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Leaving Neverland (Why Little Boys Shouldn't Run Big Corporations)

by Daniel Prokop ...

In our desperate attempt to stay young forever we have achieved eternal childishness, rather than eternal youth. Mankind has gradually become Pankind.We live in an adolescent society, Neverland, where never growing up seems more the norm than the exception. Little boys wearing expensive suits and adult bodies should not be allowed to run big corporations. They shouldn't be allowed to run small ... Read more

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In our desperate attempt to stay young forever we have achieved eternal childishness, rather than eternal youth. Mankind has gradually become Pankind.We live in an adolescent society, Neverland, where never growing up seems more the norm than the exception. Little boys wearing expensive suits and adult bodies should not be allowed to run big corporations. They shouldn't be allowed to run small
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Taking it With You

Everybody knows you can't take anything with you when you die... almost everybody.

by Daniel Prokop ...

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Everybody knows you can't take anything with you when you die... almost everybody.In a fit of rage, a dying spiritually challenged woman vows to cheat death and take her vast fortune with her when she dies. Somehow. Unfortunately, cryogenics leaves her cold. When she stumbles on the fact that the Tibetan Buddhists have found the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation 13 times, she becomes obsessed with ... Read more

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Everybody knows you can't take anything with you when you die... almost everybody.In a fit of rage, a dying spiritually challenged woman vows to cheat death and take her vast fortune with her when she dies. Somehow. Unfortunately, cryogenics leaves her cold. When she stumbles on the fact that the Tibetan Buddhists have found the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation 13 times, she becomes obsessed with
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions

Emergence, Evolution, and Future

Edited by Robert Huggins, Piers Thompson, Fumi Kitagawa, Christina Theodoraki, Daniel Prokop ...

The concept of 'entrepreneurial ecosystems' has emerged as a means for theorizing and making policy-decisions concerning entrepreneurship and economic development within and across cities and regions. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions assembles original contributions from scholars across the world to provide an in-depth analysis of a concept that has the capability to capture a ... Read more

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The concept of 'entrepreneurial ecosystems' has emerged as a means for theorizing and making policy-decisions concerning entrepreneurship and economic development within and across cities and regions. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions assembles original contributions from scholars across the world to provide an in-depth analysis of a concept that has the capability to capture a
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Polish Jewish Culture Beyond the Capital

Centering the Periphery

by Zehavit Stern, Justin Cammy, Bozena Shallcross, Malgorzata Stolarska-Fronia, Naomi Seidman, Magdalena Kozlowska, Sylwia Jakubczyk-Sleczka, Marcos Silber, Alicja Maslak-Maciejewska, Eugenia Prokop-Janiec, Ela Bauer, Daniel Kupfert Heller ...

**Shortlisted by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) for Best Edited Multi-Author Scholarly VolumePIASA's 2024 Anna M. Cienciala Award for Best-Edited Multi-Authored Scholarly Volume**Polish Jewish Culture beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery is a path-breaking exploration of the diversity and vitality of urban Jewish identity and culture in ... Read more

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**Shortlisted by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) for Best Edited Multi-Author Scholarly VolumePIASA's 2024 Anna M. Cienciala Award for Best-Edited Multi-Authored Scholarly Volume**Polish Jewish Culture beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery is a path-breaking exploration of the diversity and vitality of urban Jewish identity and culture in
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The Global Competitiveness of Regions

by Robert Huggins, Hiro Izushi, Daniel Prokop, Piers Thompson ...

Series series Regions and Cities
The aim of this book is to consider theoretically the notion of the global competitiveness of regions, as well as giving attention as to how such competitiveness may be empirically measured. With this in mind, the book has three specific objectives: first, to place the concept of regional competitiveness within the context of regional economic development theory; second, to present a rationale and ... Read more

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The aim of this book is to consider theoretically the notion of the global competitiveness of regions, as well as giving attention as to how such competitiveness may be empirically measured. With this in mind, the book has three specific objectives: first, to place the concept of regional competitiveness within the context of regional economic development theory; second, to present a rationale and
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Energy Storage

by Robert Huggins ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Introduction Energy is necessary for a number of reasons, the most basic and obvious involve the preparation of food and the provision of heat to make life comfortable, or at least, bearable. Subsequently, a wide range of technological uses of energy have emerged and been developed, so that the availability of energy has become a central issue in society. The easiest way to acquire useful energy ... Read more

