Public Private Partnerships are no longer new. They are now a well-established vehicle for delivering large capital projects or managing services. Many organizations are now working with 'multi sector partnerships' across a huge range of sectors involving multiple partners. The increasing complexity of these partnerships, of the risks associated with them and the outcomes required of them, demand a new level of skill from those establishing and building the partnership. Michael Geddes' Mak...

So, you want to start a business and don't know where to begin. Or you've started a business but you don't know what your next step is.Before you wade through countless blog posts, courses, and other available content, let's take a quick overview of what the bible says.That's right, we will explore what the bible say about your dream of becoming an entrepreneur and running a successful company.

In Building Business Profits Fast: How to Increase Your Profits by 30% or More in 90 Days or Less, leading business consultant Steve Pohlit takes you inside a magnificent transformation, laying out clear steps you can easily follow to increase profits in any business by 30% or more – in 90 days or less. A coach to numerous business owners and Fortune 500 companies, Steve recreates his unique process here, literally walking you through each step toward a total metamorphosis that will ripple...

In recent years, European societies and territories have witnessed the spatial impacts of a severe financial and socio-economic crisis. This book builds on the current debate concerning how cities and urban regions and their citizens deal with the consequences of the recent financial and socio-economic crisis.Cities in Crisis examines the political and administrative implications of austerity measures applied in southern European cities. These include cuts in local public spending ...

Financial disclosure systems are a vital component of transparency. By now 161 countries around the world have introduced financial disclosure systems, becoming commonplace around the world. But, although the rules are on the books, many practitioners are still struggling with the intricacies of the rules and how to implement them in the socioeconomic, historical, and legal context of their own country. Little guidance is available to assist them. This book aims to fill that void and provi...

In recent years, the study of creativity has shifted from analysis of culture as an end in itself to one of economic enhancement, and its capability to generate wealth and promote economic development. Increasingly, European cities and regions are using the arts to fuel wellbeing and reinvigorate economies after the comparative demise of more traditional industry and manufacturing. A growing literature is starting to highlight the innovation capacity of cultural and creative industries (CC...

Social regeneration is about the transformative processes that, through institutional choices that embody cooperation and inclusion, develop opportunities and capabilities for weak categories, and transversally for society. The challenge of social regeneration can be addressed, in part, through organisational solutions increasingly identified with social economy organisations, since they are characterised by a social objective, cooperation and inclusive democratic governance.Beside...