Palgrave imprint: 15119 books
Darwinian Fitness in the Global Marketplace
Analysing the Competition
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Reviews theories of competition and existing literature, and examines the attributes of market competition and strategies adhered to by firms in the global marketplace. Provides an in-depth analysis of a broad spectrum of important topics on competitive strategies and tactics.
Africa’s Natural Resources and Underdevelopment
How Ghana’s Petroleum Can Create Sustainable Economic Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
This book explores how African countries can convert their natural resources, particularly oil and gas, into sustainable development assets. Using Ghana, one of the continent’s newest oil-producing countries, as a lens, it examines the "resource curse" faced by other producers - such as...
Materializing Europe
Transnational Infrastructures and the Project of Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
This book explores the relationships between European integration and material infrastructures. Taking transnational infrastructures as the focal point of study, the book focuses on the various forms of mediation between the material, institutional and discursive levels of European integration and fragmentation in a truly transnational perspective.
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Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Italian Banking and Financial Law provides a thorough overview of the banking sector in Italy, offering historical perspectives, insight into current developments and suggestions for future evolution.
A Business and Labour History of Britain
Case studies of Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
By bringing together and critically engaging with accounts of certain themes in business and labour history, and utilizing original research, this book aims to widen understanding of industrial society and provide a background to further study and research in the area management and labour relations history.
Policing for Peace in Northern Ireland
Change, Conflict and Community Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
This is the first in-depth analysis of the transition from the RUC to the PSNI seen through the eyes of key figures, inside and outside the organization. It provides a fresh insight into the wider social and political context in which this change occurred and is a significant contribution to the story of the Northern Ireland peace process.
Managing in a Political World
The Life Cycle of Local Authority Chief Executives
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Steve Leach identifies the key challenges facing chief executives in British local government in operating in an environment where party politics is a dominant force. It discusses the basis on which chief executives apply for posts and manage the interview process, and the importance of the 'honeymoon period' - the first 6-9 months.
Curators of Cultural Enterprise
A Critical Analysis of a Creative Business Intermediary
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
This study is based on the authors' fieldwork inside Cultural Enterprise Office, a small Scottish agency that supports creative businesses. It discusses UK policy on the creative economy, the rise of intermediaries between policy-making and the marketplace, and the playing out in the delivery of business advice services to creative microbusinesses.
The Tories and Television, 1951-1964
Broadcasting an Elite
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
This book explores the role of television in the 1950s and early 1960s, with a focus on the relationship between Tories and TV. The early 1950s were characterized by recovery from war and high politics. Television was a new medium that eventually came to dominate mass media and political culture....
The Politics of Wine in Britain
A New Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
A unique look at the meaning of the taste for wine in Britain, from the establishment of a Commonwealth in 1649 to the Commercial Treaty between Britain and France in 1860 - this book provides an extraordinary window into the politics and culture of England and Scotland just as they were becoming the powerful British state.
Leading Smart Transformation
A Roadmap for World Class Government
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
In the turbulence of recent times, how we run corporations has been examined from every angle. Corporations have proved adept at change; governments have stuck to established rules. The challenge is to put in place machinery to provide services in a way that resists the growth of bureaucracy. The need for SMART government could not be starker.
How to Make Boards Work
An International Overview
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
How to Make Boards Work offers a unique view of the thinking and doing of governance. The outside-in perspective offers a holistic framework highlighting how global cultural, social and political diversity impact boards of directors. The inside-out perspective emphasizes how governance and boards can effectively realize sustainable value creation.
The Politics of Public Sector Reform
From Thatcher to the Coalition
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public spending austerity and the pressure in response to transform public services.
Public Sector Reformation
Values-driven Solutions to Fiscal Constraint
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Reductions in public sector spending mean voters will face a period of austerity, higher taxes and declining availability of public sector services. Prevailing public sector management philosophies are no longer applicable. To optimise future service provision with fewer resources will demand a reformation in organisational thinking and values.