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  • Science, Technology, and Higher Education

    Governance Approaches on Social Inclusion and Sustainability in Latin America

    Edited by Luis Antonio Orozco, Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros, Jaime Humberto Sierra-González, Javier García-Estévez, Isabel Bortagaray ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This volume explores the governance and management of science, technology, and innovation (STI) in relation to social inclusion and sustainability, highlighting its goal, challenges, and opportunities. Divided into two sections, it addresses the goals and institutional arrangements around sustainable development in the context of Latin American countries as well as the challenges of developing ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Policy and Governance of Science, Technology, and Innovation

    Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development in Latin América

    Edited by Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros, Luis Antonio Orozco, Jaime Humberto Sierra-González, Isabel Bortagaray, Javier García-Estévez ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This volume explores the governance and management of science, technology, and innovation (STI) in relation to innovation policy and governance systems, highlighting its goal, challenges, and opportunities. Divided into two sections, it addresses the role of governments in promoting innovation in Latin-American contexts as well as barriers and opportunities for STI governance in the region. The ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

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  • Root-Cause Regulation

    Protecting Work and Workers in the Twenty-First Century

    by Michael J. Piore, Andrew Schrank ...
    Work is now more deadly than war, killing approximately 2.3 million people a year worldwide. The United States, with its complex regulatory system, has one of the highest rates of occupational fatality in the developed world, and deteriorating working conditions more generally. Why, after a century of reform, are U.S. workers growing less safe and secure? Comparing U.S. regulatory practices to ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Mexican Business Culture

    Essays on Tradition, Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Commerce and the State

    Edited by John T. Hyatt, Carlos M. Coria-Sánchez ...
    Western business owners and managers are increasingly interested in doing business in Mexico. Yet few have thoroughly investigated the country's business climate and culture. This collection of new essays by contributors who work in and research the business culture of Mexico takes a combined academic and real-world look at the country's vibrant and dynamic commerce. Topics include business and ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Knowledge Society and Education in the Asia-Pacific

    Recent Trends and Future Challenges

    Edited by José Ernesto Rangel Delgado, Antonina Ivanova Boncheva ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores recent trends in the knowledge-based society and education field in Asia-Pacific and discusses future challenges in the region. It presents studies on the development of scientific thought in the field on the knowledge-based society in the Pacific Circle. This book explores the theoretical framework of the knowledge-based society framed by the borders imposed by the Pacific ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Managing Human Resources in Latin America

    An Agenda for International Leaders

    Edited by Marta Elvira, Anabella Davila ...
    Series series Global HRM
    In addition to providing the reader with a thorough overview of the trends in HR strategies and practice and the challenges faced by HR executives in Latin America, this book also explores cultural issues critical to conducting business and understanding human resource management in this region.Structured in two distinct parts, Davila and Elvira's comprehensive book moves from a general overview ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Drug Company Next Door

    Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico

    by Alexa S. Dietrich ...
    "This fascinating and most timely criticalmedical anthropology study successfully binds two still emergent areas ofcontemporary anthropological research in the global world: the nature andsignificant impact of multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers on humansocial life everywhere, and the contribution of corporations to the fast-paceddegradation of our life support system, planet Earth. . . . ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Best Human Resource Management Practices in Latin America

    Edited by Anabella Davila, Marta M. Elvira ...
    Latin America today presents a dynamic but challenging business landscape. Although foreign investment in the region has risen, Asia’s increasing role in the global economy is a challenge to Latin America’s competitiveness. At the same time, Translatina firms – Latin American trans-national companies – continue to grow in capital and influence.This original collection explores the tensions between ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Fourth Sector

    Sustainable Best-Practices from Across the World

    Edited by María Isabel Sánchez-Hernández, Luísa Carvalho, Conceição Rego, Maria Raquel Lucas, Adriana Noronha ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    “The fourth sector” consists of for-benefit organizations that combine market-based approaches of the private sector with the social and environmental aims of the public and non-profit sectors. This book examines successful experiences around the world in entrepreneurship in the fourth sector in recent times. The chapters also reveal the pivotal role of the public sector collaboration with private ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Entrepreneurial and Innovative Practices in Public Institutions

    A Quality of Life Approach

    Edited by João Leitão, Helena Alves ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume discusses the importance of adopting entrepreneurial and innovation practices in the public sector, as mechanisms for detecting, dealing with and including citizens’ social needs, with a reflection on positive determination of their quality of life. It focuses on critical reflection and rethinking the articulation between the dimensions of transformation – entrepreneurship and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Developing Innovation Systems

    Mexico in a Global Context

    Edited by Mario Cimoli ...
    Mexico provides a case study of a cornerstone economy in the development of the hemospheric free trade zone in the Americas, an adjusting economy which has been integrated into uneven economies (Canada and the US). This volume examines the Mexican economy and its attempt to develop an innovation system, providing an example of the dynamics that are of concern to evolutionary economists. ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Wellbeing, Justice and Development Ethics

    by Severine Deneulin ...
    Series series The Routledge Human Development and Capability Debates
    The question of the meaning of progress and development is back on the political agenda. How to frame this discontent and search for new alternatives when either Marxism or liberalism no longer provides a satisfactory framework? This book introduces in an accessible way the capability approach, first articulated by Amartya Sen in the early 1980s. Written for an international audience, but rooted ... Read more

    $57.99 USD