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Many countries and regions face unprecedented social and
environmental crises and disruptive events whose impact can no
longer be ignored. Sustainable entrepreneurs offer new solutions to
these problems that involve replacing the current linear economies
by circular systems. Sustainable entrepreneurs generate new
sustainable products, services, and production processes, with new
sustainable business models that simultaneously balance ecological,
social and economic goals, which result in sustainable welfare for
current and for future generations. The DeGruyter Handbook of
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research studies the causes and
consequences of sustainable entrepreneurship, the new standard of
doing business and designing public policy, as reflected in the
growth of sustainable entrepreneurship start-up ventures and the
increasing integration of sustainability in small- and medium-sized
enterprises as well as in incumbent corporations. It explores five
main themes, each presenting state-of-the-art thinking:
foundations, leadership, innovation, business models, performance
and impact. Each section consists of four chapters that, taken
together, offer in-depth perspectives, take stock of current
situations and propose new avenues for future research. The
handbook offers a coherent and systemic perspective for sustainable
start-ups and for incumbent firms and governments aiming for
transitions. It will also be of interest to scholars and
postgraduate students interested in sustainable entrepreneurship.
"Helps explain some of the knowledge gaps between enthusiastic new
graduates and grouchy old gray beards like myself." - Joe Ivans
Practical techniques for writing code that is robust, reliable, and
easy for team members to understand and adapt. Good code or bad
code? The difference often comes down to how you apply the
conventions, style guides, and other established practices of the
software development community. In Good Code, Bad Code you'll learn
how to boost your effectiveness and productivity with code
development insights normally only learned through years of
experience, careful mentorship, and hundreds of code reviews. In
Good Code, Bad Code you'll learn how to: - Think about code like an
effective software engineer - Write functions that read like a
well-structured sentence - Ensure code is reliable and bug free -
Effectively unit test code - Identify code that can cause problems
and improve it - Write code that is reusable and adaptable to new
requirements - Improve your medium and long-term productivity -
Save you and your team's time about the technology Coding in a
development team requires very different skills to working on
personal projects. Successful software engineers need to ensure
that their code is reusable, maintainable, and easy for others to
understand and adapt. about the book Good Code, Bad Code is a
shortcut guide to writing high-quality code. Your mentor is Google
veteran Tom Long, who lays out lessons and mindsets that will take
your code from "junior developer" to "senior engineer." This
instantly-useful book distils the principles of professional coding
into one comprehensive and hands-on beginner's guide. You'll start
with a jargon-free primer to coding fundamentals that teaches you
to think about abstractions, consider your fellow engineers, and
write code that can recover from errors. Next, you'll dive into
specific techniques and practices. You'll run through common coding
practices to learn when to apply the right technique to your
problem-and which might be best avoided! All practices are
illustrated with annotated code samples written in an instantly
recognizable pseudocode that you can relate to your favourite
object-oriented language. By the time you're done, you'll be
writing the kind of readable, reusable, and testable code that's
the mark of a true software professional. about the reader For
coders looking to improve their experience in professional software
development. about the author Tom Long is a software engineer at
Google. He works as a tech lead, mentoring and teaching
professional coding practices to new graduates and beginner
software engineers.
A complete guide for how small states can be strikingly successful
and influential-if they assess their situations and adapt their
strategies. Small states are crucial actors in world politics. Yet,
they have been relegated to a second tier of International
Relations scholarship. In A Small State's Guide to Influence in
World Politics, Tom Long shows how small states can identify
opportunities and shape effective strategies to achieve their
foreign policy goals. To do so, Long puts small states'
relationships at the center of his approach. Although small states
are defined by their position as materially weaker actors vis-a-vis
large states, Long argues that this condition does not condemn them
to impotence or irrelevance. Drawing on typological theory, Long
builds an explanation of when and how small states might achieve
their goals. The book assesses a global range of cases-both
successes and failures-and offers a set of tools for scholars and
policymakers to understand how varying international conditions
shape small states' opportunities for influence.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Want to suck the juice out of life? "The Juice of Life" points to
an abundant life in a manner similar to 'The Purpose Driven Life'
by Rick Warren. The author shares life's ten most important life
lessons. "I loved 'The Juice of Life'! Tom Long has a unique
ability to blend biblical teaching, personal experience, and
practical application into a readable, enjoyable narrative." - Rev.
