- Offers a comprehensible and complete definition of culture;

- clear connection between the solid theoretical framework, insightful models and practical solutions for real-world problems;

- with in-depth examination of Hofstede’scultural dimensions theory, the culture shock process and intercultural sensitivity.

Using a solid theoretical framework, the book Intercultural competences gives students insight into what culture actually entails. The book provides students sufficient tools to in...

Friendliness (mettā in Pāli) is an emotional and intentional attitude of goodwill and non-aversion towards all sentient beings, including oneself. It is rooted in both feeling and understanding. In the Pāli discourses of the Buddha, friendliness is repeatedly stressed and encouraged for its numerous benefits. It supports and develops a form of emotional intelligence and provides an ideal pathway to explore deeper aspects of one’s experience and their philosophical implications. Friendlin...

Real estate has become an important asset class next to the more traditional assets such as stocks and bonds. Being one of the main drivers for the 2008 financial crisis, it has now become one of the most lucrative investments for the past decade. But what drives this value?

For introductory courses in Python Programming and Data Structures. A fundamentals first approach to programming helps students create efficient, elegant code. Introduction to Python Programming and Data Structures introduces students to basic programming concepts using a fundamentals-first approach that prepares students to learn object-oriented programming and advanced Python programming.

This approach presents programming concepts and techniques that include control statements, loops, func...

This book's unique and compelling framework empowers you to practice self-care through thoughts and actions that are within your control, enhancing your well-being without taking on extraneous responsibilities.

Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards and featuring insights from real TNAs, this book explores the specific role of nursing associates in health promotion, considering different practice settings across all fields of nursing.

Design for Sustainability Survival Guide concerns all the details on applying sustainability requirements in design. It is a critical and concise overview of the important facts from all imaginable angles. The book is written and illustrated to inform, support and inspire future designers.

The guide covers everything in sustainability: from personal reader experience to universal guiding principles, from energy use and the flow of materials to the role of time, consumption, use, circularity a...

The replication crisis is hotly debated in all disciplines across the social sciences. Economics is not an exception. However, economics is different from the other social sciences, due to an exceptionally dominant paradigmatic core and an equally dominant methodological backbone, known as neoclassical economics and econometrics, respectively. In this book, we argue how this double strength can be a double weakness, too. We emphasize that any future for economics will benefit from a reduced d...

Technology and Regulation (TechReg) is an international journal of law, technology and society, with an interdisciplinary identity. TechReg provides an online platform for disseminating original research on the legal and regulatory challenges posed by existing and emerging technologies (and their applications) including, but by no means limited to, the Internet and digital technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics, neurotechnology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, energ...