Forthcoming Economics, Finance, Business & Industry Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Statistical Methods for Financial Engineering

   By Bruno Remillard

   While many financial engineering books are available, the statistical aspects behind the implementation of stochastic models used in the field are often overlooked or restricted to a few well-known cases. Statistical Methods for Financial Engineering guides current and future practitioners on...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
2. Governing Sustainable Urban Renewal

   Partnerships in Action

   By Rory Shand

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

   Environmental and sustainability issues are currently stretched by economic concerns and policy areas such as housing and education are therefore needed more than ever to help regenerate the social and urban environment. Governing Sustainable Urban Renewal: Partnerships in Action uses detailed case...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
3. Internal Game Theory

   By Tassos Patokos

   Series: Routledge Advances in Game Theory

   Traditional game theory requires at least two individuals. This book extends game theory to the inner workings of a single person. Using game theory to analyse single individuals makes sense if one thinks of individuals as consisting of two or more relatively autonomous partitions that might have...

   To Be Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
4. Promoting Nonprofit Organizations

   A Reputation Management Approach

   By Ruth Ellen Kinzey

   Promoting Nonprofit Organizations is a practical guide to developing and implementing a strategic public relations program to enhance a nonprofit’s reputation. The ways in which businesses – both for-profit and not-for-profit – communicate with customers has changed dramatically in recent years....

   To Be Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
5. Knowledge, Innovation and Internationalisation

   Essays in Honour of Cesare Imbriani

   Edited by Piergiuseppe Morone

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   As firms increasingly rely on knowledge as a key factor for innovation, the ability to innovate is increasingly perceived as a key asset for being competitive in international markets. This new volume argues that innovation, knowledge and internationalisation should be viewed as tightly related...

   To Be Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
6. Globalization and Development

   Rethinking Interventions and Governance

   Edited by Arne Bigsten

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   The key challenge for achieving sustained development in developing countries relates to quality of domestic governance, which in turn is strongly affected by external interventions. Domestic governance includes politics, policy formulation, institution building and policy implementation. It is...

   To Be Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
7. Re-Envisioning Global Development

   A Horizontal Perspective

   By Sandra Halperin

   Series: Critical Issues in Global Politics

   Re-Envisioning Global Development offers an original conceptualisation of capitalist development from its origins to the present day. Most approaches to understanding contemporary development assume that industrial capitalism was achieved through a process of nationally organised economic growth,...

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
8. Promotional Culture and Convergence

   Markets, Methods, Media

   By Helen Powell

   The rapid growth of promotional material through the internet, social media, and entertainment culture has created consumers who are seeking out their own information to guide their purchasing decisions. Promotional Culture and Convergence analyses the environments necessary for creating a...

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
9. Reclaiming Food Security

   By Michael S. Carolan

   Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

   In this challenging work, the author argues that the goal of any food system should not simply be to provide the cheapest calories possible. A secure food system is one that affords people and nations – in both the present and future – the capabilities to prosper and lead long, happy, and healthy...

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
10. Agricultural Finance

    By Charles Moss

    Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

    This textbook integrates financial economics and management in the area of agricultural finance. The presentation of financial economics discusses how the credit needs of farmer/borrowers are met by depositors through commercial banks. The financial management content presents methods used to make...

    To Be Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge