Palgrave imprint: 15119 books
The Professional Doctorate
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Are you interested in studying for a professional doctorate but aren't sure what's involved? This book offers concrete, practical guidance for anyone wishing to study for a professional doctorate degree.Fully up-to-date and based on the latest developments in the field, The Professional Doctorate: -...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
Shows the strong business case for diversity and the deleterious effects of not allowing diversity to take root in organizations by providing a fascinating insight into the case for gender diversity in the professional services, marketing and digital arenas, and the way in which a diversity mindset can be fostered in organizations.
Managing Online Reputation
How to Protect Your Company on Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Managing Online Reputation is a comprehensive look at online reputation management. Drawing on recent examples of organizations managing their online reputations effectively and ineffectively, it provides a practical and visual tool-kit of processes and techniques to help limit and respond effectively to negative situations on social media.
Drugs on the Dark Net
How Cryptomarkets are Transforming the Global Trade in Illicit Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
This study explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Since the fall of the infamous Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets can be found thriving on the dark net. Martin explores how these websites defy powerful law enforcement agencies and represent the new digital front in the 'war on drugs'.
Debt, Democracy and the Welfare State
Are Modern Democracies Living on Borrowed Time and Money?
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Why is it that government debt in the developed world has risen to world war proportions in a time of peace? This can largely be attributed to governments maintaining welfare expenditures beyond what tax revenues allow. But will these governments refrain from doing what is necessary for economic growth for fear of losing their electorate?
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
This book offers detailed analysis and informed comment on the future of emerging economic policies. It is essential reading for all postgraduates and scholars looking for expert discussion and debate on the issues surrounding economic policy.
XVA Desks - A New Era for Risk Management
Understanding, Building and Managing Counterparty, Funding and Capital Risk
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
Written by a practitioner with years working in CVA, FVA and DVA this is a thorough, practical guide to a topic at the very core of the derivatives industry. It takes readers through all aspects of counterparty credit risk management and the business cycle of CVA, DVA and FVA, focusing on risk management, pricing considerations and implementation.
by N. Genetay, Y. Lin, P. Molyneux
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Banking market integration in the Asia Pacific has greatly accelerated in recent years, in an environment of many other rapid advances in banking and finance. This has increased competition between domestic and foreign banks, and made the measurement of bank efficiency, competition, and liquidity...
by Mthuli Ncube, Eliphas Ndou, Nombulelo Gumata
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
To what extent is South Africa affected by G8 economies and BRIC growth shocks? This book identifies channels that amplify these shock effects, the relevance of third country transmission effects and the effects of the first and second rounds of US quantitative easing. The changing reactions of South...
Contemporary Asylum Narratives
Representing Refugees in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Contemporary Asylum Narratives marks a transition from traditional modes of diasporic belonging to the need for identifications that encompass the statelessness of refugees and asylum seekers. This book explores representations of asylum seekers and refugees in twenty-first century literature, film and theatre.
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Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive critical examination of the intersections between contemporary ethical thought and post-1989 British playwriting. Its coverage of a large number of plays and playwrights, international range of contributors and original argumentation make it a key point of reference for students and researchers.
Pathways to the US Supreme Court
From the Arena to the Monastery
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Pathways to the U.S. Supreme Court is a quantitative-historical recapitulation of the routes taken to the US Supreme Court by the 112 Justices who were confirmed by the Senate and served, and the 28 others whose candidacies for confirmation were defeated, withdrawn, or declined.
Income Contingent Loans
Theory, Practice and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
This study explores the prospect of the application of the basic principles of ICL into many other potential areas of social and economic policy. Using case studies it evaluates previously implemented ICL schemes where interest rate subsidies are usually the norm, and questions the merits of this approach.
Energy and Human Resource Development in Developing Countries
Towards Effective Localization
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
This book is about engaging and empowering people through their own domestic resources, by using upstream energy to create larger downstream employment opportunities. Incorporating sustainability, resource enhancement, and energy responsibility can generate awareness and better utilization of the...