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Inventing the American astronaut

Matthew H. Hersch, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2012

Who were the men who led America's first voyages into space? Were they soldiers or daredevils? The public sometimes imagined them that way: military men or hot-shot pilots without the capacity for doubt, fear, or worry. Instead, the early astro[...]

Management ethics : placing ethics at the core of good management

Domenec Melé, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | IESE Business Collection | 2012

Managing climate change business risks and consequences : leadership for global sustainability

James Arthur Finch Stoner, Editor ; Charles Wankel, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Global sustainability through business | 2012

Climate change can have major impacts on business (and business can have major impacts on climate change). Risk management is a valuable way of framing climate change issues and for grappling with the possible consequences of climate change. The[...]

Meta-geopolitics of outer space

Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2012

Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space: An Analysis of Space Power, Security and Governance takes a novel look at the geopolitics of outer space through the prism of an innovative multidimensional Meta-geopolitics framework. One of the most distinctive[...]

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Meta-geopolitics of outer space : an analysis of space power, security and governance /

Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | St Antony's Series | 2012

Al-Rodhan sheds new light on the debate about the geopolitics of outer space, going beyond applying traditional International Relations approaches to space power and security by introducing a multidimensional spatial framework. The meta-geopolit[...]

The business of space : the next frontier of international competition

Louis Brennan ; Alessandra Vecchi | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2011

"This book looks at the space industry from a business perspective, with a focus on international competition. The space industry traces its origins to the middle of last century as a government/military domain and the author now looks at the on[...]

The business of space : the next frontier of international competition

Louis Brennan ; Alessandra Vecchi | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2011

"This book looks at the space industry from a business perspective, with a focus on international competition. The space industry traces its origins to the middle of last century as a government/military domain and the author now looks at the on[...]

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Imagining outer space : European astroculture in the twentieth century

Alexander C. T. Geppert, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2011

International negotiation in China and India : a comparison of the emerging business giants

Rajesh Kumar, Author ; Verner Worm, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2011

Negotiation is an important managerial skill. The ability to negotiate across cultures becomes even more challenging due to differences in institutional practices. This book explores how the institutional environment in India and China shapes th[...]

John F. Kennedy and the race to the moon

John M. Logsdon | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2011

Local economies and global competitiveness

Bruno Dallago, Author ; Chiara Guglielmetti, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2011

The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors. This edited volume addresses local-global nexuses via case studies of global interactions in developed and developing areas, and of particular firms' approaches to these issue[...]

My dream of stars : from daughter of Iran to space pioneer

Anousheh Ansari, Author ; Homer H. Hickam, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2011

Soviet space culture : cosmic enthusiasm in socialist societies

Eva Maurer, Editor ; Julia Richards, Editor ; Monica Rüthers, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2011

This book analyzes Soviet space exploration as a cultural phenomenon, investigating the 'cosmic' age, as mirrored in ideology, imagination and everyday life. Further topics are the making of male and female space heroes, the performing of space [...]

Global warring : how environmental, economic, and political crises will redraw the world map

Cleo Paskal, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2010

Combining climate research and interviews with geopolitical strategists and military planners, Paskal identifies the environmental problems that are most likely to start wars, destroy economies and create failed states.

Globalizing polar science : reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical years

Roger D. Launius, Editor ; James Rodger Fleming, Editor ; David H. DeVorkin, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2010

The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that was focused on, but not limited to, understanding the Earth's poles. This groundbreaking collection [...]

Running out of water : the looming crisis and solutions to conserve our most precious resource

Peter P Rogers ; Susan Leal | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2010

Foreword / Edward J. Markey -- Chapter One. Turn On the Tap and Out Comes the Water -- Chapter Two. Making It Last: Using Technology to Recycle Water -- Chapter Three. Taming the Big User: Improving Agricultural Water Use -- Chapter Four. Want[...]

The venture capital investment process

Darek Klonowski, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2010

"The completion of a successful venture capital transaction requires the deal to progress through a multi-stage process. Guiding this progression is no easy task for venture capitalists, as they face a number of challenges related to their exter[...]

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Knowledge loves company : successful models of cooperation between universities and companies in Europe

Hans-Joachim Gögl, Editor ; Clemens Schedler, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Landscape of knowledge | 2009

"Knowledge Loves Company is bursting with insight from eight European countries. It is a backstage glimpse at exceptional models - for managers of universities, small and large enterprises, university or company researchers and developers. It o[...]

Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies

R. Flynn, Editor ; Paul Bellaby, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2007

Privacy, surveillance and public trust

Daniel Neyland | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2006