Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe and Botswana: the elephant in the room
Book Chapter
Gutu, M., Anastasiadou, C., Omar, M., & Osei, C. (2017)
Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe and Botswana: the elephant in the room. In A. Ahmed (Ed.), Managing Knowledge and Innovation for Business Sustainability in AfricaPalgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41090-6_10
Purpose: In Sub-Saharan Africa, FDI performance is considerably different between Zimbabwe and its neighbouring countries. This chapter examines FDI determinants for Sub-Sahar...
An analysis of China's derivatives market and accounting for derivatives
Book Chapter
Huang, H., & Gao, S. (2009)
An analysis of China's derivatives market and accounting for derivatives. In Financial Sector Reform and the International Integration of China, (134-148). Taylor & Francis
An analysis of China's derivatives market and accounting for derivatives.
Ageism in the Third Age
Book Chapter
Kydd, A., Fleming, A., Gardner, S., & Hafford-Letchfield, P. (2018)
Ageism in the Third Age. In L. Ayalon, & C. Tesch-Roemer (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on AgeismCham: Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_8
In the developed world, later life has brought more opportunities to contribute to society and pursue personal goals outside the role of paid work, combined with less stigma a...
Getting students on board: a cross-sector collaboration
Book Chapter
Brodie, J., & Weaver, M. (2021)
Getting students on board: a cross-sector collaboration. In D. Tolson, N. Watchman Smith, D. Irving-Bell, & M. Weaver (Eds.), The CATE Collection: Together in Collaborative Educational Leadership (22-32). Higher Education Academy
This chapter discusses the development and impact of Edinburgh Napier’s intervention on young governance leaders in Scotland. Traditionally, UK board trustees have been ‘male ...
Restorative justice and criminal justice reform: forms, issues and counter-strategies
Book Chapter
Maglione, G. (2021)
Restorative justice and criminal justice reform: forms, issues and counter-strategies. In E. Jeglic, & C. Calkins (Eds.), Handbook of Issues in Criminal Justice Reform in the United States (717-736). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77565-0_36
Restorative justice is a growing field of theory and practice. Once a marginal phenomenon, with very limited traction among criminal justice reformers, today restorative justi...
A Software Engineering Framework for Context-Aware Service-Based Processes in Pervasive Environments
Book Chapter
Jaroucheh, Z., Liu, X., & Smith, S. (2014)
A Software Engineering Framework for Context-Aware Service-Based Processes in Pervasive Environments. In Software Design and Development, (71-95). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4301-7.ch005
Context-awareness is considered to be the cornerstone technique for developing pervasive computing applications that are flexible, adaptable, and capable of acting autonomousl...
“Now – Well, Look at the Chart”: Mapping, Maps and Literature
Book Chapter
Frayn, A. (2017)
“Now – Well, Look at the Chart”: Mapping, Maps and Literature. In S. D. Brunn, & M. Dodge (Eds.), Mapping Across Academia (259-285). Dordrecht: Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1011-2_13
This chapter examines the resistance in literary criticism to making maps. Literary analysis is deeply invested in the construction of space and associated theories, but these...
Press Scrutiny and the Proposals for Security and Intelligence in an Independent Scotland.
Book Chapter
O'Neill, E. (2017)
Press Scrutiny and the Proposals for Security and Intelligence in an Independent Scotland. In Security in a Small Nation: Scotland, Democracy, Politics, (179-201). Open Book Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0078
This chapter examines the scrutiny by the press in Scotland and the wider UK, before, during and after the publication of issues related to the proposals presented in the Scot...
Architecting the Internet of Things: State of the Art
Book Chapter
Abdmeziem, M. R., Romdhani, I., & Tandjaoui, D. (2016)
Architecting the Internet of Things: State of the Art. In A. Koubaa, & E. Shakshuki (Eds.), Robots and Sensor Clouds; Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, (55-75). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22168-7_3
Internet of things (IoT) constitutes one of the most important technological development in the last decade. It has the potential to deeply affect our life style. However, its...
‘To level those monstrous Blotches or Pustules’: Skincare in Daniel Turner’s De Morbis Cutaneis (1714).
Book Chapter
Aske, K. (2024)
‘To level those monstrous Blotches or Pustules’: Skincare in Daniel Turner’s De Morbis Cutaneis (1714). In A. Ingram, H. Williams, & C. Lawlor (Eds.), Myth and (Mis)information: Constructing the Medical Professions in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature and Culture (23–40). Manchester,UK: Manchester University Press
In 1711 Daniel Turner removed himself from the Barber-Surgeons Company and was admitted to licentiate by the Royal College of Physicians. Turner battled with his reputation as...