Palgrave imprint: 15119 books
by Stavroula Kalogeras
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Stories, whether they are fact or fiction, popular or not, are a proven method of pedagogy. In the age of media convergence and with the advancement of technology, stories have morphed into new forms; however, their core purpose remains the same, which is to pass on knowledge and information. The...
The Learning Advantage
Six Practices of Learning-Directed Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
Highlighting the best in management learning theory and practices, the authors provide a comprehensive approach to leadership from a learning perspective. This exciting new book, from award-winning authorities on learning, describes how leaders gain the advantage when they cultivate learning in themselves and others.
by A. Hadland
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
The news media and the state are locked in a battle of wills in the world's emerging democratic states. It is a struggle that will determine whether or not democracy flourishes or withers in the 21st century. Using a number of case studies, including South Africa, this book evaluates what is at stake.
Modelling in Public Health Research
How Mathematical Techniques Keep Us Healthy
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
This book analyses the development and use of mathematical models in public health research and policy. By introducing a life cycle metaphor, the author provides a unique perspective on how mathematical modelling techniques have increased our understanding of the governance of infectious risks in society.
by D. Tennant, M. Tracey
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Sovereign Debt and Credit Rating Bias rejects the notion that credit rating agencies' rigorous and transparent determination of ratings leaves no room for bias, and debunks the myth that the value CRAs place on their reputational capital precludes prolonged biases. To determine the extent of CRAs'...
Innovation in India
The Future of Offshoring
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Examines the shift in leading companies in India towards greater 'value added' and innovative work. Is the move towards greater levels of innovation the future of the services off-shoring industry in India?
Venturing into the Bioeconomy
Professions, innovation, identity
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
This book reports empirical material from three case studies in the pharmaceutical industry, the biotechnology industry and the domain of academic research. New technoscientific frameworks that have not yet translated into new therapies, in the future, may play a more central role in the late-modern society.
Liberalizing Financial Services and Foreign Direct Investment
Developing a Framework for Commercial Banking FDI
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
This book focuses on the relationship between FDI and financial service liberalization in the context of the WTO. By conducting an economic assessment on the extent of GATS liberalization in commercial banking it seeks to empirically clarify if the multilateral liberalization efforts under the WTO promote FDI.
by M. Agarwal
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
This book discusses new determinants for optimal portfolio selection. It reviews the existing modelling framework and creates mean-variance efficient portfolios from the securities companies on the National Stock Exchange. Comparisons enable researchers to rank them in terms of their effectiveness in the present day Indian securities market.
Simulating Security Returns
A Filtered Historical Simulation Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Practitioners in risk management are familiar with the use of the FHS (filtered historical simulation) to finding realistic simulations of security returns. This approach has become increasingly popular over the last fifteen years, as it is both flexible and reliable, and is now being accepted in...
Significance
Exploring the Nature of Information, Systems and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Signs are critically important in all forms of activity, including business, because they establish what it is to be human. Without signs we could not think, we could not communicate what we think and we could not ensure that we collaborate together in our work, home and leisure. The aim of this book is to explain how and why they are significant.
Unpacking Open Innovation
Highlights From a Co-Evolutionary Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Disintegrated or distributed innovation, collaborative innovation, collective invention, collegial innovation, free innovation, open knowledge disclosure, free knowledge disclosure: are these all the same thing? This shows us there is some confusion regarding open innovation, or at least there is...
The Gold Standard Peripheries
Monetary Policy, Adjustment and Flexibility in a Global Setting
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
The remarkably successful gold standard before 1914 was the first international monetary regime. This book addresses the experience of the gold standard peripheries; i.e. regime takers with limited influence on the regime. How did small countries adjust to an international monetary regime with seemingly little room for policy autonomy?
by J. Mai, M. Scherer
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
This is a succinct guide to the application and modelling of dependence models or copulas in the financial markets. First applied to credit risk modelling, copulas are now widely used across a range of derivatives transactions, asset pricing techniques and risk models and are a core part of the financial engineer's toolkit.