This work is part of the "Exploring Scotland's Heritage" series which provides an introduction to the archaeological heritage of Scotland. Each book tells the story of one part of Scotland, tracing human impressions on the landscape from World War II relics back to the earliest pioneer days of settlement. The details are filled in by a gazetteer of interesting and well-preserved monuments. This volume looks at the Edinburgh, Lothian and Border regions, examining their heritage which reflects their economic and political importance for over 5000 years. There are many forts, castles and Border abbeys, with royal palaces contrasting with modest dovecotes and market crosses.

Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders (Exploring Scotland's Heritage Series)

Travel

Baldwin, John R.

Europe

The Stationery Office/Tso

Communication Theories for Everyday Life introduces readers to the complexities of theories in communication studies, mass communication, and public relations, emphasizing their connection to everyday life. Instead of utilizing a “theory-a-day” approach, this text cuts across content areas and clusters related theories, making them easier for readers to process and apply to real-life situations.

Communication Theories for Everyday Life

Politics & Social Sciences

Perry, Stephen D.

Moffitt, Mary Anne

Social Sciences

Pearson

Regulatory Failure and Renewal: The Evolution of the Natural Monopoly Contract, Second Edition (Volume 260) (Carleton Library Series)

Business & Money

Economics

McGill-Queen's University Press

<div>Regulatory Failure and Renewal develops a framework to understand the choice of regulatory instrument used in Canada for natural monopolies such as telephone companies, water utilities, streetcars, hydroelectricity, and railways from the 1880s to the 1930s.Using the transaction-cost literature pioneered by Oliver Williamson, John Baldwin examines the nature of contractual failure in Canada in natural monopoly cases, asking why initial forms of contracts between the state and private enterprise failed and why this failure so often resulted in the use of public enterprise. Baldwin outlines early attempts to deal with natural monopolies - from the use of a franchise contract to regulatory tribunals and finally to public enterprise - and compares Canadian experiences to US approaches, which turned more frequently to regulatory tribunals. This difference is due to Canada's more limited constraints on the state's ability to exercise coercive power, which sometimes leads to contractual failure that results in replacing franchise and regulatory frameworks with public enterprise.Regulatory Failure and Renewal demonstrates that public enterprise arose not so much as part of a purposive choice but because of reoccurring failures in the contractual process between the Canadian state and private enterprise.</div>

The book analyzes how manufacturing firms bring new and improved products and production processes to the market. It examines sources of innovative ideas and technologies; the role of R&amp;D activity; the use of patent protection and other government policies; and the effect of innovation on employment and various performance indicators such as profitability and export performance. It reveals how these processes differ between small and large firms; domestic and multinationals, and across industries. Although the primary focus is on Canadian manufacturing firms, the results are adjusted to reflect recent empirical studies from other industrialized countries.

Innovation and Knowledge Creation in an Open Economy: Canadian Industry and International Implications

Hanel, Petr

Cambridge University Press

Book by Baldwin, John R., Gorecki, Paul K.

Role of Scale in Canada-U.S. Productivity Differences in the Manufacturing Sector 1970-1979

Gorecki, Paul K.

Univ of Toronto Pr

The regulatory agency and the public corporation: The Canadian air transport industry

Ballinger Pub. Co.

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION FOR EVERYDAY LIFE 
Face the global challenges of the future with this accessible introduction to communication across boundaries 
Communication between cultures can be challenging in a number of ways, but it also carries immense potential rewards. In an increasingly connected world, it has never been more important to communicate across a range of differences created by history and circumstance. Contributing to global communities and rising to meet crucial shared challenges―human rights disputes, refugee crises, the international climate crisis―depends, in the first instance, on a sound communicative foundation. 
Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life provides a thorough introduction to this vital subject for students encountering it for the first time. Built around a robust and multifaceted definition of culture, which goes far beyond simple delineation of national boundaries, it offers an understanding of its subject that transcends US-centricity. The result, updated to reflect dramatic ongoing changes to the interconnected world, is essential for students of cross―cultural communication and exchange. 
Readers of the second edition of Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life readers will also find: Accessible definitions of core concepts Revised and updated chapters reflecting the COVID-19 crisis, climate change challenges, and more An all-new chapter on social media as a tool for intercultural communication 
Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life is essential for students and other readers seeking a foundational overview of this subject.

Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life

González, Alberto

Xie, Ming

Brock, Nettie

Chao, Chin Chung

Wiley/Blackwell

Exploring the scope, breadth and depth of innovation in small firms, the authors of this book employ a rich array of survey data to analyze the operating characteristics of dynamic small-firm populations. They investigate the strategies and activities that small firms pursue at different stages in their lifecycles and in different competitive environments, as well as which business skills are associated with survival, innovation, growth and high performance. John Baldwin and Guy Gellatly find that the strategic decisions young firms make play a critical role in determining their odds for survival and growth. New small firms survive by developing a core set of business skills - skills related inter alia to management, human resources, marketing and financing. Advanced innovation capabilities related to R&D and technology set high-performance firms apart from other businesses. Industry-level differences in product lifecycle, production activity, competitive intensity and the science base all influence the nature of small-firm innovation. Unique features of this volume include: • comprehensive strategic profiles representative of small-firm populations • information from business surveys and administrative data sources for a better understanding of how strategies and activities relate to firm performance • an exploration of how small-firm strategies and activities vary across a diverse range of operating environments - from manufacturing to services to science-based environments. Researchers and students interested in small firms and entrepreneurship will benefit from the wealth of new data that investigates relationships between business strategies, innovation and performance. Those interested in industrial organization, innovation and firm turnover will appreciate the new data on how small-firm strategies vary in different competitive environments and at different stages of the entry and exit process.

Innovation Strategies and Performance in Small Firms

Gellatly, Guy

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Edward Elgar Publishing

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