Economics of specific sectors

By empirically assessing the competitiveness of 505 cities around the world from regional, national and other perspectives, this book not only ranks these cities but also presents a treasure trove of information with regard to each city's relative strengths and weaknesses.

This book addresses the relationship between high school students' HIV and AIDS knowledge and their stigma-related attitudes/perceptions of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the Caribbean and South Pacific, with a view to designing effective stigma-reduction combined intervention programs.

In the past decade there has been a worldwide evolution in evidence-based medicine that focuses on real-world Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) to compare the effects of one medical treatment versus another in real world settings.

The book contains the proceedings of CAETS 2015 Convocation on 'Pathways to Sustainability: Energy, Mobility and Healthcare Engineering' that was held on October 13-14, 2015 in New Delhi.

This guidebook for students offers a survey of comparative politics intended for use in Hong Kong.

This book features latest research insights into the study of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

This book demonstrates the challenges and opportunities of climate change actions in developing countries and primarily focuses on case studies in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country.

This book explores the present conflictual relationship between the economy, the environment, and society.

This book examines survey data to consider the extent to which public support for immigration, international trade, and foreign direct investment exists in a cohort of 38 heterogeneous countries.

In recent years, improving efficiency in healthcare facilities in general, and in hospitals specifically, has become increasingly important.

Dieses Buch beschreibt die Entwicklungen im Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) im Themenfeld Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) aus völlig unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln.

This book explores the transformation in the healthcare system in Turkey since 2003, which has been portrayed as a benchmark for building universal healthcare systems in emerging market economies.

This book discusses human factors research directed towards realizing and assessing sustainability in the built environment and architecture.

This provocative appraisal unpacks commonly held beliefs about healthcare management and replaces them with practical strategies and realistic policy goals.

Inspired by the democratic origins of the Greek naval victory at Salamis, the book discusses the current pressing issues of democracy worldwide.

Addressing the entire care chain, this book presents the outcomes of advanced research on healthcare operations management based on real-world data and practices in China.

This is the first book that employs economics to develop and apply an analytical framework for assessing progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book provides a missing link between marginality, migration and education in Zimbabwe, focusing on the educational experiences of migrants' children in an effort to influence government policies concerning migrant parents and their left-behind children.

This book uses empirical research to examine fluctuations and periodicities in housing markets in the United Kingdom.

This book examines how social cleavage lines shape issue voting and party competition.

This book offers an analysis of the causes, development, and likely consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic for global neoliberalism.

This book presents an empirical investigation of the efforts that multinational pharmaceutical companies take in order to find a business model that allows for a profitable access to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) markets.

This two-volume set presents the conference papers from the 1st International Conference on Economics, Development and Sustainability (EDESUS 2019), organized by the University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

This heavily revised second edition defines the current state of the art for informatics education in medicine and healthcare.

Aiming at building efficient radiology operations, this book walks the reader through the entire radiology workflow, from the moment that the examination is requested to the reporting of findings.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the determinants of EU support between 2006 and 2015, and of electoral behavior during the European Parliament elections.

Today, it has become strikingly obvious that companies no longer operate in an environment where only risk return and volatility describe the business environment.

This book addresses the socioeconomic effects of immigration to Sweden.

The book provides an overview on national policies and regulations related to water resource management in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA), where water scarcity problems are critical.

This book helps readers understand the main issues, challenges, strategies, and solution methods in Aggregate Planning (AP), an important part of Supply Chain Management.

This book provides practical applications of statistical and mathematical concepts to resolve common issues in hospital management.

This book investigates the existing and possible links between the concept of a Carbon Club and the Paris Agreement.

The United States has one of the most unique budgeting processes of any modern government.

This book examines the dramatic increase in automotive assembly plants in the former Socialist Central European (CE) nations of Czechia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia from 1989 onwards.

This timely volume explores the multiple domains where Behavior Analysts can provide meaningful assessment and interventions.

This book presents recent work on healthcare management and engineering using artificial intelligence and data mining techniques.

This book presents work on healthcare management and engineering using optimization and simulation methods and techniques.

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Is safe and sustainable water and sanitation for all an unaffordable pipedream?

The emergence of sharing mobility is having a profound impact on urban landscapes.

This textbook provides a solid introduction to the theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental economics, and their links to environmental policy.

This fully updated edition of the China Ethnic Statistic Yearbook, comprised of entirely original research, presents data on the socioeconomic situation of China's 56 ethnic groups.

This book presents essential advances in analytical frameworks and tools for modeling the spatial and economic impacts of disasters.

This book, based on lectures on natural and environmental resource economics, offers a nontechnical exposition of the modern theory of sustainability in the presence of resource scarcity.