This volume presents commissioned essays on important, but often neglected. English and Irish economists of the 18th and 19th centuries. Notable chapters include Samuel Hollander's extended essay on Samuel Bailey that complements his magisterial reassessement of the classical economists and John Pullen's assessment of John Cazenove's analysis of Say's Law and bank credit. These are but two members of a brave army of heretics and subversives who could most admirably be summed up in Keynes' words as those `who following their intuitions, have preferred to see truth obscurely and imperfectly rather than to maintain error'. This volume aims to bring much needed attention to those forgotten political economists who helped to shape the development of economic theory and policy.
James P. Henderson The efforts to develop the history of mathematical
economics in Britain date back to William Stanley Jevons who prepared a 'List of
Mathematico- Economic Books, Memoirs, and Other Published Writings'. He
published ...
This volume covers the many issues and concepts of how inquiry-based learning (IBL) can be applied to faculty and institutional development. This volume serves as a conceptual and practical resource and guide for educators and offers practical examples of IBL in action and diverse strategies for how to implement IBL in different contexts.
Dr. Barnett has been a principal or co-principal investigator on 11 National
Science Foundation grants which has allowed him to explore his research
interests that focus on designing learning environments that empower minority
students to not only take charge of their own learning but to develop the capacity
to become change agents in their community. Dr. Barnett has been an editor of
the International Journal of Science Education and is a co-editor of a recently
published book on ...
This volume is the second in the series covering the many issues and concepts of how inquiry-based learning (IBL) can be applied to arts, humanities and social sciences programs.
include critical thinking, self-directed learning, clear communication, and
openness to learning. The chapter presents a series of strategies for introducing
and linking metacognitive practice and the inquiry-based approach to learning. In
“Inquiry-Based Learning for Language Learning: The Case of French Advanced
Level at the University of Manchester (UK),” by Catherine Franc and Annie
Morton, the authors explore how they applied IBL methodologies to language
teaching and ...
This book presents and celebrates over 20 years of Action Learning and Action Research (ALAR) through stories, experiences, reflections and specific works of key proponents and participants in Action Learning and Action Research World Congresses. Authors discuss wide-ranging possibilities and argue for the benefits of action research for sustainable development and problem solving in a turbulent world in the 21st century. They practise what they preach: collaborative, participatory action research based on learning outcomes from projects, discussion and debate. All chapters argue for, justify and explain the need for a shift in approaches to learning and development – from technical, managerial and controlling, to emancipatory, critical, ethical and humanist approaches – to achieve sustainable and robust outcomes in a turbulent world. The book is the first to present action research as a solution to and integration of economic, social, philosophical and ecological systems for problem solving and sustainable development in this troubled world of the 21st century.
This book presents and celebrates over 20 years of Action Learning and Action Research (ALAR) through stories, experiences, reflections and specific works of key proponents and participants in Action Learning and Action Research World ...
In this book, leading native and non-native scholars present a fascinating view of American Indian tribal values and indigenous cultures. This 'Tribal Wisdom' offers an ethic of business practice that is relationship-based and community-oriented, fostering a harmonious web of life which includes the natural environment.
In addition, refurbished laptops were donated to the Adolescent Care Unit, which
houses youths of ages 13À17 with psychiatric and/or substance abuse issues.
This effort provides a means for youths who have dropped out of school to
reenter ...
Research on accounting in LDCs argues that a well-developed corporate governance structure, including accounting infrastructure, would promote economic prosperity. Economic development requires a modern, transparent corporate governance infrastructure based on efficient capital markets. Over the past decade corporate governance reform has become an important global policy agenda driven by events such as the 1997 Asian financial crisis, major corporate scandals (such as Enron and WorldCom) and the globalisation of capital markets. In several less developed and emerging economies corporate governance reform is also driven by the adoption of international donor led economic reforms. This in particular has made corporate governance reform an essential element of the development agenda promoted by the World Bank. The papers in the volume have provided wide ranging empirical and theoretical issues that will have policy implications and also generate future academic debates. Overall, the volume advances debate on corporate governance, accountability and transparency in less developed and emerging economies. We believe the audience will find the papers interesting and insightful in terms of theoretical development, practices and policy implications.
While Advances continues to publish papers from any area of Finance, the focus of this issue is on corporate governance, broadly defined as the system of controls that helps corporations and other organizations effectively manage, administer, and direct economic resources. Included in the volume are papers focusing on: the impact of deregulation and corporate structure on productive efficiency; the effectiveness of the fraud triangle and SAS; board monitoring and access to debt financing; institutional investors; and managerial stability and payout policy.
Included in the volume are papers focusing on: the impact of deregulation and corporate structure on productive efficiency; the effectiveness of the fraud triangle and SAS; board monitoring and access to debt financing; institutional ...
This study investigated the relationship between intellectual capital and public sector performance in Malaysia. Findings revealed that there is a significant and positive relationship between two, and one way of increasing the level of public sector performance is to tie performance to intellectual capital.
... to my incredible parents Zainab Abdul and Mat Sulihan, my beloved husband
Zainal Ahmad and my darling children Misha Zahra and Melissa Raudhah, as
well as to my supportive brother Zairi Kamaruddin and the rest of the family.
"The Handbook of Survey Research, Second Edition" builds on its widely-recognized 1983 predecessor by updating its previous historical account of the development of survey research and the evolution of social science before going on to examine new and expanded usages of survey research during the past half century. Editors Peter Marsden (Harvard University) and James D. Wright (University of Central Florida), long-time editor of Elsevier's Social Science Research, have created an authoritative reference book and an excellent starting point for anyone requiring a broad examination of the field. Detailed chapters include: sampling; measurement; questionnaire construction and question writing; survey implementation and management; survey data analysis; special types of surveys; and integrating surveys with other data collection methods. This handbook is distinguished from other texts by its greater comprehensiveness and depth of coverage including topics such as measurement models, the role of cognitive psychology, surveying networks, and cross-national/cross-cultural surveys. Timely and relevant it includes materials that are only now becoming highly influential topics.
"The Handbook of Survey Research, Second Edition" builds on its widely-recognized 1983 predecessor by updating its previous historical account of the development of survey research and the evolution of social science before going on to ...
Based on the formation and growth problems of High Technology Small Firms (HTSFs) begun in 1993, this body of work maps the evolution of research in this area through academic research and government policy towards a sector that is the key to future prosperity of developed and developing notational economies throughout the world.
While much effort has been directed at understanding the roles of venture capital,
angel investment and public investment, there does not appear to be much
analysis of the industry-level effects as a new industry is emerging. In this chapter
...
