SAGE Publications

The study of multinational enterprises that invest and control business activities in multiple countries is a cornerstone of international business scholarship. This major work is the first of its kind to collate, in three carefully structured volumes, the key writing of leading researchers of multinational enterprise theory. Selected by two of...

One of the most popular anthologies used in introductory sociology courses has been updated and revised to offer students an innovative sociological perspective on their everyday lives. The Fifth Edition of Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life Readings continues to provide students with vivid, provocative, and eye-opening...

This text introduces the essentials of the statistical technique. Rather than rote memorization of formulae, the emphasis is on developing an understanding of the underlying logic of statistics. Toward that end, the author uses an informal prose style, and avoids overwhelming the reader with complex notation and derivation. There are numerous...

In "An Introduction to Statistics" Kieth Carlson and Jennifer Winquist encourage an active approach to learning statistics. While the chapters in this book introduce basic and key concepts, this book is unique in the depth of its active pedagogical approach. Carefully placed reading questions throughout each chapter reinforce difficult concepts and...

'This book admirably fulfils its stated objective of describing social research methods in action and exploring, from a range of perspectives, the linguistic shaping of social context. Overall, this is a balanced, well-edited and coherent collection of papers, bringing together high quality work from recognized authorities in the analysis of...

This book analyzes the growth of the Indian telecommunications industry in the era of liberalization - a period which has witnessed significant changes. Providing a detailed critique of government policy and of industry regulation, the author of this book maintains that the healthy growth of the industry requires a radical change in the entire...