Amid rapid economic and political change, this volume investigates the impact of global reality and EU integration on the Balkan and Black Sea countries, and explores the possibilities and perspectives for their economies.
A key resource for BI and CRM students and practitioners, this book provides practical guidance on implementing ERP and BI solutions for real-world strategic alignment. It also introduces the innovative “BI Psychology Adoption Model”.
Applied Social Sciences
An interdisciplinary collection of studies tackling key economic and political challenges, from public finance to cultural heritage. Bridging theory and practice, it offers vital insights for professionals and interested readers alike.
Advances in Monetary Policy Design
Simple-sum monetary indexes can be misleading. This book outlines the methods for constructing superior Divisia indexes, designed to accurately measure liquidity. It is the first to publish Divisia-based money supply indexes for the GCC countries.
This book explores how persistent states of underdevelopment occur in strategic environments in which players are imitative rather than fully rational. It explains this form of coordination failure as a contest between competing economic agents.
Constraints and Driving Forces in Economic Systems
The various contributions to this volume have as their central point the forces driving development and the constraints hindering progress in a variety of economic systems and subsystems.
Emerging Water Insecurity in India
This book investigates India’s water crisis, focusing on Punjab. It explores the use and abuse of groundwater, revealing its virtual exportation. It examines water governance, offering lessons for all regions grappling with water scarcity and sustainable development.
This book assesses the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of farming enterprises, focusing on Bulgarian farms under the EU CAP. It identifies crucial factors and perspectives for improving sustainability, appealing to researchers, farmers, and policy-makers.
The Disclosure and Assurance of Corporate Social Responsibility
These essays examine new trends in sustainability performance and reporting. They provide theory and evidence on voluntary disclosure and external assurance, making this book a key resource for companies, managers, shareholders, and all related stakeholders.
The rise of the sharing economy is disrupting industries and challenging institutions. This volume brings together research from a wide variety of disciplines, providing a coherent and comprehensive overview of this major global phenomenon.
Integrated Marketing Communication
A valuable resource for students, academics, and practitioners of integrated marketing communication (IMC). It details the principles and practices of IMC before presenting a step-by-step process for preparing and executing a plan for any given brand.
This book provides the essential mathematical tools for economics majors transitioning to upper-level courses. It emphasizes intuition over technical proofs, drawing on familiar examples from introductory economics to explain immediately useful concepts.
This volume analyses the economies of Asia, Central Asia, and the Balkans. It explores their transition towards a market economy and global integration, covering topics like economic growth, international trade and finance, labor markets, and energy sectors.
Dealing with Econometrics
A practical guide to the fundamentals of econometrics. Learn the statistical tools to analyse cross-sectional data and evaluate socio-economic relationships. It features theoretical summaries, practical exercises with real-world data, and solutions using Excel or Gretl.
Amid Ireland’s self-destruction, a radical new future for these isles is proposed. This book argues for a Celtic confederation, uniting Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England to replace a broken order with a beautiful new possibility of true belonging.
Open Innovation Dynamics
This book expands open innovation from a static strategic idea to a dynamic principle. It explores underexplored aspects of the concept, including culture, collective intelligence, and its connection to the micro- and macro-dynamics of economics.
Does science matter in economics? This volume answers in the negative. It is argued that science simply doesn’t matter in economics, has never mattered and will probably never matter. Instead, the field has redefined the laws of physics and psychology to carve out its own set.
Economics and Politics in the Robotic Age
This book shows that the development of AI and robotics is a natural consequence of human history. It explains how this new robotic age will reshape our economy and society, and how individuals, firms, and governments can prepare for the future.
As rising inflation puts pressure on households, this book explores what inflation is and how we measure it. It recounts the history of price rises and how pensions, pay and benefits have been affected, examining the political and economic factors driving government responses.