Cross-Sectoral Collaboration: Challenges and Opportunities of ‘Joint’ Action is an open-access report offering fresh insights into the governance of critical infrastructures. By blending perspectives from academia and industry, it explores how sectors such as energy and transport can collaborate across legal, organisational and technological boundaries in the era of digitalisation and the green transition. The report speaks directly to academics, policymakers and industry leaders. Its sec...

Amidst rising global inequality, migration, climate change, health pandemics, and deepening poverty, it is time to redirect our economy towards more sustainable and socially just processes and outcomes. In Wellbeing Economics Nicky Pouw puts forward a new framework that places human wellbeing at the centre, instead of economic growth. She postulates ten reasons why economics should change to remain a relevant discipline and develops a Wellbeing Economic Matrix (WEM) to implement this approach...

Ondernemingen in de marktsector van de economie moeten hun kosten goedmaken uit de opbrengst van de verkochte productie. Heel anders is de situatie van organisaties uit de collectieve sector. Zij beschikken over een budget voor hun uitgaven, voor het overgrote deel gefinancierd uit de opbrengst van belastingen en sociale premies. In een democratie beslissen gekozen volksvertegenwoordigers over omvang, bestemming en financiering van het budget voor organisaties uit de collectieve sector.

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Think Faster, Talk Smarter is the essential guide to finding and delivering the right words when it matters the most – in the moment. From Stanford University lecturer Matt Abrahams.

Now in its fifth edition, Economic Approaches to Organisations remains one of the few texts to emphasize the importance of economic issues and developments in the study of organisations and management. It explains in a non-technical way different economic approaches such as behavioural theory of the firm, game theory, agency theory, transaction cost economics, economics of strategy and evolutionary approaches. This latest edition is packed with practical examples from real-world companies, he...

Data literacy is one of the key skills that companies are looking for but it's a specialist skill – currently. This book is your comprehensive guide to becoming data literate: understand data analytics, how to use data insights effectively in your organisation, and how to talk about data with experts and non-experts confidently.

Deepen your understanding and think like an economist Economics, 14th edition, by Michael Parkin is an intuitive guide to modern economics that teaches you how to think like an economist on global issues. Grounded in real-life examples, the text brings together the latest policy and thoughts on world events and encourages critical thinking to enable you to join the discussion. This new edition emphasises real-world applications with diagrams renowned for their pedagogy and clarity throughout.

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