives as Longitudinal and Process Data Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki and Leena Aarikka-Stenroos PART III: LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH AS PROCESS RESEARCH 8. In Search of Generative Mechanism: The Grounded Theory Approach to Process Theory Building Zsuzsanna Vincze 9. Challenges of Longitudinal Field Research in Process Studies on Business Networks Aino Halinen and Tuija Mainela 10. Temporal Issues in Process Research Carlo Mari and Olimpia Meglio 11. How to Escape an Unprocessual Legacy? A Viewpoint from International Business Research Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki and Catherine Welch 12. The Use of Time in the Design, Conduct and Write-up of Longitudinal Processual Case Study Research Patrick Dawson PART IV: CONDUCTING LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH 13. Dealing with Unpredictability and Change in Longitudinal Studies of Organizations: A Priori versus Progressive Focusing Approach Eva A. Alfoldi and Melanie E. Hassett 14. Planning Data Collection in Longitudinal Field Research: Small and not so Small Practical Issues Carlo Mari and Olimpia Meglio 15. Organizing and Executing a Longitudinally Based Research Program Michael A. Sartor Index

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Book SynopsisDespite the important methodological critiques of the mainstream offered by heterodox economics, the dominant research method taught in heterodox programmes remains econometrics. This compelling handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to a range of alternative research methods, invaluable for analyzing the data prominent in heterodox studies.Providing a solid basis for a mixed methods approach to economic investigations, the expertly crafted contributions are split into three distinct sections: philosophical foundation and research strategy, research methods and data collection, and applications. Introductions to a host of invaluable methods such as survey, historical, ethnographic, experimental and mixed approaches, together with factor, cluster, complex, and social network analytics are complemented by descriptions of applications in practice. Practical and expansive, this handbook is highly pertinent for students and scholars of economics, particularly those dedicated to heterodox approaches, as it provides a solid reference for mixed methods not available in mainstream economics research methods courses.Contributors: V. Adams, S. Austen, A. Basole, M. Bewley, N. Bracarense, T. Cardao-Pito, Z.B. Catanzarite, L. Chester, J.F. Cogliano, B. Cronin, B. Davidson, C.D. Deere, P. Downward, A. Gezici, G.C. Gu, T. Jefferson, X. Jiang, A.R. Johnson, T.E. Lambert, F.S. Lee, G. Lewin, N.O. Martins, A. Mearman, M. Meurs, J. Morgan, J.K. Moudud, J. Muñoz, M.J. Murray, R. Ong, L. Pickbourn, S. Ramnarain, S.K. Schroeder, R. Sharp, R. Szostack, G. ZezzaTrade Review'A very welcome compendium on the wide range of research methods available for economists and social scientists more generally. Highly recommended, particularly for those wishing to explore alternative methods to be applied in all fields of economic analysis and beyond. There are insightful and helpful applications of the methods to a wide range of topics to illustrate how they can be used.' --Malcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds, UK'This is a good handbook and is not just methodology per se, it is useful for applying it to our work in a consistent way.' --History of Economic Thought and PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION AND RESEARCH STRATEGY 1. Critical Realism as a Social Ontology for Economics Jamie Morgan 2. Critical Realism, Method of Grounded Theory, and Theory Construction Frederic S. Lee 3. An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heterodoxy Rick Szostak PART II. RESEARCH METHODS AND DATA COLLECTION 4. Separate or Symbiotic? Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in (Heterodox) Economics Research Lynda Pickbourn and Smita Ramnarain 5. Historical Method and Data Natalia Bracarense and A. Reeves Johnson 6. Using Survey Methods in Heterodox Economic Research Tiago Cardão-Pito 7. Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods in Economics Amit Basole and Smita Ramnarain 8. Experimental Methods and Data Andrew Mearman 9. Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, and Nonparametric Research Methods for Heterodox Economic Analysis Michael J. Murray 10. Regression Analysis: A Review Paul Downward 11. Critical Realism, Econometrics, and Heterodox Economics Nuno Ornelas Martins 12. Social Network Analysis Bruce Cronin 13. Agent-Based Computational Economics: Simulation Tools for Heterodox Research Jonathan F. Cogliano and Xiao Jiang 14. Modeling as a Research Method in Heterodox Economics Frederic S. Lee 15. Multiple and Mixed Methods Research for Economics? Bruce Cronin PART III. APPLICATIONS 16. A Mixed Methods Approach to Investment Behavior Armağan Gezici 17. Price Stability Gyun Cheol Gu 18. Studying Low-Income Households: Challenges and Issues Lynne Chester 19. Marketisation and Human Service Providers: An Industry Study Bob Davidson 20. A Qualitative Case Study of the Mexican Stock Market (BMV) from the Perspective of Critical Realism and Grounded Theory Jesús Muñoz 21. Looking into the Black Box: Policy as a Contested Process Jamee K. Moudud 22. Modeling the Economy as a Whole: Stock-Flow Models Gennaro Zezza 23. A Mixed Methods Approach to Investigating the Employment Decisions of Aged Care Workers in Australia Therese Jefferson, Siobhan Austen, Rhonda Sharp, Rachel Ong, Valerie Adams and Gill Lewin 24. Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Field Work: An Application to Research on Gender, Migration and Remittances in Ghana Lynda Pickbourn 25. A Data Triangulation Approach to Understanding the Behavior of Small Landholders in Bulgaria Mieke Meurs 26. Measuring the Intra-Household Distribution of Wealth in Ecuador: Qualitative Insights and Quantitative Outcomes Carmen Diana Deere and Zachary B. Catanzarite 27. The Use of Quasi-Experimental Design in Urban and Regional Policy Research and Political Economy Thomas E. Lambert and Michael Bewley 28. Detecting Business Cycles Susan K. Schroeder 29. A Régulationist Analysis of an Industry Sector using Mixed Research Methods Lynne Chester Index

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Book SynopsisIn 1788 John Adams created a sublime ambition for all nations - 'a government of laws and not of men'. In the intervening years we have come to learn that legislation itself works through the interpretations of the many men and women who work on the inside and the outside of the law. Effective regulation thus depends not only on scrupulous legal analysis, with its appeal to precedent, conceptual clarity and argumentation, but also on sound empirical research, which often reveals diversity in implementation, enforcement and observance of the law in practice. In this outstanding, worldly-wise book Leeuw and Schmeets demonstrate how to bridge the gap between the letter and the delivery of the law. It is packed with examples, cases and illustrations that will have international appeal. I recommend it to students and practitioners engaged across all domains of legislation and regulation.'- Ray Pawson, University of Leeds, UKEmpirical Legal Research describes how to investigate the roles of legislation, regulation, legal policies and other legal arrangements at play in society. It is invaluable as a guide to legal scholars, practitioners and students on how to do empirical legal research, covering history, methods, evidence, growth of knowledge and links with normativity. This multidisciplinary approach combines insights and approaches from different social sciences, evaluation studies, Big Data analytics and empirically informed ethics.The authors present an overview of the roots of this blossoming interdisciplinary domain, going back to legal realism, the fields of law, economics and the social sciences, and also to civilology and evaluation studies. The book addresses not only data analysis and statistics, but also how to formulate adequate research problems, to use (and test) different types of theories (explanatory and intervention theories) and to apply new forms of literature research to the field of law such as the systematic, rapid and realist reviews and synthesis studies. The choice and architecture of research designs, the collection of data, including Big Data, and how to analyze and visualize data are also covered. The book discusses the tensions between the normative character of law and legal issues and the descriptive and causal character of empirical legal research, and suggests ways to help handle this seeming disconnect.This comprehensive guide is vital reading for law practitioners as well as for students and researchers dealing with regulation, legislation and other legal arrangements.Trade Review'In a world increasingly seeking laws that are evidence-based, this book provides a much needed and original approach to empirical legal studies. The book masterfully shows how empirical work is relevant to the law and offers highly accessible guidance on how to do empirical work in law. This book makes indispensable reading for academics, policymakers and practitioners alike.' --Jan M. Smits, Maastricht University, the Netherlands'This thoughtful book provides an excellent guide for lawyers and legislators to empirical research which assumes increasing importance in an evidence-based political and legal economy. Set in the context of a history of empirical research, the authors offer a comprehensive and accessible account of qualitative and quantitative methods, data collection and theory-building infused with practical examples. I strongly recommend this intelligent and informative book.' --Mike McConville, The Chinese University of Hong Kong'Introductory books on ELR are rare, so the arrival of Empirical Legal Research is a welcome addition to this small, yet growing, market. This ambitious project tackles the past, present, and future of ELR in an encompassing guide for doing empirical research. The authors clearly believe that knowledge of ELR will help legal practitioners and policymakers better understand all of the implications of the various forms of evidence presented to them on a daily basis. In turn, this will help them make better decisions for themselves, their colleagues, and society as a whole.' --Alexander J. Jakubow, Law Library JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introducing Empirical Legal Research and Structure of the Book 2. Roots of Empirical Legal Research: A Concise History in 201/4 Pages 3. Research Problems 4. Theories and Empirical Legal Research 5. Research Reviews and Syntheses 6. Research Designs: Raisons D’etre, Examples and Criteria 7. Data Collection Methods 8. Analyzing and Visualizing Quantitative and Qualitative Data 9. Transferring Research Results to Legal Professionals, Utilization and the Fact-Value Dichotomy 10. Empirical Legal Research. Booming Business and Growth of Knowledge Index

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Book SynopsisCompetition to publish in the top journals is fierce. This book provides entrepreneurship researchers with relevant material and insights to support them in their efforts to publish their research in the most prestigious entrepreneurship outlets.This essential guide to publishing in entrepreneurship brings together a wealth of contributors, all of whom have published in the leading entrepreneurship journals. Based on their experiences as researchers and editors, they bring useful hands-on advice and insight into the research publication process.Both fledgling and experienced entrepreneurship faculty members will find this an essential resource as they strive towards publication in A-ranked entrepreneurship or management journals.Trade Review‘This book should be required for all doctoral students studying entrepreneurship, and it will be very helpful to junior faculty in entrepreneurship and those transitioning to the field as well. Valuable insights are provided for publishing various types of articles (for example, literature reviews, qualitative research, cases, and so on) in top journals focusing on entrepreneurship, general management, and related disciplines.’ -- Gary Castrogiovanni, Florida Atlantic University, US‘The wisdom and guidance provided by this stellar group of authors will be invaluable to scholars, especially those seeking to publish entrepreneurship research in top journals. The diversity of content is also exciting; for example, the inclusion of publication ethics and how to publish cases. Hopefully, this will become a much-used resource and help to reduce current high desk rejection rates.’ -- D. Ray Bagby, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice‘This book fills a critical need in the field. It is co-edited by two highly respected and accomplished entrepreneurship scholars, and the chapters are prepared by seasoned authors who provide the knowledge of how to publish research in the top entrepreneurship journals. Publication in these journals has become highly competitive, with only a small percentage of the submitted manuscripts accepted. As such, this is a highly valuable treatise for entrepreneurship scholars and PhD students. It should be required reading for all entrepreneurship researchers.’ -- Michael A. Hitt, Texas A&M University, US‘Life would have been so much easier had I had the benefit of this terrific book. It provides concrete and actionable advice on all aspects of publishing in the field of entrepreneurship, and indeed other domains of management. It counsels young researchers on how to develop and formulate research questions, how to integrate them into the existing literature and to highlight their contribution, and how to build and argue sound hypotheses. It provides insight and guidance for conducting both quantitative and qualitative research. It even shows which journals might be most useful for scholars aiming to “up their game”. There is no question that the sound advice given here by Audretsch, Corbett, Fayolle, Honig, Wright and other stars in the field will focus readers on the essentials so vital in today’s highly competitive and ever more exacting publishing environment.’ -- From the foreword by Danny Miller‘Throughout its 14 chapters, How to Get Published in the Best Entrepreneurship Journals addresses various aspects of academic publishing and provides entrepreneurship scholars with valuable insights into publishing through the top-level entrepreneurship outlets. Drawing on the wisdom and advice of well-respected entrepreneurship scholars, the book serves both as an essential guide for PhDstudents and as a valuable resource for established scholars.’ -- Pekka Stenholm, International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Thinking and Writing for Scholarly Publication in Entrepreneurship Alain Fayolle 2. Getting Published in Entrepreneurship Journals Mike Wright 3. The Review Process Mike Wright 4. Getting Published – and Cited in Entrepreneurship: Reflections on Ten Papers Per Davidsson 5. From Idea to Publication: Managing the Research Process Robert Blackburn and Friederike Welter 6. Doing a Research Literature Review Hermann Frank and Isabella Hatak 7. Ethics and Publishing in Entrepreneurship Research Benson Honig 8. Moving from the Periphery to the Inner Circle: Getting Published from your Thesis Sally Jones and Helle Neergaard 9. Do European Scholars have Specific Problems to get Published in Anglo-Saxon Journals? Dimo Dimov 10. How to Publish Qualitative Entrepreneurship Research in Top Journals Nicole Coviello 11. Laying the Foundations for Asia Focused Research Through Qualitative Research David Ahlstrom and Garry Bruton 12. Publishing Cases in Entrepreneurship Journals Franz Lohrke, Melissa Baucus and Charles Carson 13. Getting Published in Entrepreneurship Policy David Audretsch 14. Positioning Entrepreneurship Research for General Management Journals Andrew Corbett

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Book SynopsisThis thought provoking book builds on existing research traditions that make small business, entrepreneurship and family business a resource rich arena for study. It steps back to ask fundamental questions that every researcher should consider prior to engaging in data collection. It focuses on topics that have traditionally frustrated researchers including experimental methods in small business research, scale development, control variables and language issues in cross cultural research.The distinguished authors also address subjects such as theory development and testing in entrepreneurship, as well as determining if progress in research has been made and how that can be measured. Critically, many of the chapters highlight ways in which research can be both practical yet theoretically important.Bringing together quantitative and qualitative techniques and taking an investigative approach almost totally ignored in entrepreneurship research, this unique volume will be of special interest to anyone studying small and family businesses or entrepreneurship and business.Contributors: K. Berglund, B. Bird, M. Brännback, C.G. Brush, A. Carsrud, D. Deeds, L.F. Edelman, R.T. Harrison, B. Johannisson, T. Kenworthy, S. Lång, S. Latham, C.M. Leitch, T.S. Manolova, E. McMullen, M. Renko, L. Schjoedt, K.G. Shaver, S. Terjesen, C. WigrenTable of ContentsContents: 1. Research in Entrepreneurship: An Introduction to the Research Challenges for the 21st Century Alan L. Carsrud, Malin Brännback and Richard T. Harrison 2. Thoughts on the Challenge of Empirical Research in Entrepreneurship David Deeds 3. From Philosophy of Science to Theory Testing: Generating Practical Knowledge in Entrepreneurship Tom Kenworthy and Ed McMullen 4. Measuring Progress in Entrepreneurship Research Linda F. Edelman, Tatiana S. Manolova, Candida G. Brush and Scott Latham 5. Experimental Methods in Entrepreneurship Research Kelly G. Shaver 6. Looking into the Future: Valid Multiple- and Single-Item Measures in Entrepreneurship Research Leon Schjoedt, Maija Renko and Kelly G. Shaver 7. Control Variables: Use, Misuse and Recommended Use Leon Schjoedt and Barbara Bird 8. Cross-Cultural Studies in Entrepreneurship: A Note on Culture and Language Malin Brännback, Stefan Lång, Alan Carsrud and Siri Terjesen 9. Fighting a Rearguard Action? Reflections on the Philosophy and Practice of Qualitative Research in Entrepreneurship Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch 10. Ethnographic Approaches to Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research: What Lessons Can We Learn? Karin Berglund and Caroline Wigren 11. The Practice Approach and Interactive Research in Entrepreneurship and Small-Scale Venturing Bengt Johannisson Index

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Book SynopsisAlain Fayolle has brought together an impressive collection of contributions from many of the very best scholars in entrepreneurship. In bringing them together, this engaging book not only offers a very thoughtful reflection on past and present work in entrepreneurship but also insightful, new and fresh perspectives for its future study. This book is a must read for anyone who is serious about entrepreneurship, its research and the future of the field. An exciting, fresh and very timely addition - thank you.'- Sarah L. Jack, Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), UKThis indispensable Handbook offers a fresh look at entrepreneurship research, addressing what we already know, and what we still need to know, in the field.Over the course of 17 chapters, a collaboration of 24 highly regarded researchers, experts in their fields, provide an insightful new perspective on the future of the study of entrepreneurship. They show that there is a need to redesign research in the field - enacting entrepreneurship out of the box - and to consider the history of entrepreneurship whilst developing the future course for research. They also underline the importance of developing research at the crossroads of different fields and the need to explore new domains and/or revisit existing ones from differing perspectives. Finally, they express a desire for more continuity in research, developing knowledge around key concepts and insightful domains.Contributors: B.S. Anderson, L. Bégin, G. Cacciotti, J.G. Covin, P. Desbrières, S. Dolmans, S. Dubard Barbosa, A. Fayolle, W.B. Gartner, J. Hayton, C. Henry, B. Honig, B. Johannisson, H. Landström, S. Marlow, B. Martin, G. McElwee, S. Mian, H. Neergaard, S. Read, K.G. Shaver, R. Smith, P. Somerville, M. WrightTrade ReviewThe burgeoning of interest in entrepreneurship in society has been accompanied by an increase in the scientific base of the field. This Handbook with contributions from world-class researchers, not only reflects this trend but also contributes to the field by pushing forward its intellectual and scientific roots. It groups the contributions into four perspectives and draws upon a broad disciplinary base. Alain Fayolle has edited a very stimulating work that should be read by all those seriously interested in entrepreneurship. --- Robert Blackburn, Kingston University, UK and Editor, International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. What We Know and What We Need to Know in the Field of Entrepreneurship Alain Fayolle PART I: REDESIGNING ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 2. Organizing Entrepreneurship (Research) William B. Gartner 3. A History of Entrepreneurship Research Hans Landström 4. Entrepreneurship: Theory, Art, and/or Practice? Bengt Johannisson 5. The Landscape of Qualitative Methods in Entrepreneurship: A European Perspective Helle Neergaard PART II: CROSSING THE FIELDS 6. Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Feminism and Entrepreneurship Colette Henry and Susan Marlow 7. Entrepreneurship Education Benson Honig and Bruce Martin 8. Culture and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence for Direct and Indirect Effects James Hayton and Gabriella Cacciotti 9. Family Entrepreneurship: What We Know, What We Need to Know Lucie Bégin and Alain Fayolle PART III: EMBEDDING KNOWLEDGE IN (INSIGHTFUL) CONCEPTS AND DOMAINS 10. Entrepreneurial Orientation: Disposition and Behaviour Brian S. Anderson and Jeffrey G. Covin 11. A Review of Effectuation Stuart Read and Sharon Dolmans 12. Psychology of Entrepreneurial Behavior Kelly G. Shaver 13. Entrepreneurial Finance Mike Wright and Philippe Desbrières PART IV: (RE) EXPLORING (NEW) RESEARCH TOPICS 14. Researching Rural Enterprise Gerard McElwee and Robert Smith 15. Business Incubation and Incubator Mechanisms Sarfraz Mian 16. Illegal Rural Enterprise Gerard McElwee, Robert Smith and Peter Somerville 17. Revisiting Entrepreneurship Research from a Decision Making Perspective Saulo Dubard Barbosa Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the topical and methodological breadth and diversity of the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies. The chapters, each written by leading experts in the field, illustrate cutting-edge quantitative, qualitative and mixed methodologies used in environmental studies research. The Handbook will make an ideal primary or supplemental textbook for graduate research and methods courses. It will also be an excellent resource for environmental studies students, faculty and researchers.'- Robin Leichenko, Rutgers University, US'Usually a book with a title like this is bought by libraries, used occasionally by desperate researchers seeking a new analysis tool. This book is not like that - although between the covers you will find everything need for such emergencies. Rather this is a walk through magic and mystery of environmental science, from cultural aspects to green economy, virtual water to the latest in gaming. Buy and use it for emergencies by all means, but it's a great read too!'- Peter Bridgewater, Centre for Museums and Heritage, The Australian National University'An up-to-date collection of methods and applications for analyzing environmental problems ranging from energy return on energy invested to international trade in virtual water and much else. The book will be of both academic and practical value to ecological economists, geographers, and environmental scientists. Highly recommended.'- Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland, USThis Handbook presents methods to advance the understanding of interdependencies between the well-being of human societies and the performance of their biophysical environment. It showcases applications to material and energy use; urbanization and technological transition; economic growth and social vulnerabilities; development and governance of social and industrial networks; and the role of history, culture, and science itself in carrying out analysis and guiding policy as well as the role of theory, data, and models in guiding decisions.Unique features include:- in-depth presentation of methods and applications in environmental studies- diverse examples of research methods complemented by a wide geographic and thematic range of applications- a careful balance between a review of the state of the art in environmental studies and an exploration of new developments in research methods and applications- strong emphasis on historic, social, and cultural issues together with the life sciences needed to fully assess environmental change- accessibility to a wide readership.Academics and students interested in broadening their knowledge of methods and applications in environmental studies will find this book to be a valuable resource. It will also be of great use to practitioners in environmental agencies looking to gain an insight into particular research methods.Contributors: L. Alçada-Almeida, P. Antunes, E.B. Barbier, A.M.Bassi, C.R. Binder, R. Boyd, L.K. Campbell, J.J.T. Connolly, C. Court, L.C. Dias, A. Drachen, K. Feng, D.R. Fisher, H. Folmer, H. Ghadimi, B. Gill, S. Gößling-Reisemann, C.A.S. Hall, D. Hardy, C. Hartefeld, K. Hubacek, M.E. Ibarrarán, R. Jackson, H.W. Kua, S. Locke, M. Olazabal, M. Paolisso, M. Patterson, M. Popp, D. Reckien, M. Ruth, R. Santos, R. Schoell, J. Schubert, L. Shi, S. Silva, H. Smith, K. Stave, E.S. Svendsen, C. Taiapa, D.S.K. Thomas, P. Von Mouche, N. Videira, J. Zhu, T. ZimmermannTrade Review‘This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the topical and methodological breadth and diversity of the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies. The chapters, each written by leading experts in the field, illustrate cutting-edge quantitative, qualitative and mixed methodologies used in environmental studies research. The Handbook will make an ideal primary or supplemental textbook for graduate research and methods courses. It will also be an excellent resource for environmental studies students, faculty and researchers.’ -- Robin Leichenko, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, US‘Usually a book with a title like this is bought by libraries, used occasionally by desperate researchers seeking a new analysis tool. This book is not like that – although between the covers you will find everything need for such emergencies. Rather this is a walk through magic and mystery of environmental science, from cultural aspects to green economy, virtual water to the latest in gaming. Buy and use it for emergencies by all means, but it’s a great read too!’ -- Peter Bridgewater, Centre for Museums and Heritage, The Australian National University‘An up-to-date collection of methods and applications for analyzing environmental problems ranging from energy return on energy invested to international trade in virtual water and much else. The book will be of both academic and practical value to ecological economists, geographers, and environmental scientists. Highly recommended.’ -- Herman Daly, University of Maryland, College Park, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I: UNDERSTANDING AND SHAPING THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 1. An Introduction to Methods and Applications in Environmental Studies Matthias Ruth 2. Public Meanings of Science and the Environment Simon Locke 3. Cross-Cultural Environmental Research Processes, Principles and Methods – Coastal Examples from Aotearoa/New Zealand Derrylea Hardy, Murray Patterson, Huhana Smith and Caine Taiapa 4. Understanding Culture and Environment Dynamics Using Cultural Consensus Analysis Michael Paolisso 5. Mixed Methods Analysis of Urban Environmental Stewardship Networks James J.T. Connolly, Erika S. Svendsen, Dana R. Fisher and Lindsay K. Campbell 6. The Structured Mental Model Approach Claudia R. Binder, Regina Schoell and Monika Popp 7. Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping: Applications to Urban Environmental Decision-making Marta Olazabal and Diana Reckien 8. Action Research for Coherently Integrated Sustainability Policy Design and Implementation Harn Wei Kua PART II: MODELING RESOURCE USE, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE PROVISION, PRODUCTION AND EMISSIONS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE 9. Energy Return on Investment (EROI) and its Implications for Long-term Prosperity Charles A.S. Hall 10. A Multi-region Input-output Analysis of Global Virtual Water Flows Kuishuang Feng and Klaus Hubacek 11. Dynamic Product-centric MFA Till Zimmermann and Stefan Gößling-Reisemann 12. Network Analysis of Industrial Ecosystems Junming Zhu and Lei Shi 13. Linking Environmental and Economic Frameworks to Model Technology Transitions Randall Jackson, Christa Court and Hodjat Gahdimi 14. System Dynamics for Environmental Application Krystyna Stave 15. Using Participatory System Dynamics in Environmental and Sustainability Dialogues Paula Antunes, Krystyna Stave, Nuno Videira and Rui Santos 16. Analyzing Green Growth: Integrating Models to Assess Green Economy: Methods and Application to Mexico María Eugenia Ibarrarán, Andrea M. Bassi and Roy Boyd 17. Valuing Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems for Storm Protection Edward B. Barbier 18. Are Cities Really Smart? The Environmental Impact of Urban and Rural Municipalities According to Different Methodological Perspectives Johannes Schubert and Bernhard Gill 19. Vulnerability Assessments Deborah S.K.Thomas 20. Multi-criteria Environmental Performance Assessment with an Additive Model Luís C. Dias , Sandra Silva and Luís Alçada-Almeida 21. Gaming on Environmental Issues Casper Harteveld and Anders Drachen 22. Nash Equilibria of Transboundary Pollution Games Henk Folmer and Pierre van Mouche Index

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Book SynopsisInternational energy law is an elusive but important concept. There is no body of law called 'international energy law', nor is there any universally accepted definition for it, yet many specialized areas of international law have a direct relationship with energy policy. The Research Handbook on International Energy Law examines various aspects of international energy law and offers a comprehensive account of its basic concepts and processes.Adopting a practical approach, the Handbook traces the wide and somewhat informal notion of international energy law and covers the latest developments in the field. The expert contributors offer original research and analysis on pertinent topics such as energy investment, international energy disputes and energy trade. In addition to examining public international law issues and their application to energy activities, the Handbook also includes studies focused on private contractual arrangements and provides an angle on the human rights aspects of energy.This book will be a valuable tool for the expert audience - both academics and practitioners - and will provide students and early career practicing lawyers with a good understanding of what 'international energy law' really means.Contributors: R.J. Battaglia, A.V. Belyi, P. Cameron, M. Galligan, A.M.-Z. Gao, T.P.Gormley, K. Hobér, L. Holt, S. de Jong, A. Konoplyanik, L.A. Low, R. Maalouf, T. Martin, M. Naseem, S. Naseem, Y. Omorogbe, S.-L. Penttinen, P. Roberts, A. Sabater, S.W. Schill, Y. Selivanova, I.A. Siddiky, M. Stadnyk, K. Talus, R.P. Tscherning, A. Wawryk, J. Wouters, K. YafimavaTrade Review‘The book's diverse topics, and impressive array of authors will make it a useful resource to a wide array of energy lawyers. The world's energy, environmental, and economic goals present a monumental hill to climb; the Research Handbook on lntemational Energy Law should be welcomed for beginning to illuminate the path.’ -- James W.Coleman, International Energy Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Internationalisation of Energy Law Kim Talus 2. Institutional Actors in International Energy Law Sijbren de Jong and Jan Wouters 3. Interface Between National and International Energy Law Stephan W. Schill PART II: INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INVESTMENTS 4. Multilateral and Bilateral Energy Investment Treaties: Do We Need a Global Solution? Energy Charter Treaty as Objective Result of Evolution of the International Energy Markets and Instruments of Investment Protection and Stimulation Andrey A. Konoplyanik 5. In Search of Investment Stability Peter Cameron 6. World Petroleum Regimes Mohd Naseem and Saman Naseem 7. Energy and International Boundaries Tim Martin PART III: INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND ENERGY 8. International Arbitration and Energy: How Energy Disputes Shaped International Dispute Resolution Aníbal Sabater and Mark Stadnyk 9. Recent Trends in Energy Disputes Kaj Hobér 10. The Role of the Court of Justice of European Union in the Energy Market Liberalization Sirja-Leena Penttinen PART IV: INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENERGY 11. The WTO Agreements and Energy Yulia Selivanova 12. The International Legal Instruments for Cross-border Pipelines Ishrak Ahmed Siddiky 13. Contractual Issues in International Gas Trade: LNG – the Key to the Golden Age of Gas Peter Roberts and Ruchdi Maalouf PART V: INTERNATIONAL POVERTY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENERGY 14. Policy, Law, and the Actualization of the Right of Access to Energy Services Yinka Omorogbe 15. Renewable Energy for Food and Water Security Projects in Dry-Land Countries: Towards a Model Legal Framework for the Qatar National Food Security Programme Rudiger P. Tscherning PART VI: ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY 16. Promotion of Renewable Electricity: Free Trade and Domestic Industrial Development Anton Ming-Zhi Gao 17. EU Energy Efficiency Regulation and Governance: Lessons for the US? Lynne Holt and Mary Galligan PART VII: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY LAW 18. Corruption and the Energy Sector: Inevitable Bedfellows? Lucinda A. Low and Richard J. Battaglia 19. Transparency and International Energy Tonje Pareli Gormley 20. The Regulation of Oil Spills from Offshore Installations Alex Wawryk 21. Transit: The EU Energy Acquis and the Energy Charter Treaty Katja Yafimava 22. International Energy Law, Institutions and Geopolitics Andrei V. Belyi Index

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Book SynopsisContract law is increasingly used to serve regulatory purposes considered beyond the reach of private law. This Handbook explores a range of modern practices that are not typically treated in standard expositions of this area. By exploring these phenomena, it reveals the changing role of regulatory private law in a globalised legal world - one where distinctions between public and private law, hard law and soft law, and rule making and contracting have become increasingly blurred. Contributors explore key examples drawing on an extensive range of private law. The book pays close attention to the use of codes of conduct to coordinate and steer behaviour in business-to-business and business-to-consumer relationships, concerning health and safety, environment, and employment conditions. It also examines the formation of contractual `networks', such as franchises, to regulate multi-party trade relationships, and the application of contracts and contract law to secure business and consumer compliance with public standards. With its global reach and detailed research, this Handbook will appeal to academics exploring the potential of new law making methods and practitioners looking to gain insight into emerging approaches to private law.Contributors include: A. Beckers, R. Brownsword, R.R. Condon, D. Leczykiewicz, M. Mataija, M.-C. Menting, H.-W. Micklitz, C. Mitchell, M. Namyslowska, E.T.T. Tai, R. van Gestel, P. VerbruggenTrade Review'In his seminal work Regulating Contracts, Hugh Collins used an interdisciplinary approach to explore the purposes and effects of legal regulation of contractual relationships. Contract and Regulation takes up the issue from a different perspective. In exploring the three phenomena of ''codes of conduct'', ''networks'', and ''compliance'' the nine chapters of the book analyse the regulatory space in a ''bottom-up'' approach. Thus, the self-governing practices of contractors take centre stage, while the resulting repercussions on regulatory contract law legislation and adjudication are promising.' --Gralf-Peter Calliess, University of Bremen, Germany'This fine collection of essays challenges orthodox contract law thinking by offering evidence of how the boundary between contracting and contract law making is rapidly becoming porous, and by indicating how this must affect our understanding of what contract law is.' --Martijn Hesselink, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction - Contract and Regulation: Changing Paradigms Part I Codes 1. Industry Codes of Conduct, the Foundations of Contract Law and Regulation: a Bottom-Up Perspective Marie-Claire Menting 2. Corporate codes of conduct and contract law: A Doctrinal and Normative Perspective Anna Beckers 3. EU Internal Market Law and Codes of Conduct, Mislav Mataija Part II Networks and Relations 4. From ‘The Law of A and B’ to Productive Learning at the Interfaces of Contract Rónán Condon 5. Network Commercial Relationships: What Role for Contract Law? Catherine Mitchell 6. Networks and Informal Contract Law Eric Tjong Tjin Tai Part III Compliance 7. Monitoring Compliance with Contracts and Regulations: Between Private and Public Law, Monika Namyslowska 8. Private Regulatory Standards in Commercial Contracts: Questions of Compliance Paul Verbruggen 9. Private Regulation, Compliance and Reviewability of Contracts Dorota Leczykiewicz Index

