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Smart and sustainable planning for cities and regions : results of SSPCR 2015
This open access book offers a selection of research papers and case studies presented at the 3rd international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions”, held in December 2019 in Bolzano, Italy, and explores the concept of smart and sustainable planning, including top contributions from academics, policy makers, consultants and other professionals. Innovation pr…
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- 9783030577643
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- xvii, 307p. : ill.
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- 307.1216 SMA s
Introduction to space syntax in urban studies
This open access textbook is a comprehensive introduction to space syntax method and theory for graduate students and researchers. It provides a step-by-step approach for its application in urban planning and design. This textbook aims to increase the accessibility of the space syntax method for the first time to all graduate students and researchers who are dealing with the built environment, …
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- 9783030591403
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- xix, 250p. : ill.
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- 307.1216 VAN i
Entrepreneurial strategy : starting, managing, and scaling new ventures
This open access book focuses on explaining differences amongst organizations regarding various attributes, forms, and outcomes. By focusing on the “how” of new venture creation and management to produce well-established organizations, the authors aim to increase our understanding of the antecedents of most management research assumptions. New ventures are the source of most newly created j…
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- 9783030789350
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- xvii, 131p. : ill.
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- 658.4012 SHE e
Frontiers of real estate science in Japan
This Open Access book presents recent research and hot topics in the field of real estate science in Japan. It features carefully selected English translations of peer-reviewed papers and excellent articles published in the Japanese Journal of Real Estate Sciences, as well as papers presented at the Japan Association of Real Estate Sciences (JARES) annual conference. The topics covered incl…
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- 9789811588488
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- ix, 337p. : ill.
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- 346.52043 FRO f
Expanding professionalism in music and higher music education : a changing game
This book addresses the need to rethink the concept and enactment of professionalism in music, and how such concepts underpin professional higher music education. There is an urgent imperative to enable the potential of professional musicians in our contemporary societies to be more fully realised, recognising both intense challenges that are currently threatening some traditional music practic…
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- 9781003108337
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- XXXIII, 148 p.
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- SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
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- 780.7 EXP e
The fundamental elements of strategy : concepts, theories and cases
This open access book clarifies confusions of strategy that have existed for nearly 40 years through the core thoughts of three fundamental elements. Unlike the traditional definition of strategy as "a plan to achieve a long-term goal from overall considerations”in a linear view, this book defines strategy from non-linear viewpoint as it is in the real world. The art of a strategy lies not on…
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- 9789813347137
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- xxviii, 193p. : ill.
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- 658.4012 YU f
Public administration in Germany
This open access book presents a topical, comprehensive and differentiated analysis of Germany’s public administration and reforms. It provides an overview on key elements of German public administration at the federal, Länder and local levels of government as well as on current reform activities of the public sector. It examines the key institutional features of German public administration…
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- 9783030536978
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- xxiv, 416p. : ill.
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- 351.43 PUB p
Concept and design developments in school improvement research : longitudinal…
This open access book discusses challenges in school improvement research and different methodological approaches that have the potential to foster school improvement research. Research on school improvement and accountability analysis places high demands on a study’s design and method. The potential of combining the depth of case studies with the breath of quantitative measures and analyses …
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- 9783030693459
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- viii, 312p. : ill.
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- 371.2 CON c
New living cases on corporate governance
This unique open access book features a selection of Living Cases on Corporate Governance, which were developed and compiled by chairpersons, members of the board of directors, and CEOs in various countries, working in close collaboration with prominent researchers. Each Living Case addresses a current issue that a given company or institution needs to resolve. For every Case, the goal is fo…
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- 9783030486068
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- xviii, 105p. : ill.
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- 658.422 NEW n
Achieving person-centred health systems : evidence, strategies and challenges
The idea of person-centred health systems is widely advocated in political and policy declarations to better address health system challenges. A person-centred approach is advocated on political, ethical and instrumental grounds and believed to benefit service users, health professionals and the health system more broadly. However, there is continuing debate about the strategies that are availa…
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- 9781108855464
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- xxiii, 396p. : ill.
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- 362.1094 ACH a
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