Wspc imprint: 2707 books
by Konstantinos Gakis, Panos Pardalos
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
This comprehensive reference text is a collection of important research findings on the latest developments in network modeling for optimization of smart cities. Such models can be used from outlining the fundamental concepts of urban development to the description and optimization of physical networks,...
International Trade
Theory, Evidence and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
International Trade: Theory, Evidence and Policy provides an integrated non-mathematical account of trade theory and policy that can be read straight through. The footnotes provide caveats, extensions and entry points, or further reading.
This book is divided into three parts. The first part...
by Khee Giap Tan, Sangiita Wei Cher Yoong, Sasidaran Gopalan;Le Phuong Anh Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
With the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community in December 2015, ASEAN is at a crossroads once again. Having braved through various crises since its establishment in 1967, how can ASEAN leverage on increasing integration to maintain its growth momentum in the pursuit of greater competitiveness and...
Broadband Matching
Theory and Implementations
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
The third edition presents a unified, up-to-date and detailed account of broadband matching theory and its applications to the design of broadband matching networks and amplifiers. A special feature is the addition of results that are of direct practical value. They are design curves, tables and explicit...
Business Analytics
Progress on Applications in Asia Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Technological advances in the last five years have allowed organizations to use Business Analytics to provide insights, increase understanding and it is hoped, gain the elusive 'competitive edge'. The rapid development of Business Analytics is impacting all enterprise competences profoundly and classical...
The Great Recession
History, Ideology, Hubris and Nemesis
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Many books on the 2008 financial crisis and the current recession focus on the financial sector. Unlike them, this book takes the real economy as the starting point and it situates the downturn within the societal context over the last several decades. Important elements of the story include global...
New Energy and Sustainable Development
Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on New Energy and Sustainable Development (NESD 2016)
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
This compendium includes a wide range of topics, from energy science and technology, development and utilization of resources to sustainable ecological development. It serves not only as a combination and analysis of the existing theories and findings, but also emphasizes on new investigations and...
Sustainable Development
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD2015)
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Since the emergence of climate and global warming onto the international agenda, research in sustainability has been underpinned by the development in energy and environmental science. Highlighted 30 years ago by the Brundtland Commission, "sustainable development" was defined as: meeting...
by Gerard M Crawley
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Competition for energy resources worldwide will almost certainly increase because of population growth and economic expansion, especially in countries such as China and India, with large populations. In addition, environmental concerns with the use of certain energy sources add a complicating factor...
Topography of Politics in Rural China
The Story of Xiaocun
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Contemporary Chinese rural life is placed in sharp theoretical and practical focus in this book. State-of-the-art techniques and perspectives are combined to take the reader into Xiaocun, a small village on the east bank of the Dianchi Lake in Kunming City.
In 2003, the author published the...
by Yasuhiro Monden, Yoshiteru Minagawa
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
This book is the first among many books in supply chain management, which provides the readers with insights on how to select the best global supply chain out of inter-firm network, fables system or market firms. This process is clearly expounded in the book through case studies, which include Apple,...
Public Policy & Financial Economics
Essays in Honor of Professor George G Kaufman for His Lifelong Contributions to the Profession
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2018
The central goal of this volume was to assemble outstanding scholars and policymakers in the field of financial markets and institutions and have them articulate significant market developments in their particular areas of expertise during the past few decades.
Not just a celebratory volume,...
Digital Heritage and Culture
Strategy and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
This book addresses the state-of-the-art initiatives as well as challenges, policy, and strategy issues in developing a digital heritage ecosystem within the broader context of an emerging digital culture. Case studies are drawn
The Future of Food Business
The Facts, The Impacts and The Acts
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
The Second Edition of The Future of Food Business: The Facts, The Impacts and The Acts is an updated collection of thoughtful articles previously published in leading newspapers around the world based on the author's practical life as international project leader, consultant, businessman, academic...