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Book Synopsis'Any student undertaking a politics degree at graduate level will find this book an indispensible introduction to the subject they are approaching and it will also be useful for teachers seeking to orientate themselves within the discipline as a whole. This is particularly true because of the supporting detail the book provides and the way it links up technical exposition to fundamental philosophical questions. From a student point of view it does not shrink from providing useful practical tips on how to present and publish research results and how to check out established themes with new data. This is a book which political scientists at all levels will benefit from reading. It should also stimulate them to take a fresh look both at their own work and that of others - and - who knows? - perhaps forge some of that unity across the discipline which is the main subject of its discussion.'- Colin Hay, University of Sheffield, UK and L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques at Sciences Po, France'This Handbook provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the current state of empirical-analytical political science. The contributions share a systemic and multi-layered approach combining political actors, organizations, and institutions. In addition, types of data and data collection as well as advanced types of data analysis are described and explained. Finally, much can be learned about the evaluation of research output and publication strategies. The editors have motivated a stellar set of 40 authors to contribute to the 33 chapters of the Handbook. The index makes it easy to navigate the vast ocean of results and ideas. The Handbook is a ''must have'' for scholars interested in what political science can contribute to reliably answer the most important questions facing the complex world of politics today.'- Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Berlin Social Science Center), GermanyThis Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research methods and applications currently in use in political science. It combines theory and methodology (qualitative and quantitative), and offers insights into the major approaches and their roots in the philosophy of scientific knowledge. Including a comprehensive discussion of the relevance of a host of digital data sources, plus the dos and don'ts of data collection in general, the book also explains how to use diverse research tools and highlights when and how to apply these techniques. With wide-ranging coverage of general political science topics and systemic approaches to politics, the editors showcase research methods that can be used at the micro, meso and macro levels. Chapters explore applied and fundamental knowledge, approaches and their usefulness, meta-theoretical issues, and the art and practice of undertaking research. This highly accessible book provides hands-on information on research topics and methods, and offers the reader extensive bibliographies for in-depth exploration of cutting edge techniques. Finally, it discusses the relevance of political science research, as well as the art of publishing, reporting and submitting your research findings. An essential tool for researchers in political science, public administration and international relations, this book will be an important reference for academics and students employing research methods and techniques across the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology and communication studies.Trade Review'It is rare for a book these days to seek to review and draw together the whole range of what political scientists - in many different countries and with many different interests - actually do. Given the divisions in the discipline between quantitative and qualitative, description and theorising, empirical and normative, it is difficult to develop an integrated and coherent discussion, let alone do it well and in sufficient detail to be methodologically and philosophically illuminating. But that is just what the editors and their collaborators have achieved in this fine volume - partly by not evading the difficult issues of what, if anything, the various approaches have in common and what they contribute to each other and to practitioners and politicians in the every day world of politics. All of these questions are confronted head on in the various chapters, some of which provide original technical analyses which could well stand in their own right as contributions to the discipline. None are less than provocative and interesting presentations of their own point of view, whether this be philosophical or methodological - and they all contribute substantial points to the discussion of whether there is disciplinary unity or not.' --Ian Budge, Essex University, UK'This work is unique and impressive in scope, size and ambition. No summary can do justice to the wealth of material assembled in its 33 chapters. The originality lies in the discussion of core epistemological, methodological and technical questions of political science within a multilevel framework; in relation to substantive topics; in connection with disciplinary subsectors; and with suggestions on how to do the analysis, where to find the data, how to enhance the relevance of your results, down to the chance of publishing them at best. Almost everything you want to know about contemporary political science is there.' --Stefano Bartolini, European University Institute, Italy'If you want to do reflected research, this Handbook on methods and applications in political science will become an invaluable companion. Its linking of meta-theoretical foundations, theory-building, method development and data gathering by a large number of distinguished scholars gives unique insights into the knowledge production process in political science. The Handbook will without a doubt contribute to better and more informed research.' --Dietmar Braun, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Introduction by the Editors PART I POLITICAL SCIENCE: RANGE, SCOPE AND CONTESTED METHODOLOGIES 1. Political Science: Researching a Multifaceted Topic in Essentially Contested Ways Philippe C. Schmitter 2. Epistemology and Approaches: Logic, Causation and Explanation Dirk Berg-Schlosser 3. Taking Critical Ontology Seriously: Implications for Political Science Methodology Angela Wigger, Laura Horn 4. Relating Theory and Concepts to Measurements: Bridging the Gap Paul Pennings 5. On Time and Space: The Historical Dimension in Political Science Hans Keman 6. Systems Theory: The Search for a General Theory of Politics Hans Keman PART II APPROACHES: EXPLORING POLITICAL INTERACTIONS 7. Applying Multilevel Governance Arjan H. Schakel 8. Regime Types: Measuring Democracy and Autocracy Manfred G. Schmidt 9. Institutional Analysis: Progress and Problems B. Guy Peters 10. Political Actors: Parties – Interest Groups – Government Nicole Bolleyer 11. Social Movements and Political Action Bert Klandermans 12. International Relations and Transnational Politics Andreas Nölke 13. Political Economy: Economic Miracles and Socio-Economic Performance Barbara Vis, Jaap J. Woldendorp and Kees Van Kersbergen 14. Political Theory and its Normative Methods Keith Dowding PART III ANALYZING POLITICS: DATA – CONCEPTS – TECHNIQUES 15. Organizing and Developing Data Sets: Exemplified by Party Government Dataset Jaap J. Woldendorp 16. Political Institutions Klaus Armingeon 17. Studying Voting Behavior Joop J.M. Van Holsteyn and Galen A. Irwin 18. The Role of High Quality Surveys in Political Science Research Sarah Butt, Sally Widdop and Lizzy Winstone 19. Quantitative Data Analysis in Political Science Paul Pennings 20. Models in Political Science: Forms and Purposes Robin E. Best and Michael D. McDonald 21. Qualitative Methods in Political Science Selen A. Ercan and David Marsh 22. Multilevel Regression Analysis Jan Kleinnijenhuis PART IV RESEARCH TOOLS: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE APPLICATIONS 23. Studying How Policies Affect the People: Grappling with Measurement, Causality and the Macro-Micro Divide Staffan Kumlin and Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen 24. Regression Analysis Uwe Wagschal 25. Configurational Comparative Methods (QCA And Fuzzy Sets): Complex Causation in Cross-Case Analysis Benoît Rihoux 26. Discourse Analysis, Social Constructivism and Text Analysis: A Critical Overview David Howarth and Steven Griggs 27. Case Study Analysis Esther Seha and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel 28. Cluster Analysis Uwe Wagschal 29. The Logic of process tracing: contributions, pitfalls and future directions Sherry Zaks PART V EVALUATION AND RELEVANCE OF RESEARCH OUTPUT 30. Political Science Research and its Political Relevance Ben Crum 31. What’s Methodology Got to Do With it? Public Policy Evaluations, Observational Analysis and Rcts Edward C. Page 32. Re-Analysis, Testability and Falsification Jan-Erik Lane 33. The Art of Publishing: How to Report and Submit Your Findings Richard S. Katz Index

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Book SynopsisCorporate social responsibility now touches upon most aspects of the interaction between business and society. The approaches taken to research in this area are as varied as the topics that are researched; yet this is the first book to address the whole range of methods available. The Handbook identifies the methods available, evaluates their use and discusses the circumstances in which they might be appropriate.The design of a research project is an essential part of undertaking research, as is choosing appropriate methods for investigation and analysis. In addition, business and management research raises theoretical and practical problems that are not encountered in other fields. The chapters address this challenge over distinct parts. Part I on methodology planning is concerned with various aspects of planning the research project, including secondary data and ethics in the research process. Parts II and III outline quantitative and qualitative methods respectively, covering the vast majority of relevant approaches. Part IV provides forward-thinking guidance from experienced academics on the future directions of research in the area.Aimed specifically at researchers, this comprehensive and in-depth Handbook provides and essential resource for anyone working at the forefront of CSR research.Contributors include: K. Abadi, G.K. Amoako, A. Behl, S. Bhattacharya, C. Boachie, N. Capaldi, J.G. Clavel, J. Claydon, D. Crowther, F. de Paiva Duarte, M. Green, J. Gunawan, M.A. Islam, R. Kalinauskaite, H.Z. Khan, Md.R. Khan, L.M. Lauesen, S. Moggi, E. Ortiz, I. Oruc, D.E.R. Ospina, J.F.M. Ospina, L. Raimi, J.D. Rendtorff, F. Robertson, M. Samy, S. Seifi, H. Semeen, M. Sethi, H.J. Shaw, J.J.A. Shaw, L. Tauginiene, D. Turker, V.G. Venkatesh, K. Yekini, V. ZydziunaiteTable of ContentsContents: Introduction David Crowther and Linne Marie Lauesen PART I: METHODOLOGY PLANNING 1. Grounded theory in corporate social responsibility research Vilma Žydžiūnaitė and Loreta Tauginienė 2. Using a mixed methods approach for corporate social responsibility research Jane Claydon 3. Imperative of meta-study for research in the field of corporate social responsibility and emerging issues in corporate governance Lukman Raimi 4. Ethics in the research process David Crowther 5. Research methods in organization, management and management accounting: an evaluation of quantitative and qualitative approaches Miriam Green 6. Methodological and epistemological perspectives in the study of corporate social responsibility in Colombia Duván Emilio Ramírez Ospina and José Fernando Muñoz Ospina PART II: QUANTITATIVE METHODS 7. Game theory as a research tool for sustainability Shahla Seifi 8. Key concerns in longitudinal study design Rima Kalinauskaitė 9. Sampling and sampling procedures in corporate social responsibility research Habib Zaman Khan and Md. Rashidozzaman Khan 10. Food deserts in British cities: comparing food access, obesity, and ethnicity in Leicester and Stoke on Trent Hillary J. Shaw 11. The application of statistical methods in CSR research Christopher Boachie and George K. Amoako 12. Regression techniques and their application in the corporate social responsibility domain: an overview Sonali Bhattacharya, Madhvi Sethi, Abhishek Behl and V.G. Venkatesh PART III: QUALITATIVE METHODS 13. Analytic autoethnography as a tool to enhance reflection, reflexivity and critical thinking in CSR research Fernanda de Paiva Duarte 14. Insights regarding the applicability of semiotics to CSR communication research Kemi C. Yekini 15. Ethnographic research methods in CSR research: building theory out of people’s everyday life with materials, objects, practices, and symbolic constructions Linne Marie Lauesen 16. Interviews as an instrument to explore management motivation for corporate social and environmental reporting Homaira Semeen and Muhammad Azizul Islam 17. Participant observation as the data collection tool and its usage in the CSR researches Ilke Oruc 18. Application of correspondence analysis to determinants of human resources disclosure Esther Ortiz and José G. Clavel 19. The application of survey methodology in CSR research Christopher Boachie 20. Content analysis method: a proposed scoring for quantitative and qualitative disclosures Juniati Gunawan and Kumalawati Abadi 21. Focus groups in social accounting as a stakeholder engagement tool Sara Moggi 22. A phenomenological study of moral discourse, social justice and CSR Julia J.A. Shaw 23. Social network analysis in CSR research Duygu Türker 24. Theoretical storytelling as meta-frame for all research methods in corporate social responsibility Linne Marie Lauesen PART IV: FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA 25. Philosophical prolegomena to all future research in CSR Nicholas Capaldi 26. Beyond strategic CSR: the concept of responsibility as the foundation of ethics - political, technological and economic responsibility for the future of humanity Jacob Dahl Rendtorff 27. From positivism to social constructivism: an emerging trend for CSR researchers Martin Samy and Fiona Robertson Index

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Book SynopsisCorporate social responsibility now touches upon most aspects of the interaction between business and society. The approaches taken to research in this area are as varied as the topics that are researched; yet this is the first book to address the whole range of methods available. The Handbook identifies the methods available, evaluates their use and discusses the circumstances in which they might be appropriate.The design of a research project is an essential part of undertaking research, as is choosing appropriate methods for investigation and analysis. In addition, business and management research raises theoretical and practical problems that are not encountered in other fields. The chapters address this challenge over distinct parts. Part I on methodology planning is concerned with various aspects of planning the research project, including secondary data and ethics in the research process. Parts II and III outline quantitative and qualitative methods respectively, covering the vast majority of relevant approaches. Part IV provides forward-thinking guidance from experienced academics on the future directions of research in the area.Aimed specifically at researchers, this comprehensive and in-depth Handbook provides and essential resource for anyone working at the forefront of CSR research.Contributors include: K. Abadi, G.K. Amoako, A. Behl, S. Bhattacharya, C. Boachie, N. Capaldi, J.G. Clavel, J. Claydon, D. Crowther, F. de Paiva Duarte, M. Green, J. Gunawan, M.A. Islam, R. Kalinauskaite, H.Z. Khan, Md.R. Khan, L.M. Lauesen, S. Moggi, E. Ortiz, I. Oruc, D.E.R. Ospina, J.F.M. Ospina, L. Raimi, J.D. Rendtorff, F. Robertson, M. Samy, S. Seifi, H. Semeen, M. Sethi, H.J. Shaw, J.J.A. Shaw, L. Tauginiene, D. Turker, V.G. Venkatesh, K. Yekini, V. ZydziunaiteTable of ContentsContents: Introduction David Crowther and Linne Marie Lauesen PART I: METHODOLOGY PLANNING 1. Grounded theory in corporate social responsibility research Vilma Žydžiūnaitė and Loreta Tauginienė 2. Using a mixed methods approach for corporate social responsibility research Jane Claydon 3. Imperative of meta-study for research in the field of corporate social responsibility and emerging issues in corporate governance Lukman Raimi 4. Ethics in the research process David Crowther 5. Research methods in organization, management and management accounting: an evaluation of quantitative and qualitative approaches Miriam Green 6. Methodological and epistemological perspectives in the study of corporate social responsibility in Colombia Duván Emilio Ramírez Ospina and José Fernando Muñoz Ospina PART II: QUANTITATIVE METHODS 7. Game theory as a research tool for sustainability Shahla Seifi 8. Key concerns in longitudinal study design Rima Kalinauskaitė 9. Sampling and sampling procedures in corporate social responsibility research Habib Zaman Khan and Md. Rashidozzaman Khan 10. Food deserts in British cities: comparing food access, obesity, and ethnicity in Leicester and Stoke on Trent Hillary J. Shaw 11. The application of statistical methods in CSR research Christopher Boachie and George K. Amoako 12. Regression techniques and their application in the corporate social responsibility domain: an overview Sonali Bhattacharya, Madhvi Sethi, Abhishek Behl and V.G. Venkatesh PART III: QUALITATIVE METHODS 13. Analytic autoethnography as a tool to enhance reflection, reflexivity and critical thinking in CSR research Fernanda de Paiva Duarte 14. Insights regarding the applicability of semiotics to CSR communication research Kemi C. Yekini 15. Ethnographic research methods in CSR research: building theory out of people’s everyday life with materials, objects, practices, and symbolic constructions Linne Marie Lauesen 16. Interviews as an instrument to explore management motivation for corporate social and environmental reporting Homaira Semeen and Muhammad Azizul Islam 17. Participant observation as the data collection tool and its usage in the CSR researches Ilke Oruc 18. Application of correspondence analysis to determinants of human resources disclosure Esther Ortiz and José G. Clavel 19. The application of survey methodology in CSR research Christopher Boachie 20. Content analysis method: a proposed scoring for quantitative and qualitative disclosures Juniati Gunawan and Kumalawati Abadi 21. Focus groups in social accounting as a stakeholder engagement tool Sara Moggi 22. A phenomenological study of moral discourse, social justice and CSR Julia J.A. Shaw 23. Social network analysis in CSR research Duygu Türker 24. Theoretical storytelling as meta-frame for all research methods in corporate social responsibility Linne Marie Lauesen PART IV: FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA 25. Philosophical prolegomena to all future research in CSR Nicholas Capaldi 26. Beyond strategic CSR: the concept of responsibility as the foundation of ethics - political, technological and economic responsibility for the future of humanity Jacob Dahl Rendtorff 27. From positivism to social constructivism: an emerging trend for CSR researchers Martin Samy and Fiona Robertson Index

