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The people factor strengthening America by investing in public service / by Bilmes, Linda

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Environmental ethics re-visited /

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Corporate governance a practical guide to the legal frameworks and international codes of practice / by Calder, Alan, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Corporate governance : the historical background -- Corporate governance in the United States -- Corporate governance in the European Union -- Corporate governance in the United Kingdom : the statutory framework -- Corporate governance in the United Kingdom : the non-statutory framework -- The listing rules and the combined code on corporate governance -- Duties of directors -- The board -- The company secretary -- Directors' remuneration -- The combined code and financial reporting -- Risk management -- Internal control and the Turnbull guidance -- The audit and auditors -- The audit committee -- Relations with shareholders -- Corporate governance in the UK public sector -- IT governance -- Corporate social responsibility.…”
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Navigating austerity : currents of debt along a South Asian river / by Bear, Laura

Table of Contents: “…Unpredictable circulations : the bureaucratic life of fiscal crisis -- Nationalist melancholia and the limits of austerity public sector unionism -- Family capital, state pedigree and the limits of austerity public goods -- Making a river of gold : speculation, friendship and entrepreneurial society -- Ajeet's accident : timespaces of global trade and ethical fixes in circulation -- Uncertain futures and eternal returns : timespaces of production in an informalised shipyard -- Conclusion 1 : towards a new social calculus -- Conclusion 2 : sovereign debt, equality and redistribution : a global social calculus.…”
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European Perspectives for Public Administration : The Way Forward

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Social entrepreneurship : an evidence-based approach to creating social value / by Guo, Chao, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Tables, figures, and exhibit -- The authors -- Introduction: understanding and using social entrepreneurship -- Social entrepreneurship : concept and context -- The many faces of social entrepreneurship -- Social entrepreneurship as organizational behavior -- Understanding and managing the social entrepreneurial process -- Discovering and creating social entrepreneurial opportunities -- From opportunity to action -- From action to impact -- Funding social entrepreneurship -- Social intrapreneurship: innovation from within -- Managing the social intrapreneurial process -- The emerging trends and issues -- Social entrepreneurship in the public sector -- Boundary spanning and social entrepreneurship -- New media and social entrepreneurship -- Conclusion: the road traveled and the journey ahead -- Notes -- Index.…”
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Greening the Financial Sector How to Mainstream Environmental Finance in Developing Countries /

Table of Contents: “…Mainstreaming Environmental Finance into Financial Markets - Relevance, Potential and Obstacles -- Mainstreaming Framework Conditions for Environmental Finance - The Role of the Public Sector -- Mainstreaming Environmental Finance Markets (I) - Small-Scale Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance -- The Roles of Wheather Insurance and the Carbon Market -- Mainstreaming Impact Over Time - Who Measures What for Whom? …”
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Unleashing change a study of organizational renewal in government / by Kelman, Steven

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Globalization and changes in China's governance by Yu, Keping

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: changes in governance and political development in China under the impact of globalization -- Globalization and capacity of public sectors: a case study of China -- From "China and the West" to "globalization": Chinese perspectives on globalization -- Americanization, westernization, Sinification: modernization or globalization in China? …”
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Corporate social responsibility and the welfare state the historical and contemporary role of CSR in the mixed economy of welfare / by Brejning, Jeanette

Table of Contents: “…List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction : examining the social dimension of corporate social responsibility -- Theory and concepts -- Theoretical framework : integrating historical institutionalism and the mixed economy of welfare approach -- Corporate social responsibility : making sense of a contested concept -- A history of corporate social responsibility in the mixed economy of welfare -- Connections to nineteenth century philanthropy : CSR in the commercial sector -- CSR as social policy : CSR in the public sector -- CSR, globalization and anti-globalization : CSR and the non-profit sector -- Case study : views from csr practitioners in England and Denmark -- Is there a "social case" for CSR? …”
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Dynamic economic decision making strategies for financial risk, capital markets, and monetary policy / by Silvia, John

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The social sciences empowered : proceedings of th 7th International Congress on Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Sciences 2018 (ICIBSOS 2018), 21-22 July, Bangkok, Thailand, 2...

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Corruption in a global context : restoring public trust, integrity, and accountability /

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Biotechnology and the politics of plants : disciplining time. by Hodges, Matthew

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Pricing and sustainability of urban real estate / by Kauko, Tom

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New Horizons for a Data-Driven Economy A Roadmap for Usage and Exploitation of Big Data in Europe /

Table of Contents: “…Part I: The Big Data Opportunity -- The Big Data Value Opportunity -- Introduction to the BIG Project -- Part II: The Big Data Value Chain: Enabling and Value Creating Technologies -- The Big Data Value Chain: Definitions, Concepts, and Theoretical Approaches -- Big Data Acquisition -- Big Data Analysis -- Big Data Curation -- Big Data Storage -- Big Data Usage -- Part III: Usage and Exploitation of Big Data -- Big Data Driven Innovation in Industrial Sectors -- Big Data in the Health Sector -- Big Data in the Public Sector -- Big Data in the Finance and Insurance Sectors -- Big Data in the Energy and Transport Sectors -- Big Data in the Media and Entertainment Sectors -- Part IV: A Roadmap for Big Data Research -- Cross-Sectorial Requirements Analysis for Big Data Research -- New Horizons for a Data-Driven Economy: Roadmaps and Action Plans for Technology, Businesses, Policy, and Society.                        .…”
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They say cut back, we say fight back! : welfare activism in an era of retrenchment / by Reese, Ellen, 1969-

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Strategy, innovation, and change challenges for management /

Table of Contents: “…Lawler -- HR dreams: where human resource management is headed to deliver value / Dave Ulrich -- Services, counsel, and values: managing strategically in the public sector / J.A. Murray -- Develop your options -- The rising costs of offering valueless propositions in a connected world / Sen Meehan and Willem Smit -- Managing the evolving global production network / Kasra Ferdows -- From lines to loops: an iterative approach to strategy / Donald Sull -- Opening up strategic space through discontinuous innovation / John Bessant -- How to create the industries of the twenty first century / Costas Markides -- Lead the change -- Leading in the knowledge economy / Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones -- The leaders prison / Robert Galavan and John Cullen -- Nurturing innovation hot spots / Lynda Gratton -- The contrasting faces of the chairman of the board / Nada K. …”
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Coronavirus Politics : The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19 /

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