Glenn Gunderson, Pomona First Baptist Church, Pomona, California
"'The Juice of Life' is an amazing book. . . What I have admired
most is his knowledge of the holy scriptures . . . His references
to our Hawaiian and Christian culture accurately depict us." - The
Rev. Dr. Henry Boshard, the historic Mokuaikaua Church,
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii "Each gem Tom Long shares in The Juice of Life
plays a key role in releasing God's blessings and can take us as
far as we are willing to run with them." - Dr. Wayne Cordeiro, New
Hope Christian Fellowship, Honolulu, Hawaii
North American Regionalism problematizes "North America" as an
important region in its own right, breaking with the area-studies
convention that divides the Global North and Global South portions
of the Western Hemisphere at the US-Mexican border. By cutting
across this division, the theoretically sophisticated essays in
this volume yield new insights about politics, society, and the
economy of North America, opening dialogues with the New
Regionalism approach and the literature on comparative regional
studies. Drawing on a six-year interdisciplinary collaboration
among leading scholars from Canadian, Mexican, US, and European
universities, the book brings North America back into International
Relations' study of regions and regionalism. The book includes
robust theoretical and empirical engagement with issues of trade,
migration, security, energy and climate, and the rise of China.
North American Regionalism problematizes "North America" as an
important region in its own right, breaking with the area-studies
convention that divides the Global North and Global South portions
of the Western Hemisphere at the US-Mexican border. By cutting
across this division, the theoretically sophisticated essays in
this volume yield new insights about politics, society, and the
economy of North America, opening dialogues with the New
Regionalism approach and the literature on comparative regional
studies. Drawing on a six-year interdisciplinary collaboration
among leading scholars from Canadian, Mexican, US, and European
universities, the book brings North America back into International
Relations' study of regions and regionalism. The book includes
robust theoretical and empirical engagement with issues of trade,
migration, security, energy and climate, and the rise of China.
Latin America Confronts the United States offers a new perspective
on US-Latin America relations. Drawing on research in six
countries, the book examines how Latin American leaders are able to
overcome power asymmetries to influence US foreign policy. The book
provides in-depth explorations of key moments in post-World War II
inter-American relations - foreign economic policy before the
Alliance for Progress, the negotiation of the Panama Canal
Treaties, the expansion of trade through the North American Free
Trade Agreement, and the growth of counternarcotics in Plan
Colombia. The new evidence challenges earlier, US-centric
explanations of these momentous events. Though differences in power
were fundamental to each of these cases, relative weakness did not
prevent Latin American leaders from aggressively pursuing their
interests vis-a-vis the United States. Drawing on studies of
foreign policy and international relations, the book examines how
Latin American leaders achieved this influence - and why they
sometimes failed.
Latin America Confronts the United States offers a new perspective
on US-Latin America relations. Drawing on research in six
countries, the book examines how Latin American leaders are able to
overcome power asymmetries to influence US foreign policy. The book
provides in-depth explorations of key moments in post-World War II
inter-American relations - foreign economic policy before the
Alliance for Progress, the negotiation of the Panama Canal
Treaties, the expansion of trade through the North American Free
Trade Agreement, and the growth of counternarcotics in Plan
Colombia. The new evidence challenges earlier, US-centric
explanations of these momentous events. Though differences in power
were fundamental to each of these cases, relative weakness did not
prevent Latin American leaders from aggressively pursuing their
interests vis-a-vis the United States. Drawing on studies of
foreign policy and international relations, the book examines how
Latin American leaders achieved this influence - and why they
sometimes failed.
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