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Hong Kong Public Housing provides the first comprehensive history of one of the most dramatic episodes in the global history of the modern built environment: the vast public housing programme sponsored by successive Hong Kong governments from the 1950s.

Framed in the political economy, the book reveals the role of the Chinese state in the country's development in S&T and innovation. It appeals to scholars of business and management, innovation, and contemporary China studies as well as policymakers of emerging economies, executives interested in doing business in China.

Mastering the Five Tiers of Audit Competency: The Essence of Effective Auditing is an anthology of powerful risk-based auditing practices. Say What!? Communicate with Tact and Impact: What to Say to Get Results at Any Point in an Audit contains an array of practical and time-tested approaches that foster effective communication.

Cognitive Hack explores a broad cross section of research and actual case studies to draw out new insights that may be used to build a benchmark for IT security professionals.Cognitive risks are subconscious and unconscious influence factors on human decision-making: heuristics and biases.

This book looks at concepts that form the core of development economics and political economy and brings together perspectives that explore the inextricable relationship between development and human rights, social movements and the call for social transformation.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the so-called "endowment effect" in the housing market. In a nutshell, the phenomenon of overvaluing things we own which was first conceptualised in 1980 and has since been one of the most studied behavioural biases in economics.

Tale of Four Indian Cities presents a vivid picture of how the British political regime reorganized the structure of Indian economy to suite its own objectives.

This short book illustrates the main trends that are modifying the fitness industry worldwide and highlights contemporary relevance to strategic change. The book will be appealing to researchers, academics, students, and practitioners.

This book explores the interplay between intergenerational justice and intra-generational justice using nuclear waste management as a consistent case to explore these themes.

This co-edited volume examines the history, policies, economics and various regulations of digitalisation in Turkey. Covering all the relevant aspects of digitalisation, this book will be of interest to academics and students, particularly to those with an interest in innovation, economics of digitalization, policy and regulation.

Blockchain and cryptocurrency have become the most revolutionary technologies of the 21st century, potentially transforming how we conduct business, manage assets, and exchange value. The emergence of these technologies has challenged traditional systems of management and presents new technology challenges for businesses and organizations.

This book presents the creative industries as a suite of practices intimately connected to political, economic, and cultural power. Seeking to illuminate the creative industries through critical cultural analysis, the book shows the extent to which creative labour shapes our shared cultural and political realities, good and bad.

This practical text covers essential aspects of managing employees, providing relevant and interesting case studies to enable students to develop the management skills and approaches needed at all levels. The book includes a wealth of case studies across industries including public relations and nonprofits and hailing from several regions.

This practical text covers essential aspects of managing employees, providing relevant and interesting case studies to enable students to develop the management skills and approaches needed at all levels. The book includes a wealth of case studies across industries including public relations and nonprofits and hailing from several regions.

How should an investor challenge the market price and find value? This book provides a new lens, arguing that value investing is a matter of understanding the business through accounting.

This handbook aims to uncover the challenges faced by the International Monetry Fund by providing diverse perspectives and proposing policy recommendations that the Fund could undertake to better navigate the complex landscape of 21st-century global governance.

With each chapter dealing with a specific problem and its solutions, explores water sources for agriculture and postharvest management practices used in different geographical areas along with analysis on the role of technology and obstacles.

Intelligent Manufacturing and Industry 4.0: Impact, Trends, and Opportunities focuses on Intelligent manufacturing and the design of smart devices and products that meets the demand of Industry 4.0, manufacturing and cyber-physical systems, along with real-time data analytics for Intelligent Manufacturing.

This book looks at concepts that form the core of development economics and political economy and brings together perspectives that explore the inextricable relationship between development and human rights, social movements and the call for social transformation.

This book seeks to present financial derivatives in a manner that requires minimal mathematical background. The book would be ideal for aspiring young practitioners, advanced undergraduates and masters-level students who require a concise and practice-led introduction to financial derivatives.

The volume fuses knowledge management, leadership and innovation into a unified framework in the era of digitisation, exploring how strategic knowledge management can benefit organizations adapting to new digital requirements. The book is primarily written for researchers and students within the three disciplines and associated fields.