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Bloomsbury Publishing

A User’s Guide to Patents 3rd ed.

Trevor Cook

Focuses on the areas of patent law and procedure which prove to have the most practical importance in day-to-day practice. The expert analysis takes in the wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends that will affect legal practitioners.

Bloomsbury Professional/Bloomsbury Publishing, November 2011

This book illustrates the application of ethical thinking to business, management and computing, bringing together significant areas of leading edge research and scholarship. Its strong inter-cultural, transnational and cross-disciplinary flavour, will appeal to readers interested in organization analysis, computer studies, information systems, philosophy and ethics.

Cambridge Scholars Publishing, April 2011

PB 9781847668905

£115.00

cambridge scholars publishing

From Critique to Action The Practical Ethics of the Organizational World Edited by David Weir and Nabil Sultan

HB 9781443828390

£44.99 The Liverpool Hope University Studies in Ethics Series

cambridge university press

Global Crises and the Crises of Global Leadership Stephen Gill

A compelling theorization of global leadership and global crises, with reflections on prospects for more effective and legitimate global governance.

Cambridge University Press, October 2011 HB 9781107014787

£55.00

emerald group publishing

Inequality of Opportunity Theory and Measurement Juan Gabriel Rodriguez

Eight papers, both theoretical and applied, on the concept of equality of opportunity which says that a society should guarantee its members equal access to advantage regardless of their circumstances, while holding them responsible for turning that access into actual advantage by the application of effort.

Emerald Group Publishing , October 2011 HB 9781780520346

£67.95 ebook options available - view on Blackwell’s Collection Manager Research in Economic Inequality

john wiley & sons

Business Model Generation A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Peigner

The New Rules of Marketing & PR How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly

This practical, inspiring handbook will help students improve their core approach to doing business. Teaching practical innovation techniques, it assists students in understanding, designing and implementing new business models.

Loved by students worldwide, the new edition of this pioneering guide brings you up to speed on the changing requirements of marketing in the new digital age, showing how to get the right message to the right people at the right time.

John Wiley & Sons , August 2010 PB 9780470876411

£23.99 ebook options available - view on Blackwell’s Collection Manager Wiley Desktop Editions

John Wiley & Sons , October 2011 PB 9781118026984

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David Meerman Scott

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kogan page

The Handbook of International Trade and Finance The Complete Guide to Risk Management , International Payments and Currency 2nd ed.

An essential reference guide for anyone involved in international trade, with practical commentary of the key financial elements of cross-border business - including risk management, currency management, credit insurance and trade finance.

Kogan Page, December 2011 PB 9780749463977

£39.99

Anders Grath

london publishing partnership

Safe as Houses?

A Historical Analysis of Property Prices Neil Monnery

Looks at house prices over the long term in several countries - including the UK, the US, France, Holland, Norway, Germany and Australia - to find out what has happened to house prices and why. The author illustrates his findings with authoritative data on trends and provides intriguing details including a century long index of UK house prices and a fascinating four-hundred-year story of houses in Amsterdam.

London Publishing Partnership, October 2011 PB 9781907994012

£12.99

mcgraw-hill education

Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High 2nd ed.

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler

Gives readers what they need to get constructive results when emotions run high and opinions vary. It explains how to transform negative feelings into powerful dialogue; make it safe to talk about almost anything; be persuasive, not abrasive; improve professional and personal relationships; and have a positive impact on workplace productivity, quality, and safety.

McGraw-Hill Education, October 2011 HB 9780071775304

£21.99

oxford university press

The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa Edited by Ernest Aryeetey, Shantayanan Devarajan, Ravi Kanbur, and Louis Kasekende

Local Business Voice The History of Chambers of Commerce in Britain, Ireland, and Revolutionary America, 1760-2011 Robert J. Bennett

An authoritative perspective on African economic development, with contributions from Chief Economists of the African Development Bank and the World Bank, governors and finance ministers of the African Central Bank, and four Nobel Laureates in Economics.

The book provides the first definitive, scholarly, and systematic history of the Chambers of Commerce (local organizations of business people) from their origins in the 18th century, through their historical development up to the present date.

Oxford University Press, December 2011 HB 9780199575978

£85.00

Oxford University Press, October 2011 HB 9780199584734

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palgrave macmillan

The Life Cyclists Fisher, Keynes, Modigliani, and Friedman Colin Read

business & economics

Addresses the contributions of significant individuals to our understanding of financial decisions and markets. Great financial theorists created the basis for what we now know as personal finance and this volume describes four great minds in finance that forever established the role of the rate of return and life cycle decisionmaking.

Palgrave Macmillan, October 2011 HB 9780230274136

£60.00 ebook options available - view on Blackwell’s Collection Manager Great Minds in Finance

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palgrave macmillan

Capitalism and Climate Change Theoretical Discussion, Historical Development and Policy Responses Max Koch

This book discusses climate change as a social issue, examining the incompatibilty of capitalist development and Earth’s physical limits and how these have been regulated in different ways. It addresses the links between modes of consumption, energy regimes and climate change during Fordism and finance-driven capitalism.

Palgrave Macmillan, October 2011 HB 9780230272514

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springer

Complex Systems in Finance and Econometrics 2 Vol. Set Editor-in-Chief: Robert A. Myers

Insurance Economics 2012 Peter Zweifel and Roland Eisen

Nonlinear time series modeling, game theory and statistical physics are among the essential techniques for predicting, evaluating and managing in fields ranging from health care, poverty alleviation and the environment to manufacturing and macroeconomics.

Brings together the economic analysis of risk management and demand for insurance by individuals and corporations, objectives pursued and management tools used by insurance companies, the regulation of insurance, and the division of labor between private and social insurance.

Springer, November 2011 HB 9781441977007

£449.50

Springer, November 2011 HB 9783642205477

£90.00

taylor & francis

International Human Resource Management Policies and Practices for Multinational Enterprises 4th ed.

Dennis Briscoe, Randall S. Schuler and Ibraiz Tarique

Routledge Companion to Organizational Change David M. Boje, Bernard Burnes and John Hassard

This updated and revised edition has been designed to lead readers through all the key topics in a highly engaging and approachable way. Focuses on International Human Resource Management within multi-national enterprises (MNEs), this comprehensive textbook provides an outstanding foundation for understanding the theory and practice of International Human Resource Management.

This title offers a comprehensive and authoritative overview of organizational change, adding fresh and challenging insights to the mainstream themes of this discipline.

Routledge/Taylor & Francis, September 2011 HB 9780415884754

£90.00 PB 9780415884761

£42.99 Routledge Global Human Resource Management Series

Routledge/Taylor & Francis, October 2011 HB 9780415556453

£115.00 Routledge Companions

world scientific publishing

Energy Economy in China Policy Imperative, Market Dynamics, and Regional Developments Kang Wu

The key subjects of this book are policy imperatives, market dynamics and regional developments concerning oil and gas, as well as energy as a whole in China.

World Scientific Publishing , June 2012 HB 9789814335676

£111.00

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