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Explores how educational research from a comparative perspective has been instrumental in broadening and testing hypotheses from institutional theory. This book contains theoretical discussions of the impact that comparative research has had on institutional theory and comparative scholarship that tests basic institutional assumptions and trends.

Adapts theory to practice in areas of interest to those who manage libraries. This volume offers articles covering a demographic study of Canadian librarianship, the implementation of ISO9000 in Thailand, pieces on information literacy programs in the United States, and a discussion of organizational culture within libraries from South Africa.

This volume presents articles by interdisciplinary and international scholars spanning the social sciences, humanities, and law. It offers perspectives on political relationships, politics, legal reform, law and the family, race relations and gender issues.

Considers topics of relevance to secondary schools. Included in the volume are reviews of research on the efficacy of self-management techniques; the utility and efficacy of homework assignments; treatments for secondary students with autism; interventions on content-area learning, including English, science, math, and social studies; and more.

Part of a series of studies on research in marketing.

Examining multicultural perspectives in special education, this volume attempts to tackle demographic challenges in classrooms, schools, and communities that general and special educators must be aware of, by presenting information on multidimensional methods for dealing with those students who look, talk, behave and learn differently.

Addresses developments in areas relevant to the education of individuals with learning and behavioral disabilities. This work also includes a chapter on the research support for co-teaching as an educational intervention for promoting academic achievement and educational inclusion.

A review of advances in cognition and educational practice that examines conceptual issues in research in intelligence.

Innovation has become one of the primary core competencies of effective organizations. This volume includes chapters that explore a variety of methods and settings that show how collaboration can be utilized to enable and enhance innovation. It also discusses the importance of collaborative environments to improve innovation.

The world of accounting is subject to the vagaries of human nature just like any other profession. These papers represent research into the behavioural aspects and leadership challenges facing those working in the profession in 21st century.

This volume aims to contribute to finding ways and means of taking positive advantage of the opportunities presented by telecommunications technologies. It examines the effects of economic developments on telecommunications in locations such as South-East Asia and Eastern Europe.

Contains papers describing developments at the frontiers of microsimulation modelling, and draws upon experiences in a wide range of countries. Some papers in this book aim to share with other modellers, experience gained in designing and running microsimulation models and their use in government policy formulation.

Aims to use personal histories of pioneers to describe and analyze the emergence of tourism study among anthropologically oriented scholars. This work is intended for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, as well as for the general public.

Part of the "Emerald's Diversity in Higher Education" series, this volume presents discussions related to reports on research and theoretical views pertaining to Black males in higher education. It also includes discussions of intervention programs within or associated with institutions of higher education.

During the past decade, globalization and democratization have been the major forces that helped transform the structures, functions, and processes of Asian public sectors. These issues were explored at a conference July 7-9, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. This book presents some of the works contributed by participating scholars at the conference.

How immigrants and their descendents fare in the host society and in particular in the labor market is a very important question. This work helps to understand the complex relationship between ethnic or minority groups, the role of ethnic identity and their disparate economic performance.

Places emphasis on developments in the social theory of environmental issues, the environment, and the environmental crisis. This also emphasises on the increasingly questionable possibility of shared knowledge at a time of increasing fragmentation of common frameworks, distraction from key issues, and dilution of the idea of objectivity.

Contains original papers that examine various issues concerning the role, the structure and functioning of credit, currency and derivatives instruments and markets as they relate to financial crises. This title stresses the importance of the inter-linkages of these instruments and markets in promoting or hindering financial stability or crises.

Dealing with the subject of organizational theory and library administration, this title covers topics such as: managing change in research libraries; the agility of library consortia and its member libraries; the evaluation of reference services; and, developing a recruitment strategy for a diverse workforce. It is suitable for library students.

Includes a selection of papers presented at the Measurement Error: Econometrics and Practice conference. This work aims to draw attention to the problem in econometrics of measurement error in data provided by the worlds leading statistical agencies; highlighting consequences of data error and offering solutions to deal with such problems.

Comprises of a selection of competitive papers from the 34th European International Business Academy Annual Conference, held in Tallinn, Estonia in December 2008, with the theme International Business and the Catching-up Economies: Challenges and Opportunities.

Motivated by recent events and experiences in antitrust enforcement and policy in the United States and the European Union, and new insights and findings from academic research, this book presents a collection of theoretical, empirical and public policy-oriented articles representing recent research on the political-economy of antitrust.

Examines the ways in which real options theory can contribute to strategic management. This volume offers conceptual pieces that trace out pathways for the theory to move forward and presents research on the implications of real options for strategic investment, organization, and firm performance.

Includes papers on topics related to efficiency issues in US and European equity and options markets, as well as the productive efficiency of various types of depository financial institutions. In the capital market context, this book highlights the provisions of efficient trading services in the capital markets.

Handbook on Cults and Sects in America

Handbook on Cults and Sects in America

The volume brings together fundamental new research in economics, including relevant significant innovations in microeconometrics, macroeconomics, and monetary and financial economics, thereby making substantive contributions to the literature. Most of the chapters were delivered as papers at a conference held in Vigo (Spain) in July 2005.

How can the existence of elites be compatible with democratic governance? Any democratic society is inevitably confronted by this basic question. This book reviews existing research on elites and their interactions with those around them. It looks at how the recruitment to elites changes in the long run according to class and gender.

Explores the economic, financial, strategic or organizational behaviour aspects of M & A's.

Bringing together economists from various traditions such as Austrian economics, evolutionary economics, institutional economics, law and economics, neuro-economics and bio-economics, this title examines the impact of cognitive science growth on the economics discipline.