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Accounting and Statistical Analyses for Sustainable Development Multiple Perspectives and Information-Theoretic Complexity Reduction

In this book Claudia Lemke develops a comprehensive Multi-Level Sustainable Development Index (MLSDI) that is applicable ...

Advancing Quality of Life in a Turbulent World

Environmentalissuescontinuedtoloomlargeinthelastdecadeofthetwentiethc- tury,especiallyenvironmentalproblemsrelatedtorisinglevelsofCO ...

Argumentative Indicators

Argumentative Indicators: A Pragma-Dialectical Study identifies and analyses English words and expressions that are crucial ...

Citation Classics from Social Indicators Research

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement was founded by ...

Collaborative Networks and Their Breeding Environments

This book contains selected articles from PRO-VE'05, the sixth working conference on virtual enterprises, which was sponsored ...

Community Quality-of-Life Indicators

Offers critical insights into the thriving international field of community indicators, incorporating the experiences of ...

Extended Working Life Policies International Gender and Health Perspectives

This volume addresses the current debate on extended working life policy by considering the influence of gender and health ...

Financing Public Universities: The Case of Performance Funding

"Financing Public Universities" addresses newer practices of resource allocation which tie funding to indicators of performance. ...

Fundamentals of Operational Risk Management : Understanding and Implementing Effective Tools, Policies and Frameworks / Simon Ashby

Threats to an organization's operations, such as fraud, IT disruption or poorly designed products, could result in serious ...

Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population

Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, these fundamental questions ...

Indicators of Childrens Well-Being

This book contains a series of articles that represent a broad range of viewpoints about how the use of social indicators ...

Introduction to Sustainability

This book provides the tools to navigate this Road to a Better Future by explaining concepts, giving ideas, proposing methods, ...

Management by Measurement

The selection of good performance indicators is not an easy process. This monograph focuses on the designing of a Performance ...

Managing Elevated Risk : Global Liquidity, Capital Flows, and Macroprudential Policy—An Asian Perspective

This book discusses the risks and opportunities that arise in Emerging Asia given the context of a new environment in global ...

National Systems of Innovation in Comparison

The book documents major elements of the joint work of eight leading German institutes, elaborated in the context of a regular ...

Promoting Positive Development in Early Childhood

Promoting Positive Development in Early Childhood introduces Developmental Assets for Early Childhood, a unique strengths-based ...

Qualitative Indicators of Labour Standards

Recent years have witnessed a rapidly growing interest in the use and construction of "qualitative" indicators of labour ...

Quality Management and Accreditation in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy The JACIE Guide

This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview on how to build a quality management program for hematopoietic stem ...

Quality of Life in Ireland : Social Impact of Economic Boom

The Irish economic boom has caused the economy in Ireland to roar ahead, but what has it done to Irish society? Some see ...

Quantitative Economics : How sustainable are our economies?

Fuzzy vision, anecdotal evidence, media hype and rhetoric characterise the debate of environment and economy. At the same ...

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