Hans: 4119 books
Prometheus Shackled
Goldsmith Banks and England's Financial Revolution after 1700
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
After 1688, Britain underwent a revolution in public finance, and the cost of borrowing declined sharply. Leading scholars have argued that easier credit for the government, made possible by better property-rights protection, lead to a rapid expansion of private credit. The Industrial Revolution,...
by H. van Zon, Hans van Zon
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Hans van Zon analyzes the financialization of developed capitalism, and argues that the emergence of finance as a dominant force has contributed to the relative decline of the West. He demonstrates that the neo-liberal model is inherently unstable and undermines capitalist economies, which can only...
Social Class and Transnational Human Capital
How Middle and Upper Class Parents Prepare Their Children for Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Due to globalization processes, foreign language skills, knowledge about other countries and intercultural competences have increasingly become important for societies and people’s social positions. Previous research on social inequality, however, has dominantly focused on the reproduction of class...
Change is Like a Slinky
30 Strategies for Promoting and Surviving Change in Your Organization
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
A practical guide to navigate change in today's organizational climate. Change or perish: this is a current motto for leaders in all types of organizations. But how does one adapt to such fast and furious change and effectively lead the organization through change intact and more effective? Hans Finzel...
Innovation, Technology and Hypercompetition
Review and Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
In an increasingly technologically-led century the striking pattern emerging in firms’ innovative activities is their competition for a technological leadership position in situations best described as races. A 'race' is an interactive pattern characterized by firms constantly trying to get ahead...
by Hans Finzel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Based on the life and legacy of Moses, Hans presents ten scriptural principles that can revolutionize your business, your ministry, even your life.
The life of Moses provides a master study on what it means to be an effective leader. Consider his pedigree: Answered the call to do...
Problem Solving in Organizations
A Methodological Handbook for Business and Management Students
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
This concise introduction to the methodology of problem solving in organizations is an indispensable guide to the design and execution of practical business improvement projects in real organizational settings. The methodology is design-oriented and theory-informed. It encourages students to use the...
Lending to the Borrower from Hell
Debt, Taxes, and Default in the Age of Philip II
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
Why do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign borrowers who promptly go bankrupt? When can this type of lending work? As the United States and many European nations struggle with mountains of debt, historical precedents can offer valuable insights. Lending to the Borrower from Hell looks at...
Showa Japan
The Post-War Golden Age and Its Troubled Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2011
Japan's momentous Showa era began in 1926, when Emperor Hirohito ascended the throne, and ended with his death in 1989. This was a tumultuous period in modern Japanese history—a time of great disaster and tremendous triumph for Japan.
This book focuses on the post-war period in Japan when...
The Green Paradox
A Supply-Side Approach to Global Warming
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
A leading economist develops a supply-side approach to fighting climate change that encourages resource owners to leave more of their fossil carbon underground.
The Earth is getting warmer. Yet, as Hans-Werner Sinn points out in this provocative book, the dominant policy approach—which aims...
by Hans J. Morgenthau
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
A growing interest in the oeuvre of Hans J. Morgenthau and in re-readings of 'classical realism' increases the significance of his European, pre-emigration writings in order to understand the work of one of the founding figures of IR. This book is the first English translation of Morgenthau's French monograph La notion du politique from 1933 (translated by Maeva Vidal).
by Hans Noel
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America puts ideology front and center in the discussion of party coalition change. Treating ideology as neither a nuisance nor a given, the analysis describes the development of the modern liberal and conservative ideologies that form the basis of our...
by Hans Schattle
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
This lively and invigorating book explores the complex ways that globalization has profoundly affected the once-static nationally defined boundaries of citizenship. From Cairo to Beijing, campaigns for civil rights and democracy around the world are intensifying and speeding up in the digital media...
Launch Your Encore
Finding Adventure and Purpose Later in Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
In 2011, the first of the 76 million baby boomers--nearly a quarter of the US population--began turning 65. Every day for the next fifteen years, over ten thousand of them will celebrate that birthday. And for the first time in history, this generation will enjoy many years post-career pursing meaning...