Vaclav Smil 
Energy at the Crossroads – Global Perspectives and Uncertainties [PDF ebook] 
Global Perspectives and Uncertainties

This inspiring book contains a series of "in conversations" with important personalities, change-makers, thought leaders and global influencers about the central theme of the climate crisis …

Why do some leaders succeed and others fail? Is there a magic ingredient that the leaders must consider in their career journey to ensure the joy ride does not turn into a nightmare? What is the key …

Introduction to Stochastic Finance with Market Examples, Second Edition presents an introduction to pricing and hedging in discrete and continuous-time financial models, emphasizing both analytical a …

Creative thinking is about finding a way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh perspective to conceive of something new or original. It then becomes inventive thinking when something is c …

In The Post-Factual Polity: Ethical, Governance, Administrative, and Policy Crises in the Disinformation Era, Haris Alibasic presents a compelling and timely examination of the intricate challenges f …

Globalization and structural adjustment offer many opportunities for export orientated industrialization in developing economies. As a group, competitiveness in the developing countries has improved, …

The role of gold in the world”s exchange system has been hotly contested by leading economists. This work collects the most important arguments in favour of gold, including such works as David Ricar …

In this book, first published in 1971, the author develops and tests a productivity system based on Added Value as the measure of company income and output. The theory behind the system is that the b …