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Social Welfare

Edited by Helder Ferreira do Vale

Historical and Contemporary Demographic and Population Issues in Africa and South Asia

Historical and Contemporary Demographic and Population Issues in Africa and South Asia

Edited by Kambidima Wotela

Global Migration and Settlement Policies

Global Migration and Settlement Policies

Edited by William Abur

Literature as an Art Form

Literature as an Art Form

Edited by Asunción López-Varela Azcárate

Interpersonal Relationships in the Contemporary 21st Century Society

Interpersonal Relationships in the Contemporary 21st Century Society

Edited by Jorge Ferreira

Criminology and Victimology in Practice

Criminology and Victimology in Practice

Edited by Anni Hesselink

Gender Economics and Gender Pay Gap

Gender Economics and Gender Pay Gap

Edited by Feyza Bhatti

Applied and Theoretical Econometrics and Financial Crises

Applied and Theoretical Econometrics and Financial Crises

Edited by Brian William Sloboda

Advances in Strategic Management and Leadership

Advances in Strategic Management and Leadership

Edited by Ireneusz Miciuła

Minorities

Minorities

Edited by John R. Hermann

Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Behaviour

Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Behaviour

Edited by Cătălina Radu

Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications in Strategic Management

Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications in Strategic Management

Edited by Laurent Antonczak and Thierry Burger-Helmchen

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Perspective Chapter: Open Banking – Collaborative Bridge to Increase the Economy of Scale and Scope ...

Dadan Rahadian

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Part of the book: The Future of Banking - Innovations and Challenges [Working Title]

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Ishak Demir

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The Stateless of Exception: Queering Mexican Medical Migration to the U.S. in the AIDS-Era Ethnograp...

Stuart Christie

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Part of the book: Advancing Equity - Health, Rights, and Representation in LGBTQ+ Communities [Working Title]

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Foundations of LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curriculum in Early Childhood Education

Adam S. Kennedy

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Part of the book: Advancing Equity - Health, Rights, and Representation in LGBTQ+ Communities [Working Title]

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Making Business Graduates Work-Ready by Cultivating Their Durable Skills

Fotios Mitsakis and James Leinster

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Part of the book: Development and Trends of Contemporary Higher Education [Working Title]

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Becoming a Better Person: Empathy, an Implicit Outcome of Professional Education

Roar Stokken, Beate Farstad and Kristin Ljoså Sørheim and Torhild Erika Lillemark Høydalsvik

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1011426

Part of the book: Emotional Intelligence, Well-Being, and Learning Strategies [Working Title]

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Cooperative Learning: The Foundation for Active Learning

By David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson

Part of the book: Active Learning

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Fourth Industrial Revolution: Current Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities

By Antonella Petrillo, Fabio De Felice, Raffaele Cioffi and Federico Zomparelli

Part of the book: Digital Transformation in Smart Manufacturing

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Ageing Process and Physiological Changes

By Shilpa Amarya, Kalyani Singh and Manisha Sabharwal

Part of the book: Gerontology

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Solid Waste Management in Africa: Governance Failure or Development Opportunity?

By Linda Godfrey, Mohamed Tawfic Ahmed, Kidane Giday Gebremedhin, Jamidu H.Y. Katima, Suzan Oelofse, Oladele Osibanjo, Ulf Henning Richter and Arsène H. Yonli

Part of the book: Regional Development in Africa

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Conceptual Frameworks of Vulnerability Assessment for Natural Hazard Risk Reduction

By Roxana L. Ciurean, Dagmar Schröter and Thomas Glade

Part of the book: Approaches to Disaster Management

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Introductory Chapter: Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications on Strategic Management

By Laurent Antonczak and Thierry Burger-Helmchen

Part of the book: Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications in Strategic Management

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Environmental Sustainability Practices Implemented by South Africa’s Leading Accommodation Establishments

By Rasethuntsa Boitumelo Caroline and George Maeti

Part of the book: Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications in Strategic Management

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Perspective Chapter: Developing Academic Writers – Examples of Scaffolding Learning and Metacognitive Teaching Strategies to Foster Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving

By Fatima Slemming

Part of the book: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

996

Introductory Chapter: Boom-Bust Cycles, the Chronic Disease that Plagues World Economy

By Chee-Heong Quah and Brian William Sloboda

Part of the book: Applied and Theoretical Econometrics and Financial Crises

522

Salary Returns of Higher Education and Determinants of University Dropout among Beneficiaries of a Peruvian State Scholarship Programme

By Victor Carlos Salazar Condor, Gonzalo Sanz-Magallón Rezusta and María del Carmen García Centeno

Part of the book: Scholarship Models around the Globe

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