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Book SynopsisHuman resource management as a field of research is a broad church, with a wide variety of research methods in use. This Handbook focuses on qualitative research methods and explores the opportunities and challenges of new technologies for innovating data collection and data analysis. The editors have brought together 18 chapters, written by some of the world's leading researchers in their field. They begin with the importance of good project design and then move on to reflect on innovations and developments in data sources, such as netnographical methods, legal research methods, the use of news media, and historical research. They go on to outline innovations in data collection methods with particular pertinence to key HRM topics. Finally, the contributors explore innovative data analysis, looking at the importance of computer-supported qualitative research, causal cognitive mapping and deriving behavioural role descriptions from the perspectives of job-holders.This Handbook is an invaluable tool for students, researchers and academics in the field of human resource management.Contributors: P. Ackers, S. Branch, R. Cameron, C. Cassell, G. Clarkson, J. Cogin, J. Ewart, M.T. Hardin, M. Humphreys, R. Johnstone, M. Learmonth, D. Lewin, R. Loudoun, F. Malik, A. McDowall, J.L. Ng, W. Nienhüeser, L.S. Radcliffe, S. Ramsay, J. Richards, C. Rojon, S. Sambrook, M.N.K. Saunders, K. Townsend, K.L. Unsworth, R. WinterTrade Review'The editors of this compelling volume insist that contemporary HRM scholarship can be as profound and enduring as the classics in the study of work. A revamped vision of qualitative research, aiming to be ''innovative and timeless'', should drive this agenda. The book urges researchers to draw on older disciplines - history, philosophy, psychology, law, ethnography - in new ways and points to the promise of novel methods, from photo-elicitation to cognitive mapping, which could drive HRM research. This is a call to do new things now and old things differently.' --Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney, Australia'Townsend, Loudoun and Lewin have compiled a solid and insightful resource that engages in some very interesting qualitative research methodologies. The contributors assembled in this volume remind us that there is so much more to business and management research than the narrow positivist approaches favoured in many prescriptive business schools. Studies of the world of work and HRM will be much better from consulting this volume.' --Tony Dundon, University of Manchester, UK'This Handbook provides a much-needed fresh perspective on qualitative research methods. The editors and contributors to the book present convincing evidence that qualitative research can be both innovative and timeless when it is well designed and executed. The Handbook reminds us that recent technological developments, from mobile phones to transcription software, facilitate a much wider range of data collection than previously existed. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods can be a powerful source of progress in the social sciences. This Handbook is an essential reference for anyone undertaking qualitative research in HRM and will be an inspiration for current and future researchers.' --Russell Lansbury, The University of Sydney Business School, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Qualitative Research in HRM: Innovation Over Stagnation Keith Townsend, Rebecca Loudoun and David Lewin SECTION I DESIGNING QUALITATIVE PROJECTS 2. The Role of Qualitative Methods in Mixed Methods Designs Roslyn Cameron 3. Anchoring Qualitative Methods for Longitudinal Studies Rebecca Loudoun and Keith Townsend 4. Autoethnography: A Novel Way to Study HRM Sally Sambrook SECTION II INNOVATIONS IN DATA SOURCES 5. Using Legal Research Methods in Human Resource Management Research Richard Johnstone 6. The Use of News Media as a Data Source in HRM Research: Exploring Society’s Perceptions Sheryl Ramsay, Sara Branch and Jacqueline Ewart 7. Netnographical Methods and the Challenge of Researching Hidden and Secretive Employee Social Media Practices James Richards 8. Doing Historical Research in Human Resource Management: With Some Reflections on an Academic Career Peter Ackers 9. Thinking About Philosophical Methods in Human Resources Kerrie L. Unsworth and Matthew T. Hardin SECTION III INNOVATIONS IN DATA COLLECTION METHODS 10. An Experiment With ‘The Miracle Question’: An Innovative Data Collection Technique in HR Research Keith Townsend 11. Using Photo-Elicitation to Understand Experiences of Work-Life Balance Catherine Cassell, Fatima Malik and Laura Radcliffe 12. Using Qualitative Repertory Grid Interviews to Gather Shared Perspectives in a Sequential Mixed Methods Research Design Céline Rojon, Mark N.K. Saunders and Almuth Mcdowall 13. Free Verbal Associations – Measuring What People Think About Employee Participation Werner Nienhueser 14. Using Qualitative Diaries to Uncover the Complexities of Daily Experiences Laura S. Radcliffe 15. Autoethnographic Vignettes in HRM Mark Learmonth and Michael Humphreys SECTION IV INNOVATIVE DATA ANALYSIS 16. Computer Supported Qualitative Research Julie Cogin and Ju Li Ng 17. Cross-Cultural HRM Research: The Potential of Causal Cognitive Mapping Gail Clarkson 18. Deriving Behavioural Role Descriptions from the Perspectives of Job- Holders: An Illustrative Example Richard Winter Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook brings together a collection of innovative interdisciplinary approaches to explore the use of research methods in environmental law. With chapters on topics ranging from sustainability, climate change and activism to education, actor-network theory and non-human ontologies, this Handbook provides a theoretically informed analysis of methodological approaches to this important field. Taking into consideration issues such as non-human agency, the Anthropocene, and spatial and material turns in law this book builds on key concepts in the subject. The book also considers how environmental law must adapt to the new and urgent needs of a variety of bodies, both human and non-human, that require its protection. It argues that traditional ways of conceiving environmental law, and of accounting for problems brought about through anthropocentric means, have led to the reinstatement of the problem of environmental degradation without imagining different avenues to resolve it. This Handbook is a key addition to the existing literature and provides an invaluable contribution to practical critique and to the reimagining of environmental law. It will be a crucial compendium for graduate students and researchers in the field of environmental law wishing to explore critical approaches.Contributors include: R. Bartel, I. Braverman, V. Brooks, P. Burdon, E. Cloatre, L. Finchett-Maddock, J. Gillespie, A. Grear, J. Holder, A. Kotsakis, L. Kotze, B. Lange, D. Mandic, J. Martel, D. McGillivray, K. Morrow, E. Mussawir, U. Natarajan, M. Nikolic, Y. Otomo, J. Paterson, A. Pavoni, A. Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, I.-J. Sand, F. Venter, B. WoodardTrade Review‘The editors have tackled a difficult subject and are to be applauded for fashioning a volume that will surely stand the test of time as a landmark for environmental law scholars in the years to come.’ -- Benjamin J Richardson, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment‘The book is a thought-provoking journey of different, often experimental, innovative ideas that stretch the boundaries of environmental law research and scholarship. The volume contributes towards efforts to drive more inter-disciplinary approaches in environmental law, while critically reflecting on theoretical and methodological understandings. The diversity in disciplinary backgrounds of the authors provide a rich array of perspectives. The inter-disciplinary lens of the book is particularly topical. The section on materiality, for example, is very useful for environmental law -- scholars considering how to incorporate the surge of work on ‘nature-society’ relations in the humanities and social sciences.’– Law Environment and Development Journal‘This collection takes a bold step towards re-situating the legal enterprise alongside those bodies whose movement it strives to direct, thereby revitalising the sense of law’s immanence to what has elsewhere been dubbed “the lawscape”, i.e. the entangled continuum of law and bodies.’ -- Luigi Russi, Griffith Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: PART I: MATERIALITY 1. Foregrounding Vulnerability: Materiality’s Porous Affectability as a Methodological Platform Anna Grear 2. How to Think About ‘Nature-society’ Interactions in Environmental Law ‘in Action’? Betina Lange 3. Abstracting Method: Taking Legal Abstractions Seriously Andrea Pavoni 4. Actor-network Theory and the Empirical Critique of Environmental Law: Unpacking the Bioprospecting Debates Emilie Cloatre 5. Speculative Entropy: Dynamism, Hyperchaos and the Fourth Dimension in Environmental Law Practice Lucy Finchett-Maddock 6. Critical Environmental Law as Method in the Anthropocene Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos PART II: SPATIALITY AND JURISDICTION 7. Place-thinking: The Hidden Geography of Environmental Law Robyn Bartel 8. Bringing Environmental Justice to the Centre of Environmental Law Research: Developing Collective Case Study Methodology Jane Holder and Donald McGillivray 9. Third Word Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and the Environment Usha Natarajan 10. The Methodology of Environmental Constitutional Comparison Francois Venter and Louis J. Kotzé 11. Engaged Enquiry in Environmental Law: Understanding People/place Connections Through a Geographically Informed Human Rights Lens Josephine Gillespie PART III: ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM 12. Ecofeminist Approaches to the Construction of Knowledge and Coalition Building – Offering a Way Forward for International Environmental Law and Policy Karren Morrow 13. Environmentalism and an Anarchist Research Method Peter Burdon and James Martel 14. On the Relation between Scholarship and Action in Environmental Law: Method, Theory, Change Andreas Kotsakis 15. A Systems Theory Perspective on the Principle of Precaution Employing Critical Discourse Analysis John Paterson 16. Environmental Law In The Age Of The Anthropocene: How To Normatively Communicate On Environmental Change And Risks? Inger Johanne Sand 17. The Nested Eye: Naturalism, Perspectivalism, and Environmental Law Ben Woodard PART IV: MORE-THAN-HUMAN 18. Thinking about Law and the Question of the Animal Edward Mussawir and Yoriko Otomo 19. The Life and Law of Corals: Breathing Meditations Irus Braverman 20. All That Is Air Melts Into City: Minoritarian Apparatuses For A More-Than-Human World Mirko Nikolić 21. Listening to the World: Sounding out the Surroundings of Environmental Law with Michel Serres Danilo Mandic 22. F#cking Research Ethics Through Radical Method: Autoethnography and The Field of Environmental Law Victoria Brooks Index

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Book SynopsisLaw and religion, as a subdiscipline of law, has gained increasing attention in recent years. However, the complex relationship between law and religion cannot be fully understood with reference to legal research alone. This Research Handbook includes provocative chapters from experts on a range of concepts, perspectives and theories, drawing on a variety of disciplines, which can be used to further law and religion scholarship. Featuring chapters written by authors from a diverse range of backgrounds, the Handbook focuses on five main perspectives on law and religion: historical, philosophical, sociological, theological and comparative. Each chapter provides a new way of looking at law and religion which can complement and enhance a doctrinal legal understanding of the topic. Crucially, this Handbook also highlights the importance of recognising doctrinal legal study as an approach in itself, which will shape research questions and outputs accordingly. Providing an engaging and thoughtful introduction to the range of interdisciplinary approaches that can be taken to law and religion, this Handbook will be of interest to scholars in law and religion, theologians, sociologists, legal historians and political scientists. It will provide a rich foundation for future interdisciplinary research in this important area of study. Contributors include: L.G. Beaman, L. Bell, P. Billingham, C.G. Brown, J. Burnside, J. Chaplin, B. Clark, D. Dabby, N. Doe, D. Ezzy, M.A. Failinger, P. Fitzpatrick, D.J. Hill, B.C. Kane, J. Machielson, M. McIvor, T. Modood, P. Monti, A. Nazir, J. Neoh, L. Öztig, D. Perfect, S. Perfect, C. Roberts, R. Sandberg, S. Thompson, M. Travers, C. Ungureanu, D. Whistler, J. YorkeTrade Review'In the United Kingdom the study of law and religion is now an established sub-discipline with academic legal studies, itself an ever-expanding and ever-more adventurous part of the university. In this book Professor Sandberg and his colleagues from Cardiff University, an acknowledged centre for the study of law and religion, have brought together scholarship from a range of authors, mainly based in or from the United Kingdom, which attests to the vitality and breadth of work being done in the area.' --Anthony Bradney, Keele University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. Snakepits & Sandpits Russell Sandberg Part I: Historical Approaches 2. Ecclesiastical Court Records for Social and Cultural History Bronach C Kane 3. Trial by Ordeal: An Interdisciplinary Approach Yields Fresh Insights Lindsey Bell 4. ‘Moved and Seduced by the Instigation of the Devil’: Witchcraft and the Law, 1450-1700 Jan Machielson 5. Secularisation and Law in Modern Societies Callum G Brown Part II: Philosophical Approaches 6. Philosophy, Law, and Religion Daniel Whistler and Daniel J Hill 7. Law, Religion, and Public Reason Paul Billingham and Jonathan Chaplin 8. Multicultural Political Theory Simon Thompson and Tariq Modood 9. Charles Taylor on Recognition, Inclusive Secularism, and Religion Camil Ungureanu and Paolo Monti 10. ‘Gods Would be Needed…’: Derrida on Law and Religion Peter Fitzpatrick Part III: Sociological Approaches 11. Interpretive Issues in Researching Law and Religion Max Travers and Doug Ezzy 12. The Lure of Luhmann: A Systems Theory of Law and Religion Russell Sandberg 13. Social Anthropology Méadhbh McIvor 14.Religion or Belief, Equality and Human Rights Law and the Media David Perfect and Simon Perfect Part IV: Theological Approaches 15. Biblical Law Jonathan Burnside 16. Political Theology and Legal Theory Joshua Neoh 17. Feminism Meets Law and Religion: Commonalities and Critiques Marie A Failinger Part V: Comparative Approaches 18. A Comparative Method for the Study of Law and Religion: Is this a Defensible Methodology? Brigitte Clark 19. Monotheism and the Death Penalty: Towards a Homogenous Exegesis for Abolition Jon Yorke and Amna Nazir 20. The Turkish Constitutional Court Rulings on the Headscarf: The Construction of Villains and Victims Laçin İdil Öztığ 21. Diversity in Death: A Case Study of a Muslim Cemetery Project in Quebec Dia Dabby and Lori G Beaman Index

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Book SynopsisThe nature and purpose of legal education has become a topic of intense debate in recent years. This timely book calls for a critical re-evaluation of university legal education, with the particular aim of strengthening its academic nature. The contributors emphasise lecturers' responsibility to challenge the assumptions students have about law, and the importance of putting law in a theoretical and social context that allows for critical reflection and sceptical detachment. In addition, the book reports upon teaching experiences and innovations, offering tools for teachers to strengthen the academic nature of legal education, and concludes with concrete proposals for change. Students and scholars engaged in the debate regarding the re-evaluation of academic legal education will find this book invaluable to their work. It will also be of interest to practitioners, such as educational experts and administrators looking to understand the role of law schools in creating responsible citizens.Contributors include: T. Bleeker, A. Böning, L. Corrias, U. de Vries, M. Del Mar, L. Francot, S. Germain, T. Hutchinson, B. Oomen, C. Schwöbel-Patel, B. Sokhi-Bulley, G. Uygur, B. van Klink, W. van RossumTrade Review'At a time when the performative demands of the neo-liberal university threaten to marginalise liberal and post-liberal traditions of critical enquiry, it is important to be reminded that a quality legal education can be both richly sceptical and imaginative. For those interested in deepening their students' empirical, normative and affective understanding of legal phenomena, and of their own place in the legal word, this collection of essays offers both a multi-faceted account of educational praxis and some persuasive examples of how we can educate better.' --Julian Webb, The University of Melbourne, Australia'This is a very varied, interesting and stimulating collection of essays. It deserves a wide readership, as there are topics of interest to all law teachers.' --Fiona Cownie, Keele University, UK'In a world dominated by technology, technique, and bureaucracy this collection of essays represents a most welcome and intelligent effort to render legal education, and law itself, more fully human, coherent, and effective, from the point of view both of the individual human being and the larger society.' --James Boyd White, The University of MichiganTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction 1 Part I THEORY AND LEGAL EDUCATION 2. Knowledge and Aphasia: What is the Use of Skeptical Legal Education Bart van Klink 3. Re-Bildung: An Ideal Reconsidered for Legal Education Lyana Francot and Luigi Corrias 4. Academic Education and Socialisation Anja Böning 5. The Necessary Loneliness of Teaching (and of Being a Legal Academic) Anthony Bradney Part II Experimental Courses 6. Teaching International Law Critically- Critical Pedagogy and Bildung as Orientations for Learning and Teaching Christine Schwöbel-Patel 7. Learning Law Differently: The Importance of Theory and Methodology Bal Sokhi-Bulley 8. Empirical Methodologies Knowledge and Expertise: A ‘Necessary’ Skill for Lawyers? Terry Hutchinson 9. Visuals for a Critical Legal Reflection Wibo van Rossum 10. For a New and More Diverse Comparative Legal Education Sabrina Germain PART III DIDACTIC INNOVATIONS AND LEARNING EXPERIMENT 11. Orchestrating Encounters: Teaching Law at a Liberal Arts and Sciences College in the Netherlands Barbara Oomen 12. Students’ Perception and Legal Education Gülriz Uygur 13. Learning How to Read a Case: Resources from the Visual and Dramatic Art Maksymilian Del Mar 14. Law & Lounge: An Experiment on Student Self-Organisation and Critique as Skeptical Reflexivity Ubaldus de Vries 15. Epilogue: An Overview, Reflections and a Student’s Perspective Tim Bleeker 16. Conclusions: Concrete Proposals for Change: 14 Theses Bart van Klink and Ubaldus de Vries Index

