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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “ivar jonsson”
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  • Human Security through the New Traditional Economy in the Arctic

    Edited by Gorm Winther, Ívar Jónsson ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Polar Regions
    The book creates an augmented knowledge about human security beyond the warfare concept in the Arctic. It analyzes international political analysis on security issues and their spillovers to the Arctic societies.The multi-contributed book helps to conceptualize and create knowledge on democratic businesses as a human security issue. Adopting a comparative approach, it provides detailed analysis of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Political Economy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    From Theories to Practice

    by Ivar Jonsson ...
    This book offers a general theoretical framework for approaching innovation and entrepreneurship, using practical and up-to-date examples to demonstrate three different levels of innovation and entrepreneurship: the macro-level, which concerns the impact of innovation activity on economic growth and production systems; the meso-level, which concerns the relations between firms, research institutes ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    How Americans New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live

    by Daniel H. Pink ...
    Widely acclaimed for its engaging style and provocative perspective, this book has helped thousands transform their working lives -- Now including a 30-page resource guide that explains the basics of working for oneself.It's about fulfillment. A revolution is sweeping America. On its front lines are people fed up with unfulfilling jobs, dysfunctional workplaces, and dead-end careers. Meet today's ... Read more

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  • Out of Poverty

    Sweatshops in the Global Economy

    by Benjamin Powell ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
    This book provides a comprehensive defense of third-world sweatshops. It explains how these sweatshops provide the best available opportunity to workers and how they play an important role in the process of development that eventually leads to better wages and working conditions. Using economic theory, the author argues that much of what the anti-sweatshop movement has agitated for would actually ... Read more

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  • Sleeping Giant

    The Untapped Economic and Political Power of America's New Working Class

    by Tamara Draut ...
    There was a time when America’s working class was seen as the backbone of the American economy, having considerable political, economic, and moral authority. But the working class we have now—far more female and racially diverse and employed by the fast food, retail, health care, and other service industries—has been marginalized, if not ignored, by politicians and pundits. This is changing, ... Read more

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  • Managing the Public's Trust in Non-profit Organizations

    by Christopher D.B. Burt ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Globally there is growing concern over charities abilities to raise funds. This is of concern to both charity organizations and policy makers. One of the key factors that determine the public’s willingness to provide funds (to donate) is trust in both specific charity organizations and the sector in general. A significant amount of research from a number of disciplines has pointed to ways in which ... Read more

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  • The Robots are Coming

    A Human's Survival Guide to Profiting in the Age of Automation

    by John Pugliano ...
    A practical guide to surviving—and even thriving—in the new economy where nearly any job can be automated with artificial intelligence.Let's face it: robots are coming for your job. Regardless of your profession, degree or experience, there is no escaping the automated future. However, you can take steps today that will guarantee you not only survive, but thrive in this new economy.The Robots Are ... Read more

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  • A Century of Wealth in America

    by Edward N. Wolff ...
    Understanding wealth in the United States—who has it, how they acquired it, and how they preserve it—is crucial to addressing the economic and political challenges facing the nation. But until now we have had little reliable information. Edward Wolff, one of the world’s great experts on the economics of wealth, offers an authoritative account of patterns in the accumulation and distribution of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • Exploited

    Migrant Labour in the New Global Economy

    by Toby Shelley ...
    From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved. Extra hours are squeezed out of Polish food packers, and trafficked African children are used for forced labour. Low wages are used to drive down prices from the oil industry to airport services.In this book, Toby Shelley shows that current unprecedented flows of migrant ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of the Toronto Typographical Union, 1832-1972

    A Case Study of Foreign Domination

    by Sally Zerker ...
    Series series Heritage
    A meeting of twenty-four journeymen printers at the York Hotel in Toronto in 1832 marked the birth of Canada’s earliest and still continuing labour organization. This case study of the printers of Toronto traces the development of the union which began as the Toronto Typographical Society. Through a close examination of this Canadian local’s relations with its eventual parent organization in the ... Read more

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  • MGNREGA: Employment, Wages and Migration in Rural India

    by Parmod Kumar, Dipanwita Chakraborty ...
    The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was enacted in India with the multiple objectives of providing employment in a rights-based framework, addressing rural poverty, checking migration, and building rural infrastructure. As such, every year around 15–20 per cent of households in India overall and 30 per cent in rural India receive some form of employment share under ... Read more

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  • Interviewing Engineering Graduates

    by Connor S Riley ...
    Whether you are building a small or a large engineering team, and whether you're a technical manager looking to strengthen your team or an HR manager who wants to learn what makes a good technical employee, this book is for you. ... Read more

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