Industry

This title was first published in 2003. This prominent and commanding volume collates the best research available on China's agricultural trade. Cr...

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Nowadays the environmental sustainability of the cropping systems is increasingly requested by the consumers. Conventional tillage practices, total...

Natural resources management has two principal dimensions : Science-illuminated (earth, space, hydrological, pedological, information, etc. sci...

There is a growing concern among Chinese researchers and policymakers about Chinas industrial development being unsustainable and the irreversible ...

This book takes a fresh look at the history of war reporting to understand how new technology, new ways of waging war and new media conditions are ...

The Ashgate Research Companion to Giorgio Vasari brings together the world's foremost experts on Vasari as well as up-and-coming scholars to provid...

Why do winning brands appear to be more creative and authentic than less successful ones? Despite the strong link between famous brands and the p...

The Pharmaceutical Industry has been undergoing a major transformation since the heady days of 'big pharma' in the 1970s and 80s. Patent expiry, t...

Following the success of its predecessor, this second edition of The Future of Energy Use provides essential analysis of the use of different forms...

In recent years, a considerable amount of effort has been devoted, both in industry and academia, towards the transformation of academic research a...

Lives of the Philadelphia Engineers examines the emergence of a new class of industrial entrepreneur and the world it confronted and shaped. Histor...

Rapid industrialisation is promoted by many as the most feasible way of rejuvenating the Indian economy, and as a way of generating employment on a...

Hydrogen in an International Context: Vulnerabilities of Hydrogen Energy in Emerging Markets describes strategies and developments for hydrogen civ...

This book analyzes energy security dynamics in Europe through the prism of security logics.Drawing on the literature on securitization, security lo...

Dark Tourism, as well as other terms such as Thanatourism and Grief Tourism, has been much discussed in the past two decades. This volume provides ...

In Design for Services, Anna Meroni and Daniela Sangiorgi articulate what Design is doing and can do for services, and how this connects to existin...

As the worlds greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games has always commanded intrigue, analysis and comment in equal measure. This book looks to c...

In Tracking the Audience: The Ratings Industry From Analog to Digital, author Karen Buzzard examines the key economic, political, and competitive f...

Artistic Lives examines cultural production as a non-standard, self-directed, and frequently unpaid activity, which is susceptible to developments ...

Open innovation, crowd sourcing, democratised innovation, vernacular design and brand fanaticism are amongst a handful of new approaches to design ...

Despite the fact that the sea covers 70 per cent of the Earths surface, and is integral to the workings of the world, it has been largely neglected...

Providing an analysis of multilateral power markets, this book examines power interconnection in Southeast Asia, especially among the ASEAN countri...

Womanism Rising concludes Layli Maparyans three-book exploration of womanist studies. The collection showcases new work by emerging womanist author...

Womanism Rising concludes Layli Maparyans three-book exploration of womanist studies. The collection showcases new work by emerging womanist author...

The structure and regulation of consumption and demand has recently become of great interest to sociologists and economists alike, and at the same ...

The most ambitious, thoughtful and internationally aware assessment to date of the creative economy. Defining creativity as the production of newne...