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Book SynopsisThis book asks the important question; Can the by-products of research activity be treated as data and of research interest in themselves? This groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume considers the analytic value of a range of 'by-products' of social research and reading. These include electronically captured paradata on survey administration, notes written in the margins of research documents and literary texts, and fieldnotes and ephemera produced by social researchers. Revealing the relational nature of paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes, contributions examine how the craft of studying and analyzing these by-products offers insight into the intellectual, social and ethical processes underpinning the activities of research and reading. Unique and engaging, this book is a must read for social researchers and sociologists, narrative analysts, literary scholars and historians. Bridging methodological boundaries, it will also prove of great value to quantitative and qualitative methodologists alike.Contributors include: K. Bell, J. Boddy, R.G. Burgess, G.B. Durrant, R. Edwards, H. Elliott, E. Fahmy, J. Goodwin, H.J. Jackson, D. Kilburn, O. Maslovskaya, H. O'Connor, A. Phoenix, W.H. ShermanTrade Review'This is an extremely important book that brings to the attention of social researchers and methodologists the fascinating potential and intrinsic interest of three kinds of by-product of the research process - field notes, paradata, and marginalia. Many of us are unfamiliar with all or some of these sources. The book is full of worked examples of their use which greatly enhances the book's utility for all of us. The editors and authors have done us all a great service in bringing to our attention research sources that can no longer be ignored.' --Alan Bryman, University of Leicester, UK'Paradata will become increasingly important to researchers, both as an insight into the complexity and richness of participants and contexts, but also it has great potential to improve the quality of our research. Ros Edwards and her colleagues have provided us with a wonderfully comprehensive set of essays that are both insightful and valuable. This is a book which will have great appeal to students and professional researchers from both the quantitative and qualitative traditions.' --Malcolm Williams, Cardiff University, UK'Taking an expansive and inclusive approach to its topic, Working with Paradata, Marginalia and Fieldnotes offers a stimulating tour of a neglected domain of methodology. Readers who customarily regard paradata as a ''dry and dull'' element of data archiving will be delighted to read of the hidden corners of the research enterprise that this book's understanding of paradata and marginalia illuminates. Launching what is effectively a new field of inquiry, the book shows how these materials contribute to the field's renewed process of self-discovery.' --Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey, UKTable of ContentsContents: Marginalia - A Poem by Billy Collins Preface Robert G. Burgess 1. Introduction: Working with Paradata, Marginalia and Fieldnotes John Goodwin, Henrietta O’Connor, Ann Phoenix and Rosalind Edwards 2. Paradata for Non-response Investigations in Social Surveys Gabrielle B. Durrant and Olga Maslovskaya 3. Using Paradata to Evaluate Survey Quality: Behaviour Coding the 2012 PSE UK Survey Eldin Fahmy and Karen Bell 4. ‘Another Long and Involved Story’: Narrative Themes in the Marginalia of the Poverty in the UK Survey Ann Phoenix, Janet Boddy, Rosalind Edwards and Heather Elliott 5 ‘The House Seemed to be Falling Down Around Their Ears’: Contesting and Amplifying Observations of Housing Through Qualitative Survey Paradata Daniel Kilburn 6. The Secondary Analysis of Fieldnotes, Marginalia and Paradata from Past Studies of Young People Henrietta O’Connor and John Goodwin 7. John Adam’s Marginalia: Then and Now H.J. Jackson 8. ‘Soiled by Use’ or ‘Enlivened by Association’? Attitudes Towards Marginalia William H. Sherman 9. Afterword: The Craft of Paradata, Marginalia and Fieldnotes Rosalind Edwards, Ann Phoenix, John Goodwin and Henrietta O’Connor Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurial Cognition and Intention suggests new directions and approaches to study the internal thought processes of entrepreneurs by examining areas that have been under-researched, ignored or overlooked.Proposing new views on the idea of an entrepreneurial personality, new methodologies and theories of cognition and influence of personality, the contributors go beyond the study of individual intentions to evaluate group intentions. Furthermore, the book proposes that current research methods limit our understanding of entrepreneurial processes by not connecting to the wider entrepreneurial audience. With this in mind, key chapters focus on the role and relevance of language and gender in entrepreneurship.Academic researchers and advanced students looking to explore the latest research methods and statistical approaches will find this Research Agenda extremely useful for creating new research pathways. The case studies will also be exceptionally useful for those with a wider interest in entrepreneurship and those who wish to have a greater understanding of entrepreneurial intention.Contributors include: G.A. Alsos, G. Bertrand, M. Brännback, C.G. Brush, A.L. Carsrud, R. Germon, P.G. Greene, D.M. Hechavarria, A. Ingram, I. Jaén, F. Kropp, N. Krueger, F. Liñán, A. Maalaoui, J. Mezei, S. Nikou, T.F. Nogueira, C. Perez, M. Razgallah, L. Schjoedt, K.G. Shaver, R. YitshakiTable of ContentsContents: 1. Where do we go from here? A research agenda for entrepreneurial cognitions Malin Brännback and Alan L. Carsrud 2. “Cruel Intention” or “Entrepreneurial Intention”: What did you expect? An overview of research on Entrepreneurial Intention - an interactive perspective Adnane Maalaoui, Charles Perez, Gaël Bertrand, Myriam Razgallah and Rony Germon 3. Who is the entrepreneur? The right question has been asked, in the wrong way Kelly G. Shaver and Alan L. Carsrud 4. A proposed model for the culture`s mode of influence on the entrepreneurial process Francisco Liñán and Inmaculada Jaén 5. Theory of Trying and “We-Intentions”: From Individual to Collective Intentions in Entrepreneurship and Family Business Malin Brännback, Alan L. Carsrud and Norris Krueger 6. Implementation Intentions: The When, Where, and How of Entrepreneurial Intentions’ Influence on Behavior Leon Schjoedt 7. Revisiting entrepreneurial motivation and opportunity recognition Ronit Yitshaki and Fredric Kropp 8. On the use of configurational analysis in entrepreneurial research József Mezei and Shahrokh Nikou 9. Cognition to Culture: A Still-Missing Link in the Development of an Entrepreneurial Resource Patricia G. Greene and Candida G. Brush 10. The Co-development Process of New Venture Ideas and Entrepreneurs’ Learning Tadeu F. Nogueira and Gry A. Alsos 11. Entrepreneurial Language through a Linguistic Lens: Emerging Opportunities Diana M. Hechavarría and Amy Ingram Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurial Cognition and Intention suggests new directions and approaches to study the internal thought processes of entrepreneurs by examining areas that have been under-researched, ignored or overlooked.Proposing new views on the idea of an entrepreneurial personality, new methodologies and theories of cognition and influence of personality, the contributors go beyond the study of individual intentions to evaluate group intentions. Furthermore, the book proposes that current research methods limit our understanding of entrepreneurial processes by not connecting to the wider entrepreneurial audience. With this in mind, key chapters focus on the role and relevance of language and gender in entrepreneurship.Academic researchers and advanced students looking to explore the latest research methods and statistical approaches will find this Research Agenda extremely useful for creating new research pathways. The case studies will also be exceptionally useful for those with a wider interest in entrepreneurship and those who wish to have a greater understanding of entrepreneurial intention.Contributors include: G.A. Alsos, G. Bertrand, M. Brännback, C.G. Brush, A.L. Carsrud, R. Germon, P.G. Greene, D.M. Hechavarria, A. Ingram, I. Jaén, F. Kropp, N. Krueger, F. Liñán, A. Maalaoui, J. Mezei, S. Nikou, T.F. Nogueira, C. Perez, M. Razgallah, L. Schjoedt, K.G. Shaver, R. YitshakiTable of ContentsContents: 1. Where do we go from here? A research agenda for entrepreneurial cognitions Malin Brännback and Alan L. Carsrud 2. “Cruel Intention” or “Entrepreneurial Intention”: What did you expect? An overview of research on Entrepreneurial Intention - an interactive perspective Adnane Maalaoui, Charles Perez, Gaël Bertrand, Myriam Razgallah and Rony Germon 3. Who is the entrepreneur? The right question has been asked, in the wrong way Kelly G. Shaver and Alan L. Carsrud 4. A proposed model for the culture`s mode of influence on the entrepreneurial process Francisco Liñán and Inmaculada Jaén 5. Theory of Trying and “We-Intentions”: From Individual to Collective Intentions in Entrepreneurship and Family Business Malin Brännback, Alan L. Carsrud and Norris Krueger 6. Implementation Intentions: The When, Where, and How of Entrepreneurial Intentions’ Influence on Behavior Leon Schjoedt 7. Revisiting entrepreneurial motivation and opportunity recognition Ronit Yitshaki and Fredric Kropp 8. On the use of configurational analysis in entrepreneurial research József Mezei and Shahrokh Nikou 9. Cognition to Culture: A Still-Missing Link in the Development of an Entrepreneurial Resource Patricia G. Greene and Candida G. Brush 10. The Co-development Process of New Venture Ideas and Entrepreneurs’ Learning Tadeu F. Nogueira and Gry A. Alsos 11. Entrepreneurial Language through a Linguistic Lens: Emerging Opportunities Diana M. Hechavarría and Amy Ingram Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. There is growing recognition that entrepreneurship can be better understood within its context(s). This carefully designed book invites readers to take a journey: from reflecting critically on where the discussion on context and entrepreneurship stands today towards identifying future research questions and themes that deserve the attention of entrepreneurship scholars. This collection draws attention to the research challenges the entrepreneurship field faces by reviewing the many facets of contexts and by reflecting on methods and theoretical approaches that are required in order to contextualize entrepreneurship research.Written by renowned international scholars, the book's leading-edge contributions provide a thorough exploration of how to contextualize entrepreneurship research. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, comprehensive coverage of the entrepreneurship/contexts debate is included, in addition to reading lists and a chapter dedicated to advancing future research avenues. Students and academics interested in context and entrepreneurship will benefit from this far-reaching and forward-thinking book.Contributors: H.E. Aldrich, T. Baker, M. Brännback, A.L. Carsrud, S. Chlosta, S. Drakopoulou Dodd, D. Fletcher, W.B. Gartner, S. Lippmann, E.E. Powell, T. Pret, E. Shaw, P. Selden, E. Stam, C. Steyaert, R.D. Wadhwani, F. Welter, M. WrightTrade Review'Entrepreneurship is a context-based phenomenon and this certainly adds to the complexity of the field. Entrepreneurial action is the outcome of many contextual influences and entrepreneurs are influencing their environments. The relationship between entrepreneurship and context can be seen and studied in different ways and dimensions: spatial, industry, market, temporal, social and institutional. Obviously, there are big issues and challenges for entrepreneurship scholars in designing and doing relevant and interesting research aiming at a better understanding of the importance and the role of context in its different dimensions. In this new book, A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship and Context, Friederike Welter and Bill Gartner have gathered an impressive list of influential scholars examining entrepreneurship as a contextual event in, among others, its historical, temporal and geographical dimensions. This masterpiece is a key milestone in this stream of research.' --Alain Fayolle, Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division and EMLYON Business School, France'In most of our entrepreneurial research, context is in the background of our stories, experiments and studies. An important aspect of understanding, but seldom our focus. Welter and Gartner move context into the spotlight, a variety of authors alternately engaging, challenging, reassuring and provoking with a multiplicity of perspectives on the topic. This important book motivates us to step outside our assumptions about context, re-think our methods, and learn to apply contexts and contextualization in our studies of entrepreneurship.' --Candida Brush, Babson College'This book makes an original and welcome contribution to contemporary understanding of context and entrepreneurial behaviour. The editors and distinguished authors critically analyse a diverse range of contextual aspects which illustrate the complex and nuanced influence of this construct upon entrepreneurship. The chapters offer excellent overviews of key issues which advance thinking but also suggest future pathways for research. This text will make a welcome addition for those teaching in entrepreneurship whilst also offering thought-provoking well-informed debate for researchers and students.' --Susan Marlow, University of Nottingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. The context of contextualizing contexts Friederike Welter, William B. Gartner and Mike Wright 2. Understanding entrepreneurial cognitions through the lenses of context Malin Brännback and Alan L. Carsrud 3. ‘After’ context Chris Steyaert 4. Let them eat bricolage? Towards a contextualized notion of inequality of entrepreneurial opportunity Ted Baker and E. Erin Powell 5. The temporal dimension of context Stephen Lippmann and Howard E. Aldrich 6. Entrepreneurship in historical context: using history to develop theory and understand process R. Daniel Wadhwani 7. A relational conceptualization of context and the real-time emergence of entrepreneurship processes Denise Fletcher and Paul Selden 8. Theorizing entrepreneurship in context Erik Stam 9. Methodological approaches towards context-sensitive entrepreneurship research Simone Chlosta 10. Advancing understanding of entrepreneurial embeddedness: forms of capital, social contexts and time Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd, Tobias Pret and Eleanor Shaw 11. Historical methods for contextualizing entrepreneurship research R. Daniel Wadhwani 12. Narrating context William B. Gartner 13. Advancing our research agenda for entrepreneurship and contexts Friederike Welter and William B. Gartner 14. A reading list on entrepreneurship and contexts Index

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Book SynopsisThe need for innovative thinking about alternative constitutional experiences is evident, and readers of Comparative Constitutional Theory will find in its pages a compendium of original, theory-driven essays. The authors use a variety of theoretical perspectives to explore the diversity of global constitutional experience in a post-1989 world prominently marked by momentous transitions from authoritarianism to democracy, by multiple constitutional revolutions and devolutions, by the increased penetration of international law into national jurisdictions, and by the enhancement of supra-national institutions of governance. Scholars around the globe will be interested in this book's unique discussion of comparative constitutional theory, and students and college professors will appreciate the accessibility of the chapters and the placement of the United States in comparative focus.Contributors include: W.-C. Chang, J.I. Colón-Riós, V. Ferreres Comella, J.E. Finn, S. Gardbaum, M.A. Graber, G. Halmai, J. Hiebert, G. Jacobsohn, J. King, H. Klug, D. Landau, D.S. Law, J. McLean, J.-W. Müeller, D. Robertson, Y. Roznai, C. Saunders, M. Schor, H. Schweber, S. Tierney, A. Torres Pérez, M. Tushnet, J. WeinribTrade Review'Masterfully curated by Gary Jacobsohn and Miguel Schor, this unique collection features new essays by many of the most insightful comparative constitutional scholars writing today. Comparative Constitutional Theory advances our understanding of how people living in different political settings conceptualize and address constitutional dilemmas that are common to most modern political systems. It is a handbook that every serious student of comparative constitutionalism should read.' --Ran Hirschl, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Comparative Turn in Constitutional Theory Gary Jacobsohn and Miguel Schor PART I CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND RIGHTS 2. What is Judicial Supremacy? Stephen Gardbaum 3. Federalism and Constitutional Theory Stephen Tierney 4. Theoretical Underpinnings of Separation of Powers Cheryl Saunders 5. Constitutional Dialogue and Judicial Supremacy Miguel Schor 6. Judicial Dialogue and Fundamental Rights in the European Union: A Quest for Legitimacy Aida Torres Pérez 7. Parliamentary Bills of Rights: Have They Altered the Norms for Legislative Decision-Making? Janet L. Hiebert 8. Social Rights in Comparative Constitutional Theory Jeff King 9. Human Dignity and its Critics Jacob Weinrib PART II CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION 10. The Counter-Majoritarian Thesis David Robertson 11. Legal Pragmatism and Comparative Constitutional Law David Landau 12. Beyond the Principle of Proportionality Victor Ferreres Comella 13. Text and Textualism: Religious Establishment in the United States Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights Howard Schweber 14. Reception, Context, and Identity: A Theory of Cross-National Jurisprudence Heinz Klug PART III CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE 15. “We the People”, “Oui, the People”, and the Collective Body: Perceptions of Constituent Power Yaniv Roznai 16. Amendment Theory and Constituent Power Mark Tushnet 17. Anchoring and Sailing: Contrasting Imperatives of Constitutional Revolution Gary Jacobsohn 18. Theorising About Formal Constitutional Change: The Case of Latin America Joel I. Colón-Riós 19. Transitional Justice, Transitional Constitutionalism, and Constitutional Culture Gábor Halmai PART IV ISSUES IN CONSTITUTIONALISM 20. The Unwritten Constitution Janet McLean 21. Militant Democracy and Constitutional Identity Jan-Werner Müeller 22. Some Notes on Inclusive Constitution-Making, Citizenship, and Civic Constitutionalism John E. Finn 23. Race and American Constitutional Exceptionalism Mark A. Graber 24. Constitutional Dissonance in China Wen-Chen Chang and David S. Law Index

