A definitive guide to high-performance marine vehicles. This volume explores the design, resistance, powering, seakeeping, and maneuvering of monohulls, multihulls, hydrofoils, and more, through cutting-edge theoretical and numerical analysis.
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.
This book develops a formal treatment of causation in mathematical models, replacing existing treatments which are often vague and unsatisfactory. Theory is accompanied by extensive examples from economics, and will be extremely useful in economics, biology, and biomedicine.
Culture of Tobacco
This book explores the impact of tobacco cultivation on rural Andhra Pradesh. A comparative study of two villages reveals how this labor-intensive crop creates prosperity and changes social relationships, prompting a re-examination of agricultural policy.
This innovative book provides an empirical analysis of indigenous and non-indigenous female labour and economic development in West Papua, examining the key determinants of female labour force participation.
Economic Growth
Economic growth is a prerequisite for welfare. This book analyses the theoretical development, sources, and potential effects of economic growth using various methods. It will serve as an essential reference work for researchers and policy makers.
EU and the Balkans
In the Balkans, integration and disintegration are the two poles of discourse. While joining the EU is seen as a solution to conflict, it may be a catalyst for further disintegration. This book assesses if EU integration fosters or discourages unity.
Principles of Sustainability Economics
Is economic development reachable on an exhausted planet? Greener technologies may help, but we are far off track due to inappropriate institutions and adverse incentives. This book explains why, using core economic principles to identify the Gordian knots of sustainability.
The Future of Post-Human History
Are those who cannot remember the past condemned to repeat it, or is history written by the victor? This book rejects these opposing views, offering a new theory to understand history in the context of universality and relativity.
Econometric Analysis
This book explores basic and advanced econometrics for students and researchers in business and economics. It offers a balanced presentation of fundamental and advanced methods, with practical examples of their effective application in solving real-life problems.
This volume joins authors from academia and practice to offer a multiplicity of issues and methodology in finance. It presents applied and theoretical work on banking, market microstructure, risk, and portfolio selection, useful for both practice and research.
This collection of annotated essays discusses the relevance of evolving science to public discourse about climate change. The essays confront organized denial and disinformation, building support for informed decisions on how to adapt to and abate climate risks.
‘Just’ a Fisherman’s Wife
This book is a unique exposé of women in Australia’s commercial fishing industry. It explores their contributions, barriers, and knowledge in a sector facing crisis, aiming to reduce their marginalisation and enhance industry sustainability.
Telecommunications Regulatory Reform in Small Island Developing States
This book analyzes telecommunications reform in Pacific Island States, a topic often omitted from empirical studies. It links islandness, policy reform, and international trade agreements to propose concrete policy insights for Small Island Developing States.
Investment Portfolio Selection Using Goal Programming
This book provides practitioners with a superior scientific framework for investment decision-making. Using Goal Programming, it offers a realistic approach to portfolio selection that finds feasible solutions for complex, real-world problems.
Loan and Investment in a Developing Economy
This title investigates various issues of investment and credit that are of importance to any developing economy through an analysis of micro- and macro-economic data from Ethiopia. It will interest academics working in the field of development economics.
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.
This book explores sustainable livelihood as a key to development beyond mere poverty reduction. It examines strategies for enhancing assets, covering socio-developmental aspects, natural resources, the farm and non-farm sectors, and gender.
This book investigates how Estonia, Poland and Latvia comply with the EU’s free movement of capital. It compares their laws, analyzes the link between national restrictions and cross-border capital flows, and reports the views of affected business executives.
Tools of Their Tools
This book explores communication technologies in American culture over 150 years. How has American society molded these technologies? How have they, in turn, shaped American history? Are we still, in the words of Thoreau, “tools of their tools”?