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The impact of covid on cities and regions : policy responses of local leaders

Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.); Bertin, Mattia (ed.) - 2023

"The recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy makers. Chapters offer keen insights into the methods...

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Wellbeing at work in a turbulent era

Brough, Paula (ed.); Kinman, Gail (ed.) - 2024

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the physical and mental health challenges facing workers today, focusing particularly on the social, technological, and political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delving into core perceptions of work culture, chapters also map out ways of...

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Biotechnology and competitive advantage : Europe's firms and the US challenge

Senker, Jacqueline (ed.); Vliet, Ronald van (organizer) - 1998

Biotechnology and Competitive Advantage investigates the development of biotechnology in Europe and the United States …. It examines why Europe has fallen behind in applying biotechnology, when its scientific capabilities are largely … biotechnology in Europe and the US. Issues discussed include: * European policy for biotechnology, in individual countries and at …

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Economic problems of the 1990s : Europe, the developing countries, and the United States

Davidson, Paul (ed.); Kregel, J. A. (ed.) - 1991

essays provide new perspectives on key issues including economic development, East Europe, 1992, the US trade deficit … development, debt and the international payments system; integration and reconstruction of Western and Eastern Europe; and …

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Entrepreneurial financial resilience and financial innovation in a turbulent era

Hussain, Javed G. (ed.); Salia, Samuel (ed.); … - 2023

"This cutting-edge book explores the impact of pandemic shocks and other crises on businesses. Focusing on growing threats to business resilience, it offers innovative strategies to manage financial change and reposition small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs for success....

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Climate change, transport, and environmental policy : empirical applications in a federal system

Proost, Stef (ed.); Braden, John B. (ed.) - 1998

a multi-layered government using empirical case studies covering Europe and the US. They consider the causes of …

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The internationalisation of business R&D

Dachs, Bernhard (contributor); Zahradnik, Georg (contributor) - 2014

It has become clear that over the past few decades enterprises not only produce and sell abroad but increasingly also develop goods and services outside their home countries; a development now known as the internationalisation of business R&D. This book presents a comprehensive picture of the...

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Road congestion pricing in Europe : implications for the United States

Bae, Chang-Hee Christine (contributor); … - 2008

In February 2003, the London Congestion Charging Scheme was introduced and in 2006 a similar policy was introduced in Stockholm. In both cases automobile traffic entering the cordon declined by about 20 percent. This book evaluates these and other similar programs exploring their implications...

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Learning to compete in European universities : from social institution to knowledge business

McKelvey, Maureen D. (contributor); … - 2009

This book addresses the critical issue of how and why European universities are changing and learning to compete. Anglo-Saxon universities particularly in the US, the UK and Australia have long been subject to, and responded to, market-based competition in higher education. The authors argue...

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Labour market policy and unemployment : impact and process evaluations in selected European countries

Mosley, Hugh (contributor); Koning, Jaap de (contributor) - 2001

This book examines the effectiveness of active labour market policies and their contribution to the prevention of social exclusion. The evaluation studies reported in this volume focus on two aspects of active labour market policies that have been relatively neglected in previous research and...

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