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Book SynopsisThis is an ambitious and engaging book. It lays the foundations for a methodology that bridges entrepreneurship researchers?' need to provide explanations and practitioners?' need to make their local world comprehensible --? by calling the researcher to also practise as an entrepreneur.Disclosing Entrepreneurship as Practice outlines and demonstrates this '?enactive?' approach and its outcomes in terms of a proposed practice theory of entrepreneurship. Presenting entrepreneurship as a sense-making, stabilising force in a liquid and ambiguous world, accordingly addressed as ?'entrepreneuring?', Bengt Johannisson argues that the duality of shrewdness and prudence provides the appropriate knowledge needed to practice entrepreneurship. By generalising entrepreneurship as creative organizing in multiple arenas beyond just the market, and conceptualising entrepreneurship as practice, this book presents a compelling rationale for considering entrepreneuring as ?'routinized improvisation?' dealing with situations as they arise.Reflective and thoughtful, this book will be of interest to researchers in the field of entrepreneurship concerned with theoretical and methodological matters, as well as those engaged with qualitative methodology in the social sciences.Trade Review'Bengt Johannisson's strength as a scholar and researcher is his ability to push the boundaries of what entrepreneurship is, as a process, as well as his keen sense of how and why entrepreneurial processes should be studied. Please acquire this book and, then, carefully explore the ideas and methods he proposes for entrepreneurship scholars to engage in enactive research as ''entresearchers'' - scholars who are actively involved in entrepreneurial activities who use these experiences as the basis for generating insights into enterpreneuring (entrepreneurship as a verb - as ''organizing'' is to ''organization''.) I enthusiastically support the ''entresearcher'' paradigm and the methods Bengt Johannisson describes for scholars to engage as ''entresearchers'' as part of their everyday practice. I believe that the ''entresearcher'' approach is the most fruitful way for scholars to gain profound insights into the nature of entrepreneurial processes.' --William B. Gartner, Bertarelli Foundation Distinguished Professor of Family Entrepreneurship, Babson College, US'In his new book, Bengt Johannisson develops the concept of entrepreneurship as practice (entrepreneuring). The contribution is original, relevant and valuable for both researchers and practitioners. The book's objectives appear particularly important. The first is to provide the intellectual/theoretical foundations for our understanding of entrepreneuring. The second objective is to offer a methodology that can enhance the dialogue between researchers and practitioners. As Kurt Lewin claimed, there is nothing more practical than a good theory. Thanks to the author this statement makes sense in entrepreneurship?' --Alain Fayolle, Emlyon Business School, FranceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Departure and Roadmap, Provisions and Destiny 2. From Process Philosophy to Practice Theory – Building and Furnishing a Paradigmatic Platform 3. Featuring Enactive Research as a Methodology 4. Practising Enactive Research – Constructing and Contrasting Tales of Entrepreneuring 5. The Practice of Entrepreneuring – Lessons From the Field 6. Exploring the Promises of Enactive Research Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook expertly instructs the reader on how to conduct applied health research across a number of disciplines. Particularly aimed at postgraduate health researchers and students of applied health research, it presents and explains a wide range of research designs and other contemporary issues in applied health research. Focusing on learning outcomes, it takes the reader from underpinning epistemological, ontological and methodological considerations through to the key features of highlighted research designs and how to apply these in practice. In so doing, the experienced group of authors guides the reader in the choice of design for their own studies. They both examine the underpinning paradigmatic questions that guide important design choices and also explore the practical considerations that have to be taken into account when conducting research in this field. This book covers a range of designs from different traditions and also points readers to the key literatures in their areas of interest. Master's students across a range of disciplines will find this book invaluable and it will also be an essential reference tool for PhD students and new researchers in applied health research. Contributors include: F. Ahmed, H. Aveyard, S. Baines, A. Bingley, S. Brearley, G. Chatzidamianos, M. Collins, A. Dodd, M. Edwards, N. Fisher, I. Fletcher, T. Gatrell, A. Grinyer, E. Halliday, C. Murray, R.J. Parker, G. Perez Algorta, N. Preston, S. Reilly, J. Simpson, C. Thomas, S. Varey, C. Walshe, D. WildeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Theory and Methods in Applied Health Research Sarah G Brearley, Catherine Walshe Part I Research Skills Chapter 1. Critical Appraisal – how to examine and evaluate the research evidence Alyson L Dodd, Siobhan Reilly, Faraz Ahmed, Carol Thomas. Chapter 2. Literature Reviews Nancy Preston, Helen Aveyard Chapter 3. Developing Research Questions Sarah G Brearley Chapter 4. Between the institution and the field: Research ethics in health and social care Amanda Bingley, Anne Grinyer Part II Variety and Variation in Qualitative Research Methods Chapter 5. Ethnography in applied health research Michaela Edwards. Chapter 6. An introduction to narrative research methods in health and social care Amanda Bingley Chapter 7. Grounded Theory Methods and Analysis: methodological revisions and practical application Susannah Baines Chapter 8. Phenomenology and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Craig D. Murray and David J. Wilde Chapter 9. Using action research to implement, investigate and evaluate interventions in applied health research John Hamilton and Sandra Varey Chapter 10. The crossover artist: consensus methods in health research. Saskia Jünger and Sheila Payne Part III Variety and Variation in Quantitative Research Methods Chapter 11. Designing and using quantitative health care questionnaires and surveys Jane Simpson and Ian Fletcher Chapter 12. Understanding effect and effectiveness of interventions: trials and other evaluative study designs in applied health research Naomi Fisher, Heather Robinson Chapter 13. Analysing Quantitative Data: Correlation and beyond Guillermo Perez Algorta Chapter 14. Using and Analysing Secondary Data Anthony C. Gatrell Part IV Contemporary Issues Chapter 15. Using information and communication technologies for Health Research Gerasimos Chatzidamianos and Rob J. Parker Chapter 16. The Case for Mixed Methods in applied health research Catherine Walshe Chapter 17. Public Engagement in Health Research Michelle Collins, Emma Halliday Conclusions and Final Thoughts: Dissemination and Impact Catherine Walshe, Sarah G Brearley Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook expertly instructs the reader on how to conduct applied health research across a number of disciplines. Particularly aimed at postgraduate health researchers and students of applied health research, it presents and explains a wide range of research designs and other contemporary issues in applied health research. Focusing on learning outcomes, it takes the reader from underpinning epistemological, ontological and methodological considerations through to the key features of highlighted research designs and how to apply these in practice. In so doing, the experienced group of authors guides the reader in the choice of design for their own studies. They both examine the underpinning paradigmatic questions that guide important design choices and also explore the practical considerations that have to be taken into account when conducting research in this field. This book covers a range of designs from different traditions and also points readers to the key literatures in their areas of interest. Master's students across a range of disciplines will find this book invaluable and it will also be an essential reference tool for PhD students and new researchers in applied health research. Contributors include: F. Ahmed, H. Aveyard, S. Baines, A. Bingley, S. Brearley, G. Chatzidamianos, M. Collins, A. Dodd, M. Edwards, N. Fisher, I. Fletcher, T. Gatrell, A. Grinyer, E. Halliday, C. Murray, R.J. Parker, G. Perez Algorta, N. Preston, S. Reilly, J. Simpson, C. Thomas, S. Varey, C. Walshe, D. WildeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Theory and Methods in Applied Health Research Sarah G Brearley, Catherine Walshe Part I Research Skills Chapter 1. Critical Appraisal – how to examine and evaluate the research evidence Alyson L Dodd, Siobhan Reilly, Faraz Ahmed, Carol Thomas. Chapter 2. Literature Reviews Nancy Preston, Helen Aveyard Chapter 3. Developing Research Questions Sarah G Brearley Chapter 4. Between the institution and the field: Research ethics in health and social care Amanda Bingley, Anne Grinyer Part II Variety and Variation in Qualitative Research Methods Chapter 5. Ethnography in applied health research Michaela Edwards. Chapter 6. An introduction to narrative research methods in health and social care Amanda Bingley Chapter 7. Grounded Theory Methods and Analysis: methodological revisions and practical application Susannah Baines Chapter 8. Phenomenology and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Craig D. Murray and David J. Wilde Chapter 9. Using action research to implement, investigate and evaluate interventions in applied health research John Hamilton and Sandra Varey Chapter 10. The crossover artist: consensus methods in health research. Saskia Jünger and Sheila Payne Part III Variety and Variation in Quantitative Research Methods Chapter 11. Designing and using quantitative health care questionnaires and surveys Jane Simpson and Ian Fletcher Chapter 12. Understanding effect and effectiveness of interventions: trials and other evaluative study designs in applied health research Naomi Fisher, Heather Robinson Chapter 13. Analysing Quantitative Data: Correlation and beyond Guillermo Perez Algorta Chapter 14. Using and Analysing Secondary Data Anthony C. Gatrell Part IV Contemporary Issues Chapter 15. Using information and communication technologies for Health Research Gerasimos Chatzidamianos and Rob J. Parker Chapter 16. The Case for Mixed Methods in applied health research Catherine Walshe Chapter 17. Public Engagement in Health Research Michelle Collins, Emma Halliday Conclusions and Final Thoughts: Dissemination and Impact Catherine Walshe, Sarah G Brearley Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook uses methodologies and cases to discover how and when to evaluate social policy, and looks at the possible impacts of evaluation on social policy decisions. The contributors present a detailed analysis on how to conduct social policy evaluation, how to be aware of pitfalls and dilemmas and how to use evidence effectively. Organized into three thematic sections, this new resource includes contributions from a variety of researchers from a range of disciplines and countries. The first section explores evaluation and examples of methods used; the second focuses on the intersection between evaluation and policy-making; and the third delves into current social policy in order to discover the use of evaluation within central welfare state policies. One conclusion found is that welfare states are increasingly using evidence, but that it varies from and within different welfare areas. Researchers and students with an interest in evaluation and social policy analysis, as well as policy-makers and administrators in need of evidence and analysis on the subject, will find much value in this clear and precise overview of the use and misuse of evidence.Contributors include: K. Bakhai, M. Barnard, A.E. Boardman, R. Boruch, K.N. Breidahl, C. Brown, M. Calnan, E. Cassells, M. Costa, C. Deeming, P. Dahler-Larsen, T. Douglass, J. Edbrooke-Childs, W. Eichhorst, D. Etherington, S. Evans-Lacko, J.-E. Furubo, H. Gaus, M. Gerressu, H. Gleeson, D. Gondek, B. Greve, A. Hagelund, A. Halvorsen, M.B. Hansen, T. Haux, M.A. Hussain, J.M. Hyatt, C. Irish, J. Jacob, H.C. Kavli, M. Knapp, R. Konle-Seidl, M. Lakhanpaul, K. Liket, N. McHugh, C.E. Mueller, L. Richardson, R. Rodrigues, M.J. Roy, S. Sinclair, K. Smith, T. Sundberg, H. Turner, W. Van Lancker, A.R. Vining, J. Warren, I. Whelan, J. Wistow, M. Wolpert, R. YangTrade Review'This is an important collection that carefully and critically explores the challenges researchers face in conducting social policy evaluation and gives clear guidance on the full range of different approaches along with practical examples of their use. It should be essential reading for anyone trying to evaluate social policy.' --(Ian Greener, University of Strathclyde, UK)'This book is a useful addition to the library of works relating to evaluation. It embraces a range of approaches that can be employed in undertaking evaluations, delivers a breadth of methodologies, depending on context and constituencies, and provides a wide selection of applications that will be helpful to new entrants in the field of evaluation and also to experienced practitioners.' --(Ceri J. Phillips, Swansea University, UK)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction: Evaluation as an instrument in social policy Bent Greve PART I WHAT IS EVALUATION – AND EXAMPLES OF METHODS 2. Randomized Controlled Trials Robert Boruch, Rui Yang, Jordan M. Hyatt and Herbert Turner III 3. Quasi-Experimental Comparison Group Designs for Social Policy Evaluation Christoph E. Mueller and Hansjoerg Gaus 4. Social Return on Investment (SROI), Including Elements on Cost–Benefit Analysis Massimo Costa 5. There are many (well, more than one) paths to Nirvana: The economic evaluation of social policies Anthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining 6. Systematic reviews in Social Policy Evaluation Trude Sundberg 7. Participatory evaluation Liz Richardson PART II EVALUATION AND POLICY 8. Evidence-based policymaking (EBPM) Kat Smith and Tina Haux 9. Use and misuse of evaluation in social policy Christopher Deeming 10. Challenges for Policy Makers: Accountability and Cost-effectiveness Kellie Liket 11. Policy, practice and difference within welfare regimes: Evidence from the UK Jon Warren and Jonathan Wistow 12. Performance Management and Evaluation Morten Balle Hansen 13. Critical Perspectives on using evidence in social policy Peter Dahler-Larsen 14. Social Impact Bonds – Evidence-based policy or ideology? Michael J. Roy, Neil McHugh and Stephen Sinclair PART III EVALUATION OF CONCRETE SOCIAL POLICY AREAS 15. Heath Care – Evaluating the Overall System Sara Evans-Lacko and Martin Knapp 16. The Evaluation of New Medicines Michael Calnan and Tom Douglass 17. Evaluating long-term care policies: challenges and advancements Ricardo Rodrigues 18. Labour Market Werner Eichhorst and Regina Konle-Seidl 19. Ideology or evidence base? The role of work capability assessments for people with disabilities in UK welfare to work programmes David Etherington 20. Integration Anniken Hagelund and Hanne Cecilie Kavli 21. Evaluating interventions for children, young people, and families: Theory, evidence, policy, and lessons learnt Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Dawid Gondek, Isabelle Whelan, Jenna Jacob, Matt Barnard, Helen Gleeson, Makeda Gerressu, Monica Lakhanpaul, Caroletha Irish, Emma Cassells, Khyati Bakhai and Miranda Wolpert 22. The Matthew Effect Redux. Going beyond the mean in evaluating family policies Wim Van Lancker 23. Eight attention points when evaluating large-scale public sector reforms Morten Balle Hansen, Karen Nielsen Breidahl, Jan-Eric Furubo , Anne Halvorsen 24. Poverty interventions M. Azhar Hussain 25. How understanding research as consumer object can shed new light on evidence informed policy and practice in education Chris Brown 26. Conclusion Bent Greve Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook is aimed at both academic researchers and practitioners in the field of complexity science. The book?s 26 chapters, specially written by leading experts, provide in-depth coverage of research methods based on the sciences of complexity. The research methods presented are illustratively applied to practical cases and are readily accessible to researchers and decision-makers alike.The Handbook'?s wide range of research methods are clearly illustrated with case studies that demonstrate their practical application. They range from the regeneration of communities to musical performance; from complex governance networks to psychotherapy; from gender dynamics to agent-based modelling; and the appropriate response to pandemics. Some unusual research methods ? based on art, psychology and multi-level networks ? are also included. Furthermore, the book incorporates discussions on the philosophical aspect of research methods and explores important theoretical concepts, such as exaptation, emergence, self-organisation and co-evolution.This is an ideal resource for academics and researchers in the field seeking and exploring new research methods. For decision-makers and researchers trying to address complex challenges it will be an essential source of inspiration that will arm them with effective state-of-the-art research methods for the future.Contributors include: P. Allen, P. Andriani, S. Banerjee, Y. Bar-Yam, P. Beautement, C.R. Booth, J. Bromley, H.L. Brown, J. Burton, G. Carignani, B. Castellani, G.C. Crawford, C. Day, C.J. Dister, R. Durie, E.G. Eason, K.M. English, J. Fortune, M. Gabbay, J. Goldstein, J.K. Hazy, K. Hopkinson, N. Hupert, E.S. Ihara, H.J. Jensen, J. Johnson, D.G. Kelty-Stephen, W.G. Kennedy, L. Kuhn, B. Lichtenstein, C. Lundy, B. McKelvey, E. Mitleton-Kelly, S. Mockett, G. Morçöl, S. Mukherjee, S.K. Palit, A. Paraskevas, B. Pourbohloul, R. Rajaram, F.A. Razak, K.A. Richardson, J. Rowan Scott, Y. Shapiro, S. Kim, J. Stead, H. Stuteley, A. Tait, C.J. Tompkins, L. Varga, X. Wan, P.R. Wolenski, M.E. Wolf-Branigin, K. WyattTrade Review'The Handbook of Research Methods in Complexity Science is an innovative addition to the literature on complexity theory in social science and policy studies. Many of us appreciate the benefits of a new way of thinking about, for example, complex policy making systems. This book takes the discussion forward by showing how we can research those systems, and use new empirical data to help us improve the way they work. This is an exciting prospects for researchers and practitioners.' --Paul Cairney, University of Stirling, UKTable of ContentsContents: Editors’ introduction by Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Alexandros Paraskevas and Christopher Day PART I COMPLEXITY SCIENCE RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY Introduction to Part I by Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen 1. Introduction to the Strategy and Methods of Complex Systems Yaneer Bar-Yam 2. Complex Evolving Social Systems: Unending, Imperfect Learning Peter Allen 3. Information theoretic measures of causality: Music performance as a case study Fatimah Abdul Razak, Xiaogeng Wan and Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen PART II CASE-BASED QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES Introduction to Part II by Peter Allen 4. Addressing Global Challenges: the EMK Complexity Methodology Eve Mitleton-Kelly 5. Complexity informed social research: from complexity concepts to creative applications Lesley Kuhn 6. From Isolation to Transformation with C2 Hazel Stuteley and Jonathan Stead 7. Using complexity principles to understand the nature of relations for creating a culture of publically engaged research within Higher Education Institutes Robin Durie, Craig Lundy and Katrina Wyatt PART III VISUAL METHODOLOGIES Introduction to Part III by Alexandros Paraskevas 8. The Art of Complexity: Using visual artefacts and dialogue to bridge the gap between strategic plans and local actions in organisations Julian Burton and Sam Mockett 9. Inner Complexity: Using Landscape of the Mind to catalyse change in organisations Kate Hopkinson 10. On the Visualization of Dynamic Structure: Understanding the distinction between static and dynamic network topology Kurt A. Richardson and Andrew Tait 11. Network Text Analysis and Social Network Analysis in Investigating Complex Governance Networks: Applications of AutoMap and ORA Göktuğ Morçöl and Sohee Kim PART IV MODELLING & STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF EMPIRICAL DATA Introduction to Part IV by Bill McKelvey 12. Using maximum likelihood estimation methods and complexity science concepts to research power law-distributed phenomena G. Christopher Crawford and Bill McKelvey 13. Multifractal signatures of intersectionality: Nonlinear dynamics permits quantitative modeling of hierarchical patterns in gender dynamics at the cultural level Hannah L. Brown, Chase R. Booth, Elizabeth G. Eason and Damian G. Kelty-Stephen 14. Modeling Social Complexity in Infrastructures: A Case-based Approach to Improving Reliability and Resiliency Carl J. Dister, Brian Castellani and Rajeev Rajaram 15. Phase Transitions and Social Contagion As Enabling Mechanisms for Coordinated Action in Populations: A Mathematical Framework James K. Hazy and Peter R. Wolenski 16. Applying Complex Adaptive Systems to Agent-Based Models for Social Programme Evaluation Michael E. Wolf-Branigin, William G. Kennedy, Emily S. Ihara and Catherine J. Tompkins 17. Complexity, the Bridging Science of Emerging Respiratory Outbreak Response Babak Pourbohloul, Krista M. English and Nathaniel Hupert PART V MULTI-LEVEL NETWORKS Introduction to Part V by Patrick Beautement 18. Multilevel Systems and Policy Jeffrey Johnson , Joyce Fortune and Jane Bromley 19. Complex Scenarios in Socio-Economic Data: A Comprehensive Analytical study Sanjay Kumar Palit, Santo Banerjee and Sayan Mukherjee 20. Employment of Tools and Models Appropriate to Complex, Real-world Situations Patrick Beautement 21. Leadership Network Structure and Influence Dynamics Michael Gabbay PART VI MIXED METHODS & COMPLEX ANALOGIES Introduction to Part VI by Benyamin Lichtenstein 22. Complex analogy and modular exaptation: some critical clarifications Pierpaolo Andriani and Giuseppe Carignani 23. Emergence and Radical Novelty: From Theory to Methods Jeffrey A. Goldstein 24. Applying the 15 Complexity Sciences: Methods for Studying Emergence in Organizations Benyamin Lichtenstein 25. Mixed methods research: A method for complex systems Liz Varga 26. Dynamical Systems Therapy (DST): Complex adaptive systems in psychiatry and psychotherapy Yakov Shapiro and J. Rowan Scott Index

