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European Economics at a Crossroads
J. Barkley Rosser Jr, Richard P.F. Holt, David Colander
As Europe moves toward an integrated academic system, European economics is changing. This book discusses that change, along with the changes that are happening simultaneously within the economic profession. The authors argue that modern...eBook:Find out more$49.56
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Teaching in the Global Business Classroom
Carol Dalglish, Peter Evans
Teaching in the Global Business Classroom presents an educational framework for effective teaching and learning in the global classroom. It provides practical tools for teachers through suggestions for innovative curriculum design, lectu...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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Educating Economists
Edited by David Colander, KimMarie McGoldrick
The economics major is a central part of a college education. But is that economics major doing what it is meant to do? And if not, how should it be changed? This book raises a set of provocative questions that encourage readers to look ...eBook:Find out more$49.56
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The Making of a European Economist
David Colander
David Colander’s highly original and thought provoking book considers ongoing changes in graduate European economics education. Following up on his earlier classic studies of US graduate economic education, he studies the ‘economist prod...eBook:Find out more$46.36
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Moral Foundations of Management Knowledge
Edited by Marie-Laure Djelic, Radu Vranceanu
This book sheds light on ‘hidden’ aspects of management theory by questioning its moral foundations: ethical and moral principles tend to become over time, deeply embedded, if not buried, in the intellectual and disciplinary subfields of...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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The ‘Woman Question’ and Higher Education
Edited by Ann Mari May
This uniquely interdisciplinary study offers a provocative, contemporary look at the ‘Woman Question’ in relation to higher education at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Leading feminist scholars from a wide variety of perspectives ...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Management Education and Humanities
Edited by Pasquale Gagliardi, Barbara Czarniawska
Management Education and Humanities argues that management teachers and researchers seem to be increasingly dissatisfied with the way managers are usually educated in western countries. It claims that educational practices and methods wo...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Discussing Economics
Michael K. Salemi, W. L. Hansen
Discussing Economics treats discussion – meaning formal consideration of questions about a reading – as a new approach to learning economics. Setting out a detailed approach modeled on the ideas of Mortimer Adler and the Great Books Foun...eBook:Find out more$51.16
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Teaching Economics
Edited by William E. Becker, Michael Watts, Suzanne R. Becker
This fascinating sequel to the 1998 Teaching Economics to Undergraduates provides more alternatives to the lecture and chalkboard approach that dominates university economics teaching. Distinguished contributing authors provide a wide ra...eBook:Find out more$46.36
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Academic Entrepreneurship
Scott Shane
In this unique and timely volume, Scott Shane systematically explains the formation of university spinoff companies and their role in the commercialization of university technology and wealth creation in the United States and elsewhere. ...eBook:Find out more$71.16
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The Complexity Vision and the Teaching of Economics
Edited by David Colander
This ground-breaking book focuses on the implications of the complexity vision, such as that held by economists at the Santa Fe Institute, for the teaching of economics. This complexity vision suggests that answers to questions such as ... -
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Teaching Economics to Undergraduates
Edited by William E. Becker, Michael Watts
This book demonstrates alternatives to the lecture and chalkboard approach that dominates the teaching of economics, providing a range of innovative teaching techniques and examples aimed at engaging undergraduates in the learning of eco...