Author : Alan Carsrud
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0857935054
This thought provoking book builds on existing research traditions that make small business, entrepreneurship and family business a resource rich arena for study.
Author : Chris Nash
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0857937936
Transport economics and policy analysis is a field which has seen major advances in methodology in recent decades, covering issues such as estimating cost functions, modelling of demand, dealing with externalities, examining industry ownership and structure, pricing and investment decisions and measuring economic impacts. This Handbook contains reviews of all these methods, with an emphasis on practical applications, commissioned from an international cast of experts in the field.
Author : Arthur Schram
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1788110560
This volume offers a comprehensive review of experimental methods in economics. Its 21 chapters cover theoretical and practical issues such as incentives, theory and policy development, data analysis, recruitment, software and laboratory organization. The Handbook includes separate parts on procedures, field experiments and neuroeconomics, and provides the first methodological overview of replication studies and a novel set-valued equilibrium concept. As a whole, the combination of basic methods and current developments will aid both beginners and advanced experimental economists.
Author : B. Guy Peters
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 47,32 MB
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1788111192
Public policy research has become increasingly comparative over the past several decades, but the methodological issues involved in this research have not been discussed adequately. This Handbook provides a discussion of the fundamental methodological issues in comparative policy research, as well as descriptions and analyses of major techniques used for that research. The techniques discussed are both quantitative and qualitative, and all are embedded in the broader discussion of comparative research design.
Author : Matthias Ruth,
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 32,93 MB
Release : 2015-08-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1783474645
This Handbook presents methods to advance the understanding of interdependencies between the well-being of human societies and the performance of their biophysical environment. It showcases applications to material and energy use; urbanization and tech
Author : Luigino Bruni
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 11,20 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1783471174
Offering a thorough assessment of recent developments in the economic literature on happiness and quality of life, this major research Handbook astutely considers both methods of estimation and policy application. Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta’s refreshing, and constructively critical, approach emphasizes the subject’s integral impact on latter-day capitalism. Expert contributors critically present in-depth research on a wide range of topics including: • the history of the idea of quality of life and the impact of globalization • links between happiness and health • comparisons between hedonic and eudaimonic well-being • the relational and emotional side of human life, including subjective indicators of well-being • genetic and environmental contributions to life satisfaction • the impact of culture, fine arts and new media. Accessible and far-reaching, the Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Happiness and Quality of Life will prove an invaluable resource for students and scholars of welfare and economics as well as practicing psychologists and researchers.
Author : The Late Frederic S. Lee
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 19,30 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1782548467
Despite the important methodological critiques of the mainstream offered by heterodox economics, the dominant research method taught in heterodox programmes remains econometrics. This compelling Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to a range of alternative research methods, invaluable for analysing the data prominent in heterodox studies. Providing a solid basis for a mixed methods approach to economic investigations, the expertly crafted contributions are split into three distinct sections: philosophical foundation and research strategy, research methods and data collection, and applications. Introductions to a host of invaluable methods such as survey, historical, ethnographic, experimental and mixed approaches, together with factor, cluster, complex and social network analytics, are complemented by descriptions of applications in practice. Practical and expansive, this Handbook is highly pertinent for students and scholars of economics, particularly those dedicated to heterodox approaches, as it provides a solid reference for mixed methods not available in mainstream economics research methods courses.
Author : Hans Keman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 34,95 MB
Release : 2016-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1784710822
This Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research methods and applications currently in use in political science. It combines theory and methodology (qualitative and quantitative), and offers insights into the major approaches and their roots in the philosophy of scientific knowledge. Including a comprehensive discussion of the relevance of a host of digital data sources, plus the dos and don’ts of data collection in general, the book also explains how to use diverse research tools and highlights when and how to apply these techniques.
Author : Charlie Karlsson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 46,83 MB
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857932675
The main purpose of this Handbook is to provide overviews and assessments of the state-of-the-art regarding research methods, approaches and applications central to economic geography. The chapters are written by distinguished researchers from a variet
Author : Dantas, José Guilherme Leitão
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 35,56 MB
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1799819833
In some cases, technology-based projects have revolutionized the way of living by contributing to job and wealth creation. These types of ventures, regardless of their outstanding relevance, are the exception rather than the norm in that they account for only a very small percentage of entrepreneurial activity. Although not ignoring these important ventures, the main goal of this title is to fully unleash the wide potential of the entrepreneurial activity, exploring and highlighting the somewhat hidden part, which is ultimately responsible for the largest part of new businesses and, as a consequence, for the wellbeing of millions of people virtually everywhere. The Handbook of Research on Approaches to Alternative Entrepreneurship Opportunities is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of entrepreneurial activity beyond the traditional boundaries of entrepreneurship research. While highlighting topics including collective business, organizational performance, and generational differences, this book is ideally designed for entrepreneurs, developers, researchers, business managers, industry professionals, academicians, and students seeking to draw attention to distinctive and multifaceted types of entrepreneurship.
