This collection draws insights from an interdisciplinary group of scholars who specialize in diverse methods ranging from ethnography, archival research, and oral histories, to quantitative data analysis and experiments used in the social sciences and humanities to reflect on the empirical, methodological, and practical implications of conducting research beyond one’s national borders. The goal of this book is to help researchers contemplate existing orientations that dominate current rese...

The Retail Value Chain analyses the changes in the retail industry such as internationalization and consolidation and looks at the strategic options open to companies. It covers retail structures, efficient consumer response, partnerships in retail value chains, demand management, store operations, IT trends, loyalty programmes, shopper information sharing and more.In addition to providing useful insights into why retail operates the way it does, The Retail...

Shortlisted for the National Book AwardA story of forbidden love and fugitive faith in the nineteenth century Arctic Circle'Transports readers deep into an unfamiliar world, yet with familiar conflicts and desires. I was absorbed and changed. Absolutely beautiful' Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl EarringIn 1851, at a remote village in the Scandinavian tundra, a Lutheran minister know...

Vor einem Panorama überwältigender Natur – drei unnachgiebige Frauen einer sámischen Familie kämpfen um ihre HeimatJedes Jahr im Frühling kehren sie nach dem Winter in ihr »Sommerland« am See im Nordwesten Schwedens zurück. Doch in diesem Frühjahr ist alles anders: Als die dreizehnjährige Iŋgá mit den Rentieren, Mutter und Tante das Tal erreicht, ist ihr Dorf versunken. Birken, Hütten, das Hab und Gut der Familie und vor allem das Grab des Vaters – alles u...