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Book SynopsisResearch Methods in Service Innovation provides an essential methodological toolbox for researchers, students and practitioners interested in better understanding innovation and improving innovation processes in service organisations. Each chapter presents a specific method, introduces its theoretical foundations, explains its practical application, and provides examples and suggestions for its implementation. The methods described include original and innovative methodological approaches, such as technology-oriented scenario analysis, experiments and laddering, as well as critical incident techniques, social network analysis, blogs, visual techniques, narratives and future workshops. Together, the chapters encourage readers to understand service innovation research as a process that requires creative methodological thinking. The book adapts various methods and processes from different areas of research, and evaluates their strengths, limitations and possible applications in specific areas of service innovation. Researchers and academics will find this collection to be an essential state-of-the-art resource for research in the fields of service innovation and innovation in general. The book will also appeal to practitioners and consultants dealing with both public and private service organisations.Contributors include: C. Forder, L. Fuglsang, N.N. Grünbaum, A.V. Hansen, F. Lapenta, J.K. Møller, A.R. Olesen, A. Scupola, F. Sørensen, J. SundboTrade Review'This is a valuable book offering a systemic overview of research methods in the domain of service innovation. It provides guidance for cutting edge qualitative research in this field, also highlighting avenues for quantitative analyses. Hence the volume designs a unique set of tools and insights the academic community, students and practitioners can explore and use.' --(Antonello Zanfei, University of Urbino, Italy)'Service innovation studies has made significant advances over recent years. This book constitutes a decisive further step in strengthening and legitimizing these advances. It contributes to fill an important gap regarding research methodologies for service innovation. It presents a dozen innovative methods, discussing their socio-economic and political basis and applying them to concrete cases. For this contribution, the book constitutes a valuable tool for service scholars and service practitioners alike.' --(Faiz Gallouj, University of Lille, France)'Research into service innovation has been rapidly growing, but there has been a lack of an overview of the methodological alternatives to this research. This excellent book fills the gap. It provides theoretical starting points for methodological choices and presents several individual techniques to be used in practice: narratives, visual mapping, futures workshops and field experiments, for instance. This book serves very well the needs of both researchers and students.' --(Marja Toivonen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)Table of ContentsContents: 1. Service Innovation Research Methods Flemming Sørensen and Francesco Lapenta 2. Quantitative Measurement Instruments: A Case of Developing a Method for Measuring Innovation in Service Firms Jon Sundbo 3. The Critical Incident Technique and Everyday Innovation Lars Fuglsang 4. Laddering Method in Service Innovation Research Niels Nolsøe Grünbaum 5. Narratives as Driver for Co-Creating New Stories of Service Anne Vorre Hansen 6. Mapping Innovation Processes: Visual Techniques for Opening and Presenting the Black Box of Service Innovation Processes Anne Rørbæk Olesen 7. Interpretivist Analyses of Social Networks of Service Innovation Jørn Kjølseth Møller and Flemming Sørensen 8. The Role of Social Media Data for Research on User Driven Innovation Ada Scupola 9. Using Technology Oriented Scenario Analysis for Innovation Research Francesco Lapenta 10. Using Future Workshops for Idea Generation in Engaged Service Innovation Research Ada Scupola 11. Service Innovation Field Experiments: Developing and Testing New Innovation Processes Flemming Sørensen 12. Service Innovation in Complex Research Projects: Learnings from Working Within a Triple Helix Framework Claire Esther Staddon Forder Index

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Book SynopsisInternational trade has grown rapidly over the past half century, accommodated by the transportation industry through concomitant growth and technological change. But while the connection between transport and trade flows is clear, the academic literature often looks at these two issues separately. This Handbook is unique in pulling together the key insights of each field while highlighting what we know about their intersection and ideas for future research in this relatively unexamined but growing area of study.After presenting the latest data and modeling techniques used to explain global trade patterns, the chapters address directly the core theme of the Handbook: the intersection of international trade and transportation costs. Other key topics examined include trade facilitation, trade networks, and the role of transport costs in offshoring, foreign investment location, and the role of intermediary firms.The Handbook is an excellent primer on the essential concepts and references in international trade and transport for scholars who may have their primary expertise in one of these areas, but are not as familiar with the other. It will also be an invaluable resource for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and other researchers who are relatively new to either field.Contributors include: L. Alfaro, S.L. Baier, K. Behrens, B.A. Blonigen, B.S. Blum, W.M. Brown, J. Carballo, Y.-T. Chang, M.X. Chen, S. Claro, J.J. Corbett, J. Damnjanovic, P. de Langen, F.J. Díez, P.H. Egger, L. Fan, H. Görg, A. Hanley, J.D. Ho, I.J. Horstmann, M.N. Jovanovic, A. Kerr, X. Li, F. Lin, H. Meersman, D. Miljkovic, M. Moore, J. Mora, J. Njegi , T. Notteboom, P. O'Neill, K.H. Park, S. Russell Riggs, P. Saragiotis, G. Schaur, A.C. Spearot, C. Sys, W.K. Talley, E. Van de Voorde, T. Vanelslander, C. Volpe Martincus, W.W. Wilson, J.J. Winebrake, Y. Wolfmayr, Y.V. Yotov, A. Zhang, S. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z. ZhangTrade Review'In international trade, like in all of economics, we can ask the three classic questions: what is trade, how is it traded, and for whom is it traded? While much research in international trade is devoted to what and for whom, this important volume is devoted to the second question: how are goods traded between countries? Answering that question brings us quickly into issues of infrastructure, logistics, networks, and transport costs, as well as the agents of international trade. This volume will be immensely useful for economists and those in other fields who want to understand how trade actually occurs.' --Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. International Trade and Transportation: An Introduction Bruce A. Blonigen and Wesley W. Wilson PART I Modeling and Estimating International Trade Patterns 2. Gravity, distance, and international trade Scott L. Baier, Amanda Kerr and Yoto V. Yotov 3. International trade data and empirical patterns Peter H. Egger and Yvonne Wolfmayr 4. Gravity models in air transport research: A survey and an application Yahua Zhang, Faqin Lin and Anming Zhang PART II Transport Costs and International Trade 5. Trade costs and international trade flows: Methodologies, data, and empirical evidence Michael O. Moore 6. Transport costs, trade, and geographic concentration: Evidence from Canada Kristian Behrens and W. Mark Brown 7. Offshoring and transport costs Holger Görg and Aoife Hanley 8. Transportation costs and trade for differentiated agricultural products Dragan Miljkovic 9. Environmental issues in international trade and transportation James J. Corbett and James J. Winebrake PART III Agents of International Trade 10. Firms in international trade Federico J. Díez, Jesse Mora and Alan C. Spearot 11. Trade costs and the role of international trade intermediaries Bernardo S. Blum, Sebastian Claro, and Ignatius J. Horstmann 12. Transportation cost and the geography of foreign investment Laura Alfaro and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen PART IV Logistics 13. Trade logistics and seaborne transportation Wayne K. Talley and Sara Russell Riggs 14. Transportation and trade interactions: A trade facilitation perspective Jerónimo Carballo, Georg Schaur and Christian Volpe Martincus PART V Transport Infrastructure for International Trade 15. DEA and transportation efficiency Kevin Hyosoo Park and Young-Tae Chang 16. Trade Costs, Trade, and Port efficiency Bruce A. Blonigen and Wesley W. Wilson 17. Getting Port Governance Right Peter de Langen and Periklis Saragiotis 18. Vessel size, investments and trade Lixian Fan, Xinlu Li, Sijie Zhang and Zimeng Zhang PART VI Transport Networks in International Trade 19. Trade and transport modes: The search for global connectivity through transport networks Theo Notteboom 20. Benefits, challenges and trends for regional transport connectivity in Asia Peter O'Neill 21. Euro-Asian overland transport links: prospects and challenges Miroslav N. Jovanović, Jelena Damnjanović and Jovan Njegić 22. Panama canal William W. Wilson and Javier D. Ho 23. Competition and the container liner shipping industry Hilde Meersman, Christa Sys, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander Index

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Book SynopsisFor the current multidisciplinary community of tourism and hospitality scholars, support for research methods has been disparate and uneven. In this Handbook, renowned experts fulfil a pressing need to outline, gather and resolve methodological issues within tourism and hospitality into one original, global and comprehensive work.With over 40 chapters by leading researchers, this Handbook allows for the exploration of new innovative ideas and presents future challenges in the field. Sharing their trusted methods and previous successes and failures, the authors cover various quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods approaches, including sampling and knowledge transfer. Sections also explore the foundations of research and wider debates in tourism and hospitality, such as ethical issues and climate change. Compiling the most up-to-date methods from global research, this Research Handbook will be a key companion for post-graduate students. Established researchers of hospitality and tourism will find this Handbook to be an excellent concise read to assist in their continuing research.Contributors include: S.-A. Adams, F. Ali, L. Andrades, V. Biaett, I. Booyens, C.B. Califf, A. Canosa, C. Cobanoglu, E.T. Coberly, C. Cooper, J.J. Daigle, S. De Urioste-Stone, A. Decrop, F. Dimanche, J.P. Fefer, X. Font, J. Fitchett, S. Goolaup, A. Graham, B.J Gregorash, T. Griffin, M. Hall, E. Hermans, A. Hindley, G. Hoogendoorn, D. Hristov, W.G. Kim, M.D. Lopez-Gamero, H. Mair, R.E. Manning, J. Masset, W.J. McLaughlin, J.F. Molina-Azorin, G. Moscardo, R. Nunkoo, A. Ogle, A.M. Oliveri, E. Park, J. Pereira-Moliner, E.M. Pertusa-Ortega, S. Pike, S. Power, G. Prayag, H.R. Ramkissoon, L. Ruhanen, B. Seetanah, S.L. Slocum, C. Solér, E. Sorokina, D. Stanford, T.S. Stumpf, J.J. Tari, V. Teeroovengadum, Thomlinson, M. Trandberg Jensen, Y. Wang, L. White, E. Wilson, N. Wise, M.-Y. Wu, P.F. Xie, J. XuTrade Review'This Handbook is a must-read for researchers, students and practitioners in tourism and hospitality management. Top researchers from the discipline provide a comprehensive picture of relevant research methods and practices. The well-written and easily accessible contents allow the reader to use the gained knowledge right away in their projects.' --Christian Ringle, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany'This Handbook is a valuable research guide full of important information for those of us who want to learn more about research methods in tourism and hospitality management. It makes a fresh and important addition to the tourism and hospitality management literature.' --Dogan Gursoy, Washington State University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I Foundations of Tourism and Hospitality Research 1. The State of Research Methods in Tourism and Hospitality Robin Nunkoo 2. Positivism: Viewing Tourism And Hospitality Knowledge Objectively Girish Prayag 3. Constructionism: The Making Of Meaning In Tourism And Hospitality Research Tom Griffin 4. Postmodernism: Progressing Research In Tourism Philip Feifan Xie 5. Critical Inquiry In Tourism And Hospitality Research Heather Mair 6. Existential-phenomenology: Understanding Tourists´ Experiences Sandhiya Goolaup and Cecilia Solér 7. Understanding Theory and Theoretical Contribution Ekaterina Sorokina and Youcheng Wang 8. Theory Building and Evaluation in Tourism Research Ekaterina Sorokina and Youcheng Wang 9. Managing the Spatialities of Fieldwork and Tourism C. Michael Hall PART II Qualitative Research Methods 10. Using Ethnographic And Participatory Approaches In Tourism And Hospitality Research Nicholas Wise 11. On The Use Of Meta-Theory In Grounded Investigations: In Principle And Practice In Hospitality And Tourism Research T.S. Stumpf and Christopher B. Califf 12. Building Knowledge From The Tourism Field: The Grounded Theory Approach Alain Decrop and Julie Masset 13. Using Participant Observation With Socially Constructed Grounded Theory Method To Explore On-Site Guest And Visitor Behaviour Vern Biaett 14. Narrative Analysis and Tourism Research Tom Griffin 15. Sensual Quasi-Q-Sort (SQQS): Enriching Qualitative Hospitality And Tourism Research Via The Human Senses Alfred Ogle 16. Falling On Deaf Ears: Tourism Research And Audio Methods Martin Trandberg Jensen 17. The Use Of Projective Techniques To Circumvent Socially Desirable Responses Or Reveal The Subconscious Ann Hindley and Xavier Font 18. Examining Gastronomic Experiences Using Auto-Driven Photo-Elicitation Bill J. Gregorash 19. Personal Construct Theory And The Repertory Test In Destination Image Research Steven Pike 20. Findings From The Treasure Chest: Conducting Archival Research In Tourism And Hospitality Susann Power 21. Netnography As A New Research Method In Tourism Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis Of Journal Articles (2006-2015) Jing (Bill) Xu and Mao-Ying Wu PART III Quantitative Research Methods 22. Administering Face-To-Face Structured Questionnaires In Tourism Research Antonino Mario Oliveri 23. Social Desirability Bias In Ethical Decision Making Research: An Application Of Conjoint Analysis Sheree-Ann Adams, Davina Stanford and Xavier Font 24. Histogram-Based Colour Image Analysis On Tourism Photography Eerang Park 25. Application Of Normative Theory And Methods In Recreation And Tourism Robert E. Manning 26. Benchmarking In Tourism Research Elke Hermans 27. Experimental Research in Tourism: Examining Changes to Destination Perception with Film-Induced Tourism Eugene Thomlinson 28. Secondary Data Modeling In Tourism And Hospitality Research Boopen Seetanah 29. Application Of Partial Least Squares Based Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) In Hospitality Research Faizan Ali, Woody G. Kim, and Cihan Cobanoglu PART IV Mixed Methods Research 30. Mixed Methods In Tourism: Philosophical Assumptions And Key Research Design Issues Girish Prayag 31. Combining Qualitative And Quantitative Research: Semiotics, Structuralism And Content Analysis Leanne White 32. Conducting Mixed Methods In Tourism And Hospitality Management: Applications In Competitive Strategy, Management Systems, And Sustainability Practices José F. Molina-Azorín, Xavier Font, María D. López-Gamero, Jorge Pereira-Moliner, Eva M. Pertusa-Ortega and Juan J. Tarí 33. Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis C. Michael Hall 34. Applying Case Study Methodology To Tourism Research Sandra De Urioste-Stone, William J. McLaughlin, John J. Daigle and Jessica P. Fefer 35. Research Methodology Choice in Serious Leisure in Renaissance Festival Tourism Elizabeth T. Coberly and Susan L. Slocum 36. Climate Change And Tourism Research In South Africa: Prospects And Obstacles For Mixed-Method Approaches Gijsbert Hoogendoorn and Jennifer Fitchett 37. Bringing Cross-Disciplinarity To The Fore: A Methodological Framework For Leadership In Destination Management Organisations Dean Hristov and Haywantee Rumi Ramkissoon 38. Measuring Innovation In Tourism: Issues From The Western Cape Experience Irma Booyens PART V Other Research Issues 39. Sampling Design in Tourism and Hospitality Research Viraiyan Teeroovengadum and Robin Nunkoo 40. Methodological Issues In Cross-Cultural Tourism And Hospitality Research Frederic Dimanche and Lidia Andrades 41. Ethical Issues In Tourism And Hospitality Research Gianna Moscardo 42. Child-Centred Approaches in Tourism and Hospitality Research: Methodological Opportunities and Ethical Challenges Antonia Canosa, Anne Graham and Erica Wilson 43. Tourism Research And Knowledge Transfer Lisa Ruhanen and Chris Cooper Index

