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This open access book examines the intricate connection between family and corruption within both the realms of business and government. While corruption is conventionally characterized as a socially harmful and ethically wrong phenomenon, and family is typically viewed...
This Open Access book shows how individuals and organizations can turn constraints into strengths and achieve meaningful results. Based on over two decades of research and fieldwork in Japan and Vietnam—covering topics like disability entrepreneurship, student...
This open access book offers an array of educational perspectives aimed at fostering inclusive, multicultural, critical, dialogical, and sustainable approaches to developing children’s literature in university classrooms. Its core pillars—environmental...
This open access book examines international law from a critical perspective, at a time when some would say that it is under an existential threat. The modern international institutions — collective security through the UN, the monetary order of the Bretton Woods...
The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal implementation and impacts of the European Green Deal (EGD), introduced in 2019 to transform the EU towards a sustainable, carbon-neutral economy. Covering key research areas such as energy transition, biodiversity,...
This Open Access book explores the contemporary socio-economic challenges that European non-urban areas face, illuminating how collaborative workspaces (CWS) contribute to tackling them in multiple ways. Collaborative workspaces (such as coworking spaces, fab labs,...
This book is the first study to consider findings from sociology, legal anthropology, ethnology, legal pluralism, comparative law and theology in order to gain a better understanding of the diverse cultures of global Catholicism and the cross-cultural challenges arising...
In this open access book, the editors bring together leading experts from around the globe to examine current trends and key developments concerning digitalization policies and mechanisms in nine federal and decentralized countries. Despite the concept of digitalization...
In this open access book, contributors explore current challenges and opportunities to improve drinking water regulation, governance, management, environmental justice, and more.In 2024, the United States marked the 50th anniversary of the Safe Water Drinking Act, its...
This is an Open access book which provides a comprehensive framework for identifying monopolistic behaviors in the digital economy, with a focus on discriminatory pricing as one manifestation of these practices. As digital platforms increasingly dominate markets and...
This is an open access book. What holds societies together—and what drives them apart? As worry over political polarization and social cohesion intensifies across the globe, this volume explores timely and vital questions of social cohesion and polarization...
This open access book explores the complementarity of hydropower with new energy sources such as solar and wind in the global energy transition. It analyzes the technological advantages, environmental impacts, and economic potential of combining hydropower and new...
This open access book offers a roadmap for creating businesses that not only thrive in the present but also contribute meaningfully to a sustainable future. Featuring papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Modern Trends in Business, Hospitality, and...
This open access monograph presents the results of a study aimed at finding an answer to a perennial, yet notably topical, question in the philosophy of science, namely, “What is life?'' The authors contend that existing approaches to studying living systems...
This open access book examines global poverty education in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms, with particular focus on Germany as a case study. Combining textbook analysis with teacher interviews, it uncovers dominant narratives of poverty representation...
This open access book addresses theoretical objectives and operational issues for the conceptualisation and development of a resilience monitoring tool for energy systems. Based on the results of the project “ReMoDigital - Resilience Monitoring for the...
This open access volume examines current threats to democracy with a focus on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These small democracies face unique challenges from climate change, hybrid security threats, and geopolitical tensions. The book examines how these nations have...
This open access book presents a curated collection of high-quality research papers and expert insights from the 2nd Symposium on Smart, Sustainable, and Secure Internet of Things (S4IoT’25). The contributions explore cutting-edge advancements in IoT systems,...
This open access book responds to the need for rapid and transformative societal change towards a sustainable future. The editorial introduction and conclusion bookend 27 case chapters about urban sites of experimentation and contestation, spaces of conviviality and...
Living with a rare disease is not only a medical experience—it is a human one. It reaches into every part of life: the body that struggles, the mind that questions, the family that hopes, and the community that rallies. This book began with that truth and has followed...
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