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With examples ranging from Canada and the United States to South Africa and Western and Eastern European States and regions, 'Nationalism and the Multination State' shows why nationalism is in fact a fundamental facet of modernity, which must be dealt with as such by states vulnerable to breakup.

This volume investigates how much governmental control is needed to reign in corporate and business greed and to make business "socially responsible" in Asia. It also questions whether business entities need to be reigned in by the government itself, or if other social, religious, or economic dynamics shape business entities in Asia. Moreover, it looks at how the Asian third sector influences BSR/CSR activities.

Introduction -- Business organizations within the EU -- The harmonization programme within Europe -- Business organizations under EU law -- Formation and financing of companies -- The management and control of companies under national law -- Involvement of employees -- Cross-border cooperation and acquisitions -- Annual accounts -- Groups

A political history of Pakistan that explains the resilience of the state and its people and how both persevere against the odds. It dissects the complicated political history of the country from its emergence as a nation state, and argues that Pakistan is entering a period of stability, despite the many crises it faces.

Cover -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- Reducing cost of energy in the offshore wind energy industry -- The formation of new inter-firm relationships: a UK offshore wind sector analysis -- Supply chain integration opportunities for the offshore wind industry -- First Lean, then modularization: improving the maintenance of offshore wind turbines -- Operations and maintenance issues in the offshore wind energy sector -- Evaluating the essential barrier to off-shore wind energy - an Indian perspective

COVER -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- Social entrepreneurship in tourism: applying sustainable livelihoods approaches -- Examining the motivations for social entrepreneurship using Max Weber's typology of rationality -- Students climbing the entrepreneurial ladder -- Exploring the motivations of tourism social entrepreneurs -- Social innovation success factors: hospitality and tourism social enterprises -- Entrepreneurial networks across the business life cycle: the case of Alpine hospitality entrepreneurs

Pt. I. Military theory and practice -- Pt. II. Late Medieval armies -- Pt. III. War and late medieval society -- Pt. IV. Popular rebellions -- Pt. V. late Medieval crusading and the Ottoman threat -- Pt. VI. Changes in military technology -- Pt. VII. The future.

COVER -- Editorial boards -- Guest editorial -- What goes on behind closed doors? -- The value of adding ambient energy feedback to conservation tips and goal-setting in a dormitory -- Recycling as a result of "cultural greening"? -- Rationale of early adopters of fossil fuel divestment -- Greening the campus: a the oretical extension of the dialogic communication approach -- Enhancing sustainability curricula through faculty learning communities -- Collective action competence: an asset to campus sustainability

Cover -- Editorial advisory board -- Marketization revisited -- A case of employment services in Italy -- Marketized employment services -- Contracting out parks and roads maintenance in England -- Marketization trajectories in the Danish road and park sectors -- Capability versus efficiency: contracting out park and road services in Norway -- Is public procurement efficiency conditioned by market types? A critical test in park and roadsectors in Sweden -- Collaborative benchmarking in the Danish district-heating sector