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Book SynopsisFor the current multidisciplinary community of tourism and hospitality scholars, support for research methods has been disparate and uneven. In this Handbook, renowned experts fulfil a pressing need to outline, gather and resolve methodological issues within tourism and hospitality into one original, global and comprehensive work.With over 40 chapters by leading researchers, this Handbook allows for the exploration of new innovative ideas and presents future challenges in the field. Sharing their trusted methods and previous successes and failures, the authors cover various quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods approaches, including sampling and knowledge transfer. Sections also explore the foundations of research and wider debates in tourism and hospitality, such as ethical issues and climate change. Compiling the most up-to-date methods from global research, this Research Handbook will be a key companion for post-graduate students. Established researchers of hospitality and tourism will find this Handbook to be an excellent concise read to assist in their continuing research.Contributors include: S.-A. Adams, F. Ali, L. Andrades, V. Biaett, I. Booyens, C.B. Califf, A. Canosa, C. Cobanoglu, E.T. Coberly, C. Cooper, J.J. Daigle, S. De Urioste-Stone, A. Decrop, F. Dimanche, J.P. Fefer, X. Font, J. Fitchett, S. Goolaup, A. Graham, B.J Gregorash, T. Griffin, M. Hall, E. Hermans, A. Hindley, G. Hoogendoorn, D. Hristov, W.G. Kim, M.D. Lopez-Gamero, H. Mair, R.E. Manning, J. Masset, W.J. McLaughlin, J.F. Molina-Azorin, G. Moscardo, R. Nunkoo, A. Ogle, A.M. Oliveri, E. Park, J. Pereira-Moliner, E.M. Pertusa-Ortega, S. Pike, S. Power, G. Prayag, H.R. Ramkissoon, L. Ruhanen, B. Seetanah, S.L. Slocum, C. Solér, E. Sorokina, D. Stanford, T.S. Stumpf, J.J. Tari, V. Teeroovengadum, Thomlinson, M. Trandberg Jensen, Y. Wang, L. White, E. Wilson, N. Wise, M.-Y. Wu, P.F. Xie, J. XuTrade Review'This Handbook is a must-read for researchers, students and practitioners in tourism and hospitality management. Top researchers from the discipline provide a comprehensive picture of relevant research methods and practices. The well-written and easily accessible contents allow the reader to use the gained knowledge right away in their projects.' --Christian Ringle, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany'This Handbook is a valuable research guide full of important information for those of us who want to learn more about research methods in tourism and hospitality management. It makes a fresh and important addition to the tourism and hospitality management literature.' --Dogan Gursoy, Washington State University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I Foundations of Tourism and Hospitality Research 1. The State of Research Methods in Tourism and Hospitality Robin Nunkoo 2. Positivism: Viewing Tourism And Hospitality Knowledge Objectively Girish Prayag 3. Constructionism: The Making Of Meaning In Tourism And Hospitality Research Tom Griffin 4. Postmodernism: Progressing Research In Tourism Philip Feifan Xie 5. Critical Inquiry In Tourism And Hospitality Research Heather Mair 6. Existential-phenomenology: Understanding Tourists´ Experiences Sandhiya Goolaup and Cecilia Solér 7. Understanding Theory and Theoretical Contribution Ekaterina Sorokina and Youcheng Wang 8. Theory Building and Evaluation in Tourism Research Ekaterina Sorokina and Youcheng Wang 9. Managing the Spatialities of Fieldwork and Tourism C. Michael Hall PART II Qualitative Research Methods 10. Using Ethnographic And Participatory Approaches In Tourism And Hospitality Research Nicholas Wise 11. On The Use Of Meta-Theory In Grounded Investigations: In Principle And Practice In Hospitality And Tourism Research T.S. Stumpf and Christopher B. Califf 12. Building Knowledge From The Tourism Field: The Grounded Theory Approach Alain Decrop and Julie Masset 13. Using Participant Observation With Socially Constructed Grounded Theory Method To Explore On-Site Guest And Visitor Behaviour Vern Biaett 14. Narrative Analysis and Tourism Research Tom Griffin 15. Sensual Quasi-Q-Sort (SQQS): Enriching Qualitative Hospitality And Tourism Research Via The Human Senses Alfred Ogle 16. Falling On Deaf Ears: Tourism Research And Audio Methods Martin Trandberg Jensen 17. The Use Of Projective Techniques To Circumvent Socially Desirable Responses Or Reveal The Subconscious Ann Hindley and Xavier Font 18. Examining Gastronomic Experiences Using Auto-Driven Photo-Elicitation Bill J. Gregorash 19. Personal Construct Theory And The Repertory Test In Destination Image Research Steven Pike 20. Findings From The Treasure Chest: Conducting Archival Research In Tourism And Hospitality Susann Power 21. Netnography As A New Research Method In Tourism Studies: A Bibliometric Analysis Of Journal Articles (2006-2015) Jing (Bill) Xu and Mao-Ying Wu PART III Quantitative Research Methods 22. Administering Face-To-Face Structured Questionnaires In Tourism Research Antonino Mario Oliveri 23. Social Desirability Bias In Ethical Decision Making Research: An Application Of Conjoint Analysis Sheree-Ann Adams, Davina Stanford and Xavier Font 24. Histogram-Based Colour Image Analysis On Tourism Photography Eerang Park 25. Application Of Normative Theory And Methods In Recreation And Tourism Robert E. Manning 26. Benchmarking In Tourism Research Elke Hermans 27. Experimental Research in Tourism: Examining Changes to Destination Perception with Film-Induced Tourism Eugene Thomlinson 28. Secondary Data Modeling In Tourism And Hospitality Research Boopen Seetanah 29. Application Of Partial Least Squares Based Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) In Hospitality Research Faizan Ali, Woody G. Kim, and Cihan Cobanoglu PART IV Mixed Methods Research 30. Mixed Methods In Tourism: Philosophical Assumptions And Key Research Design Issues Girish Prayag 31. Combining Qualitative And Quantitative Research: Semiotics, Structuralism And Content Analysis Leanne White 32. Conducting Mixed Methods In Tourism And Hospitality Management: Applications In Competitive Strategy, Management Systems, And Sustainability Practices José F. Molina-Azorín, Xavier Font, María D. López-Gamero, Jorge Pereira-Moliner, Eva M. Pertusa-Ortega and Juan J. Tarí 33. Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis C. Michael Hall 34. Applying Case Study Methodology To Tourism Research Sandra De Urioste-Stone, William J. McLaughlin, John J. Daigle and Jessica P. Fefer 35. Research Methodology Choice in Serious Leisure in Renaissance Festival Tourism Elizabeth T. Coberly and Susan L. Slocum 36. Climate Change And Tourism Research In South Africa: Prospects And Obstacles For Mixed-Method Approaches Gijsbert Hoogendoorn and Jennifer Fitchett 37. Bringing Cross-Disciplinarity To The Fore: A Methodological Framework For Leadership In Destination Management Organisations Dean Hristov and Haywantee Rumi Ramkissoon 38. Measuring Innovation In Tourism: Issues From The Western Cape Experience Irma Booyens PART V Other Research Issues 39. Sampling Design in Tourism and Hospitality Research Viraiyan Teeroovengadum and Robin Nunkoo 40. Methodological Issues In Cross-Cultural Tourism And Hospitality Research Frederic Dimanche and Lidia Andrades 41. Ethical Issues In Tourism And Hospitality Research Gianna Moscardo 42. Child-Centred Approaches in Tourism and Hospitality Research: Methodological Opportunities and Ethical Challenges Antonia Canosa, Anne Graham and Erica Wilson 43. Tourism Research And Knowledge Transfer Lisa Ruhanen and Chris Cooper Index

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Book Synopsis'Consumer law has truly matured as an object of scholarly inquiry in recent years, in particular (but not only) through the embrace of sophisticated insights into real-life consumer behaviour as a basis for regulatory design. This book brings together writers who have been and remain at the forefront of intellectual inquiry, and it permits them to enrich thinking about patterns and styles of research into consumer law.'- Stephen Weatherill, University of Oxford, UKEuropean consumer law seeks to ensure that consumers receive sufficient information about goods and services, are not subject to unfair contract clauses or unfair commercial practices, and have the means to redress grievances. This Handbook specifically considers the impacts of different disciplines and methods as it presents the state of the art in consumer law research and in particular offers intriguing new insights from behavioural science.Research Methods in Consumer Law shows how different lenses help to highlight under-researched areas of consumer law and engage with current debates in order to suggest pertinent legal reforms. Rules meant to protect consumers are often premised on the fact that small print is read, understood and acted upon. Acknowledging that this is rarely the case, the expert contributors offer new perspectives, informed by the study of how real people behave and paying careful attention to methodology.Offering the tools to engage in promising and socially useful legal research, this Handbook will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of law and behavioural science, as it offers a fresh look at the relation between EU consumer law and other disciplines oriented to solving practical problems.Contributors include: M. Artigot Golobardes, F. Esposito, S. Frerichs, F. Gomez Pomar, P. Hacker, G. Helleringer, J. Luzak, M. Malecka, H.-W. Micklitz, F. Möslein, M. Nagatsu, K.P. Purnhagen, G. Rühl, A.-L. Sibony, J. Trzaskowski, F. WeberTrade Review'Containing inspiring contributions from distinguished scholars in the field, this book offers an eloquent and open-minded perspective on the highly topical behavioural turn in consumer law research. In doing so, it suggests a blended approach to research methodology, combining behavioural insights with doctrinal scholarship, economic analysis and socio-legal studies. Both the suggestions and the critique are based on a deep foundational understanding of the discipline.' --Thomas K.J. Wilhelmsson, University of Helsinki, Finland'We are all consumers. And we are all directly affected by consumer law. This important, dynamic area of the law is the subject of Hans-W. Micklitz, Anne-Lise Sibony and Fabrizio Esposito's Research Methods in Consumer Law. The editors have put together an impressive collection of essays that correctly focus on behavioral analysis as the state-of-the-art methodology in consumer law. The volume is both deep and broad, delving into the weeds of behavioral science and cutting across multiple applications of the methodology in different areas of consumer law. It should be of great interest to lawmakers, researchers, and practitioners.' --Oren Bar-Gill, Harvard Law School, US'Research Methods in Consumer Law persuasively shows that not only medicine and doctors save lives, law can too. Consumer Law has, for decades, been the Cinderella of the legal discipline; however, now it is increasingly afoot in Europe and beyond. Amid a favourable Zeitgeist, this unprecedented collection of foundational contributions offers a solid grounding to any legal scholar interested in pursuing theoretically rich and action-oriented research.' --Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris, France and founder of The Good LobbyTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Bright and Adventurous Future of Consumer Law Research Hans-W. Micklitz, Anne-Lise Sibony, Fabrizio Esposito Part I Foundations of Behavioural Consumer Legal Research 2. Conceptual Foundations For a European Consumer Law and Behavioural Sciences Scholarship Fabrizio Esposito 3. Nudging and Autonomy. A Philosophical and Legal Appraisal Philipp Hacker 4. Rational Choice and Behavioural Approaches to Consumer Issues Fernando Gómez Pomar1 and Mireia Artigot Golobardes Part II Advances in Behavioural Consumer Legal Research 5. The role(s) of Empirical Research in Consumer Law and Consumer Law Scholarship Anne-Lise Sibony 6. US behavioural consumer research Franziska Weber 7. Who Calls the Tune? Stock Taking of Behavioural Consumer Protection in Europe Joasia Luzak 8. Regulatory Validity Kai Purnhagen 9. Behavioural Innovations in Marketing LawProfessor Jan Trzaskowski 10. A Behavioural Perspective on Consumer Finance Genevieve Helleringer Part III Insights From Broader Perspectives 11. How Behavioural Research Has Informed Consumer Law: The Many Faces of Behavioural Research Michiru Nagatsu and Magdalena Małecka 12. What Is the ‘Social’ in Behavioural Economics? The Methodological Underpinnings of Governance by Nudges Sabine Frerichs 13. Behavioural Analysis and Socio-legal Research – Is Everything Architecture? Florian Möslein 14. Behavioural Analysis and Comparative Law – Improving the Empirical Foundation for Comparative Legal Research Giesela Rühl 15. The Politics of Behavioural Economics of Law Hans-W. Micklitz Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook brings together experts in the field of leadership to provide insights into methods for leadership research. It serves to motivate them to use new research methods to further our knowledge of the leadership field. Illustrating novel approaches to research with sample questions and applications to the field of leadership, this comprehensive and accessible Handbook covers key methodologies in leadership research today, as well as introducing methods that will be invaluable in the future. With chapters written by established leadership scholars, the Handbook of Methods in Leadership Research is arranged to cover three core areas of research: measurement and design, quantitative analytic approaches, and qualitative analytic approaches. The book provides an accessible overview and starting point to discover new methods. All chapters are well researched and provide references for those who want to delve deeper into the topics covered. The volume ends with a summary of tips for each method presented. This book will be an indispensable resource for leadership students, scholars, and practitioners alike, to inspire their future research but also to support their understanding of the quality of research carried out by others.Contributors: C.-H. Chang, S.H. Chong, A.R. Cook, A.J. Dixon, E. Djurdjevic, R.J. Foti, V. Gochmann, J. Gooty, R.J. Hall, R. Ilies, R.E. Johnson, M. Jokisaari, R.B. Kline, M. Lewis, W.-D. Li, R.G. Lord, M.E. McCusker, B. Meyer, P. Neves, S. Ohly, M. Pina e Cunha, A. Rego, E.F. Rietzschel, D. Rus, J. Schilling, B. Schyns, W.K. Smith, S. Trichas, W. Wang, J.M. Webb, B. Wisse, F.J. YammarinoTrade Review'Interest in leadership continues to grow, as does research on this complex and fascinating topic. This book provides a much-needed guide to conducting (and deciphering) leadership research. Every student of leadership needs to have this detailed guidebook in his or her reference library.' --Ronald E. Riggio, Claremont McKenna College, US'This is an indispensable volume for all leadership researchers, from beginning students and early career researchers to seasoned veterans in the field. The contents provide a comprehensive treatment of important topics in leadership research, including foundational measurement and design concerns to both quantitative and qualitative analytical approaches. I am sure to refer to it often and recommend it highly.' --David V. Day, Claremont McKenna College, US'This volume fills a critical gap in the leadership literature. The authors have done a tremendous job of tackling a wide variety of topics in leadership research - from facial coding, to behavioral genetics, to biographical methods - and illustrating novel approaches with which to explore them. A valuable resource for everyone (from the brand new scholar to the seasoned researcher) looking to incorporate one or more of the new techniques available. Highly recommended!' --Michelle Bligh, Claremont Graduate University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I Introduction 1 Introduction and Overview Birgit Schyns, Pedro Neves and Rosalie J. Hall PART II Measurement and Design 2. Implicit Measures for Leadership Research SinHui Chong, Emilija Djurdjevic and Russell E. Johnson 3. Puppet Masters in the Lab: Experimental Methods in Leadership Research Eric F. Rietzschel, Barbara Wisse and Diana Rus 4. Assessing Leadership Behavior with Observational and Sensor-Based Methods: A Brief Overview Alexandra (Sasha) Cook and Bertolt Meyer 5. The Contribution of Sophisticated Facial Expression Coding to Leadership Research Savvas Trichas 6. Behavioral Genetics and Leadership Research Wen-Dong Li, Remus Ilies and Wei Wang 7. Biosensor Approaches to Studying Leadership Aurora J. Dixon, Jessica M. Webb and Chu-Hsiang (Daisy) Chang PART III Quantitative Methods and Analytic Approaches 8. Mediation Analysis in Leadership Studies: New Developments and Perspectives Rex B. Kline 9. Person-Oriented Approaches to Leadership: A Roadmap Forward Roseanne J. Foti and Maureen E. McCusker 10. Multi-Level Issues and Dyads in Leadership Research Francis J. Yammarino and Janaki Gooty 11. A Social Network Approach to Examining Leadership Markku Jokisaari 12. Diary studies in leadership Sandra Ohly and Viktoria Gochmann 13. Modeling leadership-related change with a growth curve approach Rosalie J. Hall PART IV Qualitative Methods and Analytic Approaches 14. Qualitative content analysis in leadership research: Principles, process and application Jan Schilling 15. Biographical methods in leadership research Miguel Pina e Cunha, Marianne Lewis, Arménio Rego and Wendy K. Smith PART V Summary 16. Leadership in the future, and the future of leadership research Robert G. Lord 17. Authors’ Tips for Doing Top-Quality Research Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook brings together experts in the field of leadership to provide insights into methods for leadership research. It serves to motivate them to use new research methods to further our knowledge of the leadership field. Illustrating novel approaches to research with sample questions and applications to the field of leadership, this comprehensive and accessible Handbook covers key methodologies in leadership research today, as well as introducing methods that will be invaluable in the future. With chapters written by established leadership scholars, the Handbook of Methods in Leadership Research is arranged to cover three core areas of research: measurement and design, quantitative analytic approaches, and qualitative analytic approaches. The book provides an accessible overview and starting point to discover new methods. All chapters are well researched and provide references for those who want to delve deeper into the topics covered. The volume ends with a summary of tips for each method presented. This book will be an indispensable resource for leadership students, scholars, and practitioners alike, to inspire their future research but also to support their understanding of the quality of research carried out by others.Contributors: C.-H. Chang, S.H. Chong, A.R. Cook, A.J. Dixon, E. Djurdjevic, R.J. Foti, V. Gochmann, J. Gooty, R.J. Hall, R. Ilies, R.E. Johnson, M. Jokisaari, R.B. Kline, M. Lewis, W.-D. Li, R.G. Lord, M.E. McCusker, B. Meyer, P. Neves, S. Ohly, M. Pina e Cunha, A. Rego, E.F. Rietzschel, D. Rus, J. Schilling, B. Schyns, W.K. Smith, S. Trichas, W. Wang, J.M. Webb, B. Wisse, F.J. YammarinoTrade Review'Interest in leadership continues to grow, as does research on this complex and fascinating topic. This book provides a much-needed guide to conducting (and deciphering) leadership research. Every student of leadership needs to have this detailed guidebook in his or her reference library.' --Ronald E. Riggio, Claremont McKenna College, US'This is an indispensable volume for all leadership researchers, from beginning students and early career researchers to seasoned veterans in the field. The contents provide a comprehensive treatment of important topics in leadership research, including foundational measurement and design concerns to both quantitative and qualitative analytical approaches. I am sure to refer to it often and recommend it highly.' --David V. Day, Claremont McKenna College, US'This volume fills a critical gap in the leadership literature. The authors have done a tremendous job of tackling a wide variety of topics in leadership research - from facial coding, to behavioral genetics, to biographical methods - and illustrating novel approaches with which to explore them. A valuable resource for everyone (from the brand new scholar to the seasoned researcher) looking to incorporate one or more of the new techniques available. Highly recommended!' --Michelle Bligh, Claremont Graduate University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I Introduction 1 Introduction and Overview Birgit Schyns, Pedro Neves and Rosalie J. Hall PART II Measurement and Design 2. Implicit Measures for Leadership Research SinHui Chong, Emilija Djurdjevic and Russell E. Johnson 3. Puppet Masters in the Lab: Experimental Methods in Leadership Research Eric F. Rietzschel, Barbara Wisse and Diana Rus 4. Assessing Leadership Behavior with Observational and Sensor-Based Methods: A Brief Overview Alexandra (Sasha) Cook and Bertolt Meyer 5. The Contribution of Sophisticated Facial Expression Coding to Leadership Research Savvas Trichas 6. Behavioral Genetics and Leadership Research Wen-Dong Li, Remus Ilies and Wei Wang 7. Biosensor Approaches to Studying Leadership Aurora J. Dixon, Jessica M. Webb and Chu-Hsiang (Daisy) Chang PART III Quantitative Methods and Analytic Approaches 8. Mediation Analysis in Leadership Studies: New Developments and Perspectives Rex B. Kline 9. Person-Oriented Approaches to Leadership: A Roadmap Forward Roseanne J. Foti and Maureen E. McCusker 10. Multi-Level Issues and Dyads in Leadership Research Francis J. Yammarino and Janaki Gooty 11. A Social Network Approach to Examining Leadership Markku Jokisaari 12. Diary studies in leadership Sandra Ohly and Viktoria Gochmann 13. Modeling leadership-related change with a growth curve approach Rosalie J. Hall PART IV Qualitative Methods and Analytic Approaches 14. Qualitative content analysis in leadership research: Principles, process and application Jan Schilling 15. Biographical methods in leadership research Miguel Pina e Cunha, Marianne Lewis, Arménio Rego and Wendy K. Smith PART V Summary 16. Leadership in the future, and the future of leadership research Robert G. Lord 17. Authors’ Tips for Doing Top-Quality Research Index

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