Edward Elgar Publishing is a leading independent academic and professional publisher with a strong focus on the social sciences and legal fields. They publish 400 book and journal titles annually and have successfully created a prestigious list of over 7,000 titles with the aim of enriching and supporting the academic and professional communities through creative commissioning and effective dissemination of high calibre content for a global audience, and by delivering a dynamic, responsive and efficient publishing service to authors, readers and customers.
The company was founded by its current Chairman, Edward Elgar, and remains an independent family business.
Edward Elgar Publishing was conceived as an international scholarly press focusing on topics of global interest.
Elgar titles are, on average, some of the most highly cited books in their respective subject fields. Validating a thoughtful approach to publishing, marketing and dissemination.
TITLES
HAPPIMETRICS
Leveraging AI to Untangle the Surprising Link Between Ethics, Happiness and Business Success
Genre:
Economy & Politics, Business & Management
Author:
Peter A. Gloor
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Groundbreaking and innovative, Happimetrics will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the fields of business analytics, information systems and organizational innovation. It will also be useful for HR professionals and AI developers who are looking to use predictive analytics to measure workforce performance.
ECONOMIC MYTHS AND MAGIC
Debunking the Illusions of Conventional Economic Thinking
Genre:
Economy & Politics
Author:
Norman C. Miller
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A creative and accessible vital reading for students and scholars in economics and finance, the history of economic thought, methodology of economics, and political economy.
This book will also be beneficial for business owners, economists, finance practitioners, and social scientists, as well as citizens interested in the functioning of economies.
CLIMATE ECONOMICS 3rd Edition
Economic Analysis of Climate, Climate Change and Climate Policy
Genre:
Economy & Politics
Author:
Richard S.J. Tol
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This book is an essential text for students in economics, climate change, and environmental policy, an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners, and a key text to support professors in their teaching.
THE IDEA OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
A Brief Alternative History
Genre:
Economy & Politics, Society
Author:
Benoît Godin
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This timely book explores technological innovation as a concept, dissecting its emergence, development and use.
Benoît Godin offers an exciting new historiography of the subject, arguing that the study of innovation originates not from scholars but from practitioners of innovation.
UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
Bigger Pies and Just Desserts
Genre:
Economy & Politics
Author:
Todd A. Knoop
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In Understanding Economic Inequality, the author brings an economist’s perspective informed by new, groundbreaking research on inequality from philosophy, sociology, psychology, and political science and presents it in a form that it is accessible to those who want to understand our world, our society, our politics, our paychecks, and our neighbors’ paychecks better.
