This thesis examines the potential of small, low-carbon, (near) zero-energy dwellings as a solution that would both address sustainability challenges and answer to the growing housing shortage in North-West Europe. It adopts a multidimensional outlook that encompasses institutional, social and technical aspects surrounding the dwellings. The institutional aspect is addressed through an investigation of financial, legislative, technical and cultural barriers to the implementation and uptake of...

An updated edition of the bestselling text broadens the conception of mindfulness, and shows how mindful inquirers can maximize positive outcomes for participants, organizations, communities, and themselves. The first five chapters describe the application of mindful inquiry, and the following nine introduce cultures of inquiry and research traditions, theories, methods, and techniques.

Compensation: A Balanced Approach covers compensation systems and practices through theory and application. Each chapter looks at compensation from both the employer and employee perspective, giving students a more holistic understanding of the role total rewards play in an organization.

A core, comprehensive textbook for the Award and/or Certificate in Education and Training.

Explore the controversies and debates, leading thinkers and enduring challenges in brand management with this accessible introduction.

Approaches to Mixed Methods Research focuses on the choices social scientists make when designing a study that mixes quantitative and qualitative data. Authors Lisa D. Pearce and Jessica Halliday Hardie explore ways to weave together strands of research using qualitative and quantitative data to speak to and enhance each other; a strand being a series of steps involved in collecting and analyzing a single type of data.

The result, they show, is a more holistic body of evidence that emerges, a...

A new research project guide for social science students used to hybrid teaching and research; it comes from two young, energetic methods experts who map the individual’s journey through a contained project.

Estate planning is niet alleen een generalistisch specialisme, maar ook een manier van denken, een beleving: ‘over de schutting heen kijken’.

Aan de hand van de Schijf van Vijf van ScholsBurgerhartSchols wordt de lezer wegwijs gemaakt en mee[1]gezogen in de wereld van de estate planning. Schijf van Vijf is niet alleen geschikt voor de professional die zich wil verdiepen in de basis[1]beginselen van estate planning, maar ook zeer bruikbaar voor de juridisch-fiscale student aan hbo en univ...