Introduction -- From the Beginning of Agriculture and Urbanization to the First Urbexplosions -- Understanding the First Urban Revolution -- The Two First Economy-Worlds: the Roman and Chinese Empires -- Understanding the Urban Evolution Dynamics -- The Big Ebb: Islam Out to Conquer the Great...

Chapter 1: Introduction; Jason Begley, Tom Donnelly, David Jarvis and Paul Sissons -- Chapter 2: Coventry: A Growing City; Tom Donnelly -- Chapter 3: Coventry at War: Industrial Relations, Ownership and Production; Malte Busch -- Chapter 4: Coventry in the Long Boom 1950-1970; Michael Haynes --...

Resilienz und resiliente Stadt -- Resilienz am Beispiel Leipzig, Regionen der Niederlande und Taiwans -- Industrie und Industriekultur in Leipzig, in Sachsen und im Ruhrgebiet -- Resilienz in der Wasserversorgung und in der Stadtplanung -- Resilienz und verantwortliches Unternehmertum.

1 Introduction: digital transformation, big techs, and public policies -- 2 New economy(ies), new economics and new ‘digital’ rights -- 3 Big Techs, Market Power and Public Policies -- 4 Big techs and on-line information system -- 5 Private power and public policies: between antitrust and...

„Vertriebsmanagement“ vermittelt anspruchsvoll und zugleich praxisnah, wie Außendienste professionell geführt und gesteuert werden können. Dabei greifen Sönke Albers und Manfred Krafft auf aktuellste Ergebnisse der internationalen Forschung zurück, verwenden Beispiele und Fallstudien...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Ideological Trick of Climate Change and Sustainability -- 3. Words Count: the Role of Language in Overcoming Climate Inertia -- 4. Measuring Complex Socio-Economic Phenomena. Conceptual and Methodological Issues -- 5. Glaciers: Vanishing Elements of our Mountains and...

By analyzing venture capital industries, this book substantially adds to the understanding of Europe's venture capital industries. It discusses the microeconomics of fund raising, investment and exiting behaviour of venture capital companies and relates the microeconomics of venture capital...

Overview over Formal management systems, intrinsic CSR, and the role of culture in management -- Honourable Merchants as a Role Model for Responsible Leadership. History and Perspectives -- Company Case Study 1 - To (crafts)man up: how Swiss SMEs cope with CSR in harsh times -- Company Case...

1. Introduction -- 2. Economics Policies, Paradigm Shifts and their Implications -- 3. Economic Development and the Belt and Road Initiative -- 4. Regional Integration, Trade and the Belt and Road Initiative -- 5. The Development of Infrastructure and Economic Growth -- 6. Projects of the Belt...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Changing International Financial System -- 3. International Economic Growth -- 4. The Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on China's Domestic Economy -- 5. Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on the Domestic Economies of Participating Countries -- 6. Effects of...