Beginning with theoretical analyses of the innovation management field, the book turns to the institutional and geographic factors underlying innovation, and the potential posed by a 'soft' or organizational view of innovation management, before concluding with a section on the management of knowledge, information and appropriability.
Contemporary Peace Making draws on recent experience to identify and explore the essential components of peace processes. Each chapter examines a different element in recent peace processes. The collection is organized around five main themes: planning for peace during periods of violence; the effects of violence on peace processes;
This accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of globalization and its consequences from the perspective of social and political critical theory. Thematic chapters provoke student inquiry and the book shows how the views of critical theorists are crucial to understanding the global processes shaping the world today.
After a near-death experience, a teen girl gains the ability to cross over into the plane between life and death in this paranormal YA debut, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Holly Black.
A twelve-year-old cemetery boy turned monster hunter must race against time to save his recently resurrected mother in this chilling children's series.
This book is about how we make choices. Drawing together evidence from 21st century chemistry to Victorian politics, enlightenment philosophy, Roman drama and beyond, it is a compelling hunt for the nature of free will.
Taking as its starting point the elections of 2003 and 2004, Developments in Russian Politics 6 brings together a tightly-edited set of all-new specially-commissioned chapters by leading experts to provide a broad-ranging assessment of Russian Politics under Putin.