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Macroprudential Policy: Taming the wild gyrations of credit flows, debt stocks and asset prices
by R. BarwellThe financial crisis of 2008 is probably the single most important economic event in post-war history. Macroprudential policy is the response to that crisis – a determined attempt to stabilize the financial system. This book explains why it is necessary, who will be responsible for executing this responsibility and how they will go about doing it.
Emerging Issues in Green Criminology: Exploring Power, Justice and Harm (Critical Criminological Perspectives)
by Reece Walters Diane Solomon Westerhuis Tanya WyattThis edited collection brings together internationally renowned scholars to explore green criminology through the interdisciplinary lenses of power, harm and justice. The chapters provide innovative case study analyses from around the world that seek to advance theoretical, policy and practice discourses about environmental harm.
Players in the Public Policy Process: Nonprofits as Social Capital and Agents
by H. BryceThis book carefully develops the perspective of nonprofit organizations as social capital assets and agents of public policy within a principal-agent framework. It shows the practical as well as managerial and marketing advantages of such an approach, one that can lead to serious questions about many of the existing views that all nonprofits result from market or government failure. Bryce provides a more positive, cross-national and inclusive perspective on these organizations that applies across all of their disciplines and in developed or developing countries alike.
The Engaging Manager: The Joy of Management and Being Managed
by A. FurnhamIn this new collection of articles on managing and being managed, Adrian Furnham, author of Bad Apples, offers an engaging and witty look into the world of being an engaging manager. Based on strong research this book offers a substantial introduction to the joy of management.
Port-Focal Logistics and Global Supply Chains
by John Liu A. NgThis book investigates the trends and challenges that ports, logistics and supply chains have tackled in recent decades and the way forward. A new concept, port focal logistics is introduced which appreciates the efforts by previous studies in this field, but simultaneously recognize the limitations, and the need for further improvements.
Cloud Computing in Financial Services (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions)
by B. NicolettiFinancial institutions must become more innovative in the conduct of their business. Cloud computing helps to achieve several objectives: innovative services, re-engineered processes, business agility and value optimization. Research, consultancy practice and case studies in this book consider the opportunities and risks with vendor relationships.
Understanding Investment Funds: Insights from Performance and Risk Analysis
by Virginie Terraza and Hery RazafitomboIn light of recent financial crises, the role of investment funds is a recurring subject for discussion. Traditional methods must be adapted with the objective to strengthen scientific knowledge of investment funds. This book provides new insights, ideas and empirical evidence to improve tools and methods for fund performance analysis.
Global Risk Governance in Health
by N. BrenderEpidemics know no borders and are often characterized by a high level of uncertainty, causing major challenges in risk governance. The author shows the emergence of global risk governance processes and the key role that the World Health Organization (WHO) plays within them.
Building Sustainable Couples in International Relations: A Strategy Towards Peaceful Cooperation
by Brigitte Vassort-RoussetThe contributors investigate processes of international conflict transformation and peaceful cooperation. They highlight how critical intermediary-level components have proved more conducive to promoting rapprochement between rival states than interstate diplomatic engagement through incremental identity-change.
Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction (International Political Economy Series)
by V. Fouskas C. DimoulasThe debt crisis in Greece has sparked lively debates about the origins of the crisis and policy measures to be adopted in order to fix it. The authors offer the first original and comprehensive narrative on Greece.
Authority and Autonomy: Paradoxes in Modern Knowledge Work
by Susanne EkmanOffers a detailed and entertaining analysis of the daily interactions between managers and employees in creative knowledge intensive organizations. Based on vivid examples, the book shows how both managers and employees entertain contradictory understandings of their mutual commitment.
Neoliberal Australia and US Imperialism in East Asia
by E. PaulA critical analysis of Australia's neoliberal state and role in the American imperial project in Asia. In exposing the causal mechanisms for violence and prospects for more wars it argues for emancipatory alternatives to the existing dominant and anti-democratic neoliberal governmentality.
Fictional Leaders: Heroes, Villans and Absent Friends
by Jonathan Gosling Peter VilliersManagement theory is vague about the experience of leading. Success, power, achievement are discussed but less focus is given to negative experiences leaders faced such as loneliness or disappointment. This book addresses difficult-to-explore aspects of leadership through well-known works of literature drawing lessons from fictional leaders.
