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Describing the three core models that have been either developed or enhanced to create an assessment framework for intermodal transport policies in Belgium, this record analyzes the effectiveness and sustainability of policy measures in terms of modal shift, external costs, and capacity restrictions associated with freight infrastructure network.

Representing the author's year-long odyssey through 120 business books and contemporary business thinking, this guide is a launchpad for conversation, engagement, fresh thinking, and extracting insights. Centered around 10 key themes--including ethics, leadership, motivation, and innovation--the book provides ideas that can be applied to any business. Positing that no author has a monopoly on business truths, this exploration provokes a health...

Based on participant observations and open interviews with 129 Iranian migrants in Belgium, this study provides information on both pre- and post-migration patterns of drug use among this population. Covering a wide range of substances--including opium, tobacco, and alcohol--consumed by Iranians from pre-Islamic times to present day, this resource illustrates how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages. Showing how the issue of d...

Eminent scientists from various European countries--including Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, and Sweden--explain and evaluate the use of self-reported crime surveys in this comparative review. As one of the most prominent ways to measure and study specific types of crime and deviance, self-reported crime surveys are carried out and put to use in a variety of ways across European countrie...

Illustrating the tension of politics in contemporary Belgium, this historical perspective chronicles the growth of Belgium throughout the past two centuries. This analysis reveals how these two cultures--the economically, politically, and culturally less-developed Flemish majority and the Walloon minority--underwent a process of equalization that brought about a new federal model, in which a cosmopolitan Brussels became one of the most importa...

Providing a timely overview and assessment of the evolution of the new European climate policies, this informed discussion systematically evaluates both internal policies and their external drivers and implications. Focusing on the new climate and energy package, important questions are explored such as "Are EU climate policies sufficient to meet the environmental, economic, and political challenge posed by global climate change? How do intern...

Exploring socioeconomic, demographic, political, and linguistic traditions and changes in Brussels, this in-depth analysis focuses on Brussels' place within the political structure of the European Union. This examination features fresh insights, written in either French or English, on some of the most prominent modern issues and points of tension for Brussels and the rest of Europe, including politics, globalization, urban planning, and nation...

Providing a concise overview of the structure of the Chinese language, this guide is designed to help western marketers in China with translation problems in advertising campaigns. Showing that language in China is more than simply communication--it also imbeds cultural rules--the discussion points out ways this difference is ignored by outsiders. Written by an expert who bridges the gap between age-old Chinese cultural patterns and today's bu...

In this study of electronic systems in government, case studies are used to compare e-government across 21 countries. The goal of the research to see if there is a global convergence in the way governments use electronic information--and the findings suggest that most countries have much in common. In particular, concepts regarding service delivery, internal and external efficiency, and government networking were found to be similar across the...