Introduction -- Positioning strategies for branding services in BoPM -- Marketing mix strategies for service brands in BoPM in Africa -- Positioning strategies and positioning activities of upscale retailers in BoPM in Africa -- Social networks and relationships for positioning micro and small...

The housing crisis -- The breakdown of mortgage servicing & loss mitigation -- Zombie mortgages & abandoned properties -- The benefits & harms of intervention -- Rethinking home : housing post-crisis -- Foreclosure or a more sustainable mortgage? -- Picking up the pieces & revitalizing...

The many faces of homelessness : a critical introduction / Carole Zufferey and Nilan Yu -- Homelessness and homeless policies in the context of the residual Japanese welfare state / Johannes Kiener and Toshio Mizuuchi -- Homelessness in China / Della Qiu and Carole Zufferey -- Living homeless in...

This book addresses the central challenge facing rich countries: how to promote growth and prosperity that is widely shared rather than concentrated at the top. It identifies structures and policies that are associated with limiting the rise in inequality and promoting income growth

Armut ist ein drängendes Problem in Deutschland, doch rituelle Empörung führt nicht zu politischem Handeln. Georg Cremer räumt mit einigen verbreiteten Irrtümern und Fehlinterpretationen auf und zeigt, wo die Probleme wirklich liegen. Er legt dar, wo der Sozialstaat sich selbst im Weg...

Cover -- Titel -- Zum Buch -- Über den Autor -- Impressum -- Inhalt -- 1. Warum dieses Buch? Vorwort -- 2. Was bedeutet Armut in Deutschland? -- Der Vergleich mit der Dritten Welt führt in die Irre -- Ohne Statistik geht es nicht: Was bedeuten Armut und Armutsrisiko in Deutschland? --...

Participation Pays argues for the need, in any vibrant democracy, for multiple ways of making development more accountable to excluded communities. In doing so, the book invites an understanding of marginalized people not simply as beneficiaries of technical solutions, but - through the work of...

We investigate how household disadvantage affects the time use of 15-18 year-olds using 2003-2006 data from the American Time Use Survey. Applying competing-risk hazard models, we distinguish between the incidence and duration of activities and incorporate the daily time constraint. We find that...

We investigate how household disadvantage affects the time use of 15-18 year-olds using 2003-2006 data from the American Time Use Survey. Applying competing-risk hazard models, we distinguish between the incidence and duration of activities and incorporate the daily time constraint. We find that...