Authors:David Smallbone, Eddy Laveren, Hans Crijns, Hans Land
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: entrepreneurship, european, research, frontiers, performance, sustainable, growth
Number of Pages: 365
Published: 2008-11-30
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 1847208533
ISBN-13: 9781847208538

`This book brings together some of Europe’s finest scholars, showcasing the richness, diversity and quality of European entrepreneurship research. Collectively, the authors present an authoritative overview of state-of-the-art research on current entrepreneurship themes. This book is a "must read" for scholars, policymakers, and students interested in staying updated about the current state of entrepreneurship research.’ - Johan Wiklund, Syracuse University, US `The 20th edition of the RENT conference took place where it started 20 years ago: in the European "capital", Brussels

Authors:Ms Sarah Quinton, Ms Teresa Smallbone,
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: guide, critical, business, research, postgraduate
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2006-04-27
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 1412908353
ISBN-13: 9781412908351

In Postgraduate Research in Business, Sarah Quinton and Teresa Smallbone provide a vital introduction to the research process and the thinking and learning skills needed to successfully complete postgraduate research. In step-by-step terms, the authors detail the ’tools of the trade’ - the practical and the intellectual skills - that underpin the study of Business and Management, from research skills and project planning to strategies for reading, writing, and presentation.

Authors:Richard Wortley, Stephen Smallbone,
Publisher: Criminal Justice Press
Keywords: prevention, studies, vol, crime, sexual, child, situational, abuse
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2006-03-20
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1881798615
ISBN-13: 9781881798613

A new approach to understanding and preventing the sexual abuse of children is described in this book, whose contributing authors include leading criminologists as well as researchers on sex offending. Their findings demonstrate that sex crimes against children are strongly influenced by opportunities to commit crimes and other immediate environmental conditions. By analyzing the environmental or "situational" contexts of offending, the authors develop many new insights into effective methods of preventing child sexual abuse. The "situational" approach to crime prevention has in recent year

Authors:Stephen Smallbone, William L. Marshall, Richard Wort
Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
Keywords: policy, practice, evidence, abuse, child, sexual, preventing
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 2008-05
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1843922223
ISBN-13: 9781843922223

Public policy responses to child sexual abuse are dominated by interventions designed to take effect only after offenders have already begun offending, and after children have already been sexually abused. Comparatively little attention has been given to alternative prevention strategies - particularly to those aimed at preventing sexual abuse before it might otherwise occur. Considerable knowledge has been accumulated on the characteristics, modus operandi and persistence of offenders, the characteristics, circumstances and outcomes for victims, and the physical and social settings in which s

Authors:David Jessop, David Jones, Peter Baily, David Farmer,
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Keywords: management, principles, purchasing
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2005-01-13
List price: $89.50
ISBN-10: 0273646893
ISBN-13: 9780273646891

Providing a proactive managerial view of the purchasing function, this text meets the needs of the modern manager as a practical guide and satisfies the requirements of students of purchasing management, whether functional, specialist or general. Suitable for undergraduate Business or Engineering students taking a module in Purchasing and Supplies Management, MBA and CIPS students.

Authors:Joyce E. Penner, David Lister, David J. Griggs, David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: report, special, atmosphere, global, aviation
Number of Pages: 373
Published: 1999-12-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0521664047
ISBN-13: 9780521664042

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report is the most comprehensive assessment available on the effects of aviation on the global atmosphere. The report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft that modify the chemical properties of the atmosphere, leading to changes in radiative properties and climate change, and modification of the ozone layer, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. This volume provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information and is designed to serve the aviation industry and the expert and policymaking

Authors:David Wray, David Lee, Andrew Clark, David Stenhouse,
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: surgery, oral, general, textbook
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-08-28
List price: $92.95
ISBN-10: 0443070830
ISBN-13: 9780443070839

This practical resource helps readers arrive at an integrated understanding of both general and oral surgery — in one convenient text. A companion to Wray: Textbook of General and Oral Medicine, it provides the basic principles of general surgery and general medicine and a more detailed knowledge of certain areas of these specialties which are related to dentistry or have an influence on the practice of dentistry.