1. PR and the history of ideas -- 2. Virtuous PR : Confucius (c. 551-479 BC), Analects (c. first quarter of fifth century, BC) -- 3. Noble falsehoods and PR : Plato (c. 428-347 BC), The republic (first half of fourth century BC) -- 4. The problem of perfection : Abu Nasr al-Farabi (c. 875-c....

This study employs a cross sectional crime survey of UK residents to estimate the shadow price of victimization with respect to fear of crime. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between household income and fear of crime and potential mediating variables such as neighbourhood...

This paper provides further evidence on short-term seasonals in returns on equity and fixed interest securities and futures on fixed interest securities in the Australian market. The significant result is that daily seasonals are found infixed interest securities and are qualitatively the same...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a more extensive and overt use of emotion in building popular support for the EU. Design/methodology/approach – The approach takes the form of identifying and analyzing historical and modern evidence for the uses of emotion by organizations...

Introduction : understanding offshore construction -- Tendering and negotiating contracts -- Design risk -- Scope of work and interpretation of contracts -- Subcontracting -- Changes to the work -- Defects -- Delay -- Intellectual property rights -- Acceptance and delivery -- Indemnity and...

Intelligent User Interfaces (IUIs) : the next generation of digital communication -- Immersive communication : virtual and augmented realities -- Artificial intelligence, emotions & trust : feeling is believing -- Walk like us, talk like us : listening and learning interfaces -- From talking to...