Contemporary Themes in Strategic People Management: A Case-Based Approach
by David Hall Stephen Pilbeam Marjorie CorbridgeExamines core contemporary topics in HRM using case studies to highlight theory and provide students with a business context within which to understand the topic. Questions help students to critically evaluate the material and reflect on alternative approaches. Ideal for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students.
The Arab Spring in the Global Political Economy (International Political Economy Series)
by L. TalaniAlthough it is still early for an established academic account of the motivations behind the dramatic events in the Arab world in 2010/11, Leila Simona Talani believes that it is about time to try and place this issue into the broader picture of the latest changes in the global political economy.
Consumer Culture and the Media: Magazines in the Public Eye
by M. IqaniHow did consumer culture become synonymous with westernised societies? Iqani argues that it is the way it is promoted by media texts. She provides a detailed analysis of publicly displayed consumer magazine covers and engages with big questions about the public, power and identity in mediated consumer culture.
Mental Illness at Work: A manager’s guide to identifying, managing and preventing psychological problems in the workplace
by A. Furnham M. RaceIt is argued that the incidence of mental illness in the workplace is more common than many realize, ranging from stress to schizophrenia. In this book leading psychologists Adrian Furnham and Mary-Clare Race explore the psychiatric classification of illness and how symptoms can be identified to help develop mental health literate organizations.
The Unbalanced Economy: A Policy Appraisal
by Ciaran Driver Paul TempleDuring the 1980s Britain became one of the world's most market-oriented economies, an approach which resulted in three severe recessions and a deepening degree of inequality. This book argues that a rebalancing of the economy will remain elusive until proactive policies are implemented at the corporate and industrial level.
Private Company Valuation: How Credit Risk Reshaped Equity Markets and Corporate Finance Valuation Tools (Global Financial Markets)
by G. OricchioThe recent crisis in financial markets has seen a gradual erosion of risk-free asset classes. In equity markets the credit risk has reached a critical level in valuation. Here a new cost of equity method for private companies is presented based on the pricing of junior subordinated notes. Global business cases are illustrated to support this.
The Political Economy of State-owned Enterprises in China and India (International Political Economy Series)
by Xu Yi-ChongFocused on unique features of economic development, this edited volume examines the nature and structure of corporate governance of several key state-owned enterprises in China and public sector units in India in five strategic sectors: oil and natural gas, steel, coal, electricity generation, and banking industries.
Milestones and Turning Points in Development Thinking (IDS Companions to Development)
by Richard JollyThe first volume of IDS Companions to Development Studies focuses on pivotal writing emerging from the IDS fellowship during the last 50 years. It includes five topics: perspectives and paradigms, debunking myths, development policy, gender and international perspectives, and policy, as well as names like Seers, Singer, Lipton, Reg Green.
Globalization and the BRICs: Why the BRICs Will Not Rule the World For Long
by Francesca BeausangAs the Eurozone faces an uncertain future and Obama struggles to demonstrate that America still has a superpower status, this book challenges the widespread perception that Brazil, Russia, India and China are becoming global economic and political powers, instead forecasting a decline rooted in excessive inequality and insufficient innovation.
Greek Banking: From the Pre-Euro Reforms to the Financial Crisis and Beyond (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions)
by F. PasiourasFrom a period of growth and considerably high levels of profitability, Greek banks recently found themselves battling a major decrease in demand in the local market, and an increase in non-performing loans. How is the Greek banking system able to survive the crisis? This is discussed by looking at the last 15 years of the Greek banking system.
Hit Brands: How Music Builds Value for the World's Smartest Brands
by D. Jackson R. Jankovich E. SheinkopCompanies and agencies spend vast amounts of money to advertise and brand products and music has been an important part of this. This book assesses how from selecting sound and music for individual products and adverts many large companies have moved to develop a music strategy to align their brand and create emotional impact.
The Social Media Manifesto: A Guide To Using Social Technology To Build A Successful Business
by Jed HallamThe Social Media Manifesto is a handbook to enable leaders across the business to understand how social technology can be incorporated into their company. Including case studies from Google, IBM, Spotify, Unilever, and Coca-Cola, it provides insight and practical advice for managers to implement their own social business plans.