This edition of this timeless text has an updated view of financial markets and monetary policy, and it covers the following current topics: gasoline taxes and rationing, executive compensation, the cost of the war in Iraq, the poverty trap, financial globalization etc. This edition also continues to emphasize the Analytical Core of Economics with particular attention to economic growth and analyses of market economics

The book introduces you to key elements of social entrepreneurship and equips you to become more effective as a social entrepreneur. In each chapter, you will find concise explanations of core concepts, as well as practical tools for applaying the concepts

This book will take you on a whirlwind tour of the start-up process and help you to build a solid foundation for your new venture, whether it is a small business, or a venture capital funded enterprise. Irrespective of the size or type of business, the underlying principles are the same

This volume urges a reconsideration of Hayek's theory of evolution and aims to explore the relevance of Hayek's theory for its own sake and for evolutionary economics more generally

Through ecotourism, people can experience nature and wildlife without causing harm. Ecotourism provides a way to earn money from tourism and avoids destruction of precious natural resources and wildlife. This book will help readers understand ecotourism: what it is, what it does, and whether or not it actually works as it was intended

This book sets up the ideas needed both to view the extent of empowerment in your organization and to lay the groundwork for the changes you will need to make

Ethics in Business teaches manager how to both recognize and correct ethical challenges. You'll learn how to define ethics and how it applies to business ; solve ethical problems on your own and with your boss ; explore how people's values differ and affect behavior ; apply what you've learned with employees and peers

In this book you can read and learn what is a marketing approach to recruiting ; Why taking a marketing approach to recruiting will work for you ; How to spend less money attracting better recruits ; How to spend less time and money finding the right recruit

Emerald Management Xtra is a collection of peer-reviewed management journals that integrates a host of online resources tailored for communities of librarians, managers, students, faculty members and deans. It comes with the additional benefit that all new journals will become automatically accessible by Emerald Management Xtra Plus subscribers as soon as they are published electronically

Entrepreneurial Small Business provides students with a clear vision of small business as it really is today. It focuses on small businesses that students might actually start versus high-growth firms dependent on venture capital. It presents the realities small business owners face every day and strategies for those starting or maintaining a small business