A Modern Guide to Creative Economies

by Comunian, Roberta

Author	: Comunian, Roberta
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 309
Release	: 2022-08-23
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1789905494

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Bringing together a series of new perspectives and reflections on creative economies, this insightful Modern Guide expands and challenges current knowledge in the field. Interdisciplinary in scope, it features a broad range of contributions from both leading and emerging scholars, which provide innovative, critical research into a wide range of disciplines, including arts and cultural management, cultural policy, cultural sociology, economics, entrepreneurship, management and business studies, geography, humanities, and media studies.

A Modern Guide to Economic Sociology

by Milan Zafirovski

Author	: Milan Zafirovski
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 368
Release	: 2020-12-25
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1789901316

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This accessible guide to the rapidly growing and interdisciplinary field of modern economic sociology offers critical insights into its fundamental concepts and developments. International in scope, contributions from leading economic sociologists and sociologically-minded economists explore the intersections and implications for theory and empirical research in both disciplines.

A Modern Guide to the Informal Economy

by Colin C. Williams

Author	: Colin C. Williams
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 411
Release	: 2023-03-02
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1788975618

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This Modern Guide presents a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary thought on the informal economy, which, as the author demonstrates – far from being a peripheral feature of the global economy – is a system in which the majority of the global workforce are employed and which has pervasive detrimental effects. Formalising it is therefore a priority for most governments.

A Modern Guide to Uneven Economic Development

by Erik S. Reinert

Author	: Erik S. Reinert
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 429
Release	: 2023-01-13
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1788976541

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In contrast to neo-classical mainstream approaches to economics, this innovative Modern Guide addresses the complex reality of economic development as an inherently uneven process, exploring the ways of theorizing and empirically exploring the mechanisms with which the unevenness manifests itself. It covers a wide array of issues influencing wealth and poverty, technological innovation, ecology and sustainability, financialization, population, gender, and geography, considering the dynamics of cumulative causations created by the interplay between these factors.

A Modern Guide to Tourism Economics

by Croes, Robertico

Author	: Croes, Robertico
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 455
Release	: 2022-09-06
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1800378769

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This Modern Guide captures the evolution of foundational tenets, theories, frameworks and models that buttressed tourism economics into an evolving discipline, shining light on both new and old approaches. It systematically examines current and future trends and issues related to new economic perspectives, consolidating the notion of tourism economics as a discipline.

A Modern Guide to Austrian Economics

by Bylund, Per L.

Author	: Bylund, Per L.
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 329
Release	: 2022-10-11
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1789904404

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This Modern Guide explores central ideas, concepts, and themes in the Austrian school of economics, with a focus on how they, and with them the overall theory, have evolved over recent decades. Leading scholars offer their insights into potential directions of future research in the field, pointing towards contemporary debates and their potential conclusions, underdeveloped aspects and extensions of theory, and current applications of interest.

A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime

by Buonanno, Paolo

Author	: Buonanno, Paolo
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 415
Release	: 2022-10-14
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1789909333

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A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime discusses the evolution of a field, whose growing relevance among scholars and policymakers is partly related to the persistence of crime and violence around the world and partly to the remarkable progress made in recent years in the economic analysis of individual and organised crime. With contributions from some of the leading scholars in the economics of crime, the volume highlights a variety of topics, conceptual frameworks and empirical approaches, thus providing a comprehensive overview of the most recent developments of the field.

A Modern Guide to Knowledge

by Francisco J. Carrillo

Author	: Francisco J. Carrillo
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 459
Release	: 2022-11-18
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1800378637

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Outlining an integrative theory of knowledge, Francisco Javier Carrillo explores how to understand the underlying behavioural basis of the knowledge economy and society. Chapters highlight the notion that unless a knowledge-based value creation and distribution paradigm is globally adopted, the possibilities for integration between a sustainable biosphere and a viable economy are small.

A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy

by Sigler, Thomas

Author	: Sigler, Thomas
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 336
Release	: 2021-08-27
Genre	: Social Science
ISBN	: 1789909562

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Providing a comprehensive overview of the urban sharing economy, this Modern Guide takes a forward-looking perspective on how sharing goods and services may facilitate future sustainability of consumption and production. It highlights recent developments and issues, with cutting-edge discussions from leading international scholars in business, engineering, environmental management, geography, law, planning, sociology and transport studies.