Reading The Brontë Body

Mythologies is the definitive edition of W.B..

What should the next generation of knowledge management practices be? Living Knowledge. Living Knowledge offers an empirical perspective on the dynamic and living nature of knowledge in organizations, based on research on professional service work.The book starts from a perspective on knowledge as being constituted in practice and guides the reader through a diverse set of organizational experiences.

What should the next generation of knowledge management practices be? Living Knowledge.The book starts from a perspective on knowledge as being constituted in practice and guides the reader through a diverse set of organizational experiences. Living Knowledge offers an empirical perspective on the dynamic and living nature of knowledge in organizations, based on research on professional service work.

Based on both economic research and hands-on experience from many countries, the authors argue that publicly owned commercial assets need to be taken out of the direct and distorting control of politicians and placed under professional management in a ‘National Wealth Fund’ or its local government equivalent.

We have been arguing about the wrong thing while sitting on a goldmine of assets. Such a move would trigger much-needed structural reforms in national economies, thus resurrect strained government finances, bolster ailing economic growth, and improve the fabric of democratic institutions.

This radical, reforming book was named one of the "Books of the Year". Based on both economic research and hands-on experience from many countries, the authors argue that publicly owned commercial assets need to be taken out of the direct and distorting control of politicians and placed under professional management in a ‘National Wealth Fund’ or its local government equivalent. Because despite the Thatcher/ Reagan economic revolution, the largest pool of wealth in the world – a global total that is much larger than the world’s total pensions savings, and ten times the total of all the sovereign wealth funds on the planet – is still comprised of commercial assets that are held in public ownership. We have been arguing about the wrong thing while sitting on a goldmine of assets.

Recently, the need to renew that interdisciplinary dialogue between these two fields, which are both concerned with the human condition, has resurfaced in the face of institutional challenges, such as shrinking resources and the disappearance of many spaces devoted to the exchange of ideas between humanists and scientists.This volume presents cutting-edge research by scholars keen on not only maintaining but also enlivening that dialogue.

New Directions in Literature and Medicine Studies.This volume presents cutting-edge research by scholars keen on not only maintaining but also enlivening that dialogue. This book is situated in the field of medical humanities, and the articles continue the dialogue between the disciplines of literature and medicine that was initiated in the 1970s and has continued with ebbs and flows since then. Recently, the need to renew that interdisciplinary dialogue between these two fields, which are both concerned with the human condition, has resurfaced in the face of institutional challenges, such as shrinking resources and the disappearance of many spaces devoted to the exchange of ideas between humanists and scientists.

This book contributes new ideas on the theme of global responsibility from a European viewpoint, and raises questions of how European values can be adopted into the American mainstream. Corporate Social Responsibility Volume 2.

Private-Public Partnerships. The intensity of the debate reflects the importance of the concept to the government as it focuses on its central policy objective of improving public services, and the degree of opposition that is ranged against it.

. The European Foundation for Management Development asked Professor Allouche to lead a project dedicated to the study of Corporate Social Responsibility.

Few current issues in public management are as controversial as public private partnerships (PPPs).

Energy consumption practices have been extremely wasteful in the past. Production of oil and coal can recover only slowly from the doldrums of the early 1990s, but the potential to expand gas output is very considerable. Energy and Economic Reform in the Former Soviet Union The analyses reveal the serious damage of the oil resource base caused by the reckless exploitation practices of the past. This book provides a succinct account of what may happen to the energy sector in the former Soviet Union in the medium- to long-run under alternative scenarios for macroeconomic reform.

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Anne, Emily, and Charlotte Brontë's literary representations of illness and disease reflect the major role illness played in the lives of the Victorians and its frequent reoccurrence within the Brontës' personal lives. Reading the Brontë Body.Together, medical anthropology and the history of medicine offer a useful lens with which to understand Victorian texts. An in-depth analysis of the history of nineteenth-century medicine provides the necessary cultural context to understand these representations, giving modern readers a sense of how health, illness, and the body were understood in Victorian England.

.Focusing on non-traditional students in higher education institutions, this new book from renowned scholar John Levin examines the extent to which community college students receive justice both within their institution and as an outcome of their education.

Secret Ingredients.A series of fascinating chapters analyze cookery books through the ages.

Luxury the Chinese Way. China's love for luxury is not a phenomenon brought on by the contemporary luxury market, but has been a part of Chinese culture and history for generations. The Chinese luxury industry is again re-emerging along modern cultural and socio-economic contexts, and is taking the market by storm.Luxury the Chinese Way identifies the main strengths and opportunities associated with the Chinese luxury market, explains the influence of 'Chinese characteristics' on its development and mode of operations, and reflects on the challenges associated with diverse consumption orientations.

China's love for luxury is not a phenomenon brought on by the contemporary luxury market, but has been a part of Chinese culture and history for generations.Luxury the Chinese Way identifies the main strengths and opportunities associated with the Chinese luxury market, explains the influence of 'Chinese characteristics' on its development and mode of operations, and reflects on the challenges associated with diverse consumption orientations. Luxury the Chinese Way.

The Chinese luxury industry is again re-emerging along modern cultural and socio-economic contexts, and is taking the market by storm.Luxury the Chinese Way identifies the main strengths and opportunities associated with the Chinese luxury market, explains the influence of 'Chinese characteristics' on its development and mode of operations, and reflects on the challenges associated with diverse consumption orientations. Luxury the Chinese Way.

This book examines the boom in history, in television and film, newspapers and radio and the constraints and opportunities it offers. History and the Media.

Extending the Business Network Approach Challenging existing views and proposing elaborate alternatives; this volume examines a range of examples that have inspired researchers to extend the business network. While previous research has focused upon relationships with customers and suppliers, the authors argue that there is a need to expand the outlook to include other stakeholders. Taking a stand in a broad management perspective, chapters relate contemporary issues within industrial and international marketing, product innovation, and information systems..

This book examines the boom in history, in television and film, newspapers and radio and the constraints and opportunities it offers. History and the Media.

To provide further understanding, Extending the Business Network Approach relates current and new research to territories, technologies and terms to reveal novel insights, and to encourage further directions for research. While previous research has focused upon relationships with customers and suppliers, the authors argue that there is a need to expand the outlook to include other stakeholders.

Luxury the Chinese Way.

Luxury the Chinese Way.Luxury the Chinese Way identifies the main strengths and opportunities associated with the Chinese luxury market, explains the influence of 'Chinese characteristics' on its development and mode of operations, and reflects on the challenges associated with diverse consumption orientations. The Chinese luxury industry is again re-emerging along modern cultural and socio-economic contexts, and is taking the market by storm. China's love for luxury is not a phenomenon brought on by the contemporary luxury market, but has been a part of Chinese culture and history for generations.

History and the Media.This book examines the boom in history, in television and film, newspapers and radio and the constraints and opportunities it offers.

Taking a stand in a broad management perspective, chapters relate contemporary issues within industrial and international marketing, product innovation, and information systems.Extending the Business Network Approach Challenging existing views and proposing elaborate alternatives; this volume examines a range of examples that have inspired researchers to extend the business network.

This book examines the boom in history, in television and film, newspapers and radio and the constraints and opportunities it offers. History and the Media.

While previous research has focused upon relationships with customers and suppliers, the authors argue that there is a need to expand the outlook to include other stakeholders..Extending the Business Network Approach Challenging existing views and proposing elaborate alternatives; this volume examines a range of examples that have inspired researchers to extend the business network. To provide further understanding, Extending the Business Network Approach relates current and new research to territories, technologies and terms to reveal novel insights, and to encourage further directions for research.