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Introduction Energy is necessary for a number of reasons, the most basic and obvious involve the preparation of food and the provision of heat to make life comfortable, or at least, bearable. Subsequently, a wide range of technological uses of energy have emerged and been developed, so that the availability of energy has become a central issue in society. The easiest way to acquire useful energy
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The Business of Networks

Inter-Firm Interaction, Institutional Policy and the TEC Experiment

by Robert Huggins ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
This title was first published in 2000: The first book which brings together and interprets both the theoretical concepts associated with the study of networks in the business world, and the policy applications being applied to the practical building and development of such networks. It maps the changes in the culture of economic development policy that occurred in the UK during the 1990s, ... Read more

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This title was first published in 2000: The first book which brings together and interprets both the theoretical concepts associated with the study of networks in the business world, and the policy applications being applied to the practical building and development of such networks. It maps the changes in the culture of economic development policy that occurred in the UK during the 1990s,
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Energy Storage

Fundamentals, Materials and Applications

by Robert Huggins ...

Series series Energy (R0)
Energy Storage explains the underlying scientific and engineering fundamentals of all major energy storage methods. These include the storage of energy as heat, in phase transitions and reversible chemical reactions, and in organic fuels and hydrogen, as well as in mechanical, electrostatic and magnetic systems. Updated coverage of electrochemical storage systems considers exciting developments in ... Read more

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Energy Storage explains the underlying scientific and engineering fundamentals of all major energy storage methods. These include the storage of energy as heat, in phase transitions and reversible chemical reactions, and in organic fuels and hydrogen, as well as in mechanical, electrostatic and magnetic systems. Updated coverage of electrochemical storage systems considers exciting developments in
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A Behavioural Theory of Economic Development

The Uneven Evolution of Cities and Regions

by Robert Huggins, Piers Thompson ...

Innovation, entrepreneurship, knowledge, and human capital are widely acknowledged as key levers of development. Yet what are the sources of these factors, and why do they differ in their endowment across regions? Motivated by a belief that theories of economic development can move beyond the generally accepted explanations of location and the organization of industries and capital, this book ... Read more

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Innovation, entrepreneurship, knowledge, and human capital are widely acknowledged as key levers of development. Yet what are the sources of these factors, and why do they differ in their endowment across regions? Motivated by a belief that theories of economic development can move beyond the generally accepted explanations of location and the organization of industries and capital, this book
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Lithium Metal Anodes and Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries

by Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu, Wesley A. Henderson ...

Series series Energy (R0)
This book provides comprehensive coverage of Lithium (Li) metal anodes for rechargeable batteries. Li is an ideal anode material for rechargeable batteries due to its extremely high theoretical specific capacity (3860 mAh g-1), low density (0.59 g cm-3), and the lowest negative electrochemical potential (−3.040 V vs. standard hydrogenelectrodes). Unfortunately, uncontrollable dendritic Li growth ... Read more

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This book provides comprehensive coverage of Lithium (Li) metal anodes for rechargeable batteries. Li is an ideal anode material for rechargeable batteries due to its extremely high theoretical specific capacity (3860 mAh g-1), low density (0.59 g cm-3), and the lowest negative electrochemical potential (−3.040 V vs. standard hydrogenelectrodes). Unfortunately, uncontrollable dendritic Li growth
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Yiddish

The Biography of a Language

by Miriam Weinstein ...

This first-ever biography on Yiddish is “a charming and highly readable history of the language” that “recreates the sound of a world . . . gone forever” (The Washington Post)For a thousand years Yiddish, was the glue that held a people together. Through the intimacies of daily use, it linked European Jews with their heroic past, their spiritual universe, their increasingly far-flung relations. In ... Read more

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This first-ever biography on Yiddish is “a charming and highly readable history of the language” that “recreates the sound of a world . . . gone forever” (The Washington Post)For a thousand years Yiddish, was the glue that held a people together. Through the intimacies of daily use, it linked European Jews with their heroic past, their spiritual universe, their increasingly far-flung relations. In
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Human Resource Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industries

by Dennis Nickson ...

Please note: this title will publish in January 2012.This textbook explores the policies and practices employed in the management of people working in the tourism, hospitality and events industries.It considers the nature of these industries and the varied approaches that organizations take with the handling of matters such as recruitment, health and welfare and remuneration. This book is enriched ... Read more

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Please note: this title will publish in January 2012.This textbook explores the policies and practices employed in the management of people working in the tourism, hospitality and events industries.It considers the nature of these industries and the varied approaches that organizations take with the handling of matters such as recruitment, health and welfare and remuneration. This book is enriched
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