Civil service and public sector

This book describes official statistics as a tool to hold up a mirror to society - but also as an instrument for those who can manipulate this mirror.

This book focuses on developing a systematic approach to understanding the transformations in Africa's public sector social media landscape.

In this edited volume, scientists from different disciplines discuss modern biotechnological processes and a knowledge-based bioeconomy.

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This book deeply analyzes the theoretical roots of the development of global artificial intelligence ethics and AI governance, the ethical issues in AI application scenarios, and the discussion of artificial intelligence governance issues from a global perspective.

This book discusses the role of the property market cycle in real estate valuation.

This book provides an insightful overview of the social-economical trends in modern China, their global influence, and the disrupting consequences for businesses and countries all over the world.

This book is an analysis of the specificities of public film funding on an international scale.

Challenging traditional ways of thinking, leading, and managing based on cutting-edge research and real-world examples, this book provides an insightful and accessible perspective for leaders and managers in the 21st century who seek to become more effective in an increasingly uncertain and complex world which limits their ability to get results.

The proceedings shed light on selected topics including economic management, public administration, and green development.

This book presents a multidimensional perspective on the interlinkage between human development, community characteristics and public service delivery with special reference to India.

Risk, Opportunity, Uncertainty and Other Random Models (Volume V in the Working Guides to Estimating and Forecasting series) goes part way to debunking the myth that research and development cost are somewhat random, as under certain conditions they can be observed to follow a pattern of behaviour referred to as a Norden-Rayleigh Curve, which unfortunately has to be truncated to stop the myth from becoming a reality!

A major objective of this monograph is to present an agent-based simulation of artificial populations.

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.

Die Diskussion über die Gewährung eines staatlich garantierten Mindesteinkommens hat in den letzten Jahren wieder an Stärke gewonnen.

The rise of hybrid ventures is proof that another way of doing business is possible.

Since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, there has been a growing interest among policy makers towards the more active role of the state in the enterprise sector.

Evaluation in recent decades has evolved from a tool for project appraisals to a more widely used framework for public decision-making and operational management.

This monograph highlights the benefits of public-private partnerships (PPP) for Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Modernisation of the Public Services and Employee Relations provides an integrated and up-to-date account of changes in work and employment in the public services.

This book by a pioneer generation civil servant is a fascinating and an engaging account of Singapore's spectacular development from a sleepy backwater village to a first world State within a single generation and defying, in the process, all odds against its survival.

Resource depletion and ecological risks are more than ever at the heart of societal and economic debates.

Resource depletion and ecological risks are more than ever at the heart of societal and economic debates.

These days an increasing number of social anthropologists do not find employment within academia.

For some years, we have observed a broad public discussion over the shrinking civic space.

This edited collection explores the links between human capital (both in the form of health and in the form of education), demographic change, and economic growth.

This volume addresses different issues related to green innovation procurement as well as exploring the challenges involved in public procurement.

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The purpose of this book is to fill the lack of micro evidences on a structural change of African producers.

As digitalization and social media are increasingly blurring the boundaries between traditional societal, political, and economic institutions, this book provides a cross-disciplinary examination of value co-creation.

This book first shows that the past 40 years of China's economic reform and opening up represents the greatest magnitude of economic growth in history.

This book contains selected papers of the International Conference on Industrial Economics Systems and Industrial Security Engineering (IEIS 2020), which is co-organized by Beijing Jiaotong University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, in July 25-28 2020.

Remembering S R Nathan: A Mentor for All Seasons is a collection of essays commemorating the life of Singapore's sixth President, the late Mr S R Nathan.

The proceedings of the 1st AAGBS International Conference on Business Management 2014 (AiCoBM 2014), held in Penang, Malaysia, gathers 57 refereed papers.

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This book first provides a comprehensive guideline for future disaster-resistant city planning in large cities in disaster-prone countries such as Japan.

This book presents to the reader the economic, fiscal and financial crises in world history that have had a great impact on the entire world and the fiscal measures taken by governments to combat each crisis since the 1600s in chronological order.

As China gains momentum in economic terms, its technological transformation, cultural confidence, and creative influence also grow steadily.

This book first provides a comprehensive guideline for future disaster-resistant city planning in large cities in disaster-prone countries such as Japan.

This book addresses three main issues in regional income inequality and development: meaning of regional inequality, measurement of regional inequality and the relationship between national economic development and regional income inequality.

This book deeply analyzes the theoretical roots of the development of global artificial intelligence ethics and AI governance, the ethical issues in AI application scenarios, and the discussion of artificial intelligence governance issues from a global perspective.

This book discusses the Indian economic crisis and brings out what went wrong and the correction necessary for getting the economy back to high growth trajectory, leading to economic transformation.

This book highlights the environmental footprints and best practices in sustainable agriculture.

This book analyses three key aspects of microfinancing, namely social purpose, commercialization and innovations and examines, through a global perspective, how these aspects helped and diverted microfinance institutions towards the attainment of their dual goals over the last twenty years.

This book presents perspectives by eminent economists, social scientists and policy makers, exploring in depth the post-reform developments in India, including issues pertaining to growth and equity, issues which have been at the core of life-time work of Prof.

This book presents a multidimensional perspective on the interlinkage between human development, community characteristics and public service delivery with special reference to India.