This book overcomes the limitations of existing models of national culture by presenting a novel archetypal methodology that captures heterogeneity within and between nations in a simple manner. The authors incorporate this methodology into a new, empirically derived theory of nations as composites of diverse culture configurations (or archetypes). The theory, which is illustrated through data on secular and emancipative values obtained from the European and World Value Surveys, shows the ...

Why do different groups of people behave in different ways when dealing with the common challenges of human life? The answer often lies in their cultural attitudes, values, and consequent behaviours. The study of human culture has been deemed a key contribution to understanding human life for many centuries. Explanations and descriptions of cultural characteristics abound, but in the field of business, none have been more influential and warmly embraced than those developed by Geert Hofste...

Wind power is often held up as the most accessible and cost-effective route to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and improving our energy independence, yet knowledge of what it offers is often clouded by myths and misunderstandings, which can hamper its adoption.This new book, the result of an ambitious project coordinated by the European Wind Energy Association, aims to present the facts about wind energy. It includes six sections discussing:technologyg...

This book advocates domestic free trade, because many countries do not have it.This book describes how a country first resists foreign free trade, then resists domestic free trade.This book proves that the absence of domestic free trade is more disastrous than the absence of foreign free trade.

(This book is an abbreviated version of Vol. 10, Unlocking the Trade Door. It contains only the first 7 chapters.)You know that comparative advantage helps explain trade, but when higher production cost from specialization eliminates such advantage, how can you then have trade?Some people support tariff for its triple benefit: it generates government revenue, eliminates trade deficit and raises social welfare. After all, it taxes only foreigners, why not? But why are countr...

Public policy is a broad and interdisciplinary area of study and research in the field tends to reflect this. Yet for those teaching and studying public policy, the disjointed nature of the field can be confusing and cumbersome. This text provides a consistent and coherent framework for uniting the field of public policy. Authors Kevin B. Smith and Christopher W. Larimer offer an organized and comprehensive overview of the core questions and concepts, major theoretical frameworks, primary ...

The concept and measure of GDP have always been subject to criticism, so what went wrong? This book reveals many conceptual deficiencies of GDP. To obtain correct measure, economists must revise their concepts. This book also recommends an alternative, hopefully correct, method of measuring income.

This book convincingly argues that effective culturally responsive pedagogies require teachers to firstly undertake a critical deconstruction of Self in relation to and with the Other; and secondly, to take into account how power affects the socio-political, cultural and historical contexts in which the education relation takes place. The contributing authors are from a range of diaspora, indigenous, and white mainstream communities, and are united in their desire to challenge the hegemony...

The main topic of this book is the concept that 'sense and feel must exist for anything to ever be real and existent to mankind itself.'The result(s) can be expressed as a set of attributes (maybe "alpha(s)" is a better word) that can solve. However, being in air (Greek-resonant or Roman-reconciled) is not the best way to do measurement or survey...in wind-councils.*From my current perspective, a mapping method for all that "gives life" or 'has lif...

Most of the intriguing social phenomena of our time, such as international terrorism, social inequality, and urban ethnic segregation, are consequences of complex forms of agent interaction that are difficult to observe methodically and experimentally. This book looks at a new research stream that makes use of advanced computer simulation modelling techniques to spotlight agent interaction that allows us to explain the emergence of social patterns. It presents a method to pursue analytical...

Drawing on the insights of some of the world’s leading authorities in public policy analysis, this important book offers a distinct and critical showcase of emerging forms of discovery for policy-making. Chapter by chapter this expert group of social scientists showcase their chosen method or approach, showing the context, the method’s key features and how it can be applied in practice, including the scope and limitations of its application and value to policy makers. Arguing that it is no...

You know that comparative advantage helps explain trade, but when higher production cost from specialization eliminates such advantage, how can you then have trade?Some people support tariff for its triple benefit: it generates government revenue, eliminates trade deficit and raises social welfare. After all, it taxes only foreigners, why not? But why are countries with high tariff generally poorer? Answer: international trade is not a bargaining issue, tariff is not a static one.