The era of globalization saw China emerge as the world's manufacturing titan. However, the "made in China" model—with its reliance on cheap labor and thin profits—has begun to wane. Beginning in the 2000s, the Chinese state shifted from attracting foreign investment to promoting the technological competitiveness of domestic firms. This shift caused tensions between winners and losers, leading local bureaucrats to compete for resources in government budget, funding, and tax breaks. While bu...

Most discussion of visitor experiences uses a behavioural or managerial approach where the way the visitor thinks is ignored - it's a black box. Visitor Experience Design is the first book of its kind to examine best practice in creating and delivering exciting and memorable travel and visitation experiences from a cognitive psychological perspective - it opens the black box. The chapters draw on recent findings from cognitive psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience to provide a bas...

Graduating from Sherubtse College, Bhutan's premier college nestled in the Himalayas, Rinzin finds himself scared by the thought of his unknown future, a blank slate as he describes. His quest for a job takes him far beyond his expectation of a life after college.Set in Bhutan, Delhi, London and Scotland, Home Shangrila tells a story about magic, dreams and the treasures we seek elsewhere and then find it at our doorstep.

Edge AI at Home: Run Local LLMs on Your Windows GPU is a practical, step-by-step handbook for anyone who wants to run powerful AI locally—right on a Windows GPU laptop or desktop—without relying on the cloud.Instead of getting stuck in theory, you'll follow clear, hands-on instructions to set up a local AI environment and start using it immediately for real work and creative projects. You'll learn how to run local models, build privacy-friendly workflows, and turn your own PC into ...

Bhutan is more than a beautiful Himalayan kingdom—it's home to a revolutionary idea: Gross National Happiness (GNH). Rooted in compassion, balance, and sustainability, GNH challenges the belief that progress is measured only by materialistic pursuit.This book reveals how Bhutan's unique philosophy has become a global inspiration, guiding conversations on mindfulness, sustainable living, and human well-being.For readers drawn to Bhutan, spirituality, or the search for a more...

In a world dominated by economic metrics, Gross National Happiness (GNH) offers a radical yet deeply human question: What is development truly for?Originating in Bhutan, GNH reframes progress by prioritizing holistic well-being over material accumulation alone. Far more than an idealistic concept, it is a comprehensive framework integrating ethical governance, cultural vitality, environmental sustainability, economic sufficiency, and psychological well-bei...

The Writer and the Hermit follows the story of Sonam, a young and aspiring Bhutanese writer, as he walks through the intricate terrain of creative expression and spiritual discovery.Faced with inexplicable passions for both writing and seeking inner peace, Sonam finds himself at a crossroads, torn between the external world of his literary ambitions and the internal realm of spiritual introspection.As he delves into the process of writing his first book, he grapples with hi...

The U.S. pandemic narratives which embodied many conflicting structures failed to provide guidance for groups and individuals to construct a clear understanding of the pandemic or a consistent measure to combat the disease. This book provides a careful examination of the discordant narratives that embodied the chaos, tensions, and conflicts in the U.S. pandemic responses. The ultimate goal of this volume is to help groups and individuals understand just what went wrong in the U.S. pandemic...

Building Sexual Misconduct Cases Against Powerful Men presents a fine-grained analysis of how the rhetorical and social aspects of rape culture and patriarchy lead to a pattern of sexual misconduct. Contributors discuss the causes of the pattern, the obstacles to overcoming it, and potential solutions through a radical feminist lens. Scholars of media, legal, gender, and women's studies will find this volume particularly useful.

This edited volume highlights the work of ten forgotten and neglected social theorists in the hope of reinvigorating interest in their work and their potential contributions to the analysis of contemporary social issues. Each chapter includes a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected theorist’s work and significance, and the relevance of their work to one or more contemporary social issues. While other similar texts tend to focus primarily on intellectual biography, our emph...

Unlike other economies, family businesses in China are greatly affected by the derived Confucian culture, excessive marketization, as well as the seemingly endless institutional supervision by a transitional Chinese government. China has a strong historical legacy, devoted to patriarchal values and strong family-centered traditions.This volume discusses the current status, upcoming challenges, and future prospects for family businesses in China. It explores unique organizational ch...

Comprehensive, systematic review of advances in key CRISPR/Cas technologies, such as TALENS and zinc finger nucleases, double-strand break repair techniques, insertion-based genome edits, base editing, guide RNAs, gRNA/Cas9 constructs and CRISPR/Cas off targetingCovers both techniques and their practical application to particular cereal and other cropsDiscusses challenges in regulating this emerging technology