The number of humanitarian disasters triggered by a natural hazard has doubled every decade since the 1960s. At the same time, the global economic growth rate per capita is twice its 1960s value.  Meer

The number of humanitarian disasters triggered by a natural hazard has doubled every decade since the 1960s. At the same time, the global economic growth rate per capita is twice its 1960s value.  Meer

The impacts of climate change are already being felt. Learning how to live with these impacts is a priority for human development. In this context, it is too easy to see adaptation as a narrowly defensive task – protecting core assets or functions from the risks of climate change.  Meer

The impacts of climate change are already being felt. Learning how to live with these impacts is a priority for human development. In this context, it is too easy to see adaptation as a narrowly defensive task – protecting core assets or functions from the risks of climate change.  Meer

When disaster strikes in cities the effects can be catastrophic compared to other environments. But what factors actually determine the vulnerability or resilience of cities?  Meer

Michael Welling analysiert den gegenwärtigen Status quo des Forschungsfeldes "Marke" und zeigt ein gravierendes Begriffsdefizit auf. Er begegnet diesem mit einer die identifizierten Probleme überwindenden Markendefinition und stellt den bislang dominierenden verhaltenswissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen mit der Ökonomik ein alternatives Erkenntnisobjekt zur Seite.  Meer

Spelling matters to people. In America and Britain every day, members of the public write to the media on spelling issues, and take part in spelling contests.  Meer

Spelling matters to people. In America and Britain every day, members of the public write to the media on spelling issues, and take part in spelling contests.  Meer

Eind 1979 duikt een nieuw fenomeen op in het Amsterdamse nachtleven: de Polaroidfotograaf. De New Yorkse kunstenaars Bettie Ringma en Marc H. Miller verruilen dan tijdelijk hun loft in de Lower East Side voor een woonboot in Amsterdam en beginnen met de verkoop van instant-fotoportretten in kroegen rond het Rembrandtplein, Leidseplein en de Zeedijk.  Meer

Negotiating isn’t always in a business’s best interest. This powerful guide explains how to increase your sales--and do so while selling at a higher price.  Meer

Through an examination of election campaign propaganda and various public relations campaigns, this work explores how conservative political and economic groups sought to construct and sell a political meaning of the Social Market Economy and the Economic Miracle in West Germany during the 1950s.  Meer

Virtually everyone sells in some capacity today, and we can become better at selling by becoming smarter at it. In today's highly competitive marketplace, creating an advantage through sales is imperative.  Meer

* Links immunity with social theory. * Considers the themes of self, biography and emotion, and how these are transmitted in immunity media and communications.  Meer